Commonwealth ot 1v1assachusetts 

Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs 

Department of Environmental Protection 

One Winter Street Boston, MA 021OB •617-292-5500 

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Gove•.,or 

TIMffiHY P MUl=lRAY 

L eut.Qnant Go11e"'f'lor 

December 4, 2012 

H. Curtis Spalding 

Regional Administrator 

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AIR QUALITY PLANNING UNIT 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region I 

5 Post Office Square 

Boston, MA 02114-2023 

Subject: 2008 Lead NAAQS Infrastructure SIP Certification 

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Dear alding: 

RICHARD K SULLIVAN JR 

Sl!c~etal"y 

KENNETH L. KIMMELL 

Commi:;:;iorer 

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is submitting a 

Certification of State Implementation Plan (SIP) Adequacy Regarding Clean Air Act Sections 

J JO(a)(J) and (2) (the "Lead SIP Certification") with respect to the 2008 National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS) for lead. The Lead SIP Certification demonstrates the ability and 

authority of MassDEP to implement, maintain and enforce the revised lead NAAQS promulgated 

by EPA on October 15, 2008. 

MassDEP submitted a similar certification for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS in April 2008 and for the 

2006 PM2.5 NAAQS in September 2009. The Lead SIP Certification relies on the same statutes, 

regulations and other documentation relied upon in the PM2.5 certifications. On October 16, 

2012, EPA conditionally approved MassDEP's 1997 and 2008 PM2.5 certifications pending 

MassDEP's submission, by September2013, of additional documentation to fulfill specific 

requirements of section 11 O(a)(2)(A). 

The additional requirements that EPA identified with respect to the PM2.5 certifications 

concerned: 1) updating Massachusetts regulations to be consistent with the level of the revised 

NAAQS; and 2) submission of the Massachusetts Conflict of Interest Law as part of the SIP. 

EPA's June 21 , 2012 comments on the proposed Lead SIP Certification indicate thatthe same 

requirements must be addressed in order to avoid a disapproval of the final Lead SIP 

Certification. 

MassDEP commits to submit to EPA, prior to September 2013, for inclusion in the 

Massachusetts SIP, M.G.L. c. 268A, the Conflict of Interest Law, as Amended by c.93, Acts of 

This information is available in alternate fonnal Call Michelle Waters-Ekanem, Diversity Director, at 617-292-5751. TDD# 1-866-539-7622 or 1-617-574-6868 

MassDEP Website: www.mass.gov/dep 

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2011, in order to satisfy Clean Air Act (CAA) Section l 10(a)(2)(E)(ii), which references CAA 

section 128, concerning SIP requirements with respect to conflicts of interest. 

With respect to NAAQS updates, MassDEP commits to propose revisions to 310 CMR 7 .00, Air 

Pollution Control, to include the following definition: 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) or Federal Ambient Air 

Quality Standards means the ambient air quality standards for the criteria 

pollutants1 adopted by the Administrator2 pursuant to the Clean Air Act§ I 09 (42 

US.C. §7410) and codified at 40 CFR Part 50 as in effect {date of promulgation}. 

When promulgated, we·will.submit this regulatory revision for approval into the Massachusetts 

SIP. 

I trust these commitments will allow EPA to issue a conditional approval of the enclosed 

Massachusetts Lead SIP certification. If you have questions or need additional information, please 

contact Eileen Hiney, Air Planning Branch Chief. 

< S:;ely,1 .C:l y___ 

(__Nancy L. Seidman 

Assistant Commissioner 

Bureau of Waste Prevention 

Enclosures 

Cc (electronic): Carl Dierker, EPA-Region 1 

Anne Arnold, EPA-Region 1 

1 The term "criteria pollutants" is defined in 310 CMR 7.00. 

2 The term "Administrator" is defined in 310 C:MR 7.00. 
CO:NIMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

DEVALL. PATRICK 

Gove rnor 

TIMOTHY P. MURRAY 

Lieutenant Governor 

ONE WINTER STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 617 -292-5500 

CERTIFICATION 

IAN A. BOWLES 

Secretary 

LAURlEBURT 

Commissioner 

RE: Public Review process on the proposed Certification of Massachusetts Compliance with 

Clean Air Act Sections 1 lO(a)(l) and (2) State Implementation Plan Requirements for the 

2008 Lead National Ambient Air Quality Standard ("the Lead SIP Certification''). 

I hereby certify that: 

Notice of the p.ublic hearing was published on the following dates in the following newspaper: 

Paper name: The Boston Globe Date: May 9, 2012; 

The notices specified the date, time and place of the public hearings to be held on the proposed 

Lead SIP Certification; 

The notice specified the location at which the proposed Lead SIP Certification was available for 

public inspection; 

The proposed Lead SIP Certification was available at the location stated in the notice when the 

notice was published, as well as at the location of the public hearing on the hearing date; 

A similar notice was mailed to the United States Envirorunental Protection Agency, to any 

affected local or pollution control agencies, and to all known potentially interested parties; and 

On the following date and at the following location, a public hearing was conducted by the 

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), pursuant to the above 

notices and in conformance with M-G.L. Chapter 30A and the provisions of30 CFR 51.4(b): 

Date: June 12, 2102 at 2:00 p_m_ 

Location: MassDEP offices, 1 Winter SL Boston, MA 

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ATTEST: __ 1·~-~·~- ___..,..,~- Name: Eileen Hiney 

Hearing Officer 

November 26, 2012 

This informario11 ls availnhle in allcrnat~ format. Call Donald M. Gomes, ADA Coordinator at 617-559-1057. TDD# 1-866-539-7622 or 1-617-574-68611. 

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