Document ID: EPA-R09-OAR-2017-0728-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
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Posted Date: 2018-12-18T05:00Z

DOCKET INDEX 
                         Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality State Implementation Plans; California; Plumas County; Moderate Area Plan for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS 
                      (Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2017-0728)
                                       
Note to Readers: This index contains links to many of the documents included in the docket for this action. If the link fails to work, please contact: John Ungvarsky at 415-972-3963 or Ungvarsky.john@epa.gov.
                                       
A.  Rulemaking Documents
   A-1.	83 FR 64774 (December 18, 2018), Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; Plumas County; Moderate Area Plan for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS; Proposed rule.
B.  State Implementation Plan Submittal and Supporting Documents
    Letter dated February 28, 2017, Richard W. Corey, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, to Alexis Strauss, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, with enclosures. 
 California Air Resources Board; Notice of Public Meeting to Consider Approval of the Portola PM2.5 State Implementation Plan, dated January 13, 2017. 
 California Air Resources Board; Notice from tbalcaza@arb.ca.gov to CARB arbcombo listserv recipients announcing February 16, 2017 public meeting to consider approval of Portola PM2.5 State Implementation Plan, dated January 13, 2017.  
 California Air Resource Board, Portola Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Attainment Plan, Resolution 17-2, dated February 16, 2017.
 California Air Resources Board; Appendix A, Positive Matrix Factorization Report. 
 California Air Resources Board; Appendix B, Emission Inventory Methodology.
 California Air Resources Board; Appendix D, Portola Area Residential Heating Survey.
 California Air Resources Board; Appendix E, Incentive Measure and Enforceable Commitment.
 California Air Resources Board; Appendix M, City of Portola Wood Stove and Fireplace Ordinance, Ordinance Number 344.
 California Air Resources Board; Appendix P, Assessment of Significance for Transportation Conformity.
 Staff Report, ARB Review of the Portola Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Attainment Plan, Release Date: February 3, 2017, Air Resource Board. 
 Completeness Checklist. Title 40 CFR, Part 51, Appendix V  -  Criteria for Determining the Completeness of Plan Submissions (for Portola PM2.5 Attainment Plan SIP submittal)
             Letter dated February 14, 2017, Gretchen Bennitt, Executive Director, Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District (NSAQMD), to Richard W. Corey, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board with enclosures. 
 Portola Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Attainment Plan, January 2017, NSAQMD.
 NSAQMD Resolution 2017-1, dated January 23, 2017.
 NSAQMD website posting of public notice announcing January 23 public hearing in Portola, CA for proposed adoption of Plumas County (Portola) PM2.5 Attainment Plan. 
 Proof of publication of public notice in Feather River Bulletin, Indian Valley Record, and Portola Reporter for January 23, 2017 public hearing in Portola, CA; Feather Publishing Company, dated December 14, 2016.
 Proof of publication of public notice for January 23, 2017 public hearing in Portola, CA; Plumas County News, dated December 14, 2016.
 Public hearing comment from Mark Mehevic, January 23, 2017.

    Letter dated December 20, 2017, Richard W. Corey, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, to Alexis Strauss, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, with enclosures. 
 California Air Resources Board; Notice of Public Meeting to Consider Supplemental Transportation Conformity Budgets for the Portola PM2.5 State Implementation Plan, dated September 22, 2017. 
 California Air Resource Board, Supplemental Transportation Conformity Emissions Budgets for the Portola Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Attainment Plan and attachment, Resolution 17-28, dated October 26, 2017.
 California Air Resource Board, Staff Report, Supplemental Transportation Conformity Emissions Budgets for the Portola Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Attainment Plan, Release Date: September 22, 2017. 
 California Air Resources Board; Completeness Checklist for Submission of Updated Transportation Conformity Budgets for the Portola PM2.5 Nonattainment Area. 

C.  EPA Policy, Guidance, and Rulemaking Documents
    53 FR 5860 (February 26, 1988 Federal Register. See page 5860). Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources. New Residential Wood Heaters.
    57 FR 13498 (April 16, 1992). State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; General preamble for future proposed rulemakings. 
    57 FR 18070 (April 28, 1992). State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; Supplemental; General preamble for future proposed rulemakings.
    58 FR 51735 (October 4, 1993). Executive Order 12866 of October 4, 1993, Regulatory Planning and Review. 
    59 FR 7629 (February 16, 1994). Executive Order 12898 of February 11, 1994, Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations.
    59 FR 16690 (April 7, 1994), Economic Incentive Program Rules, Final rule and guidance. 
    62 FR 19885 (April 23, 1997), Executive Order 13045 of April 21, 1997, Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks.
    62 FR 38652 (July 18, 1997). National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter; Final rule.
    62 FR 48480 (September 16, 1997). Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District.  
    64 FR 43255 (August 10, 1999), Executive Order 13132 of August 4, 1999, Federalism.
    64 FR 45170 (August 19, 1999). Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revisions for Six California Air Pollution Control Districts. 
    65 FR 67249 (November 9, 2000). Executive Order 13175 of November 6, 2000, Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments.
    "Improving Air Quality with Economic Incentive Programs," EPA, January 2001.
    66 FR 28355 (May 22, 2001). Executive Order 13211 of May 18, 2001, Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use. 
    67 FR 69141 (November 15, 2002). Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in Progress, Attainment, and Maintenance State Implementation Plans for Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, and Nitrogen Dioxide; California; final rule.
    69 FR 40004 (July 1, 2004). Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments for the New 8-hour Ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards and Miscellaneous Revisions for Existing Areas; Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Response to Court Decision and Additional Rule Changes; Final Rule.
    EPA, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, No. EPA/600/P - 99/002aF and EPA/600/P - 99/002bF, October 2004.
    EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, "Incorporating Emerging and Voluntary Measure in a State Implementation Plan (SIP)," October 4, 2004. 
    EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards and Office of Transportation and Air Quality, "Guidance on Incorporating Bundled Measures in a State Implementation Plan, Guidance on Incorporating Bundled Measures in a State Implementation Plan," August 16, 2005.
    EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, "Guidance for Quantifying and Using Emission Reductions from Voluntary Woodstove Changeout Programs in State Implementation Plans" EPA-456/B-06-001, January 2006.
    Jordan, T., Seen, A., Jacobsen, G., 2006, "Levoglucosan as an atmospheric tracer for woodsmoke," Atmospheric Environment, 40 (27): 5316-5321.
    71 FR 61144 (October 17, 2006). National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, Final rule.
    75 FR 26653 (May 12, 2010). Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Reformulated Gasoline and Diesel Fuels; California; Final rule.
    75 FR 38023 (July 1, 2010). Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program; Final rule.
    76 FR 3821 (January 21, 2011). Executive Order 13563 of January 18, 2011, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review. 
    77 FR 20308 (April 4, 2012). Approval and Promulgation of Implementations Plans; California Air Resources Board-In-Use Heavy-Duty Diesel-Fueled Truck and Bus Regulation, and Drayage Truck Regulation; Final rule.
    78 FR 3086 (January 15, 2013). National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter; Final rule.
    EPA, "Strategies for Reducing Residential Wood Smoke," Publication No. EPA-456/B-13-001, revised March 2013.
    EPA, "Emissions Inventory Guidance for Implementation of Ozone [and Particulate Matter] National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and Regional Haze Regulations," available at http://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-10/documents/2014revisedeiguidance_0.pdf.
    EPA's "Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors" (AP - 42).
    EPA, Burn Wise Emission Calculator.
    EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, "Modeling Guidance for Demonstrating Attainment of Air Quality Goals for Ozone, PM2.5, and Regional Haze," December 2014 Draft, 17 (section 2.3.2, Future Year Selection); available at State Implementation Plan (SIP) Attainment Demonstration Guidance.
    Targeted Air Shed grant program information, see https://www.epa.gov/grants/air-grants-and-funding.
    U.S. Census, 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-year estimate for City of Portola, CA and State of California.
    Unemployment rates in Portola. See http://www.homefacts.com/unemployment/California/Plumas-County/Portola/96122.html.
    Electricity rate in the City of Portola is 17.87cent/kWh. See Electricity Local at http://www.electricitylocal.com/states/california/portola/.
    H&S Performance, LLC, Consent Agreement and Final Order (docket no. CAA-HQ-2015-8248), entered December 17, 2015.
    CARB's facility search engine web site results for Plumas County in 2016. For more information see https://www.arb.ca.gov/app/emsinv/facinfo/facinfo.php.
    80 FR 2206 (January 15, 2015).  Air Quality Designations for the 2012 Primary Annual Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
    80 FR 13672 (March 16, 2015). Subpart AAA, Standards of Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters. (Note: The proposed rule published on December 18, 2018, incorrectly references subpart AAA as 53 FR 5860 (March 15, 2015)). 
    EPA, "Residential Wood Combustion Summary of Measures  -  DRAFT," January 2016.
    81 FR 36176 (June 6, 2016). Finding of Attainment and Approval of Attainment Plan for Klamath Falls, Oregon Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area; Final rule. 
    81 FR 39424 (June 16, 2016). Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; California Mobile Source Regulations; Final rule.
    81 FR 58010 (August 24, 2016). Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: State Implementation Plan Requirements; Final rule. 
    EPA, "PM2.5 Precursor Demonstration Guidance," EPA-454/P-16-001, November 17, 2016 draft, available at https://www.epa.gov/pm-pollution/draft-pm25-precursor-demonstration-guidance.
    EPA, "Guideline on Air Quality Models," see Clean Air Act Permit Modeling Guidance.
    82 FR 5182 (January 17, 2017); Revisions to the Guideline on Air Quality Models: Enhancements to the AERMOD Dispersion Modeling System and Incorporation of Approaches To Address Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter. 
    82 FR 9339 (February 2, 2017). Executive Order 13771 of January 30, 2017, Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs. 
    82 FR 14446 (March 21, 2017). Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; California Mobile Source Regulations; Final rule.
    Email dated May 30, 2017, from Turkiewicz (CARB) to Ungvarsky (EPA) ("RE: additional background materials supporting Portola plan").
             Attachment ("Rollback for John.xlsx") to email dated May 30, 2017, from Turkiewicz (CARB) to Ungvarsky (EPA).
             Attachment ("Benefit calculation_Annual_Portola_2016_10_13.xlsx") in email dated May 30, 2017, from Turkiewicz (CARB) to Ungvarsky (EPA). 
    EPA, Region IX, "Technical Support Document for the EPA's Rulemaking for the California State Implementation Plan, Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District, City of Portola Ordinance 344, Wood Stove and Fireplace Ordinance," July 2017.
    Clear the Air, Check Before You Light (article published November 1, 2017 in the Portola Reporter).
    NSAQMD Press Release dated October 25, 2017, Greater Portola Area Wintertime Advisory Program in Effect.
    Email dated November 29, 2017, from Turkiewicz, (CARB) to Kay (EPA), RE: questions about the number of wood stoves in the Portola nonattainment area.
    EPA, Region IX Air Division, "Technical Support Document for EPA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the California State Implementation Plan, Evaluation of incentive-based emission reductions relied upon in the Portola Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Attainment Plan," December 2017.
    CARB, "Portola Wood Stove Change-Out, 2017 Progress Report, Covering Change-outs Completed Through 12/31/2017" ("2017 Annual Report").
    83 FR 5537 (February 8, 2018). Air Plan Approval; OR, Oakridge; PM2.5 Moderate Plan, Finding of Attainment and Clean Data Determination. 
    Email dated February 13, 2018, from CARB (Turkiewicz) to EPA (Bohning and Ungvarsky) regarding "Limiting Precursors."
 Attachment ("Species Trends.xlsx") to February 13, 2018 email from CARB (Turkiewicz) to EPA (Bohning and Ungvarsky).
    83 FR 9213 (March 5, 2018). Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District, Final rule. 
    83 FR 13871 (April 2, 2018). Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District.
    83 FR 23232 (May 18, 2018). Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; California Mobile Source Regulations; Final rule. 
    Portola Monthly Air Quality Update from NSAQMD, September 2018.
    EPA Technical Analyses, Scott Bohning, EPA Region IX, 2018.
         
 Spreadsheet titled "Annual Rollback and Precursor Sensitivity.xlsx" edited by Bohning (EPA) from "Rollback for John.xlsx" originally in email dated May 30, 2017, from Turkiewicz (CARB) to Ungvarsky (EPA); edited spreadsheet includes various corrections in blue by Bohning.
              
 Spreadsheet titled "Benefit Calculation and Alternative Rollback.xlsx" edited by Bohning (EPA) from "Benefit calculation_Annual_Portola_2016_10_13.xlsx" originally in email dated May 30, 2017, from Turkiewicz (CARB) to Ungvarsky (EPA); edited spreadsheet includes annotations added by Bohning. 
              
 Spreadsheet titled "Species Trends and NOx Sensitivity.xlsx" edited by Bohning (EPA) from "Species Trends.xlsx" originally in email dated February 13, 2018, from Kasia Turkiewicz (CARB) to Bohning and Ungvarsky (EPA); edited spreadsheet includes "NOx sensitivity" sheet added by Bohning.
    South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 445 ("Wood-Burning Devices") (amended May 3, 2013).
    Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Rule 421 ("Mandatory Episodic Curtailment of Wood and Other Solid Fuel Burning") (amended September 24, 2009).
    NSAQMD Rules 300-317 ("Open Burning") (adopted September 11, 1991; October 25, 1991; June 10, 1992; and August 14, 1996). 
    NSAQMD Rule 318 ("American Valley Burning Restrictions") (amended May 8, 1996).
    NSAQMD Rule 202 ("Visible Emissions") (adopted October 19, 1991).

D.  Additional Documents for Proposed Rulemaking
    Committee for a Better Arvin, 786 F.3d 1169 (9th Cir. 2015). 
    Bahr v. EPA, 836 F.3d 1218, at 1235-1237 (9th Cir. 2016).