Notice of action: The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on various proposed revisions to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP). The SIP is a plan developed by the Commonwealth in order to fulfill its responsibilities under the federal Clean Air Act to attain and maintain the ambient air quality standards promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Commonwealth intends to submit the regulations to the EPA as a revisions to the plan in accordance with the requirements of § 110(a) of the federal Clean Air Act.

Provisions affected: The regulations of the board affected by this action are: (i) 9VAC5-10 (General Definitions), Revision G09; (ii) 9VAC5-20-21 (Documents Incorporated by Reference), various revisions; (iii) 9VAC5-30 (Ambient Air Quality Standards), Revisions F06c, D08, and A09; (iv) Article 51 of 9VAC5-40 (Existing Stationary Sources), Emission Standards for Stationary Sources Subject to Case-by-Case RACT Determinations, Revision E04c; (v) Articles 8 and 9 of 9VAC5-80 (Permits for Stationary Sources), Permits for Major Stationary Sources and Major Modifications Locating in Prevention of Significant Deterioration Areas, and Permits for Major Stationary Sources and Major Modifications Locating in Nonattainment Areas or the Ozone Transport Region, Revision C08; (vi) Regulation for Open Burning (9VAC5-130), Revision L08; and (vii) Regulation for Emissions Trading (9VAC5-140), including the CAIR Emissions Trading Program (Revision K07), and the NO_X SIP Call Budget (Revision K08).

Purpose of notice: DEQ is seeking comment on the issue of whether the regulation amendments should be submitted as revisions to the plan.

Public comment period: August 4 to September 3, 2010.

Public hearing: A public hearing may be conducted if a request is made in writing to the contact listed below. In order to be considered, the request must include the full name, address and telephone number of the person requesting the hearing and be received by DEQ by the last day of the comment period. The request should also specify the specific action or actions (revision number and title) for which a hearing is requested. Notice of the date, time, and location of any requested public hearing will be announced in a separate notice, and another 30-day comment period will be conducted for the specific action or actions.

Public comment stage: The regulations included in this plan have been adopted by the State Air Pollution Control Board in accordance with the Code of Virginia; DEQ is accepting comment only on the issue cited above under "purpose of notice" and not on the content of the regulation amendments.

 Description of proposals: The proposed revisions will consist of amendments to plan provisions concerning the following: (i) For Revision G09, adding propylene carbonate and dimethyl carbonate to the list of substances not considered to be volatile organic compounds. (ii) For Revisions E04c and F06c, corrections of typographical errors. (iii) For Revision D08, adding a new 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) at a level of 0.075 parts per million. (iv) For Revision A09, adding a new lead NAAQS of 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter. (v) For Revision C08, allowing the terms and conditions of various elements of the NSR program to be combined into a single permit, and providing an exemption for the use of alternate fuels. (vi) For Revision L08, recodifying the open burning regulations under a new chapter. (vii) For Revision K07, revising the definition of a cogeneration unit so that most units co-firing biomass will be exempt from the rule. (viii) For Revision K08, extending the state trading budget beyond 2008, and extending allocations issued to electric and non-electric generating units beyond 2008.

 Federal information: This notice is being given to satisfy the public participation requirements of federal regulations (40 CFR 51.102) and not any provision of state law. It is planned to submit all provisions of the proposals as revisions to the Commonwealth of Virginia SIP.

How to comment: DEQ accepts written comments by email, fax, and postal mail. In order to be considered, comments must include the full name, address and telephone number of the person commenting and be received by DEQ by the last day of the comment period.  Please specify the specific action or actions (revision number and title) for which you are providing comment. All documents received are part of the public record.

 To review documents: The proposals and any supporting documents are available on the DEQ Air Public Notices for Plans web site (http://www.deq.state.va.us/air/permitting/planotes.html). The documents may also be obtained by contacting the DEQ representative named below. The public may review the documents between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm of each business day until the close of the public comment period at the following DEQ locations: 1) Main Street Office, 8th Floor, 629 E Main St, Richmond VA, 804-698-4070, 2) Southwest Regional Office, 355 Deadmore St, Abingdon VA, 540-676-4800, 3) Blue Ridge Regional Office, Roanoke Location, 3019 Peters Creek Rd, Roanoke VA, 540-562-6700, 4) Blue Ridge Regional Office, Lynchburg Location, 7705 Timberlake Rd, Lynchburg VA, 804-582-5120, 5) Valley Regional Office, 4411 Early Rd, Harrisonburg VA, 540-574-7800, 6) Piedmont Regional Office, 4949-A Cox Rd, Glen Allen VA, 804-527-5020, 7) Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge VA, 703-583-3800, and 8) Tidewater Regional Office, 5636 Southern Blvd, Virginia Beach VA, 757-518-2000.

Contact for public comments, document requests and additional information: For Revisions E04c, F06c, D08, A09 and G09: Karen Sabasteanski, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Department of Environmental Quality, PO Box 1105, Richmond VA 23218 (phone 804-698-4426, fax 804-698-4510, email karen.sabasteanski@deq.virginia.gov).  For Revision C08: Gary Graham, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Department of Environmental Quality, PO Box 1105, Richmond VA 23218 (phone 804-698-4103, fax 804-698-4510, email gary.graham@deq.virginia.gov). For Revisions K07, K08, and L08: Mary Major, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Department of Environmental Quality, PO Box 1105, Richmond VA 23218 (phone 804-698-4423, fax 804-698-4510, email mary.major@deq.virginia.gov)