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- 2474 The Honorable Robert M. Summers February 6, 2013 Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment 1800 Washington Boulevard Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Dear Secretary Summers:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received your November 15, 2012 request for a revision to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP) to remov e an obsolete Consent Decree for the Allegany County Board of Education, Beall Jr ./ Sr. High School s in ce the school’s coal

- fired boiler

was demolished in 2007

.

EPA has determined that this minor SIP revision compli es with all applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act and EPA regulations

. Due to its administrative nature, this revision to the Mar yland SIP

is being approved by this letter

.

A pproval of this SIP revision is effective as of the date of this letter. Due to the minor nature of this SIP revision, EPA has concluded that conducting notice and comment rulemaking would be “unnecessary and contrary to the public interest,” and is not required by the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b). I am approving this revision consistent with EPA’s Notice of Procedural Changes

on SIP P rocessing published on January 19, 1989 and with the proc edures outlined in the April 6, 2011

memo rand um signed by Janet McCabe, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and
Radiation, entitled, “ Regional Consistency for the Administrative Requirements of State Implementation

Plan Submittals and the Use of “ Letter Notices.” This Letter Notice approval is a final EPA action, and is subject to judicial review.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or have your staff contact Mrs. Linda Miller, EPA’s Maryland Liaison

, at, 215

- 814

- 2068

. The Project Officer for this SIP revision is Mrs. Sharon McCauley, who may be reached at 215

- 814

- 3376.

Sincerely,

/s/

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- 2474 The Honorable Robert M. Summers Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment 1800 Washington Boulevard Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Dear Secretary Summers:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received your November 15, 2012 request for a revision to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP) to remove a n obsolete Consent Decree for the Allegany County Board of Education, Beall Jr. /Sr. High School given the fact that the school’s coal

fired boiler was demolished in 2007. EPA has determined that this minor SIP revision complies with all applicable requir ements of the Clean Air Act and EPA regulations. Due to its administrative nature, this revision to the Maryland SIP is being approved by this letter. The Project Officer for this SIP revision is Mrs. Sharon McCauley, who may be reached at 215

- 814

- 3376.

Approval of this SIP revision is effective as of the date of this letter. Due to the minor nature of this SIP revision, EPA has concluded that conducting notice and comment rulemaking would be “unnecessary and contrary to the public interest,” and is no t required by the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b). I am approving this revision consistent with EPA’s Notice of Procedural Changes on SIP Processing published on January 19, 1989 and with the procedures outlined in the April 6, 2011

memoran dum signed by Janet McCabe, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, entitled, “Regional Consistency for the Administrative Requirements of State Implementation

Plan Submittals and the Use of “Letter Notices.” This Letter Notic e approval is a final EPA action, and is subject to judicial review.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or have your staff contact Mrs. Linda Miller, EPA’s Maryland Liaison at, 215

- 814

- 2068 or miller.linda@epa.gov

.

Sincerely,

Shawn M. Garvin Regional Administrator

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