SIP Revisions: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, March 10, 2010, December 7, 2011, and April 23, 2013

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its approval of the governor’s request to voluntarily reclassify the HGB area from a moderate to a severe nonattainment area for the 1997 eight-hour National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone on October 1, 2008 (73 FR 56983). The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) was required to submit a SIP revision to the EPA by April 15, 2010 that addressed the severe ozone nonattainment requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act (FCAA).

• 2010 HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision
• 2010 HGB Reasonable Further Progress SIP Revision
• 2011 HGB RACT Analysis Update SIP Revision
• 2013 HGB MVEB Update SIP Revision
• Associated Rules
• Contact Information

2010 HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard (Project No. 2009-017-SIP-NR)

Adoption Date: 03/10/2010

Proposal Date: 09/23/2009

EPA Approval: Pending. Adequacy determination of MOBILE 6.2-based MVEB (76 FR 4342, January 25, 2011); RACT analysis (78 FR 19599, April 2, 2013).

SIP Revision Summary: The 2010 HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard (2010 HGB AD SIP Revision) includes a photochemical-modeling analysis and a weight-of-evidence analysis to demonstrate attainment of the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS by the June 15, 2019 deadline. As required by the EPA, this SIP revision also includes motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEB), volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NO_X) Reasonable Available Control Technology (RACT) analyses, Reasonably Available Control Measures (RACM) analysis, and a contingency plan. In response to comments received, this SIP revision includes a committment to perform a mid-course review for commission consideration and approval.

The commission also adopted associated rule projects revising 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapters 101 and 115, which address cap integrity in the Mass Emissions Cap and Trade (MECT) program, a cap reduction and allowance reallocation for the Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions Cap and Trade (HECT) program, and an update to Control Technique Guidelines (CTG) documents for VOC used in offset printing (See Associated Rules).

SIP Narrative and Appendices

• 2010 HGB AD SIP Narrative
• 2010 HGB AD SIP Response to Comments
• Appendices
• Appendix A: Meteorological Modeling for the HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard
• Appendix B: Emissions Modeling for the HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard
• Appendix C: Photochemical Modeling for the HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard
• Appendix D: Reasonably Available Control Technology Analysis
• Appendix E: Reasonably Available Control Measure Analysis
• Appendix F: Evaluation of Mobile Source Control Strategies for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria State Implementation Plan (With Detailed Strategies) Prepared for Houston-Galveston Area Council, Prepared by ENVIRON International Corporation
• Appendix G: Transportation Control Measures for the HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard (Excerpt from Evaluation of Mobile Source Control Strategies for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria State Implementation Plan), Prepared for the Houston-Galveston Area Council by ENVIRON International Corporation
• Appendix H: Voluntary Mobile Emission Reduction Program for the HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard (Excerpt from Evaluation of Mobile Source Control Strategies for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria State Implementation Plan), Prepared for the Houston-Galveston Area Council by ENVIRON International Corporation
• Appendix I: Corroborative Analysis for the HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard
• Appendix J: Recommendations for Best Management Practices to Control and Reduce Inadvertent Cargo Vapor Emissions in the Tank Barge Community

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2010 HGB Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard (Project No. 2009-018-SIP-NR)

Adoption Date: 03/10/2010

Proposal Date: 09/23/2009

EPA Approval: Pending. Adequacy determination of MOBILE 6.2-based MVEBs (76 FR 4342, January 25, 2011)

SIP Revision Summary: The 2010 HGB RFP SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard (2010 HGB RFP SIP Revision) demonstrates that an 18% emissions reduction requirement will be met for the analysis period of 2002 through 2008 and an average annual emissions reduction of 3% between each of the milestone years 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, and 2018. This revision establishes baseline emission levels, calculates reduction targets, identifies control strategies to meet targets, and tracks actual emission reductions against established emissions growth. This revision also includes an MVEB for each milestone year and a contingency plan.

SIP Narrative and Appendices

• 2010 HGB RFP SIP Narrative
• 2010 HGB RFP SIP Response to Comments
• Appendices
• Appendix 1: HGB Reasonable Further Progress Demonstration Calculations Spreadsheet
• Appendix 2: Development of Reasonable Further Progress Point Source Inventories
• Appendix 3: Development of Reasonable Further Progress Area Source Inventories
• Appendix 4: Development of Reasonable Further Progress Non-Road Mobile Source Emissions Inventories for Source Categories in the EPAs NONROAD 2005 Model
• Appendix 5: Development of Reasonable Further Progress Non-Road Mobile Source Emissions Inventories for Airports
• Appendix 6: Development of Reasonable Further Progress Non-Road Mobile Source Emissions Inventories for Locomotives
• Appendix 7: Development of Reasonable Further Progress Non-Road Mobile Source Emissions Inventories for Commercial Marine Vessels
• Appendix 8: Development of Reasonable Further Progress Non-Road Mobile Source Emissions Inventories for Drilling Rigs
• Appendix 9: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area Reasonable Further Progress On-Road Mobile Source Emissions Inventories

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2011 HGB RACT Analysis Update SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard (Project No. 2010-028-SIP-NR)

Adoption Date: 12/07/2011

Proposal Date: 06/08/2011

EPA Approval: Pending.

SIP Revision Summary: The 2011 HGB RACT Analysis Update SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard (2011 HGB RACT SIP Revision) addresses CTG documents that were not addressed in the 2010 HGB AD SIP Revision. Because the 2011 HGB RACT SIP Revision focuses specifically on the seven CTG documents issued by the EPA from 2006 through 2008 that were not addressed in the 2010 HGB AD SIP Revision, the RACT analysis only provides an update to the HGB VOC RACT demonstration.

This SIP revision incorporates concurrent CTG-related rulemaking that revises Chapter 115, Subchapter E to implement RACT for flexible package printing; industrial cleaning solvents; large appliance coatings; metal furniture coatings; paper, film, and foil coatings; miscellaneous industrial adhesives; and miscellaneous metal and plastic parts coatings CTG emission source categories in the HGB area (See Associated Rules).

SIP Narrative and Appendix

• 2011 HGB RACT Analysis Update SIP Narrative, including Response to Comments and Appendix A

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2013 HGB MVEB Update SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard (Project No. 2012-002-SIP-NR)

Adoption Date: 04/23/2013

Proposal Date: 10/17/2012

EPA Approval: Pending.

SIP Revision Summary: The 2013 HGB MVEB Update SIP Revision for 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard updates the 2010 HGB AD Revision and 2010 HGB RFP SIP Revision to replace the on-road mobile source emissions inventories for NO_X and VOC based on the EPA’s MOBILE model with those based on the EPA’s Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) model. The 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, and 2018 NO_X and VOC MVEBs are also updated using the MOVES-based emissions inventories. Updated on-road inventories and emissions analysis based on the EPA’s August 30, 2012 vehicle miles traveled offset guidance and a modified version of the MOVES model (MOVES2010bROP) demonstrate compliance with FCAA requirements for transportation control measures in severe nonattainment areas. A review of emissions inventory data, photochemical modeling, and the quantitative and qualitative corroborative analyses used as weight of evidence in this SIP revision supports the 2010 HGB AD SIP Revision. This SIP revision also meets the primary obligation of the mid-course review commitment in the 2010 HGB AD SIP Revision by demonstrating that the outstanding 3% contingency requirement is fulfilled.

SIP Narrative and Appendices

• 2013 HGB MVEB Update SIP Narrative, including Response to Comments
• Appendices
• Appendix A: Evaluation of On-Road Mobile Source Emissions Developed with the MOVES2010a Model Replacing Emissions Developed with the MOBILE6.2 Model for the HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard, Adopted March 10, 2010
• Appendix B: Comparison of Modeling Using MOVES2010a with Modeling Using MOBILE6.2 for the HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard, Adopted March 10, 2010
• Appendix C: Revisions to Appendix 1, HGB Reasonable Further Progress Demonstration Calculations Spreadsheet, Adopted March 10, 2010
• Appendix D: Revisions to Appendix 9, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area Reasonable Further Progress On-Road Mobile Source Emissions Inventories, Adopted March 10, 2010
• Appendix E: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area Vehicle Miles Traveled Offset On-Road Mobile Source Emissions Inventories Analysis

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Associated Rules

The commission adopted the following state rule revisions to support the 2010 HGB Attainment Demonstration SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard (2009-017-SIP-NR) and the 2011 HGB RACT Analysis Update SIP Revision for the 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard (2010-028-SIP-NR). These rule revisions do not necessarily represent all of the rules and control strategies that may be required to attain the 1997 eight-hour ozone standard.

Adoption Date: 03/10/2010

• MECT Program
• Rule Project No. 2009-019-101-EN, Chapter 101: MECT Program Cap Integrity for the HGB Eight-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area
• HECT Program
• Rule Project No. 2009-006-101-EN, Chapter 101: HECT Program Cap Reduction and Allowance Reallocation
• Offset Lithographic Printing
• Rule Project No. 2008-019-115-EN, Chapter 115: VOC Control Technique Guidelines (CTG) Update for Offset Lithographic Printing

Adoption Date: 12/07/2011

• VOC Rules
• Rule Project No. 2010-016-115-EN, Chapter 115: VOC RACT Rule Revisions (flexible package printing; industrial cleaning solvents; large appliance coatings; metal furniture coatings; paper, film, and foil coatings; miscellaneous industrial adhesives; and miscellaneous metal and plastic parts coatings)

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Contact Information

TCEQ: SIP: Get Information or Contact Staff

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria: Contacts, Related Links

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