
Customer
Service
Hotline:
1­
800­
438­
2474
UNITED
STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
REGION
III
1650
Arch
Street
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
19103­
2029
February
22,
2006
Mr.
John
A.
Benedict,
Director
West
Virginia
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
Division
of
Air
Quality
601
57th
Street,
SE
Charleston,
WV
25304­
2943
Dear
Mr.
Benedict:

On
November
30,
2005,
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
received
a
revision
to
the
West
Virginia
State
Implementation
Plan
(
SIP)
from
the
Department
of
Environmental
Protection.
These
revisions
request
redesignation
of
the
Charleston
ozone
nonattainment
area
to
attainment
and
approval
of
the
area's
maintenance
plan.
The
EPA
has
determined
that
the
submittal
is
administratively
and
technically
complete,
and
is
reviewing
it
to
prepare
a
Notice
of
Proposed
Rulemaking
(
NPR).

If
members
of
your
staff
have
any
questions,
they
may
direct
them
to
Amy
Caprio,
Air
Quality
Planning
Branch,
at
(
215)
814­
2156.
She
is
the
principal
contact
for
this
rulemaking.

Sincerely,

/
S/

Judith
M.
Katz,
Director
Air
Protection
Division
cc:
Fred
Durham,
WVDEP
Laura
Crowder,
WVDEP
