# APPENDIX G

EVIDENCE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ; PUBLIC

COMMENTS AND NEVADA’S RESPONSES

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### NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1 , 2011

AND A PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 4, 2011 , IF REQUESTED

conducted by the

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

Bureau of Air Quality Planning

Pursuant to the public hearing requirements in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 51

section 102, the Nevada Division of Environmenta l Protection (NDEP) is issuing the following notice.

On October 15, 2008, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) revised the

national ambient air quality standard for lead. The revised standard of 0.15 micrograms per cubic

meter (μg/m 3 ), averaged over a three

- month period, is 90 percent more stringent than the former

1.5 μg/m 3 standard and carries several new requirements with it. When US EPA promulgates a new

standard or, as in the case of lead, revises an existing standard, C lean A ir A ct s ection 110(a)(1)

requires each state to revise their S tate I mplementation P lan (SIP) to show they have the authority

and programs needed to implement, maintain, and enforce the standard, regardless of designation

status. This documentation is submitte d to US EPA for approval and is generally referred to as an

i nfrastructure SIP. States must submit an i nfrastructure SIP within three years after a federal

standard is adopted or revised. Nevada’s Lead Infrastructure SIP is due to US EPA by October 15,

201 1.

T he NDEP is responsible for developing and implementing SIPs in the 15 rural counties of Nevada.

Clark County and Washoe County have their own air quality agencies, which are responsible for their

respective counties. The NDEP has prepared a draft Lead Infrastructure SIP to meet the requirements

of the Clean Air Act

. The NDEP’s draft SIP and related m aterials are available on the NDEP website

at http://ndep.nv.gov/admin/public.htm , click on “Air Quali ty Planning.” A ccess to the draft SIP

may also be obtained by contacting Adele Malone at NDEP, 901 S. Stewart Street, Suite 4001, Carson

City, NV 89701; (775) 687

- 9356; or e

- mail to amalone@ndep.nv.gov

.

Perso ns wishing to comment on the proposed SIP or to request a public hearing should submit their

comments or request i n writing either in person or by mail or fax to Adele Malone at the above

address or by FAX at (775) 687

- 6396. A request for a hearing must be received by September 30

, 2011. Written comments will be received by the NDEP until October 4, 2011 and will be

retained and considered.

Upon receipt of a valid written request

, the NDEP will hold a public hearing in Carson City on :



### October 4, 2011

10:3 0 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

PEBP Board Room (Rm. 1002), 1 st 

### Floor

9001 South Stewart Street

Carson City, Nevada

An agenda will be posted on the NDEP web site at least 3 working days before the hearing. Oral

comments will be received at the Hearing. If no reques t for a public hearing is received by

September 30, 2011 , the hearing will be cancelled. Persons may check on the status of the hearing

on the NDEP web site at http://ndep.nv.gov/admin/public.htm , click o n “Air Quality Planning

, ” or you may call the NDEP Bureau of Air Quality Planning at (775) 687

- 9349

.

This notice has been published in the Las Vegas Review

- Journal and the Reno Gazette Journal newspapers. It has

been posted at the N DEP offices in Carson City and Las Vegas, at the State Library in Carson City and at County

libraries throughout Nevada

. Members of the public who are disabled and require special accommodations or

assistance at the meeting are requested to notify Adele Malone or Cathy Douglas (775

- 687

- 9349) no later than 3

working days before the hearing. 8/ 31 /11

### NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 4, 2011

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

Bureau of Air Quality Planning

Pursuant to the public hearing provisions in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 51

section 102, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) is cancelling the following

public hearing because no request for a hearing was received:



### October 4, 2011

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

PEBP Board Room (Rm. 1002), 1 st 

### Floor

9001 South Stewart Street

Carson City, Nevada

The NDEP’s draft Lead Infrastructure SIP and related m aterials are available on the NDEP website at

http://ndep.nv.gov/admin/public.htm , click on “Air Quality Planning.” Nevada’s Lead Infrastructure

SIP is due to US EPA by October 15, 2011. Persons may also check on the status of Nevada’s Lead

Infrastru cture SIP by telephone at (775) 687

- 9356.

# Public Comments and Nevada’s Responses

(Only one comment was received)

### NEVADA’S RESPONSE: