# COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA

Molly Josep h Ward
Secretary of Natura l Re s ources

Diana Esher, Director DEPARTMENT OF ENV IR ONMENTAL QUALITY

Street address: 629 East Ma i n Street, Richmond

, Virginia 23219

Mailing address : P

. O

. Box II 05

, Richmond, Virgin i a 23218 www.deq

. virginia

. gov



## JUN 0 1 2015

Air Protection Division (3APOO)

U

. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III

1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029 David K

. Paylor

Directo r

(804) 698-4020

1 -8 00

- 592

- 5 482

Reference: PM2

. s Nonattainment and

Maintenance Areas, Northern Virginia (Revision G 14)

Dear Ms. Esher:

Pursuant to the requirements of§ 110 of the Clean Air Act

, we are officially requesting approval of a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan approved

and submitted under the authority of§ 10.1-1185 of the Code ofVirginia and in accordance with

the requirements of 40 CFR Part 51 (Requirements for Preparation, Adoption

, and Submittal of Implementation Plans).

On October 6

, 2014 (79 FR 60081 ), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved a request that localities (Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William;

Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church

, Manassas, Manassas Park) in the northern Virginia

area that were designated as nonattainment for very fme particulate matter (PM2

. 5 ) be redesignated to attainment/maintenance. This revision amends 9V AC5 Chapter 20 by revising

the list of maintenance areas in 9VAC5-20-203 to include northern Virginia for PM2. 5
, and revising the list of nonattainment areas in 9V ACS-20-204 to remove northern Virginia for PM 2

. 5 • The regulation amendments were adopted by the State Air Pollution Control Board on December
8, 2014 under the authority of§ 10.1-1308 of the Code ofVirginia.

Enclosed are the following :

1. A true copy ofthe official regulation (Revision G14) which was published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on February 9

, 2015 after being duly adopted by the State AirPollution Control Board on December 8, 2014, certified by the Office of the Attorney General as within the board's statutory authority on December 15,2014 and thus fully enforceable under Virginia law, and submitted to the Virginia Registrar on behalf of the board by the Department

of Environmental Quality as a true and accurate copy of the duly adopted regulation on January
7, 2015.

2. Certification of public participation activities and compliance with state administrative procedures.

3. Public participation record.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please let us know.

David K. Paylor

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Enclosures

## Regulations

Volume 31, Issue 12 Virginia Register of Regulations February 9, 2015

1012 B. The 2014 annual commercial black sea bass bycatch fishery quota is 40,000 pounds. When it has been announced that the bycatch fishery quota has been projected as reached and the bycatch fishery has been closed, it sha ll be unlawful for any bycatch commercial black sea bass fishery permittee to possess aboard any vessel or land in Virginia any black sea bass. In the event the bycatch fishery quota is exceeded, the amount of the quota overage shall be deducted from the

f ollowing year's bycatch fishing quota.

VA.R. Doc. No. R15

- 4270; Filed January 28, 2015, 2:17 p.m.



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TITLE 9. ENVIRONMENT

ST ATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

Final Regulation

REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The following regulatory action is exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 2.2

- 4006 A 4 c of the Code of Virginia, which excludes regulations that are necessary to meet the requirements of federal law or regulations pr ovided such regulations do not differ materially from those required by federal law or regulation. The State Air Pollution Control Board will receive, consider, and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time with respect to reconsideration

o r revision.

Title of Regulation: 9VAC5

- 20. General Provisions (Rev. G14) (amending 9VAC5

- 20

- 203, 9VAC5

- 20

- 204).

Statutory Authority: § 10.1

- 1308 of the Code of Virginia; §§ 110 and 182 of the federal Clean Air Act; 40 CFR Part 51.

Effective Date: March 11, 2015.

Agency Contact: Karen G. Sabasteanski, Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 698

- 4426, FAX (804)

698

- 4510, or email karen.sabasteanski@deq.virginia.gov.

Summary:

On October 6, 2014 (79 FR 60081), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved a request that localities (Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William and Cities of Alexandria, Fair fax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park) in the Northern Virginia area designated as nonattainment for very fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) be redesignated to attainment/maintenance. The amendments (i) revise the list of maintenance areas to include Northern Virginia for

PM 2.5 (9VAC5

- 20

- 203) and (ii) revise the list of nonattainment areas to remove Northern Virginia for

PM 2.5 (9VAC5

- 20

- 204).

9VAC5

- 20

- 203. Maintenance areas.

Maintenance areas are geographically defined below by locality for the criter ia pollutants indicated. 1. Ozone.

Fredericksburg Ozone Maintenance Area.

Spotsylvania County Stafford County Fredericksburg City

Hampton Roads Ozone Maintenance Area.

Gloucester County Isle of Wight County James City County York County Chesapeake City Hampton City Newport News City Norfolk City Poquoson City Portsmouth City Suffolk City Virginia Beach City Williamsburg City

Richmond Ozone Maintenance Area.

Charles City County Chesterfield County Hanover County Henrico County Prince George County

Colon ial Heights City Hopewell City Petersburg City Richmond City

Shenandoah National Park Ozone Maintenance Area.

Madison County (portions located in Shenandoah National Park) Page County (portions located in Shenandoah National Park)

2. Carbon monoxide.

Northern Virginia Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Area.

Arlington County Alexandria City

3. PM 2.5 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 2.5 micrometers).

Northern Virginia PM 2.5 Maintenance Area.

Arlington County

Fairfax County Loudoun County Prince William County Alexandria City Fairfax City Falls Church City Manassas City

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1013 Manassas Park City

4. All other pollutants.

None.

9VAC5

- 20

- 204. Nonattainment areas.

A. Nonattainment areas are geographically defined below by locality for the criteria pollutants indicated. Following the name of each ozone nonattainment area, in parentheses, is the classification assigned pursuant to § 181(a) of the federal

Clean Air Act (42 USC § 7511(a)), 40 CFR 51.903(a), and 40 CFR 51.1103(a).

1. Ozone (1

- hour).

Northern Virginia Ozone Nonattainment Area (severe).

Arlington County Fairfax County Loudoun County Prince William County Stafford County Alexandria City Fairfax City

Falls Church City Manassas City Manassas Park City

2. Ozone (8

- hour, 0.08 ppm).

Northern Virginia Ozone Nonattainment Area (moderate).

Arlington County Fairfax County Loudoun County Prince William County Alexandria City Fairfax City Falls Church City

Manassa s City Manassas Park City

3. Ozone (8

- hour, 0.075 ppm)

. Northern Virginia Ozone Nonattainment Area (marginal).

Arlington County Fairfax County Loudoun County Prince William County Alexandria City Fairfax City Falls Church City Manassas City

Manassas Park City

4. PM 2.5 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 2.5 micrometers).

Northern Virginia PM 2.5 Nonattainment Area.

Arlington County Fairfax County Loudoun County Prince William County Alexandria City Fairfax City

Falls Church City Manassas City Manassas Park City

5. 4. All other pollutants.

None.

B. Subdivision A 1 of this section shall not be effective after June 15, 2005.

VA.R. Doc. No. R15

- 4183; Filed January 7, 2015, 1:45 p.m.

Final Regulation

REGISTRAR'S NOTICE : The following regulatory action is exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 2.2

- 4006 A 4 c of the Code of Virginia, which excludes regulations that are necessary to meet the requirements of federal law or regulations p rovided such regulations do not differ materially from those required by federal law or regulation. The State Air Pollution Control Board will receive, consider, and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time with respect to reconsideration

or revision.

Title s of Regulation s : 9VAC5

- 50. New and Modified Stationary Sources (Rev. H14) (amend ing 9VAC5

- 50

- 400,

9VAC5

- 50

- 410).

9VAC5

- 60. Hazardous Air Pollutant Sources (Rev. H14) (amending 9VAC5

- 60

- 60, 9VAC5

- 60

- 90).

Statutory Authority: § 10.1

- 1308 of the Code of Virginia; § 112 of the Clean Air Act; 40 CFR Parts 61 and 63.

Effectiv e Date: March 11, 2015.

Agency Contact: Karen G. Sabasteanski, Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 698

- 4426, FAX (804)

698

- 4510, or email karen.sabasteanski@deq.virginia.gov.

Summar y: The amendments update state regulations that incorporate by reference certain federal regulations to reflect the Code of Federal Regulations as published on July 1, 2014. The new standards that are being incorporated into the regulations by reference ar e: 1. One new NSPS is being added: Subpart BBa, Kraft Pulp Mill Affected Sources for which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced after May 23, 2013 (40 CFR 60.60.280a through 40 CFR 60.288a). The date of the Code of Federal Regulations book being incorporated by reference is being updated to the latest

version.

2. No new NESHAPs are being incorporated. The date of the Code of Federal Regulations book being incorporated by reference is being updated to the latest version.

### ENCLOSURE 1

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL AND ABATEMENT OF AIR POLLUTION

PROVISIONS AFFECTED
REVISION G14
CONCERNING

PM 2.5 

### NONATTAINMENT AND MAINTENANCE AREAS, NORTHERN VIRGINIA (9VAC5 CHAPTER 20 )

Adoption Date: December 8, 2014

Effective Date: March 11, 2015

The following table lists the specific provisions of the attached regulations that will be used to implement the State Implementation Plan (SIP). A copy of the actual regulation

submitt ed for approval and incorporation by reference into the Virginia SIP is included

in Enclosure 2.

CHAPTER 20 GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART II Air Quality Programs

9VAC5

- 20

- 203 Maintenance a reas (modified)
9VAC5

- 20

- 204 Nonattainment a reas (modified)

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- 0: 1 9VAC5 CHAPTER 20.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.

PART II. Air Quality Programs.

9VAC5

- 20

- 203

. Maintenance areas.

Maintenance areas are geographically defined below by locality for the criteria pollutants indicated.

1

. Ozone.

Fredericksburg Ozone Maintenance Area.

Spotsylvania County Fredericksburg City Stafford County

Hampton Roads Ozone Maintenance Area.

Gloucester County Norfolk City Isle of Wight County Poquoson City James City County Portsmouth City York County Suffolk City Chesapeake City Virginia Beach City Hampton City Williamsburg City Newport News City

Richmond Ozone Maintenance Area.

Charles City County Colonial H eights City Chesterfield County Hopewell City Hanover County Petersburg City Henrico County Richmond City Prince George County

Shenandoah National Park Ozone Maintenance Area.

Madison County (portions located in Shenandoah National Park) Page County (portions located in Shenandoah National Park)

2

. Carbon monoxide.COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 2 of 3
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### 2

- 0: 2 Northern Virginia Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Area.

Arlington County Alexandria City

3

. PM 2.5 

### (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a

nominal 2.5 m icrometers)

Northern Virginia P M 2.5 

### Maintenance Area.

Arlington County Alexandria City Fairfax County Fairfax City Loudoun County Falls Church City

Prin ce William County Manassas City Manassas Park City

4. All other pollutants.

None.

9VAC5

- 20

- 204

. Nonattainment areas.

A

. Nonattainment areas are geographically defined below by locality for the criteria pollutants indicated. Following the name of each ozone nonattainment area, in parenthesis, is the classification assigned pursuant to § 181(a) of the federal C lean Air Act (42 USC § 7511(a))

, 40 CFR 51.903(a) , and 40 CFR 51.1103(a)

.

1

. Ozone (1

- hour).

Northern Virginia Ozone Nona ttainment Area (severe).

Arlington County Alexandria City Fairfax County Fairfax City Loudoun County Falls Church City Prince William County Manassas City Stafford County Manassas Park City

2

. Ozone (8

- hour , 0.08 ppm ).

Northern Virginia Ozone Nonattainment Area ( moderate ).

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- 0: 3 Fairfax County Falls Church City Loudoun County Manassas City Prince William County Manassas Park City Alexandria City

3. Ozone (8

- hour, 0.07 5 ppm).

Northern Virginia Ozone Nonattainment Area (marginal).

Arlington County Fairfax City Fairfax County Falls Church City Loudoun County Manassas City Prince William County Manassas Park City Alexandria City

4. PM 2.5 

### ( particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a

nominal 2.5 m icrometers)

Northern Virginia PM 2.5 

### Nonattainment Area.

Arlington County Alexandria City Fairfax County Fairfax City Loudoun County Falls Church City Prince William County Manassas City Manassas Park City

5. All other pollutants.

None.

B

. Subdivision A 1 of this section shall not be effective after June 15, 2005.

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### ENCLOSURE 2

CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES
AND COMPLIANCE WITH
STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

As required by 40 CFR 51.102 and Section 2.1 of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51, the following information regarding public participation acti vities and compliance with state administrative procedures is provided.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES

As required by 40 CFR 51.102(a), a public comment period to provide the opportunity

to submit written comment s concerning a proposed revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan was held from April 20 to May 20, 2015

.

As required by 40 CFR Part 51.102 (a) and (d)(1) and (2), the public was given notice of

the public comment period in the Virginia Register of Regulations , along wit h the location of the proposal for public inspection, on April 20, 2015

. The notice included procedures to afford the public the opportunity to request that a hearing be held pursuant to 40 CFR 51.102(a); no such request was received. The attached copy of the notice provides the evidence required by Section 2.1(f) of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part

51.

The Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was notified

of the public comment period , as was each local air pollution control agen cy which will be significantly affected by the revision and is located in the affected Air Quality Control Regions. In addition, the District of Columbia and Maryland , which share affected interstate Air Quality Control Regions with Virginia, were notifie d of the public comment period . These notifications follow the requirements of 40 CFR Part 51.102(d)(3), (4) and (5).

COMPLIANCE WITH STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

As required by Section 2.1(b) of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51, the regulation

amendment s were published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on February 9,

2015 after being duly adopted by the State Air Pollution Control Board on December 8,

2014 , certified by the Office of the Attorney General as within the Board’s statutory authority on December 15, 2014 and thus fully enforceable under Virginia law, and submitted to the Virginia Registrar on behalf of the Board by the Department of Environmental Quality as a true and accurate copy of the duly adopted regulation on January 7, 2015 , provi ding the evidence required by Section 2.1(b) and (e) of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51. As required by Section 2.1(d) of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51, a copy of the actual regulation submitted for approval and incorporation by reference into
the Commonwealt h of Virginia State Implementation Plan is attached, along with the

effective date of March 11, 2015

.

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## GENERAL NOTICES/ERRATA

Volume 31, Issue 17 Virginia Register of Regulations April 20, 2015

1452 GENERAL NOTICES/ERRATA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

State Implementation Plan

- PM 2.5 Nonattainment and Maintenance Areas (Rev. G14)

Notice of action: The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on a proposed revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP). The SIP is a plan developed by

the Commonwealth in order to fulfill its re sponsibilities under

the federal Clean Air Act (the Act) to attain and maintain the ambient air quality standards promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Act. The Commonwealth intends to submit the regulation to EPA as a

rev ision to the SIP in accordance with the requirements of § 110(a) of the Act.

Regulations affected: The regulation provisions of the board affected by this action concern PM 2.5 nonattainment and

m aintenance a reas (Rev. G14) in 9VAC5

- 20 (General Provisions)

. Purpose of notice: DEQ is seeking comment on the issue of whether the regulation amendments should be submitted as a

revision to the SIP.

Public comment period: April 20 , 2015, t hrough May 20,

2015.

Public hearing: A public hearing may be conducted if a

r equest is made in writing to the contact listed below. In order to be considered, the request must include the full name,

address

, and telephone number of the person requesting the hearing and be received by DEQ by the last day of the comment period. Notic e of the date, time, and location of any requested public hearing will be announced in a separate notice, and another 30

- day comment period will be

conducted.

Public comment stage: The regulation amendments are exempt from the state administrative procedur es for adoption of regulations contained in Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act by the provisions of § 2.2

- 4006 A 4 c of the Administrative Process Act because they are necessary to meet the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act and do not

diff er materially from the pertinent EPA regulations. Since the amendments are exempt from administrative procedures for the adoption of regulations, DEQ is accepting comment only on the issue cited above under "purpose of notice" and

not on the content of the regulation amendments.

Description of proposal: The proposed revision will consist of amendments to existing regulation provisions concerning

PM 2.5 nonattainment and maintenance areas. On October 6, 2014 (79 FR 60081), EPA approved a request that localiti es (Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William; Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church,
Manassas, and Manassas Park) in the N orthern Virginia area that were designated as nonattainment for very fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) be redesignated to

attainment/maintenance. The amendments revise the list of

maintenance areas to include N orthern Virginia for PM 2.5 (9VAC5

- 20

- 203), and revise the list of nonattainment are as to

remove N orthern Virginia for PM 2.5 (9VAC5

- 20

- 204).

Federal information: This notice is being given to satisfy the public participation requirements of federal regulations (40 CFR 51.102) and not any provision of state law. The proposal

will be submitted as a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia SIP under § 11 0(a) of the federal Clean Air Act in accordance with 40 CFR 51.104. It is planned to submit all provisions of the proposal as a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia SIP.

How to comment: DEQ accepts written comments by email, fax, and postal mail. In or der to be considered, comments must include the full name, address

, and telephone number of the person commenting and be received by the contact person listed below by the last day of the comment period. All materials received are part of the public record

. To review regulation documents: The proposal and any supporting documents are available on the DEQ Air Public

Notices for Plans website at http://www.deq.stat e.va.us/Programs/Air/PublicNotices/airpla nsandprograms.aspx . The documents may also be obtained by contacting the DEQ representative named below. The public may review the documents between 8:30 a

. m

. and 4:30 p

. m

. of each business day until the close of th e public comment period at the following DEQ locations:

1) Main Street Office, 629 E ast Main St reet , 8th Floor,

Richmond

, VA, telephone ( 804 ) 698

- 4070,

2) Southwest Regional Office, 355 Deadmore St reet

, Abingdon

, VA, telephone (276) 676

- 4800,

3) Blue Ri dge Regional Office, Roanoke Location, 3019

Peters Creek R oa d, Roanoke

, VA, telephone ( 540 ) 562

- 6700,

4) Blue Ridge Regional Office, Lynchburg Location, 7705

Timberlake R oa d, Lynchburg

, VA, (434) 582

- 5120,

5) Valley Regional Office, 4411 Early R oad , Harr isonburg

, VA, telephone ( 540 ) 574

- 7800,

6) Piedmont Regional Office, 4949

- A Cox R oa d, Glen

Allen

, VA, telephone ( 804 ) 527

- 5020,

7) Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge

, VA, telephone ( 703 ) 583

- 3800, and

8) Tidewater Regional Office, 5636 Southern B oulevard

, Virginia Beach

, VA, telephone ( 757 ) 518

- 2000.

Contact Information : Karen Sabasteanski, Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 698

- 4426, FAX (804)

698

- 4510, or e mail karen.sabasteanski@deq.virginia.gov.

### ENCLOSURE 3

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION RECORD

T he complete record of public participation activities is located at the Air Division of the Department of Environmental Quality. The d epartment contact to access this information is the Director, Air Division

.

The state did not receive comments on this particular revision.

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