STATE OF ARKANSAS 

MIKE BEEBE 

GoVER.J'>IOR 

December 5, 2013 

Ron Curry, Regional Administrator 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VI 

1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200 

Dallas, Texas 75202-2733 

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RE: Fine Particulate (PM2 5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) Area 

Attainment Designation Recommendations for Counties in the State of Arkansas. 

Dear Mr. Curry: 

The NAAQS for Particulate Matter (PM) was revised in a final rule dated January 15, 

2013, with an effective date of March 18,2013. In this rulemaking, EPA promulgated a revised 

primary annual NAAQS for PM2_5 of I2.0 11g/m3 averaged over a 3-year period to replace the 

existing primary annual standard of 15.0 11g/m3 and retained the primary 24-hour PM25 standard 

at 35 11g/m3

• The previous primary standards for PM10. as well as the secondary standards for 

PM25. also remain unchanged. Section 107(d)(l) of the Federal Clean Air Act requires state 

governors to recommend attainment status designations within one year of the promulgation of 

any new or revised NAAQS. This letter provides such recommendations as set forth below. 

All monitored counties in Arkansas currently meet the existing primary and secondary 

PM25 Standards with the exception of Pulaski County, which would exceed the new Primary 

Standard based on the Design Value for calendar years 2010-20I2. However, based on the data 

collected to date for 2013, we expect all Arkansas counties to attain the Standards by the time 

EPA makes final designations in 2014. For this reason, Arkansas is making a preliminary 

designation recommendation of attainment or unclassifiable for all Arkansas counties. Final 

designation recommendations will be submitted when the 2013 data is complete and quality 

assured, based on the 2013 Design Value. The attached table lists all Arkansas counties and their 

recommended designations. For further information regarding these recommendations, please 

contact Mike Bates, Chief- Air Division, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, at 

501-682-0000 or by e-mail at bates@adeq.state.ar.us. 

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Enclosure- List of Arkansas county designation recommendations. 

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Designation Recommendations 

County Recommended Designation 

Arkansas Attainment 

Ashley Attainment 

Baxter Unclassifiable 

Benton Unclassifiable 

Boone Unclassifiable 

Bradley Unclassifiable 

Calhoun Unclassifiable 

Carroll Unclassifiable 

Chi cot Unclassifiable 

Clark Unclassifiable 

Clay Unclassifiable 

Cleburne Unclassifiable 

Cleveland Unclassifiable 

Columbia Unclassifiable 

Conway Unclassifiable 

Craighead Unclassifiable 

Crawford Unclassifiable 

Crittenden Attainment 

Cross Unclassifiable 

Dallas Unclassifiable 

Desha Unclassifiable 

Drew Unclassifiable 

Faulkner Unclassifiable 

Franklin Unclassifiable 

Fulton Unclassifiable 

Garland Attainment 

Grant Unclassifiable 

Greene Unclassifiable 

Hempstead Unclassifiable 

Hot Spring Unclassifiable 

Howard Unclassifiable 

Independence Unclassifiable 

Izard Unclassifiable 

Jackson Attainment 

Jefferson Unclassifiable 

Johnson Unclassifiable 

Lafayette Unclassifiable 
County Recommended Designation 

Lawrence Unclassifiable 

Lee Unclassifiable 

Lincoln Unclassifiable 

Little River Unclassifiable 

Logan Unclassifiable 

Lonoke Unclassifiable 

Madison Unclassifiable 

Marion Unclassifiable 

Miller Unclassifiable 

Mississippi Unclassifiable 

Monroe Unclassifiable 

Montgomery Unclassifiable 

Nevada Unclassifiable 

Newton U nclassifiable 

Ouachita Unclassifiable 

Perry Unclassifiable 

Phillips Unclassifiable 

Pike . Unclassifiable 

Poinsett Unclassifiable 

Polk Attainment 

Pope Unclassifiable 

Prairie Unclassifiable 

Pulaski Attainment 

Randolph Unclassifiable 

St. Francis Unclassifiable 

Saline Unclassifiable 

Scott Unclassifiable 

Searcy Unclassifiable 

Sebastian Unclassifiable 

Sevier Unclassifiable 

Sharp Unclassifiable 

Stone Unclassifiable 

Union Attainment 

Van Buren Unc!assifiable 

Washington Attainment 

White Unclassifiable 

Woodruff Unclassifiable 

Yell Unclassifiable