Hampton Roads, Virginia

HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA*

Effective Redesignation Date:7/28/97 (62 FR 34408, 6/26/97)

Maintenance Plan - Key Features

• 1993 attainment year; emissions inventories for 1993, 2000, and 2008
• Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program (Tier 1)
• continue reformulated gasoline (on-road and non-road) program
• continue the federal RVP program or 7.8 psi
• projecting 20 percent reduction in VOC emissions from 1993 levels due to application of architectural and industrial maintenance coatings (AIM) rule reformulation
• projecting 20 percent reduction in VOC emissions from 1993 inventory due to commercial/consumer solvents reformulation
• projecting 37 percent reduction in emissions from use of reformulated coatings for auto body refinishing process
• specific seasonal NO_x emission limits (emission caps) on two point sources of NO_x in the area
• continue monitoring air quality in the area in accordance with 40 CFR part 58
• track status and effectiveness of maintenance plan by updating the emission inventory annually and through periodic evaluations. Develop and submit to EPA comprehensive tracking inventories every three years during the maintenance period.
• submit revised maintenance SIP eight years after area is redesignated to attainment; revised SIP will provide for maintenance for an additional ten years

Contingency Plan Trigger

• Trigger 1: VOC or NO_x emissions exceed projected emissions inventory
• Trigger 2: violation of ozone NAAQS at any individual monitor

Contingency Measures

• Trigger 1: RACT regulations will be implemented for either VOC or NO_x sources that have emissions of 100 tons per year or more, depending on the pollutant of concern.
• Trigger 2: Either VOC RACT or NO_x RACT regulations will be implemented for all sources with emissions of over 100 tons per year or more

Schedule

• Notification received from EPA that a contingency measure must be implemented, or three months after a recorded violation
• Application regulation to be adopted 12 months after date established above
• Regulation implemented within six months of adoption
• Compliance with regulation achieved within 12 months of adoption

*Area consists of James City County, Poquoson City, York County, Portsmouth City, Chesapeake City, Suffolk City, Hampton City, Virginia Beach City, Newport News City, Williamsburg City, and Norfolk City.

For further information:

Kristeen Gaffney

Ozone/Carbon Monoxide and Mobile Sources Section (3AT21)
U.S. EPA, Region III
841 Chestnut Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: (215) 566-2092; Email: gaffney.kristeen@epamail.epa.gov