### SIP SUBMITTAL COMPLETENESS CRITERIA CHECKLIST (In accordance with 40 CFRPart 51

- App. V)



### SIP Submitted by: The Delaware Department ofNatural Resources and Environmental Control (DE DNREC) 

### Date Submitted: 12/12/2012 

### Subject: Two redesignation requests and maintenance plans submitted via a single transmittal letter. (1) Delaware Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan Under the 1997 Annual PM2

.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard; State Implementation Plan for the New Castle County Portion ofthe Philadelphia-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE Nonattainment Area for Fine Particles (2) Delaware Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan Under the 2006 Daily PM25 National Ambient Air Quality Standard; State Implementation Plan for the New Castle County Portion ofthe Philadelphia-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE Nonattainment Area for Fine Particles


### Completeness Review Completed by: MariaA. Pino Date Completed: 30 January 2013



### Administrative Materials 

# I EPA REQUIREMENT

111. A formal letter ofsubmittal from the Governor orhis

### :~esignee, requesting EPA approval ofthe plan orrevision

hereof. 

### !12. Evidence that the State has adopted the plan inthe State code

i r body ofregulations; or issued the permit, order, or consent**~greement** in final form. That evidence shall include the date pfadoption or fmal issuance as well as the effective date ofthe iplan, ifdifferent from the adoption/issuance date. Checkto see ifthe regulation, permit, order or consent decree has a sunset or**~xpiration** date. Ifso it is not acceptable as a SIP submission. 3. Evidence that the State has the necessary legal authority :Under State lawto adopt and implement the plan. 

# I ACCEPTABLE

STATE SUBMITTAL 

# I(X) I

1. Submittal letter dated December 12,2012 from DE DNREC X Secretary Collin P. O'Marato Shawn M. Garvin, Regional Administrator EPA Region III 2. Secretary's OrderNo. 2012-A-0042, Re. Revisions to X Delaware State Implementation Plan for Redesignation Requests and Maintenance Plans Underthe 1997 Annual and 2006 daily Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient

### Air Quality Standards. Date oflssuance: 11/27/2012 Effective Date: 11127/2012 3. Section 6.2 ofboth redesignation requests and maintenance X plans states, "Delaware has the legal authority to implement and enforce specified measures necessary to attain and maintain the NAAQS." Delaware has legal authority to adopt, implement, and enforce rules, regulations, and plans under Title 7, Delaware Code, Chapter 60.EPA REQUIREMENT STATE SUBMITTAL (X) 

### 114· A copy ofactual regulation, or document submitted for 4. (a) "Delaware Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan X fapproval and incorporation by reference into the plan, including Under the 1997 Annual PM2.s National Ambient Air Quality indication ofthe changes made to the existing approved plan, Standard, State Implementation Plan for the Philadelphiawhere applicable. The submittal shall be a copy ofthe official Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE Nonattainment Area for Fine State regulation/document signed, stamped, dated by the Particles," Final, November 27, 2012; and appropriate State official indicating that it is fully enforceable (b) "Delaware Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan by the State. The effective date ofthe regulation/document Under the 2006 Daily PM2

.5 National Ambient Air Quality shall, whenever possible, be indicated in the document itself. Standard, State Implementation Plan for the PhiladelphiaWilmington, PA-NJ-DENonattainment Area for Fine Particles," Final, November 27, 2012;

5. Evidence that the State followed all ofthe procedural 5. Secretary's Order 2012-A-0042, dated November 27, 2012. X Cover letter transmitting the SIP revision dated December 12, equirements ofthe State's laws and constitution in conducting 2012. Copy ofpublic hearing notices. Certification ofpublic**~d** completing the adoption/issuance ofthe plan. hearing notice. 6. Evidence that public notice was given ofthe proposed 6. The submittal included a copy ofthe notice ofpublic hearing X change consistent with procedures approved by EPA, including and public comment period that was published in the News he date ofpublication ofsuch notice. Journal, the Delaware State News, the News from Delaware's · Office ofEnvironmental Protection, and onthe Delaware State Calendar at http://egov.delaware.gov/pmc/event/details/18856. 7. <:;ertification that public hearings were held in accordance 7. The December 6, 2012 Hearing Certification shows that the X twith the information provided inthe public notice and the hearing was held on October 23, 2012, in accordance with the State's laws and constitution, ifapplicable. public notice. The December 12, 2012 submittal letter certifies that a public hearing was held through the process established by the State ofDelaware with proper 30 day notice priorto the hearing. 8. Compilation ofpublic comments and the State's response 8. Hearing Officer's Report dated November 19, 2012

. X hereto. Technical Materials 11. Identification ofall regulated pollutants affected by the plan. 1. Inboth maintenance plans, Chapter 8, Maintenance X Demonstration, indicates that PM2.s, NOx, and S02 are the regulated pollutants. 2. Identification ofthe locations ofaffected sources including 2. Inboth redesignation requests and maintenance plans, the X the EPA attainment/nonattainment designation ofthe locations Delaware portion ofthe Philadelphia-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE and the status ofthe attainmentplan for the affected area(s). PM2

.5nonattainment area, i.e., New Castle County, is identified.

### EPA REQUIREMENT STATE SUBMITTAL (X)**~.** Quantification ofthe changes in plan allowable emissions 3. Inboth maintenance plans, Chapter 8, Maintenance 

### X from the affected sources; estimates ofchanges in current Demonstration, contains quantifications ofPM2

### .s, NOx, and actual emissions from affected sources or, where appropriate, S02 levels (emissions inventories/budgets). Forthe 1997 quantification ofchanges in actual emissions from affected annual PM2

_ 5NAAQS plan, 2017 and 2025 projected

sources through calculations ofthe differences between certain inventories are compared to the 2007 emissions inventory. For baseline levels and allowable emissions anticipated as a result the 2006 24-hour

### PMz.s NAAQS plan, 2017 and 2025 projected ofthe revision. inventories are compared to the 2008 emissions inventory 4. The State's demonstration that the national ambient air 4. Both maintenance plans demonstrate that PMz

.s, NOx, and 

### X jquality standards, prevention ofsignificant deterioration S02 emissions levels in 2017 and 2025 will be belowthe level increments, reasonable further progress demonstration, and required to maintainthe 

### PMz.s standards (2007 attainment year !Visibility, as applicable, are protected ifthe plan is approved for the 1997 annual PM2

_ 5 NAAQS, 2008 for the 2006 24-hour fand implemented. 

### PMz

.sNAAQS). 5. Modeling information required to support the proposed 5. Emissions modeling technical information is provided inthe 

### X ifevision
, including input data, output data, models used, "2008 Attainment Year State Implementation Plan Emissions !ambient monitoring data used, meteorological data used, Inventory for PM2.5 , S02 and NOxNew Castle County, ·ustification for use ofoffsite data (where used), modes of Delaware 

### I FINAL REPORT/ Submitted to: U.S. models used, assumptions, and other information relevant to the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 - Philadelphia, P A determination ofadequacy ofthe modeling analysis. 

### I Prepared by: Department ofNatural Resources & Environmental Control Division ofAir Quality Emission Inventory Development Program, and in 3 documents prepared for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association (MARAMA), all dated January 23,2012. (1) Technical Support Document for the Development ofthe 2007 Emission Inventory for Regional Air Quality Modeling 

### in the Northeast 

### I Mid-Atlantic Region Version 3.3; (2) Technical Support Document for the Development ofthe 2017 

### I 2020 Emission Inventories for Regional Air Quality Modeling in the Northeast 

### I Mid-Atlantic Region Version 3.3; (3) Technical Support Document for the Development ofthe 2025 Emission Inventory for PMNonattainment Counties in the MANE-VU Region Version 3.3 Rev.2. 6. Evidence, where necessary, that emission limitations are 6. Not applicable. 

### X based on continuous emission reduction technology

.EPA REQUIREMENT STATE SUBMITTAL (X) 7. Evidence that the plan contains emission limitations, work 7. Inboth maintenance plans, Chapter 8, Maintenance X practice standards and recordkeeping/reporting requirements, Demonstration, contains 2017 and 2025 emissions inventories 

### I where necessary, to ensure emission levels. budgets for PM2

.5, NOx, and 

### SOz levels as well as an accounting ofemissions control measures to ensure emissions levels. 8. Compliance/enforcement strategies, including how 8. Inboth maintenance plans, Chapter 9, Verified Continued X compliance will be determined in practice. Attainment, contains strategies to monitor emissions levels to

ensure that they remain below attainment levels. Inboth plans, Section 3.4 contains a commitment that, once redesignated, the state will continue to operate an appropriate monitoring network to verify the maintenance ofthe attainment status. In bothplans, Chapter 10, Contingency Measures, identifies contingency measures that will be implemented ifthe area violates or exceeds the PM2

.5 standard, or ifemissions levels increase more than 10% above the levels in theattainment year emissions inventory. These measures are intended to maintain the NAAQS, orbring the area back into attainment. 9. Special economic and technologicaljustifications required by 9. Not applicable. X any applicable EPA policies. (Ifa policy is not appropriate, explain why.) 10. A Section 107 request must be accompanied by a 10. The submittal includes maintenance plans for boththe 1997 X maintenance plan demonstrating maintenance to the relevant and 2006 PM2

.5 NAAQS that provide for maintenance through NAAQS for at least 10 years after redesignation. 2025, which is a least 10 years after redesignation

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