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California Regional Haze Plan Submittal Material

California Regional Haze Plan, Final, Adoption Date: January 22, 2009, California Air 

Resources Board (CARB). 

State of California, Air Resources Board, Resolution 09-4, dated January 22, 2009, with 

attachments. 

California Air Resources Board Hearing Transcript, January 22, 2009. 

California Air Resources Board, Notice of Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of the California 

Regional Haze Plan, dated December 5, 2008. 

Transmittal letter dated March 16, 2009, from James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, California 

Air Resources Board, to Laura Yoshii, Acting Regional Administrator, USEPA Region IX. 

Transmittal letter dated September 8, 2009, from James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, 

California Air Resources Board, to Laura Yoshii, Acting Regional Administrator, USEPA 

Region IX, with attachments. 

Transmittal letter dated June 9, 2010, from James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, California 

Air Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, USEPA Region IX with 

attachments. 

CA Transport SIP Prong 4 Submittal Material

2007 State Strategy – Transmittal letter dated November 16, 2007, from James N. Goldstene, 

Executive Officer, CARB, to Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9. 

2007 State Strategy – “Air Resources Board’s Proposed Strategy for California’s 2007 State 

Implementation Plan,” Cover and Table of Contents, dated April 26, 2007. 

2007 State Strategy – “Air Resources Board’s Proposed Strategy for California’s 2007 

State Implementation Plan,” Executive Summary, dated April 26, 2007. 

2007 State Strategy – “Air Resources Board’s Proposed Strategy for California’s 2007 

State Implementation Plan,” Chapters 1-3, dated April 26, 2007. 

2007 State Strategy – “Air Resources Board’s Proposed Strategy for California’s 2007 

State Implementation Plan,” Chapter 4, dated April 26, 2007. 

2007 State Strategy – “Air Resources Board’s Proposed Strategy for California’s 2007 

State Implementation Plan,” Chapter 5, dated April 26, 2007. 
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2007 State Strategy – Appendix C of State Strategy for California’s 2007 State 

Implementation Plan (2007 Transport SIP). 

2007 State Strategy – November 16, 2007 Executive Order S-07-002. 

2007 State Strategy – State of California, Air Resources Board, Resolution No. 07–28, dated 

September 27, 2007. 

2007 State Strategy – Attachment A to Resolution No. 07-28, “Technical and Clarifying 

Modifications to April 26, 2007 Revised Draft Air Resources Board’s Proposed State 

Strategy for California’s 2007 State Implementation Plan and May 7, 2007 Revised Draft 

Appendices A through G.” 

2007 State Strategy – May 7, 2007 Notice of Public Hearing for Board Meeting on June 21-22, 

2007. 

2007 State Strategy – Transcript of June 21, 2007 Board Hearing. 

2007 State Strategy – Transcript of June 22, 2007 Board Hearing. 

2007 State Strategy – July 19, 2007 Notice of Continuation of Public Hearing for Board Meeting 

on September 27, 2007. 

2007 State Strategy – Agenda for September 27, 2007 Board Hearing. 

2007 State Strategy – Transcript of September 27, 2007 Board Hearing. 

2007 State Strategy – Board Meeting Comments Log. 

Supporting Material

64 FR 35713 (July 1, 1999). Regional Haze Regulations; Final Rule 

45 FR 80084 (December 2, 1980). RAVI from single stationary source rulemaking. 

44 FR 69122 (November 30, 1979). EPA list of 156 areas where visibility is identified as an 

important value. 

62 FR 38856 (July 18, 1997). 1997 8-hour Ozone NAAQS Promulgation. 

62 FR 38652 (July 18, 1997). 1997 PM2.5, 24 hour and Annual NAAQS Promulgation. 

70 FR 21147 (April 25, 2005). Finding of Failure to Submit Ozone & PM2.5 Transport State 

Implementation Plan Revisions for California. 
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 “2006 Guidance.” Memorandum from William T. Harnett, Director, Air Quality Policy 

Division, OAQPS, “Guidance for State Implementation Plan (SIP) Submissions to Meet Current 

Outstanding Obligations Under Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) for the 8-Hour Ozone and PM2.5 National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards,” August 15, 2006. 

74 FR 2392 (January 15, 2009). Finding of Failure to Submit State Implementation Plans 

required by the 1999 Regional Haze Rule; Final Rule. 

Guidance for Estimating Natural Visibility Conditions Under the Regional Haze Rule; EPA454/B-03-005; September 2003. 

Guidance for Tracking Progress Under the Regional Haze Rule; EPA-454/B-03-004; September 

2003. 

“Guidance for Setting Reasonable Progress Goals under the Regional Haze Program”, (“EPA’s 

Reasonable Progress Guidance”), July 1, 2007, memorandum from William L. Wehrum, Acting 

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

10 

70 FR 39104 (July 6, 2005). Regional Haze Regulations and Guidelines for Best Available 

Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations; Final Rule. 

 

 “WRAP TSD” Technical Support Document for Technical Products prepared by the Western 

Regional Air Partnership in support of Western Regional Haze Plans; EPA Western Regional 

Offices; Final; February 28, 2011. 

WRAP TSD Reference Documents: 

The Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission, “Recommendations for Improving Western 

Vistas”, June 10, 1996 (REF 2 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

EPA, 2003, Guidance for Tracking Progress Under the Regional Haze Rule, EPA-454/B-03-

004, September 2003, EPA OAQPS (REF 6 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

EPA, 2003, Guidance for Estimating Natural Visibility Conditions Under the Regional Haze 

Program, EPA-454/B-03-005, September 2003, EPA OAQPS (REF 7 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

Pitchford, Marc, 2006, "New IMPROVE algorithm for estimating light extinction approved for 

use", The IMPROVE Newsletter, Volume 14, Number 4, Air Resource Specialists, Inc. (REF 9 – 

WRAP TSD.pdf) 

"WRAP IMPROVE Data Substitutions", April 3, 2007 (REF 10 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

"Natural Haze Levels II: Application of the New IMPROVE Algorithm to Natural Species 

Concentrations Estimates; Final Report by the Natural Haze Levels II Committee to the RPO 
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Monitoring/Data Analysis Workgroup", presentation at WRAP Attribution of Haze Workgroup 

Meeting, July 26-27, 2006, Denver, CO. (REF 11 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

Copeland, S.A, Pitchford, M., Ames, R. “Regional Haze Rule Natural Level Estimates Using the 

Revised IMPROVE Aerosol Reconstructed Light Extinction Algorithm” (REF 12 – WRAP 

TSD.pdf) 

Offshore emissions document (REF 18 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

Emissions Modeling document (REF 20 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

Description of 2002 Planning Simulation version D (REF 21 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

Description of 2018 Preliminary Reasonable Progress Simulation version B (REF 22 – WRAP 

TSD.pdf) 

Kemball-Cook, S., Y. Jia, C. Emery, R. Morris, Z. Wang and G. Tonnesen. 2005. Annual 2002 

MM5 Meteorological Modeling to Support Regional Haze Modeling of the Western United 

States.” Draft Final Report. ENVIRON International Corporation and UC Riverside. (REF 26 – 

WRAP TSD.pdf) 

ENVIRON and UCR. 2004. “2002 Annual MM5 Simulations to Support WRAP CMAQ 

Visibility Modeling for the Section 308 SIP/TIP.” Draft Protocol. ENVIRON International 

Corporation and the University of California at Riverside. April. (REF 27 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

Kemball-Cook, S., Y. Jia, C. Emery, R. Morris, Z. Wang and G. Tonnesen. 2004. “MM5 

Sensitivity Simulations to Identify a More Optimal MM5 Configuration Sensitivity Testing.” 

Revised Report. ENVIRON International Corporation and UC Riverside. (REF 28 – WRAP 

TSD.pdf) 

WRAP description of Air Quality Modeling (REF 31 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

Final Report for the Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) 2002 Visibility Model 

Performance Evaluation (REF 33 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

U.S. EPA. 2006. Guidance on the Use of Models and Other Analyses for Demonstrating 

Attainment of Air Quality Goals for Ozone, PM2.5, and Regional Haze – Draft 3.2. U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality and Planning Standards, Research 

Triangle Park, North Carolina. September. (REF 36 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

Description of the WRAP Weighted Emissions Potential Analysis (REF 43 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

2006 Report for the Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) Regional Modeling Center 

(RMC) (REF 46 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 
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UCR/Environ “CALMET/CALPUFF Protocol for BART Exemption Screening Analysis for 

Class I Areas in the Western United States” August 15, 2006 (REF 57 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

Federal Land Managers’ Air Quality Related Values Workgroup (FLAG) Phase I Report , 

December 2000 (REF 59 – WRAP TSD.pdf) 

Final Report for the Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) 2002 Visibility Model 

Performance Evaluation, February 24, 2006 (REF 61 - WRAP TSD.pdf)

“Technical Support Document for U.S. EPA’s Review of the Modeling for the California 

Regional Haze Plan’s Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Evaluation”, USEPA Region 

IX, March 3, 2011. 

Email from Christine M. Suarez-Murias, California Air Resources Board to Greg Nudd, USEPA, 

dated February 11, 2011 with attachments. 

71 FR 8461, (February 17, 2006). San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District 

(SJVAPCD), Regulation 8 – Fugitive PM-10 Prohibitions. 

 73 FR 12639, (March 10, 2008). South Coast Air Quality Management District, Rule 403 - 

Fugitive Dust. 

49 FR 47490, (December 5, 1984). Sacramento Metropolitan Air Pollution Control District 

Rule 501 – Agricultural Burning. 

74 FR 57907, (November 10, 2009). SJVAPCD Rule 4103 – Open Burning. 

67 FR 8894, (February 27, 2002). SJVAPCD Rule 4106 – Prescribed Burning and Hazard 

Reduction. 

62 FR 48480 (September 16, 1997) and 64 FR 45170 (August 19, 1999). Northern Sierra Air 

Quality Management District, Regulation 3 – Open Burning. 

74 FR 33933, 33938, (July 14, 2009) and 75 FR 10420, 10424 (March 8, 2010). EPA’s 

proposed approval and final approval of the San Joaquin Valley 1-Hour Ozone Plan. 

75 FR 74517 (November 30, 2010). EPA’s proposed action on the San Joaquin Valley 2008 

PM2.5 plan and the San Joaquin Valley portions of the revised 2007 state strategy.