― Chapter 340, Division 200, 202, 250 Rulemaking Preview - Delete if not interested ―

The Infrastructure SIP PM2.5 rulemaking public notice is ready for preview before we open the public comment period on June 15, 2015. Though no action is required on your part, we will consider your input on the packet if we receive it by close of business on June 3, 2015. To offer input, contact Nancy Cardwell at 503-229-6610 or Cardwell.Nancy@deq.state.or.us.

Title  Infrastructure SIP PM 2.5

Notice Packet  The documents for your review are on this SharePoint page: Rulemaking; on the main page and in the folder titled “Public Notice.” The documents for your review are:

•  Invitation to Comment – 2-page fact sheet

•  Proposed Rules (I-SIP Proposed Rule Change – redline/strikethrough)

•  Notice – information and analysis required by APA; Model Rules; DEQ statutes, rules and best practices; and federal regulations

•  SIP PM 2.5 Crosswalk

Proposal

•  Amend 340-200-004 to update the Oregon Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan

•  Amend 340-202-0060(3) to incorporate the annual primary ambient air quality standard for PM 2.5

•  Amend 340-250-0030(22) to include PM 2.5 in the definition of National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)

Need  States have a legal obligation under the Clean Air Act to amend their administrative rules to adopt new or revised NAAQS and incorporate these standards into their State Clean Air Act Implementation Plans. Amendments to Oregon Administrative Rule are needed to incorporate the annual NAAQS for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) into the DEQ standard and to revise the definition of NAAQS to incorporate PM 2.5 into the Oregon SIP.

Public comment  Starts June 15, 2015    Ends 4 p.m. July 20, 2015

EQC meeting  October 2015

Emails about this rulemaking are part of the required rulemaking record. Please include Nancy Cardwell on the To or Cc line and infrastructuresip.pm2.5 on the subject line of any email you send about this rulemaking.