Notice of Connecticut PM 25 Demonstration

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Connecticut's Revision to the

State Implementation Plan (SIP)

Annual Fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5)

Attainment Demonstration

Public Hearing was held

August 21, 2008

Hearing Information and Comments Received

Hearing Report

Hearing Notice

Comments from the Environmental Protection Agency, Region I

Comments from the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality

Background and information on the PM2.5 Demonstration SIP:

The documents below present the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (CT DEEP) version of the state implementation plan (SIP) for attaining the 1997 annual National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) that was the subject of the August 21, 2008 public hearing. The final post-hearing version of the SIP is available at:

Final SIP Revision Page

Proposed PM2.5 Demonstration SIP (as proposed for the public hearing)

(Some of these documents are large and may not open quickly. Individual Sections & Appendices can be accessed below.)

Cover Letter to EPA (PDF, 92K)

Proposed Attainment Demonstration Technical Support Document (TSD) (PDF, 4167K)

Proposed Attainment Demonstration TSD Appendices (PDF, 15MB)

Proposed Attainment Demonstration TSD Sections

Title Page and Table of Contents (PDF, 150K)

Abstract and Executive Summary (PDF, 725 K)

Section 1: Introduction and Background (PDF, 263K)

Section 2: Conceptual Model of the PM 2.5 Problem (PDF, 1328K)

Section 3: PM 2.5 Air Quality Levels in Connecticut and Recent Trends (PDF, 803K)

Section 4: Analysis of Reasonably Available Controls (PDF, 285K)

Section 5: Base and Future Year Emission Estimates (PDF, 82K)

Section 6: Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) (PDF, 39K)

Section 7: Transportation Conformity Process and Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets (PDF, 158K)

Section 8: Attainment Demonstration and Weight of Evidence (PDF, 1.10 MB)

Section 9: Contingency Measures (PDF, 56.5K)

Section 10: Adequacy Determination for CAA Section 110(a)(1) and (2) Program Infrastructure (PDF, 66.9K)

Section 11: Commitments and Requests for EPA Actions (PDF, 51K)

Proposed Attainment Demonstration TSD Appendices

Appendix 2A	The Nature of the Fine Particle and Regional Haze Air Quality Problems in the MANE-VU Region: A Conceptual Description (PDF, 3,070K)
Appendix 2B	Conceptual Model for PM2.5 in Connecticut (PDF, 2,748K)
Appendix 2C	Evaluation of a New Approach for Real Time Assessment of Wood Smoke PM (PDF, 370K)
Appendix 4A	List of Potential PM2.5 Control Measures Reviewed by CTDEP (PDF, 227K)
Appendix 4B	Ozone Transport Commission Control Measures Technical Support Document (PDF, 8,868K)
Appendix 5A	Technical Support Document for 2002 MANE-VU SIP Modeling Inventories, Version 3 (PDF, 3,120K)
Appendix 5B	Technical Support Document for Future Year MANE-VU SIP Modeling Inventories (Non-EGU Point, Area, and Non-Road Source Sectors) (PDF, 840K)
Appendix 5C	Development of MANE-VU Mobile Source Projection Inventories (PDF, 1,132K)
Appendix 5D	Documentation of Future Emissions from Electric Generating Units in the Eastern United States for MANE-VU’s Regional Haze Modeling (PDF, 288K)
Appendix 7A	Early PM2.5 Transportation Conformity Emission Budgets for the Connecticut Portion of the New York-New Jersey-Long Island-Connecticut PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF, 207K)
Appendix 8A	A Modeling Protocol for the OTC SIP Quality Modeling System for Assessment of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard in the Ozone Transport Region (PDF, 96K)
Appendix 8B	CMAQ Air Quality Model Configuration (PDF, 198K)
Appendix 8C	MM5 Model Configuration (PDF, 201K)
Appendix 8D	Technical Support Documents from Bureau of Air Quality Analysis and Research Division of Air Resources New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Albany, NY 12233 (PDF, 2,152K)
Appendix 8E	OTC Modeling Grid Configurations Developed by NYDEC (PDF, 261K)
Appendix 8F	Emission Processing for the Revised 2002 OTC Regional and Urban 12 km Base Case Simulations (PDF, 248K)
Appendix 8G	Emission Processing for OTC 2009 OTW/OTB 12km CMAQ Simulations (PDF, 61K)
Appendix 8H	Description of New York City’s PlaNYC and Other Initiatives that Will Improve Air Quality (PDF, 285K)
Appendix 8I	New York City’s PlaNYC (PDF, 1,338K)
Appendix 10A	EPA Guidance Related to Clean Air Act Section 110(a) Infrastructure SIPs (PDF, 691K)

Content last updated on November 24, 2008