Public Notice Information 

Submitted By Leena Pumel 

Date Submitted or Modified 02/19/2015 

Program Name Air Quality Division 

Public Notice 

DEQ Facility Number 0 

Name of Applicant Nebraska Cross-State Air Pollution Rule State Implementation Plan 

Location Statewide 

Nearest City Statewide 

Proposed Agency Action 

Date information to appear on Web Page 02/19/2015 

End of Comment Period 03/23/2015 

Notice is given to the public that the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) is 

proposing a State Implementation Plan (SIP) to replace the Environmental Protection Agency's 

(EPA) Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for the allocation of 2016 emission allowances to 

power plants under the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). CSAPR limits the 

emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from electric generators with a nameplate 

capacity of 25 MWe and producing power for sale. The intent of the rule is to limit the effects of 

fine particulate matter and ozone pollution from Nebraska traveling downwind to neighboring 

states and affecting their ability to attain or maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS). Nebraska was included in the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule for downwind impacts 

related to maintenance of the fine particulate matter standard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The 

proposed SIP will divide Nebraska's 2016 allotment of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide 

allowances among power plants in Nebraska based upon EPA's CSAPR modeling and budgets . 

These proposed revisions are being offered for public notice on February 19, 2015. The 

comment period will close at 5:00 PM Central Time on March 23, 2015. Comments can be 

submitted electronically to ndeg.airguality@nebraska.gov or by mail to: Brian Kozisek, 

Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, 1200 N Street, The Atrium, Suite 400, Lincoln, 

NE, 68509-8922. A public hearing is scheduled for March 25, 2015 at 10:00 AM in the NDEQ 

Office, butwillon/ybeheldifrequested. To request a public hearing, please send your request 

to ndeg.airguality@nebraska.gov by March 23, 2015. Any comments received during the 

30-day public comment period and public hearing will be considered prior to the submission to 

EPA Region VII. 

If no request for a public hearing is received by the deadline, the hearing will be cancelled. The 

NDEQ will provide notice that the hearing has been cancelled on the NDEQ website and send 

out a notice via the Air Quality e-maillistserv by 5:00 PM on March 24, 2015. Alternately, you 

may contact Brian Kozisek, Grants, Planning, and Outreach Supervisor, at the NDEQ to verify if 

the hearing will be held: 

Phone: (402) 471-6624 

E-mail: brian.kozisek@nebraska.gov 

The proposed CSAPR allowances are available on the NDEQ website under "Public Notices". 

Further inquiries may be made at (402) 471 -2189 or at ndeg.airguality@nebraska.gov. 

Attachments: 

2016 S02 Budgets 

2016 Annual NOx Budgets 

Attachment 1 
EPA.s 2016 Unit Level Allocations 

2{)16 502 Budgets .pdf 2016 Annual NOx Budgets.pdf EP s 2016 n~ Level .Allocations.pdf 

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