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 

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

request that a public hearing be held. Such a hearing will be held if justifiable reasons for a 

hearing are presented. 

If the Department holds a hearing, the hearing will be held on September 16, 2009, at 

10:00 a.m. in Room 1201 at the ADEM – Central Office location at 1400 Coliseum Blvd in

Montgomery. 

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

for a hearing is 5:00 p.m. on September 1, 2009. If no hearing will be held a Notice of 

Cancellation of the hearing will be posted on September 

2, 2009, on the Department's website at www.adem.alabama.gov/PubHearings/PubHearings.h

tm. Interested persons may also call (334) 394-4360 to determine if a public hearing will be 

held. 

 Pursuant to Section 172 of the Clean Air Act, the Alabama Department of 

Environmental Management proposes to amend the Alabama State Implementation Plan to 

incorporate measures to address the Jackson County portion of the Chattanooga, Tennessee 

Nonattainment Area ("Chattanooga NAA") for the annual National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The Jackson County portion of the 

Chattanooga NAA, located in northeast Alabama, is geographically comprised of a single census 

block group in Jackson County, Alabama. 

In accordance with the Clean Air Act, this attainment demonstration documents the 

State of Alabama's analysis of various control measures and their predicted impact on air 

quality in the Chattanooga NAA. The analysis results were used to select a practicable and 

reasonable control strategy, which will result in the attainment of the annual PM2.5 NAAQS. 

 The proposed control strategy will be implemented beginning in 2009, and attainment is 

projected to be achieved beginning in 2009. 

In a separate matter, ADEM also proposes to submit to EPA confirmation that the SIP 

provides the basic program elements specified in Clean Air Act Section 110(a)(2) necessary to 

implement the 2006 (24-hour) PM2.5 NAAQS. 

 Copies of the proposed SIP 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/PubHearings/PubHearings.htm at no cost. 

ADEM, Office of General Counsel 

Attn: Molly Tatum 

1400 Coliseum Boulevard 

(P. O. Box 30l463, Zip code 36l30-l463) 

Montgomery, AL 36110-2059 

(334) 394-4360 
-2- 

ADEM, Birmingham Field Office 

Attn: Sheila Vail 

110 Vulcan Road 

Birmingham, AL 35209-4702 

(205) 942-6168 

ADEM, Decatur Field Office

Attn: Jan Childers 

2715 Sandlin Road, SW 

Decatur, AL 35603-1333 

(256) 353-1713 

ADEM, Mobile Field Office 

Attn: Jenika Monroe 

2204 Perimeter Road 

Mobile, AL 36615-1131 

(251) 450-3400 

Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & 

 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 

1130 S Quintard Avenue 

Anniston, AL 36201 

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 September 18, 

2009. 

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 36130-1463 (street address: 1400 Coliseum Boulevard, Montgomery, 

AL 36110-2059) or by e-mail at Hearing.officer@adem.state.al.us. 

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

should contact the Department’s Permits and Services Division at (334) 271-7714 at least five 

working days prior to the hearing. 

 This notice is hereby given this August 2, 2009, by authority of ADEM. 

Onis "Trey" Glenn, III 
Director