NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED AIR QUALITY RULE AMENDMENTS

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is extending the public comment period for proposed revisions to air quality permitting, Heat Smart, and gasoline dispensing facility rules from 5 p.m. on July 31, 2014 to 5 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2014. DEQ is also adding two locations to the July 16, 2014 public hearings. DEQ is proposing that the Environmental Quality Commission adopt revisions to the air quality permitting, Heat Smart, and gasoline dispensing facility rules. The commission has the statutory authority to address these issues under ORS 468 and ORS 468A. These amendments, if adopted, will be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a revision to the State Implementation Plan and OAR 340-200-0040 as required by the Clean Air Act. DEQ will hold public hearings at 6 p.m. on Jul. 16, 2014 at the following locations:

•  Medford:

DEQ Medford Regional Office

221 Stewart Ave., Suite 201

•  Bend:

DEQ Bend Regional Office

475 NE Bellevue, Suite 110

•  Portland:

DEQ Headquarters

811 SW Sixth Ave., Room EQC-A

•  Springfield:

•  Lane Regional Air Protection Agency
1010 Main Street
Springfield, OR 97477

•  Pendleton:

•  DEQ – Pendleton Regional Office

•  800 SE Emigrant, #330
Pendleton, OR 97801

Oral and written comments will be accepted at the hearings.

Documents are available online at http://www.oregon.gov/deq/RulesandRegulations/Pages/2014/aqperm.aspx

or by contacting Jill Inahara at 503-229-5001. Written comments may be mailed to the Portland address above or submitted online at http://www.oregon.gov/deq/RulesandRegulations/Pages/comments/aqperm.aspx.

The comment period ends at 5 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2014.