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                      Modeling Criteria:

        The Keyto Major Reforms forEmissionsTrades


In April 1982 the Environmental Protection Agency published
its interim Emissions Trading Policy Statement (ETPS)  and
accompanying Technical Issues Document ]_/ which proposed
revised policies and streamlined procedures  for approving
"bubbles" and other emissions trades.  This  paper discusses
the policies and procedures applicable to ambient air  quality
modeling requirements for emissions trades and traces
recent changes and trends in applicable decision rules since
the interim policy was issued.

Under ETPS provisions EPA requires bubble trades to demonstrate
ambient equivalence, while offset transactions must demonstrate
ambient improvement.  The ambient equivalence demonstration
generally must be met by conformance with decision rules
which require air quality dispersion modeling.  Although the
interim ETPS provided only broad, general guidance on  applicable
modeling techniques, EPA has subsequently clarified its
position on appropriate ET modeling.

Modeling Requirements Jin the Interim Eraisions Trading  Policy
     \
The interim ETPS authorized exemption of trades of volatile
organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides  (NOx) from any
air quality modeling because of the area-wide (rather  than
localized) ambient impact of these pollutants.  The appropriate
modeling techniques do not exist for predicting the area-wide
ambient impact of a VOC or NOx source.  Instead, for VOC and
NOx trades an equivalent quantity of emissions reduction is
required for each emissions increase.

Ambient modeling is more practical for trades involving
particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO) or sulfur
dioxide (S0£).  For trades of these pollutants the degree
of required modeling is linked to the likely ambient impact
of the proposed trade.  Certain trades may be exempt from
modeling; some may require only limited modeling; and  others
would need full-scale dispersion modeling.

Trades  would generally be exempt from modeling under the
original ETPS if they conformed to the following "Level I"
criteria:
 - there is no net increase in applicable baseline emissions; •
 - the trading sources are within 250 meters of each other; and
 - no increase in emissions occurs at the source with  the lower
   effective plume height.
NOTE:  The views expressed in this paper are thb's~e': of "the", author-•
       and not those of EPA or any other government e'ntityV

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For Level I transactions EPA has assumed that "pound for pound"
trades will produce ambient effects equivalent to those which
would exist with current baseline emission levels.

Trades could alternatively be based on "Level II" criteria
requiring only limited modeling, i.e., modeling limited to
only the sources involved in the trade, without considering
background concentrations or emissions from other sources in
the area.  Under the original ETPS these trades could be
approved without further modeling if there were no net increase
in applicable baseline emissions and the modeling results
demonstrated no significant ambient impact at the post-trade
receptor of maximum predicted concentration.  A significant
impact was defined as an increase of more than 10 ug/m3
over a 24 hour period for PM, 13 ug/m3 (24 hour) for S02,
or 575 ug/m3 (8 hour) for CO.

If modeled changes in concentrations were less than the relevant
significance value, the trade could have been approved.  If
any modeled changes were greater than the significance value,
then more sophisticated modeling -- generally full-scale,
site-specific modeling, looking at the impacts on ambient
concentration of all sources in the area and not just those
involved in the trade -- was required to be carried out to
determine whether the trade would create new ambient violations
or prevent the planned removal of existing violations.

Likewise, if applicable baseline emissions would have increased
as a result of the trade or if the trade did not meet Level II
criteria or fall into any other exemption category (e.g.,
VOC/NOx trades or Level I trades), then full-scale dispersion
modeling would have been required.

The considerations indicated above applied to EPA evaluation
of trades processed as site-specific State Implementation Plan
(SIP) revisions.  Additional considerations (regarding
"replicability") applied to Level II trades proposed to be
approved without case-by-case EPA evaluation under state
generic emissions trading rules.  Emission points involved
in a trade under a generic rule must be modeled in a pre-
described replicable manner. To limit variability in modeling
results, the generic rule must specify the models and modeling
techniques that will be used in particular situations as
well as procedures for selecting input data.  The models,
techniques and procedures must be sufficiently defined to
assure that trades which meet the terms of the generic rule
will not create new ambient violations or interfere with the
removal of existing violations.

The modeling criteria for both EPA-approved trades and state
generic rules have been modified since the interim ETPS was
issued in April 1982.  These modifications will be addressed
below -- after a brief explanation of the rationale for Level
II significance values.

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Rationale forLevel IISignificance Values

The general reationale for this three-tiered modeling approach
is that where a change in SIP emission limits  is  likely  to
produce changes in ambient concentrations which are so small
as to be irrelevant for air quality planning purposes, the
source should be exempted from otherwise applicable full-scale
air quality modeling requirements.  The Court  in  Alabama
Power £/ expressly confirmed EPA's authority to identify
de minimis changes in emission levels or ambient  concentrations
below which there is no practical value in conducting detailed,
site-specific, full-scale modeling of the effects of all
sources in the area.  This logic was incorporated in the de
minimis provisions of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(PSD) and New Source Review (NSR) regulations  promulgated by
EPA on August 7, 1980. I/

The Level II significance values are nearly equivalent to
(but even lower than) the ambient "design values" used by EPA
to derive de minimis emissions levels (25 tons per year  PM
and 40 tpy SC>2) under the NSR regulations, providing a
threshold level below which there is no practical value  in
conducting an extensive PSD review. A/ The "design values"
-- or the comparable Level II significance values -- can be
considered de minimis ambient values analagous to the NSR
de minimis emission levels which in fact were  derived from
those ambient values. JL/

To be internally consistent, an air pollution  control policy
or regulation which includes de minimis emissions levels of
25 and 40 tpy probably should include de minimis  ambient
levels equivalent to the Level II values.  Although lower
significance values are used under the Emissions Offset Ruling,
SL/ there is no better empirical justification  for use of
those values than for the ETPS Level II values.  Moreover,
the lower Offset Ruling values are used in conjunction with
new sources (or major modifications) which will increase overall
emissions.  In contrast, Level II review for emissions trades
pertains only to trades between existing sources which will
not produce any increase in baseline emissions.

Subsequent Changes in ET Modeling Requirements

The interim ETPS was a proposal, but was made  immediately
effective.  This seeming contradiction was intended to allow
firms and states to submit bubbles and generic rules to EPA
for review and approval while the Agency continued to accept
public comment on the ETPS provisions.  Based  on  EPA experience
with bubble applications, and in response to comments and
questions on the interim ETPS, EPA decided on  a mid-course
correction to revise and clarify various ET modeling requirements,
An EPA headquarters memorandum in February 1983 Z/  identified
and requested immediate implementation of these changes  in
order to ensure continued air quality equivalence of trades.

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Specifically, EPA refined the three-tiered modeling screen to
make  clear  that Level I trades (i.e., no modeling required)
would be prohibited:  (1) in complex terrain, (2) for open
dust  sources, and (3) if stacks with increasing emissions
are not at  least of good engineering practice  (GEP) to prevent
downwash, since the Level I assumption -- that overall emission
equivalence equalled  ambient equivalence -- was questionable
in these circumstances.

However, trades between fugitive process and stack sources --
as well as more conventional trades between stacks -- could
still be evaluated under Level I as long as the maximum
distance between any  emitting sources was less than 250
meters and all other  Level I criteria were met.

The Level II procedures were revised in two ways.  First,
EPA would require Level II tests for all averaging periods
consistent with appropriate air quality standards, not just
the short-term standards.  The following significance values
were set for these averaging periods:

       10 ug/m3 for any 24 hour period for PM
        5   "      "    annual       "     PM
       13          "    24 hour      "     S02
       46   "      "     3 hour      "     S02
        3   "      "    annual       "     SC»2
      575   "      "     8 hour      "     CO
     2300   "      "     1 hour      "     CO


Table 1 compares these significance levels to National Ambient
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), PSD increments and other analogous
increments.

Second, EPA would require that Level II trades demonstrate
no significant air quality impact at any receptor on ajiy day.
A refined model (e.g., CRSTER or ISC) must be used with a full
year's worth of meteorological data.  This "daily, temporal,
spatial delta analysis", i.e., looking at daily concentration
changes at every receptor, must be done for each relevant
time period noted above.  This requirement was adopted even
though EPA modeling experience had shown there was a very
low statistical probability that the date and location of a
maximum ambient change from a .bubble trade would coincide
with the time and place of the maximum ambient air quality
impact of other sources in the area.

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 The  Agency  also  identified  a  new alternative  modeling approach
 in lieu  of  full-scale  modeling.   If a trade  "failed"  the Level
 II test  at  some  receptors,  EPA could still approve a  trade
 which  used, limited  Level  III  modeling,  looking only at the
 geographical  area containing  those  receptors, but would
 require  that  all sources  contributing to ambient concentrations
 at those  receptors  (not  all receptors in the  area) be modeled.

 These  changes  to the ET modeling requirements, especially for
 Level  II, were made to avoid  confusion in policy interpretation
 by identifying clear decision rules  for trade approvals.  While
 they made the  Level II test more stringent than the interim
 ETPS,  undoubtedly causing many  more trades to require additional
 modeling  analysis,  they were  also felt  to reflect-ambient air
 quality  impacts  more accurately  and therefore to conform better
 to the rationale for the  three-tiered modeling screen.  Incidental
 stringency  was felt to be somewhat  mitigated  both by  the new
 availability  of  limited Level III modeling for receptor days
 which  exceeded the  significance  levels,  and  by the fact that
 the  Level II  "net modeling" techniques  could  be readily carried
 out  using refined air  quality  models, thus easing and expediting
 the  development  and review  of  emissions  trades.  (See "Appropriately
 Determining the  Net Air Quality  Impact  of Emission Alterations
 in a Regulatory  Context", JAPCA,  April  1982). !/


 Potential New  Modeling Requirements  and  Exemptions

 In response to comments  received  on the  interim ETPS  and in
 light  of  experience reviewing  actual bubble  applications, EPA
 is currently considering  additional  changes  to ET modeling
 requirements and exemptions.

 The  final ETPS will incorporate  the  changes  identified above
 made in February 1983.   It  also  appears  the  final ETPS will say
 that if a Level  II  analysis predicts any increase in  ambient
 concentrations in a PSD Class  I  area/ then full-scale dispersion
 modeling must  be carried  out  at  least for the Class'I receptors,
 since  Level II significance levels  are  not sufficient to assure
 a  Class  I increment will  not  be  breached.

 In addition there may  well  be  a  new modeling  exemption category
 based  on  de minimis emission  rates.   If  a trade did not increase
 actual emissions, the  trade could be exempt  from modeling if the
 emissions increases, looking  only at the increasing sources (and
 recognizing that there would  be  counter-balancing emissions
.decreases), are  less than 25  tpy  PM, 40  tpy SC>2 or 100 tpy CO.
 The  exemption  rationale is  that:  trades  shifting less than de
 minimis emission amounts  are  unlikely to have ambient effects
 greater than the Level II significance  values.

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Bubble Modeling Experience

Prior to the interim ETPS all bubble trades were essentially
reviewed by EPA as individual SIP revisions.  EPA was able to
exercise considerable discretion in determining whether an
alternative emission limit should be approved.

For many "pre-ETPS" bubbles, i.e., bubbles submitted to EPA
prior to April 1982, a net decrease in emissions was reflected
in modeled predictions of improved ambient air quality at all
receptors.  In other cases, model results predicted improve-
ments at some receptors and degradations at other receptors.
In nearly all cases predicted degradations were small (less
than 5 ug/m^) and were greatly outweighed by predicted
improvements in air quality at other receptors.  In one
case, there was a very large predicted increase (57 ug/m^)
at one receptor, but there also were simultaneous improvements
at other receptors, (including a 129 ug/ra^ improvement),
and there were no predicted NAAQS violations.

The interim ETPS set forth more specific categories of trades
and criteria for bubble approvals.  Later EPA policy clarifi-
cations and revisions served to further define the appropriate
decision rules.  Table 2 identifies the modeling and principal
criteria applied to EPA-approved bubble trades for S02 and
PM from 1981 through 1983. 2/ (the VOC bubble trades approved
by EPA did not require modeling.)

Summary information on models used for EPA-approved bubbles
is presented in Table 3.  Half (six of eleven) of the SC>2
trades and one-quarter (four of sixteen) of the PM trades
met Level I criteria and did not require modeling.  CRSTER
was used for seven of sixteen modeled trades, ISC for four
of the sixteen, and RAM for two trades.  Three other models
were used for the three remaining modeled trades.

Of the four Level II trades (two for PM & two for 803) •; two were
approved based on the original ETPS criteria (looking only at
the point of maximum concentration, after the trade).  The other
two were approved based on the revised criteria (looking at
daily changes at all receptors).  The ISC model was used for
three of these four trades; CRSTER has. not yet been used for
any of the trades meeting the revised Level II criteria.

Clearly the bubble approval criteria have evolved toward
greater specificity and consistency, affording firms and
control agencies greater certainty about the approvability
of a trade while ensuring the public that air quality remains
protected.

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                           Table 2
         Air Quality Modelingfor SO? and PM Bubbles *
                  (In order of EPA approval)
Company
                         Principal
Pollutant  Model Used  Approval Criteria
Narragansett Elec.  S02
Providence, RI
Kentucky Utilities  SC>2
Muhlenberg, KY
Armco Inc.
Middletown, OH
Corning Glass
Danville, KY
  PM
Andre's Greenhouse  S02
Doyleston, PA

ITT Rayonier        PM
Jesup, GA
Nat1 1 Distillers    PM
Woodford Co.,  KY
3M                  PM"
Guin, AL

Uni royal       '     SC>2
Naugatuck, CT

General Motors      PM
Defiance Co., OH
Shenango            PM
Allegheny Co. , PA
  PM
CRSTER      Modeled concentrations
            predicted to be
            below NAAQS

CRSTER      Modeled concentrations
            predicted to be
            below NAAQS

COM         Full scale modeled
            demonstration of attain-
            ment where none
            previously existed

none        Pre-ETPS Level I
           CRSTER      Predicted concentrations
                       were below NAAQS, with
                       a net allowable
                       emissions decrease

           CRSTER      Reduction in max. annual
                       & 24 hr. concentrations;
                       no NAAQS violation

           PTMAX       Predicted maxima less
                       than NAAQS

           none        "Pre-ETPS" Level I
RAM         Predicted maxima less
            than NAAQS; and overall
            net concentration decrease

ISC         Demonstration of attain-
            ment where none
            previously existed

CRSTER      Predicted maxima less
            than NAAQS; and reduction
            in concentration at
            max. point
                              * As of March 1 , 1984

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Owens-Corning       PM
Newark, OH
Burlington Elec.    S02
Burlington, VT

Progressive Foundry PM
Perry , IA

Tampa Electric      S02
Tampa, FL

General Portland    PM
Tampa, Fl

National Steel      PM
Weirton, WV
US Steel            PM
Fairless Hills, PA
US Steel
Homestead, PA
Scott .Paper
Chester, PA
S02
S02
Arbogast & Bastian  S0£
Allentown, PA

J.H. Thompson       S02
Kennett Square, PA

Bethlehem Steel     PM
Bethlehem, PA

US Steel            S02
Fairless Hills, PA

Toledo Edison       PM
Toledo, OH

DuPont              PM
Kins ton, NC
         RAM



         none


         none


         CRSTER


         CRSTER


         ISC



         none
Valley/
LONGZ
none
         none
         none
         none
         ISC
         none
         ISC
             Predicted improvements
             in annual maxima at
             all receptors

             Level I
             Level I
             Predicted conc'ns
             less than NAAQS

             Predicted improvement
             in ambient conc'ns

             Level II; looking
             only at the point of
             maximum concentration

             Level I
Level II -- looking
only at the point of
maximum concentration

Level I
             Level I
             Level I
             Level I
             Level II — looking
             at all receptors

             Level I
             Level II — looking
             at all receptors

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                             Table 3



      Summary of Models Used for EPA-Approved Bubble Trades





     Number of bubbles for which a particular model was used:
           CRSTER   ISC   RAH    COM   Valley  PTMAX  None
     PM
     S02
4
3
3
1
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
4
' 6
15
11
     Number of Level II bubble trades conforming to:
PM






S02
Original ETPS Criteria
(No significant impact
at maximum point)
1 - ISC
1 - Valley
Revised Criteria
(No significant impact
at any receptor)
1 - ISC
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1 - ISC

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 Modeling Requirements Under Generic ET Rules


While pre-ETPS bubbles were all SIP revisions, more recent
ones have often been approved under state generic ET rules.
Once the generic rules are approved by EPA, the  individual
bubbles do not require EPA review.  In general,  under the
April 1982 ETPS the same modeling requirements and exemptions
apply to trades evaluated under state generic ET rules as
to trades reviewed by EPA as revisions to the SIP.  As
indicated above, any ambient air quality review  procedures
under generic rules must be replicable, with "replicability"
generally meaning that in the state regulation "specific
modeling procedures are prescribed and that states have
appropriately defined their choice of models, model inputs,
and modeling techniques in applying these procedures to
specific trades." IP./

The interim ETPS identified a de minirais emission category
under which trades of PM, SC>2, or CO could be exempt from
SIP revisions under EPA-approved generic rules.  For these
trades there must be no net increase in baseline emissions
and the sum of the emissions increases, looking  only at the
increasing sources, must total less than 100 tpy.

In a footnote the ETPS stated that "these trades are still
subject to ambient tests.  They should accordingly be evaluated
by the state under the modeling screen or an equivalent
approach." jj_/ The final ETPS appears likely to  conform
these requirements to NSR de minirais levels of 25 tpy for
PM, 40 tpy for S0£, and 100 tpy for CO.  Using these values
would also ensure internal consistency in the ETPS by including
de minirais emission levels that correspond to the "de rainimis"
ambient values under Level II.  [See above discussion on the
rationale for Level II significance values.]

Since the de minimis emission limits for PM and  S02 are likely
to be more stringent (i.e., changing from 100 tpy to 25 and
40 tpy respectively), the ETPS (footnote #7) requirement for
modeling de minimis trades will probably be dropped.

Other generic ET modeling provisions can be approved (as part
of the SIP), where they can be demonstrated to protect ambient
standards and PSD increments with sufficient replicability to
satisfy Section 110 (i) of the Clean Air Act.

The experience to date with air quality modeling requirements
under generic ET rules is limited but growing.   Of eleven
generic bubble rules approved or proposed for approval by EPA
as of March 1984, seven are limited to VOC and therefore have
no modeling requirements.  Some states are first developing
VOC (non-modeling) trading rules before tackling PM and 803
modeling requirements.

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                           Table 4
   EPA-Approved or




State
NJ

NJ

CT

MA

MA
PA

KY



NC

SC

OR

RI


EPA
Approval
Status

Approved
4/6/81
Approved
7/8/83
Approved
6/7/82
Approved
3/29/82
Proposed
Approved
1/19/83
Proposed
6/28/82


Approved
7/26/82
Approved
9/3/82
Approved
8/13/82
Approved
7/6/83
(As of
Pollutant



VOC

S02

VOC

VOC

VOC
VOC

VOC.PM
S02 ,CO
NOx.Pb

VOC

VOC , PM
S02
VOC , PM
S02
VOC

March 1984)
V-I-.H-IUUL.L *"* .,-, ,„„',„,
Exemptions Level II
from EPA
Review

All VOC trades

"Level I"

All VOC trades

VOC surface
coating trades
All VOC trades
Two VOC source
types
All VOC, NOx,
De minirais ,
Level I & II
trades
All VOC trades

All VOC, &
Level I trades
Trades under
100 tpy
VOC surface
coating trades
in Rule?


N/A

No
•
N/A

N/A

N/A
N/A

Yes*



N/A

No
,»*
Yes **

N/A

. * Final rule being reviewed by EPA, which may disapprove
   Kentucky's Level II modeling as a generic  rule provision.

** Level II reviews would not be exempt  from  EPA review
   unless under 100 tpy.

 Note: EPA has proposed to approve a generic  rule for Maine,
       but the State has decided not to  adopt a final rule.

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All other generic  rules  include modeling  exemptions  at  least
comparable to Level  I.   Table A summarizes  these  generic
rules' categories  for trades  exempt  from  EPA  review.

New Jersey has adopted and  EPA  has approved 1 2/ generic
rules  for both VOC and SC>2, the latter  being  a  creative
alternative  to the ETPS  criteria.  Instead  of adopting  Level
I criteria,  New Jersey provides a graphical relationship
between emissions, flow  rates,  and stack  separation  to  determine
if a potential trade can be exempt from modeling  (and thereby
exempt from  a SIP  revision).

Only one generic bubble  rule  (Kentucky's) includes a Level
II category  that would potentially exempt those trades  from
EPA review as SIP  revisions.  Kentucky's  generic  rule has
been proposed but  not yet  approved by EPA 1A/,  and EPA  is
not likely to approve the  rule  unless Kentucky  identifies
and adopts specific, replicable ET modeling procedures.

Some other states  are developing generic  ET rules with  a
Level  II category, but generally would  still  require that
those  trades be submitted  to  EPA for review and approval.
Interestingly, some of these  rules use  different, more  stringent,
Level  II significance values  than those in EPA's  policy.

In June 1983 Illinois adopted a generic ET  rule which includes
Level  II modeling  (using the Offset Ruling significance levels).
EPA has not yet taken any proposal or approval  action on the
Illinois rule.

Pennsylvania is developing a multi-pollutant  generic rule in
addition to  its current  VOC bubble rule (which  is limited to
only two source categories).  Although  less advanced than
Kentucky in  adopting its new generic rule, Pennsylvania is
farther advanced in including Level II  modeling methods which
EPA is likely to approve.  EPA  has also been  assisting Georgia
to identify  replicable Level II modeling methodology, in order
for the Georgia generic  ET rule to be approvable.


Finally, certain other trades can not be approved under generic
rules.  EPA's February 1983 "Technical  Clarifications" memo
noted that trades  involving open dust sources or  trades in
complex terrain are very difficult to model in a  replicable
manner because of  the numerous  case-specific  judgments  regarding
emission factors or terrain effects, and therefore cannot be
exempted from SIP  revisions.

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Conclusions


1. In implementing its Emissions Trading Policy Statement,
   EPA for the first time has focused on certain decision
   rules for emissions trades.  Previously vague requirements
   have been clarified, so that Level II criteria for approving
   trades now provide clear decision rules for determining
   "ambient equivalence".

2. Because Level II modeling must now predict changes in
   concentration at all receptors for all averaging times
   (even though the predicted concentration changes are
   unlikely to occur at the same time when other sources are
   contributing to the highest ambient concentrations), the
   revised Level II decision rules are very conservative,
   i.e., air quality protective.

3. Clear, consistent decision rules let companies know whether
   specific emissions trades are approvable, and companies
   have been able to develop approvable bubbles under the
   revised Level I and II criteria.

4. Clear, consistent decision rules also let states know what
   kinds of generic emissions trading rules can be approved
   by EPA, thereby exempting certain trades from EPA review.
   Generic rules limited to VOC or to modeling exemption
   categories for other pollutants have been roost readily
   adopted.

5. The current criteria and decision rules still do not get
   to the issue of whether a "significant" predicted degradation
   at a receptor should sometimes be tolerated -- if on
   balance there is a net air quality improvement.   There
   are many ways to define and to determine a net air quality
   benefit, including use of the daily, spatial and temporal
   analysis currently required under Level II.  Opportunities
   to develop alternative decision criteria should be investigated,

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 Footnotes



 1. 47 Federal Register 15076, April 7, 1982

 2. Alabama Power Co. v. Costle. 636 F.2d 323  (1979)

 3. 45 Federal Register 52676, August 7, 1980

 4. 45 Federal Register 52733, August 7, 1980.  The Level  II  significance
    valuesare the same as the air quality significance values  used
    for determining whether pre-construction monitoring should  be
    required for New Source Review in PSD areas.  EPA  does not  require
    a source to generate pre-construction monitoring data  if  the
    modeled, i.e., predicted, changes in concentration it will  produce
    are less than the significance values.

 5. The first step in developing NSR de tninirais emission rates  was the
    establishment of air quality "design values."  The Administrator
    decided to use 4% of the 24-hour primary NAAQS as  -a design  value
    for PM and S02.  According to the preamble to the  August  7, 1980
    NSR regulations, the design value for PM would be  10.4 ug/m^ and
    the value for SC>2 would be 14.6 ug/ra .

 6. 40 CFR 50, Appendix S

 7. February 17, 1983 memorandum from Sheldon Meyers,  Director, Office
    of Air Quality Planning and Standards to EPA Regional Air Division
    Directors, "Emissions Trading -- Technical Clarifications"'

 8. Youngblood,  Phillip L.,  "Appropriately Determining the Net  Air
    Quality Impact of Emission Alterations in a Regulatory Context",
    Journal oftheAir Pollution Control Association,  April 1982,
    Vol. 32, No. 4, p. 385.

 9. The information was obtained from state submittal  of bubble requests,
    and Fejderal Register approval notices prepared by  EPA.

10. See the Emissions Trading Policy Statement and Technical  Issues
    Document, especially 47  FR 15084, April 7, 1982.

11. 47 FR 15085, April 7, 1982, footnote #7.

12. 48 FR 31398, July 8, 1983

13. 47 FR 27871, June 28, 1982
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