PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) opens a 30-day public comment period with the publication of this notice on October 19, 2015, for the proposed 2015 West Pinal Moderate PM10 Nonattainment Area State Implementation Plan. The plan demonstrates that the West Pinal PM10 planning area will meet the 1987 health and welfare based 24-hour PM10 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) by December 2018.
A public hearing on the proposed attainment plan will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2015, at the Maricopa Agricultural Center Multipurpose Room, 37860 W. Smith-Enke Rd., Maricopa, AZ 85138. All interested parties will be given an opportunity at the public hearing to submit verbal and written comments. To request an auxiliary aid or service for accessible communication, contact Alicia Pollard, Human Resources Assistant, at (602) 771-4791 or aap@azdeq.gov, or dial 7-1-1 for TTY/TTD Services.
Copies of the proposal are available for review Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the ADEQ Records Center, 1110 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007, (602) 771-4712. A copy of the proposal can also be viewed at the Pinal County Air Quality Department, 31 N. Pinal Street, Bldg. F, Florence, AZ 85132, (520) 866-6929, or online at http://www.azdeq.gov/ by selecting Public Notices, Meetings, and Hearings.
Written comments may be mailed to Catherine Lucke-McDowell, Air Quality Division, State Implementation Plan Section, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, 1110 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007, faxed to (602) 771-2366, or e-mailed to Lucke-McDowell.Catherine@azdeq.gov. Mailed comments must state the name and mailing address of the person; be signed by the person, their agent, or attorney; and clearly set forth reasons why this proposed attainment plan should or should not be finalized. Grounds for comment are limited to whether or not this proposed attainment plan meets the criteria spelled out in federal air pollution control laws and/or rules.
Comments must be received by ADEQ no later than November 19, 2015, by 5:00 p.m. or submitted at the public hearing. This proposed attainment plan will be submitted to the U.S. EPA following consideration of all comments received during the public comment period and hearing.