ENCLOSURE 2

CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES

AND COMPLIANCE WITH

STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

As required by 40 CFR 51.102 and Section 2. 1 of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51, the following information regarding public participat ion activities and compliance with state administrative procedures is provided.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES

As required by 40 CFR Part 51.102(a), the pub lic was given notice of the opportunity to submit written comments concerning a pr oposed revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan. T he notice was provided in the Washington

Examiner (for the National Capital Interstate Ai r Quality Control Region), along with the location of the proposal for public inspection, on September 22, 2010.

As required by 40 CFR Part 51.102(a) and (d)(1 ) and (2), the public was given notice of a hearing concerning the proposed revi sion in the Washington Examiner (for the National Capital Interstate Air Quality C ontrol Region), along with the location of the proposal for public inspection, on September 22, 2010. The attached copy of the notice provides the evidence required by Section 2.1(f) of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51. Similar notices were placed in at least one paper of general circulation in each of Virginia's other Air Quality Control Regions.

As required by 40 CFR 51.102(a), a hearing to accept public testimony concerning the proposed revision was held in second floor conf erence room A, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main St reet, Richmond, Virginia, at 9:00 a.m. on October 22, 2010. As required by 40 CFR 51.102(f) and Section 2. 1(g) of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51, the hearing was held in accordance with the information found in the public notice, and according to the state's laws and the requirements of 40 CFR 51.102.

The Regional Administrator for the U.S. En vironmental Protection Agency was notified of the hearing, as was each local air pollu tion control agency which will be significantly affected by the revision and is located in the affected Air Quality Control Regions. In addition, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Tennessee, which share affected interstate Air Quality Control Regions with Vi rginia, were notified of the hearing. These

notifications follow the r equirements of 40 CFR Part 51.102(d)(3), (4) and (5).

COMPLIANCE WITH STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

As required by Section 2.1(b) of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51, the regulation was published in the Virginia Register of R egulations on October 11, 2010 after being dulyadopted by the State Air Pollution Control B oard on September 10, 2010, certified by the Office of the Attorney General as within the board’s st atutory authority on September 17, 2010 and thus fully enforceable under Virginia law, and submitted to the Virginia Registrar on behalf of the Board by the Department of Environmental Quality as a true and accurate copy of the duly adopted regulation on S eptember 22, 2010, providing the evidence required by Section 2.1(b) and (e) of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51. As required by Section 2. 1(d) of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51, a copy of the actual regulation submitted for approval and in corporation by reference into the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implem entation Plan is attached, along with the effective date of January 2, 2011.

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