Environmental

Conservation THE STATE

Deuartment

of °‘ALASKA_______________________________OfficeoftheCommissionerGOVERNORSEANPARNELLPostOfficeBox111800410WilloughbyAvenue.Suite303Juneou.Alosko99811-1800Mom:907.465.5066July9,2012Fox:907.465.5070Mr.DennisMcIrranU.S.RPARegion10RegionalAdministrator’sOffice,R\1401200SixthAvenue,Suite900Seattle,WA98101DearMr.McI£rran:‘IbisletterprovidesforyourapprovalamendmentstoAlaska’sStateAirQualityControlPlanorStateImplementationPlan(SIP),adoptedbyreferenceintotheAlaska\dministrativcCode(A\C)at18AAC50.030,withaneffectivedateofAugust1,2012.TheAlaskaDepartmentofInvironmentalConsenation(ADIC)issubmittingtheenclosedSIPrevisionforpurposesofmeeting(lean\ir\ctsection110(a)(2infrastructurerequirementsforthe1997and2008ozoneNational\mbient\irQualityStandards(NAAQS);the1997and2006PM2.5NAAQS;andthe2008LeadNAAQS.WeareprovidingonepapercopyandoneelectronicversionofthefollowingdocumentstoKristinIlallofyourstaff(notethattheelectronicversionisanexactduplicateofthepapercopy):•VolumeII:AnalysisofProblems,ControlAction:•SectionIi:StateAirQualityControlProgram;•Section111.11.1:InterstateTransportofLeadPollution;•VolumeIII:(AppendicestoVolumeII)•18AAC50.030proposedregulationamendment;•CleanAirActSection110InfrastructureCertificationDocumentation;OAACTitle2-Administration;Chapter50-AlaskaPublicOfficesCommission:ConflictofInterest,CampaignDisclosure,LegislativeFinancialDisclosure,andRegulationsofLobbying;ArticleI—PublicOfficialFinancialDisclosure(2rAC50.010-2AAC50.200);andoi\ACTitle9—Law;Chapter52—KxecutiveBranchCodeofEthics(9AAC52.010—9AAC52.990).‘Ihefollowingsupportingdocumentsarealsobeingprovided:1.IA.Governor’scertifiedFilingCertificateforPermanentRegulationsalongwithappropriatedelegations,includingSignedAdoptionOrder,withaneffectivedateofregulation,August1,2012;2.NoticeofPublicCommentPeriod,signedMarch2,2012;3.SupplementalNoticeofPublicCommentPeriod,signedApril6,2012;4.(3)AffidavitsofPublicationforthePublicNotice;Dennis

McI .erran

2

july

9, 2012 5.

(3) Affidavits

of Publication

for

the Supplemental

Public Notice; 6. Affidavit

of Agency

Record

of Public Comment,

signed

May

17, 2012; 7. Affidavit

of Oral

I learing,

signed

May

17, 2012; 8. Affidavit

of Notice

of Proposed

Adoption

of Regulations

and Furnishing

of Additional Information,

signed

May

17, 2012; 9. Public

Review

Draft

of

18

A

XC

50 regulations

which

shows

the changes

made

to the regulations,

with

bold lettering

as new language

and bracketed

language

as old language, dated

March 2,2012;

and 10.

A copy

of

the tracked regulation amendments

prepared

by

the Department

of Law

for transmittal

to the

Lt. Governor

for certification

and filing,

dated

June

20, 2012. Mr. Scott Sloane

is available

to your

staff

to respond

to questions

or

to otherwise

assist.

lie

can

be phoned

at

907

465 5176.

As always,

I would

be pleased

to discuss

any

of this

with

you. Sincerely,

4 Larry

I lartig Commissioner Enclosures: Rick Albright,

EPA Region

10 w/o enclosures) Kristin

I lall, EPA Region

10 (w/enclosures) Alice Edwards,

Director,

Division

of Air Quality,

z\DEC

(w/o enclosures) Cynthia

I leil, Program

Manager,

ANPMS

Program,

i\DEC

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