5957854 Energy and Environment, Department of - Notice of Public Hearing and Solicitation of Public Comment - Air Quality Issues and Submittal of a SIP Revision to EPA

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND

SOLICITATION OF PUBLIC COMMENT

 

Air Quality Issues and Submittal of a SIP Revision to EPA

 

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on Monday, May 16, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. in Room 555 of the Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) headquarters at 1200 First Street NE, 5^th Floor, in Washington, D.C. 20002.  This hearing provides interested parties an opportunity to comment on the District of Columbia’s (District) proposed revision to the maintenance plan for the fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) 1997 annual national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) that was approved by EPA on October 6, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 60081).  Once the District has completed its procedures, the documents will be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval as a revision to its State Implementation Plan (SIP) at 40 CFR Part 52 Subpart J, pursuant to the provisions of § 107 of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA).

 

The District, the State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia are requesting that EPA concurrently approve, as a SIP revision for each state, the proposed maintenance plan in order to revise annual 2017 and 2025 motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) based on EPA’s updated mobile source emissions model, MOVES2014. MVEBs identify the allowable onroad emissions levels to attain the NAAQS.

 

Comments on the proposed SIP revision must be submitted, in writing, no later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register to Ms. Jessica Daniels, Department of Energy & Environment, Air Quality Division, 1200 First Street, NE, 5th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20002 or sent electronically to [e-mail].  Copies of the proposed SIP revision may be obtained between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the address listed above for a small fee to cover the cost of reproduction or on-line at http://doee.dc.gov.