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Proposed Amendments to Proposed Amendments to the Area Designationsthe Area Designations
Public Consultation Public Consultation MeetingMeeting
August 13, 2002August 13, 2002
Steve GouzeSteve Gouze
(916) 323-6627(916) 323-6627
E-Mail: E-Mail: [email protected]@arb.ca.gov
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OutlineOutline
Designation Criteria and Designation Criteria and TerminologyTerminology
Proposed Area RedesignationsProposed Area Redesignations Questions & AnswersQuestions & Answers
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Designation CriteriaDesignation Criteria Affected PollutantsAffected Pollutants Data to UseData to Use Data AvailabilityData Availability Size of Designated AreasSize of Designated Areas Review of DesignationsReview of Designations Highly Irregular or Infrequent EventsHighly Irregular or Infrequent Events Designation CategoriesDesignation Categories
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Affected PollutantsAffected Pollutants
Nine Pollutants*:Nine Pollutants*: OzoneOzone Particulate MatterParticulate Matter Carbon MonoxideCarbon Monoxide SulfatesSulfates Nitrogen DioxideNitrogen Dioxide LeadLead Sulfur DioxideSulfur Dioxide Hydrogen SulfideHydrogen Sulfide Visibility Reducing ParticlesVisibility Reducing Particles
* CCR, Title 17, Section 70200* CCR, Title 17, Section 70200
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Data to UseData to Use ““Data for Record”Data for Record”
– Meet siting & QA proceduresMeet siting & QA procedures– Monitoring by ARB, Districts, Monitoring by ARB, Districts,
and Othersand Others Use most recent 3-year period:Use most recent 3-year period:
Provides stabilityProvides stability
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Data AppropriatenessData Appropriateness
At Least 75% of the data are available At Least 75% of the data are available for the high concentration period for the high concentration period – For each pollutantFor each pollutant– High concentration period varies High concentration period varies
from site from site to siteto site
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Size of Designated AreasSize of Designated Areas
Air Basin: Ozone, NOAir Basin: Ozone, NO22, PM, PM1010, , Sulfates, & Visibility Sulfates, & Visibility
Reducing Reducing ParticlesParticles County: CO, SOCounty: CO, SO22, Lead, & H, Lead, & H22SS Smaller areas if justifiedSmaller areas if justified
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Review of DesignationsReview of Designations
Area designations:Area designations:
Annually, based on 3 recent Annually, based on 3 recent years years of data of data
Designation criteria:Designation criteria:
Periodic reviewsPeriodic reviews
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Exceedance vs. ViolationExceedance vs. Violation
ExceedanceExceedance: Concentration higher : Concentration higher than the level of State than the level of State standardstandard
ViolationViolation: An exceedance : An exceedance NotNot excluded as affected by aexcluded as affected by a
“Highly Irregular or “Highly Irregular or Infrequent Infrequent Event”Event”
NOT all exceedances are violationsNOT all exceedances are violations
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Highly Irregular or Highly Irregular or Infrequent EventsInfrequent Events
Beyond reasonable regulatory Beyond reasonable regulatory controlcontrol
Exceedances get excludedExceedances get excluded All exceedances remain in data All exceedances remain in data
basebase 3 Types of events3 Types of events
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Highly Irregular or Highly Irregular or Infrequent Events :Infrequent Events :
Extreme Concentration EventExtreme Concentration Event Exceptional EventExceptional Event Unusual Concentration EventUnusual Concentration Event
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Extreme Concentration Extreme Concentration EventEvent
May or may not have an May or may not have an identifiable causeidentifiable cause
Based on a statistical calculationBased on a statistical calculation Expected Peak Day Conc. (EPDC): Expected Peak Day Conc. (EPDC):
Concentration expected to Concentration expected to recur recur less less frequently than frequently than once per yearonce per year
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Exceptional EventExceptional Event
Must have identifiable causeMust have identifiable cause Based on U.S. EPA GuidelinesBased on U.S. EPA Guidelines Examples:Examples:
– forest firesforest fires– unusually high winds unusually high winds
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Unusual Concentration Unusual Concentration EventEvent
Anomalous exceedanceAnomalous exceedance Attainment or Unclassified Attainment or Unclassified
areas areas onlyonly Requires specific findingsRequires specific findings
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Designation CategoriesDesignation Categories
NonattainmentNonattainment Nonattainment-TransitionalNonattainment-Transitional
– OzoneOzone– Other PollutantsOther Pollutants
AttainmentAttainment UnclassifiedUnclassified
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NonattainmentNonattainment
– 1 or more 1 or more ViolationsViolations at any at any site site in the last 3 years in the last 3 years
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Nonattainment-Nonattainment-TransitionalTransitional
OzoneOzone::– 3 or fewer 3 or fewer ExceedancesExceedances at at
each each site during the last site during the last yearyear
– By “Operation of Law”By “Operation of Law”– Designated Area = DistrictDesignated Area = District– Data Representative & Data Representative &
CompleteComplete for high site(s)for high site(s)
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Nonattainment-Nonattainment-TransitionalTransitional
For Pollutants For Pollutants Other ThanOther Than Ozone:Ozone: – 2 or fewer 2 or fewer ViolationsViolations at each at each
site during the last site during the last yearyear
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AttainmentAttainment
Attainment:Attainment:– No No ViolationsViolations in the last 3 in the last 3
yearsyears– High Site(s) Data Complete High Site(s) Data Complete
& & RepresentativeRepresentative
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