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NC DEQ »   About »   Divisions »   Air Quality »   Air Quality Planning »   State Implementation Plans (SIPs) »   Rocky Mount Area

Rocky Mount Area

Supplement for Redesignation Demonstration and Maintenance Plan for 1997 8-hour Ozone - February 2011

On February 7, 2011, the Division of Air Quality submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) a Supplement to the Rocky Mount Maintenance Plan, revising the motor vehicle emission budgets for transportation conformity purposes. The transmittal letter and the supplement documentation are available through the links found below.

DEQ Submittals:

  • Transmittal Letter
  • Supplemental Documentation

The Supplement made revisions to select pages of the Redesignation Demonstration and Maintenance Plan Narrative, Appendix B - Hearing Report and
Appendix C.3 - Mobile Source Inventory Documentation.

Below are the documents affected by the supplement with the new pages inserted.

DEQ Submittals:

  • Narrative as Supplemented
  • Appendices as Supplemented (.zip)

EPA Actions:

  • Direct final rule: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; North Carolina: Approval of Rocky Mount Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget Update (77 FR 59335, September 27, 2012)
  • Proposed rule: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; North Carolina: Approval of Rocky Mount Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget Update (77 FR 59356, September 27, 2012)

Please direct any further questions or comments concerning this SIP submittal to the Planning Section Chief.


Redesignation Demonstration and Maintenance Plan for 1997 8-hour Ozone - June 2006

The final "Redesignation Demonstration and Maintenance Plan for the Rocky Mount, North Carolina 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area" State Implementation Plan (SIP) package was submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) on June 19, 2006. The narrative documents that the Rocky Mount area has attained the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard, fulfilling requirements of Section 175A(b) of the Federal Clean Air Act as amended. The transmittal letter, narrative, and appendices are available through the links found below.

DEQ Submittals;

  • Transmittal Letter
  • Narrative
  • Appendices (.zip)

EPA Actions:

  • Direct final rule: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; North Carolina; Redesignation of the Rocky Mount 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment (71 FR 64891, November 6, 2006)
  • Proposed rule: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; North Carolina; Redesignation of the Rocky Mount 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment (71 FR 64906, November 6, 2006)

Please direct any further questions or comments concerning this SIP submittal to the Planning Section Chief.

State Implementation Plans (SIPs)

  • For Rules Related SIP Submissions
  • Limited Maintenance Plan for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Rocky Mount, & Triangle Maintenance Areas for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS
  • Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) SIP for Evergreen Packaging/Blue Ridge Paper Products
  • Charlotte / Gastonia / Salisbury, NC and Rock Hill, SC (Metrolina) 1997 8-Hour Ozone Area
  • Charlotte/Gastonia/Salisbury, NC 2008 8-Hour Ozone Area
  • Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill (Triangle) Area
  • Greensboro / Winston-Salem / High Point (Triad) Area
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  • Rocky Mount Area
  • Hickory (Catawba County)/ Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point (Davidson and Guilford Counties) Areas
  • Carbon Monoxide (CO) Limited Maintenance Plan
  • 110(a) Infrastructure Certifications
  • Inspection and Maintenance Program SIP
  • Regional Haze State SIP
  • Transportation of Conformity Memorandum of Agreements (MOAs)
  • Nitrogen Oxides SIP Call Transition Requirements for Large Non Electrical Generating Units

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