Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

Emergency Burn Ban In Effect 10/26/24 - An emergency burn ban is now in effect for all Connecticut State Parks, Forests, and Wildlife Management areas, prohibiting the use of all outdoor grills, firepits, and campfires, and the kindling and use of flame outdoors. DEEP and local agencies are working to contain several active fires across the state. Please avoid all affected State Parks and Forests, as well as the blue-blazed Mattabesett Trail. The Enduro Trail in Voluntown and portions of North Stonington within the Pachaug State Forest are closed at this time. Rocky Neck State Park is also closed until further notice due to a brush fire. Please note that today's forest fire danger report remains at a 'very high' or 'extreme' level. More information about the current fire danger, burn ban and recommended safety measures can be found here

Revision to
Connecticut's State Implementation Plan
8-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration
(for the 1997 NAAQS)
  
This page presents the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (CT DEEP) air quality state implementation plan (SIP) revision for attaining the 1997 federal 8-hour National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone, and related DEEP/EPA correspondence. The plan describes the national, regional and local control measures to be implemented to reduce emissions and uses air quality modeling and other analyses of air quality and meteorological data to assess the likelihood of reaching attainment in Connecticut by the 2010 attainment deadline.
EPA's Proposed Disapproval of Connecticut's SIP Revision
Connecticut DEEP/EPA Correspondence Regarding Potential Reclassification
Complete 8-Hour Ozone SIP - Submitted February 1, 2008
(Some of these documents are large and may not open quickly.  Individual Chapters & Appendices can be accessed below.)
Attachment A:  Hearing Report (PDF, 0.7MB)
Attachment B:  Hearing Notice (PDF, 2.3MB)
Attachment C: Hearing Certification (PDF, 0.8MB)
Attachment D:  Attainment Demonstration
                      Technical Support Document (TSD) (PDF, 2.7MB)
Attachment E:  Adopted Regulations (PDF, 5.0MB)
Attachment F:  Attainment Demonstration TSD Appendices (PDF, 32.3MB)
Attachment G:  2002 Periodic Emissions Inventory (PDF, 4.1MB)
Attainment Demonstration TSD Chapters
Executive Summary (PDF, 1 MB)
Attainment Demonstration TSD Appendices
Appendix 2A
"The Nature of the Ozone  Air Quality Problem in the Ozone Transport Region: A Conceptual Description," NESCAUM, October 2006 (PDF, 5.8MB)
Appendix 2B A Connecticut Perspective On the Regional Ozone Problem (PDF, 4.5MB)
Appendix 4A
Documentation of Mobile Source Emissions Modeling: NONROAD2005 Input Files and MOBILE6.2 Input Files for Greater Connecticut and Southwest Connecticut Emission Estimates 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012 (PDF)
Appendix 4B
Portable Fuel Container Emission Estimates for 2005 Excerpted from CTDEEP’s Draft 2005 Periodic Emissions Inventory (draft, April 16, 2007) (PDF)
Appendix 4C
2002 Base Year Inventory Used to Develop Rate-of-Progress Emission Target Levels (PDF)
Appendix 4D
Documentation of Growth Factors Used to Project Emissions for 2008, 2009 and 2012 (PDF)
Appendix 4E
Emission Projections for 2008, 2009, & 2012 Including Calculation of Emission Reductions Resulting from Control Strategies (PDF)
Appendix 5A
Documentation of On-Road Mobile Source Emissions Modeling for Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) Inventories 2002 and 2008 MOBILE6.2 Input Files for Greater Connecticut and Southwest Connecticut (PDF)
Appendix 6A
Final 2007 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) as of 3/30/07 (PDF)
Appendix 6B The Ozone Transport Commission Control Measures Technical Support Document (TSD) (PDF, 2.2MB)
Appendix 8A
A Modeling Protocol for the OTC SIP Quality Modeling System for Assessment of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard in the Ozone Transport Region (PDF)
Appendix 8B
Determination of Representativeness of 2002 Ozone Season for Ozone Transport Region SIP Modeling (PDF, 2.1MB)
Appendix 8C OTC Modeling Grid Configurations Developed by NYDEC (PDF)
Appendix 8D MM5 Model Configuration (PDF)
Appendix 8E MM5 Model Evaluation Document #1 (PDF, 1.7MB)
Appendix 8F MM5 Model Evaluation Document #2 (PDF, 5.9MB)
Appendix 8G
Documentation of the Base G 2002 Base Year, 2009 and 2018, Emission Inventories for VISTAS (PDF, 1.3MB)
Appendix 8H
Technical Support Document for 2002 MANE-VU SIP Modeling Inventories, Version 3 (PDF)
Appendix 8I
Development of Emission Projections For 2009, 2012, and 2018 For NonEGU Point, Area, and Nonroad Source In the MANE-VU Region (PDF)
Appendix 8J
Emission Processing for the Revised 2002 OTC Regional and Urban 12 km Base Case Simulations (PDF)
Appendix 8K Emission Processing for OTC 2009 OTW/OTB 12km CMAQ Simulations (PDF)
Appendix 8L CMAQ Air Quality Model Configuration (PDF)
Appendix 8M CMAQ Model Performance and Assessment, 8-Hr OTC Ozone Modeling (PDF)
Appendix 8N
Isopleth Maps Displaying Ozone Design Value Improvements In the Northeast 1985 - 2006 (PDF)
Appendix 8O
"Memorandum of Understanding Among the States of the Ozone Transport Commission Concerning the Incorporation of High Electrical Demand Day Emission Reduction Strategies into Ozone Attainment State Implementation
Planning," March 2, 2007 (PDF, 1.5MB)
Appendix 8P
"Avoided Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Energy Efficiency on High Electric Demand Days in Connecticut: A preliminary Analysis," Resource Systems Group Inc. - March 2007 (PDF)
Appendix 8Q ECMB 2006 Annual Report, March 2007 (PDF, 2.1MB)
Content last updated on August 4, 2009