Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0452-0031
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2008-10-22T04:00Z

ATTACHMENT - SIP SUBMITTAL COMPLETENESS CRITERIA CHECKLIST

	

   SIP Submitted by:   

     Date Submitted:                Subject:     Confirmation of
110(a)(2)(A)-(M) PM NAAQS Requirements in the Current Georgia SIP

  

110(a)(2)(A)-(M) Requirements Checklist – Georgia

Section 110(a) element	Summary of element	How Addressed in Submittal

	Status

§110(a)(2)(A)	include enforceable emission limitations and other
control measures, means, or techniques (including economic incentives
such as fees, marketable permits, and auctions of emissions rights), as
well as schedules and timetables for compliance as may be necessary or
appropriate to meet the applicable requirements of this Act.	

Georgia Rules for Air Quality 391-3-1-.01 – “Definitions.
Amended”;

Georgia Rules for Air Quality 391-3-1-.02 – “Provisions. Amended”;
and

Georgia Rules for Air Quality 391-3-1-.03 – “Permits. Amended”.
391-3-1-.01 – general PM references, PM and PM10 definitions

391-3-1-.02 – PM references throughout, PM10 reference in definition
of PM in paragraph (c) 

391-3-1-.03 – PM and PM10 references

???

§110(a)(2)(B)	provide for establishment and operation of appropriate
devices, methods, systems, and procedures necessary to-

monitor, compile, and analyze data on ambient air quality, and 

upon request, make such data available to the Administrator;  	

Performance Partnership Agreement

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.02(4)(c)2. – PM2.5

Letter from EPA to EPD dated September 26, 2007 – conditionally
approving “Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan”.  Requested changes
have been made and approval is now final.

Letter from EPA to EPD dated December 17, 1993 in which EPA approved
Georgia’s PAMS Network (The Georgia SIP for Photochemical Assessment
Monitoring Stations)

Georgia’s Ambient Monitoring Program is discussed in the following
recent SIPS:

*For Atlanta:

“Atlanta One-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Redesignation Request and
Maintenance Plan” dated February 1, 2005 and approved in 70 FR
35660-34665

*For Macon:

“Macon 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Redesignation Request and
Maintenance Plan” dated June 15, 2007 and approved in 72 FR
53432-53436

*For Murray County

“Georgia’s Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for Murray
County 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area”  dated June 15, 2007 and
approved in 72 FR 58538-58542	391-3-1-.02(4)(c)2 – this references
PM10 – has it been updated??

§110(a)(2)(C)	include a program to provide for the enforcement of the
measures described in subparagraph (A) and regulation of the
modification and construction of any stationary source within the areas
covered by the plan as necessary to assure that national ambient air
quality standards are achieved, including a permit program as required
in parts C and D;	

The Georgia Air Quality Act:  Article I:  Air Quality

(O.C.G.A. Section 12-9, et. Seq.)

Performance Partnership Agreement

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.02(1) – General Requirement

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.02(7) – “Prevention of
Significant Deterioration of Air Quality”

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.03 – “Permits. Amended”

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.07 – “Inspections and
Investigations. Amended”

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.09 – “Enforcement. Amended”
391-3-1-.02(1) – general language  OK

391-3-1-02(7) – general language   OK

391-3-1-.03 – PM and PM10          ????

391-3-1-.07 – general language     OK

391-3-1-.09 – general language     OK

§110(a)(2)(D)	contain adequate provisions—

   (i) prohibiting, consistent with the provisions of this title, any
source or other type of emissions activity within the state from
emitting any air pollutant in amounts which will--

     (I) contribute significantly to nonattainment in, or interfere with
maintenance by, any other state with respect to any such national
primary or secondary ambient air quality standard, or

     (II) interfere with measures required to be included in the
applicable implementation plan for any other State under part C to
prevent significant deterioration of air quality or to protect
visibility, 

  (ii) insuring compliance with the applicable requirements of sections
126 and 115 (relating to interstate and international pollution
abatement);	

Approved SIP Revision for the Incorporation of the Requirements of CAA
Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) for 8-hour Ozone and PM2.5 NAAQS:  EPA took
final action in the Federal Register on October 9, 2007 72 FR
57202-57207 to fully approve this SIP Revision and this full approval
became effective on November 8, 2007.

Regional Haze SIP will be submitted to EPA in 2008	OK

§110(a)(2)(E)(i)	provide 

   (i) necessary assurances that the state (or, except where the
Administrator deems inappropriate, the general purpose local government
or governments, or a regional agency designated by the state or general
purpose local governments for such purpose) will have adequate
personnel, funding, and authority under state (and, as appropriate,
local) law to carry out such implementation plan (and is not prohibited
by any provision of federal or state law from carrying out such
implementation plan or portion thereof);	

The Georgia Air Quality Act:  Article I:  Air Quality

(O.C.G.A. Section 12-9, et. Seq.)

Performance Partnership Agreement

“Georgia’s Title V Plan” dated November 12, 1993, in particular
section 8 which addresses “adequate personnel and resources” in
accordance with 40 CFR 70.4(b)(8)	OK?

§110(a)(2)(E)(ii)	(ii) requirements that the state comply with the
requirements respecting state boards under section 128, and	

The Georgia Air Quality Act:  Article I:  Air Quality

O.C.G.A. Section 12-9, et. Seq.)	OK?

§110(a)(2)(E)(iii)	(iii) necessary assurances that, where the state has
relied on a local or regional government, agency, or instrumentality for
the implementation of any plan provision, the state has responsibility
for ensuring adequate implementation of such plan provision;	

SIP is adequate because it does not rely upon local or regional
governments.	OK?

§110(a)(2)(F)	require, as may be prescribed by the Administrator—

   (i) the installation, maintenance, and replacement of equipment, and
the implementation of other necessary steps by owners or operators of
stationary sources to monitor emissions from such sources, 

   (ii) periodic reports on the nature and amounts of emissions and
emissions-related data from such sources, and

   

(iii) correlation of such reports by the state agency with any emission
limitations or standards established pursuant to this Act, which reports
shall be available at reasonable times for public inspection;  	

The Georgia Air Quality Act:  Article I:  Air Quality

(O.C.G.A. Section 12-9, et. Seq.)

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.02(3) – “Sampling”

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.02(6) – “Source Monitoring”

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.02(11) – “Compliance Assurance
Monitoring:”

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.03 – “Permits.Amended”
391-3-1-.02(3) – general language

391-3-1-.02(6) – PM reference

391-3-1-.02(11) – NOT IN SIP

391-3-1-.03 – PM and PM10 references

§110(a)(2)(G)	provide for authority comparable to that in section 303
and adequate contingency plans to implement such authority;	

Georgia Air Quality Act:  Article I:  Air Quality

(O.C.G.A. Section 12-9, et. Seq.)

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.04 – “Air Pollution
Episodes.”

January 1972 SIP

“Implementation Plan for Attainment of State and National Ambient Air
Standards” – Air Quality Control Branch, Georgia Department of
Public Health (primary pages are 169-266)	391-3-1-.04 – no reference
to PM

State had previous plan in place (January 1972 SIP) – is this
acceptable??????

§110(a)(2)(H)	provide for revision of such plan—

    (i) from time to time as may be necessary to take account of
revisions of such national primary or secondary ambient air quality
standard or the availability of improved or more expeditious methods of
attaining such standard, and 

   (iii) except as provided in paragraph (3)(C), whenever the
Administrator finds on the basis of information available to the
Administrator that the plan is substantially inadequate to attain the
national ambient air quality standard which it implements, or to
otherwise comply with any additional requirements established under this
Act;  	

The Georgia Air Quality Act:  Article I:  Air Quality

(O.C.G.A. Section 12-9, et. Seq.)

Performance Partnership Agreement

	OK

§110(a)(2)(I)	in the case of a plan or plan revision for an area
designated as a nonattainment area, meet the applicable requirements of
part D (relating to nonattainment areas);	

The Georgia Air Quality Act:  Article I:  Air Quality

(O.C.G.A. Section 12-9, et. Seq.)

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.02 – “Provisions. Amended”

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.03 – “Permits. Amended”

	PM and PM10 references

§110(a)(2)(J)

(§ 121 consultation)

	meet the applicable requirements of section 121 (relating to
consultation), …	The Georgia Air Quality Act:  Article I:  Air Quality

(O.C.G.A. Section 12-9, et. Seq.)

Transportation Conformity SIP Revision dated April 7, 2000 and approved
in 65 FR 18245

Ozone SIP contains equivalent consultation and participation for PM2.5
requirements:

*For Atlanta:

“Atlanta One-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Redesignation Request and
Maintenance Plan” dated February 1, 2005 and approved in 70 FR
35660-34665

*For Macon:

“Macon 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Redesignation Request and
Maintenance Plan” dated June 15, 2007 and approved in 72 FR
53432-53436

*For Murray County

“Georgia’s Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for Murray
County 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area”  dated June 15, 2007 and
approved in 72 FR 58538-58542

	OK

§110(a)(2)(J)

(Section 127 public notification)	meet the applicable requirements of
section 127 of this title,	

Adequate provisions.????

	§110(a)(2)(J)

(PSD)	meet the applicable requirements of … part C (relating to
prevention of significant deterioration of air quality and visibility
protection);	

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.02(1) – “General
Requirements”

Georgia Rule for Air Quality 391-3-1-.02(7) – “Prevention of
Significant Deterioration”	General language

OK

§110(a)(2)(K)

	provide for:

   (i) the performance of such air quality modeling as the Administrator
may prescribe for the purpose of predicting the effect on ambient air
quality of any emissions of any air pollutant for which the
Administrator has established a national ambient air quality standard,
and 

   (ii) the submission, upon request, of data related to such air
quality modeling to the Administrator;	

Regional Haze Modeling as part of VISTAS

ASIP and GA EPD developed 2002 meteorology (MM5) and 2002/2009 emissions
(SMOKE) as inputs into the CMAQ air quality model.  Annual CMAQ
simulations were performed for 2002 and 2009 and relative response
factors (RRFs) were calculated to project the 2009 future design values
(DVFs) at all monitors in Georgia.  The DVFs were compared to the NAAQS
standard for annual PM2.5.

PM2.5 modeling protocol to be included in PM2.5 SIPs to be submitted to
EPA in 2008.

	??

§110(a)(2)(L)	

require the owner or operator of each major stationary source to pay to
the permitting authority, as a condition of any permit required under
this Act, a fee sufficient to cover—

   (i) the reasonable costs of reviewing and acting upon any application
for such a permit, and 

    (ii) if the owner or operator receives a permit for such source, the
reasonable costs of implementing and enforcing the terms and conditions
of any such permit (not including any court costs or other costs
associated with any enforcement action), until such fee requirement is
superseded with respect to such sources by the Administrator's approval
of a fee program under title V; 	

*391-3-1-.03(9) – “Permit Fees”

*Rule 391-3-1-.03(9) to compute fees for calendar year 2002 was
submitted as a SIP revision on June 25, 2003 – appears to be SIP
approved.

*Rule 391-3-1-.03(9) to compute fees for calendar years 2003, 2004, and
2005 where submitted as part of one SIP submittal in July 2006.

*Rule 391-3-1-.03(9) to compute fees for calendar year 2006 – was
submitted as a SIP revision on August 22, 2007

	Not federally approved???

§110(a)(2)(M)

	provide for consultation and participation by local political
subdivisions affected by the plan.	The Georgia Air Quality Act:  Article
I:  Air Quality

(O.C.G.A. Section 12-9, et. Seq.)

Transportation Conformity SIP Revision dated April 7, 2000 and approved
in 65 FR 18245

Ozone SIP contains equivalent consultation and participation for PM2.5
requirements:

*For Atlanta – 

“Atlanta One-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Redesignation Request and
Maintenance Plan” dated February 1, 2005 and approved in 70 FR
35660-34665

*For Macon:

“Macon 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Redesignation Request and
Maintenance Plan” dated June 15, 2007 and approved in 72 FR
53432-53436

*For Murray County

“Georgia’s Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for Murray
County 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area”  dated June 15, 2007 and
approved in 72 FR 58538-58542

	OK

§§110(a)(2)(C) & 110(a)(2)(J)	Part C Permit program:  

§110(a)(2)(J) meet the applicable requirements of … part C (relating
to prevention of significant deterioration of air quality and visibility
protection);

§110(a)(2)(C) …  regulation of the modification and construction of
any stationary source within the areas covered by the plan as necessary
to assure that national ambient air quality standards are achieved,
including a permit program as required in parts C and D;

40 CFR 51.166:  Amend PSD regulations as required by the November 29,
2005 final rule (70 FR 71612 at 71699-71700).  See also 70 FR
71671-71684.  	

Not sure why this row exists in this table.

	

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