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## Rebecca Weber Division Director Air



## & Waste Management Division EPA Region

7 11201 Renner Blvd

. Lenexa,

KS 66219 Dear Ms. Weber:

February

7, 2013



# STATE

OF NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT

OF ENVIRONMENTAL

Q U ALITY 

### Michael



### J. Linder Director Suite 400, The Atrium 1200

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' Street P

. O. Box 98922 Lin co ln, Nebraska 68509-8922 Ph
o ne(402)471-2186 FAX (402) 471-2909 website

: www.deq.state.ne

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# AEC'D 

# FEB

1 1 

# 2013 APCO This submission
from the Nebraska Department

of Environmental Quality (NDEQ)

is intended

to certify that the previous EPA-approved

State Implementation

Plan (SIP) for Nebraska meets

all applicable requirements

of section 110(a)(2)

of the federal Clean Air Act as amended

in 1990 (CAA) with regards

to the 2008 8-hour Ozone National Ambient

Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). All areas

of the state

of Nebraska

are classified

as in attainment

with the 2008 8-hour Ozone standard.

The attached documentation illustrates Nebraska's compliance

with the infrastructure requirements

of sections 110(a)(2)(A)-(M)

of the federal CAA. Each subsection

of 110(a)(2)

is addressed individually

and verifies that the Nebraska

SIP adequately addresses

the infrastructure requirements

for the 2008 8-hour Ozone NAAQS.
The attached table and subsequent appendices provides Nebraska's evidence

of compliance

with each applicable section

of section 110(a)(2)

of the CAA and references
each attachment

. NDEQ

is submitting

this section 110(a)(2)
plan without
EPA guidance

as such guidance

had not been released

as of the date
of this submittal. Furthermore,
NDEQ was not informed

of the October

17, 2012 court order

in the case
of Wild Earth Guardians

ys. Lisa

P. Jackson (Case No.: 11-CV-5651

YGR and Consolidated

Case No.: 11-CV-05694

YGR) until November



## 28, 2012. The applicable court order was that the EPA was instructed

to take action

on the 2008 ozone NAAQS Infrastructure

SIP submittals

by approving

in full, disapproving

in full, or approving

in part and disapproving

in part,
by no later than January

4, 2013. The timing

of the notification did not provide
the NDEQ adequate
time
to develop
the Infrastructure

SIP and provide

a 30-day public notice period and opportunity

for hearing prior
to the January

4, 

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**~**Thereforetheattached110{a)(2)planwasofferedforpublicnoticeonDecember27,2012andahearingwasheldonJanuary28,2013atourofficesat10:00am.Thecommentperiodclosedattheendoftheday(onthedayofthehearing).TheonlycommentsreceivedwerefromEPARegionVIIandtheInfrastructureSIPwasrevisedappropriatelytoaddressthesecomments.Thefollowingtableisincludedforyourreview:"CertificationthatNebraska'sStateImplementationPlan{SIP)MeetstheInfrastructureSIPRequirementsforthe2008Ozone8-hourNationalAmbientAirQualityStandard(NAAQS)asDetailedinSection110{a)(2)oftheFederalCleanAirAct(CAA)asAmendedin1990."ThistableaddressesNebraska'sevidenceandmethodologyforaddressingeachcomponentofCAASection110{a)(2)andreferencesallappendices.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsregardingthissubmission,pleasecontactBrianKozisek,GrantsPlanning&OutreachSupervisor,at(402)471-6624.DirectorAttachments:1.CertificationthatNebraska'sStateImplementationPlan{SIP)MeetstheInfrastructureSIPRequirementsforthe2008Ozone8-hourNationalAmbientAirQualityStandard(NAAQS)asDetailedinSection110{a)(2)oftheFederalCleanAirAct{CAA)asAmendedin19902.NebraskaOzoneAttainmentDesignationLetter3.Nebraska2012AmbientAirMonitoringNetworkPlan4.2011NebraskaAmbientAirQualityMonitoringPlanApproval5.NebraskaPoliticalAccountabilityandDisclosureAct6.Title4-NebraskaAccountabilityandDisclosureCommission7.NDEQDelegationMatrix8.DCHD-CityofOmahaContract9.Lincoln-LancasterCountyContract10.AnnualReporttotheLegislature201211.ReportofPublicHearing12.2008OzoneInfrastructureSIPPublicNotice13.PublicNoticed2008OzoneInfrastructureSIP14.EPARegionVIIComments