[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38029-38038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12946]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[Docket : R10-OAR-2004-WA-0003; FRL-7927-2]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Spokane PM10 Nonattainment Area Limited Maintenance Plan and 
Redesignation Request

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action to approve the Limited 
Maintenance Plan for the Spokane nonattainment area (NAA) in Washington 
and grant the request by the State to redesignate the area from 
nonattainment to attainment for PM10. On November 30, 2004, the State 
of Washington submitted a Limited Maintenance Plan (LMP) for the 
Spokane nonattainment area (NAA) for approval and concurrently 
requested that EPA redesignate the Spokane NAA to attainment for the 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter 
with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 10 
micrometers (PM10). In 1997, EPA approved Washington's moderate area 
plan for the Spokane NAA for all PM10 sources except windblown dust. In 
this direct final action, EPA is also approving the remaining elements 
of the Spokane NAA moderate area plan for windblown dust sources.

DATES: This direct final rule will be effective August 30, 2005, 
without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comments by August 
1, 2005. If adverse comments are received, EPA will publish a timely 
withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register informing 
the public that the rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. R10-OAR-
2004-WA-0003, by one of the following methods:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Bonifacino at telephone number: 
(206) 553-2970, e-mail address: [email protected], fax number: 
(206) 553-0110, or the above EPA, Region 10 address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,'' 
``us'' or ``our'' are used, we mean EPA.

Table of Contents

I. This Action
II. Background of the Spokane Nonattainment Area (Spokane NAA)
    A. Description of the Spokane Nonattainment Area
    B. PM10 Emissions in the Spokane Nonattainment Area
    C. Planning Background
III. Requirements for Redesignation
    A. Clean Air Act Requirements for Redesignation of Nonattainment 
Areas
    B. The Limited Maintenance Plan (LMP) Option for PM10 
Nonattainment Areas
    C. Conformity Under the Limited Maintenance Plan Option
IV. Review of the Washington State Submittal Addressing the 
Requirements for Redesignation and Limited Maintenance Plans
    A. Has the Spokane NAA Attained the Applicable NAAQS?
    B. Does the Spokane NAA Have a Fully Approved SIP Under Section 
110(k) of the Clean Air Act (the Act)?
    C. Has the State Met all Applicable Requirements Under Section 
110 and Part D of the Act?
    D. Has the State Demonstrated That the Air Quality Improvement 
Is Due to Permanent and Enforceable Reductions?
    E. Does the Area Have a Fully Approved Maintenance Plan Pursuant 
to Section 175A of the Act?
    F. Has the State Demonstrated that the Spokane NAA Qualifies for 
the LMP Option?
    G. Does the State Have an Approved Attainment Emissions 
Inventory Which Can Be Used To Demonstrate Attainment of the NAAQS?
    H. Does the LMP Include an Assurance of Continued Operation of 
an Appropriate EPA-Approved Air Quality Monitoring Network, in 
Accordance With 40 CFR Part 58?
    J. Does the Plan Meet the Clean Air Act Requirements for 
Contingency Provisions?
    K. Has the State Met Conformity Requirements?
V. Incorporation by Reference (IBR) Material
VI. Direct Final Action
VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. This Action

    EPA is taking direct final action to approve the Limited 
Maintenance Plan (LMP) for the Spokane nonattainment area (Spokane NAA) 
and concurrently redesignate the Spokane NAA to attainment for the 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter 
with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 10 
micrometers (PM10). Also in this action, EPA is approving the remaining 
portions of the moderate area State Implementation Plan (SIP) for 
windblown dust sources that were deferred in EPA's approval of the 
Spokane PM10 NAA moderate area plan in 1997. See 62 FR 3800. (January 
27, 1997). See also 66 FR 27055. (May 16, 2001). Spokane attained the 
PM10 NAAQS in 1994 and there have been no violations of the PM10 NAAQS 
in Spokane since 1993. Also in this action, EPA is approving revisions 
to the Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority (SCAPCA) 
Regulatory Orders 96-03, 96-05, and 96-06 
for PM10 at the Kaiser-Trentwood facility.

II. Background of the Spokane Nonattainment Area (Spokane NAA)

A. Description of the Spokane Nonattainment Area

    The Spokane PM10 nonattainment area (Spokane NAA) is a roughly 
rectangular area covering approximately 599 square kilometers in 
eastern Washington. The Spokane NAA encompasses the metropolitan area 
of Spokane and some surrounding sections of Spokane County. For a legal 
description of the boundaries see 40 CFR 81.348. The Spokane NAA lies 
in a broad, flat valley transversed by the Spokane and Little Spokane 
rivers. All major point sources (i.e. industrial sources) of PM10 in 
Spokane County as well as 81 percent of the county's residences lie 
within the NAA. In general, Spokane has a mild, arid climate in summer 
and a cold, moist climate in winter. The nonattainment area is 
characterized by significant terrain elevation changes which may affect 
dispersion.

B. PM10 Emissions in the Spokane Nonattainment Area

    Dust storms originating in the Columbia Plateau have contributed to

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exceedences of the PM10 NAAQS and elevated PM10 levels in the Spokane 
NAA. The Spokane NAA lies at the northeastern edge of the Columbia 
Plateau and is impacted by seasonal high winds from the south and 
southwest, which move dust from the approximate 12.1 million acres of 
agricultural lands and grasslands on the semi-arid plateau to downwind 
areas. A 1992 report entitled ``An Analysis of the Impact of Biogenic 
PM10 Sources on the Spokane PM10 Nonattainment Area, February 1992'', 
estimated gross annual emissions from anthropogenic and 
nonanthropogenic sources of PM10 in eastern Washington as 40% and 60% 
respectively.
    Washington submitted a complete emissions inventory for the 
calendar year 2002 with the Limited Maintenance Plan, and summarized 
current significant contributors to daily emissions as fugitive dust 
from unpaved roads (49%), residential wood combustion (24%), fugitive 
dust from construction (6%), paved roads (3%) and emissions from land 
clearing debris burning (3%). In 2002, all other source categories 
contributed 2% or less to daily emissions of PM10.

C. Planning Background

    The Spokane, Washington area was designated nonattainment for PM10 
and classified as moderate under sections 107(d)(4)(B) and 188(a) of 
the Clean Air Act upon enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 
1990. See 56 FR 56694 (November 6, 1991). States containing initial 
moderate PM10 nonattainment areas were required to submit, by November 
15, 1991, a moderate nonattainment area SIP that, among other 
requirements, implemented reasonably available control measures (RACM) 
by December 10, 1993, and demonstrated whether it was practicable to 
attain the PM10 NAAQS by December 31, 1994. See generally 57 FR 13498 
(April 16, 1992); see also 57 FR 18070 (April 28, 1992).
    Washington submitted a SIP for the Spokane area on November 15, 
1991, followed by addendums on January 31, 1992, December 9, 1994, and 
May 18, 1995. The December 1994 addendum included a detailed technical 
analysis indicating that nonanthropogenic sources may be significant in 
the Spokane PM10 nonattainment area during windblown dust events. In 
1997, based on our review of the State's submissions, we approved the 
PM10 emissions inventory, control measures in the SIP as meeting RACM/
RACT, quantitative milestone and reasonable further progress 
requirements, and contingency measures for all sources of PM10 other 
than windblown dust. See 62 FR 3800 (January 27, 1997). Under section 
188(f) of the Act, EPA deferred action on the attainment demonstration, 
emissions inventory, control measures and contingency measures for 
windblown dust sources in the Spokane NAA to provide the State with 
more time to further evaluate windblown dust events in the Spokane NAA. 
In this action, we are approving these remaining requirements for 
windblown dust.
    In the same action, EPA approved regulatory orders for the Kaiser-
Trentwood aluminum facility to provide consistency between the 1994 
emissions inventory and allowable emissions for the facility. See 62 FR 
3800 (January 27, 1997). SCAPCA Order 91-01 provided for the 
use of an alternate opacity limit for the Kaiser-Trentwood aluminum 
facility. SCAPCA Order 96-03, Order 96-04, Order 
96-05 and Order 96-06 significantly lowered the 
allowable emissions from the facility. These new allowable emissions 
limits are equivalent to Kaiser facility emissions in the 1994 
emissions inventory used in the attainment demonstration.
    On September 24, 2001, EPA published a Federal Register notice with 
its determination, based on air quality data for the years 1995-1997, 
that the Spokane NAA had attained the NAAQS for PM10 by the extended 
attainment date of December 31, 1997. See 66 FR 48808.
    On November 30, 2004, Washington submitted a Limited Maintenance 
Plan for the Spokane NAA for approval and requested that EPA 
redesignate the Spokane NAA to attainment for the National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM10. In this action, EPA is approving 
the Limited Maintenance Plan (LMP) for the Spokane NAA in Washington 
and granting the request by the State to redesignate the area from 
nonattainment to attainment for PM10. As stated above, we are also 
approving the remaining moderate area plan requirements for windblown 
dust.

III. Requirements for Redesignation

A. Clean Air Act Requirements for Redesignation of Nonattainment Areas

    Nonattainment areas can be redesignated to attainment after the 
area has measured air quality data showing it has attained the NAAQS 
and when certain planning requirements are met. Section 107(d)(3)(E) of 
the Clean Air Act (the Act), and the General Preamble to Title I 
provide the criteria for redesignation. See 57 FR 13498 (April 16, 
1992). These criteria are further clarified in a policy and guidance 
memorandum from John Calcagni, Director, Air Quality Management 
Division, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards dated 
September 4, 1992, ``Procedures for Processing Requests to Redesignate 
Areas to Attainment''. The criteria for redesignation are:
    (1) The Administrator has determined that the area has attained the 
applicable NAAQS;
    (2) The Administrator has fully approved the applicable SIP for the 
area under section 110(k) of the Act;
    (3) The state containing the area has met all requirements 
applicable to the area under section 110 and part D of the Act;
    (4) The Administrator has determined that the improvement in air 
quality is due to permanent and enforceable reductions in emissions; 
and
    (5) The Administrator has fully approved a maintenance plan for the 
area as meeting the requirements of section 175A of the Act.

B. The Limited Maintenance Plan (LMP) Option for PM10 Nonattainment 
Areas

    On August 9, 2001, EPA issued guidance on streamlined maintenance 
plan provisions for certain moderate PM10 nonattainment areas seeking 
redesignation to attainment (Memo from Lydia Wegman, Director, Air 
Quality Standards and Strategies Division, entitled ``Limited 
Maintenance Plan Option for Moderate PM10 Nonattainment Areas'', 
(hereafter the LMP Option memo)). The LMP Option memo contains a 
statistical demonstration that areas meeting certain air quality 
criteria will, with a high degree of probability, maintain the standard 
10 years into the future. Thus, EPA has already provided the 
maintenance demonstration for areas meeting the criteria outlined in 
the LMP Option memo. It follows that future year emission inventories 
for these areas, and some of the standard analyses to determine 
transportation conformity with the SIP are no longer necessary.
    To qualify for the LMP Option, the area should have attained the 
PM10 NAAQS, the average annual PM10 design value for the area, based 
upon the most recent 5 years of air quality data at all monitors in the 
area, should be at or below 40 [mu]g/m\3\, and the 24 hour design value 
should be at or below 98 [mu]g/m\3\. If an area cannot meet this test, 
it may still be able to qualify for the LMP Option if the average 
design value (ADV) for the site is less than the site-specific critical 
design values (CDV). In addition, the area should expect only limited 
growth in on-road motor vehicle PM10 emissions (including fugitive

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dust) and should have passed a motor vehicle regional emissions 
analysis test. The LMP Option memo also identifies core provisions that 
must be included in the LMP. These provisions include an attainment 
year emissions inventory, assurance of continued operation of an EPA-
approved air quality monitoring network, and contingency provisions.

C. Conformity Under the Limited Maintenance Plan Option

    The transportation conformity rule (40 CFR parts 51 and 93) and the 
general conformity rule (40 CFR parts 51 and 93) apply to nonattainment 
areas and maintenance areas covered by an approved maintenance plan. 
Under either conformity rule, an acceptable method of demonstrating 
that a Federal action conforms to the applicable SIP is to demonstrate 
that expected emissions from the planned action are consistent with the 
emissions budget for the area.
    While EPA's Limited Maintenance Plan Option does not exempt an area 
from the need to affirm conformity, it explains that the area may 
demonstrate conformity without submitting an emissions budget. Under 
the Limited Maintenance Plan Option, emissions budgets are treated as 
essentially not constraining for the length of the maintenance period 
because it is unreasonable to expect that the qualifying areas would 
experience so much growth in that period that a violation of the PM10 
NAAQS would result. For transportation conformity purposes, EPA would 
conclude that emissions in these areas need not be capped for the 
maintenance period and therefore a regional emissions analysis would 
not be required. Similarly, Federal actions subject to the general 
conformity rule could be considered to satisfy the ``budget test'' 
specified in 40 CFR 93.158(a)(5)(i)(A) for the same reasons that the 
budgets are essentially considered to be unlimited.

IV. Review of the Washington State Submittal Addressing the 
Requirements for Redesignation and Limited Maintenance Plans.

A. Has the Spokane NAA Attained the Applicable NAAQS?

    There are two separate NAAQS for PM10, an annual standard of 50 
[mu]g/m3 and a 24-hour standard of 150 [mu]g/m3. States must 
demonstrate that an area has attained the PM10 NAAQS through analysis 
of ambient air quality data from an ambient air monitoring network 
representing peak PM10 concentrations. The data should be stored in the 
EPA Air Quality System (AQS) database. As stated in section II.C. of 
this document, EPA determined that the Spokane NAA attained the PM10 
NAAQS based on monitoring data from the calendar years 1995-1997. See 
66 FR 48808 (September 24, 2001). Currently, the area is in compliance 
with both of the PM10 NAAQS.
    Since 1997, exceedences of the 24-hour standard occurred on 
September 25, 1999 and September 25, 2001. Both of these exceedences 
were flagged by the State as due to high wind events under EPA's 
Natural Events Policy. Based on the information provided by Washington 
about these events, other information provided by Washington regarding 
control measures being implemented at the time of the events, and the 
area's soil and climate characteristics, we conclude that the 
exceedences that occurred on September 25, 1999 and September 25, 2001 
were due to high wind natural events and that, on those dates, 
anthropogenic sources contributing to the exceedences were controlled 
with Best Available Control Measures (BACM). See memorandum entitled 
``Assessment of Natural Even Claims for Exceedences on September 25, 
1999, and September 25, 2001 in Spokane, Washington'' in the Technical 
Support Document for this action. Therefore, EPA is excluding the 
exceedences from September 25, 1999 and September 25, 2001 from 
consideration in determining whether the area is currently attaining 
the PM10 NAAQS and in calculating design values for the Limited 
Maintenance Plan. The area continues to attain the 24-hour and annual 
PM10 NAAQS.

B. Does the Spokane NAA Have a Fully Approved SIP Under Section 110(k) 
of the Clean Air Act (the Act)?

    In order to qualify for redesignation, the SIP for the area must be 
fully approved under section 110(k) of the Act, and must satisfy all 
requirements that apply to the area. Section 107(d)(4)(B) of the Clean 
Air Act contains requirements and milestones for all initial moderate 
nonattainment area SIPs including:
    (1) Provisions to assure that reasonably available control measures 
(RACM) (including such reductions in emissions from existing sources in 
the area as may be obtained through the adoption, at a minimum, of 
reasonably available control technology--RACT) shall be implemented no 
later than December 10, 1993;
    (2) A demonstration (including air quality modeling) that the plan 
will provide for attainment as expeditiously as practicable by no later 
than December 31, 1994 or, where the state is seeking an extension of 
the attainment date under section 188(e), a demonstration that 
attainment by December 31, 1994 is impracticable and that the plan 
provides for attainment by the most expeditious alternative date 
practicable (CAA sections 189(a)(1)(A));
    (3) Quantitative milestones which are to be achieved every three 
years and which demonstrate reasonable further progress (RFP) toward 
attainment by December 31, 1994 (CAA sections 172(c)(2) and 189(c)); 
and
    (4) Contingency measures to be implemented if the area fails to 
make RFP or attain by its attainment deadline. These contingency 
measures are to take effect without further action by the State or EPA. 
(CAA section 172(c)(9)).
    As stated above, on January 27, 1997, EPA approved Spokane's 
moderate area plan including RACT/RACM for all PM10 sources except for 
windblown dust and under section 188(f) of the Act, deferred action on 
the attainment demonstration, emissions inventory, quantitative 
milestones, control measures and contingency measures for windblown 
dust sources. See 62 FR 3800. In this action, EPA is approving the area 
as meeting RACM for windblown dust sources based on the implementation 
of BACM to control windblown dust originating from the Columbia 
Plateau. EPA generally interprets the BACM requirement as subsuming the 
RACM requirement. In other words, if we determine that the measures are 
indeed the ``best available,'' we have necessarily concluded that they 
are ``reasonably available''. As stated above in section IV.A., EPA 
concludes that BACM is implemented for windblown dust from agriculture 
on the Columbia Plateau.
    The remaining attainment demonstration, emissions inventory, 
quantitative milestone, and control and contingency measure 
requirements must be met for all PM10 sources for an approvable 
moderate area plan. EPA believes that quantitative milestones and 
contingency measures are no longer required in the Spokane NAA since 
both of these requirements relate to the applicable attainment date, 
and EPA determined that the area attained the PM10 NAAQS by December 
31, 1997. We believe that Spokane meets all of the remaining 
requirements for moderate area plans including control measures for 
windblown dust sources, the attainment demonstration, and emissions 
inventory by meeting the requirements for the Limited Maintenance Plan.
    The Limited Maintenance Plan contains a detailed emissions 
inventory for all sources of PM10 for the calendar

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year 2002 including an inventory of windblown dust. The Limited 
Maintenance Plan also contains control measures that address windblown 
dust among other sources of PM10. We refer the reader to sections 
IV.C., and IV.D., respectively for further discussion on the emissions 
inventory, and control measures requirements for all sources of PM10 in 
the Spokane NAA.
    As previously stated, the fully approved SIP must contain an 
attainment demonstration (including air quality modeling) that the plan 
will provide for attainment by the applicable attainment date. As noted 
above, Spokane attained the PM10 NAAQS by the applicable attainment 
date (December 31, 1997) based on monitoring data from the calendar 
years 1995-1997. See 66 FR 48808 (September 24, 2001). However, EPA has 
not previously fully approved the State's attainment demonstration for 
Spokane.
    In this action, EPA concludes that the statistical demonstration of 
maintenance submitted with the Limited Maintenance Plan fulfills the 
attainment demonstration requirement. Generally, EPA recommends that 
attainment be demonstrated according to the PM-10 SIP Development 
Guideline (June 1987), which presents three methods based on Federal 
regulations. Federal regulations require demonstration of attainment 
``by means of a proportional model or dispersion model or other 
procedure which is shown to be adequate and appropriate for such 
purposes.'' See 40 CFR 51.112. See also 62 FR 18051 (April 14, 1997). 
EPA believes that it is reasonable to accept the Limited Maintenance 
Plan demonstration as an adequate attainment demonstration since this 
maintenance demonstration ensures maintenance of the PM10 NAAQS for ten 
years from the effective date of this action. Section IV.F. of this 
notice contains a description of the maintenance demonstration included 
with the Limited Maintenance Plan. In this action, EPA is finding the 
maintenance demonstration criteria outlined in the Limited LMP Option 
are satisfied. Accordingly, EPA is approving the remaining moderate 
area plan requirements for the Spokane NAA; the attainment 
demonstration, emissions inventory and control methods for all sources, 
including windblown dust. Thus, upon the effective date of this action, 
the Spokane NAA will have a fully approved moderate area plan.

C. Has the State Met All Applicable Requirements Under Section 110 and 
Part D of the Act?

    Section 107(d)(3)(E) of the Act requires that a state containing a 
nonattainment area must meet all applicable requirements under section 
110 and Part D of the Act for an area to be redesignated to attainment. 
EPA interprets this to mean that the state must meet all requirements 
that applied to the area prior to, and at the time of, the submission 
of a complete redesignation request. The following is a summary of how 
Washington meets these requirements.
(1) Clean Air Act Section 110 Requirements
    Section 110(a)(2) of the Act contains general requirements for 
nonattainment plans. These requirements include, but are not limited 
to, submittal of a SIP that has been adopted by the state after 
reasonable notice and public hearing; provisions for establishment and 
operation of appropriate apparatus, methods, systems and procedures 
necessary to monitor ambient air quality; implementation of a permit 
program; provisions for Part C--Prevention of Significant Deterioration 
(PSD) and Part D--New Source Review (NSR) permit programs; criteria for 
stationary source emission control measures, monitoring and reporting, 
provisions for modeling; and provisions for public and local agency 
participation. See the General Preamble for further explanation of 
these requirements. 57 FR 13498 (April 16, 1992).
    For purposes of redesignation, EPA review of the Washington SIP 
shows that the State has satisfied all requirements under section 
110(a)(2) of the Act. Further, in 40 CFR 52.2473, EPA has approved 
Washington's plan for the attainment and maintenance of the national 
standards under Section 110.
(2) Part D Requirements
    Part D contains general requirements applicable to all areas 
designated nonattainment. The general requirements are followed by a 
series of subparts specific to each pollutant. All PM10 nonattainment 
areas must meet the general provisions of Subpart 1 and the specific 
PM10 provisions in Subpart 4, ``Additional Provisions for Particulate 
Matter Nonattainment Areas.'' The following paragraphs discuss these 
requirements as they apply to the Spokane NAA.
(3) Subpart 1, Section 172(c)
    Subpart 1, section 172(c) contains general requirements for 
nonattainment area plans. A thorough discussion of these requirements 
may be found in the General Preamble. See 57 FR 13538 (April 16, 1992). 
Clean Air Act (CAA) section 172(c)(2) requires nonattainment plans to 
provide for reasonable further progress (RFP). Section 171(1) of the 
CAA defines RFP as ``such annual incremental reductions in emissions of 
the relevant air pollutant as are required by this part (part D of 
title I) or may reasonably be required by the Administrator for the 
purpose of ensuring attainment of the applicable national ambient air 
quality standard by the applicable date.'' Since EPA determined that 
the Spokane NAA was in attainment of the PM10 NAAQS by 1997, we believe 
that no further showing of RFP or quantitative milestones is necessary. 
See 66 FR 48808 (September 24, 2001).
(4) Section 172(c)(3)--Emissions Inventory
    Section 172(c)(3) of the Act requires a comprehensive, accurate, 
current inventory of actual emissions from all sources in the Spokane 
PM10 nonattainment area. Washington included an emissions inventory for 
the calendar year 2002 with its submittal of the LMP for the Spokane 
NAA. Based on the inventory preparation plan for the PM10 2002 base 
year emissions inventory, which includes windblown dust sources, EPA 
believes that the 2002 base year emissions inventory is current, 
accurate and comprehensive and therefore meets the requirements of 
Section 172(c)(3) of the Act.
(5) Section 172(c)(5)--New Source Review (NSR)
    The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 contained revisions to the New 
Source Review (NSR) program requirements for the construction and 
operation of new and modified major stationary sources located in 
nonattainment areas. The Act requires states to amend their SIPS to 
reflect these revisions, but does not require submittal of this element 
along with the other SIP elements. The Act established June 30, 1992 as 
the submittal date for the revised NSR programs (Section 189 of the 
Act). The Part D NSR rules for PM10 nonattainment areas in Washington 
were approved by EPA on June 2, 1995. See 60 FR 28726. In the Spokane 
NAA, the requirements of the Part D NSR program will be replaced by the 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program and the 
maintenance area NSR program upon effective date of redesignation. The 
Federal PSD regulations found at 40 CFR 52.21 are the PSD rules in 
effect for Washington. See 40 CFR 52.2497.

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(6) Section 172(c)(7) Compliance With CAA Section 110(a)(2): Air 
Quality Monitoring Requirements
    Once an area is redesignated, the state must continue to operate an 
appropriate air monitoring network in accord with 40 CFR part 58 to 
verify attainment status of the area. The State of Washington and 
Spokane County Air Pollution Authority (SCAPCA) operate two PM10 and 
PM2.5 State and Local Air Monitoring Stations (SLAMS) in the Spokane 
NAA. Both monitoring sites meet EPA SLAMS network design and siting 
requirements set forth at 40 CFR part 58, appendices D and E, and have 
been monitoring for PM10 since 1995. In section D of the Limited 
Maintenance Plan that we are approving today, the State commits to 
continued operation of the monitoring network.
(7) Section 172 (c)(9) Contingency Measures
    The Clean Air Act requires that contingency measures take effect if 
the area fails to meet reasonable further progress requirements or 
fails to attain the NAAQS by the applicable attainment date. Since the 
Spokane NAA attained the NAAQS for PM10 by the applicable attainment 
date of December 31, 1997, contingency measures are no longer required 
under Section 172(c)(9) of the Act. However, contingency provisions are 
required for maintenance plans under Section 175(a)(d). We describe the 
contingency provisions Washington provided in the Spokane LMP below.
(8) Part D Subpart 4
    Part D Subpart 4, Section 189(a), (c) and (e) requirements apply to 
any moderate nonattainment area before the area can be redesignated to 
attainment. The requirements which were applicable prior to the 
submission of the request to redesignate the area must be fully 
approved into the SIP before redesignating the area to attainment. 
These requirements include:
    (a) Provisions to assure that RACM was implemented by December 10, 
1993;
    (b) Either a demonstration that the plan provided for attainment as 
expeditiously as practicable but not later than December 31, 1994, or a 
demonstration that attainment by that date was impracticable;
    (c) Quantitative milestones which were achieved every 3 years and 
which demonstrate reasonable further progress (RFP) toward attainment 
by December 31, 1994; and
    (d) Provisions to assure that the control requirements applicable 
to major stationary sources of PM10 also apply to major stationary 
sources of PM10 precursors except where the Administrator determined 
that such sources do not contribute significantly to PM10 levels which 
exceed the NAAQS in the area.
    These provisions, with the exception of the attainment 
demonstration and quantitative milestones were fully approved into the 
SIP upon EPA approval of the PM10 moderate area plan for the Spokane 
NAA on January 27, 1997. See 62 FR 3800. As discussed above, the 
requirements for reasonable further progress were satisfied with the 
September 24, 2001 finding of attainment (66 FR 48808), and EPA is 
approving the attainment demonstration, based on the maintenance 
demonstration submitted with the Limited Maintenance Plan, in this 
action.

D. Has the State Demonstrated That the Air Quality Improvement Is Due 
to Permanent and Enforceable Reductions?

    The state must be able to reasonably attribute the improvement in 
air quality to permanent and enforceable emission reductions. In making 
this showing, the state must demonstrate that air quality improvements 
are the result of actual enforceable emission reductions. This showing 
should consider emission rates, production capacities, and other 
related information. The analysis should assume that sources are 
operating at permitted levels (or historic peak levels) unless evidence 
is presented that such an assumption is unrealistic.
    Permanent and enforceable control measures in the Spokane NAA SIP 
include RACM and BACM. Emission sources in the Spokane NAA have been 
implementing RACM for at least 10 years. Table 1 contains a list of 
RACM implemented in Spokane. These control measures were approved into 
the SIP, and they are both permanent and federally enforceable. See 62 
FR 3800 (January 27, 1997).

                   Table 1.--Spokane Nonattainment Area Reasonably Available Control Measures
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             Control Measure                           Jurisdiction                         Authority
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Reduce particulate matter by paving        City of Spokane....................  Res. 90-93.
 unpaved streets
Reduce particulate matter by paving        Spokane County.....................  Res. 90-1219.
 unpaved streets
Reduce fugitive dust from paved roads      City of Spokane....................  Res. 93-43.
 through sweeping/sanding mitigation
 program
Reduce particulate matter from paved       SCAPCA.............................  Reg. 1, Sec 6.14.
 roads through requirement that
 government entities submit sweeping and
 sanding plans
Reduce residential wood smoke through      Washington State...................  RCW 70.94 and WAC 173-433.
 curtailment program
Reduce residential wood smoke through      SCAPCA.............................  Res.'s 88-03, 90-08, 94-02 and
 zone                                                                            94-18.
Reduce fugitive dust from unpaved roads    SCAPCA.............................  Res. 94-17.
 through requirement that governmental
 entities submit emission reduction and
 control plans
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    As discussed in section IV.A., Best Available Control Measures 
(BACM) are in place to control wind blown dust from the Columbia 
Plateau. Based on the 2003 NEAP and the 2004 status report submitted to 
EPA by the Washington Department of Ecology, EPA has determined that 
Spokane meets the BACM requirement for agricultural sources within the 
Columbia Plateau. See the technical support document for this action 
for a discussion on BACM for agricultural sources within the Columbia 
Plateau.
    There are two major stationary sources within the Spokane NAA, the 
Kaiser Aluminum facilities at Trentwood and Mead. These have not been 
evaluated specifically for RACT by either Washington or the Spokane 
County Air Pollution Control Authority (SCAPCA) since analysis of the 
24-hour PM10 problem indicates that industrial sources are not a major 
contributor. See

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61 FR 36001 (July 9, 1996). Although analysis indicates that neither of 
the Kaiser Aluminum facilities are major contributors to 24-hour PM10 
past or future exceedences, SCAPCA issued regulatory orders for the 
Kaiser-Trentwood facility under WAC 173-400-091 ``Voluntary Limits on 
Emissions.'' SCAPCA orders 96-03, 96-04, 96-
05, and 96-06 lower the potential to emit and 91-01 
establishes an alternate opacity limit. These orders were adopted into 
the SIP on January 27, 1997 (62 FR 3800), and EPA is approving 
revisions to regulatory orders 96-03, 96-05, and 
96-06 with this action.
    Finally, EPA believes that areas that qualify for the LMP will meet 
the NAAQS, even under worst case meteorological conditions. Under the 
Limited Maintenance Plan policy, the maintenance demonstration is 
presumed to be satisfied if an area meets the qualifying criteria. 
Thus, by qualifying for the Limited Maintenance Plan, Washington has 
demonstrated that the air quality improvements in the Spokane area are 
the result of permanent emission reductions and not a result of either 
economic trends or meteorology. A description of the LMP qualifying 
criteria and how the Spokane area meets these criteria is provided in 
the following section.

E. Does the Area Have a Fully Approved Maintenance Plan Pursuant to 
Section 175A of the Act?

    In this action, we are approving the Limited Maintenance Plan in 
accordance with the principles outlined in the LMP Option. Upon the 
effective date of this action, the area will have a fully approved 
maintenance plan.

F. Has the State Demonstrated That the Spokane NAA Qualifies for the 
LMP Option?

    The LMP Option memo outlines the requirements for an area to 
qualify for the LMP Option. First, the area should be attaining the 
NAAQS. As stated above in Section IV.A., EPA has determined that the 
Spokane NAA has been in attainment of the PM10 NAAQS since 1997 and 
continues to meet the PM10 NAAQS for the period 1998-2002.
    Second, the average design value (ADV) for the past 5 years of 
monitoring data must be at or below the critical design value (CDV). 
The CDV is a margin of safety value and is the value at which an area 
has been determined to have a 1 in 10 probability of exceeding the 
NAAQS. The LMP Option memo provides two methods for review of 
monitoring data for the purpose of qualifying for the LMP option. The 
first method is a comparison of a site's ADV with the CDV of 98 [mu]g/
m\3\ for the 24-hour PM10 NAAQS and 40 [mu]g/m\3\ for the annual PM10 
NAAQS. A second method that applies to the 24-hour PM10 NAAQS is the 
calculation of a site-specific CDV and a comparison of the site-
specific CDV with the ADV for the past 5 years of monitoring data.
    The ADV for the 24-hour PM10 NAAQS for Spokane, based on data from 
the Crown Zellerbach monitor for the years 1998-2002, is 110.7. This 
value falls below the site-specific 24-hour CDV of 116.6 [mu]g/m\3\. 
The annual ADV from the Crown Zellerbach monitor for the same period is 
28.2 [mu]g/m\3\. This falls below the annual CDV provided in the LMP 
Option memo of 40 [mu]g/m\3\. Therefore, Spokane meets the design value 
criteria outlined in the LMP Option memo. For the 1998-2002 ADV and 
1993-2003 site-specific CDV calculations for PM10 in Spokane, please 
see the technical support document, Attachment H.
    Third, the area must meet the motor vehicle regional emissions 
analysis test in attachment B of the LMP Option memo. Using the 
methodology outlined in the memo, based on monitoring data for the 
period 1998-2002, EPA has determined that the Spokane NAA passes the 
motor vehicle regional emissions analysis test. For the calculations 
used to determine that Spokane has passed the motor vehicle regional 
analysis test, see the technical support document, Attachment H.
    The monitoring data for the period 1998-2002 shows that Spokane has 
attained the NAAQS for PM10, the 24-hour ADV and the annual ADV in 
Spokane are less than the site specific 24-hour PM10 CDV and the 
national annual CDV respectively. Finally, the area has met the 
regional vehicle emissions analysis test. Thus, the Spokane NAA area 
qualifies for the Limited Maintenance Plan option described in the LMP 
Option memo.
    The LMP Option memo also indicates that once a state selects the 
LMP Option and it is in effect, the state will be expected to 
determine, on an annual basis, that the LMP criteria are still being 
met. If the state determines that the LMP criteria are not being met, 
it should take action to reduce PM10 concentrations enough to requalify 
for the LMP. One possible approach the State could take is to implement 
contingency measures. In section E of the Limited Maintenance Plan, 
Washington commits to evaluate, on an annual basis, the LMP criteria 
for the Spokane NAA.
    For these reasons and reasons explained below, we are approving the 
LMP for the Spokane NAA and the State's request to redesignate the 
Spokane NAA from nonattainment to attainment for PM10.

G. Does the State Have an Approved Attainment Emissions Inventory Which 
Can Be Used To Demonstrate Attainment of the NAAQS?

    The state's approved attainment plan should include an emissions 
inventory (attainment inventory) which can be used to demonstrate 
attainment of the NAAQS. The inventory should represent emissions 
during the same five year period associated with air quality data used 
to determine whether the area meets the applicability requirements of 
the LMP Option. The state should review its inventory every three years 
to ensure emissions growth is incorporated in the attainment inventory 
if necessary. In this instance, Washington completed an attainment year 
inventory for the attainment year 1997. However, this inventory was not 
fully approved as it did not include emissions from windblown dust. 
Washington is now using the emissions inventory for the calendar year 
2002 as the attainment year inventory.
    EPA has reviewed the 2002 emissions inventory and determined that 
it is current, accurate and complete. EPA has also reviewed monitoring 
data for the years 1997-2002, and determined that the 2002 emissions 
inventory is representative of the attainment year inventory since the 
NAAQS was not violated during 2002. In addition, the emissions 
inventory submitted with the Limited Maintenance Plan for the calendar 
year 2002 is representative of the level of emissions during the time 
period used to calculate the average design value since 2002 is 
included in the five year period used to calculate the design value 
(1998-2002). As stated above in Section IV.C.4., the 2002 emissions 
inventory meets the requirements of Section 172(c)(3) of the Act, and 
the requirements for emissions inventory in Table 3.1 of the EPA 
document entitled PM-10 Emission Inventory Requirements, Final Report.

H. Does the LMP Include an Assurance of Continued Operation of an 
Appropriate EPA-Approved Air Quality Monitoring Network, in Accordance 
With 40 CFR Part 58?

    A PM10 monitoring network was established in the Spokane area in 
October, 1985. Monitoring sites have been located in nine different 
locations throughout the area since that time. The monitoring network 
was developed and

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has been maintained in accordance with federal siting and design 
criteria in 40 CFR Part 58, Appendices D and E and in consultation with 
Region 10. Currently, there are two PM10/PM2.5 SLAMS/NAMS monitors in 
the Spokane NAA. In section IV.E. of the Spokane LMP, Washington states 
that it will continue to operate its monitoring network to meet EPA 
requirements.

I. Does the Plan Meet the Clean Air Act Requirements for Contingency 
Provisions?

    Section 175A of the Act states that a maintenance plan must include 
contingency provisions, as necessary, to promptly correct any violation 
of the NAAQS which may occur after redesignation of the area to 
attainment. As explained in the LMP Option memo, these contingency 
measures do not have to be fully adopted at the time of redesignation.
    Section IV.F. of the Spokane Limited Maintenance Plan describes a 
process and timeline to identify and evaluate appropriate contingency 
measures in the event of a quality assured violation of the PM10 NAAQS. 
Within 30 days following a violation of the PM10 NAAQS, the Spokane 
County Air Pollution Control Authority (SCAPCA), the Spokane Regional 
Transportation Council (SRTC) and the Washington Department of Ecology 
will convene an assessment team to identify appropriate measures to be 
implemented and prepare and deliver a report to the Spokane County Air 
Pollution Control Authority (SCAPCA) board of directors and appropriate 
staff at Washington Department of Ecology within 120 days based on:
    (1) Monitoring data before and during the event;
    (2) Weather conditions that may have caused and/or contributed to 
the violation;
    (3) Normal and unusual emissions occurring prior to and during the 
event;
    (4) Effectiveness of existing controls in reducing the magnitude 
and/or duration of events;
    (5) Appropriateness of modifying and or implementing one or more 
LMP contingency measures; and
    (6) Possible changes to the LMP, monitoring network, and or public 
information strategies.
    The plan describes contingency measures that are already in effect 
or may automatically become effective in the event of a violation of 
the NAAQS, subject to the assessment described above. These contingency 
measures include:
    (1) Unpaved Road Control Regulation: This measure, adopted by 
SCAPCA in 1994 as section 6.15 of Regulation I, controls particulate 
matter emissions from unpaved surfaces. The measure requires, among 
other things, that the city of Spokane, Spokane County, and the Town of 
Millwood submit emission reduction contingency plans for the control of 
dust emissions from unpaved roads and parking lot emissions to SCAPCA 
for approval. These contingency plans, if determined appropriate, will 
be reviewed and updated in the event of a NAAQS violation;
    (2) Ban on Uncertified Stoves: Article VIII of SCAPCA's Regulation 
I contains provisions for Solid Fuel Burning Device Standards. As 
amended on January 6, 1994, it enables SCAPCA to take further 
residential wood-smoke control actions if the area is not in attainment 
of the PM10 standard because of wood-smoke emissions.
    The regulation prohibits the use of any solid fuel burning device 
not meeting state certification standards. Implementation of this 
regulation as a contingency measure will provide a further reduction of 
wood-smoke emissions, should the assessment, as described above, find 
it necessary.
    The assessment team will also consider recommending other 
contingency measures that may more appropriately address the most 
probable source contributing to the violation. The board may adopt and 
implement contingency measures other than those listed above, as 
needed. EPA believes that current and proposed contingency measures in 
Spokane's Limited Maintenance Plan meet the requirements for 
contingency measures as outlined in the Limited Maintenance Plan Option 
memo.

J. Has the State Met Conformity Requirements?

(1) Transportation Conformity
    Under the LMP Option, emissions budgets are treated as essentially 
not constraining for the maintenance period because it is unreasonable 
to expect that qualifying areas would experience so much growth in that 
period that a NAAQS violation would result.
    While areas with maintenance plans approved under the LMP Option 
are not subject to the budget test, the areas remain subject to other 
transportation conformity requirements of 40 CFR part 93, subpart A. 
Thus, the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) in the area or the 
State must document and ensure that:
    (a) Transportation plans and projects provide for timely 
implementation of SIP transportation control measures (TCMs) in 
accordance with 40 CFR 93.113;
    (b) Transportation plans and projects comply with the fiscal 
constraint element per 40 CFR 93.108;
    (c) The MPO's interagency consultation procedures meet applicable 
requirements of 40 CFR 93.105;
    (d) Conformity of transportation plans is determined no less 
frequently than every three years, and conformity of plan amendments 
and transportation projects is demonstrated in accordance with the 
timing requirements specified in 40 CFR 93.104;
    (e) The latest planning assumptions and emissions model are used as 
set forth in 40 CFR 93.110 and 40 CFR 93.111;
    (f) Projects do not cause or contribute to any new localized carbon 
monoxide or particulate matter violations, in accordance with 
procedures specified in 40 CFR 93.123; and
    (g) Project sponsors and/or operators provide written commitments 
as specified in 40 CFR 93.125.
    On February 10, 2005, EPA posted a proposal to find the Spokane LMP 
Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget adequate for transportation conformity 
purposes on EPA's conformity Web site: http://www.epa.gov/oms/traq. As 
stated above, Limited Maintenance Plan budgets are unconstrained and 
consequently, the adequacy review period for these maintenance plans 
serves to allow the public to comment on whether limited maintenance is 
appropriate for these areas. Interested parties may comment on the 
adequacy and approval of the Limited Maintenance Plans by submitting 
their comments on the proposed rule published concurrently with this 
direct final rule. The comment period for the adequacy posting for the 
Spokane LMP ended on March 15, 2005. EPA did not receive any comments 
on this posting.
(2) General Conformity
    For Federal actions which are required to address the specific 
requirements of the general conformity rule, one set of requirements 
applies particularly to ensuring that emissions from the action will 
not cause or contribute to new violations of the NAAQS, exacerbate 
current violations, or delay timely attainment. One way that this 
requirement can be met is to demonstrate that ``the total of direct and 
indirect emissions from the action (or portion thereof) is determined 
and documented by the State agency primarily responsible for the 
applicable SIP to result in a level of emissions which, together with 
all other emissions in the nonattainment area, would not

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exceed the emissions budgets specified in the applicable SIP.'' 40 CFR 
93.158(a)(5)(i)(A).
    The decision about whether to include specific allocations of 
allowable emissions increases to sources is one made by the State and 
local air quality agencies. These emissions budgets are different than 
those used in transportation conformity. Emissions budgets in 
transportation conformity are required to limit and restrain emissions. 
Emissions budgets in general conformity allow increases in emissions up 
to specified levels. Washington has not chosen to include specific 
emissions allocations for Federal projects that would be subject to the 
provisions of general conformity.

V. Incorporation by Reference (IBR) Material

    EPA is incorporating by reference revisions to the following 
Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority (SCAPCA) Regulatory 
Orders: 96-03, effective date October 4, 2000; 96-05, 
effective date October 4, 2000; and 96-06, effective date 
October 19, 2000.

VI. Direct Final Action

    EPA is approving the Limited Maintenance Plan (LMP) for the Spokane 
nonattainment area (Spokane NAA) and redesignating the Spokane NAA to 
attainment for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for 
particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a 
nominal 10 micrometers (PM10). EPA is also approving the remaining 
portions of the moderate area plan (``attainment plan'') for the 
Spokane NAA for all PM10 sources including windblown dust.
    Also in this action, EPA is approving revisions to the Spokane 
County Air Pollution Control Authority (SCAPCA) Regulatory Orders 
96-03, effective date October 4, 2000; 96-05, 
effective date October 4, 2000; and 96-06, effective date 
October 19, 2000.
    EPA is publishing this action without a prior proposal because EPA 
views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no adverse 
comments. In the proposed rules section of this Federal Register 
publication, however, EPA is publishing a separate document that will 
serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision should adverse 
comments be filed. This direct final rule is effective on August 30, 
2005, without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by 
August 1, 2005. If an adverse comment is received, EPA will publish a 
timely withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register and 
inform the public that the rule did not take effect. All adverse public 
comments received will then be addressed in a subsequent final rule 
based on the proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment 
period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so 
at this time. Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an 
amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule, EPA may adopt as final 
those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse 
comment.

VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this 
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and therefore is not 
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. For this 
reason, this action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211, 
``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). This action 
merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and imposes 
no additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. 
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that this rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because 
this rule approves pre-existing requirements under state law and does 
not impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that required by 
state law, it does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or 
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded 
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4).
    This rule also does not have tribal implications because it will 
not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on 
the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or 
on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal 
Government and Indian tribes, as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 
FR 67249, November 6, 2000). This action also does not have federalism 
implications because it does not have substantial direct effects on the 
States, on the relationship between the national government and the 
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the 
various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 
FR 43255, August 10, 1999). This action merely approves a state rule 
implementing a Federal standard, and does not alter the relationship or 
the distribution of power and responsibilities established in the Clean 
Air Act. This rule also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 
``Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety 
Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it is not economically 
significant.
    In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state 
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In 
this context, in the absence of a prior existing requirement for the 
State to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority 
to disapprove a SIP submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be 
inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP 
submission, to use VCS in place of a SIP submission that otherwise 
satisfies the provisions of the Clean Air Act. Thus, the requirements 
of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. This rule does not 
impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other 
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot 
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal 
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
804(2).
    Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for 
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court 
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by August 30, 2005. Filing a 
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule 
does not affect the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial 
review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial 
review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such 
rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings 
to enforce its requirements. See section 307(b)(2).

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List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Particulate matter, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements.

40 CFR Part 81

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National parks, 
Wilderness areas.

    Dated: June 17, 2005.
Daniel D. Opalski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.

0
Chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as 
follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

0
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Subpart WW--Washington

0
2. Section 52.2470 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(85) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  52.2470  Identification of plan.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (85) On November 15, 2004, the Washington State Department of 
Ecology submitted a PM10 Limited Maintenance Plan and requested the 
redesignation of the Spokane County PM10 Nonattainment area to 
attainment for PM10. The State's Limited Maintenance Plan, attainment 
year emissions inventory, and the redesignation request meet the 
requirements of the Clean Air Act. EPA approves the State's Limited 
Maintenance Plan and Moderate Area Plan requirements for the Spokane 
PM10 nonattainment area and request for redesignation to attainment.
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    (A) Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority (SCAPCA) orders 
96-03 (modified October 4, 2000), 96-05 (modified 
October 4, 2000) and 96-06 (modified October 19, 2000) to 
regulate particulate matter emissions from the specific emission units 
of the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Trentwood aluminum 
facility.

0
3. Section 52.2475 is amended by adding paragraph (e) (3) (i) to read 
as follows:


Sec.  52.2475  Approval of plans.

    (e) * * *
    (3) Spokane.
    (i) EPA approves as a revision to the Washington State 
Implementation Plan, the Spokane County PM10 Nonattainment Area Limited 
Maintenance Plan adopted by the Spokane Regional Clean Air Authority on 
November 17, 2004, and adopted and submitted by the Washington 
Department of Ecology on November 30, 2004.
* * * * *

PART 81--[AMENDED]

0
1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

0
2. In Sec.  81.348, the table entitled ``Washington PM-10'' is amended 
by revising the entry for ``Spokane County'' to read as follows:


Sec.  81.348  Washington.

* * * * *

                                                                    Washington--PM10
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                                                                Designation                                         Classification area
             Designated area             ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Date                        Type                        Date                        Type
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 * * * * * * *                                8/30/05  Attainment...............................
Spokane County: The area bounded on the
 south by a line from Universal
 Transmercator (UTM) coordinate
 489000mE, 5271000mN west to 458000mE,
 5271000mN, thence north along a line to
 coordinate 458000mE, 5288000mN, thence
 east to 463000mE, 5288000mN, thence
 north to 463000mE, 5292000mN, thence
 east to 481000mE, 5292000mN, thence
 south to 481000mE, 5288000mN, thence
 east to 489000mE, 5288000mN, thence
 south to the beginning coordinate,
 489000mE, 5271000mN..
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