Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for protecting and improving visibility levels in New Jersey’s Class I Area, the Brigantine Wilderness Area of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

Date Posted: August 22, 2019

Last Update: May 2020

This SIP revision is to protect and improve visibility levels in New Jersey’s Class I Area, the Brigantine Wilderness Area of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. This SIP revision establishes the progress goal for the second planning period (2018 – 2028) for the Brigantine Wilderness Area to help achieve the goal of reaching natural background visibility levels by 2064. This SIP revision also addresses other mandatory SIP elements for regional haze and related issues.

Proposed Appendix A: Background and History of Regional Haze and the Clean Air Act Amendments

Final Appendix A: Background and History of the Regional Haze Rule and the Clean Air Act Amendments

Proposed Appendix B – Asks

Final Appendix B – Asks

Appendix B-1: Statement of the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Visibility Union (MANE-VU) States Concerning a Course of Action within MANE-VU Toward Assuring Reasonable Progress for the Second Regional Haze Implementation Period (2018-2028)

Appendix B-2: Statement of the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Visibility Union (MANE-VU) States Concerning a Course of Action in Contributing States Located Upwind of MANE-VU Toward Assuring Reasonable Progress for the Second Regional Haze Implementation Period (2018-2028)

Appendix B-3: Statement of the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Visibility Union (MANE-VU) States Concerning a Course of Action by the Environmental Protection Agency and Federal Land Managers Toward Assuring Reasonable Progress for the Second Regional haze Implementation Period (2018-2028)

Proposed Appendix C

Final Appendix C

Proposed Appendix C: Ozone Transport Commission/Mid-Atlantic Northeastern Visibility Union 2011 Based Modeling Platform Support Document – October 2018 Update

Final Appendix C: Ozone Transport Commission/Mid-Atlantic Northeastern Visibility Union 2011 Based Modeling Platform Support Document – October 2018 Update

Proposed Appendix D

Final Appendix D

Proposed Appendix D: Documentation of Consultation Within and Outside MANE-VU

Final Appendix D: Documentation of Consultation Within and Outside MANE-VU

Proposed Appendix E – Selection of States

Final Appendix E – Selection of States

Appendix E-1: Selection of States for MANE-VU Regional Haze Consultation (2018)

Appendix E-2: Contribution for Class I Sites

Proposed Appendix F – Modeling

Final Appendix F – Modeling

Appendix F-1: 2016 MANE-VU CALPUFF Point Source Modeling Analysis (April 4, 2017)

Appendix F-2: 2016 MANE-VU CALPUFF Point Source Modeling Analysis Appendices (April 4, 2017)

Appendix F-3: MANE-VU Regional Haze Metrics Trends and HYSPLIT Trajectory Analyses (May 2017)

Proposed Appendix G – Contribution Assessment

Final Appendix G – Contribution Assessment

Appendix G-1: Contributions to Regional Haze in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States (August 2006) (aka MANE-VU Contribution Assessment Report)

Appendix G-1 Attachment 1: Appendix A: Application of Trajectory Analysis Methods to Sulfate Source Attribution Studies in the Northeast United States

Appendix G-1 Attachment 2: Appendix A: Brigantine Supplement: Trajectory Analysis Result at Brigantine National Park

Appendix G-1 Attachment 3: Appendix A: New York City Supplement: Trajectory Analysis Result at Queens College, New York City

Appendix G-1 Attachment 4: Appendix A – Multiple Site Averages Supplement: Trajectory Analysis Results at Multiple Sites

Appendix G-1 Attachment 5: Appendix B: Source Attribution by Receptor-Based Methods

Appendix G-1 Attachment 6: Appendix C: Chemical Transport Model Results for Sulfate Source Attribution Studies in the Northeast United States – Model Description and Performance Evaluation

Appendix G-1 Attachment 7: Appendix D: Development of Parallel CALPUFF Dispersion Modeling Platforms for Sulfate Source Attribution Studies in the Northeast United States

Appendix G-2: MANE-VU Updated Q/d*C Contribution Assessment (April 6, 2016)

Appendix G-3: Contribution Assessment Preliminary Inventory Analysis (October 10, 2016)

Proposed Appendix H – Assessment of Reasonable Progress

Final Appendix H – Assessment of Reasonable Progress

Appendix H-1: Assessment of Reasonable Progress for Regional Haze in MANE-VU Class I Areas (MACTEC, July 2007) (aka The Reasonable Progress Report)

Appendix H-2: 2016 Updates to the Assessment of Reasonable Progress for Regional Haze in MANE-VU Class I Areas (January 31, 2016)

Appendix H-3: Four-Factor Data Collection (March 30, 2017)

Appendix H-4: Status of the Top 167 Electric Generating Units (EGUs) that Contributed to Visibility Impairment at MANE-VU Class I Areas during the 2008 Regional Haze Planning Period (July 25, 2016)

Appendix H-5: EGU Data for Four-Factor Analyses – Only CALPUFF Units (January 10, 2017)

Appendix H-6: Industrial Source Data for Four-Factor Analyses 

Proposed Appendix I – Visibility Metrics

Final Appendix I – Visibility Metrics

Appendix I-1: Tracking Visibility Progress 2004-2017 (1st RH SIP Metrics ) December 18, 2018

Appendix I-2: Mid-Atlantic/Northeast U.S. Visibility Data 2004-2017 (2nd RH SIP Metrics) December 18, 2018

Appendix I-3: MANE-VU Plots for 1st SIP Report (November 11, 2018)

Appendix I-4: MANE-VU Plots for 2nd SIP Report (November 11, 2018)

Appendix I-5: MANE-VU Site Analysis 2000-2017 2nd SIP (November 11, 2018)

Appendix I-6: MANE-VU Sites Constituents Analysis 2000 – 2017 Summary 2nd SIP (November 11, 2018)

Proposed Appendix J – Other Technical Documents

Final Appendix J – Other Technical Documents

Appendix J-1: Assessment of Control Technology Options for BART-Eligible Sources (March 2005)

Appendix J-2: Five-Factor Analysis of BART-Eligible Sources (June 1, 2007)

Appendix J-3: High Electric Demand Days and Visibility Impairment in MANE-VU (December 20, 2017)

Appendix J-4: Benefits of Combined Heat and Power Systems for Reducing Pollutant Emissions in MANE-VU States (March 9, 2016)

Appendix J-5: Beyond Sulfate: Maintaining Progress Towards Visibility and Health Goals (December 17, 2012)

Appendix J-6: State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for the Attainment and Maintenance of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard. 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration. Final. (October 29, 2007)

Appendix J-7: Impact of Wintertime SCR/SNCR Optimization on Visibility Impairing Nitrate Precursor Emissions (November 20, 2017)

Appendix J-8: RC Cape May Administrative Consent Order Amendment

Appendix J-9: BL England Termination Letter

Final Appendix K: Public Participation

Final Appendix K Attachment 1: Public Notices