PABulletin,Doc.No.09-269Page1of21;Fh13(II”BL’LLLIlNRf•‘4kL.SL+Rtll•NOTICESProposedRevisiontotheStateImplementationPlanfortheVehicleEmissionsAnti-TamperingQualityAssuranceProgramintheInspectionandMaintenanceProgram;PublicHearingj39Pa.B.9091[Saturday,February14,20091TheDepartmentofEnvironmentalProtection(Department)isseekingpubliccommentonaStateImplementationPlan(SIP)revision.TheproposedSIPrevisionaddressesthequalityassuranceprogramimplementedbytheDepartmentofTransportation(PennDOT)forthevisualinspectionofemissioncomponentsperformedbysafetyinspectionstationsin42Pennsylvaniacountiesaspartofthevehiclesafetyinspectionprogram.These42countiesarenotsubjecttotheCommonwealth’svehicleinspectionandmaintenanceprogram.Inadditiontoensuringthatstatutorilyrequiredemissionscomponentsarepresentandhavenotbeenrenderedinoperative,thesafetyprogramvisualinspectiontestandqualityassuranceprogrambolsteremissionreductionstowardmeetingthegoalsofareasoftheCommonwealththataresubjecttoI/Mprogramtesting.TheproposedSIPrevisionpertainsonlytoaportionofthequalityassuranceprogramintheSIPimplementedbyPennDOT.ThequalityassuranceprogramintheSIPprovidesawindowinwhichprogramauditorscandeterminewhetherrandomlyselectedvehiclesproperlypassedthevisualinspectionportionofthesafetyinspection.PermDOThasconductedapilotstudyinwhichthetimingoftheauditofinspectedvehicleswasexamined.Asaresultofthestudy,PennDOTadvisedincreasingthelengthofthewindowbetweentheinitialinspectionofavehicleandtheauditinspectionfrom2daysto5days.TheDepartmentisproposingtorevisePennsylvania’sSIPtoupdatethequalityassuranceprograminformationinthisway.ThisproposalisavailableontheDepartment’swebsiteatwww.depweb.state.pa.us(DEPKeyword:AirPlans),orthroughthecontactpersonslisted.TheDepartmentwillholdapublichearingtoreceivecommentsontheproposedSIPrevisiononThursday,March19,2009,at1p.m.attheDepartmentofEnvironmentalProtection’sSouthcentralRegionalOffice,909ElmertonAvenue,SusquehannaRoomA,Harrisburg,PA17110.PersonswhowishtopresenttestimonyatthehearingshouldcontactYvetteHouse,P.0.Box8468,Harrisburg,PA17105,(717)787-9495,yhouse@state.pa.ustoreservetime.Personswhodonotreserveatimewillbeabletotestifyastimeallows.Witnessesshouldkeeptestimonyto10minutesandshouldprovidetwowrittencopiesoftheirstatementatthehearing.Personswithadisabilitywhowishtoattendthehearingandrequireanauxiliaryaid,serviceorotheraccommodationtoparticipateintheproceedingshouldcontactYvetteHouseatyhouse@state.pa.usor(717)787-9495.TDDusersmaycontactthePennsylvaniaAT&TRelayServiceat(800)654-5984todiscusshowtheDepartmentcanbestaccommodatetheirneeds.mhtml:file://G:\BREHN\PATMSafetyUpdateSIP_July2009\StateSIPsubmittal\PABull...4/27/2011PABulletin,Doc.No.09-269Page2of2TheDepartmentmustreceivecommentsnolaterthanMarch20,2009.WrittencommentsshouldbesenttotheattentionofArleenShulman,DivisionofAirResourceManagement,BureauofAirQuality,P.0.Box8468,Harrisburg,PA17105-8468orashulman@state.pa.us.JOHNHANGER,ActingSecretaryIPa.B.Doc.No.09-269.FiledforpublicinspectionFebruary13,2009,9:00a.m.JNopartoftheinformationonthissitemaybereproducedforprofitorsoldforprofit.ThismaterialhasbeendrawndirectlyfromtheofficialPennsylvaniaBulletinfulltextdatabase.DuetothelimitationsofHTMLordifferencesindisplaycapabilitiesofdifferentbrowsers,thisversionmaydifferslightlyfromtheofficialprintedversion.lvLn1alIlIh.IwebinasteKii’FaBulleriu.cornmhtml:file://G:\BREJ-IN\PAIMSafetyUpdateSIP_July2009\StateSIPsubmittal\PABull...4/27/2011