**INDEX TO DOCKET EPA** **- R09**  **- OAR** **- 20**  **1 2**  **- 0**  **7 99** 

**Determination of Attainment for the Sacramento**  **Nonattainment Area for the 2006 Fine Particle Standard**  **; California; Determination**  **Regarding Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements**  **FINAL AND PROPOSED RULE**  **CATEGOR Y I.**  **NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING** Reserved **CATEGORY II. NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING**  1. Proposed Rule, “ Determination of Attainment for the Sacramento Nonattainment Area for the 2006 Fine Particle Standard ; California; Determination Regarding Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements ” October 15 , 201 2 . (pre
publication version) **CATEGORY III. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS**  Not Applicable **CATEGORY IV. OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENT** **S** Reserved (if comments are submitted) **CATEGORY V. FEDERAL REGISTER NOTIC** **ES** 1. 57 FR 13498 , State Implementation Plan; General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, April 16, 1992 . 2. 58 FR 51735, Executive Order 12866, October 4, 1993. 3. 59 FR 7629, Executive Order 12898, February 16, 1 994 . 4. 60 FR 36723 , Determination of Attainment of Ozone Standard for Salt Lake and Davis Counties, Utah, and Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Reasonable Further Progress and Attainment Demonstration Requirements , July 18, 1995 . 5. 61 FR 2045 8 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio , May 7, 1996 .2

6. 61 FR 31832 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Michigan, June 21, 1996 . 7. 62 FR 19885 , Executive Order 13045, April 23, 1997. 8. 62 FR 38652, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, July 18, 1997 . 9. 64 FR 43255, Executive Order 13132, August 10, 1999. 10. 65 FR 37879 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio and Kentucky , June 19, 2000 . 11. 65 FR 67249, Executive Order 13175, November 9, 2000. 12. 66 FR 28355, Executive Order 13211, May 22, 2001. 13. 66 FR 53094 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Pennsylvania; Redesignation of Pittsburgh
-Beaver Valley Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of Miscellaneous Revision s , October 19, 2001. 14. 68 FR 25418 , Determination of Attainment of Ozone Standard, St. Louis Area; Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans, and Redesignation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes, State of Missouri , May 12, 2003 . 15. 69 FR 21717 Determinat ion of Attainment of the 1
- Hour Ozone Standard; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements; Approval and Promulgation of Ozone Attainment Plan; San Francisco Bay Area, CA , April 22, 2004 . 16. 70 FR 71612 , Final Rul e to Implement the 8
- Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard

— Phase 2, November 29, 2005. 17. 7 1 FR 61144, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, October 17, 2006. 18. 71 FR 61236 , Revisions to Ambient Air Monitoring Regulations , Final Rule , October 17, 2006.3

19. 72 FR 20586 , Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule, (April 25, 2007) 20. 74 FR 58688, Air Quality Designations for the 2006 24
- Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5 ) National Ambient Air Quality Standards, November 13, 2009 . 21. 75 FR 56 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; North Carolina: Greensboro
-Winston Salem
- High Point; Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Fine Particulate Matter Standard , January 4, 2010 . 22. 75 FR 230 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; North Carolina: Hickory
-Morganton - Lenoir; Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Fine Particulate Matter Standard , January 5, 2010. 23. 75 FR 6570 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Baton Rouge 1
- Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the 1
- Hour Ozone Standard , February 10 , 2010. 24. 75 FR 27944 , Approval and Promul gation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM

– 10; Determination of Attainment for the Coso Junction Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements , May 19, 2010. 25. 75 FR 31288 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 Ozone Standard , June 3, 2010 . 26. 75 FR 53219 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 Ozone Standard for the Greater Connecticut Area , August 31, 2010 . 27. 75 FR 54778 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Baton Rouge 8
- Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the 8
- Hour Ozone Standard , September 9, 2010 .4

28. 75 FR 62470 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Tennessee: Knoxville; Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 8
- Hour Ozone Standards , October 12, 2010. 29. 75 FR 64949 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 Ozone Standard for the Providence, RI Area , October 21, 2010. 30. 76 FR 11080 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; The Milwaukee
-Racine and Sheboygan Areas; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 8
- Hour Ozone Standard , March 1, 2011. 31. 76 FR 12860 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisville Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particle Standard , March 9, 2011. 32. 76 FR 18650 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia: Rome; Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard , April 5, 2011 . 33. 76 FR 31237, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Determination of Attainment for the Pittsburgh
-Beaver Valley 8
- Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area , May 31, 2011 . 34. 76 FR 31239 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee: Chattanooga; Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard , May 31, 2011 . 35. 76 FR 31858 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia: Macon; Determination of Attaini ng Data for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard , June 2, 2011. 36. 76 FR 33647 , Approval and Promulgation of Determination of Attainment for the 1997 8
- Hour Ozone Standard: States of Missouri and Illinois , June 9, 2011.5

37. 76 FR 36873 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia: Atlanta; Determination of Attainment for the 1997 8
- Hour Ozone Standards , June 23, 201 1. 38. 76 FR 38023 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Alabama: Birmingham; Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard , June 29, 2011 . 39. 76 FR 55542 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; West Virginia: Kentucky; Ohio; Huntington
-Ashland Nonattainment Area; Determinations of Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standards , September 7, 2011 . 40. 76 FR 60373 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio, Kentucky , and Indiana; Cincinnati
- Hamilton Nonattainment Area; Determinations of Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standards (September 29, 2011 , Cincinnati, Ohio
-Kentucky
- Indiana, 1997 PM2.5 . 41. 76 FR 7 0656 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Charlotte
- Gastonia
-Rock Hill, NC and SC; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 8
- Hour Ozone Standard, November 15, 2011 . 42. 77 FR 18922 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementat ion Plans; Pennsylvania; Determinations of Clean Data for the 2006 24
- Hour Fine Particulate Standard for the Harrisburg
- Lebanon
- Carlisle
-York, Allentown, Johnstown, and Lancaster Nonattainment Areas , March 29, 2012 . 43. 77 FR 31496 , Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Determination of Attainment of the One
- Hour and 1997 Eight
Hour Ozone Standards for Eastern Massachusetts , May 29, 2012.
**CATEGORY VI. OTHER DOCUMENTS**  1. Memorandum from John Calcagni, “Procedures for Processing6

Requests to Redesignate Areas to Attainment,” September 4, 1992. 2. Memorandum from John S. Seitz, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, “Reasonable Further Progress, Attainment Demonstration, and Related Requirements for Ozone Nonattainment Areas Meeting the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard,” May 10, 1995. 3. Memorandum from Steve Page, Director, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, “Clean Data Policy for the Fine Particle National Ambient Air Quality Standards,” December 14, 2004. 4. Our Children's Earth Foundation v. EPA, No. 04
- 73032 (9th Cir. June 28, 2005 (Memorandum Opinion)) 5. Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, U.S. EPA Region IX, to James Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board transmitting findings of EPA’s Summer 2007 Technical System Audit of CARB's ambient air monitoring program , August 18, 2008 . 6. Technical System Audit of the California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board, 2007, USEPA Region 9, August 2008 . 7. Latino Issues Forum v. EPA, Nos. 06
- 75831 and 08
- 71238 (9th Cir. March 2, 2009 (Memorandum Opinion)). 8. Letter from Joseph Lapka, Acting Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to Larry Greene , Air Pollution Control Officer, Sacramento Metro Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) approving SMAQMD ’s “2009 Annual Monitoring Network Plan .” September 2 9 , 2009. 9. Letter from Joseph Lapka, Acting Manager , Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX , to Karen Magliano, Chie f, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s “2009 Annual Monitoring Network Report for Small Districts in California . ” November 24, 2009. 10. Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quali ty Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board , to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional7

Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2009 ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, May 19, 2010 . 11. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s “2010 Annual Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts in California.” October 29, 2010. 12. Letter from Matthew Lakin , Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to Larry Greene , Air Pollution Control Officer, SMAQMD approving SMAQMD ’s Annual Monitoring Network Plan submitted on July 20 10 . November 1 , 20 10 . 13. Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board , to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 201 0 ambient ai r quality data and quality assurance data, April 28, 201 1 . 14. California Air Resources Board’ s Annual Network Plan Report for Small Districts in California, June 201 1 . 15. SMAQMD ’ s 2011 Annual Monitoring Network Plan. 16. Letter from Matthew Lakin , Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to Larry Greene , Air Pollution Control Officer, SMAQMD approving SMAQMD ’s “ 2011 Annual Monitoring Network Plan .” October 31 , 20 11 . 17. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s “201 1 Annual Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts in California.” November 1, 2011. 18. Memorandum from Stephen D. Page, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Implementation Guidance for the 2006 24
- Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5 ) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) , March 2, 2012 . 19. Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch,8

Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board , to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 20 11 ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, May 1, 2012. 20. Letter from James Goldstene, Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, USEPA Region IX, requesting EPA find the Sacramento 24
-hour PM2.5 nonattainment area attained the 2006 24
-hour fine particulate National Ambient Air Quality Standard, May 9, 2012 . 21. Monitor Description Report for Sacramento nonattainment area , U.S. EPA Air Quality System, September 14, 2012. 22. Data Completeness Report Year 2009 for Sacramento nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31 , 2012 . 23. Data Completeness Report Year 2010 for Sacramento nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31 , 2012. 24. Data Completeness Report Year 2011 for Sacramento nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31 , 2012. 25. Data Completeness Report Year 2012 for Sacramento nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31 , 2012 . 26. Air Quality System Design Value Report providing 8
-hour ozone design values and air monitoring data at monitoring stations in Sacramento nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System , August 31, 20 12.