Appendix E 

Notice of Intent to Revise the SIP, Published 

in the State Register March 25, 2011

Revision to the South Carolina Air Quality Implementation Plan Appendix E – Page 1 

RFATS Redesignation Demonstration and Maintenance Plan 

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Revision to the South Carolina Air Quality Implementation Plan Appendix E – Page 2 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REVISE THE SIP 

REDESIGNATION DEMONSTRATION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE YORK 

COUNTY PORTION OF THE CHARLOTTE-GASTONIA-ROCK HILL NC-SC 

NONATTAINMMENT AREA 

CHAPTER 61 

Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 48-1-10, et seq.

South Carolina Air Quality Implementation Plan:

The Department of Health and Environmental Control (Department) proposes to submit a redesignation 

demonstration and maintenance plan for the South Carolina Air Quality Implementation Plan, also known as 

the State Implementation Plan, or SIP. Interested persons are invited to present their views in writing to 

Andrew O. Hollis; Division of Air Assessment, Innovations and Regulation, Bureau of Air Quality; 2600 

Bull Street; Columbia, SC 29201. Comments may also be submitted via email to hollisao@dhec.sc.gov. 

To be considered, comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 25, 2011, the close of the 

drafting comment period. The Department is also providing the public with the opportunity to request a 

public hearing on the issue. As such, a public hearing has been planned for May 2, 2011, at 10 a.m. in the 

Wallace Room (3141), 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, South Carolina. The public is invited to attend. 

However, pursuant to 40 CFR 51.102, if no request for a public hearing is received by the close of the 

comment period (April 25, 2011), the hearing will be cancelled. If a public hearing has been cancelled, 

the Department will notify the public at least one week prior to the scheduled hearing via the “Scheduled 

Public Hearings” link on the Regulation Development webpage at 

http://www.scdhec.gov/environment/baq/regulatory.aspx. Interested parties are also encouraged to contact 

Andrew Hollis at (803)-898-4196 or hollisao@dhec.sc.gov for more information or to determine whether 

a public hearing has been cancelled. 

Synopsis: 

In a Federal Register (FR) notice published on July 18, 1997 (62 FR 38856), the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated amendments to the National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (NAAQS) for ozone. On April 30, 2004 (69 FR 23858), the EPA designated and classified a 

portion of York County, South Carolina within the Rock Hill Fort Mill Area Transportation Study 

(RFATS) Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) as a moderate nonattainment area for the 8-hour 

ozone NAAQS as part of the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC Nonattainment Area. 

Air quality monitoring data from 2008 to 2010 indicate that all monitors within the Charlotte-GastoniaRock Hill NC-SC Nonattainment Area currently meet the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS of 0.08 ppm. As 

such, the proposed SIP revision would request that the EPA redesignate the York County portion of the 

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC Nonattainment Area to attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS and would provide a maintenance plan which fulfills the requirements of Section 175A of the 

Clean Air Act as amended, that will ensure the area remains in attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS through 2022. Documents relating to this redesignation request and maintenance plan will be 

available via the Department’s website at: http://www.scdhec.gov/environment/baq/MetrolinaSC_Redesignation/