Docket Index

Notice of Final Rulemaking

South Coast VMT Emissions Offset Demonstrations 

and Interim Final Determination

(Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0823)

August 22, 2014

A. Rulemaking Documents

A-1. Docket Index, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, South Coast VMT Emissions Offset 

Demonstrations, (Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0823), May 5, 2014.

A-2. Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plan Revisions; State of California; South 

Coast VMT Emissions Offset Demonstrations; Proposed Rule, signed May 5, 2014, 

prepublication version.

A-3. Interim Final Determination to Defer Sanctions, State of California, Los Angeles-South; 

Interim Final Rule, signed May 5, 2014, prepublication version.

A-4. Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plan Revisions; State of California; South 

Coast VMT Emissions Offset Demonstrations; Proposed Rule. 79 FR 29705, May 23, 

2014.

A-5. Interim Final Determination to Defer Sanctions, State of California, Los Angeles-South; 

Interim Final Rule. 79 FR 29680, May 23, 2014.

A-6. Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plan Revisions; State of California; South 

Coast VMT Emissions Offset Demonstrations; Final Rule, signed August 13, 2014, 

prepublication version.

A-7. Docket Index, Notice of Final Rulemaking, South Coast VMT Emissions Offset 

Demonstrations, (Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0823), August 22, 2014.

B. State Submittals

B-1. Letter, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air resources Board (CARB) to 

Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, February 13, 2013, with enclosures. 

a. South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), Final 2012 Air Quality 

Management Plan (AQMP), December 2012.

b. Appendix III, 2012, Base and Future Year Emission Inventory, 2012 AQMP, December 

2012
c. Appendix IV-C, Regional Transportation Strategy and Control Measures, 2012 AQMP, 

December 2012

d. Appendix VII, 1-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration, 2012 AQMP, December 2012.

e. Appendix VIII, Vehicle Miles Traveled Emissions Offset Demonstration, 2012 AQMP, 

December 2012.

f. SCAQMD Governing Board Resolution No. 12-19 (December 7, 2012)

g. Letter, Barry Wallerstein, SCAQMD to James Goldstene, CARB, January 20, 2013 with 

SCAQMD Board Letter

h. SCAQMD Board Hearing transcript 

i. CARB, Staff Report, Proposed Revisions to the PM2.5 and Ozone State Implementation 

Plans for the South Coast Air Basin, Release Date January 11, 2013

j. CARB Notice of Public Hearing to Consider Approval of the South Coast 2012 AQMP, 

December 21, 2012. (10 files)

k. SCAQMD Notice of Public Hearing to Consider the Approval of the South Coast 2012

AQMP, December 7, 2012.

l. CARB Resolution No. 13-3 (January 25, 2013). 

m. Public comments received during the SCAQMD adoption process and responses to 

comments. (4 files)

n. Public comments received during the State adoption process. (13 files)

C. Federal Register and EPA Guidance Documents

C-1. 78 FR 14533 Official Release of EMFAC2011 Motor Vehicle Emission Factor Model 

for Use in the State of California, Notice of Availability (March 6, 2013)

C-2. 78 FR 889 Finding of Substantial Inadequacy of Implementation Plan; Call for 

California State Implementation Plan Revision; South Coast. Final Rule (January 7, 2013

C-3. 77 FR 58072, Finding of Substantial Inadequacy of Implementation Plan; Call for 

California State Implementation Plan Revision; South Coast, proposed rule (September 

19, 2012).

C-4. Guidance on Implementing Clean Air Act Section 182(d)(1)(A): Transportation Control 

Measures and Transportation Control Strategies to Offset Growth in Emissions Due to 

Growth in Vehicle Miles Travelled, Memorandum from Karl Simon, Director, 

Transportation and Climate Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, to Carl 
Edland, Director, Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, EPA Region 6, and 

Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, EPA Region 9, August 30, 2012.

C-5. 77 FR 12674 Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

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

C-6. 76 FR 57872 Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

Attainment Plan for 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard (September 16, 2011)

C-7. 75 FR 24409, Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; San 

Joaquin Valley, South Coast Air Basin, Coachella Valley, and Sacramento Metro 8-Hour 

Ozone Nonattainment Areas; Reclassification. Final Rule (May 5, 2010).

C-8. 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-9. 73 FR 16436, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone. Final Rule March 27, 

2008.

C-10. 70 FR 71612, Final Rule To Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard—Phase 2; Final Rule To Implement Certain Aspects of the 1990 Amendments 

Relating to New Source Review and Prevention of Significant Deterioration as They 

Apply in Carbon Monoxide, Particulate Matter and Ozone NAAQS; Final Rule for 

Reformulated Gasoline. Final Rule (November 29, 2005).

C-11. 69 FR 23858, Air Quality Designations and Classifications for the 8-Hour Ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Early Action Compact Areas With Deferred 

Effective Dates. Final Rule (April 30, 2004).

C-12. 62 FR 38856, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone. Final Rule. (July 18, 

1997)

C-13. 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 Proposed Future 

Rulemakings (April 16, 1992).

C-14. 56 FR 56694. Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes (November 6, 

1991)

D. Other Documents

D-1. Letter from Elaine Chang, Deputy Executive Officer, SCAQMD, dated September 10, 

2008
D-2. Technical Support Document for the Final Rulemaking Action on the South Coast 2007 

8-Hour Ozone Plan and the South Coast Portions of the Revised 2007 State Strategy,

USEPA Region 9, December 2011.

D-3. Association of Irritated Residents v. EPA, 632 F.3d. 584, at 596-597 (9th cir. 2011), 

reprinted as amended on January 27, 2012, 686 F.3d 668, further amended February 13, 

2012.

D-4. 2012-2035 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy, 

Southern California Association of Governments, April, 2012.

D-5. Letter. Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer, CARB to Deborah Jordan, Director, Air 

Division, EPA Region 9. April 3, 2014.

a. EMFAC Flow Chart, enclosure with letter from Terry to Jordan. April 4, 2014.

b. Revised VMT Emissions Offset Demonstration, enclosure with letter from Terry to 

Jordan. April 4, 2014.

c. CARB xl output files (1). Enclosure with Terry to Jordan letter.

d. CARB xl output files (2). Enclosure with Terry to Jordan letter.

D-6. CARB Rules and Measures, 1990 – 2013, Additional Comments on Fuels and On-Road 

Measures Only. Updated list of the post-1990 transportation control strategies in 

attachment 1 of Appendix VIII to the South Coast AQMP, Compiled by USEPA, Region 

9, May 2, 2014.

E. State Submittals Previously Approved by EPA. 

For additional information, also see 77 FR 12674 (March 1, 2012) included in this docket. 

E-1. CARB, Proposed State Strategy for California’s 2007 State Implementation Plan, 

adopted September 27, 2007. Chapters 1-3 only, appendices not included.

E-1.a. CARB, Proposed State Strategy for California’s 2007 State Implementation Plan, 

adopted September 27, 2007. Cover and Table of Contents.

E-2. SCAQMD, 2007 AQMP, June 1, 2007.

E-3. CARB, Status Report on the State Strategy for California’s 2007 State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) and Proposed Revisions to the SIP Reflecting Implementation of the 2007 

State Strategy, adopted April 24, 2009.
E-4. CARB, 8-Hour Ozone State Implementation Plan Revisions and Technical Revisions to 

the PM2.5 State Implementation Plan Transportation Conformity Budgets for the South 

Coast and San Joaquin Valley Air Basins, July 21, 2011.

F. Public Comments

F-1. Harvey Eder, June 23, 2014.