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	UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

	REGION III

1650 Arch Street

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029

July 11, 2007

Ms. Joyce E. Epps, Director

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Department of Environmental Protection

Bureau of Air Quality

P.O. Box 8468

Harrisburg, PA 17105

Dear Ms. Epps:

On June 28, 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
received a revision to the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (SIP)
from the Department of Environmental Protection dated June 12, 2007. 
This SIP revision pertains to redesignation of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
8-hour ozone nonattainment area to attainment, as well as the
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area maintenance plan and 2002 base-year
inventory.  The EPA has determined that the SIP submittal is
administratively and technically complete, and is reviewing this SIP
revision to prepare a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.  

If members of your staff have any questions, they may direct them to
Brian Rehn, Air Quality Planning Branch, at (215) 814-2176.  He is the
principal contact for this rulemaking.    

Sincerely,

                                                                      
/s/

						

          Judith M. Katz, Director

                          			         Air Protection Division     

cc: Arleen Shulman, PADEP

	Customer Service Hotline: 1-800-438-2474

