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Docket Index

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; Contingency

Measures for 1997 PM2.5 Standard

(Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0384)

September 25, 2013

A. Rulemaking Documents

A-1. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

Contingency Measures for 1997 PM2.5 Standard; Proposed rule, signed June 12, 2013

(pre-publication version).

A-2. Interim Final Determination to Defer Sanctions; California; South Coast Air Quality

Management District; Interim final rule, signed June 12, 2013 (pre-publication 

version).

A-3. “Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

Contingency Measures for 1997 PM2.5 Standards,” Final rule, signed September 25, 

2013 (pre-publication copy).

B. SIP Submittals

B-1. Letter, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, to 

Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Region

9, November 14, 2011 (submitting Contingency Measure SIP revision) with 

attachments including:

a. Transmittal letter from the South Coast Air Quality Management District to ARB 

requesting submittal of 2011 PM2.5 Contingency Measure SIP Revision, 

including all attachments:

1. Approved Board Letter regarding the adoption of Revisions to the 2007 

PM2.5 State Implementation Plan for South Coast Air Basin (Attachment 

A)

2. Governing Board Adoption Resolution 11-24 certifying the Notice of 

Exemption for the 2007 AQMP for a Revision to the Final 2007 AQMP 

(Attachment B)

3. Notice of Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act: 

Revisions to the PM2.5 SIP for the South Coast Air Basin (Attachment C)

4. South Coast Air Quality Management District Proposed Contingency

Measures for the 2007 PM2.5 State Implementation Plan (Attachment D)

5. Proof of Publication for Notices of Public Hearing

6. Audio tape of the October 7, 2011 AQMD Governing Board proceedings

(AVAILABLE ON CASSETTE TAPES AT REGION 9 OFFICE)

b. State of California, Air Resources Board Executive Order S-11-023, Adoption 

and Submittal of Revisions to 2007 State Implementation Plan for South Coast 

Air Basin (November 14, 2011)
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c. SIP Completeness Checklist

B-2. Letter, Elaine Chang, DrPH, Deputy Executive Officer, South Coast Air Quality

Management District to Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 9, April 24, 2013 (updating the 2012 RFP Emissions and 

2015 Reductions from Contingency Measures for the 2007 Annual PM2.5 AQMP for 

the South Coast Air Basin) with attachments including:

a. Attachment 1, Update Table C-2, South Coast Air Basin PM2.5 Reasonable 

Further Progress (Annual Average Tons Per Day)

b. Attachment 2, 2015 Emissions Reductions Beyond 2007 AQMP SIP Commitment 

Available for Contingency

C. Supporting Documents

C-1. EPA Guidance, Federal Register Notices, and case law

a. “National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter,” Final rule. 62 

FR 36852 (July 18, 1997) (1997 PM2.5 NAAQS)

b. “Air Quality Designations and Classifications for the Fine Particles (PM2.5) 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards,” Final rule. 70 FR 944 (January 5, 2005)

c. “Air Quality Designations for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards,” Final rule. 74 FR 58688 (November 13, 2009)

d. “Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; 2007 South

Coast PM2.5 Plan and 2007 State Strategy,” Final rule. 76 FR 69928 (November 9, 

2011)

e. “Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; 2007 South 

Coast PM2.5 Plan and 2007 State Strategy,” Proposed rule. 76 FR 41562 (July 14, 

2011)

f. “State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I

of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,” Proposed rule. 57 FR 13498 (April 

16, 1992) (“General Preamble”)

g. “State Implementation Plans for Serious PM-10 Nonattainment Areas, and 

Attainment Date Waivers for PM-10 Nonattainment Areas Generally; Addendum 

to the General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act 

Amendments of 1990,” Addendum to General Preamble for future proposed 

rulemakings. 59 FR 41998 (August 16, 1994) (“PM-10 Addendum”)

h. “Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule,” Final rule. 72 FR 20586 (April 25, 

2007)

i. Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA, 706 F.3d 428 (D.C. Cir., Jan. 4, 2013)

j. LEAN v. EPA, 382 F.3d 575 (5th Circuit. 2004) (upholding contingency measures 

that were previously required and implemented and which provided emissions 

reductions in excess of those in the attainment demonstration and RFP SIP)
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k. 62 FR 15844 (April 3, 1997) (direct final rule approving Indiana ozone SIP 

revision) 

l. 62 FR 66279 (December 18, 1997) (final rule approving Illinois ozone SIP 

revision)

m. 66 FR 30811 (June 8, 2001) (direct final rule approving Rhode Island ozone SIP 

revision)

n. 66 FR 586 (January 3, 2001) (final rule approving District of Columbia, Maryland, 

and Virginia ozone SIP revisions)

o. 66 FR 634 (January 3, 2001) (final rule approving Connecticut ozone SIP revision)

p. South Coast SOx RECLAIM Shave approval. 76 FR 50128 (August 12, 2011)

q. South Coast Rule 1113 approval. 78 FR 18244 (March 26, 2013)

r. Memorandum dated October 24, 1997 from Richard D. Wilson, Acting Assistant 

Administrator for Air and Radiation, to EPA Regional Administrators, Regions 1-

10, entitled “Guidance on Incorporating Voluntary Mobile Source Emission 

Reduction Programs in State Implementation Plans (SIPs)” (hereinafter “1997 

VMEP”)

s. “Guidance on the Use of Models and Other Analyses for Demonstrating 

Attainment of Air Quality Goals for Ozone, PM2.5, and Regional Haze,” April 

2007, EPA -454/B-07-002, at p. 21 (referencing EPA’s rounding convention in 40 

CFR part 50, appendix N for calculation of annual average PM2.5 values)

t. “Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality

Management District,” pre-publication proposed rule signed June 12, 2013 

(proposed approval of South Coast rules 444 and 445)

C-2. Other supporting documents

a. Memorandum from Meredith Kurpius, EPA Region IX, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, to File, May 10, 2013, South Coast PM2.5 Ambient Air Monitoring Data 

Completeness

b. Memorandum from Wienke Tax to File, May 30, 2013, EPA Proposed Rule to 

Approve South Coast Contingency Measure SIP Revision, Fine Particulate Matter 

(PM2.5)

c. Memorandum from Carol Bohnenkamp, Regional Modeling Contact, to 

Rulemaking docket # EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0384, May 30, 2013, Assessment of 

projected vs. observed ambient PM2.5 levels for 2012 RFP year

d. “Final 2007 Air Quality Management Plan” (South Coast 2007 AQMP), submitted 

November 28, 2007

e. South Coast 2007 AQMD Board Resolution No. 07-9, dated June 1, 2007 

(adopting South Coast 2007 AQMP) (“2007 Resolution”)

f. South Coast 2007 AQMP, Appendix IV-B-3, “District Implementation of the Carl 

Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program,” available 
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electronically at https://www.aqmd.gov/aqmp/07aqmp/aqmp/Appendix_IV-B3_section1.pdf

g. “State Strategy for California’s 2007 State Implementation Plan” (2007 State 

Strategy), submitted November 16, 2007

h. 2009 State Strategy SIP revision, submitted August 12, 2009 (“2009 State 

Strategy”)

i. 2011 State Strategy SIP revision, submitted May 18, 2011 (“2011 Progress 

Report”)

j. “Final Technical Support Document and Response to Comments, Final 

Rulemaking Action on the South Coast 2007 AQMP for PM2.5 and the South 

Coast Portions of the Revised 2007 State Strategy,” Air Division, U.S. EPA 

Region 9, September 30, 2011 (“Final TSD for South Coast PM2.5 SIP”)

k. “Final 2012 Air Quality Management Plan,” Letter dated February 13, 2013, from 

James Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region 9, transmitting 2012 AQMP

l. “The Carl Moyer Program Guidelines, Approved Revisions 2011,” Release Date: 

February 8, 2013, at Chapter 1 (available electronically at 

http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/moyer/moyer.htm)

m. SCAQMD, Annual Air Quality Monitoring Network Plan (July 2012), at 7-9 and 

21, Table 5

n. Letter dated April 18, 2013, from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, EPA Region 9, to Dr. Matt Miyasato, Deputy Executive Officer, Science 

and Technology Advancement, SCAQMD

o. U.S. EPA, Air Quality System, Preliminary Design Value Report, PM2.5, 2002-

2012 (Report Date: May 10, 2013)

p. U.S. EPA, Data Quality Indicator Report, SCAQMD, California, PM2.5 (April 26, 

2012)

q. Letter dated May 1, 2012, from Chung Liu, Deputy Executive Officer, Science and 

Technology Advancement, SCAQMD, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 9 (certifying air quality data submitted to AQS)

r. Letter dated July 18, 2008, from Michael Scheible, Deputy Executive Officer, 

CARB, to Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 9 

(transmitting several California regulations, including SOON program (Rule 

2449), to EPA).

s. “Revisions to Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management 

District” Final Rule, signed August 22, 2013 (pre-publication copy).

D. Public comments

D-1. Email from Joyce Dillard, sent Wednesday, July 24, 2013 4:02 PM, to Doris Lo, 

re: Comments to EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0468 SCAQMD due 7.24.2013.
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