New Mexico State Infrastructure and Interstate Transport State Implementation Plan 

(Albuquerque/Bernalillo County) 

Required Under Section 110(a)(2) for the 

2008 Lead (Pb) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) 

Docket ID EPA-R06-OAR-2012-0400 

Technical Support Document 

August 2015 

Table of Contents: 

I. Introduction 

A. Section 110(a)(1) and (2) 

II. Additional Background 

A. What are the National Ambient Air Quality Standards? 

B. What is a SIP? 

C. Additional Information 

III. SIP elements required under Section 110(a)(2) for the 2008 Lead NAAQS, the State’s 

submittals and EPA’s analysis 

IV. Recommendations 

V. References 

VI. Emissions Inventory 

I. Introduction 

In this technical support document (TSD), EPA is providing additional documentation 

concerning our evaluation of the submittal provided by the Albuquerque Environmental Health 

Department to meet the requirements of section 110(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) for 

the 2008 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS or standards) for lead (Pb). More detail 

on these standards, section 110(a)(1) and (2) of the Act, and the submittal we are reviewing to 

determine if the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County, New Mexico SIP satisfies the section 110(a)(2) 

requirements, is provided in subsection A below. Throughout this document, “we,” “us,” and 

“our” means EPA. 

Section II of this TSD provides additional background material on the NAAQS, State 

Implementation Plans (SIPs), and related issues. 

Section III of this TSD provides a description of each element required under section 

110(a)(2) of the Act, the State’s response, and additional details of our analysis of the State’s 

response that are not included in the Federal Register notice for this proposed action. Copies of 

the State’s submittal are in the docket for this rulemaking. 

Section IV of this TSD includes our recommendation for action on each of the elements 

reviewed herein. 

 Section V of the TSD contains a list of the guidance documents cited herein. Copies of 

the guidance documents referenced are in the docket for this rulemaking. 

 Section VI of this TSD shows Albuquerque-Bernalillo County’s 2011 Pb Emissions 

Inventory. 
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A. Section 110(a)(1) and (2) 

On October 5, 1978, we published the first NAAQS for lead (43 FR 46246). Both the 

primary and secondary standards were set at 1.5 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3). In 2008, 

following a periodic review of the NAAQS for lead, we published a revised, more stringent 

NAAQS of 0.15 μg/m3 for both the primary and secondary standards (73 FR 66964, November 

13, 2008). For more information on these standards, please see the EPA web site on the lead 

NAAQS1

 and its history.2 

Under sections 110(a)(1) and (2) of the Act, states are required to submit SIPs that 

provide for the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement (the infrastructure) of a new or 

revised NAAQS within three years following the promulgation of the NAAQS, or within such 

shorter period as EPA may prescribe. Section 110(a)(2) lists the specific infrastructure elements 

that must be incorporated into the SIPs, including for example, requirements for air pollution 

control measures, which are designed to assure attainment and maintenance of the NAAQS. 

Section III of this TSD provides a description of all 14 infrastructure elements that comprise 

section 110(a)(2) of the Act. The schedule for completion of EPA’s periodic review of the Pb 

NAAQS was governed by a judicial order in Missouri Coalition for the Environment v. EPA 

(No. 4:04CV00660 ERW, Sept. 14, 2005), which required EPA to sign for publication a notice 

of final rulemaking concerning our review of the Pb NAAQS no later than October 15, 2008. 

Thus states were required to submit such infrastructure SIPs for the 2008 Lead NAAQS to EPA 

no later than October 15, 2011. 

In 2011 we issued “Guidance on Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP) Elements 

Required Under Sections 110(a)(1) and 110(a)(2) for the 2008 Lead (Pb) National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS),” Memorandum from Stephen D. Page, Director, Air Quality Policy 

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS).3

 This guidance document 

addresses the SIP elements found in 110(a)(2) with the exception of 110(a)(2)(I).4 Section 

110(a)(2)(I) pertains to the nonattainment planning requirements of part D, Title I of the Act, and 

is also being addressed separately.5 

On May 2, 2012, the Governor of New Mexico submitted a letter certifying that the Air 

Quality Division (now called the Air Quality Program) of the City of Albuquerque’s 

Environmental Health Department, as agent for the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality 

Control Board (Air Board) has evaluated the New Mexico SIP and found that the AlbuquerqueBernalillo County portion of the SIP satisfies all the requirements of section 110(a)(1) and (2) for 

the 2008 Pb NAAQS. The May 2, 2012 submittal includes a table with an explanation of how 

 

1

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/s_pb_index.html 

2

 http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/s_pb_history.html 

3

 This guidance document is available at EPA’s 2008 Pb NAAQS implementation website at 

http://www.epa.gov/oaqps001/lead/pdfs/20111014infrastructure.pdf 4

 The guidance addresses a total of 14 infrastructure elements because the 3 components of section 110(a)(2)(J) are 

being counted as 3 separate elements. 

5

 Two elements identified in section 110(a)(2) are not governed by the 3-year submission deadline of section 

110(a)(1) because SIPs incorporating necessary local nonattainment area controls are not due within 3 years after 

promulgation of a new or revised NAAQS, but rather are due at the time the nonattainment area plan requirements 

are due pursuant to section 172. These requirements are: (i) Submissions required by section 110(a)(2)(C) to the 

extent that subsection refers to a permit program as required in part D Title I of the CAA and (ii) submissions 

required by section 110(a)(2)(I) which pertain to the nonattainment planning requirements of part D Title I of the 

CAA. Therefore, this action does not cover these specific SIP elements. 
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the current New Mexico SIP for Albuquerque-Bernalillo County meets the requirements of each 

applicable element of section 110(a)(2) for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. This TSD provides additional 

details of New Mexico’s certification and EPA’s evaluation that are not included in the official 

Federal Register notice for this action. 

II. Additional Background 

 A. What are the National Ambient Air Quality Standards? 

 Section 109 of the Act requires EPA to establish NAAQS for pollutants that “may 

reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and welfare,” and to develop a primary and 

secondary standard for each NAAQS. The primary standard is designed to protect human health 

with an adequate margin of safety, and the secondary standard is designed to protect public 

welfare and the environment. EPA has set NAAQS for six common air pollutants, referred to as 

criteria pollutants. These pollutants are: carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, 

particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide. These standards present state and local governments with 

the minimum air quality levels they must meet to comply with the Act. Additionally, these 

standards provide information to residents of the United States about the quality of the air in their 

communities. 

 

 B. What is a SIP? 

 A State Implementation Plan, or SIP, is a set of state statutes, air pollution regulations, 

control strategies, other means or techniques, and technical analyses developed by the state, to 

ensure that the state meets the NAAQS. The SIP is required by section 110 and other provisions 

of the Act. These SIPs can be extensive, containing state regulations or other enforceable 

documents and supporting information such as emissions inventories, monitoring networks, and 

modeling demonstrations. Each state must submit these regulations and control strategies to EPA 

for approval and incorporation into the federally enforceable SIP. Each federally approved SIP 

protects air quality primarily by addressing air pollution at its point of origin. 

C. Additional Information 

As indicated in the Federal Register notice for this action, this proposed rulemaking will 

not cover four substantive issues that are not integral to acting on a state’s infrastructure SIP 

submission: (i) existing provisions related to excess emissions during periods of start-up, 

shutdown, or malfunction at sources, that may be contrary to the CAA and EPA’s policies 

addressing such excess emissions (“SSM”); (ii) existing provisions related to “director's 

variance” or “director's discretion” that purport to permit revisions to SIP approved emissions 

limits with limited public process or without requiring further approval by EPA, that may be 

contrary to the CAA (“director's discretion”); (iii) existing provisions for minor source NSR 

programs that may be inconsistent with the requirements of the CAA and EPA’s regulations that 

pertain to such programs (“minor source NSR”); and, (iv) existing provisions for PSD programs 

that may be inconsistent with current requirements of EPA’s “Final NSR Improvement Rule,” 67 
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FR 80186 (December 31, 2002), as amended by 72 FR 32526 (June 13, 2007) (“NSR Reform”). 

Instead, EPA has indicated that it has other authority to address any such existing SIP defects in 

other rulemakings, as appropriate. A detailed rationale for why these four substantive issues are 

not part of the scope of infrastructure SIP rulemakings can be found in EPA’s July 13, 2011, 

final rule entitled, “Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 1997 8-hour Ozone and PM2.5

National Ambient Air Quality Standards” in the section entitled, “What is the scope of this final 

rulemaking?” (see 76 FR 41075 at 41076-41079).

III. SIP elements required under Section 110(a)(2) for the 2008 Lead NAAQS, the State’s 

submittals and EPA’s analysis 

 The Federally approved SIP for each state is listed in 40 CFR Part 52. The first section 

in this subpart for any state is the “Identification of plan.” The Identification of plan lists the 

EPA-approved provisions of the SIP for each state, as provided under section 110 of the Act, 42 

U.S.C. 7410, and 40 CFR 51 to meet the NAAQS. The status of the New Mexico SIP is 

provided in 40 CFR Part 52, Subpart GG, sections 1620 to 1640. The Identification of plan for 

the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County is in section 1620; this constitutes the applicable SIP for the 

County, for purposes of the Act. 

Per the General Preamble to the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (April 16, 1992 at 57 

FR 13498), section 110(a)(2) sets forth elements that a SIP must contain in order to be fully 

approved.6

 In the following sections of this document we provide additional information, not 

included in the Federal Register notice for this action, which we considered in performing our 

evaluation of New Mexico’s infrastructure SIP (Albuquerque-Bernalillo County) submittal for 

the 2008 Pb NAAQS. Where it is useful, we include tables showing the date that the applicable 

state rules were approved by EPA into the New Mexico SIP. 

1. Enforceable emission limits and other control measures: Section 110(a)(2)(A) requires 

SIPs to include enforceable emission limits and other control measures, means or techniques, as 

well as schedules and timetables for compliance, as necessary or appropriate to meet the 

requirements of this chapter. 

 

The State’s response: Albuquerque-Bernalillo County’s enforceable emission limitations and 

other control measures are authorized in the New Mexico Air Quality Control Act and those 

provisions of the New Mexico Administrative Code (NMAC) Title 20- Environment Protection, 

Chapter 11- Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board (Air Board), listed in 40 

CFR Part 52 Subpart GG, and source-specific provisions codified at 40 CFR Part 52 Subpart 

GG. The State also asserted that the regulations authorized by Chapter 74- Environmental 

Improvement Article 2, Air Pollution, -- of New Mexico’s state statute (1978 NMSA) are duly 

adopted by the Air Board, and where these provisions relate to section 110 requirements, SIP 

revisions have been submitted to and approved by EPA. The State also indicates that the AQP 

has an EPA-approved air permitting program for both major and minor sources, which ensures 

that all applicable requirements are included in the source’s permit. The AQP has determined 

that no reductions in Pb emissions are required for maintenance of the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

 

6

 The discussion of section 110(a)(2), subsections (A) through (M) begins on p. 13556 of the General Preamble. 
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 Furthermore, the State asserts that, pursuant to NMAC 20.11.49 AQP does not exempt 

from enforcement any excess emissions that occur during periods of startup, shutdown, 

maintenance, or malfunction. Emissions in excess of permit or regulatory limits are 

presumptively violations, subject to affirmative defenses with the burden of proof on the 

respondent. 

EPA analysis: Section 110(a)(2)(A) requires that all measures and other elements in the SIP be 

enforceable. This subsection also authorizes SIPs to contain certain nontraditional techniques for 

reducing pollution – economic incentives, marketable permits, and auctions of emissions rights. 

The EPA reads this language to require even these other means of achieving reductions to be 

enforceable.7

 Legislative authority for Albuquerque-Bernalillo County’s air quality program is 

codified in Chapter 74 Environmental Improvement Article 2, Air Pollution, of the New Mexico 

Statutes, which gives the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board (Air Board) 

and the Albuquerque Environmental Health Department’s Air Quality Program (AQP) the 

authority to implement the CAA in New Mexico within the boundary of Albuquerque-Bernalillo 

County. The Air Board has promulgated rules to limit and control emissions of, among other 

things, lead. We are proposing that this SIP meets the requirements of Section 110(a)(2)(A) for 

the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

Table 1: Albuquerque-Bernalillo County rules relevant to meeting section 110(a)(2)(A): 

Relevant Section of New Mexico’s SIP EPA Approval/Federal Register8

20.11.1 NMAC – General Provisions May 7, 2015 at 80 FR 26189 

20.11.3 NMAC – Transportation Conformity February 18, 2014 at 79 FR 9097 

20.11.4 NMAC – General Conformity February 18, 2014 at 79 FR 9097 

20.11.5 NMAC – Visible Air Contaminants December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

20.11.6 NMAC – Emergency Action Plans December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

20.11.7 NMAC – Variance Procedure May 31, 2006 at 71 FR 30805 

20.11.8 NMAC – Ambient AQ Standards September 19, 2012 at 77 FR 58032 

20.11.20 NMAC – Fugitive Dust Control April 1, 2009 at 74 FR 14731 

20.11.21 NMAC – Open Burning November 29, 2012 at 77 FR 71119 

20.11.22 NMAC - Woodburning December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

20.11.40 NMAC – Source Registration December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

20.11.41 NMAC – Authority to Construct December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

20.11.43 NMAC – Stack Height Requirements December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

20.11.49 NMAC – Excess Emissions February 4, 2010 at 75 FR 5698 

20.11.60 NMAC – Permitting in NA Areas April 26, 2007 at 72 FR 20728 

20.11.61 NMAC - PSD September 19, 2012 at 77 FR 58032 

20.11.63 NMAC - NSPS December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

20.11.64 NMAC – Emission Standards for December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

 

7

 See 57 FR 13498, beginning on p. 13556. 

8

 This is the EPA approval date currently found in New Mexico’s Identification of Plan at 40 CFR 52.1620(c). This 

date reflects our most recent approval of revisions to the applicable New Mexico air regulations in the New Mexico 

SIP. 
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Relevant Section of New Mexico’s SIP EPA Approval/Federal Register8

HAPs 

20.11.65 NMAC – Volatile Organic 

Compounds February 4, 2010 at 75 FR 5698 

20.11.66 NMAC – Process Equipment December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

20.11.67 NMAC – Equipment, Emissions, 

Limitations December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

20.11.68 NMAC – Incinerators and 

Crematories December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

20.11.90 NMAC – Source Surveillance February 4, 2010 at 75 FR 5698 

20.11.100 NMAC – Motor Vehicle Inspection 

(Decentralized) October 31, 2012 at 77 FR 65821 

20.11.102 NMAC – Oxygenated Fuels February 11, 2010 at 75 FR 6813 

20.11.103 NMAC – Motor Vehicle Visible 

Emissions December 30, 2004 at 69 FR 78314 

Name of SIP Provision EPA Approval/Federal Register9

Infrastructure and Interstate 

Transport regarding noninterference 

with other states’ programs 

for PSD for the 1997 and 

2008 Ozone and the 1997 and 

2006 PM2.5 NAAQS. 

August 8, 2012 at 77 FR 58032 

2. Ambient air quality monitoring and data analysis system: Section 110(a)(2)(B) requires 

SIPs to include provisions for establishment and operation of ambient air quality monitors, 

collecting and analyzing ambient air quality data, and making these data available to EPA upon 

request. 

The State’s response: AQP maintains a monitoring network for the NAAQS and submits an 

annual Network Assessment to EPA which describes how it has complied with monitoring 

requirements and explains any proposed changes. 

AQP is not required to operate any source-oriented Pb samplers because there are no 0.5 tons per 

year (TPY) or larger sources of Pb in New Mexico (including Bernalillo County). However, 

AQP is required to perform non-source-oriented Pb monitoring due to the presence of a Core 

Based Statistical Area (CBSA) with a population of more than 500,000 people within Bernalillo 

County. This sampler began operation in December 2011. Ambient levels of Pb are evaluated 

using EPA-approved Federal Reference Method Sampler and an EPA-approved Federal 

Equivalent Method for detection. All samplers are subject to the quality assurance requirements 

of 40 CFR Part 58, Appendix A and meet the minimum siting requirements of Part 58, Appendix 

 

9

 This is the EPA approval date currently found in New Mexico’s Identification of Plan at 40 CFR 52.1620(c). This 

date reflects our most recent approval of revisions to the applicable New Mexico air regulations in the New Mexico 

SIP. 
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E. Data are submitted to EPA’s Air Quality System (AQS) in accordance with the schedule 

prescribed by 40 CFR Part 58. 

 

EPA analysis: AQP’s jurisdictional area does not contain any stationary point sources with 

emissions of Pb significant enough to trigger source-oriented ambient monitoring, or any 

population centers large enough to trigger population-oriented ambient monitoring. There are no 

stationary point sources within Albuquerque-Bernalillo County’s jurisdiction that emit Pb in 

quantities equal to or exceeding 1,000 pounds per year, the threshold for triggering sourceoriented ambient Pb monitoring. However, a total suspended particulate monitor was installed in 

Albuquerque-Bernalillo County to monitor lead values in 2011 after consulting with EPA, 

ensuring compliant air monitoring and quality. We therefore are proposing that the requirements 

of Section 110(a)(2)(B) are satisfied. 

3. Program for enforcement of control measures: Section 110(a)(2)(C) requires states to 

include a program providing for enforcement of the measures described in subparagraph (A), and 

the regulation of the modification and construction of any stationary sources within the areas 

covered by the SIP as necessary to assure that the NAAQS are achieved, including a permit 

program as required in parts C and D. 

The State's response: AQP has established regulations governing the enforcement of control 

measures, including attainment plans and permitting programs that regulate construction and 

modification of stationary sources. See 20.11.41 NMAC, 20.11.60 NMAC and 20.11.61 NMAC. 

AQP’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program applies to sources that emit 

greenhouse gases in accordance with EPA’s tailoring rule. See 20.11.61.7.CCC NMAC 

EPA analysis: EPA has found the New Mexico SIP provisions set forth herein at Table 1, as 

well as the provisions set forth in 40 CFR §§ 52.1634, 52.1640, as pertinent in ensuring 

Albuquerque-Bernalillo County’s compliance with the requirements of Section 110(a)(2)(C). 

The New Mexico Air Quality Control Act provides the Air Quality Control Board (AQCB) with 

enforcement authority and Albuquerque-Bernalillo County has an EPA-approved air permitting 

program for both major and minor sources. The administrative proceedings for enforcement 

actions, including administrative compliance orders and determination of penalty, are provided 

in 20.11.90 NMAC (February 4, 2010 at 75 FR 5698). The rules in 20.11 NMAC address 

allowable emission rates, compliance, control technology requirements, control schedules, 

monitoring and testing requirements, and reporting and recordkeeping requirements. These 

clarify the boundaries beyond which regulated entities in Albuquerque-Bernalillo County can 

expect enforcement action. For example, 20.11.20 NMAC addresses fugitive dust control and 

has provisions for assessment of administrative enforcement actions and administrative penalties 

for violations of permit terms and conditions, along with injunctive relief (SIP-approved April 1, 

2009 at 74 FR 14731). The permitting rules for Albuquerque-Bernalillo County at 20.11.41, 

20.11.42, 20.11.60 and 20.11.61 NMAC are governed by Bernalillo County Ordinance 94-5, 

known as the Joint Air Quality Control Board Ordinance, provides the AQP with authority to 

enforce permitting provisions, and provide for assessment of administrative enforcement actions 

and administrative penalties for violations of those permit terms and conditions, and injunctive 

relief (Bernalillo County Ordinance 94-5, Sections 9-18). The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County 
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AQCB and AQP have the necessary legal authority to have reasonable requirements for 

measuring and monitoring air emissions and to require owners and operators of sources to make 

and maintain records of the emissions. Therefore, the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County AQCB 

and AQP have the requisite legal authority to implement and enforce the minor and major permit 

revision procedures in accordance with the requirements of the CAA. 

The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County PSD program found at 20.11.61 NMAC, was initially 

approved into the SIP on December 21, 1993, effective January 20, 1994, at 58 FR 67330. 

Subsequent revisions to the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County PSD program were approved into 

the SIP on April 26, 2007, at 72 FR 20728. Albuquerque-Bernalillo County has authority to 

issue PSD permits and enforce them under its approved PSD SIP. 

In this action, EPA is proposing to approve Albuquerque-Bernalillo County’s Infrastructure SIP 

for the 2008 Pb standard with respect to the general requirement in section 110(a)(2)(C) to 

include a program in the SIP that regulates the modification and construction of any stationary 

source necessary to assure that the NAAQS are achieved. EPA did not reevaluate AlbuquerqueBernalillo County’s minor source program at this time, and therefore, is not proposing to approve 

or disapprove the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County existing minor NSR SIP program itself to the 

extent that it may be inconsistent with EPA’s regulations governing this program. EPA believes 

that a number of states may have minor NSR provisions that are contrary to the existing EPA 

regulations for this program. EPA intends to work with states to reconcile state minor NSR SIP 

programs with EPA’s regulatory provisions for the program. The statutory requirements of 

section 110(a)(2)(C) provide for considerable flexibility in designing minor NSR programs, and 

EPA believes it may be time to revisit the regulatory requirements for this program in order to 

give the states an appropriate level of flexibility to design programs that meet their particular air 

quality concerns, while assuring reasonable consistency across the country in protecting the 

NAAQS with respect to new and modified minor sources. 

Based on the above, we are proposing that the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County SIP meets the 

requirements of section 110(a)(2)(C) for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

4. Interstate transport, and interstate and international pollution abatement: Section 

110(a)(2)(D) is divided into two components, 110(a)(2)(D)(i) and 110(a)(2)(D)(ii). Section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i) requires SIPs to include provisions prohibiting any source or other type of 

emissions activity in one state from contributing significantly to nonattainment in, or interfering 

with maintenance of the NAAQS, in another state, or from interfering with measures required to 

prevent significant deterioration of air quality or to protect visibility in another state. Section 

110(a)(2)(D)(ii) requires SIPs to include provisions ensuring compliance with sections 115 and 

126 of the Act, relating to interstate and international pollution abatement. 

The State's response: Albuquerque-Bernalillo County does not have any Pb nonattainment areas 

nor is the county in close proximity to any other Pb nonattainment areas. The closest Pb 

nonattainment area to New Mexico is approximately 450 miles from the New Mexico border 

(640 miles from Albuquerque), in northern Texas, located in Frisco, Collin County. 
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New Mexico (including Albuquerque-Bernalillo County) does not have any major source of Pb. 

The total point source emissions for Pb in New Mexico equal less than 0.5 TPY and less than 

0.05 TPY for area source emissions (based on the 2005 National Emissions Inventory10). 

AQP has concluded that lead emissions from Albuquerque-Bernalillo County 1) do not 

significantly contribute to nonattainment in, or interfere with, maintenance for any other state 

with regards to the lead NAAQS; 2) do not interfere with the measures required to implement 

prevention of significant deterioration or for the protection of visibility in any other state; and 3) 

do not preclude the state from ensuring compliance with CAA Sections 126 and 115. 

Consistent with 40 CFR 166(q)(2)(iv), Albuquerque-Bernalillo County’s PSD program requires 

AQP to notify potentially affected states, tribes and federal land managers of its intent to approve 

or disapprove a PSD application. 20.11.62.21 NMAC. 

EPA analysis: As discussed in more detail in the Federal Register notice, there is no source or 

other emissions activity in Albuquerque-Bernalillo County that contributes significantly to 

nonattainment in, or interference with, maintenance by another state, the infrastructure SIP PSD 

requirements are satisfied, as explained herein and in the Federal Register notice pertaining to 

Section 110(a)(2)(C), and Pb emissions will not impact visibility. Furthermore, any 

Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Pb emissions do not preclude New Mexico from ensuring 

compliance with CAA Sections 126 and 115. We are therefore proposing that the AlbuquerqueBernalillo County SIP meets the requirements of section 110(a)(2)(D) for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

The state’s submittal cites data from the 2005 Emissions Inventory (EI). The EI has been updated 

twice since this submittal, in 2008 and 2011. The 2011 EI confirms that New Mexico (including 

Albuquerque-Bernalillo County) does not have any major source of Pb. The total point source 

emissions for Pb in New Mexico equal less than 0.5 TPY and less than 0.05 TPY for area source 

emissions. 

5. Adequate personnel, funding, and authority: Section 110(a)(2)(E) requires states to 

provide for adequate personnel, funding, and legal authority under state law to carry out its SIP 

and related programs. It also requires compliance with state board composition and conflicts of 

interest contained in section 128 of the Act and requires assurances that the state retain primacy 

for implementation of the SIP in cases where the state relies upon local or regional government 

agencies. 

The State’s response: 

New Mexico statute 74-2-5 “Duties and powers: environmental improvement board; local board” 

gives the Air Board authority to develop, implement and enforce the SIP. 

74-2-5 provides the Air Board adequate legal authority to adopt emission standards and 

compliance schedules applicable to regulated entities, and to adopt emission standards and 

 

10 Although, the SIP submission cited 2005 EI data, 2011 data was consistent with the 2005 data and was used in 

this evaluation. 
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limitations and any other measures necessary for attainment and maintenance of national 

standards. 

74-2-5 also provides the Air Board adequate legal authority to enforce applicable laws, 

regulations, standards and compliance schedules and seek injunctive relief. In addition, 74-2-5 

provides the department legal authority to enforce applicable laws, regulations, standards and 

compliance schedules. 

The resources to carry out the implementation plan are provided through General Funds, Permit 

Fees and the CAA gran process. Permit Fees are collected under authority of 74-2-7. 

No organizations outside of AQP will participate in implementing or enforcing the SIP. AQP has 

adequate personnel to implement the SIP with respect to PB requirements. 

Section 74-1-4 provides that the Air Board contain a majority of members who represent the 

public interest and do not derive any significant portion of their income from persons subject to 

or who appear before the board on issues related to the CAA or Air Act. Board members are 

required to recuse themselves from rule-makings in which their impartiality may reasonably be 

questioned (20.11.82.14 NMAC). 

Albuquerque-Bernalillo County is authorized to carry out all portions of New Mexico’s SIP 

within Albuquerque-Bernalillo County (Section 74-2-4). The New Mexico Environment 

Department and the state Environmental Improvement Board retain oversight authority in the 

event the local authority fails to act (Section 74-2-4(D)). 

EPA analysis: The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County AQCB is the federally delegated air quality 

authority for Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The AQCA (section 74-2-4) 

authorizes Albuquerque-Bernalillo County to locally administer and implement the AQCA by 

providing for a local air quality control program. Thus, state law views Albuquerque-Bernalillo 

County and the remainder of the State of New Mexico as distinct air quality control entities. The 

AQCA also provides for the establishment of the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County AQCB as a 

joint local authority, acting on behalf of both the County of Bernalillo and the City of 

Albuquerque. Within the boundary of Albuquerque-Bernalillo County, the AQCB is authorized 

to adopt, promulgate, publish, amend and repeal regulations consistent with the AQCA, and to 

maintain national ambient air quality standards and prevent or abate air pollution, including 

regulations prescribing air standards, within Albuquerque-Bernalillo County (with the exception 

of tribal lands). 

Through the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Environmental Health, the 

Albuquerque AQP serves as the administrative agency for the AQCB. The AQP is authorized to 

administer and enforce the provisions of the AQCA within the boundary of AlbuquerqueBernalillo County. 

Submittals state that budgets are approved annually by the Albuquerque City Council, 

and that the annual budgeting process provides a periodic update that enables the AQP to adjust 

funding and personnel needs to carry out air programs to meet the CAA. The Albuquerque-
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Bernalillo County Joint Air Quality Ordinance authorizes the AQCB to adopt rules, pursuant to 

AQCA section 74-2-7, for establishing fees, to review and act on permit applications; amend and 

review permits; conduct inspections of facilities; and enforce the rules and orders of permits. 

Fees collected pursuant to this ordinance are then deposited into a fund created by section 74-2-

16 of the AQCA, which must be used by the municipality or county only for the purpose of 

paying the reasonable costs of, among other things, reviewing and acting on permit applications, 

implementing and enforcing rules of the permit, air monitoring, air modeling, preparing 

guidance, and preparing emission inventories. At the time of the submittal (may 2012), AQP 

anticipated the need for additional resource to implement the new Pb standard but additional 

resources have not been needed and funding is adequate. 

The AQP receives federal funds on an annual basis, under sections 103 and 105 of the 

Act, to support its air quality programs. The AQP has authority to collect fees for Title V and 

non-Title V permit applications, revisions, renewals and inspections pursuant to New Mexico 

AQCA, New Mexico Statutes Annotated (NMSA) 1978 Sections 74-2-4, 74-2-5 and 74-2-7, the 

Bernalillo County Ordinance 94-5 Sections 3, 4 and 7, and the revised ordinances of 

Albuquerque 1994, Section 9-5-1-3, Section 9-5-1-4 and Section 9-5-1-7. 

Section 110(a)(2)(E)(ii) requires that the state comply with section 128. Section 128 

requires: 1) that the majority of members of the state body which approves permits or 

enforcement orders do not derive any significant portion of their income from entities subject to 

permitting or enforcement orders under the CAA; and 2) any potential conflicts of interest by 

such body be adequately disclosed. On June 1,1999, the EPA approved into the SIP the 

Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Ordinances and provisions of the ACQA that pertain to financial 

disclosures, conflicts of interest, code of conduct and ethical conduct for the Executive Director 

and classified employees of the agency (64 FR 29235). The EPA action, effective August 2, 

1999, approved the SIP revisions for Board composition and conflict of interest disclosure 

requirements submitted by both the State of New Mexico and by Albuquerque-Bernalillo 

County. These include public interest requirements and safeguards against conflict of interest 

and are codified in the City of Albuquerque Ordinances, 2-6-1-3(A)(4), 9-5-1-3(B)(4), 9-5-1-

3(E) and County Ordinance 94-5, Section (3)(E) Joint Air Quality Control Board Ordinance. 

EPA approved Bernalillo County Ordinance 88-45 into the Albuquerque-Bernalillo 

County SIP in a June 1, 1999 rulemaking (64 FR 29235). Albuquerque-Bernalillo County has 

since amended the ordinance and re-codified it as Bernalillo County Ordinance 94-5. EPA will 

act on this amended ordinance in a future rulemaking. For purposes of the infrastructure SIP 

discussion, we will cite to the current ordinance. The Joint Air Quality Control Board Ordinance 

94-5 is also cited as legal authority in General Provisions 20.11.1.3 NMAC, which is SIPapproved. 

EPA is proposing to find that the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County SIP meets the 

requirements of section 110(a)(2)(E) of the Act for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

6. Stationary source emissions monitoring and reporting: Section 110(a)(2)(F) requires, as 

may be prescribed by the Administrator, (i) the installation, maintenance and replacement of 
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equipment, and the implementation of other necessary steps, by owners or operators of stationary 

sources to monitor emissions from such sources, (ii) periodic reports on the nature and amounts 

of emissions and emissions-related data from such sources, and (iii) correlation of such reports 

by the State agency with any emission limitations or standards established pursuant to this Act, 

which reports shall be available at reasonable times for public inspection. 

The State's response: Regulatory requirements have been codified at 20.11.41 NMAC, Authority 

to Construct, 20.11.42 NMAC, Operating Permits, 20.11.60 NMAC, Permitting in 

Nonattainment Areas (pertaining to sampling and testing) and 20.11.49 NMAC, Excess 

Emissions. 

Requirements in 20.11.47 NMAC, Emission Inventory Requirements provide for the reporting of 

emissions inventories in a format established by AQP on a schedule prescribed by the regulation. 

20.11.90 NMAC, Source Surveillance; Administration and Enforcement, establishes the general 

requirements for maintaining records and reporting emissions, including record keeping, data 

submissions and public access to emissions data. 

EPA analysis: The AQCA provides Albuquerque-Bernalillo County with authority to require 

monitoring and recordkeeping and to require the submittal of emissions data to develop an 

emissions inventory. In addition to the regulatory references cited by Albuquerque-Bernalillo 

County, EPA has found the following from NMAC as relevant in demonstrating that the 

Albuquerque-Bernalillo County SIP meets the requirements of section 110(a)(2)(F): 

Regulation 20.11.1 NMAC General Provisions 

Regulation 20.11.41 NMAC Authority to Construct 

Regulation 20.11.42 NMAC Operating Permits 

Regulation 20.11.47 NMAC Emissions Inventory Requirements 

Regulation 20.11.60 NMAC Permitting in Nonattainment Areas 

Regulation 20.11.61 NMAC Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) 

Regulation 20.11.63 NMAC New Source Performance Standards 

EPA has also found the New Mexico SIP provisions set forth herein at Table 1, used to satisfy 

the requirements of Section 110(a)(2)(A), as useful in demonstrating compliance. As set forth 

herein and in the Federal Register notice in more detail, EPA is proposing to find that the 

Albuquerque-Bernalillo County SIP meets the requirements of Section 110(a)(2)(F) for the 2008 

Pb NAAQS. 

7. Emergency power: Section 110(a)(2)(G) requires states to provide for authority to address 

activities causing imminent and substantial endangerment to public health, including adequate 

contingency plans to implement the emergency episode provisions in their SIPs. 

The State's response: Pursuant to 40 CFR 51, Subpart H, Prevention of Air Pollution Emergency 

Episodes, On January 29, 1989, the Air Board adopted the Air Pollution Episode Contingency 

Plan for Bernalillo County [8/21/91, 56 FR 38074; 40 CFR 52.1639, Prevention of Air Pollution 
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Emergency Episodes], that covers air pollution episodes and the occurrence of an emergency due 

to the effects of the pollutants on the health of persons. 

EPA analysis: Section 110(a)(2)(G) requires that each SIP submittal specify what authority may 

restrain any source from causing or contributing to Pb emissions that present an imminent and 

substantial endangerment to public health or welfare, or the environment. As it pertains to lead, 

such an event is unlikely. However, Air Board did adopt into its SIP the Air Pollution Episode 

Contingency Plan for Bernalillo County [8/21/91, 56 FR 38074; 40 CFR 52.1639, Prevention of 

Air Pollution Emergency Episodes], that covers air pollution episodes and the occurrence of an 

emergency due to the effects of the pollutants on the health of persons.11 

EPA is proposing to find that the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County SIP meets the requirements of 

Section 110(a)(2)(G) for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

8. Future SIP revisions: Section 110(a)(2)(H) requires states to have the authority to revise 

their SIPs in response to changes in the NAAQS, availability of improved methods for attaining 

NAAQS, or in response to an EPA finding that the SIP is substantially inadequate. 

The State’s response: Albuquerque-Bernalillo County’s SIP is a compilation of regulations, 

plans and submittals that act to improve and maintain air quality in accordance with national 

standards. The authority to develop or revise the SIP is based on the authority to adopt new 

regulations and revise existing regulations to meet the NAAQS. NMSA 1978 Section 74-7-5 

gives the board authority to adopt regulations to abate, control and prohibit air pollution 

throughout Albuquerque-Bernalillo County in accordance with provisions of the State Rules Act 

[Chapter 14, Article 4, NMSA 1978]. Nothing in New Mexico’s statutory or regulatory 

authority prohibits Albuquerque-Bernalillo County from revising the SIP in the event of a 

revision to the NAAQS. 

EPA analysis: Albuquerque-Bernalillo County has the authority to revise its SIP as necessary to 

account for revisions of the NAAQS, adopt more effective methods of attaining the NAAQS, and 

respond to EPA SIP calls as set forth herein and in the Federal Register notice. We are therefore 

proposing that the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County SIP meets the requirements of section 

110(a)(2)(H) for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

9. Nonattainment area plans or plan revisions under Part D of the CAA: Section 

110(a)(2)(I) contains provisions related to the submission of nonattainment area plans or plan 

revisions as specified in Part D of the CAA. 

The State's response: Compliance with the Pb standard will be evaluated using Air Monitoring 

FRM Quality Assurance Pb Data submitted with SIP revisions for any future nonattainment 

areas. SIP revisions related to nonattainment areas will comply with Subpart D requirements, as 

applicable. The currently approved nonattainment area SIP provisions listed in 40 CFR Section 

52, Subpart GG also meet Subpart D requirements. 

 

11 Note that 40 CFR Part 51, subpart H (51.150- 51.152) and 40 CFR, Part 51, Appendix L do not apply to lead. 
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EPA analysis: As noted previously, EPA does not expect infrastructure SIP submissions to 

address subsection 110(a)(2)(I). Nonattainment area plans required under Part D are required to 

be submitted on a different schedule from the Section 110 infrastructure elements and will be 

reviewed and acted upon through a separate process. We do note however that AlbuquerqueBernalillo County presently does not contain any nonattainment areas for Pb. 

10. Consultation, public notice, and PSD and visibility protection: Section 110(a)(2)(J) is 

divided into three components: consultation with government officials, public notification 

requirements, and provisions for PSD and visibility protection. With regards to consultation with 

government officials, this section requires states to provide a process for consultation with local 

governments and Federal Land Managers (FLMs) carrying out NAAQS implementation 

requirements pursuant to section 121. Section 110(a)(2)(J) further requires states to notify the 

public if NAAQS are exceeded in an area and to enhance public awareness of measures that can 

be taken to prevent exceedances. Section 110(a)(2)(J) also requires States to meet applicable 

requirements of Part C related to Prevention of Significant Deterioration and visibility 

protection. 

The State's response: All SIP revisions undergo public notice and hearing, which provides for 

opportunities to comment by the public, including local political subdivisions. 20.11.82 NMAC, 

Rulemaking Procedures – Air Quality Control Board, stipulates notice requirements for rule 

making and is used as a guide for notice requirements when adopting SIPs. 

Air quality data from AQP’s monitoring network is available to the public via EPA’s website at: 

http://www.epa.gov/air/data/geosel.html. Additionally, as part of the 105 grant process, AQP is 

required to submit monitoring data to the Air Quality System (AQS) 90 days after the end of a 

quarter. Data can also be retrieved via a link through the AQP website: 

http://cabq.gov/airquality/airqualitymonitoringdata.html which also contains information on the 

air quality index and ways the public can participate in regulatory and planning efforts. 

The Air Board has adopted 20.11.61 NMAC- Prevention of Significant Deterioration following 

the requirements outlined in 40 CFR 52 under section 161 of the CAA [42 U.S.C. §7471] for 

prevention of significant deterioration. These provisions were approved by EPA as part of the 

SIP, effective 5/29/07 [40 CFR 52.1634]. 

EPA analysis: Consultation with government officials, section 110(a)(2)(J): The AQCA (section 

74-2-5 – Duties and Powers of the Local Board) and Air Quality Control Board Ordinances give 

AQP the authority to advise, consult, contract and cooperate with municipalities, counties, other 

states, the federal government and other interested persons or groups in regards to matters of 

common interest in the field of air quality control. County Ordinance 94-5 “establishes powers 

and duties of the Board for providing for the adoption, administration and enforcement of the 

regulations; providing for variances; providing for permits; providing for special regulations 

consistent with Federal and State requirements for prevention of significant deterioration, new 

source performance standards, national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants and 

providing for operating permits and fees as required by the 1990 Amendments to the Federal 

CAA.”. Additionally, 20.11.82 NMAC - Rulemaking Procedures - standardizes the procedures 

used in rulemaking proceedings before the AQCB, including public notice. These rules and 
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regulations comply with the requirements of section 121 of the CAA that requires that states 

provide a satisfactory process of consultation with general purpose local governments.12

Public notification if NAAQS are exceeded, pursuant to section 110(a)(2)(J): Public 

notice is governed by the AQCA (section 74-2-6) and 20.11.82 NMAC – Rulemaking 

Procedures Air Quality Control Board. 

PSD and visibility protection, section 110(a)(2)(J): This portion of section 110(a)(2)(J) 

in part requires that a state’s SIP meet the applicable requirements of section 110(a)(2)(C) as 

relating to PSD programs. As discussed previously in this rulemaking with regards to section 

110(a)(2)(C) and in this TSD, Albuquerque-Bernalillo’s PSD program is in the SIP (12/21/93 at 

58 FR 67330 and 4/26/07 at 72 FR 20728). The most recent New Mexico SIP revision of its 

Regional Haze program, which addresses the visibility transport requirement and includes 

Albuquerque-Bernalillo County, was submitted to EPA in August, 2011. With regard to the 

applicable requirements for visibility protection, EPA recognizes that states are subject to 

visibility and regional haze program requirements under part C of the Act (which includes 

sections 169A and 169B). In the event of the establishment of a new NAAQS, however, the 

visibility and regional haze program requirements under part C do not change. Thus, we find that 

there is no new visibility obligation “triggered” under section 110(a)(2)(J) when a new NAAQS 

becomes effective. 

Based on this analysis, we propose that the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County SIP satisfies the 

requirements of section 110(a)(2)(J) for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

11. Air quality modeling and submission of data: Section 110(a)(2)(K) requires that SIPs 

provide for performing air quality modeling to predict effects on air quality resulting from 

emissions of any NAAQS pollutant, and submission of such data to EPA upon request. 

The State’s response: AQP has the authority and the technical capability to conduct air quality 

modeling in order to assess the effect on ambient air quality of relevant pollutant emissions; and 

can and will provide relevant data to EPA as part of the permitting and NAAQS implementation 

process. AQP follows EPA guidelines for air dispersion modeling. 

EPA analysis: The AQCA charges the ACQB and the AQP with preparing and implementing 

the SIP, which includes air quality modeling and the submission of such data to the EPA. The 

Federal Register notice provides additional relevant details. We therefore propose that the 

Albuquerque-Bernalillo County SIP satisfies the requirements of section 110(a)(2)(K) for the 

2008 Pb NAAQS. 

12. Permitting fees: Section 110(a)(2)(L) requires SIPs to require each major stationary source 

to pay permitting fees to cover the cost of reviewing, approving, implementing and enforcing a 

permit. 

 

12 Section 110(a)(2)(J) is divided into three segments: consultation with government officials; public notification; 

and PSD and visibility protection. 
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The State's response: The fee requirements of 20.11.2 NMAC, Fees were approved by EPA as 

meeting the CAA requirements and were incorporated into the New Mexico SIP [Bernalillo 

County 4/10/80, 45 FR 24468]. Albuquerque-Bernalillo County’s Title V operating program 

codified at 20.11.42 NMAC, Operating Permits was approved by EPA on 9/8/04 [FR Vol.69, 

No. 173, pp. 4244-47, effective 11/8/04]. 

 

EPA analysis: The AQP has authority to collect fees for Title V13 and non-Title V permit 

applications, revisions, renewals and inspections pursuant to the AQCA, NMSA 1978 Sections 

74-2-4, 74-2-5 and 74-2-7, the Bernalillo County Ordinance 94-5 - Joint Air Quality Control 

Board Sections 3, 4 and 7, and the revised ordinances of Albuquerque 1994, Section 9-5-1-3, 

Section 9-5-1-4 and Section 9-5-1-7. For example, New Mexico AQCA Section 74-2-7(B)(7) 

requires by regulation a schedule of emission fees consistent with the Title V provisions of 

Section 502(b)(3) of the CAA. The SIP-approved regulation that addresses permit fees, AQCB 

AQC Regulation Section 21 – Permit Fees (April 10, 1980 at 45 FR 24460) was repealed and 

replaced by the more stringent and broader in scope Albuquerque/Bernalillo County AQCB rule 

effective July 1, 2001 and recodified as 20.11.2 NMAC. It was submitted as a SIP revision on 

May 24, 2011. We have proposed to approve the revisions that repeal and replace the existing 

SIP rule but have not finalized our action (November 4, 2011, 76 FR 68385). The May 24, 2011, 

submitted revision that we have proposed to approve addresses fees for reviewing and acting on 

specific permit applications received by the AQP, fees to partially offset the administrative costs 

of permit-related administrative hearings; funding for small business stationary sources; and fees 

to cover administrative expenses. The comment period on the proposal closed on December 5, 

2011. No comments were received. 

Based on the above, EPA is proposing to find that the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County 

SIP meets the requirements of section 110(a)(2)(L) for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

13. Consultation/participation by affected local entities: Section 110(a)(2)(M) requires states 

to provide for consultation and participation in SIP development by local political subdivisions 

affected by the SIP. 

The State’s response: New Mexico Statute § 74-2-5.2 -State air pollution control agency - 

Specific duties and powers of the department: 1) to take all action necessary to secure for the 

state and its political subdivisions the benefits of federal legislation, 2) advise; consult, and 

contract with and cooperate with local authorities, other states, the federal government and other 

interested persons or groups in regard to matters of common interest in the field of air quality 

control and initiate cooperative action between a local authority and the department, between one 

local authority and another or among any combination of local authorities and the department for 

control of air pollution in areas having related air pollution problems that overlap the boundaries 

of political subdivisions, and 3) entering into agreements and compacts with adjoining states and 

 

13 Albuquerque/Bernalillo County has a federally-approved Title V fee program in place. EPA approved 

Albuquerque/Bernalillo County’s Title V fee program as part of its Title V Operating Permit Program on November 

26, 1996. See 61 FR 60032. EPA approved revisions to the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Title V fee program on 

September 8, 2004. See 69 FR 54244. 
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Indian tribes, where appropriate. The State's public participation requirements and procedures 

fulfill the requirements for consultation with local political subdivisions affected by the SIP. 

EPA analysis: 

New Mexico is divided in two air authorities, Albuquerque-Bernalillo County and 

State of New Mexico covering the remaining counties. Each authority is responsible for 

controlling air pollution emitted by stationary sources within its respective jurisdiction. The 

AQP, consistent with regulations adopted by the AQCB, consults with and provides liaison to the 

New Mexico Environment Department’s Air Quality Bureau and provides frequent and regular 

communication and consultation with their management and staff. Section 5(B)(4) of the 

AQCA authorizes the AQP to advise, consult, contract and cooperate with municipalities, 

counties, other states, the federal government and other interested persons or groups in regards to 

matters of common interest in the field of air quality control. The AQCB is required to conduct 

public hearings and to solicit testimony from the public when plans or rules are proposed to be 

adopted by the AQCB for inclusion into the SIP. Consultation and public involvement are also 

required by 20.11.3 NMAC, Transportation Conformity (April 22, 2010 at 75 FR 20922). For 

example, Subsection (F) Public Consultation Procedures of 20.11.3.105 NMAC, requires 

“affected agencies making conformity determinations on transportation plans, programs and 

projects shall establish a proactive public involvement process that provides opportunity for 

public review and comments...” 

EPA is proposing to find that the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County SIP meets the requirements of 

section 110(a)(2)(M) for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

IV. EPA’s Recommendation

We reviewed New Mexico’s submittal on behalf of Albuquerque-Bernalillo County and 

recent air quality data for lead for compliance with the requirements of sections 110(a)(1) and (2) 

of the Act for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. Based on this evaluation, we recommend that EPA propose 

to approve the submittal provided by the State of New Mexico on behalf of AlbuquerqueBernalillo County to demonstrate that the New Mexico SIP meets the applicable requirements of 

sections 110(a)(1) and (2) of the Act with respect to the 2008 lead standard. The submittal 

adequately addresses the infrastructure elements specified in the CAA section 110(a)(2) that are 

necessary to implement, maintain, and enforce the 2008 Lead NAAQS. 

We recommend approval of the New Mexico Albuquerque-Bernalillo County 

infrastructure SIP for the 2008 Lead NAAQS for the following elements: 

Emission limits and other control measures: Section 110(a)(2)(A) 

Ambient air quality monitoring/data system: Section 110(a)(2)(B) 

Program for enforcement of control measures: Section 110(a)(2)(C) 

Interstate transport: Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(ii) 

Adequate resources: Section 110(a)(2)(E) 

Stationary source monitoring system: Section 110(a)(2)(F) 

Emergency power: Section 110(a)(2)(G) 

Future SIP revisions: Section 110(a)(2)(H) 

Consultation with government officials: Section 110(a)(2)(J) 

Public notification: Section 110(a)(2)(J) 
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PSD and visibility protection: Section 110(a)(2)(J) 

Air quality and modeling/data: Section 110(a)(2)(K) 

Permitting fees: Section 110(a)(2)(L) 

Consultation/participation by affected local entities: Section 110(a)(2)(M) 

V. References 

1. Guidance on Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP) Elements Required Under 

Sections 110(a)(1) and 110(a)(2) for the 2008 Lead (Pb) National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS), Memorandum from Stephen D. Page, Director, Air Quality Policy Division, OAQPS, 

to Regional Air Division Directors. 

http://www.epa.gov/oar/lead/pdfs/20111014infrastructure.pdf 
VI. Bernalillo County’s 2011 Pb Emissions Inventory 

Site Name

2011 Pb

Emissions

(tons)

2011 Pb

Emissions

(lbs)

EIS

Identifier County Fa

Double Eagle II 0.18 365 9365811 Bernalillo Ai

Albuquerque Intl Sunport 0.12 232 9365911 Bernalillo AiU.S. DOE National Training Center Cta 0.01 17 9366111 Bernalillo

Materion Corporation 0.01 10 9368511 Bernalillo Se

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GCC RIO GRANDE 0.00 9 7906011 Bernalillo Po

CTS Electronic Components Inc 0.00 8 9366311 Bernalillo

Kirtland Air Force Base 0.00 6 7989711 Bernalillo M

Transcore Amtech Technology Center 0.00 2 9366211 Bernalillo

BIPLANE RANCH 0.00 1 11397811 Bernalillo Ai

Public Service Company of New Mexico –

Reeves Generating Station 0.00 1 7532111 Bernalillo El

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UNIVERSITY OF NM HOSPITAL 0.00 0 11398311 Bernalillo Ai

CHOWNING 0.00 0 11398411 Bernalillo Ai

ST JOSEPH WEST MESA HOSPITAL 0.00 0 12116411 Bernalillo Ai

ALBUQUERQUE RGNL MEDICAL CENTER 0.00 0 12354911 Bernalillo Ai

UNM MAIN CAMPUS 0.00 0 7904311 Bernalillo In

ALBUQUERQUE 0.00 0 14485311 Bernalillo RaTotal County‐Wide 2011 Pb Emissions from Point Sources and

Airports: 0.32 651