• dep west virginia department of environmental protection

Executive Office 60 I 57'h ST SE Charieston, WV 25304

Mr. Shawn M. Garvin (3RAOO) Regional Administrator US EPA Region 3 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029

Dear Administrator Garvin:

May 23, 2011

Earl Ray Tomblin, Governor Randy C. Huffman, Cabinet Secretary

dep.wv.gov

RE: West Virginia Area Designations Under the June 2010 Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS

In a letter dated March 29, 2011 to DEP' s Division of Air Quality Director, John Benedict, the Air Protection Division Director of EPA Region 3 advised that initial state designations under the June 20 I 0 Sulfur Dioxide (S02) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) were required by June 3, 2011. The letter accompanied a related memo which provided detailed, but non-binding, guidance that states may consider in making their initial nonattainment and boundary designations. EPA suggests dispersion modeling as a tool for informing attainment decisions but acknowledges that it is not required, nor generally expected, for initial designations. DEP has primarily based its preliminary designations upon available monitoring and emissions data.

Specifically, if a monitored county has data that indicates a violation during the period 2008-2010, it is listed as nonattainment, with the presumptive area boundary identical to the county boundary. Unmonitored counties that have cumulative major point source emissions below 100 tons per year are presumed to be attainment areas. The remaining counties are designated as unc1assifiable. The designations and related documentation are attached. If you have any questions or need futiher information, please contact John Benedict at (304) 926-0462.

cc: Diana Esher (3APOO) John Benedict

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Sincerely,

~ia:~~ Cabinet Secretary

Promoting a hea lthy environment.

State of West Virginia 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards

Preliminary Area Designations May 2011

WEST VIRGlNIA.-Sulfur Dioxide (S02)

Designated area I Designation Type

Brooke Hancock Marshall Monongalia Wood

Barbour Boone Braxton Cabell Calhoun Clay Doddridge Gilmer Greenbrier Hampshire Hardy Lewis Lincoln Logan McDowell Mcrcer Mingo Monroe Morgan Nicholas Ohio Pendleton Pocahaontas Raleigh Randolph Ritchie Roane Summers Tucker Tyler Upshur Webster Wetzel Wirt

Berkeley Fayette Grant Harrison Jackson Jefferson Kanawha Marion Mason Mineral Pleasants Preston Putnam Taylor Wayne Wyoming

NONATIAINMENT ...... . Nonattainment

..... _ ................................ NonaUainment ... Nonattainment

........ Nonattainmcnt ............ . Nonattainmcnt

ATIAINMENT ............ Attainment

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UNCLASSIFIABLE ............... Unclassifiable

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......... Unclassifiable ................. Unclassifiable

.................... Unclassifiable ............................. Unclassifiablc

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West Virginia Sulfur Dioxide Preliminary Designations Attachment May 2011 page A-1 of 5

West Virginia Title V Major Source Cumulative SO, Emissions by County

County CY 2008 SO, Monitor Status Designation tons per year

Brooke 767 Violate Nonattalnment Hancock 613 Violate Nonattainmen! Marshall 51,576 Violate Nonattainmen! Monongalia 83,324 Violate Nonattalnment Wood 3,175 Violate Nonattainment Berkeley 6,103 Unclassifiable Fayette 1,164 Un classifiable Grant 3,659 Un classifiable Harrison 4,500 Unclassifiable Jackson 2,640 Unclassifiable Jefferson 329 Unclassifiable Kanawha 20,015 Attaining Unclassifiable Marion 3,467 Unclassifiable Mason 38,329 Unclassifiable Mineral 211 Unclassifiable Pleasants 16,980 Unclasslfiable Preston 12,497 Unclassifiable Putnam 93,535 Unclassifiable Taylor 546 Unclassifiable Wayne 237 Unclassifiable Wyoming 136 Unclassifiable Barbour 0 Attainment Boone 0 Attainment

raxton 13 Attainment Cabell 28 Attaining AltlIlnment Calhoun 0 Attainment Clay 0 Attainment Doddridge 0 Attainment Gilmer 0 Attainment Greenbrier 0 Allalnment HamPshire 0 Attainment Hardy 4 Attainment Lewis 1 Attainment Lincoln 0 Attainment Logan 0 Attainment Mcdowell 62 Attainment Mercer 0 Attainment Mingo 0 Attainment Monroe 0 Attainment Morgan 12 Attainment Nicholas 2 Attainment Ohio 1 Attainment

endleton 6 Attainment Pocahontas 0 Attainment Raleigh 0 Attainment Randolph 2 Attainment

itchle 0 Attainment 0 Attainment 0 Attainment

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