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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 09-1694

NOTICES

Proposed Revision to the State Implementation Plan for the Pennsylvania Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Public Hearing

[39 Pa.B. 5369]
[Saturday, September 12, 2009]

 On August 29, 2007, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) submitted a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the Pennsylvania portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area (Philadelphia Nonattainment Area) to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that included the 2002 Base Year Inventory and a Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) Demonstration. The values for stationary sources in the 2002 Base Year Inventory submitted on August 29, 2007, are incorrect because name changes were not fully incorporated into the Department's databases, causing some facilities to be included multiple times during the inventory development. Therefore, the emissions estimated for 2002 were too high. Additionally, an error was found in the calculation formula for the projected area source values for 2008. These errors affect the calculations in the RFP Demonstration.

 These SIP revisions correct the inventory values in the 2002 Base Year Inventory, and the calculations in the RFP Demonstration. The Department is seeking comment on the revisions to the 2002 Base Year Inventory and the RFP Demonstration for the Philadelphia Nonattainment Area. The proposals are available on the Department's web site at www.dep.state.pa.us (DEP keywords: Air Quality or Clean Air Plans) or through the contact persons listed as follows. Notice of the proposed SIP revisions will also be published in newspapers of general circulation in the affected region of the Commonwealth.

 The Department will hold a public hearing to receive comments on the proposed SIP revisions, only if a request for a public hearing is received from a member of the public. A request for a public hearing must be received by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. If a request for a public hearing is received by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, the public hearing will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2009, at 1 p.m. at the Department's Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA. If no request for public hearing is received by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, the hearing will be cancelled and notice of the cancellation will be published on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at 12 p.m., on the Department's web site at www.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP keyword: Air Plans). Interested parties may also call (717) 787-9495 to find out if the hearing has been cancelled.

 Persons wishing to request a public hearing or who wish to present testimony at a scheduled hearing should contact Yvette House, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 787-9495, yhouse@state.pa.us to reserve a time. The Department will consider a request to present testimony at a scheduled hearing to be a request for a public hearing. Persons who do not reserve a time will be able to testify as time allows. Witnesses should keep testimonies to 10 minutes and should provide two written copies of their statement 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 Yvette House at (717) 787-9495 or yhouse@ state.pa.us. TDD users may contact the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 to discuss how the Department can best accommodate their needs.

 Persons interested in these proposed SIP revisions are invited to submit written comments on the proposed SIP revisions. The Department must receive written comments no later than Friday, October 30, 2009. Written comments should be sent to the attention of Arleen Shulman, Division of Air Resource Management, Bureau of Air Quality, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468 or ashulman@state.pa.us. Use ''RFP/2002 Base-Year Inventory SIP Revision'' in the subject line.

JOHN HANGER, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-1694. Filed for public inspection September 11, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]


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