# Georgia Department of Natural Resources 2 Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive, S.E., Suite 1152 East, Atlanta, Georgia 30334-4100 Mark Williams, Commissioner Environmental Protection Division Judson H.Turner, Director Phone: 4041656-471 3 FAX: 4041651-5778
July 19, 2012
Ms. Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming Regional Administrator U.S. EPA, Region 4 61 Forsyth Street, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104 RE: Proposed Rule Amendments for Georgia's Rules for Air Quality Control Request for Parallel Processing of SIP Revision Dear Ms. Fleming: The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) is proposing amendments to the Rulesfor Air Quality Control, Chapter 391-3-1 (Air rule amendments). With this letter,the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) is submitting for approval and incorporation, via parallel processing, proposed revisions to Georgia's State Implementation Plan and RulesforAir Quality. The proposed Air Rule amendments will be presented to the Board of Natural Resourcesfor adoption at its August 29, 2012 meeting. We are enclosing a copy of the following documents for your review and comments: 1. Notice of Proposed Amendment to Georgia's Rules for Air Quality Control, Chapter 391-3-1 and of the Public Hearing;
2. An exact copy of the Proposed Amendments to Georgia's Rules for Air Quality Control, Chapter 391-3-1; and 3. A synopsis of and a rationale for the proposed amendments. This submittal requests that EPA take action, via parallel processing procedures, to approve and incorporate the following rules:
Rule 391-3-1-.02(2)(a)6., "General Provisions, VOC Emission Standards, Exemptions,Area Designations, ComplianceSchedules and Compliance Determinations"

### - amended to lower the applicability threshold for 14 VOC rules from 100 tons per year to 15 pounds per day for sources located in Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Hall, Newton, Spalding, and Walton Countieseffective January 1, 2015. Rule 391-3-1-.02(2)(kkk), "VOC Emissions from Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Facilities,"

## - amended to lower the applicability threshold from 100tons per year to 

### 25 tons per year for sources located in Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Hall, Newton, Spalding, and Walton Counties effective January 1, 201

### 5. The public notice for the proposed rule revisions was advertised using the EPD Air Protection Branch listserv mailing list for public notices on July 19,201 2. A public hearing has been scheduled for August 20, 201 2.

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One copy of this submittal will be sent to the EPA Region 4 associates noted below. We have enclosed the administrative materials and technical support to satisfy the SIP submittal completeness criteria checklist as specified in 40 CFR 51 

### Appendix V, 

### section 

### 2.3.1, pertainingto parallel processing. This submittal includes one paper copy of each of the relevant documents and a compact disk with an electronic version of the documents. The electronic version is an exact duplicate of the paper copy. We look forward to your review and approval of these revisions. Should you or your staff have any questions, please feel free to contact Jimmy Johnston at (404) 363-7014.



## V Director JHT:JJ:klc Enclosures Scott Davis, EPA Region 4 Lynorae Benjamin, EPA Region 4 Sara Waterson, EPA Region 4 James A Capp, Branch Chief, EPA Air Protection Branch