FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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). Pursuant to the 

requirements of Sections 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 Plan 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 Plan, 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 (NOX) 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 SIP 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 NOX 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 Florida Administrative Register. A copy of this notice is included 

in the “Public Participation” section of this SIP submittal. No comments were submitted and no 

hearing was requested. Therefore, the hearing scheduled for January 27, 2015, 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

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