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 Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. 

EPA) the Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the State of Ohio. 

Specifically, the State of Ohio is submitting this documentation 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 Administrator that provides for implementation, 

maintenance, and enforcement of the National Ambient Air Quality 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, prevention of significant 

deterioration (PSD), and new source review (NSR), 

- Interstate transport provisions, 

- Adequate resources, 

- Stationary source monitoring and reporting systems, 

- Emergency episodes, 

- Future SIP revisions, 

- Nonattainment area plan or plan revision, 

- Consultation with government officials, public notification, PSD and visibility 

protection, 

- Air quality modeling/data, 

- Permitting fees, and 

- Consultation/participation by affected local entities. 

The Ohio EPA is seeking 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 demonstrate how the NAAQS are 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 enforceable 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 Regulation (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 the 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 address by the close of business 

on December 21, 2012, will be considered by Ohio EPA prior to final action on this 

submittal. Written statements submitted after December 21, 2012, may be considered 

as time and circumstances permit, but will not 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/SIP/infrastructure.aspx. Questions 

regarding accessing the web site should be directed to Arunee Niamlarb at 614-728-

1342; other questions or comments about this document should be directed to Jennifer 

Dines at (614) 644-3696, Jennifer.Dines@epa.state.oh.us or mailed to Jennifer Dines at 

the above address.