ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

 

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

FOR PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE

ALABAMA STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP)

 

            Notice is hereby given that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management of the State of Alabama is providing the opportunity for interested persons to request a public hearing and comment on proposed revisions to the Alabama State Implementation Plan (SIP).

 

If the Department receives a request for a hearing, the hearing will be held on April 23, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. in the Main Hearing Room at the ADEM – Central Office location at 1400 Coliseum Blvd. in Montgomery.

 

Those requesting a hearing must call (334) 394-4360.  The deadline to submit a request for a hearing is 5:00 p.m. on April 8, 2008. If no requests for a hearing are received prior to this date, a Notice of Cancellation of the hearing will be posted on April 9, 2008, on the Department's website at adem.alabama.gov/PubHearings/PubHearings.htm.  Interested persons may also call (334) 394-4360 to determine if the public hearing has been cancelled.

 

            The Alabama Department of Environmental Management proposes to amend the Alabama State Implementation Plan to adopt measures to address regional haze issues in Alabama.  The Clean Air Act requires States to develop implementation plans that address regional haze near Class I areas.  The plan should address making “reasonable progress” toward establishing measures to prevent future and remedy any existing impairment of visibility in mandatory Federal Class I areas which impairment results from manmade air pollution.  The purpose of this SIP revision is to fulfill this federal requirement.

 

In developing this SIP, ADEM met the requirements in the Clean Air Act involving consultation with the Federal Land Managers (FLMs).  This was accomplished through conference calls, consultation meetings and through an advanced copy of the SIP for review and comment.  Documentation of the consultation meetings and conference calls can be found in Appendix J of the Regional Haze SIP.  The comments received from the FLMs on the Draft SIP are located in Appendix P of the Regional Haze SIP.

 

            The Department is also making available for public comment a letter clarifying a Clean Air Act Section 110 State Implementation Plan (SIP) issue.  This issue is unrelated to the regional haze issue.

 

            Copies of the proposed SIP are available at a cost of 30 cents per page at each of the ADEM office locations listed below or on the Internet at adem.alabama.gov/PubHearings/PubHearings.htm at no cost.

 

ADEM, Permits & Services Division

Attn: Molly Tatum

1400 Coliseum Boulevard

(P. O. Box 30l463, Zip code 36l30-l463)

Montgomery, AL  36110-2059

(334) 394-4360


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ADEM, Birmingham Field Office

Attn: Sheila Vail

110 Vulcan Road

Birmingham, AL  35209-4702

(205) 942-6168

 

ADEM, Decatur Field Office

Attn: Jan Childers

2715 Sandlin Road, SW

Decatur, AL  35603-1333

(256) 353-1713

 

ADEM, Mobile Field Office

Attn: Karmen Tolbert

2204 Perimeter Road

Mobile, AL  36615-1131

(251) 450-3400

 

Southeast Alabama Regional Planning &

   Development Commission

462 North Oates, 4th Floor

Dothan, AL  36303

 

Alabama - Tombigbee Rivers Planning &

   Development Commission

Courthouse Annex

107 Broad Street

Camden, AL  36726

 

East Alabama Regional Planning &

   Development Commission

1130 Quintard Avenue

Anniston, AL  36201

 

If requested, a hearing will be held to receive data, views, and arguments from interested persons regarding the proposed revisions.  Attendance at the hearing is not necessary to present such data, views, arguments, or comments as the same may be submitted in writing, but must be received by the Hearing Officer prior to 5:00 p.m. on April 25, 2008.

 

Written submissions and other inquires should be directed to: ADEM Hearing Officer, Outreach Branch, Permits and Services Division, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, P.O. Box 301463, Montgomery, AL 36130-1463 (street address: 1400 Coliseum Boulevard, Montgomery, AL 36110-2059) or by e-mail at Hearing.officer@adem.state.al.us.

 

        Any person wishing to participate in the hearing who needs special accommodations should contact the Department's Permits and Services Division at (334) 271-7714 at least five working days prior to the hearing.

 

        This notice is hereby given this March 9, 2008, by authority of ADEM.

 

 

Onis "Trey" Glenn, III

Director