INDEX TO DOCKET EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0877

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of

Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of 

California; PM10; Redesignation of Sacramento to Attainment; 

Approval of PM10 Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan 

for Sacramento

FINAL AND PROPOSED RULE

CATEGORY I. NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

Reserved

CATEGORY II. NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

1. Proposed Rule, “Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; State of California; PM10; Redesignation of 

Sacramento to Attainment; Approval of PM10 Redesignation 

Request and Maintenance Plan for Sacramento,” July 12, 2013.

(prepublication version)

CATEGORY III. STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SUBMITTAL

1. Letter and enclosures from James Goldstene, Executive 

Officer, California Air Resources Board (CARB), to Jared 

Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, USEPA Region IX. 

December 7, 2010.

A. Enclosure I. Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management 

District (SMAQMD) documents.

1) Letter from Larry Greene, SMAQMD APCO, to James 

Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB. November 2, 2010.

2) Summary and background of action from Larry Greene, 

APCO, to SMAQMD Board of Directors. Three attachments.

October 27, 2010.

- Attachment 1: Board Resolution

- Attachment 2: PM10 Implementation/Maintenance Plan 

and Re-designation Request For Sacramento County

- Attachment 3: Notice of Public Hearing

B. Enclosure II. CARB Public Hearing Notice. October 20, 2010. 

C. Enclosure III. CARB Hearing Transcripts. November 18, 2010.

D. Enclosure IV. Board Resolution 10-37, Approval and Submittal 
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of PM10 Implementation/Maintenance Plan for Sacramento 

County. November 18, 2010.

E. Enclosure V. Staff Report, Analysis of the SMAQMD PM10

Implementation/Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request

for Sacramento County. October 29, 2010.

CATEGORY IV. OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENTS

Reserved (if comments are submitted)

CATEGORY V. OTHER DOCUMENTS

1. Memorandum from John Calcagni, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, USEPA, “Procedures for Processing 

Requests to Redesignate Areas to Attainment,” September 4, 

1992. (Calcagni Memorandum)

2. Memorandum from Mary D. Nichols, Assistant Administrator for 

Air and Radiation, USEPA, Part D New Source Review (part D 

NSR) Requirements for Areas Requesting Redesignation to 

Attainment,” October 14, 1994. (Nichols Memorandum)

3. Nehzat Motallebi, Wintertime PM2.5 and PM10 Source 

Apportionment at Sacramento, California, Journal of the Air 

& Waste Management Association, 49:9, 25-34. September 1999.

4. Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, USEPA 

Region IX, to James Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB 

transmitting findings of EPA’s Summer 2007 Technical System 

Audit of CARB's ambient air monitoring program, August 18, 

2008.

5. Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Plan 2009/12, 

Sacramento Area Council of Governments. August 21, 2008.

6. CARB Resolution No. 09–34, April 24, 2009.

7. Letter with enclosures from James N. Goldstene, Executive 

Officer, CARB, to Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator, 

USEPA Region 9. August 12, 2009.
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8. Letter from Joseph Lapka, Acting Manager, Air Quality 

Analysis Office (AQAO), EPA Region IX, to Larry Greene, Air 

Pollution Control Officer, Sacramento Metro Air Quality 

Management District (SMAQMD) approving SMAQMD’s “2009 Annual

Monitoring Network Plan.” September 29, 2009.

9. Letter from Joseph Lapka, Acting Manager, AQAO, USEPA Region 

IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, 

Planning and Technical Support Division, CARB approving 

CARB’s “2009 Annual Monitoring Network Report for Small 

Districts in California.” November 24, 2009.

10. Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, 

Planning and Technical Support Division, CARB, to Jared 

Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, USEPA Region IX, 

certifying calendar year 2009 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, May 19, 2010.

11. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, USEPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air 

Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support 

Division, CARB, approving CARB’s “2010 Annual Monitoring 

Network Plan for the Small Districts in California.” October

29, 2010.

12. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, USEPA Region IX, to Larry Greene, Air Pollution 

Control Officer (APCO), SMAQMD, approving SMAQMD’s Annual 

Monitoring Network Plan submitted on July 2010. November 1, 

2010.

13. Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, 

Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air 

Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, USEPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 

2010 ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, 

April 28, 2011.

14. CARB’s Annual Network Plan Report for Small Districts in 

California, June 2011. 

15. SMAQMD’s 2011 Annual Monitoring Network Plan. 

16. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, AQAO, USEPA Region IX, 

to Larry Greene, APCO, SMAQMD approving SMAQMD’s “2011

Annual Monitoring Network Plan.” October 31, 2011.
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17. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, AQAO, USEPA Region IX, 

to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning 

and Technical Support Division, CARB approving CARB’s “2011

Annual Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts in 

California.” November 1, 2011.

18. Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, 

Planning and Technical Support Division, CARB, to Jared 

Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, USEPA Region IX, 

certifying calendar year 2011 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, May 1, 2012.

19. Monitor Description Report. USEPA Air Quality System (AQS). 

September 14, 2012.

20. Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, USEPA 

Region IX, to James Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB, 

transmitting findings of EPA’s 2011 Technical System Audit 

of CARB's ambient air monitoring program, October 22, 2012.

21. System Audit of the Ambient Monitoring Program: California Air 

Resources Board, June - September, 2011. USEPA. Final Report: 

October 2012.

22. Emails between CARB (Martin Johnson) and (USEPA) John 

Ungvarsky. December 26 and 27, 2012.

23. Air Quality System QuickLook Report for Sacramento PM10

nonattainment area, USEPA AQS, January 10, 2013.

24. Memorandum to File. Conclusion that the Maintenance 

Demonstration Does Not Rely on Implementation of 

Nonattainment New Source Review. Personal communication on 

January 17, 2013 from Charles Anderson, SMAQMD, to John 

Ungvarsky, USEPA Region IX. January 28, 2013.

25. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, AQAO, USEPA Region IX, 

to Larry Greene, APCO, SMAQMD approving SMAQMD’s 2012 Annual

Monitoring Network Plan. March 1, 2013.

26. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, AQAO, USEPA Region IX, 

to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning 

and Technical Support Division, CARB approving CARB’s “2012 

Annual Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts in 

California.” April 19, 2013.
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27. Letter from Sylvia Vanderspek, Chief, Air Quality Planning 

Branch, CARB, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, 

USEPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2012 ambient air 

quality data and quality assurance data, May 16, 2013.

28. Air Quality System QuickLook Report for Sacramento PM10

nonattainment area, 2012. USEPA. June 7, 2013.

29. Air Quality System PM10 Data Completeness Report for

Sacramento PM10 nonattainment area. QuickLook Report for

Sacramento PM10 nonattainment area, 2012. USEPA. June 7, 

2013.

30. Letter from Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer, CARB, to 

Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, USEPA Region IX. 

June 18, 2013.

31. Letter from Larry Greene, APCO, SMAQMD, to Deborah Jordan, 

Director, Air Division, USEPA Region IX. June 28, 2013.

32. Air Quality System Design Value Report for Sacramento PM10

nonattainment area, 2013. USEPA. July 9, 2013.

33. Air Quality System PM10 Data Completeness Report. QuickLook 

Report for Sacramento PM10 nonattainment area, 2013. USEPA.

July 9, 2013.

34. Air Quality System QuickLook Report for Sacramento PM10

nonattainment area, 2013. USEPA. July 9, 2013.

35. Air Quality System Raw Data Report for Sacramento PM10

nonattainment area, 2013. USEPA. July 9, 2013.

36. Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets Approvability Review. USEPA. 

July 12, 2013.

37. Prepublication version of Final Rule, “Revision of Air 

Quality Implementation Plan; California; Sacramento 

Metropolitan Air Quality Management District; Stationary Source 

Permits.” Notice of final rulemaking to approve revised 

SMAQMD Rule 214, April 25, 2013.

CATEGORY VI. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
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Not Applicable