Docket Index Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0721 Page 1

Docket Index

Proposed Rule

Finding of Substantial Inadequacy of Implementation Plan; Call for California State 

Implementation Plan Revision; South Coast

(Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0721)

August 30, 2012

A. Rulemaking Documents

A-1. Docket Index, Finding of Substantial Inadequacy of Implementation Plan; Call for 

California State Implementation Plan Revision; South Coast; Proposed Rule (Docket No. 

EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0721), August 30, 2012.

A-2. Finding of Substantial Inadequacy of Implementation Plan; Call for California State 

Implementation Plan Revision; South Coast; Proposed rule. August 30, 2012 (pre-publication 

version).

A-3. Finding of Substantial Inadequacy of Implementation Plan; Call for California State 

Implementation Plan Revision; South Coast; Reopening of Comment Period. Proposed rule; 

reopening of comment period. October 17, 2012. (prepublication version)

B. Relevant Portions of State Implementation Plan and Related Documents

B-1. South Coast Air Quality Management District, Final 1997 Air Quality Management 

Plan, 1996.

B-2. South Coast Air Quality Management District, Final 1999 Amendments to the 1997 

Ozone State Implementation Plan for the South Coast Air Basin, December 1999.

B-3. California Air Resources Board, Revised Proposed 2003 State and Federal Strategy

for the California State Implementation Plan, August 25, 2003. 

B-4. State of California Air Resources Board, Resolution 03-22, October 23, 2003 

adopting the Final 2003 State and Federal Strategy for California.

B-5. South Coast Air Quality Management District, Final 2003 Air Quality Management 

Plan, August 2003.

B-6. South Coast Air Quality Management District, Final 2003 Air Quality Management 

Plan, August 2003, Appendix III - Base and Future Year Emission Inventories.

B-7. South Coast Air Quality Management District, Final 2003 Air Quality Management 

Plan, August 2003, Appendix V - Modeling and Attainment Demonstrations. 

B-8. Letter, James Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, to 

Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, February 13, 2008.

C. EPA Guidance Documents, Policies and Rulemakings

C-1. Revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Photochemical

Oxidants, Final Rule, 44 Fed. Reg. 8202 (February 9, 1979).
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C-2. Designation of Areas for Air Quality Purposes, 56 Fed. Reg. 56694 (November 6, 

1991).

C-3. State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of 

the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; General preamble for future proposed 

rulemakings. 57 Fed. Reg. 13498 (April 16, 1992).

C-4. Selection of Sequence of Mandatory Sanctions for Findings Made Pursuant to Section 

179 of the Clean Air Act, 59 Fed. Reg. 39832 (August 4, 1994)

C-5. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California Ozone, 62 Fed. Reg. 

1150 (January 8, 1997).

C-6. National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, 62 Fed. Reg. 38856 (July 18, 

1997)

C-7. Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California-South 

Coast, 65 Fed. Reg. 18903 (April 10, 2000).

C-8. Official Release of EMFAC2002 Motor Vehicle Emission Factor Model for Use 

in the State of California, 68 Fed. Reg. 15720 (April 1, 2003).

C-9. Adequacy Status of the South Coast and Coachella Valley, CA; Attainment and 

Maintenance Plans for Transportation Conformity Purposes, 69 Fed. Reg. 15325 (March 

25, 2004).

C-10. Air Quality Designations and Classifications for the 8-Hour Ozone National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards; Early Action Compact Areas With Deferred Effective 

Dates, 69 Fed. Reg. 23858 (April 30, 2004).

C-11. Final Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality

Standards-Phase 1, 69 Fed. Reg. 23951 (April 30, 2004).

C-12. Final Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality

Standard - Phase 2, 70 Fed. Reg. 71612 (November 29, 2005).

C-13. National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, 73 Fed. Reg. 16436 (March 

27, 2008).

C-14. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of California; 2003 

State Strategy and 2003 South Coast Plan for One-Hour Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide;

Proposed rule. 73 Fed. Reg. 63408 (October 24, 2008).

C-15. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of California; 2003 

State Strategy and 2003 South Coast Plan for One-Hour Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide; 

Final rule. 74 Fed. Reg. 10176 (March 10, 2009).

C-16. Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; San Joaquin 

Valley, South Coast Air Basin, Coachella Valley, and Sacramento Metro 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Areas; Reclassification, Final rule. 75 Fed. Reg. 24409 (May 5, 2010).

C-17. Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; 

Determinations of Failure To Attain the One-Hour Ozone Standard, Proposed rule. 76 FR 

56694 (September 14, 2011).
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C-18. Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

Attainment Plan for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard, Proposed rule. 76 Fed. Reg. 

57872 (September 16, 2011).

C-19. Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; 

Determinations of Failure To Attain the One-Hour Ozone Standard, Final rule. 76 FR 

82133 (December 30, 2011).

C-20. Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

Attainment Plan for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard; Final rule. 77 Fed. Reg. 12674 

(March 1, 2012).

C-21. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; Revisions to the 

California State Implementation Plan Pesticide Element, Proposed rule. 77 FR 24441 

(April 24, 2012).

D. Additional Documents 

D-1. Memorandum to File, Wienke Tax, EPA Region 9, re: EPA Proposed Rules, Finding 

of Substantial Inadequacy of Implementation Plan; Call for California State Implementation 

Plan Revision; South Coast, and Disapproval of Implementation Plan Revisions; State of 

California; South Coast VMT Emissions Offset Demonstrations - Conference Call Notes, 

Conference Call with South Coast Air Quality Management District, September 14, 2012.