Charleston, West Virginia

CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA

Effective Redesignation Date: 9/6/94 (59 FR 45985, 9/6/94)

Maintenance Plan - Key Features

• 1990 base year, emissions budget through 2005
• continued RVP of 9.0 psi
• fleet turnover to automobiles meeting more stringent emission standards
• track the status and effectiveness of the maintenance plan by updating the emission inventory every 3 years; WVOAQ will perform the tracking annually
• indicate new source growth as indicated by annual emission statements
• operate ambient ozone air quality monitoring network in accordance with 40 CFR part 58
• implement federal reformulated gasoline program

Contingency Plan Trigger

• violation of the ozone NAAQS
• excessive or unanticipated growth in ozone precursor emissions seen from periodic inventory updates or major permitting activity

Contingency Measures

• extend the applicability of 45CSR21 (VOC/RACT rule) to include source categories previously excluded
• revise new source permitting requirements requiring more stringent emissions control technology and/or emission offsets
• NO_x RACT requirements, if such requirements are not already applicable
• Stage II
• regulations to establish plant-wide emission caps (potentially with emissions trading provisions)
• implementation of basic (or enhanced) I/M

Schedule

• confirmation of monitored violation within 45 days of violation verification
• one or more revision(s) selected within 3 months of violation verification
• adoption of control measure(s) within 6 months of violation verification

For further information:

Maria Pino/Kristeen Gaffney

U.S. EPA, Region III
841 Chestnut Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Pino - Telephone: (215) 566-2181; Email: pino.maria@epamail.epa.gov

Gaffney - Telephone: (215) 566-2092; Email: gaffney.kristeen@epamail.epa.gov