STATE OF AlAS~ DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER 

Dennis McLerran, Regional Administrator 

U.S. EPA Region 10 

March 29, 2011 

1200 6th Avenue, Suite 900 (Mail Stop RA-140) 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Re: Regional Haze Plan SIP Amendments 

Dear Mr. McLerran: 

SEAN PARNELL, OOVER.NOR 

410 Willoughby Avenue, Suite 303 

Post Office Box 111800 

Juneau, Alaska 99811·1800 

Phone; 907-465-5066 

Fax: 907-465-5070 

www.dec.state.ak.us 

This letter requests your approval of amendments to Alaska's State Air Quality 

Control Plan or State Implementation Plan (SIP), adopted by reference into the 

Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) at 18 AAC 50.030, with an effective date of April 

13, 2011. 

The amendments add a new section as Volume II, Section !ILK: Areawide Pollutant 

Control Program for Regional Haze. Also amended are Volume II, Section III.D.VI: 

Interstate Transport of Particulate Matter, and Volume II, Section III.F: Open 

Burning. 

These amendments address the "Finding of Failure to Submit State 

Implementation Plans Required by the 1999 Regional Haze Rule," published in the 

Federal Register on January 15, 2009 (74 FR 2392), and are submitted in 

accordance with Clean Air Act (CAA) Se'ction 110(a)(2)(D)(I)(ii). 

Upon approval of these SIP revisions, we ask that you find the State of Alaska in 

compliance with the requirements of the 1999 Regional Haze Rule. 

We are providing three paper copies and one electronic version of the following 

documents to Keith Rose of your staff: 
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Dennis McLerran 2 March, 29, 2011 

• Alaska Administrative Code, Title 18, Chapter 50 Air Quality Control with 

an effective date of Apri113, 2011, to be published in Register 198, July 

2011; and 

• The following sections of the State Air Quality Control Plan, adopted by 

reference in 18 AAC 50.030 (as amended February 11, 20 11): 

• Volume II, Section III.D.VI: Interstate Transport of Particulate Matter; 

• Volume II, Section III.F: Open Burning; 

• Volume II. Section III.K: Areawide Pollutant Control Program for 

Regional Haze; and 

• Volume III, Appendices to Volume II (includes 18 AAC Chapter 50 

regulations). 

The following supporting documents are also being provided: 

1. Signed Adoption Order and certified Filing Certificate for Permanent 

Regulations, signed February 11, 2011 with an effective date of 

regulation April 13, 2011, along with appropriate delegations; 

2. Notice of Public Comment, signed October 9, 2010; Supplemental 

Pubic Notice signed October 20, 2010; and second Supplemental 

Public Notice signed November 9, 2010; 

3. Affidavits (8) of Publication for the Public Notice; 

4. Affidavit of Agency Record of Public Comment, signed January 20, 

2011; 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

Affidavit of Oral Hearing, signed December 1, 2010; 

Public Hearing Transcripts and Certification of Public Hearing, signed 

November 29, 2010; 

Affidavit of Notice of Proposed Adoption of Regulations and Furnishing 

of Additional Information, signed February 28, 2011; 

Public Review Draft-of-1-8-AAe-so-regulationz-which shows the 

changes made to the regulations, with bold lettering as new language 

and bracketed language as old language, dated October 7, 2010; 

A copy of the tracked regulation amendments prepared by the 

Department of Law in their transmittal packet to the Lt. Governor for 

filing, dated March 8, 2011; and 

Response to public comment on the proposed regulation changes to 18 

AAC 50 dated February 4, 2011 (see SIP Appendices Volume III: 

Section III.K.11.c.). 
Dennis McLerran 3 March, 29, 2011 

Your staff may contact Scott Sloane at (907) 465-5176 for additional information. 

As always, I would be pleased to discuss any of this with you. 

Enclosures: 

Sincerely, 

Larry Hartig 

Commissioner 

cc: Rick Albright, EPA Region 10 (w I o enclosures) 

Keith Rose, EPA Region 10 (wl enclosures) 

Alice Edwards, Director, Division of Air Quality, ADEC (wlo enclosures) 

Cynthia Heil, Program Manager, ANPMS Program, ADEC (w I o enclosures) 
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.ORDER ADOPTING CHANGES TO 

REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERV AT!ON 

The attached single page of regulations, dealing with Air Quality Control is hereby adopted and 

certified l.o be a correct copy of the regulation changes that the Department of Environmental 

Conservation adopts under the authority of AS 46.03 and AS 46.14 and after compliance with 

the Administrative Procedure Act (AS 44.62), specifically including. notice under AS 44.62.190 

and 44.62.200 and opportunity for public comment under AS 44.62.210. 

This action is not expected to require an increased appropriation. 

In considering public comments, the Department of Environmental Conservation paid special 

attention to the cost to private persons of the regulatory action being taken. The Department of 

Environmental Conservation also gave special attention to alternate practical methods in th''. 

regulatory action, <IS required by AS 46.03.024. 

The regulation changes adopted under this order take effect on the 30th day after they have been 

filed by the lieutenant governor us provided in AS 44.62. 180. 

DATE: February ll, 20 ll 

Anchorage, Alaska 

~~~------ Lany Hartig, Commissioner 

Department of Environmental Conservation 

"SUJ-ft C{o.Y {;r FILING cERT!FICATION . 

I, Mead Tread welt-Lieutenant Governor for the State of Alaska, certify that on 

)1\1'\C<.-~ /L( , 201 I, at 2:0(:,p.m., l filed the attached regulations according to the provisions 

of AS 44.62.040-44.62. l 20. 

Mead Treadwell, Lieutenant Governor 

Effective: 

Register: 

i 
FOR DELEGATION OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S AUTHORITY 

I, MEAD TREADWELL, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ALASKA, 

designate the following state employee to perform the Administrative Procedures Act filing 

functions of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor: 

Scott Clark; SPECIAL ASSISTANT 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have 

signed and affixed the Seal of the State of 

Alaslm, in Juneau, on December 8, 2010. 

MEAD TREADWELL 

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 

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Register W, JuiJ 20 II I:O:NVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 

The lead in language of ISAAC 50.030 is amended to read: 

[AI~ ~OAI.Irl' P•AII J 

18 AAC 50.030. State air a.ua 1 y con rol pia . Volumes II and Ill of the Stale ;Jir 

Quality Control Plan for implementin a1!9_e._ntorcing the provisions of AS 46.14 and this 

F<l.bruory II, 2.011 C AUCJUST' 2.0, 2.otoJ, 

chapter, as amended through 0: 

>!eB9f)' are adopted by reference. The pl~m includes the following documents which are also 

adopted by reference: 

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~---- (Eff. 1118/97, Register 141; am 6/21/98, Register 146; am 9/4/98, Register 147; 

am 111/2000; Register 152; am 12/30/2000; Register !56; am 9/2112001, Register !59; am 

cv 

1127/2002, Register 161; am 3/2/2002, Register 161; am 5/3/2002, Register 162; am 2/20/2004, ,.. 

Register 169; am 6/24/2004, Register 170; am I 0/1/2004, Register 171; am 12/14/2006, Register 

180; am 12/30/2007, Register 184; am 5/17/2008, Register 186; am 7/25/2008, Register 187; am~"' 

_.......,.......,_11/9/2008,J~e ister 188; am 5/6/2009, Register 190; am 11/4/2009, Register 192; am 4/1/2010, e t<:>/z.qj1.oto, R~ ist<>.r 19~; . 

Register 193; am'jj Jfll 2of/, Register/$) 

Authority: AS 46.03.020 AS 46.14.030 Sec. 30, ch. 74, SLA 1993 

AS 46.14.020 AS 46.14.140 
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NOTICE OF I'IH>POSED CIIANGI•:s TO Till': RI~GULATIONS OF Tllli: 

ALASKA DEI'ARTi\IENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSI-:RVATION 

The Alaska U~partmcnt Df l'nvironm~ntal Conservation (A DEL') proposes to adopt regulation 

chang~s in Title I X ol'tlw Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) Chapter 50 Air Quality Control. 

ISAAC 50.03() State Air Quality Control Plan is being amended to adopt the l'ollowing 

ducumcnts by rd'ercnce: 

• Volume II, Section I II.D. VI: Interstate Transport of Particulate Matter is being 

revised to mcd the requirements of the Clean Air Act, Section II O(a)(2)(D)(i) fhr the 

2006 f'M2.5 annual and 24-hour, primary & secondary National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards; 

• Volume II, Section III.F: Open Burning is being revised to include "In Situ Burning 

Cluidelines for Alaska, Revision I", revised August 2008: and to update the Open Burn 

Application requirements as lin111d in Alaska's Enhanced Smoke Management Plan. 

• Volume II, Se('tion Ill. I<: Al'cawide Pollutant .Contl'ol Progl'am fol' Regional Haze 

is u n~w section being adopted by r~J'er~nc~ to meet the regulatory requirements of 40 

CFR ~51.308: unci ·to meet the r~gulutory requirements or Alaska's regional haze 

Federal Implementation Plan notice; 

• Volume IlL Appendices to Volume II, is being revised to include the appendices for 

Alaska's Al'cawidc Pollutant Conll'oll'rogrnm fol' Regional Haze. 

You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs to private 

persons of complying and altcma.tive prnctiealmethods of complying with the proposed changes, 

by submitting written comments to Scott Sloane, Division of Air Quality, A DEC, 410 

Willoughby A\:enuc, Suite 303, P.O. Box Ill 800, Juneau, Alaska 99811 • 1800, or by facsimile 

at: (907) 465-5129. Comments must be received by 5:00p.m. on Friday, November 19111 , 2010. 

Comments received after this date will not be considered in linal action on these rules. 

The Department will hold a public hearing on this proposal on Tuesday. November 16'11 , 2010 

from 12:30· I :30 pm, at the ADEC l3ayview Office [3uilding, Conference Room A, 619 Ship 

Creek Drive. Anchorage. Alaska. Ornlor written comment may be submitted at the hearing. 

The hearing will be extended if necessary to accommodate those present before [ :JOpm who did 

not have an opportunity to comment. lfyou will not be able to attend the public heai·ing in 

person, please contact Cindy lleil at (907) 269-7579 by Friday, November 12111 , 2010to make 

arrangements to participate by phone. A toll free call-in number will be provided to those 

who make arrangements in advance, 

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The State of' Alaska, Department of' Environmental Conservation complies with Title II or the 

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you nrc a person with a disability who may need a 

special accommodation in order to pnrticipatc in this public process, please contact Deborah 

l'ock al (907) 269-0291 or TDD Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY or dial 711 \vithinJO days 

of publication of this notice to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided. 

For a copy of the proposed regulation changes and SIP documents please refer to this ADEC 

webpage !illp://www.1[£.~"staty.uk.us/air/a!W;.cllendar.htm, or contact Scott Sloane by telephone at 

(907) 465-5176, or by e-mail at scott.sloane(ivalaska.Qov. 

After the public comment period ends on November 191

h, 20 I 0, ADEC will either adopt these or 

other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, err decide to take no action 

on them. The language of the tina! regulations may be different from that of the proposed 

regulations. YOU SHOULD COMMENT DURING THE TIME ALLOWED IF YOUR 

INTERESTS COULD BE AFFECTED. Written comments received are public records and are 

subject to public inspection. 

Statutory Authority: AS 46.03.010; AS 46.03.020; AS 46.14.030; AS 46.14.510 

Stntutcs Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 46.14.030; AS 46.14.510 

Fiscal Information: The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased 

appropriation. 

Dated: October 7'h, 20 I 0 

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Dan Easton, D 

Pursuant to a delegation by 

Larry Hartig, Commissioner 

Dept. of Environmental Conservation 

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SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON PROPOSED 

CHANGES TO 

ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION REGULATIONS 

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) proposes to adopt regulation 

changes in Title 18 of the Alaska Administrative Code {AAC) Chapter 50 Air Quality Control. 

This is a SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE adding to the NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT 

PERIOD that was issued on October 7, 2010. This supplemental notice adds specific 

information on workshops scheduled by the department regarding the Regional Haze State 

Implementation Plan and directs interested parties to revisit the ADEC webpage to ensure that 

they have the correct version of the proposed amendments to 18 AAC 50.030. ADEC is 

proposing to amend the State Air Quality Control Plan to adopt the following documents by 

reference 

• Volume II, Section lli.D.VI: Interstate Transport of Particulate Matter is being 

revised to meet the reqpirements of the Clean Air Act, Section IIO(a)(2)(D){i) for the 

2006 PM 2.5 annual and 24-hour, primary & secondary National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards; 

• Volume II, Section III.F: Open Burning is being revised to include "In Situ 

Burning Guidelines for Alaska, Revision I", revised August 2008; and to update the 

Open Burn Application requirements as found in Alaska's Enhanced Smoke 

Management Plan; 

• Volume II, Section III.K: Areawide Pollutant Control Program for Regional 

Haze is a new section being adopted by reference to meet the regulatory 

requirements of 40 CFR §51.308; and to meet the regulatory requirements of 

Alaska's regional haze Federal implementation Plan notice; 

• Volume Ill, Appendices to Volume II, is being revised to include the appendices for 

Alaska's Areawide Pollutant Control Program for Regional Haze. 

You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs to private 

persons of complying and alternative practical methods of complying with the proposed changes, 

by submitting written comments to Scott Sloane, Division of Air Quality, ADEC, 410 

Willoughby Avenue, Suite 303, P.O. Box 111800, Juneau, Alaska 99811-1800, or by facsimile 

at: (907) 465-5129. Comments must be received by 5:00p.m. on Friday, November 19'11 , 2010. 

Comments received after this date will not be considered in final action on these rules. 

The Department will hold a public hearing on this proposal on Tuesday, November 16'11 , 2010 

from 12:30-1 :30 pm, at the ADEC Bayview Office Building, Conference Room A, 619 Ship 

Creek Drive, Anchorage, Alaska. Oral or written comment may be submitted at the hearing. 

The hearing will be extended if necessary to accommodate those present before I :30 pm who did 

not have an opportunity to comment. [f you will not be able to attend the public hearing in 

person, please contact Cindy Heil at (907) 269-7579 by Friday, November 121

h, 2010 to make 

arrangements to participate by phone. A toll free call-in number will be provided to those who 

make arrangements in advance. 
Workshops: DEC bas scheduled workshops to provide information regarding the Regional !-laze 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) and answer questions that the public may have about the 

Regional Haze Plan. No public testimony will be taken at these workshops. Staff will be 

available to present information and respond to questions and answers. Workshops will be held 

at the following locations and times: 

Healy: 6:30PM to 8:30PM on Wednesday, November 3, 2010, Tri-Valley Community 

Center, Healy, AK 99743 

Soldotna: 7 PM to 9 PM on Thursday, November 4, 2010, Soldotna Sports Center, 538 

Arena Ave, Soldotna, AK 99669-8200 

Sand Point: 7 PM to 9 PM on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, Library meeting room, Sand Point 

AK 99661. Please note, if staff are unable to reach Sand Point due to weather, 

efforts will be made to hold a telephonic question and answer session. 

The State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation complies with Title 11 of the 

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. lfyou are a person with a disability who may need a 

special accommodation in order to participate in this public process, please contact Deborah 

Pock at (907) 269-0291 or TDD Relay Service 1·800-770-8973/TTY or dial711 within 20 days 

of publication of this notice to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided. 

For a copy of the proposed regulation changes and the Regional Haze documents please refer to 

this ADEC webpage http://www.dec.state.ak.us/air/ap/calendar.hlm, or contact Scott Sloane by 

telephone at (907) 465-5176, or by e-mail at scott.sloane(a)alaska.gov. Please revisit the 

Regional Haze web page to ensure that you have the correct version of the regulations. An 

incorrect version of the regulations was inadvertently posted for a short time. 

After the public comment period ends on November 19'\ 2010, ADEC will either adopt these or 

other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or decide to take no action 

on them. The language of the final regulations may be different from that of the proposed 

regulations. YOU SHOULD COMMENT DURING THE TIME ALLOWED IF YOUR 

INTERESTS COULD BE AFFECTED. Written comments received are public records and are 

subject to public inspection. 

Statutory Authority: AS 46.03.010, AS 46.03.020, AS 46.14.030, AS 46.14.510 

Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 46.03.010, AS 46.03.020, 

AS 46.14.030, AS 46.14.510 

Fiscal information: The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased 

appropriation. ~- c:::-~/·,...._-c? "~_; __ . __ 

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Dated: October 20'11 , 2010 Lany Hartig, Commissioner 

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SUI'I'LEi\IENTAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMiVmNT I'I~IUOD ON PROPOSED 

CIIAN<a.:s TO 

ALASKA Dl;:PARTi\H•:NT OF ENVIIWNMENTAL CONSERVATION REGULATIONS 

The Alaska Department of Environmentnl Conservation (/\DEC) proposes to ndopt regulation 

changes in Title IS of the Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) Chapter 50 Air Quality Control. 

This is a second SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE adding to the SUPPLHviENTAL NOTICE OF 

l'llllLIC COMMENT that was issued on October 20,2010. This supplementnlnotice extends 

the public con1mcnt period until December 6, 2010. t\DEC is proposing to amend the State Air 

Quality Control Pla11lo adopt the following documents by rcl'crcnce: 

• Volume II, Section III.D.VI: Interstate Transport of Particulate Matter is being 

revised to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act, Section IIO(a)(2}(D)(i) t(w the 

2006 PM 2.5 annual and 24-hour. primary & secondary National Ambient Air Quality 

Stnndnrds; 

• Volume II, Section IILF: Open Burning is being revised to include "In Situ 

Burning C}uidclincs t'or Alaska, Revision 1", revised August 2008; and to update the 

Open Burn Application requirements as t'ound in Alaska's Enhanced Smoke 

Management Plan; 

• Volume II, Section JIJ.J(: Areuwidc Pollutant Control Program !'or Regional 

Haze is a new section being adopted by rc!hencc to meet the regulatory 

requirements of 40 CFR §51.308; and to meet the regulatory requirements of 

Alaska's regional haze Federal implementation Plan notice; 

• Volume Ill, Appendices to Volume II, is being revised to include the appendices lor 

Alaska's Areawide Pollutant Control Program for Regionnl Haze. 

Yuu may cmnmcnt on the proposed rcgul;1tion changes, including the potential costs to private 

pcr~;ons of complying and ultcmative practical methods of complying with the proposed changes. 

by submitting written comments to Scott Sloane, Division of Air Quality, ADEC. 410 

Willoughby Avenue. Suite 303. P.O. Box 111800, Juneau, Alaska 998!1-1800, or by facsimile 

at: (907) 465-5129. Comments must be received by 5:00p.m. on Monday, December G, 2010. 

Comments receil·eJ al'ter this date wil1110t be considered in final action on these rules. 

The Department will hold a public hearing on this proposal on Tuesday, November 16,2010 

from !2:30-l :30 pm. at the ADEC Bayview Off1ce Building, Conference Room A, 619 Ship 

Creek Drive, Anchorage, Alaska. Oral or written comment may be submitted at the hearing. 

The hearing will be extended if necessary to accommodate those present bef(Jre I :30 pm who did 

not have an opportunity to comment. If you will not be able to attend the public hearing in 

person. please contact Cindy Hcil at (907) 269-7579 by Friday, Nowmbcr 12.2010 to make 
arrangements to participate by phone. A toll free call-in number will be provided to those who 

make arrangements in advance, 

The State of Alaska. Depmtment ol' Environmental Conservation complies with Title If of the 

Americans with Disabilities Act of 19')0. If you are a person with a disability who may need a 

special accommodation in order to participate in this public process, please contact Deboruh 

Pock at (907) 269-0291 or TDD Relay Service 1-g00-770-8973/TTY or dial 711 withi11 20 days 

of pLtblieation of this notice to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be pi'Ovided .. 

For a copy n(thc proposed regulation changes and the Regional Haze documents please refer to 

this ADEC wcbpage http:,'t\Y'.~y,-,_r,_\fs:,2hltY.·t\LLbSi\l\,ti!J[l/~<!Lencl<!r,htn), or contact Scott Sloane by 

telephone at (907) 465-5176, or by e·mail at scolt.slpanc!i];alask<!.J!Q~:. Please visit the Regional 

Haz·c web page to ensure that you have the correct ve•·sion of the l'egulations. 

After the pLtblic comment period ends on December 6, 2010. ADEC will either adopt these or 

other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or decide to take no action 

on them. The language of the final regulations may be di f[crcnt [rom that of the proposed 

regulations. YOU SHOULD COMMENT DURING THE TIME ALLOWED IF YOUR 

INTERESTS COULD BE AFFECTED. Written comments received are public records ami arc 

subject to public inspection. 

Statutory Authority: AS 46.03.01 0, AS 46.03.020, AS 46.14.030, AS 46.14.510 

StaLUtes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specilic: AS 46.03.010, AS 46.03.020. 

AS 46.14.030, AS 46.14.510 

Fiscal lr~fonnation: The proposed regulation changes arc not cxpccted~to require '111 increased 

appropnatton. ~ ,~ 

c -f:£~ (/~~- ~ -- Dated: November 9, 20 l 0 Larry ~~. Comm ssioner 

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AlliJITIUNAL IUoGUI.i\TIUNS NOTICE INFOI<~IATION 

(AS 4cl.62.190(d)i 

l .. i\<..lnpl i ng Hgc ncy: r\ laskn.IJcpn rt mcnl of Environmental C onscrvnl ion. 

2. General subject of regnlation: Adopting by rd'erenee in 18 AAC 50.030 revisions to the State Air 

Quality Control I' Jan. 

J. l'iwtion or· regulation (may be grouped): 18 AAC 50.030. 

·1. Reason lor tile proposed action: 

(x) compliance with li:dcrallaw 

( ) compliance \vith lli.!W or changed state statute 

( ) contpliance \1 itli court order 

( ) dcvelnpment of progran1 standards 

( ) other: (please list) 

5. RLll.J/comptlttent affected: Division of Air Quality. 

6. Cost of implementation to the Slate agency ami available funding (in thousands of dollars): 

Operating Cost 

Capital Cost 

Federal receipts 

Cicueml fund match 

General li111d 

Cieneral fund/ 

program receipts 

General fund/ 

rnemal ltealtlt 

Other funds (specify) 

Initial Year Subsequent 

FY 2.Qll Years 

$ __ 0_ $_0_ 

$_0_ $_0_ 

$ __ 0_ $_0_ 

$_0_ $ __ 0_ 

$ __ 0 __ $_0_ 

$_0_ 

$ __ 0 __ 

$ 0 

$_0_ 

$_0_ 

$_0_ 

7. The name of the contact person for the regulations: 

Nnmc: Scott J. Sloane. 

Title: Environmental Program Specialist. 

Address: Division of Air Quality, ADEC, 410 Willoughby Avenue, Suite 303 

1'.0. Box 111800, Juneau, Alaska 99811-1800. 

Telephone: 907-465-5176 

E"mail address: scott.slonnc@nlaska.gov 

8. The orig.in of the proposed action: 

X starr of state agency 

!Cderal government 

general public 

petition f'o1· regulation change 

other (please list) 

'!. Date: November 9. 20 I 0 l'repnred by: 

Name (typed) 

Title (typed) 

Telephone: 

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Scott J. Sloane 

Environmental Program Spccialisllll 

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Anchorage Daily News 

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That said newspaper has been approved by the Third judicial 

Court, Anchorage, Alaska, and 1t now and has been published in 

the English language continually as a dally newspaf"'r in 

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· printed In an oflic:e maintained at the aforesaid place of 

publication of said newspaper. That the annexe3 is a copy of an advertisement as it was published in regula:r issues (and not in 

supplemental form) of said newspaper on the above dates and 

that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers 

during all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged 

for the foregoing publication is not in excess of the rate charged 

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STATE OF ALASKA 

THlRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT 

Shane Drew 

being first duly sworn on oath 

deposes and says that he/she is 

a representative of the 

Anchorage Daily News, a 

daily newspaper. That said 

newspaper has been approved 

by the Third Judicial Court, 

Anchorage, Alaska, and it now 

and has been published in the 

English language continually as a 

daily newspaper in Anchorage, 

Alaska, and it is now and during 

all said time was printed in an 

office maintained at the aforesaid 

place of publication of said 

newspaper. That the annexed is 

a copy of an advertisement as it 

was published in regular issues 

(and not in supplemental form) 

of said newspaper on 

October 22-24, 20!0 

and that such newspaper was 

regularly distributed to its 

subscribers during all of said 

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THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT 

Shane Drew, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that 

he is an advertising representative of the Anchorage Dally News, a daily newspaper. 

That said newspaper has been approved by the Third Judicial 

Court, Anchorage, Alaska, and 11 now and has been published in 

the English language continually as a dailr newspap<!r in 

Anchorage, Ahiska, and it Is now and dunng all said time was 

printed in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of 

publication of said newspap<!r. That the annexed is a copy of an 

adverllsement as It was published in regular issues (and not in 

supplemental form) of said newspaper on the above dates and 

that such newspap<!r was regularly distributed to its subscribers 

during all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged 

for Ute foregolng publication is not in excess of the rate charged 

private individuals. 

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Third Division. Anchorage, Alaska 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA } 

STATE OF ALASKA SS. 

FOURTH DISTRICT 

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Before me, the un~ersig.ned, a notary public, this day 

personally appeared Bonn l.e Keenan , who, being 

first duly sworn, according to law, says that he/she is an 

Advertising Clerk of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, a 

. newspaper (I) ~published in newspaper format, (ii) 

distributed daily more than 50 weeks per year, (iii) with 

a total circulation of more than 500 and more than 10% 

of the population of the Fourth Judicial District, (iv) 

holding a second class mailing permit from the United 

States Postal Service, (v) not published primarily to 

distribute advertising, and (vi) not intended for a 

particular professional or occupational group. The 

advertisement which is attached is a true copy of the 

advertisement published in said paper on the following 

day(s).: 

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rate charged private individuals, with the usual 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA } 

STATE OF ALASKA SS. 

FOURTH DISTRICT . Before me, the undersigned, a notary public, this day 

appeared Bonnie Keenan , who, being 

according to law, says that he/she Is an 

Clerk of the Fairbanks Dally News-Miner, a 

(il published In newspaper format, (ii) 

daily more than 50 weeks per year, (ill) with 

· of more than 500 and more than 10% 

of the Fourth Judicial District, (lv) 

class mailing permit from the United 

Service, (v) not published primarily to 

advertising, and (vi) not Intended for a 

professional or occupational group. The 

which is attached Is a true copy of the 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, } 

STATE OF ALASKA ss: 

_,D,e,_,n,ls,..e_.,R,.ee,c"'e _______ being first duly 

sworn, on oath deposes and says: 

That I am and was at all times here 

in this affidavit mentions. Supervisor of 

Legals of the Peninsul.a Clarion, a news· 

paper of general circulation and published 

at Kenai, Alaska, that the 

Proposed Changes 

A0-33-5038-ll 

a printed copy of which is hereto annexed was 

published in said paper one each and 

every day for three successive and 

consecutive days 

following dates: 

October 25 26 27 20 I 0 

in the issues on the 

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to me before 

State of Alaska. 

My Commission expires_-'2~6!.:-!!A~ugll:·:.!l.£2 ___ _ 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

STATE OF ALASKA } ss: 

being tirst duly 

swot·n~ on outh ·depos~s und suys: 

Thut I am and wus ut ull times here 

in this ~.~rnduvit n"'lt.mtions. Supe1·visor of 

L~!pnls or tlw Penin~ulu Clarion, a news~ 

pup~r or g~:ncrul t..'il'culution and published 

at Kcnui. Alusku, thut the 

u printed copy of which is hereto unnexed was 

pllbli:-thed in .said paper one each und 

every ___:d,.,a"'y_for - .... JhL~e __ success\ve and 

conxecutive ~~m.fJ.~X§ .•. , ... ~_in the issues On the 

following dates: 

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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to me before 

2010 

NOTARY PUBLIC in l'avor fOI' the 

Stutc of Aluska. 

My Commission ex pi res._· _ _,2.,6"'-A""'ug,.-;.cl,_2 ___ _ 

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THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ) 

AFFIDAVIT OF ORAL HEARING 

I, Cindy Heil, Acting Environmental Program Manager for the Department of Environmental 

Conservation, being sworn, state the following: 

On November 161

\ 2010, from 12:30-1:30 pm, in Room A, at 619 Ship Creek Avenue, Suite 

249, in Anchorage, Alaska, I presided over a public hearing held in accordance with 

AS 44.62.2 I 0 for the purpose of taking testimony in connection with the adoption by reference 

in 18 AAC 50.030 changes being made to the State Implementation Plan. 

DATE: I;;_ ;, I I c:.. ____ _ 

Anchorage, Alaska 

Cindy Heil, · cting Program Manager 

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this L day of Oetrn\ter , tJ<OlP 

State of Alaska 

NOTARY pUBLIC 

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Notary ~~ Publici~ State of Alaska . vj {) ~({c_( My commission expires: '~ 
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FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT ) 

AFFIDAVIT OF AGENCY RECORD OF PUBLIC COMMENT 

I, Scott J. Sloane, Environmental Specialist Ill for the Department of Environmental Conservation, being 

duly sworn, state the following: 

In compliance with AS 44.62.215, the Department of Environmental Conservation has kept a record of its 

use or rejection of factual or other substantive information that was submitted in writing as public 

comment and that was relevant to the accuracy, coverage, or other aspect of the Department of 

Environmental Conservation regulations concerning adopting by reference, in 18 AAC 50.030, the 

Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP), Open Burn SIP and Interstate Transport SIP. 

Date: ~ Ztp-t", 'J..of/ 

Jll1le; Alaska 

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this ::<£J day o~~ , _f.!!jf._. 

[NOTARY SEAL] NOtafYPUiCl1\land 

~!1./([M~ for the 

State of Alaska ,AQ 

My commission expires: W (fit dlll1 <!.-€. 

OFFICIAL SEAL . STATE OF ALASKA •. , 

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STATE OF ALASKA 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 

PUBLIC HEARING 

PROPOSED REGULATIONS AMENDMENTS 

TO TITLE 18 OF THE ALASKA 

ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, CHAPTER 50 

ARTICLE 1 

AIR QUALITY CONTROL 

November 16, 2010 

12:30 p.m. 

Anchorage, Alaska 

31 Cynthia Heil 

32 Environmental Program Manager 

33 State of Alaska, DEC 

34 Division of Air Quality 

35 619 Ship Creek 

36 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 

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THE REPORTER: On record at 12:30 p.m. 

MS. HEIL: 'rhe Public Hearing has now started. 

4 Please open the Public Record. My name is Cynthia Heil, 

5 Environmental Program Manager with the Division of Air Quality, 

6 Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. 

7 Today' s date is November 16, 2010, and by my watch I have 

a 12:30 p.m., in Anchorage, Alaska. 

9 The purpose of today's Public Hearing is to receive 

10 testimony on the proposed regulation amendments to Title 18 of 

11 the Alaska Administrative Code, Chapter 50, Article 1 - Air 

12 Quality Control including the adoption by reference changes 

13 being made to the State Air Quality Control Plan. 

14 There is one staff in attendance and there are two public 

15 in attendance and there is at least one on the line. The 

16 importance of this hearing is that we value your participation 

17 and your input at this hearing and it is one of the principle 

18 ways to contribute to the decision-making process. Your 

19 comments and questions may influence our actions and will help 

20 us to better serve you and other Alaskans. 

21 So, at this point in time, please if anyone wishes to 

22 testify they need to sign in. Anyone who is present and signed 

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23 in before the close of this hearing and desires to comment will 

24 be given the opportunity. All testimony will be accepted during 

25 the public hearing, but it will not be addressed until after the 

I< RON AS SOC !Nres 

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1 close of public comment period which is December 6, iOlO at 5 

2 p.m. 'rhe sign up sheet will set order of testimony. We will 

3 also accept written comments at this hearing. The Department 

4 will accept written comments until December 6, 2010, at 5 p.m. 

5 Please deliver or mail comments to the attention of Scott 

6 Sloane, ADEC, Division of Air Quality, ANPMS Program at 410 

7 Willoughby Avenue, Suite 303, P.O. Box 111800 Juneau, Alaska 

8 99811-1800. Or they may be faxed to 907-465-5129 or emailed to 

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9 Scott at Scott.Sloane@Alaska.Gov. Was there someone else who is 

10 now signed on? 

11 MS. CLAUDIA: Yes this is Claudia. 

12 MS. HEIL: Okay. 

13 MS. KATE: And this is Kate. 

14 MS. HEIL: Okay. So is anyone wishing to provide testimony 

15 who is online today? Or are you guys both just listening in? 

16 MS. CLAUDIA: I'm just listening in. This is Claudia. 

17 MS. HEIL: Okay, and Kate as well? 

18 MS. KATE: That is correct, just listening. 

19 MS. CHRIS: And this is Chris, and I am just listening too. 

20 MS. HEIL: Okay, so now we have three online folks. I only 

21 had one person sign up so that is why I'm a little surprised by 

22 the other ones. But that is okay. 

23 1'estimony of individuals we would like the testimony to 

24 be at a reasonable time. And it will go in the order that 

25 people are signed in. And it looks like we have another person 

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1 who is here. Do you wish to provide testimony today on the· 

2 Regional Haze? No, you are just going to listen. 

3 All right. so we are just going to get ready to have our 

4 first person who has signed up to provide testimony. So for the 

5 record, please state your name, first name, last name and spell 

6 it and you may proceed. 

7 MS. OLSON: My name is Dana L. Olson. 0-L-S-0-N. I'm here 

8 today as an expert witness and I am regarded -- given testimony 

9 at· the college level. What I am concerned about is that DEC has 

10 never quite comprehended the biological aspect of air quality. 

11 And one of the things that was lectured at college level is that 

12 even the dandelion seed capsule goes high up in the atmosphere. 

13 And if dandelion seeds can be up there with other par-ticular 

matters, the activities on land cannot be totally disregarded 

15 under some series of economic prosperity for ·the State. 

16 There are Federal Home Stats and there are other land rights out 

17 there that can not .be ignored. 

18 Today I would like to talk a little bit about the fact that 

19 Carbon Dioxide is quite often thought of as beneficial to 

20 plants. However I gave expert witness testi'mony in my lecture 

21 to say that I am so an expert and I claim that bacteria works 

22 with the soil fungus called Mikoriza. It enhances Mikoriza ~-

23 that quite often that plants are seen to be thriving. It is not 

24 because of the carbon dioxide. It is because of the inner 

25 relations of the soils. Now. what happens is air emissions do 

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l reach ground and they are detrimental upon living organisms. 

2 For example, a recent health book that I read, claimed 

3 that exposure to lead or emissions of lead, could actually 

4 create obesity. So air emissions do strange things to bodies 

s just like they do to the soil world. One -of the things I am 

6 concerned about is that DEC has no Biologist. In fact, the only 

7 thing it could rely on is the University. And in the class that 

B I lectured, the Professor came in and told me that she was 

9 interested in having her students address some of my topics that 

10 I lectured on. 

11 So I don't think simply writing a plan and writing an 

12 Administrative Code is going to address Global Warming. For 

13 example, I have a standing to say that the Global Warming is 

14 based on a mathematical formula. And when I lectured at the 

15 college level, I said that science is quite of ten -- is so busy 

16 with the reasoning that they don't actually stop to use visual 

1'7 capacity and that quite often the fallacy is that you don't 

18 understand what your premises -- and what your arguments are. 

19 I have worked with soils and I have been recognized up at 

20 the Supreme Court and I have lectured at college level. I've 

21 lectured before business industry and what not. ·One of the 

22 things I would like to remind DEC of is that the oil industry 

23 went in and recognized that air emissions interfered with the 

24 pollination of grasses. And they have never come back and 

25 disclaimed that fact. 

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2 MS. HEIL: Whoever put their phone on hold, take their 

3 phone off hold. Otherwise I am going to have to disconnect this 

4 phone call so that this witness can finish testifying. There 

5 you go, go ahead. 

6 MS. OLSON: Sorry. One of the things I would like to 

7 address is the fact that we have emissions that are 

8 traditionally around the coast. And when Congress went in and 

9 said that they found commerce a Federal issue, it couldn't very 

10 well be part of the Global Warming. Because in the class that I 

11 am taking at the University -- is an academic report on Global 

12 Warming that I had to type. And it talks about the fact that by 

13 1850 the glaciers had receded in Alaska and when Congress went 

in and used its commerce for Federal home stats for agriculture, 

15 it couldn't be-- very well be expected to be arguing about 

16 mining if it's promoting fertile soil. 

17 So that affects a lot of things, such as right of-ways and 

18 a whole bunch of interesting land use issues. So I would say 

19 that being both a Montana soil expert and an Alaska soil expert,· 

20 I wouldn't think that an Administrative Agency could prove any 

21 corridors between countries or states or anything else till they 

22 come to some consistency with their understanding of soil life 

23 and how air is very necessary. For example, air is necessary to 

24 lower a person's blood pressure and I have had to come under 

25 parameter of blood pressure monitoring and what not. And I just 

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1 can't justify all that Mat-su Borough growth out there. 

2 I can't justify infrastructure before we decide how much 

3 development we are going to have along the coast. I can't 

4 support an administration that won't take the stand to limit 

5 growth, I mean, how can we go in and argue Global Warming when 

6 Alaska won't even limit its growth along the Mat-Su corridor? 

7 In fact, it wants to create more highways for more air emissions 

8 and what not and more factories and more uses and what not. 

9 Technically, unless we can come up with a way to address 

10 that, the fact that in Montana there are understandings through 

11 a State NEPA program and then in Alaska we use the courts to 

12 make State NEPA's. I don't see how Alaska can be participating 

13 with any project that EPA may have. Because EPA itself cannot 

14 address the soil life and has never done so. It did so on the 

15 onset of the Clean Air Act. But it has deviated away from that. 

16 And well ... 

17 MS. HEIL: Okay, thank you very much for your comments. 

18 MS. OLSON: Well yes, but let me get my closing statement. 

19 MS. HEIL: Okay. 

20 MS. OLSON: But anyway -- what I would like DEC to do is 

21 give me a -- what do you call it? A reviewability of their 

22 Administrative Code, their milestones and how they have reduced 

23 air emissions and what the effects were. Because until they do 

24 that, they really haven't done anything. And I have left my 

25 email address. And if DEC can provide me with that, where they 

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2 be happy to respond. Thank you. 

3 MS. HEIL: Okay. At this time I would like to see if I can 

4 try to get these guys back up again. 

5 MS. OLSON: Since there is no other people, can I say 

6 something? .There is something I forgot to say. 

7 MS. HEIL: How long is it going to take? 

8 MS. OLSON: A second. It is just one little point. 

9 MS. HEIL: Okay, go ahead. 

10 MS. OLSON: Sorry, I have been up all night. And when I 

11 was disrupted by that phone I lost my train of thought. This is 

12 Dana Olson back on the record. I wanted to say that I am the 

13 only person in Alaska that. owns their own oil and gas. And 

14 while that issue of Arctic oil and gas is up at the UN, I just 

15 wanted to say that the UN recognizes the right of the individual 

16 not just the right of the States and that means countries. 

17 And that my Grandmother's succession to the crown of 

18 Denmark and she married a Canadian Indian. And I own my own oil 

19 and gas rights in Alaska. And that Alaska Supreme Court 

20 actually denied a former DNR employee when he tried to claim it. 

21 And so I have met people who are actually out on ships using 

22 sonar to measure it. So I wanted to say that DEC's adoption of 

23 the Administrative Code would be a violation of the 14'" 

24 Amendment unless they have a standard of which they would review 

25 their interest with mine. Thank you. 

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but someone has put us on hold so all we can hear is the music. 

I will try again. Is there anybody else on line? Let's go off 

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THE REPORTER: Off the record at 12:45 p.m. 

THE REPORTER: On the record at 1:30 p.m. 

MS. HEIL: Okay. we are back on the record and this is the 

s close of the comment period. A draft response will be available 

9 for public comments. Without further notice, ADEC will decide 

10 to either adopt as proposed, adopt with other provisions dealing 

11 with the same subject or decide to take no action on the 

12 proposal. The language of the final regulations may be 

13 different from that of the proposed amendments. This· is 

14 November 16", 2010 and it is slightly after 1:30 p.m. in 

15 Anchorage, Alaska. My name is Cynthia Heil and this hearing is 

16 now closed. 

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1. TRANSCRIBER'S CERTIFICATE 

2 I, Christine Arnold, hereby certify that the foregoing 

3 pages numbered 2 through 9 are a true, accurate and complete 

4 transcript of proceedings of the Public Hearing, Proposed 

5 Changes to Alaska Department of Environmental. Conservation 

6 Regulations, held November 16, 2010 at Anchorage, Alaska, 

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FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT ) 

AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE OF PROPOSED ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS 

AND FURNISHING OF ADDITIONAL !NFORMAI!QN 

I, Scott J. Sloane, Environmental Specialist Ill, of the Department of Environmental Conservation, being 

sworn, state the following: 

As required by AS 44.62.190, notice of the proposed adoption of changes tol8 AAC 50,030, including 

the adoption by reference of the Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP), Open Burn SIP and 

Interstate Transport SIP, has been given by being: 

(I) published in a newspaper or trade publication; 

(2) furnished to interested persons; 

(3) furnished to appropriate state officials; 

(4) furnished to the Department of Law, along with a copy of the proposed regulations; 

(5) electronically transmitted to incumbent State of Alaska legislators; 

(6) furnished to the Legislative Affairs Agency, Legislative Legal and Research Sei'Vices; 

(7) posted on the Alaska Online Public Notice System as required by AS 44.62.175(a)(l) and (b) 

and 44.62.190(a)(l); and 

(8) furnished electronically, along with a copy of the proposed regulations, to the 

Legislative Affairs Agency, the chair of the Resources Committee of the 

Alaska Senate and House of Representatives, the Administrative Regulation Review 

Committee, and the legislative council. 

As required by AS 44.62.190(d), additional regulations notice information regarding the proposed 

adoption of the regulation changes described above has been furnished to interested persons and those in 

(5) and (6) of the list above. The additional regulations notice information also has been posted on the 

Alaska Online Public Notice System. 

DATE:~. '1-ft 'J,o// 

Juneau, Alaska 

~&·o.~. Scotti.SJO!'J.E?vironmental Specialist III 

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before methisaQ._ day of ~?, ;;?0//. 

[NOTARYSEAL] N~~~~~ State of Alaska /r/'LJ, 

My commission expires: WI i.t; 0101c..e.., STATE OF ALASKA ., .• 

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DEPARTMENT OF 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 

18 AACSO 

Air Quality Control 

Public Notice Draft 

October 7, 2010 
Register_, __ 2011 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 

The lead in language of 18 AAC 50.030 is amended to read: 

18 AAC 50.030. State air quality control plan. Volumes II and III of the State Air 

Quality Control Plan for implementing and enforcing the provisions of AS 46.14 and this 

chapter, as amended through {adoption date o{these proposed regulations) [NOVEMBER 6, 

2009], are adopted by reference. The plan includes the following documents which are also 

adopted by reference: 

... 

(Eff. 1/18/97, Register 141; am 6/21/98, Register 146; am 9/4/98, Register 147; 

am 1/1/2000; Register 152; am 12/30/2000; Register 156; am 9/2112001, Register 159; am 

1/27/2002, Register 161; am 3/2/2002, Register 161; am 5/3/2002, Register 162; am 2/20/2004, 

Register 169; am 6/24/2004, Register 170; an110/l/2004, Register 171; am 12/14/2006, Register 

180; am 12/30/2007, Regi8ter 184; am 5/17/2008, Register 186; am 7/25/2008, Register 187; am, 

11/9/2008, Register 188; amS/6/2009, Register 190; anlll/4/2009, Register 192; am 411/2010, 

Register 193; am_· /_/ __ ,Register__) 

Authority: AS 46.03.020 

AS 46.14.020 

AS 46.14.030 . 

AS 46.14.140 

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Sec. 30, ch. 74, SLA 1993 
MEMORANDUM State of Alaska 

Department of Law 

TO: Han. Larry Hartig DATE: March 8, 2011 

FROM: 

Commissioner 

Department of Environmental Conservation FILE NO.: JU20 I 0201616 

) )J - TELEPHONE NO.: 

Steven c. Weave~ Lor susJEcT: 

Assistant Attorney General 

Legislation/Regulations Section--Juneau 

465-3600 

Regulations re: air quality and 

amendments to the state air 

quality control plan relating to 

haze, burning, and PM-2.5 

(18 AAC 50.030) 

Under AS 44.62.060, we have reviewed the attached amendment to regulations by the 

Department of Environmental Conservation, and approve the changes for filing by the lieutenant 

governor. I have reviewed this project under a specific delegation dated March 8, 20 II from the 

Regulations Attorney. A duplicate original of this memorandum is being furnished to the 

lieutenant governor, along with the one page of regulations and the related documents. 

You might wish to contact the lieutenant governor's oftice to confirm the tiling date and 

effective date of the allached regulation changes. 

The October 9, 2010 public notice, October 22, 2010 first supplemental notice, the 

November 12, 2010 second supplemental notice, and the Febmary II, 2011 adoption order all 

state that this action is not expected to require an increased appropriation. Therefore, a fiscal 

note under AS 44.62.195 is not required. 

In accordance with AS 44.62.125(b)(6), some corrections have been made in the 

regulations, as shown on the attached copy. 

sew 

cc w/cnc: Gary Mendivil, Regulations Contact 

Department of Environmental Conservation 

Alice Edwards, Director 

Division of Air Quality 

Department of Environmental Conservation 

Tom Turner 

Division of Air Quality 

Department of Environmental Conservation 

Scott Sloane 

Division of Air Quality 

Department ofl~nvironmcntal Conservation 

Lindsay A. Wolter 

t\ssisl<lnt t\ttornl!y Gcncrul 

Environnlcntal Scction~-Anchnragc 
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Register_, __ 20 II ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 

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Quality Control Plan for implementin and enforcin the rovisions of AS 46.14 and this 

F'~bruory II, 2.011 C Auqusr z.o, Z.o!O], 

chapter, as amended through ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{WGJ.I~4Blffi.~ 

~are adopted by reference. The plan includes the following documents which are also 

adopted by reference: 

... 

----(Eff. 1/18/97, Register 141; am 6/21/98, Register 146; am 9/4/98, Register 147; 

am 1/1/2000; Register 152; am 12/30/2000; Register 156; am 9/21/2001, Register 159; am 

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1/27/2002, Register 161; am 3/2/2002, Register 161; am 5/3/2002, Register 162; am 2/20/2004, 

Register 169; am 6/24/2004, Register " 170; am 10/1/2004, Register 171; am 12/14/2006, Register 

180; am 12/30/2007, Register 184; am 5/17/2008, Register 186; am 7/25/2008, Register 187; amr 

Authority: AS 46.03.020 AS 46.14.030 Sec. 30, ch. 74, SLA 1993 

AS 46.14.020 AS 46.14.140 
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DEPARTMENT OF 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 

Amendments to State Air Quality Control Plan, Volume II, 

Section III.D.l.VI "Interstate Transport of Pollution" 

Adopted 

February 11 t\ 2011 

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Adopted February 11111, 2011 

This page serves as a placeholder for two-sided copying. 
Adopted February 11111, 2011 

Amendments to State Air Quality Control Plan, Volume II, Section III.D. 

Particulate Matter Subpart D.l Overview, a new section to be inserted after section D.l.V: 

VI. PROVISIONS PROHIBITING REGIONAL TRANSPORT OF AIR POLLUTANTS 

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments, Sections 

l!O(a)(2)(D)(i) (I)&(II), Alaska's State Implementation Plan (SIP)musi"contain adequate 

provision prohibiting ... any source or other type of emissions activity within the State from 

emitting any air pollutant in amounts which willI. contribute significantly to nonattainment in, or interfere with maintenance by, any other 

State with r~spect to any such national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard; 

or 

II. interfere with measures required to be included in the applicable implementation plan for 

any other State ... to prevent significant deterioration of air quality or to protect visibility. 

Alaska meets the requirements ofCAA Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)&(II) as follows: 

I.A. Alaska does not contribute to nonattainment in any other State with respect to the 2006 

24-hour and annual PM-2.5 and 2008 8-hom· ozone primary or secondary national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). This statement is based on the following 

information: 

• Alaska is not subject to the "Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate 

Matter and Ozone" (Interstate Air Quality Rule); see 69 FR 4566, January 30, 2004; 

• Anthropogenic emissions of most air pollutants in Alaska are relatively small compared 

to non-anthropogenic emissions (natural wildfires). Table 1, below, presents Alaska's 

total air pollutant emissions (tons/year) by source sector and pollutant for the calendar 

year 2002. The percentage of anthropogenic emissions, defined as emissions from all 

sectors except natural fires divided by total emissions, is also shown at the bottom of 

each column. As shown in Table 1, the predominant source of most air pollutants in 

Alaska is natural wildfires. Anthropogenic sources ofPM-2.5 comprised only 6.6% of 

the total, statewide fine particulate emissions. With regards to PM-2.5 and ozone 

precursors, anthropogenic sources ofNOx comprised 47.9% of the total, statewide NOx 

emissions; while anthropogenic sources of SOx comprised 29.5% of the total, statewide 

SOx emissions in 2002. Excluding natunil wildfires, area sources are the dominant 

source ofPM-2.5, PM-10 and hydrocarbons; while point sources are the dominant 

source ofNOx, SOx and ammonia in Alaska. 
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Table 1. Alaska's 2002 Air Pollutant Emissions Inventory Summary 

Annual Emissions (tons/year) 

Source Sector HC co NOx PMio PM2.s SOx NH3 

Area, Excluding Wildfires 128,271 81,978 14,742 106,985 30,636 1,872 0 

Non-Road 7,585 52,223 4,111 416 392 49 8 

On-Road 7,173 80,400 7,077 204 158 324 307 

Commercial Marine Vessels 356 2,880 11,258 663 643 4,979 5 

Aviation (Aircratt & GSE) 1,566 21,440 3,265 699 667 335 6 

Point 5,697 27,910 74,471 5,933 1,237 6;813 580 

Wildfires, Anthropogenic 98 2,048 46 200 172 13 9 

Wildfires, Natural 274,436 5,831,755 125,110 557,403 478,057 34,304 26,233 

TOTAL - All Sources 425,181 6,100,633 240,080 672,502 511,962 48,689 27,149 

Anthropogenic F'raction 35.5% 4.4%. 47.9%·· ·17.1% •. 6.6%. 29.5% 3.4% 

• Alaska's aggregate anthropogenic PM-2.5 and ozone emissions are minimal relative to 

national levels. There are an estimated 150 major permitted point sources with 

approximately 7,500 emission units in Alaska. National emissions inventory data 

indicate that facilities in Alaska make up approximately 0.1 percent of the total PM-2.5 

emissions in the United States. Precursor emissions to PM-2.5 (e.g., sulfur dioxide and 

nitrogen oxides) and precursor emissions to ozone (e.g., volatile orgaoic compounds 

aod nitrogen oxides) make up approximately less than 0.2 percent of the United States' 

emissions of those pollutants; and 

• The border of Southeast Alaska is separated from the border of the nearest 

nonattainment areas, located in Snohomish County and King County in Washington 

State, by over 500 nautical miles or 600 statute miles. The Yukon Territory and the 

Province of British Columbia, Canada lie between these nonattainment areas and the 

border_ofAlaska. The Municipality of Anchorage and Fairbanks North Star Borough 

have the highest emissions of regulated air pollutants and are located approximately 

1,435 statute miles (1,247 nautical miles) and 2,244 statute miles (1,950 nautical miles) 

from Seattle, Washington, respectively; 

• In Alaska, the regional, predominant low pressure wind patterns emaoate from the Gulf 

of Alaska in the west and travel inland towards the east, circulating in a 

counterclockwise direction. These predominant low pressure wind patterns would not 

generally be expected to transport air pollutants from Alaska to points south in 

Washington State or the Pacific Northwest. 

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I.B. Alaska does not interfere with maintenance by any other State with respect to the 2006 

24-hour and annual PM-2.5 and 2008 8-hour ozone primary or secondary national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). This statement is based on the following 

information: 

• Alaska is not subject to the "Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate 

Matter and Ozone" see 69 FR 4566, January 30, 2004; 

• Alaska's aggregate manmade PM-2.5 and ozone levels are minimal relative to national 

levels. There are an estimated 150 major permitted point sources with approximately 

7,500 emission units in Alaska. National emissions inventory data indicate that 

facilities in Alaska make up approximately 0.1 percent of the total PM-2.5 emissions in 

the United States. Precursor emissions to PM-2.5 (e.g., sulfur dioxide and nitrogen 

oxides) and precursor emissions to ozone (e.g., volatile organic compounds and 

nitrogen oxides) make up approximately less than 0.2 percent of the United States' 

emissions of those pollutants; and 

• The border of Southeast Alaska is separated from the border of the nearest 

nonattainment areas, located in Snohomish County and King County in Washington 

State, by over 500 nautical miles or 600 statute miles. The Yukon Territory and the 

Province of British Columbia, Canada lie between these nonattainment areas and the 

border of Alaska. The Municipality of Anchorage and Fairbanks North Star Borough 

have the highest emissions of regulated air pollutants and are located approximately 

1,435 statute miles (1,247 nautical miles) and 2,244 statute miles (1,950 nautical miles) 

from Seattle, Washington, respectively; 

• In Alaska, the regional, predominant low pressure wind patterns emanate from the Gulf 

of Alaska in the west and travel inland towards the east, circulating in a 

counterclockwise direction. These predominant low pressure wind patterns would not 

generally be expected to transport air pollutants from Alaska to points south in 

Washington State or the Pacific Northwest. 

II.A. Alaska does not interfere with measures required to be included in the applicable 

implementation plan for any other State ... to prevent significant deterioration of air 

quality. This statement is based on the following information: 

• Alaska has a f11lly approved PSD/NSR program originally approved on February 16, 

1995 (60 FR 8943), and most recently approved on August 14,2007 (72 FR 45378). 

Alaska's approved program implements the 1997 and 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS and 

relevant requirements of the Phase II ozone implementation mle as required in 69 FR 

23951 (April30, 2004) and 70 FR 71612 (November 29, 2005). For PM-2.5, Alaska's 

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PSD program is being implemented in accordance with EPA's interim guidance calling 

for the use ofPM-10 as a surrogate for PM-2 .. 5 for the purposes ofPSD review. 

• The border of Southeast Alaska is separated from the border of the nearest 

nonattainmentareas, located in Snohomish County and King County in Washington 

State, by over 500 nautical miles or 600 statute miles. The Yukon Territory and the 

Province of British Columbia, Canada lie between these nonattainment areas and the 

border of Alaska. The Municipality of Anchorage and Fairbanks North Star Borough 

have the highest emissions of regulated air pollutants and are located approximately 

1,435 statute miles (1,247 nautical miles) and 2,244 statute miles (1,950 nautical miles) 

from Seattle, Washington, respectively; 

• In Alaska; the regional, predominant low pressure wind patterns emanate from the Gulf 

of Alaska in the west and travel inland towards the east, circulating in a 

counterclockwise direction. The predominant low pressure wind patterns would not 

generally be expected to transport air pollutants from Alaska to points south in 

Washington State or the Pacific Northwest. 

ll.B. Alaska does not interfere with measures required to be included in the applicable 

implementation plan for any other State ... to protect visibility. This statement is based 

on the following infonnation: 

• Alaska submitted its Regional Haze SIP, in conjunction with this Interstate Transport 

SIP, to EPA for approval to meet the requirements of federal Regional Haze regulations 

found at 64 FR 35714 (July I, 1999); and to meet the requirements of EPA's "Finding , of Failure To Submit State Implementation Plans Required by the 1999 Regional Haze 

Rule" as published in 74 FR 2392 (January 15, 2009). 

• The border of Southeast Alaska is separated from the border of the near~st 

_ __ pgnattainment ar()as, locat~ciin SJ1oj10misi!_Colll)ty and King Countycin Washington 

State, by over 500 nautical miles or 600 statute miles. The Yukon Territory and the 

Province of British Columbia, Canada lie between these nonattainment areas and the 

border of Alaska. The Municipality of Anchorage and Fairbanks North Star Borough 

have the highest emissions of regulated air pollutants and are located approximately 

1,435 statute miles (1,247 nautical miles) and 2,244 statute miles (1,950 nautical miles) 

from Seattle, Washington, respectively; 

• In Alaska, the regional, predominant low pressure wind patterns emanate from the Gulf 

of Alaska in the west and travel inland towards the east, circulating in a 

. counterclockwise direction. The_predominant low pressure wind_patterns would not 

generally be expecied to transport air pollutants from Alaska to points south in 

Washington State or the Pacific Northwest. 

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