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 M odify 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 Roo m, 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, Ma rch 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

. Th is SIP Revision is proposed in accordance with Section 110 (a)(1) of the f ederal Clean Air
Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 tha t require s each state to submit a plan for the implementation, maintenance and enforcement of the N ational A mbient A ir Q uality S tandards (NAAQS) to the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).
I t also satisfies CAA Sectio n 1 10(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) “good n eighbor” 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 wil l receive increases for their nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emission allowance allocations for 2016

. Within this SIP rev ision , KDHE proposes that 2,800annual NOx tons be divided proportional ly among all Kansas utilities subject to CSA PR 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

- K ansas City, Kansas Health Department, 619 Ann Avenue, Kansas City, KS

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

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

 KDHE North Central District Office, 2501 Ma rket 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 Dist rict 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 , M D, MBA
Acting Secretary and State Health Officer