Kansas Department of Health and Environment

Notice of Public Hearing

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is proposing a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision to Modify the Allocations for Kansas Utilities under the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). If requested, a 

public hearing for this action will be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Curtis 

State Office Building, 1000 SW Jackson, Flint Hills Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Topeka, KS. 

To request a hearing, contact Pat Gibbs at Pgibbs@kdheks.gov, (785) 291-3278, or fax a written 

request to (785) 296-7455. If no request for hearing is received by 12:00 noon on Friday, March 

20, 2015, the tentatively scheduled hearing will be cancelled and announced on the KDHE 

Bureau of Air (BOA) website, http://www.kdheks.gov/bar/planning/pnplanning.html. Inquiries 

may be made by phone to (785) 291-3278 or e-mailed to Pgibbs@kdheks.gov. 

 This SIP Revision is proposed in accordance with Section 110(a)(1) of the federal Clean Air 

Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 that requires each state to submit a plan for the 

implementation, maintenance and enforcement of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) to the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).

It also satisfies CAA Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) “good neighbor” provisions, requiring that SIPs 

contain adequate provisions to prohibit emissions that will significantly contribute to a 

nonattainment of a NAAQS or interfere with maintenance of a NAAQS in a downwind state.

 Kansas is exercising an option in the Cross-State Rule to reallocate otherwise lost allocations. 

Except for Westar Energy, Kansas utilities will receive increases for their nitrogen oxide (NOx) 

emission allowance allocations for 2016. Within this SIP revision, KDHE proposes that 2,800 
annual NOx tons be divided proportionally among all Kansas utilities subject to CSAPR for 

calendar year 2016. 

 The proposed SIP update does not include any rulemaking action. Details concerning this 

action can be obtained by contacting Pat Gibbs, KDHE, Bureau of Air at (785) 291-3278. 

Copies of the proposed Plan may also be viewed at the following locations.

 Department of Air Quality, Unified Government of Wyandotte County - Kansas City, 

Kansas Health Department, 619 Ann Avenue, Kansas City, KS 

 Johnson County Environmental Department, 11811 S. Sunset, Suite 2700, Olathe, KS 

 KDHE Northwest District Office, 2301 E. 13th St., Hays, KS 

 KDHE North Central District Office, 2501 Market Place Ste. D, Salina, KS 

 KDHE Northeast District Office, 800 W. 24th St., Lawrence, KS 

 KDHE Southeast District Office, 1500 W. 7th St., Chanute, KS 

 Wichita-Sedgwick County Dept. of Community Health, 1900 E. 9th St., Wichita, KS 

 KDHE Southwest District Office, 302 W. McArtor Rd., Dodge City, KS 

The Plan is also posted for viewing on the KDHE Bureau of Air’s website at: 

http://www.kdheks.gov/bar/planning/pnplanning.html. 

Comments from the interested public will be accepted by KDHE, Bureau of Air, if 

received by March 24, 2015. Special accommodations necessary to participate in the public 

hearing will be provided if requested by March 16, 2015. 

Susan Mosier, MD, MBA 

Acting Secretary and State Health Officer