Document ID: EPA-R09-OAR-2017-0490-0083
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2018-10-03T04:00Z

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast Air Basin Serious Area Plan for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS
                      (Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2017-0490)
                                       
A.  Rulemaking Documents
 83 FR 49872, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast Serious Area Plan for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS ; Proposed rule. (October  3, 2018).
 EPA, Region 9 Air Division, Technical Support Document for the Proposed Approval of South Coast AQMD's Serious Area Plan for the 2006 PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (Docket Number EPA-R09-OAR-2017-0490), September 2018.
B.  State Implementation Submittals and Supporting Documents
 Letter, dated April 27, 2017, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, to Alexis Strauss, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, with enclosures.
 Letter, March 10, 2017, Wayne Nastri, Executive Officer, South Coast Air Quality Management District, to Richard W. Corey, Executive Officer, CARB, Re: Submittal of 2016 Air Quality Management Plan.
          2016 Air Quality Management Plan (March 2017) plus Appendices.
          Proof of Publication for Notices of Public Hearings.
          SCAQMD Governing Board Resolution 17-2 "A Resolution of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD or District) Governing Board Certifying the Final Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the 2016 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP or Plan), and adopting the 2016 AQMP, which is to be submitted into the California State Implementation Plan (SIP)," March 3, 2017.
          South Coast response to comments on 2016 AQMP (January 2017).
         Transcripts of the regional public hearings. Available upon request in hard copy at the EPA Regional office.
 CARB Notice of Public Meeting to Consider Adopting the 2016 Air Quality Management Plan for Ozone and PM2.5 for the South Coast Air Basin and the Coachella Valley, March 6, 2017.
 Board Meeting, State of California, Air Resources Board, Transcript of hearing, March 23, 2017.
 CARB Resolution 17-8, 2016 Air Quality Management Plan for Ozone and PM2.5 in the South Coast Air Basin and Coachella Valley, March 23, 2017.
 CARB "ARB Review of the 2016 Air Quality Management Plan for the South Coast Air Basin and Coachella Valley," Release Date:  March 7, 2017, with attachments.
 Public comments received before and during CARB hearing on South Coast 2016 AQMP, .
 Letter dated April 27, 2017 from Richard W. Corey, Executive Officer, California Air Resource Board, to Alexis Strauss, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, with enclosures. 
 ARB Notice of Public Meeting To Consider The Revised Proposed 2016 State Strategy For The State Implementation Plan, March 7, 2017.
 CARB Resolution 17-7, 2016 State Strategy for the State Implementation Plan, March 23, 2017.
 Revised Proposed 2016 State Strategy for the State Implementation Plan (March 7, 2017).
 Board Meeting, State of California, Air Resources Board, Transcript of hearing, March 23, 2017.
    Letter, dated February 13, 2013, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, with enclosures.
    Letter, dated March 4, 2015, Richard W. Corey, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, with enclosures.
    Letter dated March 14, 2018, from Philip Fine, Deputy Executive Officer, Planning, Rule Development, and Area Sources, South Coast Air Quality Management District, to Amy Zimpfer, Associate Director, Air Division, US EPA Pacific Southwest, Region 9, RE: Trading Ratios among PM2.5 precursors.
    Letter dated June 26, 2018 from Philip Fine, Deputy Executive Officer, SCAQMD, to Amy Zimpfer, Associate Director, EPA Region 9, RE: Condensable and Filterable Portions of PM2.5 emissions in the 2016 AQMP.
    Letter dated April 2, 2018, from Richard W. Corey, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, to Alexis Strauss, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, with attachment. SCAQMD, "2017 Quantitative Milestone Report for 2006 24-hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard," March 2018.
          SCAQMD 2017 PM2.5 Milestone Report
C.  EPA Policy, Guidance, Rulemaking Documents, and Correspondence
 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 future proposed rulemakings. (April 16, 1992).
 57 FR 18070, 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. (April 28, 1992).
 59 FR 41998, State Implementation Plans for Serious PM10 Nonattainment Areas, and Attainment Date Waivers for PM - 10 Nonattainment Areas Generally; Addendum to the General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. (August 16, 1994).
 62 FR 38652, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, final rule (July 18, 1997). 
 66 FR 36170, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, and South Coast Air Quality Management District, final rule (July 11, 2001).
 67 FR 69139, Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in Progress, Attainment, and Maintenance State Implementation Plans for Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, and Nitrogen Dioxide; California; final rule (November 15, 2002). 
 69 FR 5412, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for California -- San Joaquin Valley PM10 Nonattainment Area; Serious Area Plan for Attainment of the 24-Hour and Annual PM10 Standards; Proposed rule. (February 4, 2004).
 69 FR 40004, 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 (July 1, 2004). 
 69 FR 43518, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule (July 21, 2004). 
 EPA, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, No. EPA/600/P - 99/002aF and EPA/600/P - 99/002bF, October 2004, Chapter 3.
 70 FR 944, Air Quality Designations and Classifications for the Fine Particles (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Final rule. (January 5, 2005).
 71 FR 6350, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District, final rule (February 8, 2006).
 71 FR 61144, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, Final rule. (October 17, 2006).
 Frank, N. H. (2006). "Retained nitrate, hydrated sulfates, and carbonaceous mass in Federal Reference Method fine particulate matter for six eastern U.S. Cities." Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 56(4): 500-511.
 EPA, Guidance on the Use of Models and Other Analyses for Demonstrating Attainment of Air Quality Goals for Ozone, PM2.5, and Regional Haze, EPA-454/B-07-002, April 2007.
 72 FR 20586, Clean Air Fine Particulate Implementation Rule; Final rule. (April 25, 2007). 
 73 FR 70883, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, South Coast Air Quality Management District, and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, final rule (November 24, 2008).
 73 FR 74027, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule (December 5, 2008). 
 74 FR 18995, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule (April 27, 2009).
 74 FR 20880, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule (May 6, 2009).
 74 FR 27716, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District and South Coast Air Quality Management District, final rule (June 11, 2009).
 74 FR 33196, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; proposed rule (July 10, 2009). 
 74 FR 58688, Air Quality Designations for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Final Rule. (November 13, 2009).
 75 FR 26653, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Reformulated Gasoline and Diesel Fuels; California; final rule (May 12, 2010).
 75 FR 38023, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program, final rule (July 1, 2010).
 76 FR 6328, Official Release of the January 2011 AP - 42 Method for Estimating Re-Entrained Road Dust From Paved Roads; Announcement of Availability. (February 4, 2011).
 Memorandum from Tyler Fox, Air Quality Modeling Group, OAQPS, EPA to Regional Air Program Managers, EPA, Subject: Update to the 24 Hour PM2.5 NAAQS Modeled Attainment Test (June 28, 2011).
 76 FR 69928, Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; Attainment Plan for 1997 PM2.5 Standards; Final Rule (November 9, 2011). 
 Memorandum from Stephen D. Page, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, to EPA Regional Air Directors, Regions I-X re: "Implementation Guidance for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)" ( March 2, 2012) (withdrawn June 6, 2013).
 77 FR 13495, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule. (March 7, 2012).
 77 FR 20308, 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 (April 4, 2012). 
 77 FR 71129, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley United Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD); Final rule (November 29, 2012).
 EPA, Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Final Revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter (EPA-452/R-12-005, December 2012). 
 78 FR 2112, California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for California's Advanced Clean Car Program and a Within the Scope Confirmation for California's Zero Emission Vehicle Amendments for 2017 and Earlier Model Years; Notice (January 9, 2013)
 78 FR 3086, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter; Final rule. (January 15, 2013).
 78 FR 18244,  Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District, final rule (March 26, 2013)
 78 FR 30768, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule. (May 23, 2013).
 Memorandum from Stephen D. Page, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, to EPA Regional Air Directors, Regions I-X, "Withdrawal of Implementation Guidance for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)," (June 6, 2013).
 78 FR 59249, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule (September 26, 2013).
 78 FR 64402, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; Contingency Measures for 1997 PM2.5 Standards, Final rule (October 29, 2013).
 79 FR 364,   Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, and South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule (January 3, 2014). 
 79 FR 31566, Identification of Nonattainment Classification and Deadlines for Submission of State Implementation Plan (SIP) Provisions for the 1997 Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS; Final rule (June 2, 2014). 
 79 FR 57442, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule (September 25, 2014).
 79 FR 62346, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, California Air Resources Board-Consumer Products; Final rule (October 17, 2014).
 Memorandum from Richard Wayland, Air Quality Assessment Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, EPA to Regional Air Program Managers, EPA, "Draft Modeling Guidance for Demonstrating Attainment of Air Quality Goals for Ozone, PM2.5, and Regional Haze," December 3, 2014. 
 80 FR 2609, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District; Final rule (January 20, 2015).
 80 FR 13495, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District and Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District; Final rule (March 16, 2015).
 80 FR 24821, Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast Air Quality Management District; Stationary Source Permits; Final rule (May 1, 2015). 
 80 FR 39966, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule (July 13, 2015).
 80 FR 40915, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule (July 14, 2015). 
 80 FR 63640, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; South Coast Moderate Area Plan and Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 PM2.5 Standards; Proposed rule. (October 20, 2015).
 80 FR 77337, Official Release of EMFAC2014 Motor Vehicle Emission Factor Model for Use in the State of California; Notice (December 14, 2015).
 81 FR 1514, Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: California; South Coast; Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS; Final rule (January 13, 2016).
 81 FR 17390, Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District and South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule (March 29, 2016).
 81 FR 22025, Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval of Air Quality State Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; Moderate Area Plan for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS; Final rule (April 14, 2016).
 81 FR 39424, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; California Mobile Source Regulations; Final rule (June 16, 2016).
 81 FR 58010, Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: State Implementation Plan Requirements; Final rule (August 24, 2016).
 81 FR 83154, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan; South Coast Air Quality Management District; Control of Oxides of Nitrogen Emissions From Off-Road Diesel Vehicles; Final rule (November 21, 2016).
 81 FR 95472, Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District and South Coast Air Quality Management District; Final rule (December 28, 2016).
 82 FR 14446, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; California Mobile Source Regulations; Final rule (March 21, 2017).
 EPA, "Emissions Inventory Guidance for Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and Regional Haze Regulations" (July 2017).
 82 FR 43850, Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, South Coast Air Quality Management District, final rule (September 20, 2017).
 Letter dated December 19, 2017, from Matthew J. Lakin, Acting Director, EPA Region 9 Air Division, to Richard W. Corey, Executive Officer, CARB, Re: Adequacy Status of South Coast PM2.5 Serious Area Plan Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets.
 83 FR 679, Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in Submitted PM2.5 Serious Area Plan for South Coast; notice of adequacy (January 5, 2018). 
 83 FR 5923, Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: California; South Coast Moderate Area Plan for the 2006 PM2.5 Standards; Correction of Deficiency; Final rule (February 12, 2018).
 EPA's Menu of Control Measures (accessed September 17, 2018).
 83 FR 23232, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; California Mobile Source Regulations; Final rule (May 18, 2018).
 Letter dated September 7, 2018, from EPA Acting Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler to Richard W. Corey, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, RE: 2017 Quantitative Milestone Report for 2006 24-hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

D.  State Rules, Support Documents, Reports and Correspondence

 SCAQMD Test Method 5.1, Determination of Particulate Matter Emissions from Stationary Sources Using a Wet Impingement Train, March 1989.
 SCAQMD Test Method 5.2, Determination of Particulate Matter Emissions from Stationary Sources Using Heated Probe and Filter, March 1989. 
 South Coast Rule 1138, Commercial Charbroiling (adopted November 14, 1997).
 SCAQMD Protocol, Determination of Particulate and Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Restaurant Operations, November 14, 1997.  
 South Coast Rule 1133, Composting and Related Operations  -  General Administrative Requirements (adopted January 10, 2003).
 South Coast Rule 1133.2, Emission Reductions From Co-composting Operations (adopted January 10, 2003). 
 South Coast Rule 1121, Control of Nitrogen Oxides from Residential Type, Natural-Gas-Fired Water Heaters (amended September 3, 2004).
 South Coast Rule 1122, Solvent Degreasers (adopted October 1, 2004).
 SCAQMD Test Method 5.3, Determination of Particulate Matter Emissions from Stationary Sources Using an in-Stack Filter, October 2005.
 South Coast Rule 1107, Coating of Metal Parts and Products (amended January 6, 2006).
 South Coast Rule 1146.2, Emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen from Large Water Heaters and Small Boilers and Process Heaters (amended May 5, 2006).
 California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Division 3, Chapter 1, Subchapter 8.5--Consumer Products; Article 2--Consumer Products (July 5, 2007).
 South Coast Rule 1113, Architectural Coatings (amended June 3, 2011).
 South Coast Rule 1133.1, Chipping and Grinding Activities (amended July 8, 2011).
 South Coast Rule 1133.3, Emission Reductions From Greenwaste Composting Operations (adopted July 8, 2011).
 South Coast Rule 1147, NOx Reductions from Miscellaneous Sources (amended September 9, 2011).
 Title 13 California Code of Regulations, section 2449, General Requirements for In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets (December 2011).
 South Coast Rule 1177, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Transfer and Dispensing (adopted June 1, 2012).
 EPA, "Strategies for Reducing Residential Wood Smoke," EPA-456/B-13-001, March 2013.
 South Coast Rule 445, Wood-Burning Devices (adopted May 3, 2013).
 South Coast Rule 1114, Petroleum Refinery Coking Operations (adopted May 3, 2013).
 EPA, Region IX Air Division, Technical Support Document for EPA's Proposed Rulemaking for the California State Implementation Plan South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 445, June 2013.
 South Coast Rule 444, Open Burning (amended July 12, 2013).
 South Coast Rule 1146, Emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen from Industrial, Institutional and Commercial Boilers, Steam Generators, and Process Heaters (amended November 1, 2013).
 South Coast Rule 1146.1, Emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen from Small Industrial, Institutional, and Commercial Boilers, Steam Generators, and Process Heaters (amended November 1, 2013).
 South Coast Rule 1130, Graphic Arts (adopted May 2, 2014).
 South Coast Rule 2449, Control of Oxides of Nitrogen Emissions from Off-Road Diesel Vehicles (amended July 11, 2014).
 South Coast Rule 1111, Reduction of NOx Emissions from Natural-Gas-Fired, Fan-Type Central Furnaces (amended September 5, 2014). 
 Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Regulation 6, Rule 3 (amended October 21, 2015).
 South Coast Rule 1110.2, Emissions from Gaseous- and Liquid-Fueled Engines (amended February 1, 2008). 
 CARB, Miscellaneous Process Methodology 7.9 Entrained Road Travel, Paved Road Dust, (Revised and updated, November 2016) available at https://www.arb.ca.gov/ei/areasrc/fullpdf/full7-9_2016.pdf.
 Letter dated May 8, 2017, from Richard W. Corey, Executive Officer, CARB, to Alexis Strauss, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, with attachment.
          Attachment, Revised South Coast Rule 1325.
 Electronic mail from Kalam Cheung, SCAQMD, to Wienke Tax, USEPA Region 9, dated September 29, 2017. 
 Email dated December 4, 2017, from Kathleen Stewart (EPA Region IX) to Ben Machol (EPA Region IX), Subject: "Re: RE: New Emission Control Device for Restaurants."
 Email dated December 5, 2017, from Ronald Vaughn (DEP  -  NYC) to Stanley Tong (EPA Region IX), Subject: "RE: NYC char broiler rule  -  implementation."
 Email dated January 26, 2018, from Ronald Vaughn (DEP  -  NYC) to Stanley Tong (EPA Region IX), Subject: "RE: NYC Char Broiler Rule."