Public Hearing Notice Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Infrastructure State Implementation Plan

Notice is hereby given that the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) is submitting to the United States Environment al Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) the Infrastructure State Implementat ion Plan (SIP) for the State of Ohio. Specifically, the State of Ohio is submitting this documentat ion in order to comply with the SIP elements required under Section 110(a)(1) and (2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the 2008 Ozone standard. Section 110(a )(1) requires States to submit an implementation plan to the U.S. EPA Administ rator that provides for implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of the National Ambient Air Qualit y Standards (NAAQS). Section 110(a)(2) lists the elements that are to comprise the implementation plan.
Several of the elements in Section 110(a)(2) specifically address the need for states to demonstrate the ability to implement, maintain and enforce the (NAAQS).

The elements of Section 110(a)(2) are as follows:

- Emission limits and other control measures, - Ambient air quality monitoring data system, - Program for enforcement of control measures, pr evention of significant deterioration (PSD), and new source review (NSR), - Interstate transport provisions, - Adequate resources, - Stationary source monito ring and reporting systems, - Emergency episodes, - Future SIP revisions, - Nonattainment area plan or plan revision, - Consultation with government officials, public notific ation, PSD and visibility protection, - Air quality modeling/data, - Permitting fees, and - Consultation/participation by affected local entities.

The Ohio EPA is seeki ng public comment to satisfy the U. S. EPA requirement for public
involvement in SIP-related activities. Comments should address the requirements of Section 110(a)(2)(A) to Section 110(a)(2)(M) of the CAA, which is the above compilation

of elements. These elements will demonstr ate how the NAAQS ar e being implemented, maintained, and enforced by the State of Ohio. The elements of the Infrastructure SIP, once approved by U.S. EPA, will provide a federally enforcea ble written confirmation of how the State of Ohio will continue to comply with the Section 110( a)(2) requirements of
the CAA.E-mail: jennifer.dines@epa.state.oh.us

Mailing Address: Jennifer Dines Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, DAPC
P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43215-1045

Pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulati on (CFR) Part 40 Section 51.103, a public hearing on this package will be conducted on: December 21, 2012 at 1:30 PM at the Ohio EPA Central Office, 50 West Town St., Columbus, Ohio. All interested persons

are in entitled to attend or be represented at t he hearing and give written or oral

comments on this action. All oral comments presented at the hearing and all written

statements submitted at the hearing or to the above addre ss by the close of business on December 21, 2012, will be considered by Ohio EPA prior to final action on this

submittal. Written statement s submitted after December 21, 2012, may be considered as time and circumstances permit, but will no t be part of the official record of the hearing.

The Infrastructure SIP is available on Ohio EPA DAPC’s Web page for electronic downloading at: http://www.epa.ohio.gov/dapc/S IP/infrastructure.aspx . Questions regarding accessing the web site should be directed to Arunee Niamlarb at 614-728- 1342; other questions or comments about this doc ument should be dire cted to Jennifer Dines at (614) 644-3696, Jennifer.Dines@epa.state.oh.us or mailed to Jennifer Dines at

the above address.