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MAR 3 I 1999 AIR QUALITY PLANNING 

AND STANOAROS 

William O'Sullivan, STAPPA Chair 

John Paul, ALAPCO Chair 

New Source Review Subcommittee 

STAPPA/ALAPCO 

444 N. Capitol Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20001 

Dear Messrs. O'Sullivan and Paul: 

Thank you for your March 5,1999 letter that describes the activities that you and other 

stakeholders are undertaking regarding alternatives to the new source review (NSR) program. 

You indicated that you plan to present possible alternatives to your members at the spring 

membership meeting beginning on May 15,1999, and you asked EPA to defer taking formal 

action on the NSR program until June 1,1999 to allow this process a reasonable opportunity for 

success. 

Because of EPA's interest in moving forward on NSR Reform, we have resumed work to 

produce a final rulemaking, based largely on the 1996 proposal, the 1998 notice of availability 

and the ensuing comments on each. We plan to promulgate the rule around the end of December 

1999 which would have us completing a draft of the Federal Register package in June. If a work 

• product on the applicability issues can be produced in a timely manner relative to our schedule, 

we will take due consideration of it in the final rule. This means that you should provide such 

information to us by May 21,1999, so that we can stay on track with our'schedule. 

We appreciate your efforts to develop alternatives that will help us to achieve our goal of 

completing the NSR Reform effort. Please contact Bill Harnett (919) 541-4979 or Karen 

Blanchard (919) 541-5503 if you would like to discuss this further. 

S. Seitr 

Director 

Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards 
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John Seitz 

Director 

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-10) 

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Research Triangle Park, N.C. 27711 

Dear John: 

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i^TATE AND TERRITORIAL 

AIR POLLUTION PROGRAM 

ADMINISTRATORS 

A.SSOCIATIO . N OF 

LOCAL AIR POLLUTION 

CONTROL OFFICIALS 

S. WILLIAM BECKER 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

As you know, EPA's new source review meeting on February 2-3, 1999 has prompted a 

number of stakeholders to explore areas of agreement on alternatives to the current new source 

review program. STAPPA and ALAPCO representatives are actively participating in follow-up 

discussions with various stakeholders and are encouraged by progress being made to resolve 

outstanding issues. We know EPA is committed to making expeditious decisions on appropriate 

revisions to the new source review program, and believe the current stakeholder discussions can 

be of value to EPA in this process. If we are able to construct viable alternatives to the current 

system, we plan to present these ideas to STAPPA and ALAPCO members at our spring 

meeting, which begins on May 15,1999. To afford a true opportunity for stakeholders to quickly 

identify appropriate NSR alternatives to the current rule, we request that EPA defer taking formal 

action on the NSR program until June 1,1999, to allow this process a reasonable opportunity for 

success. 

We would be pleased to discuss our progress with you and other EPA staff at any time, 

either by teleconference or in person. If you have questions or desire additional information, 

please contact either of us or Dave Wallenberg of STAPPA/ALAPCO. 

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Bill O'Sullivan 

STAPPA Chair 

NSR Subcommittee 

John Paul 

ALAPCO Chair 

NSR Subcommittee 

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