1.  To GovDelivery Subscribers of Air Quality Permits, Rulemaking, Title V Permit Program public:

Subject: DEQ extends public comment period for proposed revisions to air quality permitting, Heat Smart, and gasoline dispensing facility rules to Aug. 28, 2014

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DEQ extends public comment period for proposed revisions to air quality permitting, Heat Smart, and gasoline dispensing facility rules to Aug. 28, 2014

DEQ received a request from Oregon Associated Industries to extend the public comment period for the proposed air quality permitting, Heat Smart, and gasoline dispensing facility updates, which had been scheduled to close on Aug. 14, 2014. DEQ is extending the public comment period for this rulemaking until Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. to provide additional time for comment.

This is DEQ’s second update to its initial proposal issued June 16, 2014. In DEQ’s first update issued July 9, 2014, DEQ extended the comment deadline from July 31, 2014 to Aug. 14, 2014, added public hearings which occurred July 16, 2014, and provided information about recent action by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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DEQ proposes rule revisions to:

Clarify and update air quality rules

Update particulate matter emission standards

Change permitting requirements for emergency generators and small natural gas or oil-fired

equipment

Establish two new state air quality area designations, “sustainment” and “reattainment,” to help areas

avoid and more quickly end a federal nonattainment designation

Designate Lakeview as a state sustainment area while retaining its federal attainment designation

Change the New Source Review preconstruction permitting program

Modernize methods allowed for holding public hearings and meetings

Re-establish the Heat Smart woodstove replacement program exemption for small commercial solid

fuel boilers regulated under the permitting program

Remove annual reporting requirements for small gasoline dispensing facilities

DEQ requests public comment on the proposed rules. To consider comments on the proposed rules, DEQ must receive the comment by 5:00 p.m., Aug 28, 2014. Click here to view the rulemaking documents and details about the public comment period, including the time and location of hearings and how to submit comments.

DEQ plans to take the final proposal including any modifications made in response to public comments to the Environmental Quality Commission for decision at the commission's January 2015 meeting. If adopted, DEQ will submit the rules to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a revision to the State Implementation Plan as required by the Clean Air Act.

Questions? Contact Jill Inahara at 503-229-5001 or inahara.jill@deq.state.or.us. In Lane County, contact Max Hueftle at 541-736-1056 or max@lrapa.org.

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Subject: DEQ extends public comment period for proposed revisions to air quality permitting, Heat Smart, and gasoline dispensing facility rules to Aug. 28, 2014

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DEQ extends public comment period for proposed revisions to air quality permitting, Heat Smart, and gasoline dispensing facility rules to Aug. 28, 2014

You’re receiving this notification because you hold an air quality permit with Oregon DEQ or Lane Regional Air Protection Agency or DEQ identified you as an interested party in the proposed rulemaking.

DEQ received a request from Oregon Associated Industries to extend the public comment period for the proposed air quality permitting, Heat Smart, and gasoline dispensing facility updates, which had been scheduled to close on Aug. 14, 2014. DEQ is extending the public comment period for this rulemaking until Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. to provide additional time for comment.

This is DEQ’s second update to its initial proposal issued June 16, 2014. In DEQ’s first update issued July 9, 2014, DEQ extended the comment deadline from July 31, 2014 to Aug. 14, 2014, added public hearings which occurred July 16, 2014, and provided information about recent action by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Click here for details.

DEQ proposes rule revisions to:

Clarify and update air quality rules

Update particulate matter emission standards

Change permitting requirements for emergency generators and small natural gas or oil-fired

equipment

Establish two new state air quality area designations, “sustainment” and “reattainment,” to help areas

avoid and more quickly end a federal nonattainment designation

Designate Lakeview as a state sustainment area while retaining its federal attainment designation

Change the New Source Review preconstruction permitting program

Modernize methods allowed for holding public hearings and meetings

Re-establish the Heat Smart woodstove replacement program exemption for small commercial solid

fuel boilers regulated under the permitting program

Remove annual reporting requirements for small gasoline dispensing facilities

DEQ requests public comment on the proposed rules. To consider comments on the proposed rules, DEQ must receive the comment by 5:00 p.m., Aug 28, 2014. Click here to view the rulemaking documents and details about the public comment period, including the time and location of hearings and how to submit comments.

DEQ plans to take the final proposal including any modifications made in response to public comments to the Environmental Quality Commission for decision at the commission's January 2015 meeting. If adopted, DEQ will submit the rules to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a revision to the State Implementation Plan as required by the Clean Air Act.

Questions? Contact Jill Inahara at 503-229-5001 or inahara.jill@deq.state.or.us. In Lane County, contact Max Hueftle at 541-736-1056 or max@lrapa.org.