Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0384 Page 1

Docket Index

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; San Joaquin Valley; 

Contingency Measures for 1997 PM2.5 Standard

(Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0534)

August 15, 2013

A. Rulemaking Documents

A-1. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; San Joaquin Valley; 

Contingency Measures for 1997 PM2.5 Standard; Proposed rule. August 15, 2013. 

Pre-publication version

A-2. Interim Final Determination to Defer Sanctions; California; San Joaquin Valley; 

Interim final rule. August 15, 2013. Pre-publication version

A-3. Air Division, EPA Region 9, “Technical Support Document - Proposed Approval of 

Clean Air Act Section 172(c)(9) Contingency Measures - San Joaquin Valley State 

Implementation Plan for Attainment of the 1997 PM2.5 Standards,” August 15, 2013, 

including attachments

B. SIP Submittal and Supplemental Information

B-1. Letter, Richard Corey, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, to Jared 

Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, July 3, 2013 submitting the 

adopted San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District’s Quantification of 

Contingency Measure Reductions for the 2008 PM2.5 Plan with attachments including:

a. Letter, dated June 21, 2013, Samir Sheikh, Director of Strategies and Incentives, 

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, to Richard Corey, 

Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board submitting: 

1. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, “Quantifying 

Contingencies for the 2008 PM2.5 Plan” (dated June 20, 2013)

2. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Governing Board 

Resolution 13-6-18: In the Matter of Authorizing Submittal of the 

“Quantification of Contingency Reductions for the 2008 PM2.5 Plan” to EPA, 

June 20, 2013

3. Memorandum, from Seyed Sadredin, Executive Director/APCO, San Joaquin 

Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to San Joaquin Valley Unified 

Air Pollution Control District Governing Board, dated June 20, 2013, re: Item 

Number 11: Quantification of Contingency Reductions for the 2008 PM2.5

Plan

b. State of California, Air Resources Board Resolution 13-30 (June 27, 2013)

c. California Air Resources Board, “Staff Report San Joaquin Valley PM2.5

Contingency Measures Update,” undated 

B-2. Supplemental Information
Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0384 Page 2

a. E-mail dated July 24, 2013, from Samir Sheikh, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air 

Pollution Control District, to Kerry Drake, EPA Region 9, “RE: Per our 

conversation earlier.” 

b. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Rule 9610, “State 

Implementation Plan Credit for Emission Reductions Generated through Incentive 

Programs,” adopted June 20, 2013

c. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, Rule 9610 Final Staff 

Report (including appendices), dated June 20, 2013

d. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, “2013 Annual 

Demonstration Report,” dated June 2013 

e. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, “2013 Annual 

Demonstration Report,” electronic “Data Sheet” dated August 7, 2013

f. California Air Resources Board, “Carl Moyer Program: Guideline Criteria for OnRoad and Off-Road Projects,” dated July 2013, transmitted to EPA via e-mail 

dated July 2, 2013 from Karen Magliano, CARB, to Andrew Steckel, EPA Region 

9, “RE: Moyer Integrity Elements Write Up.”

g. “San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Proposed Rule 9610, 

Responses to U.S. EPA’s Request to Address ‘Integrity Elements’ in the 

Proposition 1B: Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program Guidelines,” 

draft revised June 6, 2013, transmitted to EPA via e-mail dated June 10, 2013 

from Elizabeth Yura, CARB, to Andrew Steckel, EPA Region 9, “RE: Draft 

Deliberative - Prop 1B Documentation.”

h. California Air Resources Board, “Proposition 1B: Goods Movement Emission 

Reduction Program, Final Guidelines for Implementation,” adopted February 28, 

2008 (selected excerpts) 

i. California Air Resources Board, Proposition 1B 2008 Benefits Calculator

j. “Proposition 1B: Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program, Directions: 

Benefits Calculators,” March 17, 2011

k. California Air Resources Board, “Proposition 1B: Goods Movement Emission 

Reduction Program, Final 2010 Guidelines for Implementation,” adopted March 

25, 2010 (selected excerpts)

l. California Air Resources Board, Proposition 1B 2010 Benefits Calculator

m. California Air Resources Board, “The Carl Moyer Program Guidelines,” 

approved April 28, 2011 (selected excerpts). 

n. Letter, dated January 2, 2013, from James Goldstene, Executive Officer, 

California Air Resources Board, to Seyed Sadredin, Air Pollution Control Officer, 

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, enclosing “Incentive 

Program Review Report, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Fiscal 

Years 2006-07 through 2009-10, attachment to e-mail dated March 11, 2013 from 

Samir Sheikh, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, to 

Andrew Steckel, EPA Region 9, subject: RE: incentive accountability
Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0384 Page 3

o. Email dated June 7, 2013 from Frances Wicher, EPA Region 9 to Jessi Fierro, 

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution control District. Subject: Comments of 

the revised resolution and Quantification.

p. Email dated August 13, 2013 from Jessi Fierro, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air 

Pollution Control District to Frances Wicher, EPA Region 9. Subject: FW: 

Quantification of Contingency Reductions for SJV 2008 PM2.5 Plan, forwarding 

email, dated May 21, 2013 from pm_plans@lists.valleyair.org, subject 

Quantification of Contingency Reductions for SJV 2008 PM2.5 Plan

q. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Notice of Public 

Hearing on “Quantification of Contingency Reductions for the 2008 PM2.5 Plan,” 

Hearing date: June 20, 2013.

C. EPA Rulemaking Notices, Guidance Documents, and Related Material

C-1. PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards and Area Designations 

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

36852 (July 18, 1997)

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)

C-2. 2011 Action on the San Joaquin Valley PM2.5 SIP and Related Rule Actions

a. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; 2008 San 

Joaquin Valley PM2.5 Plan and 2007 State Strategy; Proposed rule. 76 FR 41338 

(July 13, 2011)

b. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; 2008 San 

Joaquin Valley PM2.5 Plan and 2007 State Strategy; Final rule. 76 FR 69896 

(November 9, 2011)

c. Air Division, EPA-Region 9, Technical Support Document and Responses to 

Comments, Final Rule on the San Joaquin Valley 2008 PM2.5 State 

Implementation Plan, September 30, 2011

d. Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley 

Unified Air Pollution Control District and South Coast Air Quality Management 

District; Final rule. 74 FR 57907 (November 10, 2009)

e. Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Reformulated 

Gasoline and Diesel Fuels; California; Final rule. 75 FR 26653 (May 12, 2010)

f. Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley 

Unified Air Pollution Control District; Final rule. 76 FR 16696 (March 25, 2011)
Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0384 Page 4

g. Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley 

Unified Air Pollution Control District; Proposed rule. Final rule. 76 FR 53640

(August 29, 2011)

C-3. EPA SIP Planning Guidance and Related Information

a. 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)

b. 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) 

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

2007)

d. Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan; Indiana; Direct final 

rule. 62 FR 15844 (April 3, 1997)

e. Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan; Illinois; Final rule. 62 

FR 66279 (December 18, 1997)

f. Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; 

Post-1996 Rate of Progress; Direct final rule. 66 FR 30811 (June 8, 2001)

g. Approval an Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of 

Columbia, Maryland, Virginia; Post 1996 Rate-of-Progress Plans, One-Hour 

Ozone Attainment Demonstrations and Attainment Date Extension for the 

Metropolitan Washington D.C. Ozone Nonattainment Area; Final rule. 66 FR 586 

(January 3, 2001)

h. Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; 

One-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration and Attainment Date Extension for 

the Greater Connecticut Ozone Nonattainment Area; Final rule. 66 FR 634 

(January 3, 2001)

i. Official Release of EMFAC2011 Motor Vehicle Emission Factor Model for Use 

in the State of California; Notice of availability. 78 FR 14533, March 6, 2013.

C-4. EPA Incentive Program and Voluntary Measure Program Guidance

a. Economic Incentive Program Rules; Final Rule and Guidance. 59 FR 16690 

(April 7, 1994) 

b. 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)”
Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0384 Page 5

c. EPA Office of Air and Radiation, “Improving Air Quality with Economic 

Incentive Programs,” U.S. EPA, Office of Air and Radiation, January 2001 (EPA452/R-01-001) 

d. Memorandum dated January 19, 2001 from John Seitz, Director, Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, EPA to Air Division Directors, Regions 1-10, 

entitled “Incorporating Voluntary Stationary Source Emission Reduction 

Programs Into State Implementation Plans – Final Policy”

e. EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Incorporating Emerging and Voluntary 

Measures in a State Implementation Plan (SIP), September 2004

f. EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Guidance on Incorporating Bundled Measures 

in a State Implementation Plan, August 16, 2005

g. EPA, Roadmap for Incorporating Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Policies 

and Programs into State and Tribal Implementation Plans, July 2012

C-5. Other EPA Documents

a. Memorandum dated August 13, 2013 from Scott Bohning, EPA Region 9 to File 

for docket EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0534, San Joaquin Valley action; Subject: 

Contingency precursor effectiveness ratio using additional information.

b. Letter dated August 12, 2013 from Deborah Jordan, Air Division Director, EPA 

Region 9 to Richard Corey, Executive Officer, Air Resources Board, August 12, 

2013

c. Memorandum dated July 22, 2013 from Idalia Perez, Rulemaking Office, EPA 

Region 9 to File, concerning EPA Proposed Rule to Approve San Joaquin Valley 

Contingency Measure SIP Revision, Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) 

d. Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley 

Unified Air Pollution Control District; Final rule. 76 FR 26609 (May 9, 2011)

e. Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley 

Unified Air Pollution Control District; Final rule. 78 FR 6740 (January 31, 2013)

D. California and District Documents 

D-1. 2008 PM2.5 SIP

a. California Air Resources Board, Proposed State Strategy for California’s 2007 

State Implementation Plan, adopted September 27, 2007 (excerpts)

b. San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, 2008 PM2.5 Plan, April 30, 

2008 (excerpts)

c. California Air Resources Board, “Staff Report, Analysis of the San Joaquin 

Valley 2008 PM2.5 Plan,” Release Date: May 7, 2008

d. California Air Resources Board, “Status Report on the State Strategy for 

California’s 2007 State Implementation Plan (SIP) and Proposed Revision to the 

SIP Reflecting Implementation of the 2007 State Strategy,” dated March 24, 

2009, adopted April 24, 2009
Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0384 Page 6

e. California Air Resources Board, “Progress Report on Implementation of PM2.5

State Implementation Plans (SIP) for the South Coast and San Joaquin Valley Air 

Basins and Proposed SIP Revisions,” dated March 29, 2011 and adopted April 28, 

2011

f. Letter dated May 18, 2011, from Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Office, California 

Air Resources Board, to Elizabeth Adams, Deputy Director, Air Division, EPA–

Region 9, with attachments.

g. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Rule 4320 – Advanced 

Emission Reduction Options for Boilers, Steam Generators, and Process Heaters 

Greater than 5.0 MMBTU/Hr (October 16, 2008)

h. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Rule 4901 – Wood 

Burning Fireplace and Wood Burning Heaters (October 16, 2008)

i. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Rule 4354 – Glass 

Melting Furnaces (May 19, 2011)

j. 13 California Code of Regulations section 2281 (“Sulfur Content of Diesel Fuel”)

(operative August 4, 2005)

D-2. Incentive Programs

a. Agency “Strategic Growth Plan Bond Accountability, Goods Movement Emission 

Reduction Program,” Approved February 27, 2008 

b. Proposition 1B Program: Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program, Final 

2013 Guidelines for Implementation,” adopted January 25, 2013

c. Proposed San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Rule 9610

“State Implementation Plan Credit for Emission Reductions Generated through 

Incentive Programs” (May 21, 2013)

D-3. Other State and District Documents 

a. San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, 2012 PM2.5 Plan, December 

20, 2012, Appendix B.

b. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, Final Staff Report, 

Amendments to Rule 4354 (Glass Melting Furnaces), June 20, 2011.