## F LORIDA 

## D EPARTMENT OF 

## E NVIRONMENTAL 

## P ROTECTION

BOB MARTINEZ CENTER

2600 BLAIRSTONE ROAD TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399

- 2400 RICK SCOTT

GOVERNOR

CARLOS LOPEZ

- CANTERA

LT. GOVERNOR

JONATHAN P. STEVERSON

SECRETARY

Via U.S. Mail and Electronic

- Mail

March 10, 2015

Mrs. Heather McTeer Toney Regional Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

– Region 4 61 Forsyth Street, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30303

- 8960

Re: Air Program: Proposed Revision to Florida’s State Implementation Plan

– Regional Haze Plan (Amended)

– Lakeland Electric

– McIntosh (Proposed SIP Revision 2015

- 01)

Dear Mrs. Toney:

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is proposing a revision to Florida’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). P ursuant to the requirements of S ections 169A and 169B of the CAA

, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implementing regulations at 40 C.F.R. 51.308, DEP has developed this proposed revision to Florida’s Regional Haze P lan for approval by EPA as a revision to Florida’s SIP.

On August 29, 2013, EPA published in the Federal Register (78 FR 53250) its final approval of Florida’s Regional Haze P lan , which consists of the document “ Regional Haze Plan for Florida

Class 1 Areas ,” together with “ Exhibit 1 ,” “ Exhibit 2 ,” and “ Exhibit 3 ,” each of which consolidates various state rules and permits in support of the Plan. This proposed SIP revision

consists of the incorporation into Florida’s approved Plan a nitrogen oxides (NO X ) emission limit for Lakeland Electric’s C.D. McIntosh Unit 1, where such limit is absent in Florida’s existing

Plan . DEP requests that EPA amend the SI P document, “ Regional Haze Plan for Florida Class 1

Areas ” to include this limit in Florida’s best available retrofit technology (BART) determination

and amend “ Exhibit 2 ” to include the air construction permit that establishes the NO X emission

limit for this unit.

The complete SIP submittal package (hard copy and electronic copy) has been sent directly to the Air Planning Branch. The electronic copy is in a searchable format and is an exact duplicate of the hard copy. The notice of opportunity to submit comments, request a public hearing, or participate in a public hearing, if requested, regarding the proposed SIP revision was published

on December 24 , 2014, in the F lorida Administrative Register. A copy of this notice is included

i n the “Public Participation” section of this SIP submittal. No comments were submitted and no hearing was requested. T herefore, the hearing scheduled for January 27 , 201 5 , was cancelled. I hereby certify that the public participation requirements of all applicable state and federal

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regulations, including those of 40 CFR 51.102, have been satisfied with respect to this proposed

SIP revision.

If you have any questions about DEP’s proposed SIP revision, please contact Preston McLane at (850) 717

- 9089 or by e

- mail at Preston.McLane@dep.state.fl.us

.

Sincerely,

Justin B. Green, Director Division of Air Resource Management

cc (with SIP package): R. Scott Davis, Chief, Air Planning Branch, EPA Region 4

www.dep.state.fl.us