to the 

Alabama State Implementation 

Plan 

(Birmingham, AL - Annual PM 2.5 Redesignation 

Request) 

Post-Adoption Submittal 

April 2011 
PartCPart D 

Proof of Publication of Legal Notice 

Reconciliation Statements Legal Authority 

Part E - Final Birmingham Annual PM2.5 Redesignation Request 
Part A - 

Resolution Signed by the Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental 

Management 
redesignate the Birmingham annual fine particulate matter (PM2,5) nonattainment area (Jefferson 

and Shelby Counties, and part of Walker County) to attainment under the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter; and 

WHEREAS, no requests for a public hearing were received and therefore no public hearing 

was held; and 

WHEREAS, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management received no 

comments on the proposed SIP revision. 

NOW THEREFORE, as Director of the Department, I hereby adopt the proposed 

revision to the State of Alabama's State Implementation Plan to redesignate the Birmingham annual 

PM2.5 nonattainrnent area to attainment under the NAAQS for fine particulate matter, and I hereby 

further state that this revision shall become effective immediately on the date indicated below. 

9 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have affixed by signature below on this 3 day of 

Director 
Part B - 

Legal Notice 

Proof of Publication of Legal Notice 
the State of Alabama is providing the opportunity for interested persons to comment on 

proposed revisions to the Alabama State Implementation Plan (SIP). Interested parties may 

request that a public hearing be held. 

If a hearing is held, it will be held on April 20, 201 1, at 10:OO a.m. in Conference Room 

A at the Jefferson County Department of Health (JCDH) located at 1400 Sixth Avenue South in 

Birmingham. 

Those requesting a hearing should call (334) 271-7909. The deadline to submit a 

request for a hearing is 5:00 p.m. on April 5, 201 1. If no hearing is to be held, a Notice of 

Cancellation of the hearing will be posted on April 6, 20 1 1, on the Department's website 

located at www.adem. state.al.us1 PubHearinns/ PubHearinas.htm. Interested persons may also 

call (334) 27 1-7909 to determine if a public hearing will be held. 

The proposed revisions to the Alabama SIP concern the redesignation of the 

Birmingham Nonattainment Area ("Birmingham NAA") for the Annual National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The Birmingham NAA, located 

in central Alabama, is geographically comprised of Jefferson and Shelby Counties, and a 

portion of Walker County. This area was designated as nonattainment for the Annual PM2.5 

NAAQS by EPA on January 5, 2005. Current air quality monitoring data for the period 2008 

through 2010 shows that all monitors in the Birmingham NAA have attained the Annual PM2.5 

NAAQS of 15 ug/m3. Based on this monitoring data, the Department is requesting 

redesignation of the Birmingham NAA to attainment status for the Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. 

The Department is also making available for public comment a letter clarifying a Clean 

Air Act Section 1 10 State Implementation Plan (SIP) issue for PM2.5. 

Copies of the proposed SIP revision are available at a cost of 30 cents per page at each 

of the ADEM office locations listed below or on the Internet at 

www.adem:state.al.us/ PubHearinas/PubHearinas.htm at no cost. 

ADEM, Office of General Counsel Attn: Molly Tatum 

1400 Coliseum Boulevard 

(P. 0. Box 301463, Zip code 36130-1463) 

Montgomery, AL 361 10-2059 

(334) 394-4360 
Attn: Jan Childers 

27 15 Sandlin Road, SW 

Decatur, AL 35603- 1333 

(256) 353- 17 13 

ADEM, Mobile Field Office Attn: Jenika Monroe 

2204 Perimeter Road 

Mobile, AL 36615- 113 1 

(25 1) 450-3400 

Southeast Alabama Regional Planning 8a 

Development Commission 

462 North Oates, 4th Floor 

Dothan, AL 36303 

Alabama - Tombigbee Rivers Planning & 

Development Commission 

Courthouse Annex 

107 Broad Street 

Camden, AL 36726 

East Alabama Regional Planning & 

Development Commission 

1 130 S Quintard Avenue 

Anniston, AL 3620 1 

If the Department holds a hearing, it will be held to receive data, views, and arguments 

from interested persons regarding the proposed revisions. Attendance at the hearing is not 

necessary to present such data, views, arguments, or comments as the same may be submitted 

in writing, but must be received by the Hearing Officer prior to 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 20 1 1. 

Written submissions and other inquires should be directed to: ADEM Hearing Officer, 

Office of General Counsel, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, P.O. Box 

301463, Montgomery, AL 36 130- 1463 (street address: 1400 Coliseum Boulevard, Montgomery, 

AL 36 1 10-2059) or by e-mail at Hearing.office@adern. state.al.us. 

Any person wishing to participate in this hearing who needs special accommodations 

should contact Jason Howanitz with the Jefferson County Department of Health at (205) 930- 

1284 at least five working days prior to the hearing. 

This notice is hereby given this March 6, 201 1, by authority of ADEM. 

Lance R. LeFleur 

Director 
A. .... state ot Alabama County of Montgomery: 

Date Pqtion Description P.O. Number Ad Size Total Cost 

03/06/2011 Legal ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF Revisions to the 1 x 307 L 532.62 

ENVIRONMENTAL MANA 

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 

350 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC 

HEARING 

FOR PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE 

ALABAMA STATE 

IMPLEMENTATION 

PLAN (SIP) 

Notice is hereby given that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management of the State of Alabama is providing the 

opportunity for interested persons to comment on pro~osed revisions to the Alabama State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). Interested parties may request that 

a public hearing be 

held. If a hearing is held. it 

will be held on April 

20, 2011, at 10:00 am. 

in Conference Room A 

at the Jefferson County Department of Health (JCDH) located 

at 1400 Sixth Avenue 

South in Birmingham. 

Those requesting a 

hearing should call (334) 271-7909. me 

deadline to submit a 

request for a hearing is 5:00 p.m. on April 5. 

2011. If no hearing is 

to be held. a Notice of 

Cancellat~on of the 

hearing will be posted 

on April 6,2011. on the 

Department's website 

located at 

aringshtrn. Interested persons may also 

call (334) 271-7909 to 

determine if a public 

hearing will be held. 

The proposed revi- sions to the Alabama 

SIP concern the redesignation of the Birmingham Nonattainment Area ("Birmingham NAA") for the Annual National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The Bir- minnh*m NAA 1or.t. 

ed in cenEd"AE+a7iiii, IS geograph~cally comprised of Jefferson and Shelby Counties, and a portion of 

Walker County. This 

area was designated 

as nonattainment for 

the Annual PM2.5 NAAQS by EPA on January 5, 2005. Current air quality' monitoring data for the period 

2008 through 2010 

shows that ali moni. 

tors in the Birming- ham NAA have at. 

tained the Annual 

PM2.5 NAAQS of 15 

ug/m3. Based on this 

monitoring data, the 

Department is requesting redesignatidn of the Birmfngham NAA to attatnment status for 

the Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. 

The Department is also making available 

for public comment a letter clarifying a Clean Air Act Section 

110 State Implemen- tation Plan (SIP) issue 

for PM2.5. 

Copies of the proposed SIP revision are 

avatlable at a cost of 

30 cents per page at 

each of the ADEM office locations listed 

below or on the Internet at 

www.adem.state.al.us 

/PubHearings/PubHe 

aringshtm at no cost. 

ADEM, Office of General Counsel 

Attn: Molly Taturn 

1400 Coliseum Boulevard 

(P. 0. Box 301463. Zip 

code 361304463) 

ADEM, Birmingham Field Office 

Attn: Sheila Vail 

110 Vulcan Road 

Birmingham, AL 

35209-4702 (205) 942-6168 

ADEM. Decatur Field 

Office Ann,: Ja_n Childer? 

sw - . - Decatur. AL 35603- 

1333 

(2%) 353-1713 

ADEM, Mobile Field Office 

Attn: Jenika Monroe 

2204 Perimeter Road 

Mobile, AL 36615-1131 

(251) 450-3400 

Southeast Alabama 

Regional Plann~ng & Development Com- mission 

462 North Oates. 4th 

Floor 

Dothan, AL 36303 

Alabama - Tombigbee Rivers Planning & 

Development Com- mission 

Courthouse Annex 107 Broad Street 

Camden. A1 36726 

East Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission 

1130 S Quintard Avenw 

Anniston. AL 36201 

If the Department 

holds a hearing, it will 

be held to recetve data. views, and arguments from interested 

persons regarding the proposed revisions. Attendance at the 

hearing is not necessary to present such 

data, views, argum ments, or comments - 

hearing who needs 

special accommodations should contact 

Jason Howanitz with 

the Jefferson County 

Department of Health 

at (205) 930-1284 at 

least five working 

days prior to the hearing. 

This notice is hereby 

given this March 6. 

2011, by authority of ADEM. 

Lance R. LeFleur 

Director 

March 6.2011 

STATE OF ALABAMA 

MADISON COUNTY 

Before me, Brandi Cook, a Notary Public in and for 

Said State, personally appeared Mecia Carlson, known 

to me, who being by me first duly sworn, deposes and 

said person is a Legal Advertising Representative of 

the Huntsville times, a newspaper published and 

printed at Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, and 

that the attached legal notice was published in said 

newspaper on: 

m- c--QLegal Advertising Representative 

Sworn to before me this the 

7th day of March 2011 

Notary Public 

My Commission expires October 04, 2014 
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kr puMk comment 1 Yiimr c art a C*ul Alr Acr slaDn 1 10 su* h&*lc trrm Ran fSIP) truMFW2.5. 

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A.D. Two Thousand , and Eleven, Vickie Webb 

declares that she is an Accounring Clerk of "The 

Birmingham News" published in the City of 

Birmingham, in the County of Jefferson, in the State 

of Alabama, and that the advertisement, a hue copy of 

which is herewith attached, appeared in "The 

Birmingham News" on the following dares: 

State of Alabama 

On 301 1, Vickie Webb 

personally appeared before me. who is perzonaily known 

co me io be the signer ofthe above document. and sne 

xicnow ied2ea r!lar :he sisned it. 

'\ -, 
MONTGOMERY, Al38130-14% 

City snd County of Mdbib, State ol ~hnr~' ' and attam nollos appmard m ths ~ssus of 

NOTARY PUBLIC 

Part C - 

Reconciliation Statements 
No comments were received. 
Part D - 

Legal Authority 
Mr. Greer Tidwell 

Regional Administrator - 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Region LV 

345 Courtland Street, N.E. 

Atlanta, Georgia 30365 

Dear Mr. Tidwell: 

This letter is to notify you that I have designated the 

Alabama Department of Environmental Management (the Department) as the lead state agency for the purposes of Alabama's 

responsibilities under the Federal Clean Air Act. The Department 

is authorized to take all actions necessary and appropriate to 

secure to the state the benefits of said federal act under the 

Alabama ~nvironmental Management Act, Code of Alabama 1975, 

Section Zi-ZZA-4(n), and by implication through the Alabama Air 

\Pollution Control Act, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 22-28-ll(13) 

And (14). 

This action that I a.p taking will help facilitate the 

implementation of the new Clean Air Act Amendments in Alabama. I 

am sure the Department and your office will continue to cooperate 

in managing Alabama's environmental resources. 

Sincerely, 

Guy ~uht 

Governor 

GH:ch 

CC: Mr. Leigh Pegues 
Mr. James Id. Caoper, Director 

Dfvfsfon of Afr Pollutfon Control. 

Alabama Air Pollution Control tolrnission 645 South McDonough Stmt lbntgorncry, Alabama 36104 

On Januay 2. 1974, bvernor Ual lace info- Me Amni stn-p 

that your agency has the authority to prepari and sub.t t any revisions 

mdc to Me Alabua Alr Ieplamtatlon Plan. 
Part E - 

Final Birmingham Annual PM2.5 Redesignation Request