*Draft* New Mexico State Implementation Plan Regional Haze Section 308 New Mexico Environment Department Air Quality Bureau June 21, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................1 1.1 Overview of Visibility and Regional Haze..................................................................................1 1.2 New Mexico Class I Areas ..........................................................................................................2 1.3 Summary of the Regional Haze Rule ..........................................................................................4 1.4 Background on the Regional Haze Rule......................................................................................4 1.4.1 The 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments....................................................................................4 1.4.2 Phase I Visibility Rules – The New Mexico Visibility Protection Plan..................................5 1.4.3 The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments....................................................................................5 1.4.4 Submittal of the New Mexico 309 SIP....................................................................................7 1.5 Purpose of this Document............................................................................................................7 1.5.1 Basic Plan Elements................................................................................................................7 CHAPTER 2: NEW MEXICO REGIONAL HAZE SIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS....................11 2.1 Federal Land Manager Consultation .........................................................................................11 2.2 State Consultation......................................................................................................................12 2.3 Tribal Consultation....................................................................................................................14 2.4 Public and Stakeholder Outreach ..............................................................................................14 CHAPTER 3: NEW MEXICO CLASS I AREAS ..............................................................................15 3.1 Bandelier Wilderness Area........................................................................................................15 3.2 Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge...........................................................................15 3.3 Carlsbad Caverns National Park................................................................................................16 3.4 Gila Wilderness .........................................................................................................................17 3.5 Pecos Wilderness.......................................................................................................................18 3.6 Salt Creek Wilderness ...............................................................................................................19 3.7 San Pedro Parks Wilderness......................................................................................................20 3.8 Wheeler Peak Wilderness..........................................................................................................21 3.9 White Mountain Wilderness......................................................................................................22 CHAPTER 4: REGIONAL HAZE MONITORING NETWORK ......................................................24 4.1 Overview of IMPROVE Network .............................................................................................24 4.2 New Mexico IMPROVE Monitoring Network .........................................................................26 4.2.1 Bandelier Wilderness ............................................................................................................27 4.2.2 Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge ......................................................................28 4.2.3 Carlsbad Caverns National Park ...........................................................................................28 4.2.4 Gila Wilderness.....................................................................................................................30 4.2.5 Pecos Wilderness ..................................................................................................................30 4.2.6 Salt Creek Wilderness ...........................................................................................................31 4.2.7 San Pedro Parks Wilderness..................................................................................................32 4.2.8 Wheeler Peak Wilderness......................................................................................................33 4.2.9 White Mountain Wilderness..................................................................................................34 4.3 New Mexico Regional Haze Monitoring Commitments...........................................................35 CHAPTER 5: TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND DATA.............................................................37 5.1 WRAP and Technical Support ..................................................................................................37 5.1.1 WRAP Committees and Workgroups ...................................................................................37 5.1.2 WRAP Technical Support System .......................................................................................39 CHAPTER 6: NEW MEXICO CLASS ONE AREA BASELINE, NATURAL CONDITIONS, AND UNIFORM RATE OF PROGRESS ...........................................................................................................40 6.1 Baseline and Current Visibility Conditions...............................................................................40 6.3 Monitoring Data ........................................................................................................................41 6.4 Natural Visibility Conditions.....................................................................................................41 6.5 Uniform Progress.......................................................................................................................42 New Mexico Section 308 Regional Haze SIP ii CHAPTER 7: VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT AT NEW MEXICO CLASS I AREAS ........................44 7.1 Bandelier Wilderness.................................................................................................................45 7.2 Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge...........................................................................47 7.3 Carlsbad Caverns National Park................................................................................................48 7.4 Gila Wilderness .........................................................................................................................50 7.5 Pecos Wilderness, Wheeler Peak Wilderness............................................................................51 7.6 Salt Creek Wilderness ...............................................................................................................53 7.7 San Pedro Parks Wilderness......................................................................................................54 7.8 White Mountain Wilderness......................................................................................................56 CHAPTER 8: SOURCES OF VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT..............................................................58 8.1 Anthropogenic Sources..............................................................................................................58 8.2 Natural Sources .........................................................................................................................58 8.3 Overview of Emission Inventory System – WRAP Technical Support System .......................58 8.4 New Mexico Emissions Data ....................................................................................................59 CHAPTER 9: VISIBILITY MODELING AND SOURCE APPORTIONMENT..............................64 9.1 Modeling Overview...................................................................................................................64 9.2 Summary of Modeling Results for CMAQ ...............................................................................66 9.2.1 CMAQ Modeling by Pollutant..............................................................................................66 9.3 Summary of PSAT Modeling Results .......................................................................................74 9.3.1 Bandelier Wilderness ............................................................................................................75 9.3.2 Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge ......................................................................77 9.3.3 Carlsbad Caverns National Park ...........................................................................................79 9.3.4 Gila Wilderness.....................................................................................................................81 9.3.5 Pecos Wilderness, Wheeler Peak Wilderness .......................................................................83 9.3.6 Salt Creek Wilderness ...........................................................................................................85