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. Please note that today's forest fire danger report remains at an 'extreme' level. More information about the current fire danger, burn ban and recommended safety measures can be found here

Connecticut's PM 2.5 Demonstration - Final Submission

Annual Fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5) Attainment Demonstration
Final SIP Submitted to EPA November 18, 2008

Background and information on the PM2.5 Demonstration SIP:

The documents below present the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (CT DEEP) state implementation plan (SIP) for attaining the 1997 annual National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). This PM2.5 NAAQS Attainment Demonstration has two major components:  (1) a description of the national, regional and local control measures that have been or will be implemented to reduce emissions contributing to PM2.5 in future years; and (2) air quality modeling and other analyses of air quality and meteorological data to assess the likelihood of reaching PM2.5 attainment by the mandated 2010 attainment deadline.  Results of the analyses described in this attainment demonstration lead CT DEEP to conclude that attainment in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut nonattainment area will be achieved by the April 2010 attainment date.  Air quality modeling of future emissions, grown and controlled to 2009, plus other evidence of forthcoming emission reductions indicate that the previously non-attaining air quality levels in New York City and northern New Jersey will achieve compliance by the April 2010 attainment date.   All Connecticut monitors continue to measure compliance with the annual PM2.5  NAAQS, with monitored PM2.5 levels in Connecticut exhibiting a general downward trend from 2001 through 2007 as a result of control program implementation.

Final PM2.5 Demonstration SIP:

Cover Letter to EPA

Hearing Information Page (including Hearing Report and the proposed version of the PM2.5 Demonstration SIP)

Final Attainment Demonstration Technical Support Documents

Final Attainment Demonstration TSD Appendices

Control Measure Appendix:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) noted that some of the post-2002 control measures identified in the Connecticut 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS Attainment Demonstration are not approved in the state implementation plan (SIP). In response, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) is submitting the following four control measures into the SIP as measures producing directionally correct emissions reductions in support of attainment of the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS:

  • Control of sulfur dioxide emissions from power plants and other large stationary sources, Section 22a-174-19a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies (RCSA) (submitted in part);
  • VOC reductions from the manufacture and use of adhesives and sealants, RCSA Section 22a-174-44;
  • Outdoor wood burning furnace restrictions, Section 22a-174k of the Connecticut General Statutes and
  • General Permit to Construct and/or Operate a New or Existing Distributed Generation Resource.

Although the emissions reductions anticipated from the last three of these measures are not quantified for the purposes of the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS Attainment Demonstration, CT DEEP notes that the VOC emissions reductions of RCSA section 22a-174-44 were included in the attainment modeling and quantified for the purposes of the Connecticut 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration, which was submitted to EPA on February 1, 2008.
With regard to RCSA section 22a-174-19a, CT DEEP is requesting approval only for portions of the regulation. A version of the regulation is submitted with strikeout font to indicate those portions of the regulation that CT DEEP is not submitting for approval.

Administrative Materials

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Control Measure Appendix (Full document)

For each of the four control measures identified above, the documents in this appendix demonstrate that all required state and federal procedures for public participation were followed in satisfaction of the requirements of 40 CFR 51, Appendix V, Section 2. Such documents are as follows:

A:    RCSA Section 22a-174-19a, with strikeout font to indicate portions not submitted for approval into the SIP

A-1. Notice of public hearing
A-2. Hearing report

B:    RCSA Section 22a-174-44

B-1. Notice of public hearing
B-2. Certification of public hearing
B-3. Hearing report

C:    CGS Section 22a-174k

C-1. Bill History of HB 6773, including a public hearing before the Environment Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly on March 7, 2005
C-2. Section 1 of Public Act 05-227

D:    General Permit to Construct and/or Operate a New or Existing Distributed Generation Resource

D-1. CGS Section 22a-174(k) (establishing the process for general permit adoption)
D-2. Notice of Intent to Issue A General Permit and Notice of Public Hearing
D-3. Office of Adjudications Final Decision

Content Last Updated November 24, 2008