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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 01-554

NOTICES

Proposed Revision to the State Implementation Plan for Ozone for the Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley Ozone Nonattainment Area

[31 Pa.B. 1808]

Proposed Maintenance Plan

Public Hearing

   Ground-level ozone concentrations above the Federal health-based standard are a serious human health threat and can also cause damage to crops, forests and wildlife. The Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley ozone nonattainment area (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties) has not experienced a violation of the 1-hour ozone standard for the past 3 years (1998-2000). Therefore, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) plans to submit a request to redesignate this area to ''attainment.'' DEP is seeking public comment on this request and on a state implementation plan (SIP) revision setting forth a maintenance plan for the next 10 years. The maintenance plan, once found adequate by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, will establish new motor vehicle emission budgets for purposes of transportation conformity.

   This proposal is available on the DEP website at http://www.dep.state.pa.us (choose Information by Subject/Air Quality/State Implementation Plans), or through the contact person listed below.

   The Department will hold a public hearing to receive comments on the SIP revision on Tuesday May 1, 2001, at 1 p.m. at the offices of the DEP Southwest Regional Office, Waterfront Room A, 500 Building, 500 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745. The Department's Southwest Regional Office is located at Washington's Landing beneath the 31st Bridge along Pa. Route 28.

   Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Connie Cross, (717) 787-9495 (P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105) to reserve a time. If a time is not reserved, individuals will be able to testify as time allows. Witnesses should keep testimony to 10 minutes and should provide two written copies at the hearing. Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceeding should contact Wick Havens at the telephone above. TDD users may contact the AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 to discuss how the Department can best accommodate their needs.

   Written comments should be sent to Wick Havens, Chief Division of Air Resource Management, Bureau of Air Quality, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468 no later than noon on May 2, 2001.

JAMES M. SEIF,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-554. Filed for public inspection March 30, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]


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