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	Determination of Attainment for the Sacramento Nonattainment Area for
the 2006 Fine Particle Standard; California; Determination Regarding
Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements

FINAL AND PROPOSED RULE

CATEGORY I.	NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

Reserved

CATEGORY II.	NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

Proposed Rule, “Determination of Attainment for the Sacramento
Nonattainment Area for the 2006 Fine Particle Standard; California;
Determination Regarding Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements”
October 15, 2012. (pre-publication version)

CATEGORY III.	INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

Not Applicable

CATEGORY IV.	OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENTS

Reserved (if comments are submitted)

CATEGORY V. 	FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

57 FR 13498, State Implementation Plan; General Preamble for the
Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, April
16, 1992.

58 FR 51735, Executive Order 12866, October 4, 1993.

59 FR 7629, Executive Order 12898, February 16, 1994.

60 FR 36723, Determination of Attainment of Ozone Standard for Salt Lake
and Davis Counties, Utah, and Determination Regarding Applicability of
Certain Reasonable Further Progress and Attainment Demonstration
Requirements, July 18, 1995. 

61 FR 20458, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio, May 7,
1996.

61 FR 31832, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of
Michigan, June 21, 1996. 

62 FR 19885, Executive Order 13045, April 23, 1997.

62 FR 38652, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate
Matter, July 18, 1997.

64 FR 43255, Executive Order 13132, August 10, 1999.

65 FR 37879, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio and
Kentucky, June 19, 2000. 

65 FR 67249, Executive Order 13175, November 9, 2000.

66 FR 28355, Executive Order 13211, May 22, 2001.

66 FR 53094, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes;
Pennsylvania; Redesignation of Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley Ozone
Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of Miscellaneous
Revisions, October 19, 2001.

68 FR 25418, Determination of Attainment of Ozone Standard, St. Louis
Area; Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans, and
Redesignation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes, State of
Missouri, May 12, 2003.

69 FR 21717 Determination of Attainment of the 1-Hour Ozone Standard;
Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act
Requirements; Approval and Promulgation of Ozone Attainment Plan; San
Francisco Bay Area, CA, April 22, 2004. 

70 FR 71612, Final Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient
Air Quality Standard — Phase 2, November 29, 2005.

71 FR 61144, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate
Matter, October 17, 2006.

71 FR 61236, Revisions to Ambient Air Monitoring Regulations, Final
Rule, October 17, 2006. 

72 FR 20586, Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule, (April 25,
2007)

74 FR 58688, Air Quality Designations for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle
(PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards, November 13, 2009.

75 FR 56, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; North Carolina:
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point; Determination of Attaining Data for
the 1997 Fine Particulate Matter Standard, January 4, 2010.

75 FR 230, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; North Carolina:
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir; Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997
Fine Particulate Matter Standard, January 5, 2010.

75 FR 6570, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Louisiana; Baton Rouge 1-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area;
Determination of Attainment of the 1-Hour Ozone Standard, February 10,
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, May 19, 2010. 

75 FR 31288, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Rhode Island; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 Ozone
Standard, June 3, 2010.

75 FR 53219, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Connecticut; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 Ozone
Standard for the Greater Connecticut Area, August 31, 2010.

75 FR 54778, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Louisiana; Baton Rouge 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area;
Determination of Attainment of the 8-Hour Ozone Standard, September 9,
2010.

75 FR 62470, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Tennessee:
Knoxville; Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone
Standards, October 12, 2010.

75 FR 64949, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Rhode Island; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 Ozone
Standard for the Providence, RI Area, October 21, 2010. 

76 FR 11080, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Wisconsin; The Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan Areas;
Determination of Attainment of the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard, March 1,
2011.

76 FR 12860, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisville Nonattainment Area; Determination
of Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particle Standard, March 9, 2011. 

76 FR 18650, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia: Rome;
Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate
Standard, April 5, 2011. 

76 FR 31237, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Pennsylvania; Determination of Attainment for the
Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area, May 31, 2011. 

76 FR 31239, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Alabama,
Georgia, and Tennessee: Chattanooga; Determination of Attaining Data for
the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard, May 31, 2011. 

76 FR 31858, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia: Macon;
Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate
Standard,  June 2, 2011.

76 FR 33647, Approval and Promulgation of Determination of Attainment
for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard: States of Missouri and Illinois,
June 9, 2011. 

76 FR 36873, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia:
Atlanta; Determination of Attainment for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone
Standards, June 23, 2011. 

76 FR 38023, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Alabama:
Birmingham; Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Annual Fine
Particulate Standard, June 29, 2011. 

76 FR 55542, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; West Virginia: Kentucky; Ohio; Huntington-Ashland Nonattainment
Area; Determinations of Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate
Standards, September 7, 2011. 

76 FR 60373, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana; Cincinnati-Hamilton Nonattainment
Area; Determinations of Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate
Standards (September 29, 2011, Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana, 1997
PM2.5.

76 FR 70656, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and
Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes;
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC and SC; Determination of Attainment of
the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard, November 15, 2011.

77 FR 18922, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Pennsylvania; Determinations of Clean Data for the 2006 24-Hour
Fine Particulate Standard for the Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle-York,
Allentown, Johnstown, and Lancaster Nonattainment Areas, March 29, 2012.

77 FR 31496, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Determination of Attainment of
the One-Hour and 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standards for Eastern
Massachusetts, May 29, 2012.

CATEGORY VI.	OTHER DOCUMENTS

Memorandum from John Calcagni, “Procedures for Processing Requests to
Redesignate Areas to Attainment,” September 4, 1992.

Memorandum from 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,” May 10, 1995.

Memorandum from Steve 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.

Our Children's Earth Foundation v. EPA, No. 04-73032 (9th Cir. June 28,
2005 (Memorandum Opinion))

Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, U.S. EPA Region IX,
to James Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board
transmitting findings of EPA’s Summer 2007 Technical System Audit of
CARB's ambient air monitoring program, August 18, 2008.

Technical System Audit of the California Environmental Protection Agency
Air Resources Board, 2007, USEPA Region 9, August 2008.

 

Latino Issues Forum v. EPA, Nos. 06-75831 and 08-71238 (9th Cir. March
2, 2009 (Memorandum Opinion)).  

Letter from Joseph Lapka, Acting Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office,
EPA Region IX, to Larry Greene, Air Pollution Control Officer,
Sacramento Metro Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) approving
SMAQMD’s “2009 Annual Monitoring Network Plan.” September 29,
2009.

Letter from Joseph Lapka, Acting Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office,
EPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch,
Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board
approving CARB’s “2009 Annual Monitoring Network Report for Small
Districts in California.” November 24, 2009.

Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and
Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board, to Jared
Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar
year 2009 ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, May 19,
2010.

Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA
Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning
and Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board approving
CARB’s “2010 Annual Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts
in California.” October 29, 2010.

Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA
Region IX, to Larry Greene, Air Pollution Control Officer, SMAQMD
approving SMAQMD’s Annual Monitoring Network Plan submitted on July
2010. November 1, 2010.

Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and
Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board, to Jared
Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar
year 2010 ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, April 28,
2011.

California Air Resources Board’s Annual Network Plan Report for Small
Districts in California, June 2011. 

SMAQMD’s 2011 Annual Monitoring Network Plan. 

Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA
Region IX, to Larry Greene, Air Pollution Control Officer, SMAQMD
approving SMAQMD’s “2011 Annual Monitoring Network Plan.” October
31, 2011.

Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA
Region IX, to Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning
and Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board approving
CARB’s “2011 Annual Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts
in California.” November 1, 2011.

Memorandum from Stephen D. Page, Director, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Implementation Guidance for the 2006 24-Hour
Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS),
March 2, 2012.

Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and
Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board, to Jared
Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar
year 2011 ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, May 1,
2012.

Letter from James Goldstene, Executive Officer of the California Air
Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, USEPA
Region IX, requesting EPA find the Sacramento 24-hour PM2.5
nonattainment area attained the 2006 24-hour fine particulate National
Ambient Air Quality Standard, May 9, 2012.

Monitor Description Report for Sacramento nonattainment area, U.S. EPA
Air Quality System, September 14, 2012.

Data Completeness Report Year 2009 for Sacramento nonattainment area,
U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31, 2012. 

Data Completeness Report Year 2010 for Sacramento nonattainment area,
U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31, 2012.

Data Completeness Report Year 2011 for Sacramento nonattainment area,
U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31, 2012.

Data Completeness Report Year 2012 for Sacramento nonattainment area,
U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31, 2012.

Air Quality System Design Value Report providing 8-hour ozone design
values and air monitoring data at monitoring stations in Sacramento
nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 31, 2012.

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