[Airresources] Public Notice - Good Neighbor State Implementation Plan Amendment

[Paige St.Amand]

Notice of Public Comment Period

 

 

Sections 110(a) (1) and (2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) require states to
submit revisions to their State Implementation Plans (SIPs) within three
years after the promulgation of a new or revised National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS) to demonstrate that the state meets the
procedural, timing and infrastructure requirements necessary for
implementing the NAAQS. In January 2013, the Rhode Island Department of
Environmental Management submitted a SIP amendment that fulfilled all
but two of the requirements of those sections for the revised ozone
NAAQS, which was promulgated in 2008.

 

The 2013 SIP submittal did not fulfill the requirements of Section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) of the CAA, which address the effect of emissions in
one state on nonattainment and maintenance of attainment of the NAAQS in
downwind states (interstate transport). The Rhode Island Department of
Environmental Management, Office of Air Resources, is now accepting
public comments on the proposed "Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) Transport
Certification for the  2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standard," which will fulfill that requirement. 

 

The SIP revisions are available on the Office of Air Resources' web page
at: 

http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/air/pdf/siprev15.pdf

 

Comments on these documents will be accepted until 4:00 PM on June 22,
2015 and can be submitted electronically or in hard copy to:

 

Barbara Morin, Supervising Environmental Scientist

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Office of Air Resources

235 Promenade Street

Providence, RI 02908

 

(401) 222-4700, ext. 7012

(401) 222-2017 (fax)

barbara.morin at dem.ri.gov

 

 

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