Publication Number 450-P-15-001
February 23, 2015
DRAFT OAR National
Program Manager
Guidance
Office of Air and Radiation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Fiscal Years
2016-2017
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Overview from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer
1. Office of Air and Radiation Introduction 3
2. National Area of Focus: Improving Outdoor Air Quality and Addressing Climate Change 4
2.1 Program Guidance: NAAQS 5
2.2 Program Guidance: Regional Haze 9
2.3 Program Guidance: Title V and New Source Review Permitting 10
2.4 Program Guidance: Ambient Air Monitoring for Criteria Pollutants 12
2.5 Program Guidance: Air Toxics Program Implementation 14
2.6 Program Guidance: Ambient Air Monitoring for Toxics 16
2.7 Program Guidance: Allowance Trading and other Stationary Source Programs 18
2.8 Program Guidance: Mobile Source Programs 20
2.9 Program Guidance: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program 21
2.10 Program Guidance: Climate Partnership Programs 22
2.11 Program Guidance: Clean Power Plan 26
3. National Area of Focus: Improving Indoor Environments
3.1 Program Guidance: Reducing Radon Risk 28
3.2 Program Guidance: Reducing Asthma Triggers 29
3.3 Program Guidance: Comprehensive IAQ Interventions 31
4. National Area of Focus: Radiation Protection 33
4.1 Program Guidance: Radiation Protection 34
4.2 Program Guidance: Radiation Emergency Response Preparedness 35
4.3 Program Guidance: Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery 36
5. National Area of Focus: Tribal Programs 37
5.1 Program Guidance: Improving Outdoor Air Quality and Addressing Climate
Change in Indian Country
5.2 Program Guidance: Improving Indoor Environments in Indian Country 40
5.3 Program Guidance: Addressing Radiation Protection in Indian Country 41
Appendix A Performance Measures
Appendix B Effective Use and Distribution of STAG Funds
Appendix C State and Local Agency Activities and Tribal Activities
Appendix D Points of Contact for More Information
Appendix E Key Changes in FY 2016-2017 OAR NPM Guidance
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Office of Air and Radiation
FY 2016-2017 National Program Manager Guidance
Overview from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer
The EPA Overview to the NPM Guidances communicates agency-wide information as well as
other applicable requirements critical to effective implementation of EPA's environmental
programs for FY 2016 and 2017 and should be reviewed in conjunction with this Guidance. The
Overview is available at: http://www2.epa.gov/planandbudget/national-program-manager-
guidances.
1. Office of Air and Radiation Introduction
The Office of Air and Radiation's National Program Manager Guidance identifies key activities
expected to be undertaken by EPA Headquarters (HQ) and Regional offices and implementing
air agencies1 in national areas of focus during FY 2016 and 2017. The associated grant guidance
provides information on the State and Tribal Grant program (STAG). Together they provide the
basis for negotiations between HQ and regions and between regions and air agencies as to
resource allocation and expected performance. Specific expectations and deliverables will be
established through negotiations in grant agreements between regions and air agencies and
OAR encourages air agencies to engage EPA on activities where there may be opportunities for
flexibility. As part of the new two-year cycle for the NPM Guidance process, in summer 2014,
OAR provided an opportunity to national, state, local, and tribal air, public health, and radiation
associations for early input to the development of the Guidance. This document reflects that
input and is summarized at: http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-
11/documents/oar summary of engagement fyl6-17.pdf.
The OAR NPM Guidance is a guide and not a comprehensive compendium of activities and
requirements—other requirements exist through laws, regulations, court orders, delegation
agreements, etc. Additionally, there may be other activities appropriate to include in particular
grant agreements negotiated by an EPA region and implementing air agencies not specifically
listed in this document.
The Guidance reflects the highest priority work related to meeting statutory, regulatory, and
court-ordered requirements. Regions and air agencies are encouraged to use the established
work-planning process to provide flexibility and tailor work expectations and resource
allocations to meet local circumstances, as long as priority work continues. And, if there are not
adequate resources to carry out all of the necessary work, regions will work with air agencies to
prioritize activities and agree on the level of effort for each, relative to its environmental
benefit. OAR recognizes that there will not be enough resources to do everything and that not
all programs and requirements apply in the same way everywhere. Recognizing that things can
1 Air Agencies are defined in this document as state, tribal, or local air pollution control agencies
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change during the course of a year due to court decisions, state or federal legislative action,
budget issues, or other events, as necessary and appropriate, EPA is prepared to work with air
agencies to adjust resources to meet changing priorities. The air program is also committed to
working collaboratively with states, tribes, and local agencies to resolve issues that may arise
during the course of work planning.
Activities in this guidance encompass activities envisioned in FY 2016 and 2017 and may carry
forward to future years. Out-year activities are included in this guidance to inform air agencies
of future work to assist with planning. Regions and air agencies should work closely to
determine the suite of activities appropriate for grant agreements.
2. National Area of Focus: Improving Outdoor Air Quality and Addressing
Climate Change
Description: This section addresses attaining and maintaining the National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS), improving visibility, reducing the risks from air toxics, and mitigating and
adapting to a changing climate.
Activities: Major areas of activity are listed below and detailed in the Program Guidance
sections that follow.
1. NAAQS-related activities including designations and State Implementation Plans (SIPs)
2. Regional haze program implementation activities
3. Title V and New Source Review permitting activities
4. Ambient air monitoring for criteria pollutants
5. Air toxics program implementation activities
6. Ambient air monitoring for air toxics
7. Allowance trading and other stationary source programs
8. Mobile source programs
9. Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
10. ENERGY STAR, SmartWay, and other partnership programs
11. Clean Power Plan implementation activities
Measures: Appendix A contains 44 measures related to Improving Outdoor Air Quality and
Addressing Climate Change; 32 are managed by the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
and are prefixed with 'OAQPS;' 9 are managed by the Office of Transportation and Air Quality
and are prefixed with 'OTAQ;' and 3 are managed by the Office of Atmospheric Programs and
are prefixed with 'OAP.'
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2.1 Program Guidance: NAAQS
2.1.1 Description: In FY 2016 and 2017, EPA will work with air agencies to achieve and
maintain compliance with the NAAQS, including the ozone standards established in 2008, 1997,
and 1979; Plvh.s standards established in 2012, 2006, and 1997; the 1987 PMio standard; the
2008 lead standard; the 2010 N02 standard; the 1971 CO standard; and the 2010 and 1971 S02
standards. For FY 2016 and 2017, EPA is also anticipating the needs of air agencies to achieve
and maintain compliance with any potentially revised ozone NAAQS. Additionally, EPA will
continue its periodic reviews of the NAAQS as required by the CAA, including completing its
review of the 2008 ozone NAAQS by October 1, 2015. EPA also expects to complete its review
of the 2008 lead NAAQS in 2015.
EPA will continue to work closely with air agencies on all aspects of implementing the NAAQS.
EPA also will work with air agencies to continue implementing the January 2014 NACAA-ECOS-
EPA SIP Reform Workgroup Commitments and Best Practices for Addressing the SIP Backlog.
2.1.2 HQ Activities
2.1.2.1 Guidance/Rulemaking
1. In consultation with air agencies, complete SIP requirements rule and any additional
guidance for implementing the 2012, 2006, and 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS.
2. In consultation with air agencies, develop any rulemaking(s) and additional guidance for
implementing any potentially revised ozone NAAQS.
3. In consultation with air agencies, develop rules, guidance, and technical support for
implementing the good neighbor provision of the Clean Air Act for air pollutants for
which interstate transport is a concern.
4. With input and consultation from tribes, develop guidance for tribes to assist them with
developing NAAQS designation recommendations, Class I re-designations, and Tribal
Implementation Plans (TIP), and with implementing new source review.
5. Support residential wood smoke control measures and program implementation.
6. In consultation with stakeholders, revise EPA's Air Pollution Control Cost Manual.
2.1.2.2 Designations
1. Work with regions to review state recommendations for area designations and
boundaries for the potentially revised ozone NAAQS, and, if necessary, develop EPA's
preliminary designations decisions; prepare and send "120-day letters" communicating
EPA's preliminary decisions to states and tribes; review and assess public and state
comments on EPA's preliminary designations decisions; prepare final designations
technical support documents and final letters to Governors; prepare final Federal
Register notice and Part 81 tables; and, provide relevant documents to the rulemaking
docket.
2. Work with regions to finalize area designations for remaining areas for the 2012 PIVh.s
NAAQS, including preparing and sending "120-day letters" as appropriate; developing
final technical support documents; final Governor's letters; and the final Federal
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Register notice with updated Part 81 tables for these areas; and, provide relevant
documents to the rulemaking docket.
3. Work with appropriate regions to prepare final designations decisions for the 2010
NAAQS.
4. Work with regions to assist states with developing SCh data submission plans and area
designations recommendations pursuant to the requirements of the final SCh Data
Requirements Rule.
2.1.2.3 Other
1. Continue development of draft Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)
emissions estimation methodologies and associated implementation tools for CAFO
owners/operators.
2. Conduct outreach and education on CAFO air emission issues.
3. Support the Emissions Inventory System (EIS), complete the 2014 National Emissions
Inventory (NEI), and support initial work on the 2017 NEI. For an overview for
completing the 2014 NEI see:
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/net/2014nei files/2014 nei plan.pdf.
4. Release and review the 2014 Modeling Platform, including future-year emission
projections.
5. Work with air agencies participating in the Ozone Advance and PM Advance programs.
6. Engage air agencies as early as is practical in guidance and regulation development
processes.
7. Provide and promote training opportunities in support of NAAQS implementation
through use of the Air Pollution Training Institute (APTI) learning management system.
8. Update APTI courses and develop relevant e-learning courses in consultation with air
agencies.
9. Develop tools and guidance for underserved, minority, low-income, and indigenous
communities to build capacity to engage in air quality issues such as permitting.
10. Continue working with states to identify further opportunities to streamline the SIP
process as framed in the January 2014 NACAA-ECOS-EPA SIP Reform Workgroup
Commitments and Best Practices for Addressing the SIP Backlog.
11. Work with regions to implement strategies that will reduce the SIP backlog.
12. Work with regions and air agencies on implementation issues related to NAAQS
infrastructure SIPs.
13. Work with regions and air agencies on SIP revisions required by the Startup-Shutdown-
Malfunction (SSM) SIP Call rulemaking.
14. Work with regions to address issues associated with ongoing implementation efforts for
the 2008 ozone NAAQS, 2006 and 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, and 2010 S02 NAAQS, including
processing redesignation requests and Clean Data Determination actions for
nonattainment areas for these NAAQS, reclassification actions for the 2008 ozone
NAAQS for Marginal areas that do not attain in 2015, and reclassification actions for
certain areas designated nonattainment for the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS as
needed. Work with regions and air agencies to clarify air quality management authority
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for non-reservation tribal lands. See:
http://www.epa.gov/air/tribal/tas indian tribes.html.
2.1.3 Regional Office Activities
2.1.3.1 Designations
1. Review state recommendations for area designations and boundaries for a potentially
revised ozone NAAQS; if necessary, develop EPA's preliminary designations decisions in
coordination with HQ, and prepare and send "120-day letters" communicating EPA's
preliminary decisions to states and tribes; and, prepare supporting documents for final
decisions which may include action on exceptional events demonstrations.
2. Work with HQ to finalize area designations for remaining areas for the 2012 PIVh.s
NAAQS, including preparing and sending 120-day letters as appropriate and developing
supporting documents for final decisions which may include action on exceptional
events demonstrations.
3. Work with HQ to prepare final area designations decisions for the 2010 S02 NAAQS as
directed by court order, including preparing documents necessary to support final
decisions.
4. Assist states with the development of S02 data submission plans and area designations
recommendations pursuant to the requirements of the final S02 Data Requirements
Rule.
2.1.3.2 SIPs
1. Assist states in developing attainment plans for the 2008 ozone NAAQS, 2008 lead
NAAQS, and 2010 S02 NAAQS, and 2006 and 2012 Plvh.s NAAQS. Review and take action
on these SIPs within established timeframes. (N33)
2. Work with states to develop infrastructure SIPs for the 2012 Plvh.s NAAQS.
3. Review and take action on ozone, N02, Pb, and S02 infrastructure SIPs within 18
months. Meet any FIP obligations stemming from failure to submit infrastructure SIPs or
disapproval of such SIPs.
4. Assist states that wish to develop SIP revisions to remove state rules requiring Stage II
gasoline vapor recovery programs.
5. Process, review, and publish for public review and comment submitted SIP revisions.
6. Assist states in the revision of startup, shutdown, and malfunction regulations, as
appropriate.
7. Take final rulemaking actions on any remaining 1997 and 2006 PIVh.s and 1997 8-hr
ozone NAAQS SIP submittals.
8. Work to reduce backlogged SIP submissions in accordance with agency performance
measures and the four-year plans negotiated with the states.
2.1.3.3 Other
1. Take final rulemaking action as expeditiously as practical, but not later than 18 months
of receipt of any redesignation request.
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2. Issue attainment determination actions and Clean Data Determinations for the 1997 and
2008 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas, and the 2006 PIVh.s nonattainment areas.
3. Support the EIS, complete the 2014 NEI, and support initial work on the 2017 NEI.
4. Assist air agencies in conducting air quality reporting and forecasting.
5. Assist air agencies in developing and/or beginning implementation of innovative and
voluntary emission reduction projects, particularly local programs to help achieve
attainment of 2008 ozone NAAQS and the 2012 PIVh.s NAAQS. These programs include,
but are not limited to, the Ozone and PM Advance programs and strategies to control
emissions from wood smoke. (N31)
6. Engage air agencies as early as possible in guidance and regulation development
processes.
7. Assist with outreach and capacity building for underserved, minority, low-income, and
indigenous communities to improve understanding of and engagement in regulatory
and permitting processes.
8. Assist air agencies in implementation of the PIVh.s SIP Requirements Rule and SCh-
related requirements.
9. Assist states and tribes with clarifying air quality management authority for non-
reservation tribal lands.
2.1.4 Expected State and Local Agency Activities
2.1.4.1 SI Ps
1. Develop and submit SIP revisions, if desired, to remove active Stage II gasoline vapor
recovery programs.
2. Develop and submit infrastructure SIPs for the 2012 Plvh.s NAAQS, the 2008 ozone
NAAQS, 2010 N02 NAAQS, 2008 Pb NAAQS, and 2010 S02 NAAQS, if not yet submitted.
3. Conduct S02 air quality planning, including the development and submittal of
attainment demonstration SIPs as necessary, in accordance with EPA rules and
guidance, including the final S02 Data Requirements Rule.
4. Develop and submit attainment demonstration SIPs for 2008 ozone NAAQS.
5. Develop attainment plans for the 2012 PIVb.s NAAQS and for areas reclassified to Serious
for the 1997 or 2006 Plvh.s NAAQS.
6. For affected states, submit SIP revisions to revise startup, shutdown or malfunction
(SSM) provisions per final SIP call.
2.1.4.2 Designations
1. Provide comments, as necessary, regarding potential area designations and boundaries
for a potentially revised ozone NAAQS, the 2012 PIVh.s NAAQS, and the 2010 S02 NAAQS
in accordance with relevant EPA guidance and regulations.
2.1.4.3 Other
1. Conduct public notification and education efforts, including reporting air quality
forecasts and current conditions for ozone and particle pollution.
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2. Implement strategies for controlling emissions from wood smoke where it is a
significant contributor to air quality problems, including regulatory and non-regulatory
measures.
3. Submit redesignation requests including maintenance plans for areas with clean data.
4. Continue to implement strategies to attain and maintain the NAAQS in all areas.
5. Prepare to submit data for the 2014 National Emissions Inventory (due December 2015).
6. Respond to EPA comments on data prior to publication, including submission revisions
as needed.
7. Review and comment on the 2014 Modeling Platform, including future-year emissions
projections.
8. Prepare to submit emissions data for the 2015 reporting year Air Emissions Reporting
Requirements (due December 2016).
9. Participants in Ozone and PM Advance will continue to implement and, if necessary,
supplement their actions plans.
10. Work with EPA and tribes, as necessary, to clarify air quality management authority for
non-reservation tribal lands.
2.1.5 Measures: OAQPS N07, N09, N29, N30, N32.
2.2 Program Guidance: Regional Haze
2.2.1 Description: In FY 2016 and 2017, EPA will continue to implement the Regional Haze
program with states and in Indian country. Some states may submit SIP revisions to replace
regional haze Federal Implementation Plans (FIP)s. EPA will continue to collaborate with those
states that are under deadlines to submit 5-year progress reports. In addition, EPA will review
and act on 5-year progress reports that have been submitted to date. EPA will continue to
address the legal actions related to EPA's action on the initial SIP submittals and related
regional haze rulemakings. EPA will proceed with planning activities to support SIP submissions
for the second planning period which will include Regional Haze Rule revisions and/or guidance.
2.2.2 HO Activities
1. Work with regions on issues related to draft and submitted regional haze SIPs intended
to replace FIPs.
2. Assist Regions in reviews of submitted 5-year progress report SIP revisions as required
under 51.308(g) and 51.309(d)(10) in accordance with CAA timelines.
3. Work with regions and air agencies to inform rule changes and new guidance to govern
SIP development for the second Regional Haze planning period.
2.2.3 Regional Office Activities
1. Work with State and Local Agencies on issues related to draft and submitted regional
haze SIPs intended to replace FIPs.
2. Process SIP revisions to ensure that final rulemaking actions on regional haze SIPs are
consistent with CAA requirements and legal deadlines.
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3. Assist states with developing 5-year progress reports as required under 51.308(g) and
51.309(d)(10).
4. Act on submitted 5-year progress report SIP revisions as required under 51.308(g) and
51.309(d)(10) in accordance with CAA timelines.
5. Work with HQ to consult with air agencies to inform SIP development for the second
Regional Haze planning period and on guidance/rulemaking.
2.2.4 Expected State and Local Agency Activities
1. Work on replacing regional haze FIPs with SIPs, at the option of the state.
2. Implement BART and other SIP requirements.
3. Submit 5-year progress reports as required under 51.308(g) for applicable states.
4. Provide input to EPA's Regional Haze Rule revisions and/or guidance for the second
planning period.
2.2.5 Measures: OAQPS N08
2.3 Program Guidance: Title V and New Source Review Permitting
2.3.1 Description: EPA will continue to support the timely issuance of permits by permitting
authorities and respond to citizen's petitions under the Title V operating permits program. EPA
will continue to address compliance monitoring issues when reviewing Title V and New Source
Review (NSR) and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits issued by state, local,
and tribal permitting authorities, and will continue to include monitoring as an element in
program reviews where appropriate. EPA will continue to work with states and tribes to
implement revisions to the PSD requirements and NSR rules, including updates to delegation
agreements for delegated states and review of implementation plan revisions for SIP-approved
states. State and tribal operating permit programs are solely supported through the collection
of permitting fees.
2.3.2 HQ Activities
1. Maintain Title V Operating Permits (TOPS) database.
2. Issue final orders on Title V petitions.
3. Consider regulatory changes to the Title V program rules and implementation guidance
as part of the retrospective review under Executive Order 13563.
4. Initiate work in response to Office of Inspector General Report related to Title V Fees.
See http://www.epa.gov/oig/reports/2014/20141020-15-P-0006.pdf.
5. Provide Technical support to the Regional Offices on Resolution of NSR Applicability
Issues.
6. Coordinate and consult with tribes to implement the federal Indian Country Minor NSR
rule and finalize rulemaking for managing oil and gas sources in Indian country.
7. Work with regions to test, evaluate, and refine draft tools for incorporating EJ
considerations into EPA-issued permits and ensure opportunities for meaningful public
involvement.
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8. Provide training and technical guidance to regions and states/locals.
9. Propose regulatory updates to EPA's Guideline on Air Quality Models published as
Appendix W to 40 CFR Part 51 to address recent short term NAAQS and incorporate
appropriate techniques to address ozone and secondary PIVh.s. In upcoming NAAQS
rules, transitional requirements for PSD permitting will be clarified and supplemented,
as necessary, with the PSD/NSR requirements in the NAAQS implementation rules.
10. Provide updates to AERMOD modeling system, EPA's preferred dispersion model, as
well as updated guidance, training, and support for use in NSR/PSD permitting.
11. Maintain the Tribal NSR Registration Database.
12. Work on GHG regulatory activities to implement the D.C. Circuit's direction on the
Supreme Court decision on GHG permitting.
13. Work on regulatory activities to implement the path forward for treatment of biogenic
C02 emissions as described in the November 19, 2014, memorandum.
14. Assist regional offices in the review of the PSD Permits that include requirements for
GHGs.
2.3.3 Regional Office Activities
1. Review proposed initial, significant modifications and renewal operating permits, as
necessary, to ensure consistent implementation of the Title V program.
2. Update The Title V Operating Permits System (TOPS - working with the states to obtain
the data and then Regions enter the state data into TOPS).
3. Provide appropriate oversight of state permitting programs including conducting Title V
program evaluations.
4. Issue PSD, Nonattainment NSR, Synthetic Minor, Minor Source and Part 71 permits in
Indian country and in states that do not have an approved or delegated program.2
5. Review PSD and Nonattainment NSR permits for new major stationary sources and
major modifications to ensure consistent implementation of the NSR program.
6. Incorporate EJ considerations into permits issued by Regional Offices using draft tools,
assist in evaluating and refining draft tools, and provide opportunities for meaningful
public involvement in accordance with Regional Implementation Plans.
7. Assist air agencies in developing the technical capacity to address GHG emissions in the
permitting of "anyway" sources, consistent with the Supreme Court decision and in
coordination with EPA HQ.
8. Provide training and technical guidance and support to permitting authorities and the
public.
9. Support efforts to build community capacity to engage in the permitting process.
10. Assist permitting authorities with interpreting and implementing Title V and NSR
regulatory provisions.
11. Assist headquarters with program rule and guidance development.
2 The October 2012 memorandum regarding timely processing of PSD permits when EPA or PSD delegated air
agency issues the permit is available at http://www.epa.gov/region7/air/nsr/nsrmemos/timely.pdf.
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12. Recognize the primacy of SIP-approved PSD permitting programs. The agency will
provide adequate oversight and guidance to ensure a level playing field as states/locals
make the various required permitting decisions.
13. Conduct outreach to tribes and sources in Indian country to implement Tribal NSR.
14. Work with headquarters in responding to Title V petitions.
2.3.4 Expected State and Local Agency Activities
1. Provide data in a timely manner on Title V permits to EPA for entry into TOPS.
2. Issue initial permits, significant permit modifications, and renewal Title V permits and
reduce backlog of renewal permits.
3. Participate with EPA in Title V permit program evaluations, set targets to respond to
EPA's evaluation report, and implement recommendations.
4. Issue major NSR PSD permits within one year of making the determination of
completeness.
5. Issue NSR permits consistent with CAA requirements and enter BACT/LAER
determinations in the RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse (RBLC).
6. Provide data in a timely manner on PSD permits issued for new major sources and major
modifications by entering data including "the application accepted date" and "the
permit issuance date" into the RBLC national database.
2.3.5 Measures: OAQPS P06 through P20
2.4 Program Guidance: Ambient Air Monitoring for Criteria Pollutants
2.4.1 Description: EPA will continue working with states and tribes to implement a strategy
that, where appropriate, supports the development and evaluation of multiple pollutant
measurements. This strategy includes changes, where the agency deems necessary, to
effectively and efficiently implement revised NAAQS monitoring requirements for ozone, lead,
sulfur dioxide (SCh), nitrogen dioxide (NCh), carbon monoxide (CO), and particulate matter.
Detailed Ambient Monitoring Guidance is posted on EPA's Ambient Monitoring Technology
Information Center website at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/ under Regulations and
Guidance.
2.4.2 HQ Activities
1. Work with air agencies to implement the near-road monitoring network including
installation of required PM2.5 and CO monitors.
2. Provide technical monitoring support and training for revised NAAQS and NAAQS
reviews that may result in changes to monitoring networks and procedures.
3. Manage the national contracts for filter purchases and the national contracts for
laboratory analysis of filters for speciation and analysis of filters for lead total suspended
particles (TSP) and low volume PMio, including providing data for review by air agencies
and submitting data to the Air Quality System (AQS).
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4. Publish national report on precision and bias performance for gaseous by September
30th of each year.
5. Publish national report on Performance Evaluation Program (PEP) and National
Performance Audit Program (NPAP) findings within two months of each audit and
overall by July 1st of each year.
6. Provide training and technical assistance with the conduct of required ISA's including
the evaluation of PIVh.s gravimetric labs.
7. Review and approve/disapprove requests for Federal Equivalent Methods (FEM) for
continuous PIVh.s methods within 120 days of completed application, and similarly act
on each first request for each Approved Regional Method (ARM).
8. Coordinate the Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations (PAMS) re-engineering
process and share results of auto-GC equipment lab and field testing. Begin
implementation planning with air agencies contingent on final PAMS revisions finalized
in any revisions to the Ozone NAAQS.
9. Conduct national ambient air monitoring conference in 2016.
10. Work with regional office staff, state and local agencies, and tribes on the new AQS data
certification process.
2.4.3 Regional Office Activities
1. Review AQS data quarterly and resolve any timeliness and completeness issues with the
reporting organization. Evaluate submitters' annual data certification requests and
documentation and set appropriate flags in AQS.
2. Review the evidence that state/local monitoring programs meet 40 CFR Part 58
appendices A, C, D, and E as applicable (evidence is a required element in annual
monitoring plans due July 1, unless another schedule has been approved) and seek
corrective action by monitoring agencies where needed.
3. Manage contracts for independent performance audits of state/local monitor networks
(PEP and NPAP) for states/locals choosing that approach to independent audits.
4. Ensure that monitoring sites operated by air agencies for NCore, PM2.5 Speciation
Trends Sites, and PAMS meet applicable regulations and/or guidance and coordinate
with HQ as necessary per CFR that requires Administrator level approval for changes.
5. Review states' annual network plans and act on requests for changes in state/local
monitoring plans within 120 days.
6. Perform Technical Systems Audits on one third of reporting organizations, or as required
to achieve an audit of each monitoring agency within a 3-year period and ensure all
necessary corrective actions are addressed by monitoring agency.
7. Transfer STAG funds to OAQPS for any additional IMPROVE-protocol sites requested by
air agencies annually by March for monitoring to begin/continue for the next year
beginning each July.
8. Act on second and subsequent requests to approve Regional monitoring methods, per
Headquarters guidance. (Approved methods are referred to as Approved Regional
Method, ARMs.)
2.4.4 Expected State and Local Agency Activities
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1. Operate monitors for other NAAQS pollutants, NCore, PM2.5 speciation, and PAMS
according to 40 CFR Part 58, approved monitoring plans, and/or grant agreements
including QMPs and QAPPs. (M10)
2. Ensure that independent QA audits (Lead PEP, NPAP) of SLAMS and other applicable
monitoring systems take place according to criteria and schedule outlined in 40 CFR Part
58,App.A.
3. Conduct monthly QA checks for flow rates of PIVh.s speciation monitors and submit data
quarterly to AQS.
4. Submit annual network plan required by 40 CFR §58.10, by July 1 of each year, unless
another schedule has been approved.
5. Submit 5-year network assessments required by 40 CFR §58.10(d), by July 1 of each 5-
year cycle year (i.e., 2010, 2015, 2020).
6. Complete implementation of 2nd phase of near-road NCh monitors that were due by
January 1, 2015 (2nd required monitors in largest Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA) or
areas with road segments > 250K AADT).
7. Complete installation of required PIVh.s and CO monitors at near-road N02 sites in
CBSA's of 2.5M population or greater, due by January 1, 2015. Establish PM2.s and CO
monitors at near-road sites in CBSA's between 1M and 2.5M population, due by January
1, 2017.
8. Establish and begin operating Phase 3 Near-road monitoring stations that are due by
January 1, 2017 in CBSAs between 500K and 1M population, if appropriate based on
analysis of the data from Phase 1 and 2.
9. Submit NAAQS pollutant data, PAMS, NCore, and QA data to AQS according to schedule
in 40 CFR Part 58.
10. Certify annual NAAQS pollutant data in AQS and provide supporting documentation,
including exceptional event flags, by May 1st of each year, unless another schedule has
been approved.
11. Report real time data to AirNow for cities required to report the AQI.
2.4.5 Measures: OAQPS M06 through M12
2.5 Program Guidance: Air Toxics Program Implementation
2.5.1 Description: The Clean Air Act requires EPA to regulate emissions of toxic air pollutants
from a published list of source categories. EPA is required to develop regulations for all
industries that emit one or more toxic air pollutants in significant quantities. The Act also
requires EPA to develop regulations for categories of sources which cause or significantly
contribute to air pollution which may endanger public health or welfare. Under this section of
the Act, EPA must review and approve the plans for existing sources of non-criteria pollutants
that states develop whenever EPA promulgates a standard for a new source. In FYs 2016 and
FY2017, EPA will promulgate, revise and amend regulations as mandated by the Act. EPA will
also continue to implement the Urban Air Toxics Strategy by providing information and training
to states and communities through documents, websites, and workshops on tools to help them
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conduct assessments and identify risk reduction strategies for air toxics. The agency will also
work on the 2014 National Air Toxic Assessment (NATA). Underscoring our work will be an
emphasis on activities to help environmental justice communities address air toxics concerns.
The agency will also work on the 2014 National Air Toxic Assessment (NATA).
2.5.2 HO Activities
1. Promulgate/revise/amend §111, lll(d), 112 and 129 rules and associated Federal Plans.
Visit http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/eparules.html for a list of rules under development.
2. Support the EIS and finish the 2014 National Emissions Inventory (NEI) and begin
preparation for the 2017 NEI.
3. Continue development of the 2014 NATA assessment.
4. Work with regions and air agencies to develop and implement community-based air
toxics programs that address outdoor and indoor air pollutants as well as mobile source
emissions, especially in areas near schools and areas with potential EJ concerns. This
includes efforts that support the Urban Air Toxics Strategy.
5. Develop enhanced public outreach and involvement activities both before and after
MACT and NSPS rule proposals to promote meaningful involvement of EJ communities.
6. Coordinate and inform regions and air agencies of efforts to implement the residual risk
program.
7. Work with regions and air agencies to assess and address the combined impact of
multiple sources of air toxics, encouraging voluntary reductions of air toxics from indoor
and outdoor sources including residential wood smoke.
8. Work with air agencies to develop and implement area source regulations.
9. Develop tools and guidance for underserved, minority, low-income and indigenous
communities to build capacity to engage in air toxics programs in a meaningful way.
10. Evaluate historic environmental justice trends to improve the implementation of
meaningful involvement strategies for communities and regulated entities.
11. Assist in the development of compliance assistance training materials as resources
allow.
12. Evaluate recommendations from the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee workgroup.
2.5.3 Regional Office Activities
1. Delegate and assist air agencies with §111,112, and 129 standards.
2. Implement §111, 112 and 129 standards, including Federal lll(d)/129 plans, in areas
where air agencies do not have programs.
3. Support the EIS, complete the 2014 NEI, and support initial work on the 2017 NEI.
4. Assist air agencies in conducting data analysis and assessment of air toxics monitoring
data.
5. Coordinate with regional and state solid waste offices in implementing non-hazardous
secondary material standards through section 112 and 129.
6. Continue to support the 2014 NATA development with data review and coordination
with air agencies.
7. Participate in cross-Agency efforts, by developing and implementing strategies to assess
and reduce toxics on a local level.
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8. Work with communities, particularly in urban areas and areas with disproportionate
impacts or environmental justice concerns, to reduce air toxics from indoor and outdoor
sources.
9. Provide technical and programmatic support for community-based air toxics studies and
reduction strategies.
2.5.4 Expected State and Local Agency Activities
1. Prepare to submit data for the 2014 National Emissions Inventory due December 2015.
Respond to EPA comments on data prior to publication, including submission revisions
as needed.
2. Prepare to submit emissions data due in December 2016 for the 2015 reporting year Air
Emissions Reporting Requirements.
3. Develop and implement delegated or approved air toxic standards, as appropriate, for
major sources and area sources.
4. Implement delegated residual risk standards.
5. Conduct data analysis and assessment of air toxics monitoring data.
2.5.5 Measures: OAQPST05
2.6 Program Guidance: Ambient Air Monitoring for Toxics
2.6.1 Description: EPA will continue to offer technical support to air agencies as they
implement the National Air Toxics Monitoring Network. The network has two main parts: the
National Air Toxics Trends Sites (NATTS) and Local Scale Monitoring (LSM) projects. The NATTS,
designed to capture the impacts of widespread pollutants, includes 27 permanent monitoring
sites, and the LSMs comprise scores of short-term monitoring projects, each designed to
address specific local issues. See http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/airtoxpg.html for additional
information.
2.6.2 HO Activities
1. Conduct Proficiency Testing and Technical System Audits for national contract lab and
state/local labs servicing NATTS and report results within 60 days of audit after
opportunity for state/local lab review of draft audit report. Provide means for optional
participation in Proficiency Testing and Technical System Audits by labs that are not
direct NATTS participants. (Cost would be borne by the approved state/local lab.)
2. Monitor NATTS data submissions for completeness and timeliness.
3. Conduct a grant competition for community-scale air toxics ambient monitoring projects
in FY 2017.
4. Manage national contract for NATTS lab analysis.
5. Provide national/regional-scale analysis of currently available air toxics data with
conclusions relevant to air quality management and to establishing future goals for the
NATTS program and other monitoring initiatives.
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6. Develop guidance for grants to ensure that data meet risk screening, risk
characterization, and risk assessment requirements where appropriate given study
objectives that were material in selecting the project for funding.
7. Provide tools and guidance for analyzing local air toxics monitoring data.
8. Review Technical Assistance Document and update, if appropriate.
9. Identify areas where training is needed to assist air agencies to enhance air monitoring
efforts and provide such training.
10. Assist air agencies in conducting data analysis and assessment of air toxics monitoring
data.
11. Provide training to air agencies in support of data analysis and assessment of air toxics
monitoring data.
2.6.3 Regional Office Activities
1. Ensure NATTS sites, including study sites, are operating according to EPA's technical
guidance and the quality-assurance project plan (QAPP) and quality management plan
QMP.
2. Track status and coordinate needed follow-up actions between OAQPS and air agencies
in support of the NATTS QA program (e.g., attending TSA's and reviewing PT data).
3. Review AQS data quarterly, and resolve any timeliness or completeness issues with the
reporting organization.
4. Ensure NATTS work plans are consistent with HQ template guidance.
5. Ensure NATTS QAPP is adequate to provide quality data for submission to AQS.
6. As appropriate, participate in NATTS Technical Systems Audits and field site audits and
balance on-site/in-lab visits with remote participation. (M18)
7. Review QA programs for community-scale air toxics projects. (M19)
8. Assess and review air toxics networks and assist air agencies with siting, installing, and
operating new and upgraded monitoring equipment.
9. Manage ongoing community-scale air toxics ambient monitoring grants.
2.6.4 Expected State and Local Agency Activities
1. Operate NATTS sites, including study sites, according to EPA's technical guidance and
the QAPP and QMP. (M20)
2. Participate in inter-laboratory Proficiency Testing and Technical System Audit programs
according to national guidance and the approved QAPP and QMP.
3. Submit NATTS data to AQS quarterly within 120 days of end of each quarter.
4. Submit data from federally-funded community monitoring projects to AQS quarterly
within 120 days of end of each quarter. The data objective for completeness rate is 85%
of the potential concentration values for the study period.
5. Conduct federally-funded community assessment projects consistent with grant terms
(including schedule), technical guidance, and applicable quality-assurance project plans
(QAPPs) and quality management plans (QMPs).
2.6.5 Measures: OAQPS M18, M19, M20
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2.7 Program Guidance: Allowance Trading and Other Stationary Source
Programs 3
2.7.1 Description: The following section includes the regional Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
(CSAPR), the national Acid Rain SCh, and NOX emission reduction programs.4 CSAPR requires 28
states in the eastern half of the United States to significantly improve air quality by reducing
power plant emissions that cross state lines and contribute to ground-level ozone and fine
particle pollution in other states. The rule replaces the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) as
required by a 2008 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
(CAIR will be sunsetted in 2015 after the 2014 compliance year is implemented and completed.)
EPA recognizes that CSAPR did not directly address transported air pollution for more recently
promulgated NAAQS, specifically the 2008 ozone NAAQS and is committed to working with
states to develop plans that will address transport for this air quality standard.
Additionally, EPA will begin assisting states with the implementation of the Mercury and Air
Toxics Standards (MATS) Rule which requires electronic reporting of hour-by-hour emissions of
mercury (Hg), hydrogen chloride (HCI), hydrogen fluoride (HF), and SCh (for units with SCh
scrubbers that opt to monitor SCh as a surrogate for HCI) and associated quality assurance of
data for sources that use continuous emission monitoring systems and sorbent trap monitoring
systems.
EPA will continue its integrated assessment program that includes enhanced ambient,
deposition, and rural ozone monitoring through the Clean Air Status and Trends Network
(CASTNET) and surface water chemistry and aquatic ecosystem response monitoring through
the Temporally Integrated Monitoring of Ecosystems (TIME) program and Long-Term
Monitoring (LTM) programs.5 Ozone measurements from CASTNET's rural ozone monitoring
sites are used to determine if an area meets, or exceeds, the NAAQS.
2.7.2 Federal Activities
1. Priority activities will include measuring, quality assuring, and tracking emissions (SCh,
NOx, CCh, Hg, HCI, and HF) using continuous emissions monitoring systems or other
methods, depending on type and amount of fuel combusted, at over 4,700 fossil-fuel
fired units (primarily electric generating units or EGUs).
2. HQ and regions assist states/locals and sources with implementation of the CSAPR, the
MATS program, as well as the ongoing Acid Rain Program.
3 National program guidance pertaining to emissions monitoring and reporting for MATS and for determining
compliance with the Acid Rain NOX emission reduction program are included in this section.
4 See http://www.epa.gov/crossstaterule/ for updates on CSAPR.
5 For additional information on CASTNET and TIME/LTM, see http://epa.gov/castnet/iavaweb/index.html and
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/assessments/surfacewater.html respectively.
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3. HQ and regions assist sources with monitor certifications and recertifications and
emissions monitoring and reporting.
4. Allowance transfers are recorded in a centralized electronic tracking system
administered by EPA. HQ assists sources and other allowance account holders with
allowance transfers and recordation, and records any state-promulgated allocations for
a given year in unit accounts.
5. HQ reconciles emissions against allowances held in accounts, determines compliance,
and deducts penalty allowances for sources not in compliance.
6. HQ performs electronic and field audits of monitor certifications, Part 75 continuous
emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), and emissions reporting by sources. Part 75
CEMS field audits are performed in accordance with the field audit manual. See:
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/emissions/audit-manual.html.
7. HQ reviews and responds to Part 75 monitoring and reporting petitions from sources
regulated under CSAPR and the Acid Rain Program. See:
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/emissions/petitions.html.
8. HQ assesses programs, tracks performance against baselines and objectives, and reports
on emissions, compliance, market analyses, and progress in achieving performance
targets and environmental objectives (e.g., help implement the NAAQS, reduce acid
deposition and regional haze, and reduce the number of chronically acidic lakes and
streams in acid sensitive regions of the U.S. See:
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/progress/index.html.
2.7.3 Expected State and Local Agency Activities
1. Submit any state-promulgated allowance allocations decisions to EPA for incorporation
into unit accounts.
2. Assist sources with monitor certifications and recertifications, emissions monitoring,
and reporting.
3. Perform electronic and field audits of monitor certifications, Part 75 continuous
emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), and emissions reporting by sources. EPA
encourages states and locals to perform Part 75 CEMS field audits in accordance with
the field audit manual. See: http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/emissions/audit-
manual.html.
4. Provide reports of the audits and any corrective actions needed to the appropriate EPA
regional office and HQ.
2.7.4 Measures: None. EPA tracks changes in nitrogen deposition and sulfur deposition to
assess the effectiveness of the Acid Rain program with performance targets set for every three
years. See: visit http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/progress/index.html.
For more information about air quality trends, see: http://www.epa.gov/airtrends.
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2.8 Program Guidance: Mobile Source Programs
2.8.1 Description: Mobile source programs include the development, implementation, and
evaluation of regulatory programs and partnership programs to reduce emissions from mobile
sources and fuels. Types of mobile sources addressed include: light-duty vehicles/engines - cars,
light-duty trucks, sport utility vehicles; heavy-duty vehicles/engines - buses, large trucks;
nonroad vehicles/engines - construction, farm equipment, locomotives, marine; and fuels -
diesel, gasoline, renewable.
2.8.2 HQ Activities
1. Implement Tier 3 light-duty vehicle and fuel standards.
2. Implement the GHG emission standards for light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles,
(Phase I standards) including technology reviews, and continue to test and verify/certify
that engines meet EPA emissions standards.
3. In coordination with the U.S. Department of Transportation, release the Technical
Assessment Report for the 2017+ light-duty GHG emissions standards in June 2016 and
continue implementation efforts in 2017.
4. In coordination with the U.S. Department of Transportation, promulgate the next phase
of GHG emission standards and fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty
vehicles (Phase II standards) consistent with the President's February 18, 2014 directive
and begin implementation in 2017.
5. Update, as needed, federal guidance on low GHG-emitting vehicles for implementation
of Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) Section 141 federal vehicle purchase
requirements.
6. Promulgate and implement annual renewable fuel standard.
7. Work with international organizations to develop GHG and criteria pollutant control
programs for ocean-going vessels and aviation.
8. Continue analysis and data collection to support the development of a proposed
endangerment finding for lead in aviation gasoline in 2017.
9. Update MOVES (the mobile source emissions model) to incorporate new emission data
and incorporate nonroad sources into the model.
10. Continue providing guidance for using updated versions of the MOVES model for SIP and
conformity purposes, as well as other purposes including GHG estimates.
11. Provide guidance, training, and support for areas completing PM quantitative hot-spot
analyses and other project-level analyses.
12. Support states/locals with existing, transitioning, and/or new inspection and
maintenance (I/M) programs by providing interpretations of existing I/M rules, policies,
and guidance.
13. Establish grace period to provide states/locals transition time before any new MOVES
model is required for regional conformity analyses.
14. Finalize and implement strategy for reducing diesel exhaust from the legacy fleet of
diesel engines by monitoring the successful completion of DERA grant awards, other
incentives and program activities.
15. Evaluate and assess clean diesel technologies for the in-use legacy fleet.
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16. Coordinate and track the completion of existing clean diesel rebates, and evaluate their
success at reducing diesel emissions.
17. Work with multiple stakeholders, including industry, states/tribes/locals, other federal
agencies, and non-governmental organizations to implement strategies to reduce diesel
emissions and address supply chain issues with the legacy fleet.
18. Address prevalence of criteria pollutants, air toxics, and GHGs emitted through goods
movement, especially at ports and their fence-line communities, through an initiative
that engages ports, industry, communities, Federal/State/local governmental agencies,
Tribes and environmental groups.
19. Engage Department of Transportation (DOT) in the development of the National Freight
Strategic Plan to improve the condition and performance of the national freight
network, particularly with respect to establishing environmental performance related
goals.
2.8.3 Regional Office Activities
1. Assist states in preparing SIPs and in developing, implementing, and transitioning I/M,
and OBD programs, and in implementing fuel programs.
2. Support conformity determinations and conformity SIPs.
3. Make adequacy determinations for identified mobile source budgets in control strategy
SIPs and maintenance plans submitted by states.
4. Work with states/locals to develop creditable mobile source programs.
5. Manage grants awarded with DERA funding.
6. Continue to implement, with multiple stakeholders, collaborative programs that support
reducing mobile source emissions.
2.8.4 Expected State and Local Agency Activities
1. Implement mobile source control strategies on time and consistent with SIP
commitments.
2. Implement grants to accomplish needed reductions (e.g., DERA grants).
3. Work with transportation agencies as appropriate to update mobile SIP budgets in
response to changing needs such as updates to the mobile model MOVES or other
changes.
4. As appropriate, use flexibilities provided in the Transportation Conformity Rule
Restructuring Amendments from March 2012 to update out-of-date conformity SIPs.
2.8.5 Measures: OTAQ Ola through 06
2.9 Program Guidance: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
2.9.1 Description: The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program requires reporting of GHG data and
other relevant information from large sources and suppliers in the U.S. covering 41 sectors with
approximately 10,000 reporters. The Program collects data to better understand where GHG
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emissions are coming from and improves the ability to make informed policy, business, and
regulatory decisions.
2.9.2 HQ Activities
1. Maintain and update the electronic reporting system, including revisions to address any
programmatic changes and updates to an emissions data verification tool which is used
by reporters to calculate emissions in 24 subparts, in preparation for reporting in March
2016 and 2017. EPA will continue to make modifications to e-GGRT based on any
changes made to 40 CFR Part 98.
2. Carry out a comprehensive QA/QC and verification program on the data reported in
March of each year. The data verification process includes a combination of real-time
pre-submittal electronic checks that increase the quality of the reports submitted as
well as post-submittal verification including additional electronic checks, staff review,
and follow-up with facilities when necessary to correct errors before publication.
3. Publish data in a timely manner which involves updating the data publication website
with the latest annual data, enhancing the website with additional analytical features,
developing data summaries for certain industrial sectors, and preparing the data for
inclusion in Envirofacts.
4. Propose and finalize regulatory revisions to address existing petitions and make
program improvements as needed to clarify reporting, reduce burden, and improve data
quality.
5. Further characterize the extent of noncompliance within priority source categories,
identify specific facilities for follow up, and design and carry out initiatives to reduce
noncompliance, working with regions.
2.9.3 Regional Office Activities
1. Assist HQ in identifying reporters that may fall under the GHG Reporting Program.
2. Work with HQ to communicate with reporters about issues related to noncompliance
including non-reporting as well as correcting errors identified in annual GHG reports.
3. Work with HQ to better understand regional variability in GHG emissions and to
promote use of GHG Reporting Program data.
4. Review and provide input on tools and initiatives developed at HQ to improve
compliance.
2.9.4 Measures: None. Facilities and suppliers are required to report their data annually by the
reporting deadline of March 31st. After submission of the data, the agency conducts a
verification review that lasts approximately 150 days. In FY 2016 and 2017, 95% of the reports
published will be verified prior to publication of the data on or around October 1.
2.10 Program Guidance: Climate Partnership Programs
2.10.1 Description: EPA's voluntary partnership programs are designed to capitalize on the
cost-effective opportunities consumers, businesses, state and local governments, and other
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organizations have to invest in greenhouse gas reducing technologies, policies, and practices.
These investments reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, mobile sources, and
various other sources.
2.10.2 HO Activities
2.10.2.1 ENERGY STAR
1. Oversee the third-party certification program for ENERGY STAR products.
2. Raise awareness of the ENERGY STAR label for products, buildings, and homes, and
promote superior energy management to public and private sector organizations.
3. Continue ENERGY STAR program enhancements including timely specification revisions
to products and homes and adding new products to the program.
4. Implement the ENERGY STAR specification for the ENERGY STAR New Homes program as
well as the labeling program for new and existing multi-family buildings. Manage the
labeling program for the commercial buildings program.
5. Promote efforts to raise awareness of energy efficiency with consumers and
homeowners through ENERGY STAR-recommended tools and practices (such as
MyEnergyStar, Home Energy Yardstick, Home Energy Advisor, etc.).
6. Revise current 1-100 ENERGY STAR scores in Portfolio Manager based on data to be
released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
7. Support state/local mandatory and voluntary building benchmarking through ENERGY
STAR. Collaborate with other partnership programs such as Indoor Air Plus, Water
Sense, etc. to ensure cross promotion of partnership programs
8. Promote the ENERGY STAR label for industrial plants and provide energy benchmarking
tools to industry.
2.10.2.2 SmartWay
1. Provide leadership and technical support to the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
initiative to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, including support for and
coordination with green freight programs internationally.
2. Increase tons of emissions reduced and fuel saved through targeted partner recruitment
and stakeholder collaboration aimed at achieving significant environmental, economic
and energy security benefits across the freight supply chain.
3. Foster efficiencies throughout the SmartWay program through enhancements to the
program's emissions assessment, tracking tools, and database management system to
enhance accessibility, ease of use, and data management and processing efficiencies.
4. Continue to coordinate SmartWay with other diesel legacy fleet (e.g., technology
equipment testing and verification, DERA clean diesel grant programs, the ports
initiative) and related EPA voluntary programs.
5. Through the SmartWay Excellence Awards and other opportunities, recognize high-
achieving SmartWay partners for their progress and leadership.
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6. Promote and encourage manufacturer and partner investment in SmartWay designated
trucks and verified equipment that meet SmartWay criteria for superior environmental
and energy-efficient performance.
7. Expand coverage of the SmartWay designation across a larger range of heavy duty
tractors and trailers, with enhanced designation criteria for higher performing vehicles.
8. Support voluntary carbon benchmarking and reporting for goods movement by
encouraging collaboration between SmartWay and protocol-setting organizations such
as the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Global Reporting Initiative.
9. Support implementation of Executive Order 13514 "Federal Leadership in
Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance" by working with other federal
agencies to encourage participation in SmartWay.
2.10.2.3 Other
1. Support the President's Climate Action Plan: Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions by
continuing to demonstrate US leadership in mitigating methane emissions and providing
leadership and technical support for the Global Methane Initiative and the Climate and
Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants.
2. Support the President's Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions by continuing to
implement domestic methane partnership programs.
a. Identify ways to enhance the existing Natural Gas STAR program to complement
the Administration's overall strategy in the oil & gas sector.
b. Promote voluntary methane mitigation in the agriculture, landfill and coal mining
sectors through AgSTAR, the Landfill Methane Outreach Program, and the
Coalbed Methane Outreach Program.
3. Support domestic voluntary programs to reduce fluorinated gas emissions from sectors
including electric power systems.
4. Promote membership and broad collaborations in the Green Power Partnership and the
Combined Heat and Power Partnership, particularly for larger organizations.
5. Recognize leadership in GHG management and in addressing climate change through
the Climate Leadership Awards.
6. Promote energy efficiency and the generation of increased amounts of renewable
energy through utility-focused programs.
7. Promote the integration of energy efficiency and renewable energy as an emissions
reduction strategy in meeting Clean Air Act objectives, such as working with the regions
and states to utilize the SIP Roadmap.
8. Promote and encourage new members in GreenChill, and continue to provide resources,
tools and knowledge to further reduce corporate and supermarket refrigerant
emissions. Recognize high-achieving GreenChill partners and local GreenChill certified
stores for their program leadership with reducing emissions.
2.10.3 Regional Office Activities
2.10.3.1 ENERGY STAR
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1. Encourage businesses, governments, institutions or other organizations that can set
policies to procure energy efficient/ENERGY STAR equipment.
2. Encourage tribal governments and communities to be partners in GHG-reducing
activities and to participate in and benefit from ongoing coordinated efforts and
outreach programs for EPA climate partnership programs.
3. Encourage organizations to benchmark the energy performance of buildings using EPA
STAR Portfolio Manager, apply for the ENERGY STAR label for the qualifying buildings,
and determine improvement plans for those that do not currently qualify. Encourage
organizations to join the ENERGY STAR Buildings Challenge and promote a 10% or more
reduction in energy use in buildings.
4. Encourage industrial facilities to participate in the ENERGY STAR program using EPA's
tools and resources, apply for the ENERGY STAR label for qualifying industrial plants, and
determine improvement plans for those that do not qualify. Encourage industry to join
the ENERGY STAR Industrial Challenge and promote a 10% or more reduction in energy
use.
5. Support state/local mandatory and voluntary building benchmarking through ENERGY
STAR.
6. Support regional implementation of the ENERGY STAR-certified New Homes programs.
7. Promote the use of the ENERGY STAR tools, such as MyEnergyStar, ENERGY STAR Yard
Stick, and Home Energy Advisor.
2.10.3.2 SmartWay
1. Encourage truck and rail carriers and retail and commercial shipping companies to join
SmartWay and reduce emissions.
2. Promote SmartWay at regional and local transportation conferences, workshops, and
events conducted to improve efficiency and environmental performance in the goods
movement sector.
3. Encourage and support regional clean diesel collaboratives to highlight and promote
SmartWay.
4. Encourage recipients of DERA grant funds targeting the reduction of diesel emissions to
consider using SmartWay designated trucks and SmartWay verified technologies to
achieve those reductions.
5. Operate pilot programs to use commercially-available advanced technology in fleets
such as state/municipal vehicles, school buses, or refuse vehicles to produce cost-
effective emissions and fuel consumption reductions.
2.10.3.3 Other
1. Support implementation of Executive Order 13624 "Accelerating Investment in
Industrial Energy Efficiency" when possible.
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2. Promote integration of energy efficiency and renewable energy as an emissions
reduction strategy in meeting Clean Air Act objectives, such as into air quality plans/SIPS
and working with headquarters and states to utilize the SIP Roadmap.
3. Encourage businesses, broad coalitions to leverage accomplishments of the Climate
Showcase Communities grant program.
4. Promote the recovery and use of methane as a clean energy source through EPA's
methane partnership programs.
5. Promote membership and membership collaboration in the Green Power Partnership
and the Combined Heat and Power Partnership. Encourage and support new member
companies in both the Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) program and GreenChill
programs, and recognize high achieving partners.
6. Conduct compliance screens for new RAD and GreenChill members, and for any entity
being recognized or receiving a program-related award.
2.10.4 Measures: GAP 1, GAP 7, GAP 8
2.11 Program Guidance: Clean Power Plan
Description: Power plants are the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the United
States, making up roughly one-third of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions. The standards
for existing sources propose to cut carbon pollution from the power sector by 30 percent by
2030 (compared to 2005 emission levels) - about 730 million metric tons of carbon pollution -
equal to almost two-thirds of the nation's passenger vehicles or the annual emissions from over
half of the homes in America.
EPA will finalize the carbon pollution standards under §lll(b) and (d) and develop the technical
guidance, and form expert teams to provide technical assistance to states on particular topics.
EPA will also develop tracking and reporting systems to capture information on plan
development and approval, and to evaluate, measure and verify data for meeting plan goals.
Regions will reach out to educate stakeholders about the rule, provide technical assistance on
specific issues to states as they develop their plans, and provide support to help states modify
state grant workplans to reflect Clean Power Plan work. Once the §lll(d) rule is finalized, the
Agency will review and approve state plans submitted in summer 2016. Headquarters will
continue to provide technical assistance to the Regions and states as part of state plan
development, and will coordinate for national consistency.
2.11.2 HQ Activities
1. Provide policy and technical support to regions and states for implementing the GHG
ECU lll(d) emission guidelines (EG).
2. Provide guidance, tools and training for regions and states as needed.
3. Collaborate with regional offices as they work with states in the development and
review of state plan submittals.
4. Maintain and update electronic system for lll(d) plan submittal, tracking and review.
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5. Coordinate national implementation activities for consistency.
6. Issue a final federal plan for meeting Clean Power Plan goals in areas that do not submit
plans.
2.11.3 Regional Office Activities
1. Assist states in developing approvable lll(d) GHG ECU state plans.
2. Review lll(d) GHG ECU state plan submittals.
3. Coordinate with HQ on policy and technical issues related to lll(d) state plans.
4. Prepare FR notices, public comment, and docketing for regional actions regarding
review and approval of lll(d) GHG ECU state plans.
2.11.4 Expected State and Local Agency Activities
1. Develop and submit complete approvable lll(d) GHG ECU state plans or initial plans
with requests for 1- or 2-year extensions.
2. Prepare to implement lll(d) GHG ECU state plans.
2.11.4 Measures None
3. National Area of Focus: Improving Indoor Environments
Description: The Indoor Environments program plays an important role in protecting human
health by promoting healthy indoor air quality (IAQ) in buildings where people live, learn, and
work. EPA addresses IAQ issues by developing and implementing voluntary non-regulatory
outreach and partnership programs that inform and educate the public about IAQ and actions
that can reduce potential health risks in homes, schools, offices, and other indoor spaces. EPA
provides guidance and assistance to states, tribes, local communities, and the general public to
address environmental triggers of asthma, radon, mold contamination, secondhand tobacco
smoke, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, indoor air toxics, combustion gases, and other
indoor air pollutants. The Indoor Environments program also works with other EPA programs,
the wider Federal community, and private partners to provide guidance and assistance on how
to reduce risk from poor IAQ recognizing the critical connections with other efforts including
climate change adaptation, environmental justice, and sustainable communities.
Activities: Major areas of activity are listed below and detailed in the Program Guidance
sections that follow.
• Reducing Radon Risk
• Reducing Asthma Triggers
• Comprehensive Indoor Air Quality Interventions
Measures: ORIA IAQ 5 through IAQ 9, and SIRG 1 through 4
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3.1 Program Guidance: Reducing Radon Risk
3.1.1 Description: EPA will continue efforts to promote radon risk reduction by collaborating
with other federal departments and agencies as well as states, communities, tribes and entities
in the private, public health, healthy housing, and other sectors.
3.1.2 HQ Activities
3.1.2.1 Implement the Federal Radon Action Plan
1. Collaborate with other federal partners to implement the Federal Radon Action Plan and
work with NGOs and the private sector to expand the Federal Radon Action Plan to
include non-federal commitments.
2. Work with other federal agencies to provide guidance and assistance on how to reduce
exposure to radon through their environmental, public health, and building-related
programs.
3.1.2.2 Drive action on guidance, standards and codes for homes and schools
1. Encourage the adoption and use of radon reduction practices in building codes.
2. Promote the development and use of radon measurement and mitigation consensus
standards.
3.1.2.3 Provide programmatic and technical support to diverse stakeholders
1. Provide guidance and support to address radon in homes and schools.
2. Support states, tribes, and communities in developing and implementing
comprehensive multi-stakeholder indoor air quality improvement efforts to reduce
exposures to radon.
3.1.2.4 Foster awareness and action through partners, states, and tribes to achieve risk
reduction
1. Promote activities that increase the number of homes and schools mitigated for radon
and increase the number of new homes built with radon-reducing features.
2. Support the Radon Leaders Saving Lives campaign.
3. Facilitate activities associated with national Radon Action Month as a way to drive radon
action throughout the year.
4. Provide assistance to regions in designing and implementing regional radon stakeholder
meetings that involve states and industry.
5. Manage grants with national non-profit organizations and other national partners to
reduce risks from radon in homes and schools.
3.1.3 Regional Office Activities
3.1.3.1 Promote increased radon awareness and action at the Regional level
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1. Collaborate with regional federal counterparts, state agencies, and NGOs to engage in
actionable, risk-reducing commitments on radon in cancer prevention efforts such as
state cancer control plans.
2. Lead the design and implementation of Regional radon stakeholder meetings as a tool
to increase radon action at the regional and state level.
3. Support home building code changes at the State and local level.
4. Support efforts to increase radon testing in support of weatherization, energy efficiency,
upgrade and retrofit activities.
5. Participate in the development and promotion of radon measurement and mitigation
consensus standards, National Radon Action Plan, and Radon Leaders Saving Lives
campaign.
6. Use Radon Action Month as a way to drive action throughout the year.
3.1.3.2 Provide programmatic and technical support to diverse stakeholders
1. Negotiate radon workplans and manage grants, as resources are available, with states
and tribes to reduce risks from radon, particularly in homes and schools
2. Provide technical support and assistance to stakeholders, including states, local
agencies, tribes and NGOs.
3.1.4 Expected State, Local, and Tribal Activities
1. State and tribal radon programs, as resources are available, should focus on radon
testing, mitigation and radon-resistant new construction in homes, schools and child
care centers by addressing the following priority actions:
o Promote public education, awareness and action directly to consumers,
homeowners and real estate professionals;
o Encourage builders to include radon-reducing features in new homes;
o Promote the adoption or revision of State and local building codes for radon-
reducing features;
o Collaborate with State Cancer Coalitions to increase their awareness of radon as
a cancer risk, and their knowledge about radon testing and mitigation,
culminating in the inclusion of actionable, risk-reducing commitments on radon
in the next State Cancer Control Plan
o Support efforts to increase radon testing in support of weatherization, energy
efficiency upgrade and retrofit activities.
3.1.5Measures: SIRG1-4.
3.2 Program Guidance: Reducing Asthma Triggers
3.2.1 Description: EPA recently completed a ten year initiative to build health care provider
capacity to deliver guidelines-based asthma care that includes a focus on environmental
asthma trigger management. Building on this success, EPA is addressing the next important gap
in comprehensive asthma care - equipping health, housing, environmental and health
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insurance programs to effectively support delivery, infrastructure, and sustainable financing of
environmental asthma interventions at home and school. This is a strategic focus of the
Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities, co-led by EPA,
the department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD). Investment in home environmental interventions improves health
outcomes and reduce health care costs. Programs addressing asthma at the local, tribal, state,
regional, and federal level that support in-home asthma education, assessment and
interventions will help low-income, minority, and tribal families and communities reduce their
exposure to environmental asthma triggers.
The program relies on several implementation and educational tools including an on-line
network for programs to share, learn, and connect; national public awareness campaigns; user-
friendly guidance tailored to the program's varied constituencies; and knowledge and technical
assistance.
3.2.2 HQ Activities
3.2.2.1 Build capacity in community based programs to implement comprehensive asthma
programs that address environmental triggers
1. Expand the engagement of community based asthma programs on the online
networking platform http://www.AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org.
2. Equip stakeholders with the technical knowledge to effectively deliver comprehensive
asthma management.
3. Continue to surface and promote best practices through the National Environmental
Leadership Award in Asthma Management.
3.2.2.2 Equip health, housing, environmental and health insurance programs to support
delivery, infrastructure and/or sustainable financing of environmental asthma interventions at
home and school.
1. Facilitate work with Federal, State, tribal, national, and community-based programs to
foster integration and collaboration between asthma programs and local housing,
school, weatherization/energy efficiency, and other community development initiatives.
2. Manage national grants to reduce risks from asthma triggers in indoor environments.
3. Launch and grow large-scale, evidence-based sustainable asthma home visiting
programs in 30 states.
4. Increase the number of school-based health centers that incorporate asthma
environmental interventions into their chronic disease management services.
5. Partner with tribes to build the capacity of tribal home visitors, health, housing, and
environmental professionals to assess/remediate asthma triggers.
6. Identify and disseminate promising interventions across health plans and provider
networks to promote comprehensive asthma management.
3.2.2.3 Educate children and families on tailored environmental interventions as part of a
comprehensive asthma management program
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1. Sustain a national asthma media campaign.
2. Implement an Asthma Awareness Month campaign.
3.2.3 Regional Office Activities
3.2.3.1 Build capacity in community based programs to implement comprehensive asthma
programs that address environmental triggers
1. Support the use of AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org to share best practices, tools and
resources.
Work with regional, State and tribal partners and coalitions to foster integration and
collaboration between asthma programs and local housing, school, day care,
weatherization/energy efficiency or other community development initiatives.
3.2.3.2 Educate children and families on tailored environmental interventions as part of a
comprehensive asthma management program
1. Support states, tribes, and communities in developing and implementing
comprehensive environmental asthma management education, assessment and/or
interventions in homes, schools and daycare facilities.
2. Manage small grants and contracts to reduce risks from indoor pollutants and asthma
triggers, particularly in homes and schools.
3.2.4 Measures: ORIA IAQ 5 through IAQ 9.
3.3 Program Guidance: Comprehensive IAQ Interventions
3.3.1 Description: EPA has a suite of guidance to comprehensively promote healthy indoor air
quality in association with new construction and home and school upgrades.
The Indoor airPLUS Labeling program for homes allows builders of new homes to qualify for an
EPA label if they first earn the ENERGY STAR new home label and are then verified to have
implemented all of the indoor air quality specifications developed by EPA. The Healthy Indoor
Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades provide minimum and recommended
practices for ensuring that energy retrofit activities support indoor air quality. These Protocols,
in addition to the Indoor airPLUS specifications, provide a set of metrics that may be used by a
wide range of Federal, state, and local public and private sector programs and standard setting
bodies to define and carry out practices that promote good indoor air quality in homes.
Comprehensive guidance, Energy Savings Plus Health: Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for School
Building Upgrades provides detailed guidance for integrating health protections into school
building energy retrofits and renovations. The IAQ Tools for Schools Framework and Technical
Solutions provide guidance to the school community to formulate and sustain effective and
comprehensive indoor air quality management program.
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3.3.2 HQ Activities
3.3.2.1 Promote adoption of effective IAQ practices in homes and schools
1. Work with healthy home and green home programs, EPA's ENERGY STAR and Water
Sense programs, Department of Energy's (DOE's) Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH)
program , and others to promote and support adoption of health protections contained
in the Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for existing single and multifamily homes
and the Indoor airPLUS label for new homes
2. Increase adoption of comprehensive IAQ in homes guidance into other national
standards and programs.
3. Expand the number of home builders, raters, and providers committed to Indoor
airPLUS.
4. Work with other federal agencies to provide guidance and assistance on how to reduce
exposure to indoor air contaminants in homes and schools.
3.3.2.2 Address gaps in technical guidance and provide training on IAQ in homes and schools
1. Provide technical support, detailed guidance, and easy-to-use tools on indoor air-related
building design, operation, and maintenance practices to the housing sector, building
owners and managers, design and construction professionals, and school officials.
2. Use cost-effective web technologies to promote proven technical guidance and tools for
comprehensively improving home and school indoor environments.
3. Work with national, state, tribal and regional energy and healthy housing programs to
educate them about the Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy
Upgrades and to encourage their adoption and integration into existing energy
programs.
4. Disseminate Energy Savings Plus Health: Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for School Building
Upgrades to promote energy efficiency and healthy school indoor environments.
3.3.2.3 Increase awareness and demand for indoor air quality protections in homes and schools
through improved partner engagement
1. Work with national partners, state/local/tribal partners, and coalitions to implement
integrated IAQ management practices to reduce risks from indoor pollutants, including
radon and asthma triggers in homes.
2. Manage national grants to reduce risks from indoor pollutants, including radon and
asthma triggers in homes.
3. Leverage national/regional/local conferences, workshops and events to promote IAQ
protections in homes and schools.
4. Build capacity of national leadership network to support, promote and advance IAQ
management programs in schools.
3.3.3 Regional Office Activities
3.3.3.1 Promote adoption of effective IAQ practices in homes and schools
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1. Disseminate information about the Indoor airPLUS specifications and label for new
homes and support implementation of the program by active stakeholders in the
community.
2. Manage small grants and contracts to comprehensively reduce risks from indoor
pollutants in homes and schools.
3.3.3.2 Provide training on IAQ in homes and schools
1. Work with state, regional, tribal and local energy and healthy housing programs to
educate them about the Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy
Upgrades and encourage their adoption and integration into existing energy programs
(e.g., weatherization programs).
2. Work with school districts and state, regional, tribal and local energy programs to
educate them about the Energy Savings Plus Health: Indoor Air Guidelines for School
Building Upgrades and encourage their adoption and integration into existing energy
and school renovation projects.
3.3.3.3 Increase awareness and demand for indoor air Quality protections in homes and schools
through improved partner engagement
1. Work with national partner affiliates, state/local/tribal partners, and coalitions to
implement integrated IAQ management practices to reduce risks from indoor
pollutants, particularly radon and asthma triggers in homes and schools.
2. Serve as a local, community-based point of contact to disseminate information about
the Energy Savings Plus Health: Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for School Building
Upgrades and how to use them to promote healthy indoor environments in schools.
3. Work with regional, state, tribal and local healthy homes, energy efficiency, and green
home programs, to promote adoption of health protections contained in the Healthy
Indoor Environment Protocols for existing single and multifamily homes and the Indoor
airPLUS label for new homes.
3.3.4 Measures: ORIAIAQ8.
4. National Area of Focus: Radiation Protection
Description: The Radiation Protection Program addresses EPA's responsibility to protect the
public from unnecessary risks and potentially harmful exposures to radiation in the
environment. EPA manages and operates a national environmental radiation monitoring
program, conducts radiation dose and risk assessments, manages radioactive releases and
exposures, ensures proper management of radioactive waste and material, maintains a high
level of readiness to respond to radiological emergencies and acts of terrorism, provides
information to the public about radiation and its hazards, and provides radiation guidance and
tools and develops regulations.
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Activities: The major areas of activity for regional offices and states, tribes, and local air
agencies are listed below and then detailed in the Program Guidance sections that follow.
• Radiation Protection
• Radiation Emergency Response Preparedness
• Homeland Security - Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Measures: Appendix A contains two Radiation Protection measures managed by the Office of
Radiation and Indoor Air: ORIA RAD 1 and RAD 2.
4.1 Program Guidance: Radiation Protection
4.1.1 Description: This program includes activities for radiation clean up, federal guidance, risk
modeling, regulatory oversight of the Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
(WIPP), radiation air toxics or National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAPs), technologically-enhanced naturally-occurring radioactive material (TENORM),
radioactive waste management, radioactive and mixed-waste operations and laboratory
analyses. EPA works with other federal agencies, states, tribes, and other government agencies,
stakeholders and the public to inform and educate people about radiation risks and promote
actions that reduce human exposure. EPA provides radiation guidance and tools and develops
regulations to control radiation releases.
4.1.2 HQ Activities
1. Provide regulatory oversight of the WIPP to ensure compliance with environmental
regulations.
2. Conduct regular inspections at the WIPP and at DOE waste generator sites.
3. Improve radioanalytical laboratory capacity and capability through updated technology
and methods.
4. Improve state radiation laboratory capabilities and capacity through training and
evaluation.
5. Respond to environmental concerns related to nuclear power and radiation.
6. Revise radiation guidance and regulations as needed (e.g., regulation associated with
uranium extraction and processing and with the nuclear fuel cycle, guidance on cancer
risk coefficients for environmental exposure to radionuclides).
7. Provide radiation-related technical assistance to regions and, with the regions, to states
on decommissioning and other issues related to nuclear power facility operations.
8. Support regional remediation projects.
4.1.3 Regional Office Activities
1. Disseminate information on EPA's radiation protection program to the states.
2. Coordinate regional radiation issues among regional offices.
3. Implement regulatory programs (e.g., radiation air toxics NESHAPs).
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4. Provide technical support to state radiation, solid waste, environmental and health
programs and HQ radiation regulatory, policy and technical workgroups, as requested.
5. Provide technical support to other regional programs (e.g. Superfund, Formerly Utilized
Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), Brownfields) and other federal and state site
remediation programs.
6. Work with states on issues involving technologically-enhanced naturally-occurring
radioactive material (TENORM), including issues associated with legacy mine waste and
water treatment residue.
7. Provide comment on nuclear power plant license NEPA reviews addressing radiological
health and safety issues and emergency planning and preparedness activity.
8. Respond to increased uranium extraction and processing including regional review of
extraction facility Environmental Impact Statements and NESHAP approvals under
Subpart B and Subpart W.
4.1.4 Measures: None
4.2 Program Guidance: Radiation Emergency Response Preparedness
4.2.1 Description: This program includes federal preparedness activities, Office of Radiation
and Indoor Air (ORIA) programmatic readiness, Radiological Emergency Response Team (RERT)
personnel and equipment readiness. This includes development and participation in exercises,
training and outreach, radiological emergency response guidance, readiness of laboratory
capability for radioactive and mixed waste analyses, and operation of RadNet - EPA's national
environmental radiation monitoring system. Using a collaborative strategy, EPA works with
other federal agencies, states, tribes, and local government agencies to ensure that the
appropriate parties are fully informed and prepared to respond should an incident involving
radiation occur.
4.2.2 HQ Activities
1. Maintain the Radiological Emergency Response Team's high level of readiness.
2. Complete and finalize EPA's Protective Action Guides Manual.
3. Provide radioanalytical laboratory capabilities and field operations to assess radioactive
contamination during an incident.
4. Provide national, near-real time data on airborne radioactive contamination including
radionuclide-specific concentrations during all phases of an incident.
5. Support time-sensitive regional removal operations.
6. Support regions with radiological emergency response training and at exercises.
4.2.3 Regional Office Activities
1. Disseminate information on EPA's radiation response and preparedness program
activities and capabilities to the states.
2. Provide technical support to state radiation control programs.
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3. Support EPA's radiation emergency response operations, including the assignment of
personnel to serve in the positions of Regional Radiation Advisor and RERT Liaison.
4. Participate in state and national radiological response efforts.
5. Working with federal, state, tribal and local partners, participate and support
radiological response training and exercises to improve the Nation's response capacity
and the agency's Response Support Corps capabilities.
4.2.4 Measures: ORIA RAD 1 and RAD 2
4.3 Program Guidance: Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery
4.3.1 Description: Coordinate EPA's radiation-related homeland security activities with the
Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies to ensure consistency with the
National Response Framework. EPA's Radiation Program continues to integrate radiation data
into the agency's information systems and to make radiation information accessible to the
public. The program maintains the national environmental radiation monitoring system
(RadNet) to better respond to radiation emergencies and prepare for potential terrorist threats.
The program also provides guidance and tools to other federal agencies, state, local, and tribal
agencies, stakeholders, and partners.
4.3.2 HQ Activities
1. Continue to improve state radiological laboratory capacity through provision of training,
proficiency testing, and audits of the selected state laboratories.
2. Maintain RadNet, including the deployable monitors and near real-time stationary
monitors to respond to radiation emergencies and prepare for potential terrorist
threats.
3. Upgrade radiological laboratory response capability, including a network of public and
private sector laboratories to provide capacity for radiological terrorism incidents.
4. Provide a sustained emergency response effort within the context of the National
Response Framework in the event of a radiological emergency accident or incident.
4.3.3 Regional Office Activities
1. Disseminate information on EPA's national radiation monitoring system, RadNet, to the
states.
2. Provide leadership in coordinating inquiries from RadNet monitor site personnel and
station operators; provide practical and technical support for station operators; and
serve as a liaison with RadNet system coordinators and technical experts at
headquarters.
4.3.4 Measures: None
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5. National Area of Focus: Tribal Air Programs
Description: Tribal citizens are often disproportionately affected by air pollution and tribal
governments play a valuable role in controlling and reducing pollution and its adverse health
effects.
OAR's national programs provide important air quality and health benefits to tribal
communities. OAR also may also play a role in assisting tribal governments to address local
concerns. EPA and tribes work together to assess air quality in Indian country, to set air quality
goals, and to develop programs to meet those goals. EPA funds tribes and organizations for the
purpose of building tribal capacity to implement CAA programs and to provide technical
support, tools, and training for tribes.
EPA fully implements the May 2011 EPA Consultation Policy and Executive Order 13175
Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments by including tribes in outreach
and information sharing activities leading to consultation on a government to government
basis, as appropriate, and outlined in the Policy and supporting guidance. Throughout all
sections of this guidance, OAR commits to:
• Consult with tribal leaders and governments on EPA actions that may affect them.
• Provide grant and technical support to tribes for air quality management, assessment
activities, and capacity building.
• Support tribal participation in local, regional, and national policy development and
actions through tribal consultation and the National Tribal Air Association.
Activities: Major areas of activity are listed below and detailed in the Program Guidance
sections that follow.
• Improving Outdoor Air Quality and Addressing Climate Change in Indian Country
• Improving Indoor Environments in Indian Country
• Addressing Radiation Protection in Indian Country
• Internal EPA Activities Supporting the Tribal Air Program
Measures: OAQPSTR01 through TR08
5.1 Program Guidance: Improving Outdoor Air Quality and Addressing Climate
Change in Indian Country
5.1.1 Description: This section addresses attaining and maintaining the National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS), improving visibility, reducing the risks from air toxics and
strengthening the technical capacity of tribal environmental professionals to address climate change in
Indian Country. Each activity listed below should be tailored to each tribe's capabilities and
needs.
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5.1.2 Federal (HQ and Regional Office) Activities
5.1.2.1 Tribal Air Quality Management
1. Provide support for tribes on the Treatment as State (TAS) and Tribal Implementation
Plan (TIP) processes and act on TAS and TIP submittals in a timely manner.
2. Support tribes in taking delegation of CAA programs and program elements.
3. Provide air quality outreach and training to tribal staff.
4. Provide grant resources and staff support for tribal organizations and tribes to
participate in regional and national level activities such as policy making, rule or
program development, and implementation workgroups.
5. Provide support for tribes on the Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) process and act
on QAPP submittals in a timely manner.
6. Provide informational webinars and conference calls on program and regulatory
development and implementation to facilitate the opportunity for tribes to participate
in the rulemaking process.
7. Provide support to tribes through training, technical tools, and air quality analyses to
facilitate tribal participation in the designations process.
8. Support the American Indian Air Quality Training Program (AIAQTP) which provides
training and educational outreach for tribal environmental staff.
9. Support the Tribal Air Monitoring (TAMS) Center, an air quality management technical
training center for tribal environmental staff.
10. Support the National tribal Air Association (NTAA) a national voice for Tribal air quality
issues, programs, and policies whose mission is to advance air quality management and
policies and programs, consistent with the needs, interests, and unique legal status of
American Indian tribes and Alaskan Natives.
11. Support tribal participation in assessment and monitoring activities related to air
pollutants of interest and atmospheric deposition of mercury on tribal lands.
12. Support the OAR Tribal Database (OTS) by regularly inputting appropriate data and
ensuring tribal activities are accurately reflected.
5.1.2.2 Implement Outdoor Air Programs in Indian Country
1. Identify areas requiring a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) development and
implementation process, and conduct and support appropriate FIP and implementation
efforts.
2. Use Direct Implementation Tribal Cooperative Agreement (DITCA) authority to directly
implement federal responsibilities as appropriate.
3. Implement the Part 71, PSD, and tribal NSR rules as they apply to sources located in
Indian country.
4. Implement and enforce federal standards (NSPS, NESHAP, etc.) as they apply to sources
located in Indian country.
5. Implement voluntary emission control retrofit programs for existing heavy-duty diesel
engines and wood stove and hydronic heater changeout campaigns.
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6. Implement voluntary programs to integrate nontraditional planning (e.g., land use,
transportation, and energy) into air quality management.
5.1.2.3 Title V and New Source Review Permitting Activities
1. Expand the areas of training and general permitting to assist tribes with implementation
of the Tribal New Source Review (NSR) rule.
2. Provide guidance and trainings for program development (i.e., TIP Guidance and specific
training on NSR).
5.1.2.4 Diesel Engine Reduction Act (DERA) Program
1. Issue a tribes only DERA RFP to address the unique tribal parameters that challenge
DERA eligible diesel reduction projects in Indian country.
2. Expand technical support for the DERA program including hosting tribal teleconferences
and webinars on the availability of DERA funding for tribes.
3. Provide technical visits to at least two DERA tribal recipient projects annually.
5.1.2.5 Climate Change
1. Support a national climate change adaptation planning training program and online
resources for tribes. Engage with tribes on GHG mitigation-related activities and
continue to provide technical support to all tribes, and in particular to current partner
tribes in the Green Power Partnership (GPP) and Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
Partnership programs
2. Continue to support replication efforts, as appropriate for tribal Climate Showcase
Community (CSC).
3. Promote use of the Tribal Greenhouse Gas Inventory Tool.
5.1.3 Expected Tribal Activities
5.1.3.1 Tribal Air Quality Management
1. Conduct air quality monitoring pursuant to 40 CFR Part 58. (TR04)
2. Provide air quality monitoring and/or assessment data to EPA and/or AQS.
3. Complete and submit emissions inventories to the EIS. (TR08)
4. Participate in regional and national meetings, conferences, and teleconferences on rule
and policy development, attend outreach events, and seek training and support to build
capability for effective participation.
5. Submit eligibility determinations under the Tribal Authority Rule (TAR). (TR01)
6. Submit TIPs to address air quality conditions for reservation areas and for non-
reservation areas within the tribe's jurisdiction. (TR03)
7. Assist in FIP development and implementation process.
8. Participate in local, regional, and national policy developments and actions directly with
tribes or through the National Tribal Air Association (NTAA).
9. Participate in training and technical support activities conducted as part of the American
Indian Air Quality Training Program (AIAQTP), including attending workshop training both
as students and instructors and assisting tribes in collaborative learning.
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10. Participate in training on and/or implement voluntary programs to address air quality
concerns.
11. Continue discussion and outreach on the use of ambient air monitoring sensor
applications.
12. Continue operating CASTNET small-footprint monitoring sites at Kickapoo, KS and Red
Lake, MN.
13. Provide recommendations and comments as necessary regarding potential preliminary
EPA-issued area designations and boundaries for a potentially revised ozone NAAQS, the
2012 PM2.5 and the 2010 S02 NAAQS, in accordance with relevant EPA guidance and
regulations.
14. Work with states and EPA, as necessary, to clarify air quality management authority for
non-reservation tribal lands.
5.1.3.2 Tribal Title V and New Source Review Permitting Activities
1. Work with regions to register minor sources for NSR permit planning.
2. Tribes with approved new source permitting programs should issue permits.
3. Work with regions to understand tribal role in implementing NSR and as appropriate,
participate in permitting, take program delegation, or develop TIPs.
5.1.3.3 Climate Change
1. Attend training, develop plans, and develop or acquire capability to understand, assess,
and respond to Climate Change.
5.1.4 Measures: OAQPSTR01 through TR08
5.2 Program Guidance: Improving Indoor Environments in Indian Country
5.2.1 Description: The Indoor Environments program plays a unique role in protecting public
health in Indian country by promoting healthy indoor air quality (IAQ) in buildings where people
live, learn, and work. EPA addresses IAQ issues by developing and implementing voluntary
outreach and partnership programs that inform and educate the public about IAQ and actions
that can reduce potential risks in homes, schools, offices, and other indoor spaces. EPA
provides guidance and assistance to states, tribes, local communities, and the general public to
address environmental triggers of asthma, radon, mold contamination, secondhand tobacco
smoke, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and indoor air toxics.
5.2.2 Federal (HQ and Regional Office) Activities
1. Develop in conjunction with ITEP, the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Tribal Communities
project. The goal of the project is to assist tribes to develop implementation strategies
for IAQ management plans in their communities. The project includes developing the IAQ
track at the National Tribal Forum (NTF), tribal case studies presented by tribal speakers,
travel scholarships for tribal participants to NTF, webinars, and individual assistance with
planning and implementation.
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2. Encourage participation in the Tribal Communities Project, where tribal communities
develop community partnerships along with action plans for community-based IAQ
school management planning, radon reduction activities, asthma reduction activities or
addressing other IAQ issues.
3. Partner with the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) to develop
communication tools including websites, webinars, podcasts, case studies, and
newsletters to improve tribal knowledge on indoor air quality issues.
4. Collaborate and form partnerships with federal and private entities involved in tribal
building projects to help develop clear and consistent policy and guidance on
construction of buildings integrating features to promote good indoor air quality in
Indian country.
5.2.3 Expected Tribal Activities
1. Attend training, develop plans, and develop or acquire capability to understand, assess,
and respond to indoor air quality concerns.
2. Implement indoor air programs, as appropriate.
5.2.4 Measures: None
5.3 Program Guidance: Addressing Radiation Protection in Indian Country
5.3.1 Description: EPA works with tribes to inform and educate people about radiation risks
and promote actions that reduce human exposure. EPA provides radiation guidance and tools
and develops regulations to control radiation releases.
5.3.2 Federal (HQ and Regional Office) Activities
1. Provide training and support for tribes to understand, assess, and respond to radiation
risks concerns including specific trainings such as Multi Agency Site Survey and
Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) and Multi Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of
Materials and Equipment (MARSAME) training.
2. Support tribes in addressing unique radiation problems, concerns, and issues which
includes providing radiation technical assistance, training, guidance, and/or
presentations to tribal governments and communities.
5.3.4 Measures: None
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Appendix A- Measures
Appendix A: FY 2016 NPM Guidance Measures
Each year, the OAR National Program Guidance identifies measures that EPA headquarters and EPA regions use to track progress on key activities.
Selected measures have specific performance targets while other measures are indicators without specific targets; both measure types track program
implementation.
Measurerex,
FY 16 National
OAP1
Percentage increase in cumulative square footage benchmarked compared to the previous calendar year.
Yes
OAP7
Number of people reached (impressions) during regional outreach/education activities in promoting
ENERGY STAR.
No
5,000
OAP8
Number of ENERGY STAR technical support activities.
No
240
OAQPS
M06
Percentage of state/local monitoring agency certification requests Region evaluates and forwards to HQ
when deemed adequate.
No
100%
OAQPS
M07
Percentage of required Technical Systems Audits conducted to achieve an audit of each organization
within a 3-year period.
No
100%
(All Regions meet
once in 3-year)
OAQPS
M08
Percentage of state/local annual monitoring plans reviewed and approved within 120 days when network
changes are proposed.
No
100%
OAQPS
M09
Percentage of 2nd and later Approved Regional Method (ARM) requests acted on by the Region in
accordance with HQ guidance.
No
100%
OAQPS
M10
Percentage of affected entities that operate monitors in accordance with Part 58, grant terms, and QAPP.
No
100%
OAQPS
Mil
Percentage of affected entities who submit data to AQS in accordance with Part 58.
No
100%
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^KTS^^H
K^Ti
OAQPS
M12
OAQPS
M18
OAQPS
M19
OAQPS
M20
OAQPS
N07
OAQPS
N08
OAQPS
N09
OAQPS
N29
OAQPS
N30
OAQPS
N31
OAQPS
N32
Measurerex,
Percentage of AQS quarterly data reviews completed and resolved for timeliness and completeness.
Percentage of NATTS Technical Systems Audits the Region participates in over a 3-year period.
Percentage of community-scale air toxics ambient monitoring programs for which Region will review QA
requirements and ensure measurement consistency with NATTS when appropriate.
Percentage of affected entities that operate NATTS in accordance with national guidance, the QMP, and
QAPPs.
Number of final rulemaking actions on PM2.5 SIPs consistent with the annual SIP processing goal and CAA
timeline.
Number of final rulemaking actions taken on regional haze five-year progress report SIPs consistent with
the CAA timeline.
Number of final rulemaking actions taken on redesignation requests for PM2.5, Ozone, CO, SO 2, PM10,
and lead areas, consistent with the CAA timeline.
Number of completed voluntary reclassifications for 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas.
Percentage of newly violating areas/counties that Region is targeting for developing appropriate actions
to bring designated attainment areas into compliance with the NAAQS.
Number of states or local agencies developing and/or commencing implementation of innovative and
voluntary emission reduction projects, particularly local ozone reductions programs to help achieve
attainment of 8-hr ozone NAAQS and strategies for controlling emissions from wood smoke where it is a
primary contribution to PM2.s NAAQS problems.
Number of completed attainment determination actions for 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas, including
mandatory reclassifications, clean air data requests, and one-year extension requests.
i^w^s^n
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FY 16 National
Target
100%
All Regions meet
50% goal
100%
100%
-
-
-
-
100%
-
-
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^KTS^^H
K^Ti
OAQPS
P06
OAQPS
P09
OAQPS
Pll
OAQPS
P12
OAQPS
P13
OAQPS
P14
OAQPS
P19
OAQPS
P20
OAQPS
T05
OAQPS
TR01
OAQPS
TR02
OAQPS
TR03
Measurerex,
Number of Title V program evaluations conducted and reports completed within the fiscal year.
Percentage of state/local major NSR/PSD permits reviewed by Region for new and modified sources to
ensure consistent implementation of the NSR program.
Percentage of permitting authorities reporting complete Part 70 TOPS data.
Percentage of Part 71 significant modifications issued by Region within 18 months of receiving a complete
permit application.
Percentage of Part 71 initial permits issued by Region within 18 months of receiving a complete permit
application.
Part 71 renewals: Percentage reduction of total Part 71 extended permits.
Percentage of PSD permits issued by Region within one year of receiving a complete permit application.
Percentage of Part 70 initial permits, renewals, merged permits and significant modifications reviewed by
Region.
Number of communities the Region is working with to assess and address sources of air toxics, including
the use of voluntary air toxic reduction programs in their communities.
Cumulative number of tribes with approved eligibility determinations under the Tribal Authority Rule.
Cumulative number of tribes with delegation of federal programs to address air quality conditions on
tribal lands.
Cumulative number of tribes with approved TIPs to address air quality conditions on tribal lands.
i^w^s^n
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FY 16 National
Target
1 Program per
Region
50%
100%
100%
94%
10%
80%
2% of Active Part 70
Universe
-
-
-
-
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^KTS^^H
K^Ti
OAQPS
TR04
OAQPS
TR06
OAQPS
TR08
ORIA IAQ
5
ORIA IAQ
6
ORIA IAQ
8
ORIA IAQ
9 (new)
ORIA
RAD1
ORIA
RAD 2
OTAQ
Ola
OTAQ
Olb
Measurerex,
Number of tribes conducting air quality monitoring activities.
Number of tribes implementing voluntary or other non-regulatory programs.
Number of tribes that completed or updated an emission inventory during the fiscal year.
Aggregate number of children with asthma and/or their caregivers, especially in EJ areas of concern,
educated about environmental management of asthma and childhood exposure to ETS, in homes,
schools, and other settings.
Aggregate number of health care professionals trained about environmental management of asthma and
childhood exposure to ETS.
Number of technical support activities that advance indoor air programs and guidance for healthy
buildings.
Cumulative number of programs supporting the delivery, infrastructure, and sustainable financing of
environmental asthma interventions at home and school.
Number of radiation exercises the Region participates in annually. [Bid projected number of exercises.
Report numbers in Current Value field and use Explanation field to describe the name, location, and type
of each exercise as well as the number of regional radiation program participants.]
Number of individuals identified and trained to fill RERT liaison and radiation advisor positions.
Percentage of projects for the current Fiscal Year entered into DRIVER.
Percentage of projects for the current Fiscal Year with engines entered into DRIVER.
i^w^s^n
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
FY 16 National
Target
-
-
-
-
3,000
-
-
10
(1 per Region)
20
-
-
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^KTS^^H
K^Ti
OTAQ
Olcl
OTAQ
02a
OTAQ
02b
OTAQ
03a
OTAQ
03b
OTAQ 04
OTAQ 06
SIRG1
SIRG2
SIRG3
SIRG4
(new)
Measurerex,
Percentage of projects for the current Fiscal Year with emission reductions entered into DRIVER.
Percentage of timely adequacy/inadequacy determinations made by the Region for identified mobile
source budgets included in control strategy SIPs or maintenance plans for transportation-related criteria
pollutants (e.g., ozone, CO, PM2.s, PMio) submitted by states.
Percentage of approval/disapproval rulemaking actions taken on mobile budgets included in control
strategy SIPs or maintenance plans for transportation-related criteria pollutants (e.g., ozone, CO, PM2.s,
PMio) at the time of final rulemaking on such SIPs.
Percentage of transportation conformity determinations submitted by US DOT or an MPO that the Region
reviewed and commented on for 8-hour ozone, PM2.s, PMio, and CO nonattainment and maintenance
areas.
Number of final rulemaking actions taken by the Region on Transportation Conformity related SIP
revisions consistent with the annual SIP processing goal.
Number of outreach activities conducted by the Region to support SmartWay programs.
Percentage of I/M reports submitted by states for existing I/M programs (including OBD) reviewed by the
Region.
Number of additional homes with operating mitigation systems.
Number of additional homes built with radon-resistant new construction.
Number of additional schools mitigated and/or built with radon-resistant new construction.
Number of newly adopted state, tribal, county and local building codes that require radon-resistant or
active new construction
i^w^s^n
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FY 16 National
Target
-
100%
100%
100%
Sum of Bids
-
100%
-
-
-
-
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Effective Use and Distribution of STAG Funds
1. GRANT ASSISTANCE TO CO-IMPLEMENTERS
The President's FY 2016 budget requests $290.8 million in State and Tribal Assistance Grant
(STAG) funds for air grant programs. $268.2 million is targeted for continuing air programs
carried out by states/locals—which is $40 million higher than the FY 2015 enacted level. The
request for the tribal air grant program is $12.8 million and $10 million for the diesel emission
reduction program. The agency is not requesting funds for a state indoor radon grant program
in FY 2016.
Table B-l. Comparison of State and Tribal Assistance Grants for Air:
FY 2014-2016 (in $Ms)
Program Area
State/Local Air Program
Diesel Emission Reduction Program
State Indoor Radon
Tribal Air Program
Total
FY 2014
Enacted
228.2
20.0
8.1
12.8
$268.9
FY 2015
Enacted
228.2
30.0
8.1
12.8
$280.1
FY 2016
President's
Request
268.2
10.0
0.0
12.8
$291.0
A. Continuing Air Program
The $268.2 million state/local continuing air program portion of the President's request
includes an increase of $40 million over FY 2015 enacted levels and supports state/local
continuing air programs, including the expanded core state/local agency work associated with
implementing revised or new NAAQS and monitoring adherence with stationary source
regulation; the increased number of monitors required by new or revised NAAQS; the
development of state/local technical capacity to address GHG emissions in permitting of large
sources; and activities associated with developing state plans to implement the carbon
pollution guidelines for existing power plants. The requested resources will provide vital
assistance to states and locals to design, implement, and fund plans to meet standards to
improve air quality in communities across the nation and that further build the framework to
produce air quality and climate-change co-benefits wherever possible.
Core Activities: In FY 2016 and FY 2017, state and local air agencies will continue to implement
revised and more stringent NAAQS, monitor industry compliance with EPA stationary source
regulations, and meet revised NAAQS ambient monitoring requirements. When EPA updates
and issues more protective NAAQS according to CAA deadlines and based on the most recent
science, revision of the NAAQS typically triggers the preparation of new or updated SIPs. Due
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to the multi-pollutant, and often regional nature of air pollution, preparation and
implementation of state air quality implementation plans (SIPs) have become increasingly
complex requiring additional modeling, technical analysis, refined emission inventories,
monitoring, and increased stakeholder involvement and coordination.
States and local air agencies will also address hazardous air pollutants and new types of air
pollution sources and carry out new and more complex planning strategies to address GHGs.
State and local agencies will review permit applications and issue permits to "anyway" sources
of greenhouse gas emissions, consistent with the Supreme Court decision.
In FY 2016, states will begin submitting state plans to meet requirements under section lll(d)
emission guidelines for GHG emissions from existing electric utility generating units. Of the
$40M requested increase in the President's Budget, $25 million will support states as they
compile and assess information about energy and emissions; establish approaches to
evaluating, measuring, and verifying plans for energy savings across environmental agencies
and energy regulators, hold public meetings and conduct outreach with interested parties, and
prepare and submit state plans. Of the $25 million, $17.5 million is proposed to be divided
among the states and will support activities authorized under CAA Section 103 authority such as
modeling, technical analysis, and training efforts. States will be required to submit grant
workplans outlining specific Clean Power Plan activities to be conducted under Section 103
authority supporting state plan development. $7.5 million is proposed to be allocated under
CAA Section 105 authority.
While not a grant program, the President's FY 2016 Budget Request also contemplates a $4
billion Clean Power State Incentive Fund available for states that go above and beyond the
guidelines that will be in the final Clean Power Plan. States could qualify for this funding by
exceeding the minimum requirements for reducing carbon emissions early and/or achieving
emissions reductions above what is required in the guidelines. States could use the dollars in a
variety of transformative ways including, but not limited to:
o Direct investments and financing for new, clean energy technologies,
o Funding for low-income communities to address disproportionate impacts from
environmental pollution and the development of energy efficiency and renewable
energy programs,
o Assistance and incentives for businesses to expand infrastructure for innovative projects
that reduce carbon pollution.
EPA expects that more information about the Fund will become available in the coming
months.
Ambient Monitoring: The CAA requires EPA to review each NAAQS every five years and revise
them if necessary. A revision of a NAAQS may place new monitoring requirements on
states/locals/tribes. Funding of air monitoring, including a proposed transition in funding
authorities for PIVh.s monitoring and changes in the provision of associated program support, is
addressed in greater detail in the Monitoring Guidance available at:
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/. The Agency is developing a detailed allocation of its
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monitoring resources which will be influenced by the final NAAQS rules and the refinement of
existing networks.
Allowance Trading Programs:
EPA will use STAG funds to operate the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) on behalf of
participating states.6CSAPR replaces the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and as a result, some
states will either continue making contributions, make contributions for the first time, or stop
participating in the program. States not affected by or participating in CSAPR do not contribute
funding.7 Draft FY 2016 state contributions are shown in Table B-2.
Table B-2: Draft FY 2016 Contribution
CSAPR, PM, and/or Ozone Season Trading Programs by Region and State
Region
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
State
New Jersey
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Units Affected by
CSAPR, PM and/or
Ozone Programs
129
219
348
48
168
125
59
400
104
336
162
96
69
168
82
84
1,101
232
144
144
Contribution to
Trading Program
Cost*
$85,785
$145,635
$231,420
$31,920
$111,720
$83,125
$39,235
$266,000
$69,160
$223,440
$107,730
$63,840
$45,885
$111,720
$54,530
$55,860
$732,165
$154,280
$95,760
$95,760
6 EPA is implementing CSAPR through FIPs and, thus, is authorized to use Sec 105 Grants for Direct Implementation
(PL 105-65, 111 Statute 1344, and 40 CFR 35.116). States may submit SIPs to replace the FIPs, but all affected
states are under at least partial FIPs at the start of the program. See section X 'Transport Rule State
Implementation Plans" of the preamble to the final CSAPR rule (76 FR 48326-48332, August 8, 2011) for
submission deadlines and the process for states to submit SIPs to replace part or all of their FIPs.
7 Ongoing litigation at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit regarding CSAPR could result in
changes to the program including participation. See http://www.epa.gov/crossstaterule/ for updates on CSAPR.
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Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Total Units/Dollars
71
154
116
861
49
92
89
394
624
70
62
123
42
297
3,631
$47,215
$102,410
$77,140
$572,565
$32,585
$61,180
$59,185
$262,010
$414,960
$46,550
$41,230
$81,795
$27,930
$197,505
$2,414,615
* Processing cost per source calculated as $665.
Trans-Boundary Program - Great Lakes Air Deposition (GLAD) Program: The GLAD program is
part of the overall Great Lakes program, the goal of which is to restore and maintain the Great
Lakes ecosystem. GLAD promotes the coordination of efforts to reduce air toxics deposition
and its resulting adverse impacts by supporting scientific research, information gathering, and
collaboration among policy makers. The program, which also supports the Great Lakes Water
Quality Agreement with Canada, shares STAG resources among the eight Great Lakes states:
Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. In FY
2016, approximately $1.2 million is proposed to be awarded to these states under §105 as part
of their categorical air program grant or as an air work plan element in a performance
partnership grant.
Program Contact: Erin Newman, Region 5, (312) 886-4587.
Trans-Boundary Program - US-Mexico Border Air Program: EPA and its Mexican counterpart
SEMARNAT have established Border 2020, a bi-national program focused on cleaning the
environment, protecting public health, and ensuring emergency preparedness for the 12 million
people who live along the border. The program supports the initiatives of the affected state,
local, and multi-jurisdictional agencies on both sides of the border and uses regional
workgroups, task forces, and policy forums to develop and implement pollution reduction
strategies. In FY 2016, approximately $2.2 million is proposed to be awarded to eligible
states/locals as part of their §105 air grant.
Program Contacts: Ruben Casso, Region 6, (214) 665-6763 and Dave Fege, Region 9, (619) 235-
4769.
Multi-Jurisdictional Organizations (MJOs): Numerous states/locals have found it advantageous
to form MJOs to help coordinate their geographically specific clean air interests at the regional
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level. A state or local agency wishing to fund an MJO may: a) direct that the Regional Office set
aside that agency's desired contribution from its prospective portion of the regional allotment
(i.e., on a pre-allotment basis); or, b) directly fund the MJO once the state or local agency
receives its allotment. A Regional Office may provide STAG funding to such an organization
using §103 authority only if: the contributing agencies provide their prior consent; the MJO is
eligible for the funding; and, the MJO's activities are appropriate as associated program
support. Funding for regional-scale MJOs is not delineated as part of the national region-by-
region allocation of STAG funds but is instead identified within the respective Region's
allotments to its state/local agencies.
One national-level MJO has its funding delineated as part of the region-by-region allocation of
STAG funds—the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA). NACAA is the national
association of state, territorial, and local air pollution control agencies and it is comprised of
representatives from over 40 member air pollution control agencies. NACAA provides
associated program support to its member state/local agencies by coordinating their air quality
activities at the national level and engaging in activities that enhance their effectiveness.
Member agencies support NACAA with their own STAG funds by either: (a) providing their prior
consent to EPA to target a portion of the funds that would otherwise be allotted to them to go
instead for direct award to NACAA; or (b) directing that NACAA bill them directly for their
membership dues. Section 105 recipients who are not members of NACAA do not have their
allotments affected. The award of funds to NACAA is subject to Agency review and approval.
Approximately $1.2 million was awarded to NACAA for its most recent grant year.
Program Contact: Daniel J. Hopkins, OAR, (202) 564-8626.
Clean Air Act Training: CAA §103(b) authorizes EPA to provide training for air pollution control
personnel and agencies, and to make training grants related to the causes, effects, extent,
prevention, and control of air pollution available to air pollution control agencies and other
qualified entities. EPA is targeting approximately $2 million in STAG funds annually for the
support of CAA training provided by MJOs and other state training programs. These funds are
subject to consultation and concurrence with participating states/local agencies. EPA will
continue working with the Joint Training Committee which includes the MJOs (MARAMA,
WESTAR, Metro4/SESARM, LADCO, CENSARA and NESCAUM), NACAA, APCAA, and several state
and local agencies to:
1. Continued migration to a learning management system to improve the administration
and delivery of classroom and web-based training;
2. Update self-instructional courses into a web-based format; and,
3. Develop curricula to facilitate the training of state and local air pollution agency staff on
both introductory and more advanced state plan development.
In addition, EPA is expanding its use of training webinars, and expects to continue with web-
based videos, website development, and other available means to support training and
outreach for state and local agencies. The Agency continues to record and post training on the
Air Pollution Training Institute website (http://www.apti-learn.net).
Program Contact: Debbie Stackhouse, OAR, (919) 541-5281.
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Ozone Transport Commission (QIC): For FY 2016, a total of $639K has been targeted to support
the OTC which represents Northeastern and Mid-At I antic States in the Ozone Transport Region
(OTR). The OTC is funded through CAA §106 grants and 40% matching support of the total
approved program costs is required from member agencies.
Program Contact: Catrice Jefferson, OAR, (202) 564-1668.
B. Diesel Emission Reduction Program
EPA has requested additional DERA grant funds for FY 2016. Priority for funding will be on ports
and goods movement, poor air quality areas, communities suffering from a disproportionate
exposure to diesel emissions, and/or those projects with multi-pollutant benefits. EPA will
continue to manage DERA grants, rebates and loans and to monitor and close grants from prior
years. EPA also will track, assess, and report the results of the DERA grants, such as numbers of
engines retrofitted, emissions benefits, and cost-benefit information. For additional
information see http://www.epa.gov/cleandiesel/grantfund.htm.
Program Contact: Jennifer Keller, OAR, (202) 343-9541.
C. Other Grant Programs
Tribal Air Grants: Through CAA §105 grants, tribes may develop and implement programs to
prevent and control air pollution or to implement national ambient air quality standards, NSR
and permit programs, and delegated federal programs like Part 71 and MACT standards.
Through CAA §103 grants, tribes, tribal air pollution control agencies, and multi-tribe
jurisdictional air pollution control agencies may conduct and promote research, investigations,
experiments, demonstrations, surveys, studies and training related to ambient or indoor air
pollution on tribal lands. For additional information see http://www.epa.gov/air/tribal.
Information on the allocation of tribal air grants will be provided at a later date.
Program Contact: Pat Childers, OAR, (202) 564-1082.
State Indoor Radon Grant (SIRG) Program:
State Indoor Radon Grant (SIRG) Program: For over 25 years, the SIRG program has provided
important general and technical guidance to build capacity, and helped establish state radon
programs. For FY 2016, EPA has not requested new funding for states or Tribes through the
State Indoor Radon Program (SIRG) program. EPA will provide technical assistance to state and
tribal radon programs that are able to maintain programs in the absence of new federal
funding.
Program Contact: Bill Long, OAR, (202) 343-9733.
2. EFFECTIVE GRANTS MANAGEMENT
Administrative and programmatic provisions for effective oversight and utilization of continuing
program and project-specific grants awarded to states/locals/tribes and multi-jurisdictional
entities are summarized below. The list is not exhaustive but includes the proper use of award
authority, adherence to specific grant program requirements, effective post-award oversight,
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identification of performance measures and results, the funding of co-regulator organizations,
and the promotion of competition. See: http://www.epa.gov/ogd/EO/finalreport.pdf.
Using Proper Authorities for Award: OAR provides guidance to its program offices and the
regions via the intranet that clarifies who is eligible for grant assistance given the purpose of
the funded activity, the appropriation, and the grant authority associated with the funds. OAR
will update the guidance to reflect any changes associated with its annual appropriation, as
needed.
Program Contacts: Courtney Hyde, OAR, (202) 564-1227 and Margaret Walters, OAR, (202)
564-4107.
Ensuring Effective Oversight of Assistance Agreements: EPA Order 5700.2A2, effective January
1, 2008, updated and streamlined the post-award management of grants and cooperative
agreements. The Order requires EPA offices to monitor a recipient's compliance with its
programmatic terms and conditions, the correlation of the work plan and application content
with actual grant progress, the use of equipment, and compliance with relevant statutory and
regulatory requirements. The key internal controls to monitor these activities are Baseline and
Advanced Monitoring. Offices are required to submit oversight plans and document their
execution. For EPA personnel, the Order may be found at
http://intranet.epa.gov/ogd/policy/order/5700 2A2.pdf. See also:
http://www.epa.gov/ogd/EO/finalreport.pdf.
Program Contact: Eric Geer, OAR, (202) 564-0890
Improving Grant Workplans: States/tribes/locals seeking single media air grants or
Performance Partnership grants containing air or radon elements should submit grant work
plans that show clear linkages between the recipient's efforts and the agency's Strategic Plan
goals and objectives. The agency's long-term goal is for EPA and the states to achieve greater
consistency in work plan formats. Accordingly, the Office of Grants and Debarment (OGD)
issued Grants Policy Issuance (GPI) 11-03, "State Grant Workplans and Progress Reports."
(http://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/final grants policy issuance 11 03 State Grant Workplans
.pdf.) Regional Program Offices should ensure that the GPI is incorporated in workplan
negotiations, and provides appropriate outreach to recipients.
Program Contact: Jennifer Hublar, OARM/OGD, (202) 564-5294.
Achieving Programmatic and Environmental Results: Recipients have the obligation to
articulate sound measures of performance and report insightful and useful results data. EPA
Order 5700.7 - "Environmental Results in Grants" applies to all grants, not just categorical
grants to states. The Order requires EPA project officers to assure that each grant: (1) link
proposed assistance agreements to the Agency's Strategic Plan; (2) ensure that outputs and
outcomes are appropriately addressed in assistance agreement competitive funding
announcements, work plans and performance reports; and (3) review the results from completed
assistance agreement projects and report on how they advance the Agency's mission of protecting
human health and the environment. For more information, see
http://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/award/5700 7 a l.pdf.
Program Contact: Eric Geer, OAR, (202) 564-0890
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Promotion of Competition: Agency policy is to promote competition in the award of grants and
cooperative agreements where practical. EPA Order 5700.5A1 presents the Agency's
competition policy. The Order exempts grants for continuing environmental programs, such as
those funded under §105 as well as §103 grants for PIVh.s monitoring, §103 national air toxics
monitoring trends network grants, federally-recognized tribes, and inter-tribal consortia under
OAR's tribal grant program; and TSCA §306 grants for state indoor radon programs. Radon
grants to tribes and intertribal consortia under TSCA §10 grants must be competed. EPA is not
precluded from awarding grants through competition for a portion of the exempted programs if
the Agency determines it is in the best interest of the public to do so. The Competition Policy
may be found at http://www.epa.gov/ogd/competition/5700 Sal final order 2 11 14.pdf.
Program Contact: Maureen Hingeley, OAR, (202) 564-1306.
Approval Process for STAG Awards to Co-Regulator Organizations: A co-regulator organization
is defined by EPA as a national or regional (i.e., multi-jurisdictional) organization that represents
the interests of co-regulators/co-implementers (state, tribal or local governments) in the
execution of national or regional environmental programs. EPA issued a policy on December 1,
2006 that clarified that the head of the affected state agency or department (e.g., the state
environmental commissioner or head of the state public health or agricultural agency) be
involved in the funding process and that EPA request and obtain the prior consent of this
official before taking funds off the top of a state grant allotment for direct award to a
state/local co-regulator organization. On October 12, 2011, the Agency further clarified that
co-regulator organizations are exempted from competition for awards made using funds
appropriated by Congress under the STAG appropriation for certain co-regulator activities that
clearly support, or are extensions of, core state, local or tribal agency responsibilities. The
clarification also notes that awards made to co-regulators using other than STAG funds, though
not exempted from competition, could qualify for an exception from competition on a case-by-
case basis, if properly justified.
Program Contacts: Eric Geer, OAR, (202) 564-0890
3. CATEGORIZATION and ALLOCATION of §105 GRANTS
In January 2010, after several years of planning, analysis and stakeholder consultation, EPA
produced an updated approach for the allocation of CAA §105 state/local continuing air
program grants. The approach adhered to the considerations in the CAA of population, actual
and potential air pollution, and relative financial need and used a set of guiding principles that
featured relevance, feasibility, transparency and maintaining the stability of ongoing state/local
operations. A category and factor-driven methodology developed by a contractor-supported
EPA workgroup (see Table B-3) served as the initial basis but was subsequently adjusted by OAR
to limit the maximum percentage reduction from the prior year for any one region.
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Table B-3. EPA Workgroup Allocation Methodology (w/o OAR Adjustment)
Category
SIP Planning and
Implementation
Monitoring
Air Toxics
Compliance
Category
Weight
38
33
15
14
Factors
Population-weighted design value in N/A areas
measuring unhealthy air
Number of non-attainment areas
Population-weighted design-value in areas
within 90% of the NAAQS
Number of states
Adequate monitoring network
Cancer risk
Non-cancer risk
Diesel emissions
Number of regulated minor sources
Number of MACT area sources
Number of mobile source compliance programs
Factor
Weight
60
10
20
10
100
45
30
25
50
30
20
In April 2011, the Assistant Administrator indicated that the agency would move towards a
reallocation consistent with its guiding principles and would work with states/locals in
implementing a reasonable, equitable approach. To date, the agency has not implemented the
reallocation due to congressional language that directs EPA to use the existing allocation
methodology.
In FY 2016, EPA anticipates implementing the revised allocation formula in order to target
resources to the most pressing air quality problems while maintaining the integrity of
state/local air program operations. Shifts in funding will be moderated so that no region will
experience a decline of more than 5% of its prior year funding level. This approach will be
phased in over a multi-year period and can be re-evaluated based upon the analysis of relevant
and current data, changes in air quality, and/or changes in available funding.
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Appendix C- State and Local Agency Activities and Tribal Activities
State and Local Agency Activities
For ease of reference, below is a compilation of the expected activities of state/local agencies
listed under the different program/topic headings in the Improving Outdoor Air Quality and
Addressing Climate Change section of the main document.
NAAQS
SIPs
7. Develop and submit SIP revisions, if desired, to remove active Stage II gasoline vapor
recovery programs.
8. Develop and submit infrastructure SIPs for the 2012 PIVh.s NAAQS, the 2008 ozone
NAAQS, 2010 N02 NAAQS, 2008 Pb NAAQS, and 2010 S02 NAAQS, if not yet submitted.
9. Conduct S02 air quality planning, including the development and submittal of
attainment demonstration SIPs as necessary, in accordance with EPA rules and
guidance, including the final S02 Data Requirements Rule.
10. Develop and submit attainment demonstration SIPs for 2008 ozone NAAQS.
11. Develop attainment plans for the 2012 PIVh.s NAAQS and for areas reclassified to Serious
for the 1997 or 2006 Plvh.s NAAQS.
12. For affected states, submit SIP revisions to revise startup, shutdown or malfunction
(SSM) provisions per final SIP call.
Designations
2. Provide comments, as necessary, regarding potential area designations and boundaries
for a potentially revised ozone NAAQS, the 2012 Plvh.s NAAQS, and the 2010 S02 NAAQS
in accordance with relevant EPA guidance and regulations.
Other
11. Conduct public notification and education efforts, including reporting air quality
forecasts and current conditions for ozone and particle pollution.
12. Implement strategies for controlling emissions from wood smoke where it is a
significant contributor to air quality problems, including regulatory and non-regulatory
measures.
13. Submit redesignation requests including maintenance plans for areas with clean data.
14. Continue to implement strategies to attain and maintain the NAAQS in all areas.
15. Prepare to submit data for the 2014 National Emissions Inventory (due December 2015).
16. Respond to EPA comments on data prior to publication, including submission revisions
as needed.
17. Review and comment on the 2014 Modeling Platform, including future-year emissions
projections.
18. Prepare to submit emissions data for the 2015 reporting year Air Emissions Reporting
Requirements (due December 2016).
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19. Participants in Ozone and PM Advance will continue to implement and, if necessary,
supplement their actions plans.
20. Work with EPA and tribes, as necessary, to clarify air quality management authority for
non-reservation tribal lands.
21. Participants in Ozone and PM Advance will continue to implement and, if necessary,
supplement their actions plans.
22. Work with EPA and tribes, as necessary, to clarify air quality management authority for
non-reservation tribal lands.
Regional Haze
5. Work on replacing regional haze FIPs with SIPs, at the option of the state.
6. Implement BART and other SIP requirements.
7. Submit 5-year progress reports as required under 51.308(g) for applicable states.
8. Provide input to EPA's Regional Haze Rule revisions and/or guidance for the second
planning period.
Title V and NSR
7. Provide data in a timely manner on Title V permits to EPA for entry into TOPS.
8. Issue initial permits, significant permit modifications, and renewal Title V permits and
reduce backlog of renewal permits.
9. Participate with EPA in Title V permit program evaluations, set targets to respond to
EPA's evaluation report, and implement recommendations.
10. Issue major NSR PSD permits within one year of making the determination of
completeness.
11. Issue NSR permits consistent with CAA requirements and enter BACT/LAER
determinations in the RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse (RBLC).
12. Provide data in a timely manner on PSD permits issued for new major sources and major
modifications by entering data including "the application accepted date" and "the
permit issuance date" into the RBLC national database.
Ambient Monitoring for Criteria Pollutants
12. Operate monitors for other NAAQS pollutants, NCore, PIVh.s speciation, and PAMS
according to 40 CFR Part 58, approved monitoring plans, and/or grant agreements
including QMPs and QAPPs. (M10)
13. Ensure adequate independent QA audits of NAAQS monitors including PEP and NPAP or
equivalent.
14. Conduct monthly QA checks for flow rates of PIVh.s speciation monitors and submit data
quarterly to AQS.
15. Submit annual network plan required by 40 CFR §58.10, by July 1 of each year, unless
another schedule has been approved.
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16. Submit 5-year network assessments required by 40 CFR §58.10(d), by July 1 of each 5-
year cycle year (i.e., 2010, 2015, 2020).
17. Complete implementation of 2nd phase of near-road NC>2 monitors that were due by
January 1, 2015 (2nd required monitors in largest Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA) or
areas with road segments > 250K AADT).
18. Complete installation of required PIVh.s and CO monitors at near-road NCh sites in
CBSA's of 2.5M population or greater, due by January 1, 2015. Establish Plvh.s and CO
monitors at near-road sites in CBSA's between 1M and 2.5M population, due by January
1, 2017.
19. Establish and begin operating Phase 3 Near-road monitoring stations that are due by
January 1, 2017 in CBSAs between 500K and 1M population, if appropriate based on
analysis of the data from Phase 1 and 2.
20. Submit NAAQS pollutant data, PAMS, NCore, and QA data to AQS according to schedule
in 40 CFR Part 58.
21. Certify annual NAAQS pollutant data in AQS and provide supporting documentation,
including exceptional event flags, by May 1st of each year, unless another schedule has
been approved.
22. Report real time data to AirNow for cities required to report the AQI.
Air Toxics Program Implementation
6. Prepare to submit data for the 2014 National Emissions Inventory due December 2015.
Respond to EPA comments on data prior to publication, including submission revisions
as needed.
7. Prepare to submit emissions data due in December 2016 for the 2015 reporting year Air
Emissions Reporting Requirements.
8. Develop and implement delegated or approved air toxic standards, as appropriate, for
major sources and area sources.
9. Implement delegated residual risk standards.
10. Conduct data analysis and assessment of air toxics monitoring data.
Ambient Air Monitoring for Toxics
6. Operate NATTS sites, including study sites, according to EPA's technical guidance and
theQAPPandQMP. (M20)
7. Participate in inter-laboratory Proficiency Testing and Technical System Audit programs
according to national guidance and the approved QAPP and QMP.
8. Submit NATTS data to AQS quarterly within 120 days of end of each quarter.
9. Submit data from federally-funded community monitoring projects to AQS quarterly
within 120 days of end of each quarter. The data objective for completeness rate is 85%
of the potential concentration values for the study period.
10. Conduct federally-funded community assessment projects consistent with grant terms
(including schedule), technical guidance, and applicable quality-assurance project plans
(QAPPs) and quality management plans (QMPs).
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Allowance Trading Programs
5. Submit any state-promulgated allowance allocations decisions to EPA for incorporation
into unit accounts.
6. Assist sources with monitor certifications and recertifications, emissions monitoring,
and reporting.
7. Perform electronic and field audits of monitor certifications, Part 75 continuous
emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), and emissions reporting by sources. EPA
encourages states and locals to perform Part 75 CEMS field audits in accordance with
the field audit manual. See: http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/emissions/audit-
manual.html.
8. Provide reports of the audits and any corrective actions needed to the appropriate EPA
regional office and HQ.
Mobile Source Programs
5. Implement mobile source control strategies on time and consistent with SIP
commitments.
6. Implement grants to accomplish needed reductions (e.g., DERA grants).
7. Work with transportation agencies as appropriate to update mobile SIP budgets in
response to changing needs such as updates to the mobile model MOVES or other
changes.
8. As appropriate, use flexibilities provided in the Transportation Conformity Rule
Restructuring Amendments from March 2012 to update out-of-date conformity SIPs.
Clean Power Plan
3. Develop and submit complete approvable lll(d) GHG ECU state plans or initial plans
with requests for 1- or 2-year extensions.
4. Prepare to implement lll(d) GHG ECU state plans.
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Appendix C- State and Local Agency Activities and Tribal Activities
Tribal Activities
For ease of reference, below is a compilation of the expected activities of state/local agencies
listed under the different program/topic headings in the Tribal Programs section of the main
document.
Improving Outdoor Air Quality and Addressing Climate Change in Indian Country
5.1.3.1 Tribal Air Quality Management
15. Conduct air quality monitoring pursuant to 40 CFR Part 58. (TR04)
16. Provide air quality monitoring and/or assessment data to EPA and/or AQS.
17. Complete and submit emissions inventories to the EIS. (TR08)
18. Participate in regional and national meetings, conferences, and teleconferences on rule
and policy development, attend outreach events, and seek training and support to build
capability for effective participation.
19. Submit eligibility determinations under the Tribal Authority Rule (TAR). (TR01)
20. Submit TIPs to address air quality conditions for reservation areas and for non-
reservation areas within the tribe's jurisdiction. (TR03)
21. Assist in FIP development and implementation process.
22. Participate in local, regional, and national policy developments and actions directly with
tribes or through the National Tribal Air Association (NTAA).
23. Participate in training and technical support activities conducted as part of the American
Indian Air Quality Training Program (AIAQTP), including attending workshop training both
as students and instructors and assisting tribes in collaborative learning.
24. Participate in training on and/or implement voluntary programs to address air quality
concerns.
25. Continue discussion and outreach on the use of ambient air monitoring sensor
applications.
26. Continue operating CASTNET small-footprint monitoring sites at Kickapoo, KS and Red
Lake, MN.
27. Provide recommendations and comments as necessary regarding potential preliminary
EPA-issued area designations and boundaries for a potentially revised ozone NAAQS, the
2012 PM2.5 and the 2010 S02 NAAQS, in accordance with relevant EPA guidance and
regulations.
28. Work with states and EPA, as necessary, to clarify air quality management authority for
non-reservation tribal lands.
5.1.3.2 Tribal Title V and New Source Review Permitting Activities
4. Work with regions to register minor sources for NSR permit planning.
5. Tribes with approved new source permitting programs should issue permits.
6. Work with regions to understand tribal role in implementing NSR and as appropriate,
participate in permitting, take program delegation, or develop TIPs.
5.1.3.3 Climate Change
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2. Attend training, develop plans, and develop or acquire capability to understand, assess,
and respond to Climate Change.
Improving Indoor Environments in Indian Country
3. Attend training, develop plans, and develop or acquire capability to understand, assess,
and respond to indoor air quality concerns.
4. Implement indoor air programs, as appropriate.
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Appendix D - Key Contacts
Points of Contact for More Information
Subject Area Contact Name Phone Email
Stationary Sources (Climate and Air
Quality)
Mobile Sources (Climate and Air
Quality)
Climate Partnership Programs, GHG
Reporting Rule, Global Methane
Initiative, Allowance Trading
Programs
Indoor Environments and Radiation
Tribal Programs
State/Local Air Grants
General Questions
Jeff Whitlow
Mike Haley
Pamela Bullard
Kia Logan
PatChilders
Margaret Walters
Margaret Walters
Daniel J. Hopkins
919-541-5523
202-564-1708
202-343-9011
202-343-9285
202-564-1083
202-564-4107
202-564-4107
202-564-8626
whitlow, ieff@epa.gov
haley.mike@epa.gov
bullard.pamela@epa.gov
loRan.kia@epa.Rov
childers.pat@epa.Rov
walters.marRaret@epa.Rov
walters.marRaret@epa.Rov
hopkins.daniel@epa.Rov
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Appendix E - Key Changes in FY 2016-2017 OAR NPM Guidance
Appendix E - Key Changes in FY 2016-2017 OAR NPM Guidance
Office of Air & Radiation
General
Change from FY 2015 Addendum
and FY 2014 NPM Guidances
Shift to Two Year NPM Guidance Process
Reason for Change
Sections
As a result of the National Environmental Performance Partnership
System (NEPPS)-NPM Guidance workgroup efforts, EPA has
implemented a two year guidance process that provides for earlier
engagement, alignment of grant guidance where feasible, and an
articulation of flexibility available for states and tribes.
Entire Document,
Please see OCFO's
introduction for
more details.
General
Early Engagement on the development of OAR's
FY 2016-2017 National Program Manager
Guidance
On August 28, 2014, the Office of Air and Radiation offered the
opportunity for national, state, local, and tribal air, public health, and
radiation associations to provide early input to inform the
development of the OAR NPM Guidance for FY 2016-2017.
See
http://www2.epa.g
ov/planandbudget/
national-program-
manager-guidances
for more
information.
National
Area of Focus
"Improving Outdoor Air Quality" and
"Addressing Climate Change" combined into
one National Area of Focus
Combined to reflect the complementary nature of EPA and state and
local activities focused on improving outdoor air quality and
addressing climate change.
Section 2
National
Area of Focus
New National Area of Focus: Tribal Programs
Built a new National Area of Focus for Tribal Programs to improve the
usability of guidance by consolidating tribal specific information and
activities into a single section.
Section 5
Program-
Specific
Guidance
Program Guidance title updated from
"Allowance Trading Programs" to "Allowance
Trading and Other Stationary Source Programs"
Adjusted title to reflect broader scope of section which now includes
guidance pertaining to emissions monitoring, reporting for MATS, and
for determining compliance with the Acid Rain NOx emission reduction
program.
Section 2.7
Program-
Specific
Guidance
New Clean Power Plan Section
During FY 2016-2017, EPA and air agencies will begin implementing
carbon pollution standards under §lll(b) and (d); this section reflects
anticipated activities for Headquarters, Regions, and States/local
agencies.
Section 2.11
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Program-
Specific
Guidance
Change from FY 2015 Addendum
and FY 2014 NPM Guidances
;eason ror mange
Updated State Participation
The Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) replaced the Clean Air
Interstate Rule (CAIR) resulting in adjustments to state participation in
the program.
Appendix B:
Effective Use and
Distribution of
STAG funds
One measure deletion (ORIA IAQ7), two
measure additions (ORIA IAQ9 and SIRG 4)
Annual
Commitment
Measures
Measure Changes - Asthma: EPA has built health care capacity to
deliver guidelines based asthma care that includes a focus on
environmental asthma trigger management and will no longer track
ORIA IAQ 7. The program is now focused on the next important gap in
comprehensive asthma care - supporting the delivery, infrastructure,
and sustainable financing of environmental asthma interventions at
home and school and will track progress using measure ORIA IAQ 9.
Measure Changes- Radon: Radon code adoption is one of the best
and most cost-effective ways to help reduce radon exposure and is a
strategy listed in the Federal Radon Action Plan. SIRG 4 will help track
progress in this area.
Appendix A:
Performance
Measures
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