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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

Office of Air Quality Plannii g and Standards 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 

September 22, 1993 

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Honorable Robert J. Kerrey

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United States Senate 

Washington, DC 20510 

Dear Senator Kerrey: 

This is in response to your August 12, 1993 letter to our 

Congressional Liaison Office on behalf of your constituent, 

Mr. John Campbell, Ag Processing Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, regarding 

the Clean Air Act's (Act's) air permitting process for plant 

expansions, modifications, and new construction. The 

requirements for preconstruction review of major sources of air 

pollution under the Act, including plant modifications, are set 

forth under the new source review (NSR) rules overseen by the 

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. 

The concerns Mr. Campbell notes regarding the time and 

resources necessary to comply with the NSR permitting 

requirements, and the possible inequities of these requirements, 

have previously been raised to the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) by other industry representatives. In response, a 

year ago EPA initiated an effort to address these specific 

concerns by holding a series of public workshops to gather ideas 

for streamlining and simplifying the NSR permitting process. A 

number of ideas raised at these workshops are now under 

consideration by the NSR Reform Subcommittee (Subcommittee) to 

the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee 

was established by EPA to provide independent advice and counsel 

to EPA on implementing the 1990 Amendments. The specific goal of 

the Subcommittee is to generate proposed recommendations, to be 

forwarded to EPA through the full Committee, on how to improve 

the NSR permitting process. Both the workshops and the 

Subcommittee involve participation by industry, State and local 

air pollution control agencies, environmental groups, and Federal 

agencies such as the National Park Service. To date, EPA's 

efforts to involve various diverse groups in identifying NSR 

issues and suggesting ways to simplify the process have been well 

received. 
Based on the recommendations of the Subcommittee, as 

reviewed and forwarded to EPA by the full Committee, EPA plans to 

propose NSR rule changes within the next year. In the interim, 

EPA is working with State and local permitting agencies and 

permit applicants to address issues that may arise during the 

permit process to ensure the timely processing of permit 

applications. 

The Subcommittee is expected to consider, at its next 

meeting, some of the specific issues Mr. Campbell raised 

concerning NSR applicability to modifications, including 

procedures for determining a source's emissions baseline. This 

meeting is scheduled for September 27-28, 1993, in Durham, North 

Carolina. The meeting is open to the public, as are all 

Subcommittee meetings. For your information, enclosed is a copy 

of the Federal Register notice announcing the meeting. 

I appreciate this opportunity to be of service and trust 

that this information will be helpful to you. 

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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

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New Source Review Reform Subcommittee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: On July 7, 1993, the EPA gave notice of the 

establishment of the New Source Review (NSR) Reform Subcommittee 

(Subcommittee) (58 FR 36407) under the auspices of the Clean Air 

Act Advisory Committee (55 FR 46993) which was established 

pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app I). 

The Subcommittee's purpose is to provide independent advice and 

counsel to the EPA on policy and technical issues associated with 

reforming the NSR rules. 

OPEN MEETING DATE: Notice is hereby given that the Subcommittee 

will hold an open meeting on September 27-28, 1993, from 8 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., at the Sheraton University Center, 2800 Middleton 

Avenue, Durham, North Carolina 27705, telephone (919) 383-8575, 

telefax (919) 383-8495. Due to the size of the meeting room, 

seating is limited to approximately 100 individuals and will be 

made available on a first come, first serve basis. 
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The Subcommittee will address NSR applicability-related 

issues at this meeting. In addition, the NSR Reform Subcommittee 

will review draft options and recommendations developed by 

subgroups on specific areas regarding Class I area impacts and 

best available control technology. 

INSPECTION OF COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS: Documents relating to the 

above noted topics will be publicly available at the meeting. 

Thereafter, these documents, together with the transcript and 

summary of the Subcommittee's meeting, will be available for 

public inspection in EPA Air Docket No. A-90-37. The docket is 

available for public inspection and copying between 8:30 a.m. to 

12 noon and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., weekdays, at EPA's Air Docket 

(LE-131), Room M-1500, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. 

A reasonable fee may be charged for copying. 

The transcript and summary will also be available to the 

public through EPA's Office'of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards' (OAQPS) Technology Transfer Network (TTN) electronic 

bulletin board. For assistance in accessing the OAQPS TTN, 

contact the systems operator at (919) 541-5384 in Research 

Triangle Park, North Carolina during normal business hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For questions concerning the 

Subcommittee or its activities, please contact Mr. David Solomon, 
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Designated Federal Official to the Subcommittee, at 

(919) 541-5375, telefax (919) 541-5509, or by mail at 

U.S. EPA, OAQPS, Air Quality Management Division (MD-15), 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711. 

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