### North Carolina Departmentof Environment and Natural Resources Division of Air Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue B. Keith Overcash, P.E. Dee Freeman Governor Director Secretary

A. StanleyMeiburg Acting Regional Administrator USEPA Region 4 Atlanta Federal Center 61Forsyth Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30303-8960 August 21,2009

Dear Mr. Meiburg:



### I am pleased to submit the North Carolina Fine ParticulateMatter Attainment Demonstration for the Hickory and 

### Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainrnent Areas. Thispackage was noticed in three local newspapers on April 2,2009, in accordance with 40 CFR 

### 51.102, allowing the public the opportunityto request a public hearing and to submit written comments. There were no requests for a public hearing received, therefore the hearing scheduled for May 7,2009, was cancelled. The public comment period was open from April 2,2009, through May 11,2009.

The attainment demonstration documents that the Hickory and Greensboro/WinstonSalem/High Point areas will attain the 1997fineparticulate matternational ambient air quality standard, fulfillingrequirements of Section 172(c), 182(a) and 182(b) of the Federal Clean Air Act as amended. Enclosed is the complete package containingthe narrative and all of the appendices with the supporting documentationand the completepublic notice record.



### I am requestingthat the system-wide emission caps from the North Carolina Clean Smokestacks Act (CSA) be incorporated into the North Carolina FederallyApproved State Implementation Plan. The language from the CSA to be incorporated is in the attachment to this letter. 

### I respectfullyrequest that you commence the federal approval process for the North Carolinafineparticulate matter attainment demonstrationand incorporation ofthe CSA systemwide emission caps.

1641 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1641 2728 Capital Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27604 Phone: 919-733-3340\ FAX: 919-715-7175 \ Internet:www.daq.state.nc.us1

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If you should have any questions, please contact Laura Boothe ofmy staff at (919) 733-1488

or laura.boothe@ncdenr.gov.

cc: Dick Schutt, USEPA Lynorae Benjamin, USEPA Nacosta Ward, USEPA Donnie Redmond, NCDAQ Laura Boothe, NCDAQ Sincerely, 

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### North Carolina General Statute for Clean SmokestacksAct For Incorporationinto the North Carolina Federally Approved SIP



## 5 143-215.1071). Emissions of oxides of nitrogen 

### (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (S02) from certain coal-fired generatingunits. (a) As used in this section: (I) "Coal-fired generating unit" means a coal-fired generating unit, as defined by 40 Code of Federal Regulations

## 8 96.2 (1 July 2001 Edition), that is located in this State and has the capacity to generate 25 or more megawatts of electricity. (2) "Investor-owned public utility" means an investor-owned public utility, as defined in G.S. 62-3. (b) An investor-owned public utilitythat owns or operates coal-fired generatingunits that collectively emittedmore than 75,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in calendar year 2000: (I) Shall not collectively emit from the coal-fired generating units that it owns or operates more than 35,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in any calendar yearbeginning 1 January 2007. (2) Shall not collectively emit from the coal-fired generating units that it owns or operates more than 3 1,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in any calendar
year beginning 1 January 2009. (c) An investor-ownedpublic utility that owns or operates coal-fired generatingunits that collectively emitted 75,000 tons or less of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in calendar year 2000 shall
not collectively emit from the coal-fired generating units that it owns or operates more than 25,000 tons of oxides ofnitrogen @Ox) in any calendar year beginning 1 January 2007. (d) An investor-ownedpublic utilitythat owns or operates coal-fired generatingunits that collectively emitted more than 225,000 tons of sulfurdioxide (S02) in calendar year 2000: (1) Shall not collectively emit from the coal-fired generating units that it owns or operates more than 150,000 tons of sulfur dioxide (S02) in any calendar year beginning 1January 2009. (2) Shall not collectively emit from the coal-fired generating units that it owns or operates more than 80,000 tons of sulfur dioxide (S02) in any calendar year beginning 1January 20 1 3. (e) An investor-owned public utility that owns or operates coal-fired generating units that collectivelyemitted 225,000 tons or less of sulfur dioxide (S02) in calendaryear 2000: (1) Shall not collectively emit from the coal-fired generating units that it owns or operates more than 100,000 tons of sulfur dioxide (S02) in any calendar year beginning 1 January 2009. (2) Shall not collectively emit from the coal-fired generating units that it owns or operates more than 50,000 tons of sulkdioxide (S02) in any calendar year beginning 1 January 20 13.