STATE OF FLORIDA

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

PROPOSED REVISION TO STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

SUBMITTAL NUMBER 2015-01

REGIONAL HAZE PLAN (AMENDED)

LAKELAND ELECTRIC – MCINTOSH

March 10, 2015
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STATE OF FLORIDA

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

PROPOSED REVISION TO STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

SUBMITTAL NUMBER 2015-01

REGIONAL HAZE PLAN (AMENDED) 

LAKELAND ELECTRIC – MCINTOSH

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUBJECT PAGE

Letter of Submittal........................................................................................................................ 1

Executive Summary...................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction....................................................................................................................... 3

Background ....................................................................................................................... 3

SIP Development Process................................................................................................. 4

Amended Elements of Florida’s Regional Haze Plan.................................................... 4

Response to 40 CFR Part 51, Appendix V, Criteria .................................................................. 6

Legal Authority ........................................................................................................................... 10

Materials Proposed to be Incorporated into the SIP............................................................... 12

Public Participation .................................................................................................................... 13

Response to 40 CFR 51.102 Requirements................................................................... 13

Notice of Opportunity to Submit Comments or Participate in Public Hearing........ 15

Requests for Local/District Air Program Offices to Provide Assistance to Public... 17

Notifications to Other States and Federal Land Managers........................................ 19

Public and Federal Land Manager Comments on SIP Notice.................................... 22

DEP Response to Public Comments.............................................................................. 23

DEP Response to Federal Land Managers’ Comments.............................................. 24

Pre-Hearing Submittal Letter to EPA ...................................................................................... 25

EPA Comments on Pre-Hearing Submittal.................................................................. 27

DEP Response to EPA Comments................................................................................. 28

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Letter of Submittal

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Executive Summary

Proposed Revision to State Implementation Plan

Submittal Number 2015-01

Regional Haze Plan (Amended)

Lakeland Electric – McIntosh

Introduction

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is proposing a revision to Florida’s State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). Pursuant to the requirements 

of sections 169A and 169B of the CAA, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

implementing regulations at 40 CFR 51.308, DEP has developed this proposed revision to 

Florida’s Regional Haze Plan for approval by EPA as a revision to Florida’s SIP.

On August 29, 2013, EPA published in the Federal Register (78 FR 53250) its final approval of 

Florida’s Regional Haze SIP. Florida’s Regional Haze SIP consists of the document “Regional 

Haze Plan for Florida Class 1 Areas,” together with “Exhibit 1,” “Exhibit 2,” and “Exhibit 3” 

each of which consolidates various state rules and permits in support of the Plan. Additional 

technical support materials were included with Florida’s Regional Haze Plan submittal, but were 

not incorporated into Florida’s SIP. 

Through the submission of this SIP transmittal document and enclosed CD-ROM, DEP is 

requesting that EPA review and approve for incorporation into Florida’s Regional Haze Plan a 

nitrogen oxides (NOX) emission limit for Lakeland Electric’s C.D. McIntosh Unit 1, where such 

limit is absent in Florida’s existing SIP. DEP requests that EPA amend the existing SIP 

document, “Regional Haze Plan for Florida Class 1 Areas” to include this limit in Florida’s best 

available retrofit technology (BART) determination and amend “Exhibit 2” of Florida’s 

approved Regional Haze Plan to include the air construction permit that establishes the NOX

emission limit for this unit.

Background

In 2012, the State of Florida conducted case-by-case BART determinations for its affected 

sources, including Unit 1 at Lakeland Electric’s C.D. McIntosh power plant. These 

determinations are a component of Florida’s approved Regional Haze Plan. McIntosh Unit 1 is a 

forced draft boiler rated at a nominal load of 90 megawatts. In conducting its BART analysis for 

Unit 1, DEP assumed annual operation of 8760 hours per year (although in each of the last four 

years the unit never operated for more than 125 hours) and determined that the level of control 

already in place for Unit 1 was BART for NOX. Unit 1 was required to use best operating 

practices for good combustion, but had no other controls for NOX emissions, and a NOX

emission limit was not set at that time. 

Florida upholds its BART determination for Unit 1, but also recognizes that a numeric emission 

limit for NOX reflecting best operating practices for good combustion would strengthen Florida’s

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Regional Haze SIP. Prior to EPA’s approval of Florida’s Regional Haze Plan, Mr. Brian 

Accardo, in his capacity as Director of DEP’s Division of Air Resource Management, submitted 

a letter to Ms. Carol Kemker, Acting Director of the Air, Pesticides, and Toxics Management 

Division for EPA Region 4, in which DEP committed to amending Florida’s SIP to incorporate a 

NOX emissions limit for Unit 1 by March 19, 2015. In keeping with this commitment, Florida 

has imposed a federally enforceable NOX emission limit on Unit 1 through an air construction 

permit (DEP Permit No. 1050004-034-AC, issued April 30, 2014). Through this proposed SIP 

revision, DEP proposes to incorporate the NOX emission limit from this construction permit into 

Florida’s Regional Haze SIP. 

SIP Development Process

Section 403.061(35), Florida Statutes, authorizes DEP to “exercise the duties, powers, and 

responsibilities required of the state under the federal Clean Air Act.” These duties and 

responsibilities include the development and periodic updating of Florida’s SIP. Pursuant to this 

authority, DEP has developed this proposed SIP revision.

DEP complied with the public participation requirements of 40 CFR 51.102 by publishing in the 

Florida Administrative Register (FAR) a notice of opportunity to submit comments, request a 

public hearing, or participate in a public hearing, if requested, on the proposed SIP submittal at 

least 30 days before the scheduled hearing date. Specifically, DEP published a notice in the FAR

on December 24, 2014, for a January 27, 2015 hearing, if requested. A copy of this notice is 

included in the “Public Participation” section of this SIP submittal. No hearing was requested, 

therefore no hearing was held.

On or before the date of the public notice, DEP provided a pre-hearing draft SIP submittal to 

EPA Region 4 and posted the pre-hearing draft materials on its website. The Federal Land 

Managers; the states of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi; and persons on DEP’s Air 

Regulatory Projects list-serve were notified of the availability of the pre-hearing notice and web 

postings. Comments from these states, entities, and members of the public, together with DEP’s 

responses to these comments, are provided in the “Public Participation” section of this SIP 

submittal.

Amended Elements of Florida’s Regional Haze Plan

In this amendment, DEP is imposing a NOX emission limit for the Lakeland Electric C.D. 

McIntosh Unit 1 where such limit was absent in Florida’s existing SIP. The SIP document, 

“Regional Haze Plan for Florida Class 1 Areas” is amended to include this limit in the BART 

determination, and “Exhibit 2” of Florida’s approved Regional Haze Plan is amended to 

incorporate the construction permit that requires the emission limit. 

Upon approval of this SIP revision, “Exhibit 2” (as amended) will incorporate DEP Permit No 

1050004-034-AC, issued to Lakeland Electric on April 30, 2014, which includes the following 

condition: “Effective no later than U.S. EPA’s approval of the amendment to Florida’s Regional 

Haze SIP, at the C.D. McIntosh, Jr. Power Plant in Lakeland, Florida, when combusting all 

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permitted fuels for Unit 1 (natural gas, No. 6 fuel oil, used oil), NOX emissions from Unit 1 shall 

not exceed 0.46 1b/MMBtu of heat input, based on a 30-operating day rolling average.”

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Response to 40 CFR Part 51, Appendix V, Criteria

Pursuant to 40 CFR Part 51, Appendix V, the following shall be included in SIP submissions for 

review by EPA:

2.1. Administrative Materials

(a) A formal letter of submittal from the Governor or his designee, requesting EPA 

approval of the plan or revision thereof (hereafter “the plan”).

A copy of the “Letter of Submittal,” signed by the Director of the Division of Air Resource 

Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, on behalf of the Governor of the 

State of Florida, is located at the front of this document.

(b) Evidence that the State has adopted the plan in the State code or body of regulations; or 

issued the permit, order, consent agreement (hereafter “document”) in final form. That 

evidence shall include the date of adoption or final issuance as well as the effective date of 

the plan, if different from the adoption/issuance date.

Florida’s Regional Haze Plan “Exhibit 2” (as amended) contains the final air construction permit 

issued to the City of Lakeland, Lakeland Electric. The Notice of Intent to Issue the air 

construction permit was published by the applicant on April 9, 2014. No petition was filed 

challenging DEP’s intent to issue the draft permit, and DEP received no comments with regard to 

the draft permit. DEP issued the final permit on April 30, 2014. 

As established in the permit, the NOX emission limit for Unit 1 is “Effective no later than U.S. 

EPA’s approval of the amendment to Florida’s Regional Haze SIP.”

(c) Evidence that the State has the necessary legal authority under State law to adopt and 

implement the plan.

DEP has the necessary legal authority to adopt and implement this proposed revision to Florida’s 

SIP. References to the pertinent Florida Statutes and rules of the Florida Administrative Code 

may be found in the “Legal Authority” section of this submittal.

(d) A copy of the actual regulation, or document submitted for approval and incorporation 

by reference into the plan, including indication of the changes made (such as, 

redline/strikethrough) to the existing approved plan, where applicable. The submittal shall 

be a copy of the official State regulation/document signed, stamped and dated by the 

appropriate State official indicating that it is fully enforceable by the State. The effective 

date of the regulation/document shall, whenever possible, be indicated in the document 

itself. If the State submits an electronic copy, it must be an exact duplicate of the hard copy 

with changes indicated, signed documents need to be in portable document format, rules need 

to be in text format and files need to be submitted in manageable amounts (e.g., a file for each 

section or chapter, depending on size, and separate files for each distinct document) unless 

otherwise agreed to by the State and Regional Office.

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An electronically signed copy of the federally enforceable air construction permit for Lakeland 

Electric’s C.D. McIntosh, Jr. Power Plant (DEP Permit No. 1050004-034-AC), which establishes

the NOX emissions limit proposed for incorporation into Florida’s SIP, is included at page 376 in 

Florida’s Regional Haze Plan “Exhibit 2,” as amended.

(e) Evidence that the State followed all of the procedural requirements of the State's laws 

and constitution in conducting and completing the adoption/issuance of the plan.

State law (Section 120.525, Florida Statutes) requires that DEP provide notice of public 

meetings, hearings, and workshops in the Florida Administrative Register (FAR) not less than 

seven days before the event. DEP has complied with this requirement in the development of this 

proposed SIP revision by publishing in the FAR a notice of opportunity to request a 40 CFR 

51.102 SIP hearing, or participate in such a hearing, if requested, at least 30 days before the 

scheduled date. 

DEP published a notice in the FAR on December 24, 2014, for a public hearing scheduled for

January 27, 2015, if requested. A copy of the December 24, 2014, notice may be found in the 

“Public Participation” section of this SIP submittal. No hearing was requested, therefore no 

hearing was held.

(f) Evidence that public notice was given of the proposed change consistent with procedures 

approved by EPA, including the date of publication of such notice.

DEP has complied with all public notice requirements of 40 CFR 51.102. Copies of the relevant 

notice and notification letters may be found in the “Public Participation” and “Pre-Hearing 

Submittal to EPA” sections of this SIP submittal.

(g) Certification that public hearing(s) were held in accordance with the information 

provided in the public notice and the State's laws and constitution, if applicable and 

consistent with the public hearing requirements in 40 CFR 51.102.

Certification of compliance with all state and federal public notice and hearing requirements is 

provided in the “Letter of Submittal.”

(h) Compilation of public comments and the State's response thereto.

Written comments received during the public notice period on this proposed SIP submittal and 

DEP’s responses thereto are located in the “Public Participation” and “Pre-Hearing Submittal to 

EPA” sections of this submittal.

2.2. Technical Support

(a) Identification of all regulated pollutants affected by the plan.

This SIP revision addresses NOX emissions for one emissions unit at one facility.

(b) Identification of the locations of affected sources including the EPA 

attainment/nonattainment designation of the locations and the status of the attainment plan 

for the affected areas(s).

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This SIP revision addresses NOX emissions for one emissions unit at one facility, Unit 1 at the 

C.D. McIntosh, Jr. Power Plant in Lakeland, Florida. The Regional Haze Plan that is an 

approved component of Florida’s SIP applies statewide. The facility is located in Polk County, 

Florida, which is designated unclassifiable/attainment for all criteria air pollutants.

(c) Quantification of the changes in plan allowable emissions from the affected sources; 

estimates of changes in current actual emissions from affected sources or, where 

appropriate, quantification of changes in actual emissions from affected sources through 

calculations of the differences between certain baseline levels and allowable emissions 

anticipated as a result of the revision.

These items are addressed in the materials to be incorporated into the SIP.

As established in Permit No 1050004-034-AC, issued to Lakeland Electric on April 30, 2014:

“Effective no later than U.S. EPA’s approval of the amendment to Florida’s Regional Haze SIP, 

at the C.D. McIntosh, Jr. Power Plant in Lakeland, Florida, when combusting all permitted fuels 

for Unit 1 (natural gas, No. 6 fuel oil, used oil), NOX emissions from Unit 1 shall not exceed 0.46 

1b/MMBtu of heat input, based on a 30-operating day rolling average.”

(d) The State’s demonstration that the national ambient air quality standards, prevention 

of significant deterioration increments, reasonable further progress demonstration, and 

visibility, as applicable, are protected if the plan is approved and implemented. For all 

requests to redesignate an area to attainment for a national primary ambient air quality 

standard, under section 107 of the Act, a revision must be submitted to provide for the 

maintenance of the national primary ambient air quality standards for at least 10 years as 

required by section 175A of the Act.

These items are addressed in the materials to be incorporated into the SIP.

(e) Modeling information required to support the proposed revision, including input data, 

output data, models used, justification of model selections, ambient monitoring data used, 

meteorological data used, justification for use of offsite data (where used), modes of models 

used, assumptions, and other information relevant to the determination of adequacy of the 

modeling analysis.

These items are addressed in the materials to be incorporated into the SIP.

(f) Evidence, where necessary, that emission limitations are based on continuous emission 

reduction technology.

These items are addressed in the materials to be incorporated into the SIP.

(g) Evidence that the plan contains emission limitations, work practice standards and 

recordkeeping/reporting requirements, where necessary, to ensure emission levels.

These items are addressed in the materials to be incorporated into the SIP.

(h) Compliance/enforcement strategies, including how compliance will be determined in 

practice.

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These items are addressed in the materials to be incorporated into the SIP.

(i) Special economic and technological justifications required by any applicable EPA 

policies, or an explanation of why such justifications are not necessary.

Not applicable.

2.3. Exceptions

Not applicable.

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Legal Authority

Chapter 403 of the Florida Statutes (F.S.), entitled “Environmental Control,” provides the legal 

framework for most of the activities of the air resource management program within the Florida 

Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Except as provided at sections 403.8055 and 

403.201, F.S., for fast-track rulemaking and the granting of variances under Chapter 403, F.S., 

respectively, Chapter 120, F.S., Florida’s “Administrative Procedure Act,” sets forth the 

procedures that DEP must follow for rulemaking, variances, and public meetings. The most 

recent version of the Florida Statutes can be found online at http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes.

The principal sections of Chapter 403, F.S., that grant DEP authority to operate its air program 

are listed below. Authority to develop and update Florida’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) and 

111(d) Designated Facilities Plan is expressly provided by subsection 403.061(35), F.S., which 

provides that DEP shall have the power and the duty to control and prohibit pollution of air and 

water in accordance with the law and rules adopted and promulgated by it and, for this purpose, 

to “exercise the duties, powers, and responsibilities required of the state under the federal Clean 

Air Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 7401 et seq.”

403.031 Definitions, including the definition of “regulated air pollutant” (403.031(19)).

403.061 Authority to promulgate plans to provide for air quality control and pollution 

abatement (403.061(1)); adopt rules for the control of air pollution in the state

(403.061(7)); take enforcement action against violators of air pollution laws, rules 

and permits (403.061(8)); establish and administer an air pollution control 

program (403.061(9)); set ambient air quality standards (403.061(11)); monitor 

air quality (403.061(12)); require reports from air pollutant emission sources

(403.061(13)); require permits for construction, operation, and modification of air 

pollutant emission sources (403.061(14)); and exercise the duties, powers, and 

responsibilities required of the state under the federal Clean Air Act

(403.061(35)).

403.087 Authority to issue, deny, modify and revoke permits. 

403.0872 Authority to establish an air operating permit program as required by Title V of 

the Clean Air Amendments of 1990. 

403.0877 Authority to require engineering certification of permit applications. 

403.121 Authority to seek judicial and administrative remedies for violations. 

403.131 Authority to seek injunctive relief for violations. 

403.141 Authority to find civil liability for violations. 

403.161 Authority to assess civil and criminal penalties for violations.

403.182 Authority for local pollution control programs.

403.201 Authority to grant variances.

403.716 Authority to require training of medical waste incinerator operators. 

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403.8052 Authority to establish a Small Business Assistance Program for small-business 

sources of air pollutant emissions. 

403.8055 Authority to adopt U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards by 

reference through a fast-track process.

403.814 Authority to allow use of general permits (permits-by-rule) for minor sources.

Other statutory authorities (outside of Chapter 403, F.S.) for Florida's Air Resource Management 

program are as follows: 

112.3143 Requirement that public officials disclose potential conflicts of interest. 

112.3144 Requirement for disclosure of financial interests by public officials. 

120.569 Authority of agency head to issue an emergency order in response to an 

immediate threat to public health, safety, or welfare.

316.2935 Authority to prohibit the sale and operation of motor vehicles whose emission 

control systems have been tampered with and to prohibit the operation of motor 

vehicles that emit excessive smoke.

320.03 Authority to establish Air Pollution Control Trust Fund and use $1 fee on every 

motor vehicle license registration sold in the state for air pollution control 

purposes, including support of approved local air pollution control programs.

376.60 Authority to establish a fee for asbestos removal projects. 

Rules adopted by DEP under its statutory authority are codified in the Florida Administrative 

Code (F.A.C.). The most recent versions of the F.A.C. rules can be found online at 

https://www.flrules.org. Rule chapters containing SIP or 111(d) State Plan provisions are as 

follows:

62-204 Air Pollution Control – General Provisions

62-210 Stationary Sources – General Requirements

62-212 Stationary Sources – Preconstruction Review

62-243 Tampering with Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Equipment

62-252 Gasoline Vapor Control

62-256 Open Burning

62-296 Stationary Sources – Emission Standards

62-297 Stationary Sources – Emissions Monitoring

Other air-related DEP rule chapters—not part of the SIP or 111(d) State Plan—include:

62-213 Operation Permits for Major Sources of Air Pollution (Title V)

62-214 Requirements for Sources Subject to the Federal Acid Rain Program

62-257 Asbestos Program

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Materials Proposed to be Incorporated into the SIP

The materials proposed to be incorporated into Florida’s SIP consist of the following two

documents:

1. “Regional Haze Plan for Florida Class 1 Areas,” as amended in this SIP submittal.

2. “Exhibit 2” to Florida’s fully approved Regional Haze Plan, as amended in this SIP 

submittal.

The “Regional Haze Plan for Florida Class 1 Areas” (as amended) is the main narrative portion 

of Florida’s Regional Haze Plan.

“Exhibit 2” (as amended) contains copies of the federally enforceable air construction permits 

that are component to Florida’s Regional Haze SIP. “Exhibit 2” (as amended) incorporates, at 

page 376, DEP Permit No 1050004-034-AC, issued to Lakeland Electric’s C.D. McIntosh, Jr. 

Power Plant on April 30, 2014, which incorporates the following conditions:

NOX Emissions Limit. Effective no later than U.S. EPA’s approval of the 

amendment to Florida’s Regional Haze SIP, at the C.D. McIntosh, Jr. Power Plant 

in Lakeland, Florida, when combusting all permitted fuels for Unit 1 (natural gas, 

No. 6 fuel oil, used oil), NOX emissions from Unit 1 shall not exceed 0.46 

1b/MMBtu of heat input, based on a 30-operating day rolling average.

Combustion Controls. The permittee shall use best operating practices for good 

combustion in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommended operating 

procedures and/or the plant’s established procedures to control and minimize NOX

emissions.

Continuous Compliance with the NOx Emission Limit. Continuous compliance 

with the NOx emission limit shall be demonstrated with the NOx CEMS based on 

a 30-operating day rolling average.

For completeness, all documents associated with Florida’s Regional Haze SIP, including the 

newly amended “Regional Haze Plan for Florida Class 1 Areas” and “Exhibit 2,” and the 

original “Exhibit 1” and “Exhibit 3,” as well as technical appendices, are contained on the CDROM included in this submittal package.

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Public Participation

Response to 40 CFR 51.102 Requirements

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of this section and within the 30 day 

notification period as required by paragraph (d) of this section, States must provide notice, 

provide the opportunity to submit written comments and allow the public the opportunity 

to request a public hearing. The State must hold a public hearing or provide the public the 

opportunity to request a public hearing. The notice announcing the 30 day notification 

period must include the date, place, and time of the public hearing. If the State provides the 

public the opportunity to request a public hearing and a request is received the State must 

hold the scheduled hearing or schedule a public hearing (as required by paragraph (d) of 

this section). The State may cancel the public hearing through a method it identifies if no 

request for a public hearing is received during the 30 day notification period and the 

original notice announcing the 30 day notification period clearly states: If no request for a 

public hearing is received the hearing will be cancelled; identifies the method and time for 

announcing that the hearing has been cancelled; and provides a contact phone number for 

the public to call to find out if the hearing has been cancelled.

The opportunity to submit written comments, request a public hearing, and participate in a public 

hearing, if requested, on the proposed SIP revision was advertised in the Florida Administrative 

Register (FAR) at least 30 days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing. Information regarding 

the date, place, and time of the public hearing was included in the notice along with information 

on how to request the hearing or ascertain whether the hearing would be cancelled. A copy of the 

notice is included in this section. No hearing was requested, therefore no hearing was held.

(b) Separate hearings may be held for plans to implement primary and secondary 

standards.

Not applicable.

(c) No hearing will be required for any change to an increment of progress in an approved 

individual compliance schedule unless such change is likely to cause the source to be unable 

to comply with the final compliance date in the schedule. The requirements of §§51.104 and 

51.105 will be applicable to such schedules, however.

Not applicable.

(d) Any hearing required by paragraph (a) of this section will be held only after reasonable 

notice, which will be considered to include, at least 30 days prior to the date of such 

hearing(s):

(1) Notice given to the public by prominent advertisement in the area affected 

announcing the date(s), time(s), and place(s) of such hearing(s);

The opportunity to submit comments, request a public hearing, or participate in a public 

hearing, if requested, on the proposed SIP revision was advertised in the FAR at least 30 days 

prior to the scheduled date of the hearing (see Response (a)).

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(2) Availability of each proposed plan or revision for public inspection in at least one 

location in each region to which it will apply, and the availability of each compliance 

schedule for public inspection in at least one location in the region in which the affected 

source is located;

The materials proposed to be incorporated into the SIP were made available for public 

inspection in the offices of the Division of Air Resource Management (DARM) and on the 

DARM website. The materials were also made accessible to the public through each of the 

DEP’s district offices and in the offices of each DEP-approved local air pollution control 

program. The memoranda requesting that such information be made available to the public 

by the district and local offices are included in this section.

(3) Notification to the Administrator (through the appropriate Regional Office);

The Region 4 office of the EPA was notified at least 30 days in advance of the scheduled 

public hearing date and provided with copies of the materials proposed to be incorporated 

into the SIP. The pre-hearing submittal letter is included in this section.

(4) Notification to each local air pollution control agency which will be significantly 

impacted by such plan, schedule, or revision;

Notification to affected local programs occurred with transmittal of the memoranda 

requesting that the materials proposed to be incorporated into the SIP be made available for 

public inspection (see Response (d)(2)).

(5) In the case of an interstate region, notification to any other States included, in whole 

or in part, in the regions which are significantly impacted by such plan or schedule or 

revision.

The states of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi were notified of the proposed SIP revision 

at least 30 days in advance of the scheduled date of the hearing. The notification letters are 

included in this section.

(e) The State must prepare and retain, for inspection by the Administrator upon request, a 

record of each hearing. The record must contain, as a minimum, a list of witnesses together 

with the text of each presentation.

Not applicable.

(f) The State must submit with the plan, revision, or schedule, a certification that the 

requirements in paragraph (a) and (d) of this section were met. Such certification will 

include the date and place of any public hearing(s) held or that no public hearing was 

requested during the 30 day notification period.

Certification is provided in the letter of submittal that the opportunity to submit comments, 

request a public hearing, or participate in a public hearing on the proposed SIP revision was 

noticed in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 51.102.

(g) [Addressing Administrator approval of State procedures for public hearings]

Not applicable.

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Notice of Opportunity to Submit Comments or Participate in Public Hearing

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Requests for Local/District Air Program Offices to Provide Assistance to Public

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Notifications to Other States and Federal Land Managers

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Public and Federal Land Manager Comments on SIP Notice

No public comments were received.

As noted by letter dated September 29, 2014 (below), the United States Department of the 

Interior, in summary remarks on behalf of the federal land managers for the National Park 

Service, advised the State of Florida that they had no comments on Florida’s proposed SIP 

revision.

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DEP Response to Public Comments

No public comments were received, therefore DEP did not prepare any responses to public 

comments.

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DEP Response to Federal Land Managers’ Comments

The Federal Land Managers did not submit any substantive comments on this proposed SIP 

revision, therefore DEP did not prepare any response to comments.

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Pre-Hearing Submittal Letter to EPA

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EPA Comments on Pre-Hearing Submittal

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DEP Response to EPA Comments

EPA did not submit any substantive comments on this proposed SIP revision, therefore DEP did 

not prepare any response to comments.

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