# GENERAL NOTICES/ERRATA

Volume 28, Issue 20 Virginia Register of Regulations June 4, 2012

1616 GENERAL NOTICES/ERRATA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

Proposed State Implementation Plan Revision

Notice of action: The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on a proposed plan to ass ure necessary authorities are contained in the state implementation plan (SIP) to allow areas to attain and maintain the national ambient air quality standard for ozone. The Commonwealth intends to submit the plan as a revision to the Commonwealth of Virgi nia SIP in accordance with the requirements of § 110(a) of the federal Clean Air Act. The SIP is the plan developed by the Commonwealth in order to fulfill its responsibilities under the federal Clean Air Act to attain and maintain the ambient air quality standards promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Act. Purpose of notice: DEQ is seeking comment on the issue of whether the plan demonstrates the Commonwealth ' s compliance with federal Clean Air Act requirements related
to general state plan infrastructure for controlling ozone. Public comment period: June 4 , 2012, to July 5, 2012. Public hearing: A public hearing will be conducted if a request is made in writing to the contact listed below. In order to be considered, the re quest must include the full name and address of the person requesting the hearing and be received by DEQ by the last day of the comment period. Notice of the date, time, and location of any requested public hearing will be announced in a separate notice an d another 30

- day comment period will be conducted. Description of proposal: The proposed revision will consist of a demonstration of compliance with the general requirements of § 110(a)(2) of the federal Clean Air Act for the 2008 ozone national ambient ai r quality standard (NAAQS)

. Federal information: This notice is being given to satisfy the public participation requirements of federal regulations (40 CFR 51.102). The proposal will be submitted as a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia SIP under § 11 0(a) of the federal Clean Air Act in accordance with 40 CFR 51.104. It is planned to submit all provisions of the proposal as a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia SIP.

How to comment: DEQ accepts written comments by email, fax, and postal mail. In or der to be considered, comments must include the full name, address

, and telephone number of the person commenting and be received by DEQ by the last day of the comment period. All information received is part of the public record. To review proposal: The p roposal and any supporting documents are available on the DEQ Air Public Notices for Plans website ( http://www.deq.state.va.us/Programs/Air /PublicNotices/airpl ansandprograms.aspx ). The documents may also be obtained by contacting the DEQ representative named below. The public may review the documents between 8:30 a

. m

. and 4:30 p

. m

. of each business day until the close of the public comment period at the followi ng DEQ locations:
1) DEQ Main Street Office, 629 E ast Main St reet , 8th Floor, Richmond

, VA, telephone ( 804 ) 698

- 4070, 2) Southwest Regional Office, 355 Deadmore St reet
, Abingdon

, VA, telephone ( 540 ) 676

- 4800, 3) Blue Ridge Regional Office, Roanoke Locat ion, 3019 Peters Creek R oa d, Roanoke

, VA, telephone ( 540 ) 562

- 6700, 4) Blue Ridge Regional Office, Lynchburg Location, 7705 Timberlake R oa d, Lynchburg

, VA, telephone ( 804 ) 582

- 5120, 5) Valley Regional Office, 4411 Early R oa d, Harrisonburg

, VA, telephone ( 540 ) 574

- 7800, 6) Piedmont Regional Office, 4949

- A Cox R oa d, Glen Allen

, VA, telephone ( 804 ) 527

- 5020, 7) Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge

, VA, telephone ( 703 ) 583

- 3800, and 8) Tidewater Regional Office, 5636 Southern Blvd

. , Virg inia Beach

, VA, telephone ( 757 ) 518

- 2000.

Contact Information: Doris A. McLeod

, Air Quality Planner, Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street

, P.O. Box 1105

, Richmond, VA 23218 , telephone (804) 698

- 4197

, FAX (804) 698

- 4510, or email doris.mcleod@deq.virginia.gov

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T itle V Permit Program Funding
Purpose of notice: To announce a public comment opportunity on the establishment of fees to fund the Title V Permit Program. Public comment period : May 16, 2012

, through May 25, 2012

. Topic of public comment period: Department of Environmental Quality ( DEQ ) is providing an opportunity for the public to comment on draft final amendments to the regulations establishing fees for funding the Title V per mit
programs. The 2012

- 14 biennial budget (Item 365, subsection B) includes a requirement that the State Air Pollution Control Board adopt regulations adjusting permit program emissions fees and establishing permit application processing fees and permit ma intenance fees sufficient to ensure that revenue covers total direct and indirect program costs. All of the fees are to be adjusted annually by the Consumer Price Index. Other provisions in the bill require that (i) all emission fees are to be collected an nually, (ii) the initial adjustment of emission fees shall not exceed 30 % over current fee rates, (iii) permit application fees shall not be credited toward the amount of emission fees owed, (iv) regulations adopted to