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Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; California; South Coast Moderate Area Plan and Reclassification as Serious 

Nonattainment for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS

(Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0204)

A. Rulemaking Documents

A-1 Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast Moderate Area 

Plan for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS ; Proposed rule. Pre-publication version (September 30, 

2015).

A-2 Air Division, EPA-Region 9, Technical Support Document for the Proposed Action on the 

South Coast 2012 PM2.5 Plan and 2015 Supplement, September 2015.

a. Appendix A to Technical Support document 

A-3 80 FR 63640, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast 

Moderate Area Plan for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS ; Proposed rule, (October 20, 2015).

A-4 Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; South Coast; 

Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS; final rule. Prepublication version (December 22, 2015). 

A-5 Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; South Coast; 

Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS; final rule. 81 FR 

1514 (January 13, 2016).

A-6 Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval of Air Quality State Implementation Plans; 

California; South Coast; Moderate Area Plan for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS, final rule, 

prepublication version (March 15, 2016).

B. State Implementation Plan Submittals and Supporting Documents

B-1. Letter, dated February 13, 2013, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air 

Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, with 

enclosures.

a. Letter, February 6, 2013, Barry Wallerstein, Executive Officer, South Coast Air Quality

Management District, to James Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB.

1. 2012 PM2.5 Plan (December 19, 2012) plus Appendices.

2. Proof of Publication from various Los Angeles area newspapers.

3. SCAQMD Governing Board Resolution 12-19 “A Resolution of the South Coast Air 

Quality Management District (AQMD or District) Governing Board Certifying the 

Final Program Environmental Impact Report for the 2012 Air Quality Management 

Plan (AQMP), Adopting the Draft Final 2012 AQMP, to be referred to after adoption 

as the Final 2012 AQMP, and to be submitted into the California State 

Implementation Plan,” December 7, 2012.

4. South Coast response to comments on 2012 AQMP
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b. ARB Notice of Public Meeting to Consider Approval of the South Coast Air Basin 2012 

PM2.5 and Ozone State Implementation Plans, December 21, 2012.

c. Board Meeting, State of California, Air Resources Board, Transcript of hearing, January

25, 2013.

d. CARB Resolution 13-3, South Coast PM2.5 State Implementation Plan, January 25, 2013.

e. CARB “Staff Report on Proposed Revisions to the PM2.5 and Ozone State 

Implementation Plans for the South Coast Air Basin,” Release Date: January 11, 2013.

f. Public comments received during CARB hearing on South Coast 2012 PM2.5 Plan,

January 25, 2013.

B-2. Letter, dated March 4, 2015, Richard W. Corey, Executive Officer, California Air Resources 

Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, with enclosures.

a. Letter, dated February 11, 2015, Barry Wallerstein, D. Env., Executive Officer, 

SCAQMD, to Richard Corey, Executive Officer, CARB.

1. Final Supplement to the 24-Hour PM2.5 State Implementation Plan for the South 

Coast Air Basin (February 2015).

2. Notice of Public Hearings, Proposed Supplement to The 24-Hour PM2.5 State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) for the South Coast Air Basin and Submission into the 

SIP, dated December 17, 2014.

3. Proof of publication from various Los Angeles area newspapers

4. SCAQMD Governing Board Resolution 15-03 “A Resolution of the South Coast Air 

Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Governing Board approving the 

Supplement to the 24-Hour PM2.5 State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the South 

Coast Air Basin and Submittal into the SIP,” February 6, 2015.

5. Comments from SCAQMD Board Hearing on 2015 Supplement

6. SCAQMD Board minutes, February 6, 2015.

b. Notice of Public Meeting to Consider a Minor Revision to the South Coast 2012 PM2.5 

State Implementation Plan, February 9, 2015.

c. CARB “Staff Report, 2015 Update to the South Coast Air Basin 24-Hour PM2.5 Plan,” 

Release Date: February 9, 2015.

d. CARB Board Resolution 15-2, “Minor Revision to the South Coast Air Basin 2012 PM2.5

State Implementation Plan,” February 19, 2015.

B-3.SCAQMD Governing Board Resolution 15-25, “A Resolution of the Governing Board of the 

South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) certifying the Final Program 

Environmental Assessment for Proposed Amended Regulation XX – Regional Clean Air Incentives 

Market (RECLAIM), A Resolution of the SCAQMD Governing Board amending Regulation XX -

Regional Clean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM),” December 4, 2015.

B-4.SCAQMD Rule 2001, “[RECLAIM] Applicability” (amended May 6, 2005).
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C. EPA Policy, Guidance, Rulemaking Documents, and Correspondence

C-1. 52 FR 24663, Revisions to National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, final 

rule (July 1, 1987).

C-2. 56 FR 58656, Reclassification of Moderate PM-10 Nonattainment Areas to Serious Areas, 

proposed rule (November 21, 1991).

C-3. 57 FR 13498, 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. 

(April 16, 1992).

C-4. 57 FR 18070, State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of 

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

rulemakings. (April 28, 1992).

C-5. Memorandum dated September 29, 1992, John Calcagni, Director, Air Quality Management 

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, EPA and William Laxton, Director, 

Technical Support Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, EPA, to Air Division 

Directors, Region I-X, “Public Hearing Requirements for 1990 Base-Year Emissions Inventories 

for Ozone and Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas.”

C-6. 58 FR 3334, Reclassification of Moderate PM-10 Nonattainment Areas to Serious Areas, final 

rule (Jan. 8, 1993).

C-7. 59 FR 41998, State Implementation Plans for Serious PM–10 Nonattainment Areas, and 

Attainment Date Waivers for PM–10 Nonattainment Areas Generally; Addendum to the General 

Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (August 

16, 1994).

C-8. 62 FR 15844, Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan; Indiana; Direct final 

rule (April 3, 1997).

C-9. 62 FR 38856, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter; Final Rule (July

18, 1997).

C-10. 62 FR 66279, Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan; Illinois; Final rule

(December 18, 1997).

C-11. 63 FR 15920, Promulgation of Federal Implementation Plan for Arizona—Phoenix Moderate 

Area PM–10; Disapproval of State Implementation Plan for Arizona—Phoenix Moderate Area 

PM–10; Proposed rule and withdrawal of 1996 proposed rule (April 1, 1998).

C-12. 63 FR 18978, Emission Standards for Locomotives and Locomotive Engines, final rule (April

16, 1998).

C-13. 63 FR 56968, Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From Nonroad Diesel Engines, final rule 

(October 23, 1998).

C-14. 65 FR 19964, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Arizona-Maricopa County

PM-10 Nonattainment Area; Serious Area Plan for Attainment of the Annual PM-10 Standard, 

proposed rule (April 13, 2000).

C-15. 66 FR 586, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of 

Columbia, Maryland, Virginia; Post 1996 Rate-of-Progress Plans, One-Hour Ozone Attainment 
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Demonstrations and Attainment Date Extension for the Metropolitan Washington D.C. Ozone 

Nonattainment Area; Final rule (January 3, 2001).

C-16. 66 FR 634, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; OneHour Ozone Attainment Demonstration and Attainment Date Extension for the Greater 

Connecticut Ozone Nonattainment Area; Final rule (January 3, 2001).

C-17. 66 FR 5002, Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and 

Vehicle Standards and Highway Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control Requirements, final rule (January 18, 

2001).

C-18. 66 FR 30811, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; 

Post-1996 Rate of Progress; Direct final rule (June 8, 2001).

C-19. 66 FR 50252 Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Arizona-Maricopa County

PM-10 Nonattainment Area; Serious Area Plan for Attainment of the 24-Hour PM-10 Standard 

and Contingency Measures, Proposed Rule (October 2, 2001).

C-20. 67 FR 48718, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Arizona-Maricopa County

PM-10 Nonattainment Area; Serious Area Plan for Attainment of the PM-10 Standards, final rule

(July 25, 2002).

C-21. 69 FR 5412, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for California—San Joaquin 

Valley PM-10 Nonattainment Area; Serious Area Plan for Attainment of the 24-Hour and 

Annual PM-10 Standards; Proposed rule. (February 4, 2004).

C-22. 69 FR 38958, Control of Emissions of Air Pollution from Nonroad Diesel Engines and Fuel, 

final rule (June 29, 2004).

C-23. 69 FR 40004, Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments for the New 8-hour Ozone and 

PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards and Miscellaneous Revisions for Existing Areas; 

Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Response to Court Decision and Additional Rule 

Changes; Final rule (July 1, 2004).

C-24. 69 FR 43518, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality

Management District, final rule (July 21, 2004).

C-25. EPA, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, No. EPA/600/P–99/002aF and EPA/600/P–

99/002bF, October 2004, Chapter 3.

C-26. 70 FR 944, Air Quality Designations and Classifications for the Fine Particles (PM2.5) National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards; Final rule (January 5, 2005).

C-27. 70 FR 24280, Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments for the New PM2.5 National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard: PM2.5 Precursors, Final rule (May 6, 2005).

C-28. EPA, Emissions Inventory Guidance for Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and Regional Haze Regulations, EPA–454/R–

05–001, November 2005. 

C-29. 70 FR 69081, Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; California—South Coast and Coachella, final rule (November 14, 2005)

C-30. 71 FR 241, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality

Management District, final rule (January 4, 2006).
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C-31. 71 FR 61144, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, Final rule (October 

17, 2006).

C-32. EPA, Guidance on the Use of Models and Other Analyses for Demonstrating Attainment of Air 

Quality Goals for Ozone, PM2.5, and Regional Haze, EPA-454/B-07-002, April 2007.

C-33. 72 FR 20586, Clean Air Fine Particulate Implementation Rule; Final rule (April 25, 2007).

C-34. 73 FR 28231, Implementation of the New Source Review (NSR) Program for Particulate Matter 

Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM2.5), Final rule (May 16, 2008).

C-35. 73 FR 37096, Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From Locomotive Engines and Marine 

Compression-Ignition Engines Less Than 30 Liters per Cylinder; Republication (June 30, 2008). 

C-36. 73 FR 76947, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality

Management District, final rule (December 18, 2008). 

C-37. 74 FR 10176, 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

(March 10, 2009). 

C-38. 74 FR 58688, Air Quality Designations for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards; Final Rule (November 13, 2009).

C-39. 74 FR 67821, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality

Management District, final rule (December 21, 2009).

C-40. 75 FR 17254, Revisions to the General Conformity Regulations, final rule (April 5, 2010).

C-41. 76 FR 6328, Official Release of the January 2011 AP–42 Method for Estimating Re-Entrained 

Road Dust From Paved Roads; Announcement of Availability (February 4, 2011).

C-42. Memorandum from Tyler Fox, Air Quality Modeling Group, OAQPS, EPA to Regional Air 

Program Managers, EPA, Subject: Update to the 24 Hour PM2.5 NAAQS Modeled Attainment 

Test (June 28, 2011).

C-43. 76 FR 41562, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; 2007 South 

Coast PM2.5 Plan and 2007 State Strategy; Proposed rule (July 14, 2011).

C-44. Memorandum, dated July 21, 2011, from Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, to Regional 

Air Division Directors, Regions 1-10, Subject: Revised Policy to Address Reconsideration of 

Interpollutant Trading Provisions for Fine Particles (PM2.5).

C-45. 76 FR 57872, Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

Attainment Plan for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard; Proposed rule (September 16, 2011).

C-46. 76 FR 69928, Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

Attainment Plan for 1997 PM2.5, Final rule (November 9, 2011).

C-47. 77 FR 2228, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley United 

Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD); Final rule (January 17, 2012).

C-48. 77 FR 12674, Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

Attainment Plan for 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard, Final rule (March 1, 2012).

C-49. Memorandum from Stephen D. Page, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, to 

EPA Regional Air Directors, Regions I-X re: “Implementation Guidance for the 2006 24-Hour 
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Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)” ( March 2, 2012) 

(withdrawn June 6, 2013).

C-50. 77 FR 71129, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley United 

Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) and South Coast Air Quality Management District 

(SCAQMD), Final rule (November 29, 2012).

C-51. EPA, Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Final Revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality

Standards for Particulate Matter (EPA-452/R-12-005, December 2012). 

C-52. 78 FR 3086, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter; Final rule (January

15, 2013).

C-53. 78 FR 14533, Official Release of EMFAC2011 Motor Vehicle Emission Factor Model for Use in 

the State of California; Announcement of Availability (March 6, 2013).

C-54. 78 FR 30768, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality

Management District; Final rule (May 23, 2013).

C-55. Memorandum, Stephen D. Page, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, to EPA 

Regional Air Directors, Regions I-X, Withdrawal of Implementation Guidance for the 2006 24-

Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) (June 6, 2013).

C-56. 78 FR 64402, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

Contingency Measures for 1997 PM2.5 Standards, final rule (October 29, 2013).

C-57. 78 FR 69806, Identification of Nonattainment Classification and Deadlines for Submission of 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) Provisions for the 1997 Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS; Proposed rule (November 21, 2013).

C-58. 79 FR 31566, Identification of Nonattainment Classification and Deadlines for Submission of 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) Provisions for the 1997 Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS; Final rule (June 2, 2014).

C-59. 80 FR 2206, Air Quality Designations for the 2012 Primary Annual Fine Particle (PM2.5 ) 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards, final rule (January 15, 2015).

C-60. 80 FR 18528, Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; San Joaquin 

Valley; Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 1997 PM2.5 Standards, final rule (April 

7, 2015).

C-61. 80 FR 13495, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality

Management District; Final rule (March 16, 2015).

C-62. 80 FR 15339, Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: State 

Implementation Plan Requirements; Proposed Rule (March 23, 2015). 

C-63. 80 FR 24821, Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast Air 

Quality Management District; Stationary Source Permits, Final rule (May 1, 2015). 

C-64. 80 FR 39966, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality

Management District; Final rule (July 13, 2015).

C-65. 80 FR 40195, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality

Management District; Final rule (July 14, 2015).
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C-66. 56 FR 58651, Reclassification of Moderate PM-10 Nonattainment Areas to Serious Areas, notice 

of proposed rulemaking (November 21, 1991).

C-68. 78 FR 41698, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; 

Redesignation of the Indianapolis Area to Attainment of the 1997 Annual Standard for Fine 

Particulate Matter (July 11, 2013).

C-69. 80 FR 2206, Air Quality Designations for the 2012 Primary Annual Fine Particle (PM2.5) 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS); Final Rule (January 15, 2015).

C-70. 80 FR 18528 Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; San

Joaquin Valley; Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 1997 PM2.5 Standards, final 

rule (April 7, 2015).

C-71. 59 FR 16690, Economic Incentive Program Rules; Final Rule and guidance, April 7, 1994.

C-72. 61 FR 57834, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State 

Implementation Plan Revision, South Coast Air Quality Management District, final rule 

(November 8, 1996).

C-73. 63 FR 32621, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State 

Implementation Plan Revision, South Coast Air Quality Management District, final rule (June 

15, 1998).

C-74. U.S. EPA, “Improving Air Quality with Economic Incentive Programs,” EPA–452/R–01– 001 

(January 2001).

C-75. 71 FR 51120, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air

Quality Management District, final rule (August 29, 2006) 

C-76. 76 FR 50128, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air

Quality Management District, final rule (August 12, 2011).

C-77. 80 FR 69915, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; California 

Mobile Source Regulations, proposed rule (November 12, 2015).

C-78. 80 FR 77337, Official Release of EMFAC2014 Motor Vehicle Emission Factor Model for Use in 

the State of California, notice of availability (December 14, 2015).

C-79. 80 FR 79338, Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit, notice of proposed consent 

decree, request for public comment (December 21, 2015).

D. State Rules, Support Documents, Reports and Correspondence

D-1. SCAQMD Test Method 5.1, Determination of Particulate Matter Emissions from Stationary 

Sources Using a Wet Impingement Train, March 1989.
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D-2. SCAQMD Test Method 5.2, Determination of Particulate Matter Emissions from Stationary 

Sources Using Heated Probe and Filter, March 1989.

D-3. SCAQMD Test Method 5.3, Determination of Particulate Matter Emissions from Stationary 

Sources Using an in-Stack Filter, October 2005.

D-4. SCAQMD Protocol, Determination of Particulate and Volatile Organic Compound Emissions 

from Restaurant Operations, November 14, 1997 (available at 

http://yosemite.epa.gov/R9/R9Testmethod.nsf/0/3D4DEB4D21AB4AAF882570AD005DFF69/$file

/SC%20Rest%20emiss.pdf).

D-5. South Coast Rule 223, Emission Reduction Permits for Large Confined Animal Facilities, 

(adopted June 2, 2006).

D-6. South Coast Rule 1133.2, Emission Reductions From Co-composting Operations (adopted 

January 10, 2003).

D-7. South Coast Rule 1133.3, Emission Reductions From Greenwaste Composting Operations

(adopted July 8, 2011).

D-8. South Coast Rules 444, Open Burning and 445, Wood-Burning Devices rule evaluation form.

D-9. South Coast Rules 444/445 staff report, SCAQMD, May 2013.

D-10. Letter dated June 11, 2013, from Edie Chang, Deputy Executive Officer, California Air 

Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, transmitting South 

Coast Rules 444 and 445.

D-11. South Coast Rule 1130, Graphic Arts (adopted May 2, 2014).

D-12. South Coast Rule 1168, Adhesive and Sealant Applications (adopted January 7, 2005).

D-13. South Coast Rule 1114, Petroleum Refinery Coking Operations (adopted May 3, 2013).

D-14. South Coast Rule 1105.1, Reduction of PM10 and Ammonia Emissions from Fluid Catalytic 

Cracking Units (adopted November 7, 2003).

D-15. South Coast Rule 1127, Emission Reductions from Livestock Waste (adopted August 6, 2004).

D-16. South Coast Rule 1140, Abrasive Blasting (adopted August 2, 1985).

D-17. South Coast Rule 1112.1, Emissions of Particulate Matter and Carbon Monoxide from Cement 

Kilns (Amended December 4, 2009).

D-18. US EPA Region IX Air Division, Technical Support Document for EPA’s Proposed Rulemaking 

for the California State Implementation Plan South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 

1130, Graphic Arts, June 1, 2015.

D-19. US EPA Region IX Air Division, Technical Support Document for EPA’s Direct Final 

Rulemaking for the California State Implementation Plan South Coast Air Quality Management 

District Rule 1146 and 1146.1, Emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen from Industrial, Institutional, and 

Commercial Boilers, Steam Generators, and Process Heaters and Emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen 

from Small Industrial, Institutional, and Commercial Boilers, Steam Generators, and Process 

Heaters, July 2014.
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D-20. US EPA Region IX Air Division, Technical Support Document for EPA’s Direct Final 

Rulemaking for the California State Implementation Plan South Coast Air Quality Management 

District Rule 1171, Solvent Cleaning Operations, June 2011.

D-21. US EPA Region IX Air Division, Technical Support Document for EPA’s Proposed Rulemaking 

for the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District 

Amended Rule 1133.1 (Chipping and Grinding Activities) and Rule 1133.3 (Emission Reductions 

from Greenwaste Composting Operations), April 26, 2012.

D-22. Letter dated July 28, 2015 from Barry Wallerstein, Executive Officer, South Coast Air Quality

Management District, to Elizabeth Adams, Acting Director, US EPA Region 9 Air Division. 

D-23. Email dated July 23, 2015, from Stanley Tong to Wienke Tax, 7 transmitting email from Joseph 

Cassmassi, SCAQMD Planning and Rules Manager, to Stanley Tong, USEPA Region 9, regarding 

SCAQMD RACT analysis. 

a. Email dated November 25, 2014 from Joseph Cassmassi, SCAQMD, to Stanley Tong, USEPA 

Region 9, regarding SCAQMD RACT analysis. 

D-24. Memorandum dated August 21, 2015, from Michael Flagg, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA 

Region 9, to Docket EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0204 re: Practicability of the Los Angeles – South Coast 

2015 attainment of the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS.

a. Attachment, excel spreadsheet “South Coast and Practicability of Attaining the 2006 24-hour 

PM2.5 NAAQS by the End of 2015.”

D-25. Memorandum to Docket dated November 19, 2015 from Wienke Tax, EPA Region 9, Air 

Planning Office, regarding Conference Calls with Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on EPA’s 

Proposed Approval of South Coast 2006 PM2.5 Moderate Area Attainment Plan and Reclassification 

(80 FR 63640, October 20, 2015)

a. Attendee list, conference call on November 6, 2015.

D-26. Memorandum to Docket dated January 13, 2016 from Wienke Tax, EPA Region 9, Air Planning 

Office, regarding Conference Calls with Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on EPA’s Proposed 

Approval of South Coast 2006 PM2.5 Moderate Area Attainment Plan and Reclassification (80 FR 

63640, October 20, 2015)

D-27. Memorandum to Docket dated February 22, 2016 from Wienke Tax re: February 19, 2016, re: 

Call between EPA and SCAQMD regarding RECLAIM program.

E. Other Documents

E-1. Letter dated September 4, 2015, from Elizabeth Adams, Acting Director, Air Division, EPA 

Region 9, to Luther Salgado, Sr., Tribal Chairman, Cahuilla Band of Indians.

E-2. Letter dated September 4, 2015, from Elizabeth Adams, Acting Director, Air Division, EPA 

Region 9, to Robert Martin, Tribal Chairperson, Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians.

E-3. Letter dated September 4, 2015, from Elizabeth Adams, Acting Director, Air Division, EPA 

Region 9, to Mark Macarro, Tribal Chairman, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians.
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E-4. Letter dated September 4, 2015, from Elizabeth Adams, Acting Director, Air Division, EPA 

Region 9, to Joseph Hamilton, Tribal Chairman, Ramona Band of Cahuilla Indians.

E-5. Letter dated September 4, 2015, from Elizabeth Adams, Acting Director, Air Division, EPA 

Region 9, to Lynn Valbuena, Tribal Chairperson, San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission 

Indians.

E-6. Letter dated September 4, 2015, from Elizabeth Adams, Acting Director, Air Division, EPA 

Region 9, to John Marcus, Tribal Chairman, Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians.

E-7. Letter dated September 4, 2015, from Elizabeth Adams, Acting Director, Air Division, EPA 

Region 9, to Rosemary Morillo, Tribal Chairperson, Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians.

F. Public Comments on the Proposed Rule

F-1. Letter dated November 19, 2015 to Ms. Wienke Tax, US Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 9, from Adriano L. Martinez, Paul Cort, and Angela Johnson-Mescaros, Earthjustice, Re: 

South Coast Moderate Area Plan and Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 

PM2.5 NAAQS, 80 Fed. Reg. 63,640 (October 20, 2015) (Docket no. EPA-R09-OAR-2015-

0204), with attachments.

a. Exhibit A - South Coast Air Quality Management District, Revised Draft Staff Report, 

Proposed Amendments to Regulation XX, Regional Clean Air Incentives Market 

(RECLAIM), NOx RECLAIM, November 4, 2015.

b. Exhibit B - South Coast Air Quality Management District, Draft Final Socioeconomic Report 

For Proposed Amendments to Regulation XX – Regional Clean Air Incentive Market 

(RECLAIM), NOx RECLAIM, November 2015.

c. Exhibit C – Letter dated January 22, 2015 from Elizabeth Forsyth, Earthjustice, and Maya 

Golden-Krasner, Communities for a Better Environment, to Wienke Tax, Air Planning 

Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, RE: Clean Data Determination for 

1997 PM2.5 Standards; California—South Coast; Applicability of Clean Air Act 

Requirements,” EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0708. 

F-2. Letter dated November 19, 2015 to Ms. Wienke Tax, US Environmental Protection Agency

Region 9, from Heather A. Tomley, Port of Long Beach, and Christopher Cannon, Port of Los 

Angeles, Re: Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0204, US Environmental Protection Agency, 

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; California; South Coast Moderate Area Plan and Reclassification as 

Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS.

F-3. Letter dated November 18, 2015 to Ms. Wienke Tax, US Environmental Protection Agency

Region 9, from B. Lee Kindberg, Maersk Line Vessel Operations – North America, Re: Docket 

No. EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0204, US Environmental Protection Agency, Approval and 

Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; 

California; South Coast Moderate Area Plan and Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for 

the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS.

F-4. Letter dated November 19, 2015 to Ms. Wienke Tax, US Environmental Protection Agency

Region 9, from Peter Herzog, NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, 

Re: Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0204, US Environmental Protection Agency, Approval 
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and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; California; South Coast Moderate Area Plan and Reclassification as Serious 

Nonattainment for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS.

F-5. Letter dated November 19, 2015 to Ms. Wienke Tax, US Environmental Protection Agency

Region 9, from Gary Toebben, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Re: Docket No. 

EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0204, US Environmental Protection Agency, Approval and Promulgation 

of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; 

South Coast Moderate Area Plan and Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 

PM2.5 NAAQS.

F-6. Letter dated November 19, 2015 to Ms. Wienke Tax, US Environmental Protection Agency

Region 9, from LaDonna DiCamillo, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company, and Wes 

Lujan, Union Pacific Railroad, Re: Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0204. Joint comments 

from Class 1 freight railroads operating in California regarding EPA’s proposed approval of the 

South Coast Air Quality Management District’s commitment to adopt and implement a backstop 

control measure for indirect sources of emissions from ports and port-related facilities.

F-7. Letter dated November 19, 2015 to Ms. Wienke Tax, US Environmental Protection Agency

Region 9, from Mike Jacob, the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, Re: EPA-R09-OAR2015-0204 – Request for Disapproval, In Part: Opposition to IND-01/Proposed Rule No. 4001 –

“Ports Backstop Measures for Indirect Sources of Emissions from Ports and Port-related 

Facilities” as Proposed in the 2015 Revisions to the California 2012 PM2.5 SIP.

F-8. Letter dated November 19, 2015 to Ms. Wienke Tax, US Environmental Protection Agency

Region 9, from Chris Shimoda, the California Trucking Association, Re: Docket No. EPA-R09-

OAR-2015-0204, US Environmental Protection Agency, Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; 

South Coast Moderate Area Plan and Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 

PM2.5 NAAQS.

F-9. Letter dated November 19, 2015 to Ms. Wienke Tax, US Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 9, from MC Townsend, David Fleming, and Tracy Rafter, BizFed, the Los Angeles 

County Business Federation, Re: Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0204, US Environmental 

Protection Agency, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas 

for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; South Coast Moderate Area Plan and 

Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS .

F-10. Electronic mails dated November 19, 2015, 3:03 pm, 7:12 pm, and 7:59 pm, to Ms. Wienke Tax, 

US Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, from Harvey Eder, the Public Solar Power 

Coalition.