Co mm onwealth ot 1v1 assachusetts Executive Office of Ene rgy & En vironmenta l Affa irs 

# Department of Environmental Protection One Winter Street Boston , MA 021OB •6 17-292 -5500 a:YAL L ?ATRIO< Gove•.,or TIMffiHY P MUl=lRA Y Leut.Qnant Go11e"'f'lo r 

### December 4 , 2012 H. Curtis Spalding Regional Administrator

# P:~lID 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 

## C...VR..t Dear

# alding: RICHARD K SULLIVAN JR**Sl!c~eta l"y**  KENNETH L. KIMMELL C

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### The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is submitting a Certification of State Implementation Plan (SIP) Adequacy Regarding Clean Air Act Sections JJO(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 p romulgated 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 rel ied 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 sect ion 11 O(a)(2)(A)
. The additional requirements that EPA identified with respect to the PM2 .5 certifications concerned: 1) updating Massachusetts re gulations to be consistent with the level ofthe revised NAAQS; and 2) submission ofthe 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 b y c.93, Acts of
This information is available in alternate fonnal Call Michelle Waters-Ekanem, Diversity Director, at 617-292-5751. TD D# 1-866-539-7622 or 1-617-574-6868 MassDEP Webs i t e : www . mass .gov/dep Printed on Recycled Paper2011, 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 ofinterest. With respect to NAAQS updates, MassDEP commits to propose revisions to 310 CMR 7 .00, Air Pollution Control, to include the following definition: 

### National AmbientAir Quality Standards (NAAQS) or Federal Ambient Air Quality Standards means the ambient air quality standards for the criteria pollut a nt s1 a dopted by the Administrator 2 

### pursuant to the Clean AirAct§ I 09 (42 US.C. §7 4 10) 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 ofthe enclosed Massachusetts Lead SIP certification
. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Eileen Hiney, Air Planning Branch Chief.

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# y___ (__Na n cy L. Seidman Assistant Commissioner Bureau ofWaste 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
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.CO:NIMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY 

### & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS 

### DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

DEVALL. PATRICK Gov e rnor TIMOTHY P. MURRAY L ieutenant 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 ofMassachusetts Compliance with Clean Air Act Sections 1lO(a)(l) and (2) State Implementation Plan Requirements for the 2008 Lead Na tional Ambient Air Quality Standard 

### ("the Lead SIP Certificatio n ''). I hereby certify that: Notice of the p.ublic hearing was published on the following dates in the following newsp aper: Paper name: The Boston Globe Date: May 

### 9, 2012; The notices specified the date, time and place ofthe 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 availab le 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 ofEnvironmental 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 

# -r"' ATTEST:
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# 1·~-~·~-**___..,..,~-** Name: Eileen Hiney Hearing Officer November 26, 2012

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

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