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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 00-1176

NOTICES

Proposed Recommendations to Designate Areas under the Clean Air Act

[30 Pa.B. 3511]

   Ground-level ozone concentrations above the Federal health-based standard are a serious human health threat. Ozone can also cause damage to crops, forests and wildlife. In July 1997, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established a new health-based ozone standard. Federal law requires the EPA to designate those areas of the country that do not meet that standard. The new ozone standard was challenged in Federal court and on May 14, 1999, was remanded to the EPA. However, the EPA is planning to designate areas for this new ozone standard by early 2001.

   Governors may submit recommendations for designations based on air quality monitoring data over the last 3 years and other criteria. If, upon the outcome of the litigation, the standard and designations become legally enforceable, states must then develop state implementation plans that describe how the areas will attain clean air.

   This Commonwealth is proposing to recommend that (1) boundaries for the designated areas follow metropolitan area and county boundaries, similar to the methodology used for designating areas under the existing ozone standard; and (2) the EPA clearly identify areas that will most likely meet the air quality standard once interstate transport measures are in place.

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

   Written comments should be sent to Wick Havens, Chief, Air Resource Management Division, Bureau of Air Quality, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468 or by e-mail to havens.wick@dep.state.pa.us no later than close of business on August 11, 2000. Please make sure all comments, including e-mails, include name, organization name, postal address and telephone number.

JAMES M. SEIF,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-1176. Filed for public inspection July 7, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]


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