May 10 , 20 13 

STATE OF TENNESSEE 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION 

DIVISION OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL 

9TH FLOOR L & C ANNEX 

401 CHURCH STREET 

NASHVILLE, TN 37 2 43 -153 1 

Certifi ed Ma il #7 00 6 345 0 00 03 90 91 206 3 

Re turn Receipt Requested 

Mrs . Gwendolyn Keys Fleming 

Regional A~~i ni st rat or 

U. S . EPA, Region IV 

Atlanta Federal Cente r, 12th Floor 

61 Forsyth Stree t , S . W. 

At lanta , Georgia 30 3 03- 896 0 

Subject : Official Submittal Request for State I mplemen t ati on Pl an of 

Revisions to Rul e 12 00 - 03- . 09 -. 01 Const r uction Permits 

Dear Mrs. Fleming: 

This is an Off icial Submittal request for incorporation i nto the State 

Implement ation Plan of Revis ions to Rule 1200-03 -. 09 - .01 Construction Permits. 

On January 31 , 2013 , an Off i c i al Pre-Submittal request wa s s ubmitt ed to you 

for your review with all parts of t he submittal being sent t o you except a 

c ertified State e ff ective copy of Ru le . It was sta ted that whe n the Rul e 

became s tate effect i ve a certified State e ffective copy of Ru l e 12 00-03-09- . 01 

Construction Permits would be forwarded to you . That certification i s 

included in t h i s submi ttal . 

At this time we are not asking f or inclusi on o f the fol lowing provisions in 

the SIP : 

Item (III ) o f s ubpart (i ) of part 6 of subparagr aph (d) of paragraph (4 ) o f 

Rule 1200 - 03-09- . 01 Const ruc tion Permi t s i s amended by deleting the current 

i tem (III) and replacing it with a n ew item (III ) so that , as amended, t he new 

item sha ll r e ad as f ollows : 

(III) Particulat e matter : 

10 /m3 o f TSP, 24-hour average 

10 ~g/m3 o f PMlO, 24-hour average . ;;g/:-;-. .; a r:. ,. r-~--::. r:, :: : ~: .. Jur ::"v er.:::g t~ ; 

Subpart (xix) of part 1 of s ubparagraph (b) o f paragraph (5) of rule 1200 -03 -

09 - .01 Construction Permi t s is amended by deleting the current sub part (xix) 

and rep lacing i t with a new subpart (xix) so that, as amended , the n ew subpart 

shall read as fo llows: 
May 10, 2013 

Mrs. Gwendolyn Keys Fleming 

EPA, Regional Amninistrator 

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(xix) "Significantly impact" means the contribution by a new 

stationary source or modification to the air quality 

in a nonattainment area in concentrations equal to or 

greater than the amount as follows: 

Pollutant Annual Averaging Time (hours) 

24 8 3 1 

so2 1.0 pg /mo 5 pg /m' 25 

pg /mJ 

PM1 o 1.0 pg /mJ 5 pg/m 

~ G.; pg/!R~ ~.2 

~.,. 

N02 1.0 pg /m' 

co 0.5 2 mg!mJ 

mg/m 

The Environmental Protection Agency is requested to parallel process the 

enclosed material as part of the federally approved State Implementation Plan. 

If you need further information or documentation please contact Malcolm Butler 

at ( 615) 532-0600. 

?~'~t:~~ Technical Secretary 

Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board 

Enclosures 

cc: Mr. R. Scott Davis, Branch Chief 

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