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## F LORIDA 

## D EPARTMENT OF 

## E NVIRONMENTAL 

## P ROTECTION

BOB MARTINEZ CENTER
2600 BLAIRSTONE ROAD TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399

- 2400 RICK SCOTT

GOVERNOR

CARLOS LOPEZ

- CANTERA

LT. GOVERNOR

JONATHAN P. STEVERSON

SE CRETARY

May 1 , 2015

Mrs. Heather McTeer Toney Regional Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

– Region 4 61 Forsyth Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30303

- 8960

Re: Air Program: Proposed Revision to Florida’s State Implementation Plan

– Gasoline Vap or Control Rules (Proposed SIP Revision 201 5

- 05 )

Dear Mrs. Toney:

T he Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is proposing a revision to Florida’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) under the Clean Air Act (Proposed SIP Revision 2015

- 05

– “Gas oline Vapor Control Rules”)

.

On September 16, 2008, EPA approved a revision to Florida’s SIP f or the phasing out of Stage II gasoline vapor r ecovery requirements by December 31, 2009 (73 FR 53378) (Florida SIP No.

2007

- 02

– “Gasoline Vapor Recovery” ). P roposed SIP R evision 2015

- 05 completes the phasing out of Stage II vapor recovery r equirements through the removal of R ules 62

- 252.100, 62

- 252.200, 62

- 252.400, 62

- 252.500, 62

- 252.800, and 62

- 252.900, Florida Administrative Code ( F.A.C. ) , from Florida’s SI P. The rule sections proposed to be removed or amended as a part of this SIP revision are obsolete or have been superseded by federal regulations. Removal of these

six rule sections from Florida’s SIP will reduc e the size and complexity of Florida’s SIP with no adverse effect on air quality , as evidenced by EPA’s approval of Florida ’s Gasoline Vapor Recovery SIP in 2008 and the Clean Air Act Section 110(l) Noninterference D emonstr ation that accompanied that SIP revision

.

DEP is also proposing that R ule 62

- 252.300, F.A.C. (“Gasoline Dispensing Facilities

- Stage I Vapor Recovery”) , as amended, be approved and incorporated into Flo rida’s SIP. The

amendments to R ule 62

- 252.300, F.A.C., include the removal of obsolete and duplicative language and corollary reorganization of the rule.

The complete SIP submittal package (hard copy and electronic copy) has been sent directly to the Air Planning Branch. The electronic copy is in a searchable format and is an exact duplicate of the hard copy. The notice of opportunity to submit comments, request a public hearing, orMrs. Heather McTeer Toney

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www.dep.stat e.fl.us participate in a public hearing, if requested, regarding the proposed SIP revision was published

on April 17, 2014, in the Florida Administrative Register. No comments were submitted and no

hear ing was requested; therefore, the hearing scheduled for May 21, 2014 , was cancelled. I hereby certify that the public participation requirements of all applicable state and federal regulations, including those of 40 CFR 51.102, have been satisfied with re spect to this proposed

SIP revision.

If you have any questions concerning DEP’s proposed SIP revision, please contact Preston McLane at (850) 717

- 9089 or by e

- mail at Preston.McLane@dep.state.fl.us.

Since rely,

Justin B . Green , Director Division of Air Resource Management

cc (with SIP package): R. Scott Davis, Chief, Air Planning Branch, EPA Region 4