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UNITED
STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
REGION
III
1650
Arch
Street
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
19103­
2029
Mr.
Robert
G.
Burnley,
Director
September
23,
2005
Department
of
Environmental
Quality
Commonwealth
of
Virginia
629
East
Main
Street
Richmond,
Virginia,
23219
Re:
SIP
Revision,
NSR
in
the
Ozone
Transport
Region
Dear
Mr.
Burnley:

On
April
6,
2005,
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Region
III
(
EPA)
received
a
revision
to
the
State
Implementation
Plan
from
the
Virginia
Department
of
Environmental
Quality
pertaining
to
the
regulations
adopted
by
the
State
Air
Pollution
Control
Board
on
September
29,
2004.
This
revision
consisted
of
amending
existing
regulations
to
indicate
that
areas
located
in
the
Ozone
Transport
Region
(
OTR)
must
meet
the
requirements
of
Article
9
VAC
5
Chapter
80
(
Permits
for
Major
Stationary
Sources
and
Major
Modifications
Locating
in
Nonattainment
Areas)
as
if
they
were
classified
as
moderate
nonattainment,
except
that
the
threshold
for
major
stationary
sources
of
VOCs
is
50
tons
instead
of
100
tons.

EPA
has
determined
that
the
SIP
revision
application
is
administratively
and
technically
complete
and
is
reviewing
it
in
order
to
prepare
a
Notice
of
Proposed
Rulemaking/
Final
Rulemaking
Notice.

If
members
of
your
staff
have
any
questions,
they
may
direct
them
to
Sharon
McCauley,
Permits
and
Technical
Assessment
Branch,
at
(
215)
814­
3376.
She
is
the
principal
contact
for
this
rulemaking.

Sincerely,

Judith
M.
Katz,
Director
Air
Protection
Division
