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### Governor Charlte 

### Crist, 

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### your Decembcr 

### 19,3008,letter rrgardirlg rrcoxzuntht~~intions tor tlw cfcsignatiotr ctf 

### ",tttainmt~nt,""non,ittdi~-taz~cnt," 

### or "unclassiti~ble" areas in Flcmcia with 

### respect to tlw 

### 2008 revised national ambient air 

### quality standard (Nr2AQS) 

### tor omne.



### The period 

### 2006-2008 serves as 

### the most 

### recent 

### three oonsecuti~e years 

### of qudrtyassured, crrtitied air quality 

### data for rlarida to determine 

### the 

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### the 3,006-2008

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### six 

### couniies 

### exceeding tltc ozone 

### standartl: Escanrbia, 

### Santa Rosa, 

### Bay, iiillsborou $IT,

### hlanatcte

## L~~~tt Sarasnta. 

### The ciata 

### for those ~ncmitors and all 

### ozone monitors 

### in Floridc% are 

### proi*icfcci in the 

### enclowd 

### Tal4le 1.

## I rtvliw that, in 

### making sour finaltfcttcrrninatitm, thc air

### iluCtlity data 

### for

### 2009 may be 

### consi~teruti. Florida 

### hLts n

### number 

### of cctuntics 

### [hatarc 

### bordering on 

### the fevei 

### of the ozo~ie 

### ';taticiar~i, 

### both above and below, ;tnd 

### the 

## 2lftB data 

### cntrid 

### clrat-tgctheir attainment status. 

### I9EP will 

### work closeIy with 

### vour +yncy 

### to assure 

### thcsc data are ti

### triely rc~ieweci 

### and that 

### the appr~priatc iesignatiims art. 

### made.

'rl~a~lk ym.1 

### CCX i OUT

### c~ntinu~d 

### support of 

### our efforts to 

### fully 

### implement.the

### Clean Air Act 

### in Fl~ricid. If J-CXI 

### have 

### mv questionsregarding 

### this

### Ictter, please 

### contact Joe

### Kahn, Director of ~~P's'~ivisioii of 

### Air Rcsource 

### Managcmcnt, at (850)

### 488-0114.

Secretarv

### Table 1:

### Design values based on 2006-2008 data for all ozone monitors in Florida. Monitors with 2006-2008 ozone design values above the 2008 standard of 0.075 

### ppm are highlighted in red. 

# I Design Value 

# I (PP~) AlRSlD 

## I Monitor Name 

## I County 

## 1 2006-2008 001-3011 Paynes Alachua 0.074 Osceola \t \I ,llL,V i Melbourne Freedom 7 Sawgrass Pompano John U Lloyd Laurel Oaks

Veterans Sheftield Mayo Clm~c

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I)LII\LIL (ii I Archbold
',nl,97wtP Dav~s Island i \\I(

\\ti )LI Jloid

Anport Lost Lake Rotary Park Bay Oaks

TCC M~ccosukee :'w \id1 ILL

131 it 1' 41L YMCA County Shenff

Mlam~ U Perdue Med~cal

Wmegaurd Lake Isle F~re Street Waste Water

Hospltal FL Sugar San Anton10

Hohday St Petersburg Azalea Park East Lake

S~kes Bapt~st Home 9 11 Center Ms ciliur

i ti< Paw Park Jackson Road Semmole CC Port Orange Blmd Se~ces Baker 3 I\ Brevard Brevard Broward Broward Broward Coll~er Columb~a

Duval Duval i .< 1,>43 1 t ..L3 llntd H~ghlands 1t,l'-,bOf >t 3 1 Hdlsborough I i H 5kel >UL~ Illl~,t~~~l~~l~~l1

Holmes

Lake Lee Lee Leon Leon '?I $I> i".e 1' I1 IILL Marlon Marlon Mlaml-Dade M~arm-Dade

Orange Orange Oseola Palm Beach Palm Beach Palm Beach Pasco Pasco Pmellas Pmellas Pmellas

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\ ,r I><>*> Sarasota Sarasota Semmole Volusla Volus~a 129-0001 St. Marks Refuge Wakulla 0.072.odaOzone~pliarlceValues2006-2008I-Omuetl~auitorgreatertl~m'15ppb(exceedsstandard)AOmuetnouitcxlessdluorequalto75ppb(luretrstillldardjCbreBaaedStatisticalAreasexceedingstaudardFigure1:EPApresumed boundaries for Floridanonattainmentareasfor the 2008ozonestandard.Theboldedboundariesfor theareasshaded in red represent the Core Based Statistical Area(CBSA)boundaries forareaswith a monitorthat is exceeding the standard.Thenumbersineach county representthehighest reported 2006-2008ozone designvalue fromthemonitorsin that county.Thetrianglesinyellow represent the monitors exceedingthe2008ozonestandard.Walter 

### T. Kelley Chair

Brenda 

### Hendricks 

### Vice Chair

TransportationPlanningOrganization
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### P: 850.769.4257 

### F: 850,784.0456



### February 19, 2009

Mr. Tom Rogers EnvironmentalConsultant Mobile Source Control Section Bureau of Air monitoring and Mobile Sources 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS #5510 Tallahassee, Florida32399-2400

Dear Mr. Rogers,



### RE: Resolution BAY 09-03



### At the February 18,2009 meeting the Bay County Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) adopted Resolution

### BAY 09-03 that requeststhe Department of Environmental Protection 

### (DEP) recommendto the Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) that Bay County be designated in attainment for the Ozone Standard.

The Bay County TPO feels that due to the reasons listed below, it is reasonable to believe that by the time EPA makes the official designation in Marchof 2010, Bay County would be within the 75 

### parts per billion regulation. The reasons are:
Pattern of decline in ozone levels for previous three years Increase in ridershipof public transportationin Bay County

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### TPO support of "Saving EnergyThrough Public 

### TransportationAct 

### of 2008" Planned Public Transit Expansion in Bay County

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### Continued efforts in CommuterAssistance to support vanpools and carpools Aggressive intelligent TransportationSystem plan implementation, which lowers idling times; therefore loweringvehicle emissions fnstaifation of 

### nitrogen scrubbers by Gulf Powerat 

### their generating plants

Pleasefind enclosed a copy of the signed resolution, BAY 09-03, requestingthat the 

### DEP recommend to the 

### EPA that Bay 

### County be designatedas in aHainrnentfor the new ozone standard, as well as documentation of supporting evidence,

Staffto TPO ".. 

### planningfor the future 

### transporliation needs of Bay County 

### and its municipalities.,

### ."

### February 19,2009 Letter- Mr. Tom Rogers Page 

### 2

We look forwardto further discussions. If

## there is any additional informationwe can provide, pleasecontact Rhonda Grice at rhonda.~rice@wfrpc.orq or (850) 

### 332-7976 

### ext 214.



### Sincerely,

Mary ~oikobinson Directorof Transportation Planning

Enclosures: Resolution

### BAY 09-03 Annual Attainment Reports Annual Rider-Ship Graphs "Saving Energythrough Public transportation Act of 2008"

copiesto: Jim DeVries, 

### FOOT Bryant Paulk, FDOT Stacie Blizzard, 

### FHWA

Staff fo TPO " 

### planning for the future transportation needs of Bay County 

### and ~ts municipalities "

## RESOLUTION BAY 09- 

## 03

A RESOLUTION OF THE 

### BAY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION REQUESTING THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RECOMMEND TO THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BAY COUNTY 

### BE DESIGNATED AS BElNG IN ATTAINMENT FOR THE OZONE STANDARD

WHEREAS, the Bay County Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) is the organization designated by the Governor of Florida as being responsible, together with the State of Florida, for carrying out provisions of Title 12. Sections 

### 134(h)and (i)(2)(3), United States Code, Part 23, Sections 450.324, 326, 328, 330, and 332, Code of Federal Regulations and Subsection 339.175(5) and (7), Florida Statutes in the Panama City

# - FL UrbanizedArea; and WHEREAS, the TPO has a responsibility under the Clean Air Act and Titles 23 and 49 USC to plan a transportation system for the urbanizedarea which meets air quality standards; and WHEREAS, the transportation conformity process establishes a major connection between transportation planning and emission reductions from transportation sources and compliance with conformity requirements is linked to continued funding of transportation plans, programs, and projects by the Federal Highway Administration and the FederalTransit Administration; and WHEREAS, in 1997, the 

### US. Environmental Protection Agency changed the standard for ground-level ozone from a one-hour standard to an average eight-hour standard of 80 parts per billion, and most currently has set the eight-hour standardto 

### 75 parts per billion. WHEREAS, the ozone monitor in Bay County has recorded three-year eight-hour ozone averages of 78, 77 AND 76 parts per billion for 2004-2006; 2005-2007, AND 2006-2008 respectively, which shows an obvious pattern of decline. WHEREAS, combined with other efforts of the Bay County TPO mentioned below, it is reasonable to expect that in 2009, a 75 parts per billion eight-hour ozone average will be recorded, and therefore Bay County will be in attainment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BAY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION THAT:

The Bay County Transportation Planning Organization requests that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection recommend that Bay County be designated as in attainment for the following reasons:
1. Since implementation of the eight-hour ozone standard in 1997, governmental agencies and the private sector have initiated emission control programsto reduce the formation of groundlevel ozone. These programs include the eastern states NOx 

### SIP Call, implementation of revised State Implementation Plans, reformulated gasoline, reduced sulfur diesel fuel, improved motor vehicle emission standards and fuel efficiency standards, and emissions reductionsfor small engine, off-road equipment.

2. The pattern of decline in the ozone readings for Bay County 3. Planned public transit expansion and increased ridership will continue to assist in the reduction of NOx in Bay County.

4. Continued efforts in Commuter Assistance to support carpools and vanpools and other means of alternative modes of transportation.

### 5. Bay County has an aggressive Intelligent Transportation System Plan, which helps to lower idlingtimes; therefore lowering vehicle emissions.


### 6. The 

### TPO is in support of the "Saving Energy through Public Transportation Act of 2008", 

### which would allow for funding the purchase of clean air vehicles, diesel retrofit programs and alternative fuels fbio-diesel and natural gas) to reduce the emissions of the public transit system. The TPO is pursuing funds to establish an alternative (clean) fuel facility and begin replacing diesel-fueled revenue vehicles with alternative fueled vehicles as they reach the end of their useful life.

Passed and duly adopted by the Bay County Transportation Planning Organization on this 18th day of February 2009.

(Sea!) BAY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNINGORGANlZATION

BY:

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### COMMITTEE ON 

### TRANSPORTATION AND 

### INFRASTRUCTURE 

### H.R. 6052,THE 

### "SAVING ENERGY 

### THROUGH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 

### 2008" 

### Jw~e 12,

### 2008

In 

### 2007, Americans took more than 10.3billion trips on public transportation, the highest level in 50years. Public transportation use is up 32 

### percent since 

### 1995,a figure that is more than double the growth 

### rate of the population and up substantially over the growth rate for vehicle miles traveled on our nation's highways for that sameperiod. Public transportation use savcs 

### hel, reduces emissions, and saves money. Public transportation use saves the United States the equivalent of 

### 4.2 billion gallons ofgasoline annually,or more than 11milhon gallons of gasoline pcr day. Public transportation use is estimated toreduce carbon dioxide emissions by 37 million mettic tons annually. 

### A commuter who switches from driving to work alone to public transportation can reduce carbon dioxide enlissions by 20 pounds per day, ormore than 

### 4,800 pounds in a year. Public transportation
use provides an 

### affordable alternative to driving, as l~ouseholds that use public transportation save an average of $6,251 every gear. As such, increasing public transportation use is 

### a priority of the Committee on Transportation and Tnftastructure.
A primary objective of 

### H.K. 6052, the "Saving Energy 'l'hrough Public Transportation Act of 2008", is toreduce the United States dependence on foreign oiI by encouraging more people to use public transportation. According to a recent study, if Americans used public transit at the samerate as Europeans 

### - for roughly 10percent of their daily travel needs -

### the United States could reduce its dependence on imported oil by more than 

### 40 percent, nearly equal to the 550 million barrels of crude oil 

### that we 

### import from Saudi Arabia each pear.



### H.R.6052. THE

### "SAVING ENERGY 

### THROUGH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ACT OF

### 2008"

Toincrease public transportation use across the llnited States,

### I-I.K.6052, the "Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008":



### P 

### Azrthorizes $1.7

### Billion of Capitaland OperatingFunds for TransitAgencies to 

### Redme Fares and 

### Expand Transit Services. This section authorizes $850 million (General Fund) for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to allowpublic transit agencies to reduce transit fares and expand txansit services. These funds will allow transit agencies to provide incentives for commuters to choose transit options, thereby reducing our nation's transportation-related energy consumption and reliance on foreign oil, as well as decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions. These funds wdl 

### be distributed under current law urban and rural transit formulas (49 

### U.S.C. 5307 and 

### 49 U.S.C. 5311,respectively). 'T'he Federal share for these grants is 

### 100percent and 

### funds will only be available for a two-pcar period.



### Increases theFederal Share for CleanFzfelandAlternative F~el TransitBus, Ferry,
or

### Locomotive-relatedEqivipment and Facilities from 90

### percent to 100

### percent. Under current law, the Federal share of the portion of transit buses, ferries, orlocomotives that is for clean fuel or alternative fuel-related equipment orfacilities for coinpliancewith the Clean Air Act 

### is 90 percent. Under the Federal Transit Administration's interpretationof current law, the total 1:cdcral sllare for 

### alternative fuel buses only ~ncreases from 

### 80 percent to 

### 83 percent. 'llw blll Increases the Fcderal share for the 

### alternative fuel vehlclcrclated equipment from 90 percent to 100 percent of the net project cost for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. As a result, the total Federal sllare for such buses will be more than 

### 90



### k Extends TransitBenefits to

### All Federal Employees. Under current law, all Federal agencies within the National Capital Region are required to establish a transit pass benefits program and offer transit passes to Federal employees. 'l'he bill establisl~es a nationwide Federal transit pass benefitsprogram and requircs all Federal agcncies in the United States to offcr transit passes to Federal employees. 'fhc bill also requires that the llepartmcnt of 'I'ransportation 

### ("DO?'") to establish specific guidance for 

### implementing the nationwide transit pass benefits program. 'I'hc guidance will cnsure that Federal agencies havc the twcessary administrative proccdurcs to ensure that Federal employees properly use the program.

The current law requirement originated with Executive Ordcr 

### 13150,signed 

### by President Clinton onApril21,2000. 'Ihe Executive Order required that all 1;ederal agencies within the National Capital liegion offcr transit passes to Federal emplopccs. It also required the Department of Transportation ("1~0'1'"), the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy to implement a nationwide thrcc-year pilot transit pass benefit progra~n for all qualified 

### Federal cn~plo~rces ofthose agcncies.

'l'he lJepartrnent of Transportation has determined that both the National Capital Region program and the nationwide pilot program arc a success, and recommends that the transit pass benefits program be extended to ail Federal employees nationwide.

i; 

### Establishes

## a VanpoolPilot Program. 'The bill establishes a two-year pilot program to allow the amount expended by private providcrs of public transportation by vanpool for the acquisition of vans to be uscd as the non-l~cderal share for matching Fcderal transit funds in five communities. Under currcnt law, only local public funds inap be used as local match, and this 

### plot program allows private funds to bc used in limited circumstances. 'Ihc provision requires the private providers of vanpool scrviccs to use revenues thcp receive in providing public transportation, in excess of its operating costs, for the purposc of acquiring vans, cxcluding any amounts the providers may have received in Federal, State, orlocal government assistance for such acqujsidot~, 'l'he 

### Department. of 'Transportation will itnplcment and
oversee the vanpool pilot projects, and will report back to Congress on the costs, benefits, and efficiencies of the vanpool demonstration projects.



### k 

### Increases theFederal Sharefor Additional Parking Facilities atEnd-Of-LineF&d 

### GlcidewayStations. The

### bill increases the Fedcral share for additional parking facilities at endof-line fixed guideway stations to increase the total nutnbcr of transit commuters who have

access to those stations. 'l'he bill increases the b'ederal share from 

### 80 perccnt to 100percent for fiscal years 

### 2008 and 2009.

### H.R.6052, the "Saving EnergyThrough PubIic Transportation Act of2008" Additional Fundinn for Fiscal Year 2008 and Fiscal Year 2009