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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 04-381

NOTICES

Proposed Revision to the State Implementation Plan for Ozone for the Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley Area; Public Hearing

[34 Pa.B. 1395]

   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 Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is seeking public comment on a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley ozone maintenance area (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland Counties).

   On October 19, 2001, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the Commonwealth's One-Hour Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley area (maintenance plan). The maintenance plan included a demonstration that through 2011, air quality would continue to meet the National health-based 1-hour ozone standard and emissions would be no greater than those in 1999. On January 29, 2002, the EPA revised the methodology by which highway emissions are to be calculated. The Department is proposing to amend its maintenance plan to update the highway emissions inventory with this methodology. Once approved by the EPA, this SIP revision will establish new motor vehicle emissions budgets for milestone years for the purposes of transportation conformity.

   This proposal is available from the following contact persons and the Department's website:  www.dep. state.pa.us (Subjects/Air Quality/Ozone/Clean Air Plans).

   The Department will hold a public hearing to receive comments on the SIP revision on Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at 1 p.m. at the Southwest Regional Office, Allegheny Room, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA.

   Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should reserve a time by contacting Susan Ferree, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 787-9495, sferree@state.pa.us. Individuals who do not reserve a time will able to testify after pre-registrants. Witnesses should keep testimony to 10 minutes and should also provide two written copies of their testimony 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 the Department at the previous phone number. TDD users may contact the AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 to discuss how the Department can best accommodate their needs.

   Written or e-mail comments on the SIP revision should be sent by the close of business on April 9, 2004, to Brian Trowbridge, Division of Air Resource Management, Bureau of Air Quality, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468, brtrowbrid@state.pa.us.

KATHLEEN A. MCGINTY,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-381. Filed for public inspection March 5, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]


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