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State of North Carolina’sRecommendation on Boundariesof 8-Hour OzoneNonattainment AreasMarch 12, 2009Governor Beverly Perdue

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Table of ContentsIntroduction .1Background.1Summary of Recommendations.3Area Specific Recommendations on Boundaries for 8-hour OzoneNonattainment .10Area Specific Recommendations on Boundaries for 8-hour OzoneNonattainment .11Snow Bird Mountains – Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Area Nonattainment AreaDiscussion.12EPA Presumptive 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary: .12North Carolina’s Recommended 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary:.12Discussion:.12Emissions Data: .13Population Density And Degree Of Urbanization:.14Traffic And Commuting Patterns: .14Growth Rates And Patterns: .14Geography / Topography:.14Jurisdictional Boundaries: .15Level of Control of Emission Sources:.15Great Smoky Mountains National Park Nonattainment Area Discussion .16EPA Presumptive 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary: .16North Carolina’s Recommended 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary:.16Discussion:.16Air quality data: .17Emissions Data: .17Population Density And Degree Of Urbanization:.17Traffic And Commuting Patterns: .18Growth Rates And Patterns: .18Meteorology: .18Geography / Topography:.18Jurisdictional Boundaries: .19Level of Control of Emission Sources:.19Great Balsam Mountains – Shining Rock Wilderness Area Nonattainment Area Discussion.20EPA Presumptive 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary: .20North Carolina’s Recommended 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary:.20Discussion:.20

Emissions Data: .21Population Density And Degree Of Urbanization:.22Traffic And Commuting Patterns: .22Growth Rates And Patterns: .22Meteorology: .22Geography / Topography:.22Jurisdictional Boundaries: .23Level of Control of Emission Sources:.23Black Mountains Nonattainment Area Discussion .24EPA Presumptive 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary: .24North Carolina’s Recommended 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary:.24Air quality data: .25Emissions Data: .25Population Density And Degree Of Urbanization:.26Traffic And Commuting Patterns: .26Growth Rates And Patterns: .26Geography / Topography:.26Jurisdictional Boundaries: .27Level of Control of Emission Sources:.27Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Nonattainment Area Discussion.28EPA Presumptive 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary: .28North Carolina’s Recommended 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary:.28Air quality data: .28Emissions Data: .29Population Density And Degree Of Urbanization:.29Traffic And Commuting Patterns: .29Growth Rates And Patterns: .30Meteorology: .30Geography / Topography:.30Jurisdictional Boundaries: .30Level of Control of Emission Sources:.30Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill Nonattainment Area Discussion.32EPA Presumptive 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary: .32North Carolina’s Recommended 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary:.32Iredell County .33Cleveland County .34Anson County .36Stanly County .37Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point Nonattainment Area Discussion.39EPA Presumptive 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary: .39North Carolina’s Recommended 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary:.39Stokes County.40Yadkin County.41Surry County.42Randolph County.43Orange County.45

Raleigh-Durham-Cary Nonattainment Area Discussion .46EPA Presumptive 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary: .46North Carolina’s Recommended 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary:.46Harnett County .47Johnston County .48Chatham County .49Orange County.51Fayetteville Nonattainment Area Discussion.53EPA Presumptive 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary: .53North Carolina’s Recommended 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary:.53Greenville Nonattainment Area Discussion.56EPA Presumptive 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary: .56North Carolina’s Recommended 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary:.56Pitt County.58Greene County.59Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Nonattainment Area Discussion.61EPA Presumptive 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary: .61North Carolina’s Recommended 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Boundary:.61Currituck County .62Table of FiguresFigure 1: North Carolina’s 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map (Please Note That AllDesign Value Concentrations Presented Above Are In Parts Per Billion (ppb) To ConserveSpace On The Map. 76 ppb 0.076 ppm.).2Figure 2: North Carolina’s Recommendation On 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area Boundaries.5Figure 3: Potential 8-hour Ozone Nonattainment Areas Map Following EPA’s Presumptive FullCSA/MSA and Full County Boundaries (As Presented at Governmental and Public Meetings).10Figure 4: North Carolina’s Proposed 8-hour Ozone Nonattainment Areas Map (As Presented atGovernmental and Public Meetings) .10Figure 5: Recommended Nonattainment Areas. Snow Bird Mountains – Joyce Kilmer-SlickrockWilderness Area nonattainment area shaded in orange.12Figure 6: Western NC Regional 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map (Please Note ThatAll Design Value Concentrations Presented Above Are In Parts Per Billion (ppb) To ConserveSpace On The Map. 76 ppb 0.076 ppm.).13Figure 7: Diurnal Ozone Profile Comparison (Ridge Top, Valley, and Large Metropolitan Sites) .15Figure 8: Recommended Nonattainment Areas. Great Smoky Mountains National Parknonattainment area shaded in orange.16Figure 9: Western NC Regional 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map (Please Note ThatAll Design Value Concentrations Presented Above Are In Parts Per Billion (ppb) To ConserveSpace On The Map. 76 ppb 0.076 ppm.).17Figure 10: Diurnal Ozone Profile Comparison (Ridge Top, Valley, and Large Metropolitan Sites)19

Figure 11: Recommended Nonattainment Areas Great Balsam Mountains – Shining RockWilderness Area nonattainment area shaded in orange.20Figure 12: Western NC Regional 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map (Please Note ThatAll Design Value Concentrations Presented Above Are In Parts Per Billion (ppb) To ConserveSpace On The Map. 76 ppb 0.076 ppm.).21Figure 13: Diurnal Ozone Profile Comparison (Ridge Top, Valley, and Large Metropolitan Sites)23Figure 14: Recommended Nonattainment Areas. Black Mountains nonattainment area shaded inorange. .24Figure 15: Western NC Regional 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map (Please Note ThatAll Design Value Concentrations Presented Above Are In Parts Per Billion (ppb) To ConserveSpace On The Map. 76 ppb 0.076 ppm.).25Figure 16: Diurnal Ozone Profile Comparison (Ridge Top, Valley, and Large Metropolitan Sites)27Figure 17: Recommended Nonattainment Area.28Figure 18: Unifour Regional 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map (Please Note That AllDesign Value Concentrations Presented Above Are In Parts Per Billion (ppb) To ConserveSpace On The Map. 76 ppb 0.076 ppm.).29Figure 19: Metrolina NC Regional 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map .32Figure 20: Triad NC Regional 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map.39Figure 21: Triangle NC Regional 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map.46Figure 22: Fayetteville NC Regional 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map .53Figure 23: Greenville NC Regional 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map .56Figure 24: Three-year design values of monitors surrounding the Greenville area.56Figure 25: Spatially allocated modeled design values for 2009.57Figure 26: Currituck NC Regional 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map.61Table of TablesTable 1: North Carolina – Ozone (8-Hour Standard).6Table 2: Snow Bird Mountains – Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Area Regional Ozone DesignValue Table.13Table 3: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Regional Ozone Design Value Table .17Table 4: Great Balsam Mountains – Shining Rock Wilderness Area Regional Ozone Design ValueTable .21Table 5: Black Mountains Regional Ozone Design Value Table .25Table 6: Hickory Regional Ozone Design Value Table.29Table 7: Charlotte/Metrolina Regional Ozone Design Value Table .32Table 8: Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point (Triad) Regional Ozone Design Value Table.39Table 9: Raleigh-Durham-Cary (Triangle) Regional Ozone Design Value Table.46Table 10: Fayetteville Regional Ozone Design Value Table .53Table 11: Greenville Regional Ozone Design Value Table .57Table 12: Fayetteville Regional Ozone Design Value Table .61

Table of AppendicesAppendix A: North Carolina’s 2006-2008 8-Hour Ozone Design Values Map & TableAppendix B: Local Government and Public Comments ReceivedAppendix C: U.S. National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service Comments ReceivedAppendix D: Area Designations for the 2008 Revised Ozone National Ambient Air QualityStandards – December 2008 U.S. EPA MemorandumAppendix E: North Carolina’s Existing and Previous Nonattainment Areas Boundaries MapAppendix F: North Carolina’s Vehicle Emissions Testing (OBD) and Safety Inspection MapAppendix G: North Carolina’s Jurisdictional Information:North Carolina County MapCore Base Statistical Area (CBSA) and Combined Statistical Area (CSA) MapNorth Carolina Regional and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (RPO & MPO) MapSelect County Township Maps and Statewide County Township Population TableAppendix H: North Carolina’s 2006 NOx and VOC Emissions Data Maps and TablesAppendix I: North Carolina’s 2000 Population and Population Density MapsAppen

Select County Township Maps and Statewide County Township Population Table Appendix H: North Carolina’s 2006 NOx and VOC Emissions Data Maps and Tables Appendix I: North Carolina’s 2000 Population and Population Density Maps Appendix J: North Carolina’s 20

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