INDEX TO DOCKET EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0345

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Hawaii; Regional Haze Federal Implementation 

Plan

Last updated: 9/13/2012

INDEX NO. CATEGORY / DOCUMENT TITLE DOCUMEN

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A. Rulemaking Documents

A.1. Index to Docket EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0345

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 

Hawaii; Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan

2012-05-15

A.2 Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 

State of Hawaii; Regional Haze Federal Implementation 

Plan, Proposed Rule (Document No. EPA-R09-OAR2012-0345-0015)

2012-05-29

A.3 Technical Support Document for the Proposed Action on 

the Federal Implementation Plan for the Regional Haze

Program in the State of Hawaii, Air Division, U.S. EPA 

Region 9

2012-05-14

A.4 HI RH TSD Appendix A and B. 2009, 2010

B. EPA Guidance Documents, Policies and Rulemakings

B.1. Proposed Rule - Visibility Protection for Federal Class I

Areas, 45 FR 34762

1980-05-22

B.2. Final Rule - Visibility Protection for Federal Class I

Areas, 45 FR 80084

1980-12-02

B.3. Proposed Rule - Regional Haze Regulations, 62 FR 41138 1997-07-31 

B.4. IWAQM Phase 2 Summary Report And 

Recommendations For Modeling Long Range Transport 

Impacts

1998-12

B.5. Visibility Monitoring Guidance, EPA-454/R-99-003 1999-06

B.6. Final Rule - Regional Haze Regulations, 64 FR 35714 1999-07-01 

B.7. Proposed BART Guidelines, 66 FR 38108 2001-06-20

B.8. 2002 Base Year Emission Inventory SIP Planning.pdf 2002-11-18 

B.9. Guidance for Estimating Natural Visibility Conditions 

under the Regional Haze Rule

2003-09

B.10. Guidance for Tracking Progress under the Regional Haze 

Rule

2003-09

B.11. Re-proposed BART Guidelines 2004-05-04

B.12. BART Guidelines Error Correction Memo 2005-06-24

B.13. Final Rule - Regional Haze Regulations and Guidelines 

for BART Determinations

2005-07-06

B.14. Emissions Inventory Guidance for Implementation of 

Ozone and Particulate Matter NAAQS and Regional Haze 

Regulations

2005-11 

B.15. Memo from Joseph W. Paisie regarding Regional Haze 

Regulations and Guidelines for BART

2006-07-19 

B.16. Guidance - 110(a)(2)(D) SIPs for the 8-hour Ozone and 2006-08-15 
PM2.5 NAAQS

B.17. Additional Regional Haze Questions (Guidance) 2006-09-27

B.18. Final Rule - Revision to Regional Haze Regulations, 71 

FR 60612

2006-10-13 

B.19. Guidance for Setting Reasonable Progress Goals Under 

the Regional Haze Program

2007-06-01

B.20. Finding of Failure To Submit SIPs Required by the 1999 

Regional Haze Rule, 74 FR 2392

2009-01-15 

B.21. Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit, 76 

FR 75544

2011-12-02 

C. Additional Documents Considered for Proposed 

Rulemaking

C.1. Documents Related to Background on Regional Haze

C.1.a. S. Copeland, M. Pitchford, R. Ames, Regional Haze Rule 

Natural Level Estimates Using the Revised IMPROVE 

Aerosol Reconstruction Light Extinction Algorithm.

2008-08

C.1.b. Technical Support Document for Technical Products 

Prepared by the WRAP in Support of Western Regional 

Haze Plans

2011-02-28

C.1.c. Hand, J.L., and Malm, W.C., Review of the IMPROVE 

Equation for Estimating Ambient Light Extinction 

Coefficients - Final Report.

2006-03

C.1.d. Spatial and Seasonal Patterns and Temporal Variability of 

Haze and its Constituents in the United States

2011-06 

C.1.e. Yvon and Saltzman, Atmospheric Sulfur Cycling in the 

Tropical Marine Boundary Layer. J. Geophys. Res. 101, 

6911-6918. (copyrighted material – not available on the 

electronic docket)

1996

C.1.f. Pitchford, M., Natural Haze Levels II: Application of the 

New IMPROVE Algorithm to Natural Species 

Concentrations Estimates.

2006-09

C.2. Documents Related to Causes of Haze for Haleakala and 

Hawaii Volcanoes National Parks

C.2.a. Haleakala NP Visibility Assessment, State of Hawaii, 

Department of Health, Clean Air Branch.

2012-04-20

C.2.b. Hawai’i Volcanoes NP Visibility Assessment, State of 

Hawaii, Department of Health, Clean Air Branch.

2012-04-20

C.2.c. IMPROVE PMF Factor Identification notes Positive 

Matrix Factorization Analysis of HALE1 & HAVO1 

IMPROVE data sets, State of Hawaii, Department of 

Health, Clean Air Branch.

2012-04-20

C.2.d. M. Pitchford, Causes of Haze for Hawaii’s Two Class I

Areas, presented at United States Department of 

Agriculture, Agricultural Air Quality Task Force Meeting, 

Wailea, Hawaii, 

2005-11-13, 

2005-11-15

C.2.e. Review of VIEWS2.0 2009-2010 Haleakala NP Organic 

and Elemental Carbon Data, State of Hawaii, Department 

of Health, Clean Air Branch.

2012-03-30
C.2.f. Comparison of Haleakala NP HALE1 and HACR1 

IMPROVE Monitoring Site 2007-2008 Data Sets, State of 

Hawaii, Department of Health, Clean Air Branch.

2012-03-30

C.3. Documents Related to Modeling to Support the Subject to 

BART and Reasonable Progress 

C.3.a. Subject-to-Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) 

and Reasonable Progress (RP) Prioritization Modeling 

Protocol for the State of Hawaii Application of the 

CALPUFF Modeling System, Alpine Geophysics, LLC.

2009-11-30

C.3.b. MM5 Application for 2005 Over the Hawaiian Islands, 

prepared for Hawaii State Department of Health, 

Environmental Management Division, Clean Air Branch 

Prepared by: Alpine Geophysics, LLC. Report.

2008

C.3.c. MM5 Meteorological Dataset Development for Hawaii, 

Draft December 2008, JCA

2008-12

C.3.d. Subject-to-Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) 

Modeling for the State of Hawaii, Application of the 

CALPUFF Modeling System, Alpine Geophysics, LLC. 

Report. 

2010-03-03

C.3.e. MM5 Application for 2005 Over the Hawaiian Islands, 

prepared for Hawaii State Department of Health, 

Environmental Management Division, Clean Air Branch 

Prepared by: Alpine Geophysics, LLC. Modeling Input 

and output files.

Due to the format of the MM5 modeling files, they are not 

available from the electronic docket. These files are 

available upon request.

2008

C.3.f. Subject-to-Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) 

Modeling for the State of Hawaii, Application of the 

CALPUFF Modeling System, Alpine Geophysics, LLC.

Modeling Input and output files.

Due to the format of the CALPUFF modeling files, they

are not available from the electronic docket. These files 

are available upon request.

2010-03-03

C.4. Documents Related to Emissions Inventory

C.4.a. Environ International Corporation, Final Emission 

Inventory Report: Data Population for Air System for 

Hawaii Emissions Data (AirSHED) 

2011-06 

C.4.b. Email from Priscilla Ligh, HI DOH to Greg Nudd, EPA, 

and attachment: RevA Emissions inventory response to 

EPA 11-17-11 for EPA.doc

2011-11-18

C.4.c. RevA Emissions inventory response to EPA 11-17-11 for 

EPA

2011-11-17

C.4.d. ICF International, Technical Analysis for Hawaii’s 

Regional Haze FIP Report – Task 16: On-Road Mobile 

Emissions Inventory

2012-03-23

C.4.e. ICF International, Technical Analysis for Hawaii’s 2012-04-02
Regional Haze FIP Report – Task 16: Commercial Marine 

Inventory, 

C.4.f. Email from Priscilla Ligh, HI DOH to Greg Nudd, EPA

regarding suitability of 2005 EI

2012-05-03

C.5. Documents Related to Cost of Controls

C.5.a. Energy Information Agency, State Ranking 9. Residential 

Electricity Prices (cents/kWh) available at

http://205.254.135.7/state/state-energyrankings.cfm?keyid=18&orderid=1

2012-01

C.5.b. Letter from Brenner Munger, Manager, Environmental 

Department, Hawaiian Electric Company to Tom Webb, 

U.S. EPA Region 9, (contains confidential business 

information (CBI), not in public docket)

2012-01-27

C.5.c. Letter from Brenner Munger, Manager, Environmental 

Department, Hawaiian Electric Company to Tom Webb, 

U.S. EPA Region 9, January 27, 2012 (with CBI 

removed)

2012-01-27

C.5.d. EPA summary of Energy Information Agency Residual 

Fuel Oil Price information

2012-01-25

C.5.e. Hawaii Fuel Oil and Diesel: Supply and Demand Balance, 

Energy Strategies

2012-03-30

C.5.f. Fuel Cost Screening Tool – Overview and Methodologies, 

Energy Strategies

2012-03-30

C.5.g. Fuel Cost Screening Tool (r1 4-18-12), Energy Strategies 

Incorporated, April 18, 2012

2012-04-18

C.5.h. EPA Hawaii Residual Fuel Oil Summary Spreadsheet, 

EPA

2012-04-20

C.6. Documents Related to Energy Strategy and Impact on 

2018 Emissions

C.6.a. Energy Agreement Among the State of Hawaii, Division 

of Consumer Advocacy of the Department of Commerce 

& Consumer Affairs, and Hawaiian Electric Companies

2008-10

C.6.b. Point Source Inventory, ICF 2012-03-31

C.6.c. HI Point Source Inv 03312012.xls 2012-03-31

C.6.d. Email from Juanita Haydel, ICF Corporation to Greg 

Nudd, EPA Region 9, with spreadsheet titled: Hawaii 

Emissions Values_Revised_040412_FTC.xlsx

2012-04-04

C.6.e. Hawaii Emissions Values_Revised_040412_FTC.xlsx 2012-04-04

C.7. Documents Related to Best Available Retrofit Technology 

C.7.a. Letter from Stuart Yamada, Hawaii DOH, to John C. 

Silvia, Hu Honua Bioenergy (August 31, 2011) attaching 

Covered Source Permit (CSP) No. 0724-01-C and 

Covered Source Permit Review Summary

2011-08-31

C.7.b. Regional Haze Source Performance Report for HELCO 

Units H-5 and H-6, TRC-Air Measurements

2010-10-20

C.7.c. BART Five-Factor Analysis Prepared for Hawaiian 

Electric Light Company, Trinity Consultants

2010-04-12

C.7.d. Chemical coupling between ammonia, acid gases, and fine 2004
particles”, B.H. Baek et al. / Environmental Pollution 129

C.8. Documents Related to Reasonable Progress Analysis

C.8.a. Hawaii BART/RP Supplemental Modeling Results, 

Alpine Geophysics

2010-03-29

C.8.b. Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, US 

EPA Region 9 to Brenner Munger, Hawaiian Electric 

Company

2011-07-11

C.8.c. Letter from Brenner Munger, Manager, Environmental 

Department, Hawaiian Electric Company to Tom Webb, 

U.S. EPA Region 9 (contains CBI, not in public docket)

2011-09-02

C.8.d. Letter from Brenner Munger, Manager, Environmental 

Department, Hawaiian Electric Company to Tom Webb, 

U.S. EPA Region 9 (with CBI removed)

2011-09-02

C.8.e. Letter from Brenner Munger, Manager, Environmental 

Department, Hawaiian Electric Company to Tom Webb, 

U.S. EPA Region 9

2011-10-11

C.8.f. Hill, Shipman, Puna, Kahului Modeling Results (Trinity) 2011-10-11

C.9. Documents Related to the Long-Term Strategy

C.9.a. UNC, Technical Analysis for Arizona and Hawaii 

Regional Haze FIPs: Task 17: Information and Analysis 

to Support Hawaii’s Long-Term Strategy

2012-04-13

D. Public Comments Received on Proposed Rule and 

Public Hearing Materials and Transcripts

D.1. Public Hearing Materials

D.1.a. D-1-a EPA Presentation Materials and Figures 2012-05-25

D.1.b. D-1-b Hawaii Regional Haze FIP Overview Map 2012-05-21

D.1.c. D-1-c Regional Haze Intro Presentation 2012-05-21

D.1.d. D-1-d Regional Haze Fact Sheet 2012-05-14

D.1.e. D-1-e How To Comment Flyer (Maui) 2012-05-20

D.1.f. D-1-e How To Comment Flyer (Hawaii) 2012-05-20

D.2. Comments from Public Hearings

D.2.a. Transcript of Oral Comments (Maui) 2012-05-31

D.2.b. Transcript of Oral Comments (Hawaii) 2012-06-01

D.2.c. Written comments from Angela Domingo 2012-05-31

D.2.d. Written comments from Shannon Wianecki 2012-05-31

D.2.e. Written comments from Ilse Menger 2012-05-31

D.2.f. Written comments from Ray Van Wagner 2012-05-31

D.2.g. Written comments from Cory Harden 2012-06-01

D.2.h. Brochure for “Xtreme Fuel Treatment” 2012-06-01

D.3. Other Comments Received

D.3.a. Email from Tom Fairbanks 2012-05-30

D.3.b. Email from Kimberly Carhart 2012-05-31

D.3.c. Regulations.gov comment from Anonymous 2012-05-31

D.3.d. Regulations.gov comment from Cory Harden 2012-06-03

D.3.e. Email from James W. Macey 2012-06-03

D.3.f. Email from Jeff Wayman 2012-06-08

D.3.g. Email from Lon Hocker 2012-07-01

D.3.h. Comment letter from Friends of Haleakala National Park 2012-07-01
D.3.i. Comment letter from Alexander and Baldwin 2012-07-02

D.3.j. Comment letter from Maui Electric Company 2012-07-02

D.3.k. Comment letter from Hawaii Electric Company 2012-07-02

D.3.l. Comment letter from Earthjustice 2012-07-02

D.3.m. Comment letter from Law Office of Marc Chytilo 2012-07-02

D.3.n. Comment letter from Robert Parsons, Environmental 

Coordinator, County of Maui

2012-07-02

D.3.o. Comment letter from National Park Service 2012-07-02

D.3.p. Comment letter from Maui Tomorrow Foundation 2012-07-02

D.3.q. Written comments from Linda Doyle 2012-07-02

D.3.r. Written comments from Heidi Erhardt 2012-07-02

D.3.s. Email from Christine Andrews 2012-05-30

D.3.t. Email from Greg Nudd, EPA to Christine Andrews 2012-06-04

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E. Additional Documents Considered for Final 

Rulemaking 

E.1 National Visibility Goal for Federal Class I Areas; 

Identification of Mandatory Class I Federal Areas Where 

Visibility Is an Important Value (44 FR 69122)

1979-11-30

E.2 Source Specific Federal Implementation Plan for 

Implementing Best Available Retrofit Technology for 

Four Corners Power Plant: Navajo Nation (75 FR 64221)

2010-12-20

E.3 State of Hawaii; Regional Haze Federal Implementation 

Plan; Announcement of Public Hearings (77 FR 27671)

2012-05-11

E.4 Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 

New Mexico; Federal Implementation Plan for Interstate 

Transport of Pollution Affecting Visibility and Best 

Available Retrofit Technology Determination (76 FR 

52388)

2011-08-22

E.5 Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and Hawaiian Electric 

Company, Inc., Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 

December 31, 2011

2012-02-16

E.6 Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation 

Plans; Hawaii; Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 

8-Hour Ozone and the 1997 and 2006 Fine Particulate 

Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (77 FR 

47530)

2012-08-09

E.7 Memo to Greg Nudd, EPA from Gary Mirich, Energy

Strategies regarding Avoided Cost Impact for HELCO

2012-08-28

E.8 Energy Strategies spreadsheet entitled “C-5-g Fuel Cost 

Screening - r0 - 08_15_12 ESLC Edits”

2012-08-15

F. Executive Orders and Statutes

F.1 Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 2011

F.2 Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 2011

F.3 Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) 2011

F.4 National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (15 

USC 3701 et seq.)

2011

F.5 Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C 801 et seq.) 2011
F.6 Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review 

(58 FR 51735)

1993-10-04

F.7 Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and LowIncome Populations (59 FR 7629)

1994-02-16

F.8 Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 

19885)

1997-04-23

F.9 Executive Order 13132: Federalism (64 FR 43255) 1999-08-10

F.10 Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination 

With Indian Tribal Governments (65 FR 67249)

2000-11-09

F.11 Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations 

That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or 

Use (66 FR 28355)

2001-05-22

F.12 Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review (76 FR 3821)

2011-01-21

G. Case Law

G.1 Phillips Petroleum Co. v. U.S. E.P.A., 803 F.2d 545 (10th 

Cir. 1986)

1986

G.2 Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation,

362 U.S. 99 

1960

H. Notice of Final Rulemaking and Response to 

Comments

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