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EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Maryland SIP

§52.1070   Identification of plan.

(e) EPA-approved nonregulatory and quasi-regulatory material.

Name of non-regulatory SIP revision Applicable geographic area State submittal date EPA approval date Additional
explanation
Base Year Emissions Inventory Metropolitan Baltimore Ozone Nonattainment Area 1990 9/20/1995 10/30/1995, 60 FR 55321 52.1075(a) CO.
1990 Base Year Emissions Inventory Metropolitan Washington Ozone Nonattainment Area 3/21/1994
10/12/1995		 1/30/1996, 61 FR 2931 52.1075(b) CO.
1990 Base Year Emissions Inventory All ozone nonattainment areas 3/21/1994 9/27/1996, 61 FR 50715 52.1075(c) VOC, NOX, CO.
1990 Base Year Emissions Inventory Kent & Queen Anne's Counties 3/21/1994 9/27/1996, 61 FR 50715 52.1075(d) VOC, NOX, CO.
1990 Base Year Emissions Inventory Metropolitan Washington Ozone Nonattainment Area 3/21/1994 4/23/1997, 62 FR 19676 52.1075(e) VOC, NOX, CO.
1990 Base Year Emissions Inventory Metropolitan Washington Ozone Nonattainment Area 12/24/1997 7/8/1998, 63 FR 36854 52.1075(f) VOC, NOX.
1990 Base Year Emissions Inventory Metropolitan Baltimore Ozone Nonattainment Area 12/24/1997 2/3/2000, 65 FR 5245 52.1075(g) VOC, NOX.
1990 Base Year Emissions Inventory Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area (Cecil County) 12/24/1997,
4/29/1998,
12/21/1999,
12/28/2000		 2/3/2000, 65 FR 5252,
9/19/2001, 66 FR 48209		 52.1075(h) VOC, NOX.
15% Rate of Progress Plan Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area (Cecil County) 7/12/1995, #95-20 7/29/1997, 62 FR 40457 52.1076(a).
Stage II Vapor Recovery Comparability Plan Western Maryland & Eastern Shore Counties 11/5/1997 12/9/1998, 63 FR 67780 52.1076(b).
15% Rate of Progress Plan Metropolitan Baltimore Ozone Nonattainment Area 10/7/1998 2/3/2000, 65 FR 5245 52.1076(c).
15% Rate of Progress Plan Metropolitan Washington Ozone Nonattainment Area 5/5/1998 7/19/2000, 65 FR 44686 52.1076(d).
Post-1996 Rate of Progress Plan & contingency measures Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area (Cecil County) 12/24/1997,
4/24/1998		 2/3/2000, 65 FR 5252 52.1076(f).
      8/18/1998,
12/21/1999		 9/19/2001, 66 FR 44809  
      12/28/2000,
3/8/2004		 4/15/2004, 69 FR 19939 52.1076(f)(3).
Ozone Attainment Plan Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area (Cecil County) 4/29/1998,
8/18/1998,
12/21/1999,
12/28/2000,
8/31/2001		 10/29/2001, 66 FR 54578 52.1076(h).
      9/2/2003 10/27/2003, 68 FR 61103  
Transportation Conformity Budgets Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area (Cecil County) 4/29/1998,
8/18/1998,
12/21/1999,
12/28/2000		 10/29/2001, 66 FR 54578 52.1076(i).
Post-1996 Rate of Progress Plan & contingency measures Metropolitan Baltimore Ozone Nonattainment Area 12/24/1997,
4/24/1998,
8/18/1998,
12/21/1999,
12/28/2000		 9/26/2001, 66 FR 49108 52.1076(j).
Ozone Attainment Plan Metropolitan Baltimore Ozone Nonattainment Area 4/29/1998,
8/18/1998,
12/21/1999,
12/28/2000,
8/31/2001		 10/30/2001, 66 FR 54666 52.1076(k).
      9/2/2003 10/27/2003, 68 FR 61103 52.1076(k).
Mobile budgets Metropolitan Baltimore Ozone Nonattainment Area 8/31/2001 10/30/2001, 66 FR 54666 52.1076(l).
      9/2/2003 10/27/2003, 68 FR 61103  
Mobile budgets (2005) Metropolitan Baltimore Ozone Nonattainment Area 9/2/2003 10/27/2003, 68 FR 61103 52.1076(m).
    Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area (Cecil County)      
Mobile budgets (2005 Rate of Progress Plan) Metropolitan Baltimore Ozone Nonattainment Area 11/3/2003 2/13/2004, 69 FR 7133 52.1076(n).
Extension for incorporation of the on-board diagnostics (OBD) testing program into the Maryland I/M SIP All ozone nonattainment areas 7/9/2002 1/16/2003, 68 FR 2208 52.1078(b).
Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations (PAMS) Program Metropolitan Baltimore and Metropolitan Washington Ozone Nonattainment Areas 3/24/1994 9/11/1995, 60 FR 47081 52.1080.
Consultation with Local Officials (CAA Sections 121 & 127) All nonattainment & PSD areas 10/8/1981 4/8/1982, 47 FR 15140 52.1100(c)(63).
Lead (Pb) SIP City of Baltimore 10/23/1980 2/23/1982, 47 FR 7835 52.1100(c)(60), (61).
Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan City of Baltimore—Regional Planning District 118 9/20/1995
7/15/2004
7/15/2004		 10/31/1995, 60 FR 55321
4/4/2005, 70 FR 16958		 52.1100(c)(117).
Revised Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan Base Year Emissions Inventory using MOBILE6.
Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan Montgomery County Election Districts 4, 7, and 13; Prince Georges County Election Districts 2, 6, 12, 16, 17, and 18 10/12/1995
3/3/2004		 1/30/1996, 61 FR 2931
4/04/2005, 70 FR 16958		 52.1100(c)(118).
Revised Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan Base Year Emissions Inventory using MOBILE6.
Ozone Maintenance Plan Kent and Queen Anne's Counties 2/4/2004 10/21/2004, 69 FR 61766 52.1100(c)(187); SIP effective date is 11/22/04.
1996-1999 Rate-of-Progress Plan SIP and the Transportation Control Measures (TCMs) in Appendix H Washington DC 1-hour ozone nonattainment area 12/20/1997,
5/20/1999		 5/16/2005, 70 FR 25688 Only the TCMs in Appendix H of the 5/20/1999 revision.
          1999 motor vehicle emissions budgets of 128.5 tons per day (tpy) of VOC and 196.4 tpy of NOX.
1990 Base Year Inventory Revisions Washington DC 1-hour ozone nonattainment area 9/2/2003,
2/24/2004		 5/16/2005, 70 FR 25688 .
1999-2005 Rate-of-Progress Plan SIP Revision and the Transportation Control Measures (TCMs) in Appendix J Washington DC 1-hour ozone nonattainment area 9/2/2003,
2/24/2004		 5/16/2005, 70 FR 25688 Only the TCMs in Appendix J of the 2/24/2004 revision 2002 motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) of 125.2 tons per day (tpy) for VOC and 290.3 tpy of NOX, and, 2005 MVEBs of 97.4 tpy for VOC and 234.7 tpy of NOX.
VMT Offset SIP Revision Washington DC 1-hour ozone nonattainment area 9/2/2003,
2/24/2004		 5/16/2005, 70 FR 25688  
Contingency Measure Plan Washington, DC Area 9/2/2003,
2/24/2004		 5/16/2005, 70 FR 25688  
1-hour Ozone Modeled Demonstration of Attainment Washington DC 1-hour ozone nonattainment area 9/2/2003,
2/24/2004		 5/16/2005, 70 FR 25688  
Attainment Demonstration and Early Action Plan for the Washington County Ozone Early Action Compact Area Washington County 12/20/2004,
2/28/2005		 8/17/2005, 70 FR 48283  
1-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan Washington DC 1-hour ozone nonattainment area 9/2/2003,
2/24/2004		 11/16/2005, 70 FR 69440  
8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan for the Kent and Queen Anne's Area Kent and Queen Anne's Counties 5/2/2006,
5/19/2006		 12/22/2006, 71 FR 76920  
Reasonable Further Progress Plan (RFP), Reasonably Available Control Measures, and Contingency Measures Baltimore 1997 8-hour ozone moderate nonattainment area 6/4/2007 6/4/2010, 75 FR 31709  
2002 Base Year Inventory for VOC, NOX, and CO Baltimore 1997 8-hour ozone moderate nonattainment area 6/4/2007 6/4/2010, 75 FR 31709  
2008 RFP Transportation Conformity Budgets Baltimore 1997 8-hour ozone moderate nonattainment area 6/4/2007 6/4/2010, 75 FR 31709  
Reasonable Further Progress Plan (RFP), Reasonably Available Control Measures, and Contingency Measures Maryland portion of the Philadelphia 1997 8-hour ozone moderate nonattainment area 6/4/2007 6/11/2010, 75 FR 33172  
2002 Base Year Inventory for VOC, NOX, and CO Maryland portion of the Philadelphia 1997 8-hour ozone moderate nonattainment area 6/4/2007 6/11/2010, 75 FR 33172  
2008 RFP Transportation Conformity Budgets Maryland portion of the Philadelphia 1997 8-hour ozone moderate nonattainment area 6/4/2007 6/11/2010, 75 FR 33172  
Reasonable Further Progress Plan (RFP), Reasonably Available Control Measures, and Contingency Measures Washington DC-MD-VA 1997 8-hour ozone moderate nonattainment area 6/12/2007 9/20/2011, 76 FR 58116.  
2002 Base Year Inventory for VOC, NOX, and CO Washington DC-MD-VA 1997 8-hour ozone moderate nonattainment area 6/12/2007 9/20/2011, 76 FR 58116.  
2008 RFP Transportation Conformity Budgets Washington DC-MD-VA 1997 8-hour ozone moderate nonattainment area 6/12/2007 9/20/2011, 76 FR 58116  
Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS Statewide 7/27/07,
11/30/2007,		 11/25/2011, 76 FR 72624 This action addresses the following CAA elements or portions thereof: 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D)(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and (M).
      7/31/2009,
6/23/2011		 8/2/2012, 77 FR 45949 This action addresses the following CAA elements or portions thereof: 110(a)(2)(C), (D)(i)(II), and (J).
Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS Statewide 4/3/2008,
4/16/2010		 11/25/2011, 76 FR 72624 This action addresses the following CAA elements or portions thereof: 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D)(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and (M).
      7/31/2009,
6/23/2011		 8/2/2012, 77 FR 45949 This action addresses the following CAA elements or portions thereof: 110(a)(2)(C), (D)(i)(II), and (J).
Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS Statewide 4/16/2010,
7/21/2010		 11/25/2011, 76 FR 72624 This action addresses the following CAA elements or portions thereof: 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D)(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and (M).
      7/31/2009,
6/23/2011		 8/2/2012, 77 FR 45949 This action addresses the following CAA elements or portions thereof: 110(a)(2)(C), (D)(i)(II), and (J).
RACT under the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS Statewide 10/17/2011 7/13/2012, 77 FR 41278  
Maryland Regional Haze Plan Statewide 2/13/2012 7/6/2012, 77 FR 33938  
Maryland Regional Haze Plan Statewide 11/28/2016 7/31/2017, 82 FR 25451

Establishes the alternative BART limits for Verso Luke Paper Mill power boiler 24 of 0.28 lb/MMBtu, measured as an hourly average for SO2; and 0.4 lb/MMBtu, measured on a 30-day rolling average for NOX; and 9,876 SO2 cap on power boiler 25. Also incorporates by reference monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements. These requirements replace BART measure originally approved on 2/13/12 for Luke Paper Mill.
2002 Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 1997 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) standard Maryland portion of the Washington DC-MD-VA 1997 PM2.5 nonattainment area 4/3/2008 10/10/2012, 77 FR 61513 §52.1075(l)
Attainment Demonstration for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard and its Associated Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets Maryland-Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Moderate Nonattainment Area 6/4/2007 10/29/2012, 77 FR 65488  
2002 Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 1997 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) standard Washington County, Maryland 1997 PM2.5 nonattainment area 6/6/2008 12/7/2012, 77 FR 72966 §52.1075(m)
2002 Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 1997 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) standard Baltimore, Maryland 1997 PM2.5 nonattainment area 6/8/2008 12/10/2012, 77 FR 73313 §52.1075(n)
Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide NAAQS Statewide. 8/14/2013 7/14/2014, 79 FR 40665 This action addresses the following CAA elements: 110(a)(2) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and (M).
Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 Lead NAAQS Statewide 1/3/2013
8/14/2013		 7/16/2014, 79 FR 41437 This action addresses the following CAA elements: 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L) and (M)
Maintenance plan for the Maryland Portion of the Washington, DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the 1997 annual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard Statewide 7/10/2013
7/26/2013		 10/6/2014, 79 FR 60084 See §52.1081(d)
Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS Statewide 12/27/2012 10/16/2014,79 FR 62018 This action addresses the following CAA elements: 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(II), D(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and (M)
1997 Annual fine particulate (PM2.5) Maintenance Plan for the Baltimore, MD Area Baltimore, MD 1997 annual PM2.5 nonattainment area 12/12/2013 12/16/2014, 79 FR 75033 See §52.2526(k) and §52.2531(h).
1997 Annual fine particulate (PM2.5) Maintenance Plan for the Maryland portion of the Martinsburg WV-Hagerstown, MD Area Washington County 12/12/2013 12/16/2014, 79 FR 75037 See §52.2526(k) and §52.2531(h).
Attainment Demonstration Contingency Measure Plan Washington, DC-MD-VA 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area 6/4/2007 4/10/2015, 80 FR 19218 2010 motor vehicle emissions budgets of 144.3 tons per day (tpd) NOX.
8-hour Ozone Modeled Demonstration of Attainment and Attainment Plan for the 1997 ozone national ambient air quality standards Washington, DC-MD-VA 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area 6/4/2007 4/10/2015, 80 FR 19218 2009 motor vehicle emissions budgets of 66.5 tons per day (tpd) for VOC and 146.1 tpd of NOX.
2011 Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 2008 8-hour Ozone standard Maryland portion of the Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 ozone nonattainment area 8/4/2014 5/13/2015, 80 FR 27258 §52.1075(o).
Negative Declaration for the Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coatings CTG Statewide 6/25/2015 12/11/2015, 80 FR 76862  
Serious Area Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) Plan and 2012 RFP Contingency Measures Baltimore 1997 8-hour ozone serious nonattainment area 7/22/2013 8/1/2016, 81 FR 50362 §52.1076(cc)
Updates to the 2002 Base Year Inventory for VOC, NOX and CO Baltimore 1997 8-hour ozone serious nonattainment area 7/22/2013 8/1/2016, 81 FR 50362 §52.1075(p)
2012 Transportation Conformity Budgets Baltimore 1997 8-hour ozone serious nonattainment area 7/22/2013 8/1/2016, 81 FR 50362 §52.1076(dd)

2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS  Nonattainment New Source Review Requirements

The Baltimore Area (includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard Counties and the city of Baltimore), the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Area (includes Cecil County in Maryland), and the Washington, DC Area (includes Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland).

 5/8/2017 1/29/2018, 83 FR 3982  

2011 Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard.

Maryland portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2008 ozone nonattainment area.

 01/19/2017 03/01/2018, 83 FR 8752

§ 52.1075(q).
Emission statement requirement certification for the 2008 ozone national ambient air quality standard Statewide 09/25/2017 07/16/2018, 83 FR 32796 Certification that Maryland's previously approved regulation at COMAR 26.11.01.05-1 meets the emission statement requirements for the 2008 ozone NAAQS

2011 Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard.

Baltimore, Maryland 2008 Ozone Moderate Nonattainment Area.

12/30/2016

08/09/2018, 83 FR 39365 

See § 52.1075(r).

Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS.

 Statewide 8/18/2018 8/31 /2018, 83 FR 44462

This action addresses the following CAA elements:  110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(I), (D)(i)(II), D(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and (M). This action does not address the portion of CAA section 110(a)(2)(C) related to NNSR nor CAA section 110(a)(2)(I).

Regional Haze Five-Year Progress Report.

Statewide

8/09/2017

11/26/2018, 83 FR 60363

  

Reasonably Available Control Technology under 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard.

 Statewide

8/18/2016

2/20/2019, 84 FR 5004

  

Maintenance plan for the Maryland portion of the Washington, DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard.

Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George’s Counties.

 2/5/2018

4/15/2019, 84 FR 15108

§ 52.1076(ee).

Basic vehicle emission inspection and maintenance (I/M) program requirement certification for the 2008 ozone national ambient air quality standard.

 Baltimore

3/15/2018

7/11/2019, 84 FR 33006

Certification that Maryland’s previously approved regulation at COMAR 11.14.08 meets the requirement for a basic I/M program in the Baltimore Area for the 2008 ozone NAAQS.
Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure
Requirements
for the 2015
ozone NAAQS.		 Statewide 10/10/2018 9/18/2019, 84 FR 49062 Part 52.1070 is amended. This action addresses
the following CAA elements: 110(a)(2)(A),
(B), (C), (D)(i)(II), D(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J),
(K), (L), and (M). This action does not address
CAA sections 110(a)(D)(i)(I) and
110(a)(2)(I), nor does it address the portion
of section 110(a)(2)(C) related to NNSR.

Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS.

 Statewide

08/17/2016

6/16/2020, 85 FR 36343

§ 52.1070 is amended. This action addresses the following CAA elements: 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(II), D(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and (M). This action does not address CAA sections 110(a)(D)(i)(I) and 110(a)(2)(I), nor does it address the portion of section 110(a)(2)(C) related to NNSR.

[69 FR 69306, Nov. 29, 2004]

Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting §52.1070, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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