NOTICES

Proposed State Implementation Plan Revision; 2011 Base Year Emissions 

Inventory for the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Lancaster, Phila- delphiaWilmington-Atlantic City (Pennsylvania Portion), Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley and 

Reading Nonattainment Areas for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards; Public Comment and Hearings

[45 Pa.B. 4985]

[Saturday, August 22, 2015]

On March 27, 2008, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final 

rule establishing revised primary and secondary 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (NAAQS) of 75 parts per billion. See 73 FR 16436 (March 27, 2008). Subsequently, the 

EPA designated ozone nonattainment areas for the 2008 ozone NAAQS and classified 36 areas in 

the country including Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Lancaster, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic 

City (Pennsylvania portion), Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley and Reading as marginal nonattainment 

areas. See 77 FR 30088 (May 21, 2012).

The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is seeking public comment on the 

proposed State Implementation Plan (SIP) mandated under sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1) of the 

Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 7502(c)(3) and 7511a(a)(1)), which require the submission of ''a 

comprehensive, accurate, current inventory of actual emissions from all sources of the relevant 

pollutant or pollutants in such area.'' This SIP revision contains the comprehensive 2011 Base Year 

Emissions Inventory for the previously mentioned nonattainment areas for the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS.

The proposed SIP revision meets the requirements necessary for an approvable SIP revision, 

including a detailed explanation of the 2011 base year emissions inventory for stationary, area, 

nonroad and mobile anthropogenic sources as well as biogenic sources in the areas in this 

Commonwealth that the EPA designated as nonattainment for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. The 

proposed anthropogenic emissions were estimated for volatile organic compounds, oxides of 

nitrogen and carbon monoxide for both annual and a typical ozone season day emissions. The final 

SIP revision will be submitted to the EPA for approval.

The proposed SIP revision is available in the Department's eLibrary at www.dep.state.pa.us 

(select ''Tools,'' then ''eLibrary,'' then ''Publications,'' then ''Air Quality,'' then ''State Implementation 

Plan—SIP—Revisions'') or through the contact person listed as follows.

The Department will provide the opportunity for public hearings to receive comments on the 

proposal on Monday, September 21, 2015, at 1 p.m. at the following locations:

Department of Environmental Protection

Southeast Regional Office

Delaware River Room

2 East Main Street

Norristown, PA 19401

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Department of Environmental Protection

Southwest Regional Office

Waterfront A

400 Waterfront Drive

Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745

Department of Environmental Protection

Southcentral Regional Office

Codorus Creek Room

909 Elmerton Avenue

Harrisburg, PA 17110

Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Alex Haas at P. O. Box 8468, 

Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 787-9495, alehaas@pa.gov to reserve a time. Witnesses should limit 

testimony to 10 minutes and should provide two written copies of their statement at the hearing.

If by Thursday, September 17, 2015, no person has expressed an interest in testifying at the 

hearing, the hearing will be cancelled. The Department will provide public notice on the Bureau of 

Air Quality webpage at http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/aq/default.htm if the 

hearing is cancelled. Persons may also contact the Department to find out if the hearing is cancelled 

by contacting Alex Haas, (717) 787-9495, alehaas@pa.gov.

Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or 

other accommodation to participate in the proceeding should contact Alex Haas. TDD users may 

contact the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 to discuss how the Department 

can best accommodate their needs.

The Department must receive comments no later than Monday, September 21, 2015. 

Commentators are encouraged to submit comments using the Department's eComment at 

www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment. Written comments can be submitted to the Policy Office, 

Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 2063, 

Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063, ecomment@pa.gov. Use ''2011 Base Year Inventory'' as the subject 

line in written communication.

JOHN QUIGLEY,

Secretary

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