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Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 

California; Determinations of Attainment 

for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard

DIRECT FINAL AND PROPOSED RULE

CATEGORY I. NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

1. Direct Final Rule, “Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; California; Determinations of 

Attainment for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard,” August 30, 

2012. (pre-publication version)

CATEGORY II. NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

1. Proposed Rule, “Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans; California; Determinations of Attainment for the 1997

8-Hour Ozone Standard,” August 30, 2012. (pre-publication 

version)

CATEGORY III. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

Not Applicable

CATEGORY IV. OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENTS

Reserved (if comments are submitted)

CATEGORY V. FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

1. 58 FR 51735, “Executive Order 12866,” October 4, 1993.

2. 59 FR 7629, “Executive Order 12898,” February 16, 1994

3. 62 FR 19885, “Executive Order 13045,” April 23, 1997.

4. 62 FR 38856, “National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Ozone,” Final Rule, July 18, 1997. 

5. 64 FR 43255, “Executive Order 13132,” August 10, 1999.

6. 65 FR 67249, “Executive Order 13175,” November 9, 2000.

7. 66 FR 28355, “Executive Order 13211,” May 22, 2001.

8. 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,” 
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Final Rule, April 30, 2004. 

9. 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. 

10. 71 FR 61236, “Revisions to Ambient Air Monitoring 

Regulations,” Final Rule, October 17, 2006. 

11. 73 FR 16435, “National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Ozone,” Final Rule, March 27, 2008. 

12. 73 FR 29073, “Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; California; Ventura Ozone Nonattainment Area; 

Reclassification to Serious,” Final Rule, May 20, 2008.

13. 74 FR 2936, “Proposed Rule To Implement the 1997 8-Hour 

Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Revision on 

Subpart 1 Area Reclassification and Anti-Backsliding 

Provisions Under Former 1-Hour Ozone Standard; Proposed 

Deletion of Obsolete 1-Hour Ozone Standard Provision,” 

Proposed Rule, January 16, 2009.

14. 77 FR 28424, “Final Rule To Implement the 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Classification of 

Areas That Were Initially Classified Under Subpart 1; 

Revision of the Anti-Backsliding Provisions To Address 1-

Hour Contingency Measure Requirements; Deletion of 

Obsolete,” Final Rule, May 14, 2012.

15. 77 FR 30088, “Air Quality Designations for the 2008 Ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards,” Final Rule, May 21,

2012.

16. 77 FR 30160, “Implementation of the 2008 National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards for Ozone: Nonattainment Area 

Classifications Approach, Attainment Deadlines and 

Revocation of the 1997 Ozone Standards for Transportation 

Conformity Purposes,” Final Rule, May 21, 2012.
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CATEGORY VI. OTHER DOCUMENTS

1. Memorandum from D. Kent Berry, “Procedures for Processing 

Bump Ups and Extension Requests for Marginal Ozone 

Nonattainment Areas,” February 3, 1994.

2. South Coast Air Quality Management District v. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Respondent, 472 F.3d 882, December 22, 

2006.

3. South Coast Air Quality Management District v. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Respondent, 489 F.3d 1245, June 8, 2007.

4. Letter from Ron Rothacker, Manager, Air Quality Data 

Section, Planning and Technical Support Division, California

Air Resources Board, to Norma Douglass, Technical Support 

Office, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2006 ambient

air quality data and quality assurance data, June 28, 2007.

5. Letter from Sean P. Hogan, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, EPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality

Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, 

California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s “Annual 

Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts in 

California, Volume 1: June 2007.” June 9, 2008.

6. Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, U.S. EPA 

Region IX, to James Goldstene, Executive Officer, California

Air Resources Board transmitting findings of EPA’s Summer 

2007 Technical System Audit of CARB's ambient air monitoring

program, August 18, 2008.

7. Technical System Audit of the California Environmental 

Protection Agency Air Resources Board, 2007, USEPA Region 9,

August 2008.

8. Letter from Joseph Fish, Deputy Air Pollution Control 

Officer, Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District, to

Sean Hogan, Chief, Air Quality Section, EPA Region IX,

certifying calendar year 2008 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, June 30, 2009.

9. Letter from Joseph Lapka, Acting Manager, Air Quality 

Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, 

Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support 
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Division, California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s

“2009 Annual Monitoring Network Report for Small Districts 

in California.” November 24, 2009.

10. Letter from Joseph Lapka, Acting Manager, Air Quality 

Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to Michael Villegas, Air 

Pollution Control Officer, Ventura County Air Pollution 

Control District approving “2009 Annual Monitoring Network 

Plan for the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District.”

November 24, 2009.

11. Letter from James Goldstene, Executive Officer of the 

California Air Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, USEPA Region IX requesting EPA grant

a one-year extension of the proposed attainment date for the

Southern Mountain Counties area, March 23, 2010.

12. Letter from Joseph Fish, Deputy Air Pollution Control 

Officer, Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District, to

Sean Hogan, Chief, Air Quality Section, EPA Region IX,

certifying calendar year 2009 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, March 24,2010.

13. Letter from Michael Villegas, Air Pollution Control Officer, 

Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, to Meredith 

Kurpius, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX,

certifying calendar year 2009 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, May 4, 2010.

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

Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air 

Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2009 

ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, May 19,

2010.

15. Letter from James Goldstene, Executive Officer of the 

California Air Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, USEPA Region IX, requesting EPA 

grant a one-year extension of the proposed attainment date 

for the Western Nevada County area, May 24, 2010.

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

Office, EPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality

Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, 

California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s “2010 Annual
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Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts in 

California.” October 29, 2010.

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

Office, EPA Region IX, to Michael Villegas, Air Pollution 

Control Officer, Ventura County Air Pollution Control 

District approving “2010 Annual Monitoring Network Plan for 

the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District.” November

1, 2010.

18. Letter from Joseph Fish, Deputy Air Pollution Control 

Officer, Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District, to

Sean Hogan, Chief, Air Quality Section, EPA Region IX,

certifying calendar year 2010 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, April 13, 2011.

19. Letter from Michael Villegas, Air Pollution Control Officer, 

Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, to Matthew 

Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX,

certifying calendar year 2010 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, April 26, 2011.

20. California Air Resources Board’s Annual Network Plan Report

for Small Districts in California, June 2011.

21. Ventura County Air Pollution Control District 2011 Ambient 

Air Network Monitoring Plan, Kent Field, Manager, Ventura 

County APCD, July 2011.

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

Office, EPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality

Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, 

California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s “2011 Annual

Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts in 

California.” November 1, 2011.

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

Office, EPA Region IX, to Michael Villegas, Air Pollution 

Control Officer, Ventura County Air Pollution Control 

District approving “2011 Annual Monitoring Network Plan for 

the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District.” November

1, 2011.

24. Letter from Joseph Fish, Deputy Air Pollution Control 

Officer, Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District, to

Fletcher Clover, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX,
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certifying calendar year 2011 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, February 9,2012.

25. Letter from Michael Villegas, Air Pollution Control Officer, 

Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, to Jared 

Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX,

certifying calendar year 2011 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, April 24, 2012.

26. Letter from John Ray, Air Resources Division, National Park 

Service, US Department of the Interior, to David Lutz, 

USEPA, certifying calendar year 2011 ambient air quality 

data and quality assurance data, April 29, 2012.

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

Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air 

Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2011

ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, May 1, 

2012.

28. Air Quality System Quicklook Report summarizing Ozone 

monitoring data collected at monitoring stations in Butte 

County, Central Mountain Counties, Eastern Kern, Southern 

Mountain Counties, Sutter Buttes, Ventura County, and 

Western Nevada County ozone nonattainment areas, dated July 

25, 2012.

29. Air Quality System Design Value Report providing 8-hour 

ozone design values and air monitoring data at monitoring 

stations in Butte County, Central Mountain Counties, Eastern

Kern, Southern Mountain Counties, Sutter Buttes, Ventura 

County, and Western Nevada County ozone nonattainment areas,

July 25, 2012.

30. Air Quality and Meteorological Information Home Page, 

California Air Resources Board, 2012 8-hour ozone data for 

Sutter Buttes ozone nonattainment area, August 2, 2012.

31. Ozone Watch Update, Benjamin Wells, EPA, Office of Air 

Quality Planning & Standards, August 7, 2012.