Document ID: EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0708-0080
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
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Posted Date: 2016-07-22T04:00Z

Docket Index
Notice of Proposed and Final Rulemaking  -  Clean Data Determination for the 1997 PM2.5 Standards; California  -  South Coast; Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements (Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0708)
                                       
      A.  Rulemaking Documents
       Clean Data Determination for the Los Angeles - South Coast Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Fine Particle Standards; California; Determination Regarding Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements (Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0708) prepublication version, signed November 20, 2014.
       79 FR 72999, Clean Data Determination for the Los Angeles - South Coast Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Fine Particle Standards; California; Determination Regarding Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements, proposed rule (December 9, 2014).
       80 FR 449, Clean Data Determination for 1997 PM2.5 Standards; California - South Coast; Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements; Extension of Comment Period, proposed rule, extension of comment period (January 6, 2015).
       Clean Data Determination for the Los Angeles - South Coast Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Fine Particle Standards; California; Determination Regarding Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements (Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0708) prepublication version, signed July 8, 2016.
 Federal Register Notices and EPA Guidance Documents
        52 FR 24634, Revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, final rule (July 1, 1987).
      
       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).
      
       Memorandum, John S. Seitz, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, "Reasonable Further Progress, Attainment Demonstration, and Related Requirements for Ozone Nonattainment Areas Meeting the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard," dated May 10, 1995.
      
       62 FR 38652, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, final rule (July 18, 1997).
      
       Memorandum, Stephen Page, Director, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, "Clean Data Policy for the Fine Particle National Ambient Air Quality Standards" (December 14, 2004).
      
       70 FR 944, Air Quality Designations and Classifications for the Fine Particles (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards, final rule (January 5, 2005).
      
       70 FR 71612, Final Rule to Implement the 8-hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard--Phase 2 (Phase 2 Final Rule)," final rule (November 29, 2005).
      
       71 FR 6352, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Arizona; Finding of Attainment for Ajo Particulate Matter 10 Microns or Less (PM10) Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, direct final rule (February 8, 2006).
            
       71 FR 13021, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Arizona; Particulate Matter 10 Microns or Less; Finding of Attainment for Yuma Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, direct final rule (March 14, 2006). 
      
       71 FR 40952, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM - 10; Determination of Attainment for the San Joaquin Valley Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, proposed rule (July 19, 2006)
      
       71 FR 44920, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Arizona; Finding of Attainment for Rillito Particulate Matter of 10 Microns or Less (PM10) Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, direct final rule (August 8, 2006) 
      
       71 FR 61144, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, final rule (October 17, 2006).
            
       71 FR 63642, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM - 10; Determination of Attainment for the San Joaquin Valley Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, final rule (October 30, 2006).
      
       72 FR 14422, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Arizona; Boundary Redesignation; Finding of Attainment for Miami Particulate Matter of 10 Microns or Less (PM10) Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements; Correction; direct final rule (March 28, 2007)
      
       72 FR 20586, Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule, final rule (April 25, 2007).
            
       73 FR 28321, Implementation of the New Source Review (NSR) Program for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM2.5), final rule (May 16, 2008).
      
       75 FR 13710, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM - 10; Determination of Attainment for the Coso Junction Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, proposed rule (March 23, 2010).
      
       75 FR 27944, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM - 10; Determination of Attainment for the Coso Junction Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, final rule (May 19, 2010).
      
       76 FR 69928, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; Attainment Plan for 1997 PM2.5 Standards, final rule (November 9, 2011).
      
       78 FR 3086, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, final rule (January 15, 2013).
       Memorandum, Richard A. Wayland, Director, Air Quality Assessment Division (MD C304-02), to Regional Air Division Directors, "Update on Use of PM2.5 Continuous FEMs", dated April 20, 2013, plus attachment.
 Attachment, "Instructions and Template for Requesting that data from PM2.5 Continuous FEMs are not compared to the NAAQS," dated April 15, 2013.
       78 FR 41901, Determination of Attainment for the West Central Pinal Nonattainment Area for the 2006 Fine Particle Standard; Arizona; Determination Regarding Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements, proposed rule (July 12, 2013).
      
       78 FR 54394, Determination of Attainment for the West Central Pinal Nonattainment Area for the 2006 Fine Particle Standard; Arizona; Determination Regarding Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements, final rule (September 4, 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 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).
      
       80 FR 2206, Air Quality Designations for the 2012 Primary Annual Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), final rule (January 15, 2015).
            
       81 FR 1514, Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; South Coast; Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS, final rule (January 13, 2016).

       EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Technical Note  -  PM2.5 Continuous Monitor Comparability Assessment, February 22, 2012.

       EPA, Quality Assurance Guidance Document 2.12, Monitoring PM2.5 in Ambient Air Using Designated Reference or Class I Equivalent Methods, November 1998.

       EPA, Quality Assurance Guidance Document 2.12, Monitoring PM2.5 in Ambient Air Using Designated Reference or Class I Equivalent Methods, EPA-454/B-16-001, January 2016.
   C. Relevant State Submittals
       Letter, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB, to Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, November 16, 2007.
             California Air Resources Board, Proposed State Strategy for California's 2007 State Implementation Plan, adopted September 27, 2007. (9 files) 
             CARB Resolution No. 07-28, September 27, 2007 with attachments A & B (3 files).
             State of California, Air Resource Board, Executive Order No. S-07-002, November 15, 2007.  
       Letter, James Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB to Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, November 28, 2007 (transmitting South Coast 2007 AQMP).
             South Coast Air Quality Management District, 2007 AQMP, June 1, 2007 + 10 Appendices.
             SCAQMD Governing Board Resolution No. 07-9 (June 1, 2007).
             CARB, Staff Report, Analysis of the South Coast 2007 AQMP, September 21, 2007 (Report and 3 appendices).
             CARB Resolution No. 07-41 (September 27, 2007). 
       Letter from Dr. Matt Miyasato, Ph.D., Deputy Executive Officer, Science and Technology Advancement, SCAQMD to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX, dated May 1, 2014 certifying the ambient air quality data and quality assurance data collected for year 2013.
       Letter from Dr. Matt Miyasato, Ph.D., Deputy Executive Officer, Science and Technology Advancement, SCAQMD to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX, dated May 1, 2015 certifying the ambient air quality data and quality assurance data collected for year 2014.
       Letter from Laki Tisopulos, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Deputy Executive Officer, SCAQMD to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX, dated April 29, 2016 certifying the ambient air quality data and quality assurance data collected for year 2015.
       SCAQMD Annual Air Quality Monitoring Network Plan (July, 2013) with appendices.
      
       SCAQMD Annual Air Quality Monitoring Network Plan (July, 2014) with appendices.
      
       Letter from Rene M. Bermudez, Principal Air Quality Instrument Specialist, SCAQMD, to Meredith Kurpius, Ph.D., EPA Region IX, dated July 1, 2015, transmitting the SCAQMD Annual Air Quality Monitoring Network Plan (July, 2015) with appendices.
D. Other Documents
       EPA maintains a list of designated FRMs and FEMs on the web at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/criteria.html.
       US EPA (2011). Policy Assessment for the Review of the Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. EPA 452/R-11-003. April 2011. Available: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pm/s_pm_2007_pa.html.
       Letter, Melissa Lin Perrella, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council, to Rene M. Bermudez, Principal Air Quality Instrument Specialist, SCAQMD, dated June 29, 2013. 
       Letter, Jason C. Low, Atmospheric Measurements Manager, SCAQMD, to Melissa Lin Perrella, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council, dated January 30, 2014.
       EPA Region 9, "EPA FEM Assessment Tool Results," dated September 3, 2014. (file entitled FEM_AssessmentToolResults_EPA_2014-09-03.pdf).
       Letter, Meredith Kurpius, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, Air Division, EPA Region 9, to Jason Low, PhD, South Coast Air Quality Management District, dated September 9, 2014. 
       Letter from Meredith Kurpius, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, U.S. EPA Region IX, to Dr. Matt Miyasato, Deputy Executive Officer, SCAQMD, dated September 30, 2014.
       Region 9 Technical System Audit Report, South Coast Air Quality Management District, September 24-25, 2013. Conducted by Air Quality Analysis Office and Quality Assurance Office, US EPA Region 9, dated September 2014. 
       EPA's Air Quality System (AQS) Design Value Report, 2007-2013, dated October 6, 2014.
       EPA's Air Quality System (AQS) Design Value Report, 2001-2006, dated October 7, 2014.
 EPA Region 9, "1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS: Pasadena & Nearby Monitor Trends 2001-2013," undated; and EPA Region 9, "1997 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS: South Coast Nonattainment Area Trends 2001-2013," undated.
       EPA Region 9, "Maximum Quarterly Value Data Substitution Test for the 24-hour 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS," (file entitled SouthCoast_24hour_1997_PM2.5_TDV.pdf).
       EPA Region 9, "Maximum Quarterly Value Data Substitution Test for the Annual 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS" (file entitled SouthCoast_Annual_1997_PM2.5_TDV.pdf).
       Memorandum to docket EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0708 from Richard A. Wayland, Director, Air Quality Assessment Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, "Data Handling for the Proposed Clean Data Determination for the South Coast Air Basin Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Annual and 24-hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards," dated November 20, 2014.
       EPA, Region IX, Spreadsheet, "South Coast PM2.5 Ambient Monitoring Summary, 2001-2013, undated.
       EPA's Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems, Volume II, May, 2013 (EPA-454/B-13-003), available at the following URL: https://www3.epa.gov/ttnamti1/files/ambient/pm25/qa/QA-Handbook-Vol-II.pdf.
       Physicians for Social Responsibility  -  Los Angeles v. EPA, No 12-70079 (9th Cir., June 9, 2015 (Memorandum Opinion)).
       Letter and enclosures from Gretchen Busterud, Acting Deputy Director, Air Division, EPA Region IX, to Matt Miyasato, Deputy Executive Officer, Science and Technology Advancement, SCAQMD, dated October 29, 2015, with enclosures.
       2014 Raw Data Report (AMP 350, April 14, 2016, file entitled SouthCoast_PM2.5_RawDataReport_2014.pdf).
       Letter, Meredith Kurpius, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, Air Division, EPA Region 9, to Jason Low, PhD, South Coast Air Quality Management District, dated May 2, 2016. 
       2014 Raw Data Report, AMP 350, May 5, 2016, (file entitled SouthCoast_PM2.5_RawDataReport_PostSample_Removed.pdf).
       2015 Raw Data Report, AMP 350, May 5, 2016, (file entitled SouthCoast_PM2.5_RawDataReport_PostSample_Removed.pdf).
       EPA, Region IX, Spreadsheet, "South Coast PM2.5 Ambient Monitoring Summary, 2001-2015, undated.
       2015 Raw Data Report (AMP 350, May 24, 2016).
       Combined Site Sample Values Report (AMP355, May 24, 2016).
       EPA Region 9, "Mira Loma (Van Buren) Annual Trends," undated.
D-28.	Email from Michael Flagg, EPA Region IX, to Jefferson Wehling, Meredith Kurpius, Matthew Lakin, Wienke Tax, EPA Region IX, dated March 18, 2016.
E. Public Comments
       Letter from Elizabeth Forsyth, Earthjustice, and Maya Golden-Krasner, Communities for a Better Environment, on behalf of Communities for a Better Environment, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians, Medical Advocates for Healthy Air, and Physicians for Social Responsibility  -  Los Angeles, to Wienke Tax, US EPA Region 9, dated January 22, 2015.
       Letter from Maya Golden-Krasner, Staff Attorney, Communities for a Better Environment, to Wienke Tax, EPA Region IX, dated December 16, 2014.