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Determination of Attainment for the Sacramento Nonattainment 

Area for the 2006 Fine Particle Standard; California; 

Determination Regarding Applicability of Clean Air Act 

Requirements

FINAL AND PROPOSED RULE

CATEGORY I. NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

Reserved

CATEGORY II. NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

1. Proposed Rule, “Determination of Attainment for the 

Sacramento Nonattainment Area for the 2006 Fine Particle 

Standard; California; Determination Regarding Applicability 

of Clean Air Act Requirements” October 15, 2012. (prepublication version)

CATEGORY III. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

Not Applicable

CATEGORY IV. OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENTS

Reserved (if comments are submitted)

CATEGORY V. FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

1. 57 FR 13498, State Implementation Plan; General Preamble for 

the Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act 

Amendments of 1990, April 16, 1992.

2. 58 FR 51735, Executive Order 12866, October 4, 1993.

3. 59 FR 7629, Executive Order 12898, February 16, 1994.

4. 60 FR 36723, Determination of Attainment of Ozone Standard 

for Salt Lake and Davis Counties, Utah, and Determination 

Regarding Applicability of Certain Reasonable Further 

Progress and Attainment Demonstration Requirements, July 18,

1995.

5. 61 FR 20458, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Ohio, May 7, 1996.
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6. 61 FR 31832, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; State of Michigan, June 21, 1996.

7. 62 FR 19885, Executive Order 13045, April 23, 1997.

8. 62 FR 38652, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Particulate Matter, July 18, 1997.

9. 64 FR 43255, Executive Order 13132, August 10, 1999.

10. 65 FR 37879, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Ohio and Kentucky, June 19, 2000.

11. 65 FR 67249, Executive Order 13175, November 9, 2000.

12. 66 FR 28355, Executive Order 13211, May 22, 2001.

13. 66 FR 53094, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air 

Quality Planning Purposes; Pennsylvania; Redesignation of 

Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley Ozone Nonattainment Area to 

Attainment and Approval of Miscellaneous Revisions, October 

19, 2001.

14. 68 FR 25418, Determination of Attainment of Ozone Standard, 

St. Louis Area; Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans, and Redesignation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes, State of Missouri, May 12, 2003.

15. 69 FR 21717 Determination of Attainment of the 1-Hour Ozone

Standard; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain 

Clean Air Act Requirements; Approval and Promulgation of 

Ozone Attainment Plan; San Francisco Bay Area, CA, April 22,

2004.

16. 70 FR 71612, Final Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard — Phase 2, November 

29, 2005.

17. 71 FR 61144, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Particulate Matter, October 17, 2006.

18. 71 FR 61236, Revisions to Ambient Air Monitoring 

Regulations, Final Rule, October 17, 2006. 
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19. 72 FR 20586, Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule, 

(April 25, 2007)

20. 74 FR 58688, Air Quality Designations for the 2006 24-Hour 

Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards, November 13, 2009.

21. 75 FR 56, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans 

and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes;

North Carolina: Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point; 

Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Fine 

Particulate Matter Standard, January 4, 2010.

22. 75 FR 230, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans 

and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes;

North Carolina: Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir; Determination of 

Attaining Data for the 1997 Fine Particulate Matter 

Standard, January 5, 2010.

23. 75 FR 6570, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Baton Rouge 1-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the 1-

Hour Ozone Standard, February 10, 2010.

24. 75 FR 27944, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; State of California; PM–10; Determination of 

Attainment for the Coso Junction Nonattainment Area; 

Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air 

Act Requirements, May 19, 2010.

25. 75 FR 31288, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; Determination of 

Attainment of the 1997 Ozone Standard, June 3, 2010.

26. 75 FR 53219, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Determination of 

Attainment of the 1997 Ozone Standard for the Greater 

Connecticut Area, August 31, 2010.

27. 75 FR 54778, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Baton Rouge 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the 8-

Hour Ozone Standard, September 9, 2010.
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28. 75 FR 62470, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Tennessee: Knoxville; Determination of Attaining 

Data for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standards, October 12, 2010.

29. 75 FR 64949, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; Determination of 

Attainment of the 1997 Ozone Standard for the Providence, RI

Area, October 21, 2010.

30. 76 FR 11080, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; The Milwaukee-Racine and 

Sheboygan Areas; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 8-

Hour Ozone Standard, March 1, 2011.

31. 76 FR 12860, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisville 

Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 

Annual Fine Particle Standard, March 9, 2011.

32. 76 FR 18650, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Georgia: Rome; Determination of Attaining Data for

the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard, April 5, 2011.

33. 76 FR 31237, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Determination of 

Attainment for the Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area, May 31, 2011.

34. 76 FR 31239, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee: Chattanooga; 

Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Annual Fine 

Particulate Standard, May 31, 2011.

35. 76 FR 31858, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Georgia: Macon; Determination of Attaining Data 

for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard, June 2, 

2011.

36. 76 FR 33647, Approval and Promulgation of Determination of 

Attainment for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard: States of 

Missouri and Illinois, June 9, 2011.
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37. 76 FR 36873, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Georgia: Atlanta; Determination of Attainment for 

the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standards, June 23, 2011.

38. 76 FR 38023, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Alabama: Birmingham; Determination of Attaining 

Data for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard, June 29,

2011.

39. 76 FR 55542, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; West Virginia: Kentucky; Ohio; 

Huntington-Ashland Nonattainment Area; Determinations of 

Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standards, 

September 7, 2011.

40. 76 FR 60373, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana; 

Cincinnati-Hamilton Nonattainment Area; Determinations of 

Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standards

(September 29, 2011, Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana, 1997

PM2.5.

41. 76 FR 70656, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC and SC;

Determination of Attainment of the 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Standard, November 15, 2011.

42. 77 FR 18922, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Determinations of Clean 

Data for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Standard for the 

Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle-York, Allentown, Johnstown, and 

Lancaster Nonattainment Areas, March 29, 2012.

43. 77 FR 31496, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Massachusetts and New Hampshire; 

Determination of Attainment of the One-Hour and 1997 EightHour Ozone Standards for Eastern Massachusetts, May 29, 

2012.

CATEGORY VI. OTHER DOCUMENTS

1. Memorandum from John Calcagni, “Procedures for Processing 
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Requests to Redesignate Areas to Attainment,” September 4, 

1992.

2. Memorandum from John S. Seitz, Director, Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, “Reasonable Further 

Progress, Attainment Demonstration, and Related Requirements

for Ozone Nonattainment Areas Meeting the Ozone National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard,” May 10, 1995.

3. Memorandum from Steve Page, Director, EPA Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, “Clean Data Policy for the 

Fine Particle National Ambient Air Quality Standards,” 

December 14, 2004.

4. Our Children's Earth Foundation v. EPA, No. 04-73032 (9th 

Cir. June 28, 2005 (Memorandum Opinion))

5. Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, U.S. EPA 

Region IX, to James Goldstene, Executive Officer, California

Air Resources Board transmitting findings of EPA’s Summer 

2007 Technical System Audit of CARB's ambient air monitoring

program, August 18, 2008.

6. Technical System Audit of the California Environmental 

Protection Agency Air Resources Board, 2007, USEPA Region 9,

August 2008.

7. Latino Issues Forum v. EPA, Nos. 06-75831 and 08-71238 (9th 

Cir. March 2, 2009 (Memorandum Opinion)). 

8. Letter from Joseph Lapka, Acting Manager, Air Quality 

Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to Larry Greene, Air 

Pollution Control Officer, Sacramento Metro Air Quality 

Management District (SMAQMD) approving SMAQMD’s “2009 Annual

Monitoring Network Plan.” September 29, 2009.

9. Letter from Joseph Lapka, Acting Manager, Air Quality 

Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, 

Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support 

Division, California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s 

“2009 Annual Monitoring Network Report for Small Districts 

in California.” November 24, 2009.

10. Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, 

Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air 

Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 
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Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2009 

ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, May 19,

2010.

11. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, EPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality

Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, 

California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s “2010 Annual

Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts in 

California.” October 29, 2010.

12. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, EPA Region IX, to Larry Greene, Air Pollution 

Control Officer, SMAQMD approving SMAQMD’s Annual Monitoring

Network Plan submitted on July 2010. November 1, 2010.

13. Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, 

Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air 

Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2010

ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, April 

28, 2011.

14. California Air Resources Board’s Annual Network Plan Report 

for Small Districts in California, June 2011.

15. SMAQMD’s 2011 Annual Monitoring Network Plan.

16. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, EPA Region IX, to Larry Greene, Air Pollution 

Control Officer, SMAQMD approving SMAQMD’s “2011 Annual 

Monitoring Network Plan.” October 31, 2011.

17. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, EPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality

Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, 

California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s “2011 Annual

Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts in 

California.” November 1, 2011.

18. Memorandum from Stephen D. Page, Director, Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, Implementation Guidance for 

the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS), March 2, 2012.

19. Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, 
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Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air 

Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2011

ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, May 1, 

2012.

20. Letter from James Goldstene, Executive Officer of the 

California Air Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, USEPA Region IX, requesting EPA find

the Sacramento 24-hour PM2.5 nonattainment area attained the 

2006 24-hour fine particulate National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard, May 9, 2012.

21. Monitor Description Report for Sacramento nonattainment

area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, September 14, 2012.

22. Data Completeness Report Year 2009 for Sacramento 

nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31, 

2012.

23. Data Completeness Report Year 2010 for Sacramento 

nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31, 

2012.

24. Data Completeness Report Year 2011 for Sacramento 

nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31, 

2012.

25. Data Completeness Report Year 2012 for Sacramento 

nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31, 

2012.

26. Air Quality System Design Value Report providing PM2.5 design 

values and air monitoring data at monitoring stations in 

Sacramento nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, 

August 31, 2012.

27. California Air Resources Board’s Annual Network Plan Report 

for Small Districts in California, June 2012.

28. Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, U.S. EPA 

Region IX, to James Goldstene, Executive Officer, California

Air Resources Board transmitting findings of EPA’s 2011

Technical System Audit of CARB's ambient air monitoring 

program, October 22, 2012. Enclosure: System Audit of the 

Ambient Monitoring Program: California Air Resources Board, 
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June-September 2011, USEPA Region 9, Final Report: October

2012.

29. SMAQMD’s 2012 Annual Monitoring Network Plan.

30. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, EPA Region IX, to Larry Greene, Air Pollution 

Control Officer, SMAQMD approving SMAQMD’s 2012 Annual 

Monitoring Network Plan. March 1, 2013.

31. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, EPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality

Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, 

California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s “2012 Annual

Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts in 

California.” April 19, 2013.

32. Letter from Sylvia Vanderspek, Chief, Air Quality Planning 

Branch, California Air Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld,

Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar 

year 2012 ambient air quality data and quality assurance 

data, May 1, 2012.

33. Air Quality System Design Value Report providing PM2.5 design 

values and air monitoring data at monitoring stations in 

Sacramento nonattainment area, 2010-2012, U.S. EPA Air 

Quality System, May 30, 2013.

34. Air Quality System Data Completeness Report for PM2.5 air 

monitoring stations in Sacramento nonattainment area for 

2012, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, May 30, 2013.

35. Air Quality System Raw Data Report providing PM2.5 air 

monitoring data at monitoring stations in Sacramento

nonattainment area for 2009-2012, U.S. EPA Air Quality 

System, May 30, 2013.