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	UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

	REGION III

1650 Arch Street	

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103-2029

June 10, 2008

The Honorable Tim Kaine

Governor of Virginia

Patrick Henry Building, 3rd Floor

1111 East Broad Street 

Richmond, Virginia 23219

Dear Governor Kaine:

On April 21, 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
received a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation
Plan (SIP) from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
(VADEQ).  This revision consists of a demonstration that Stafford
County, which is part of the Fredericksburg 8-hour ozone maintenance
area, meets the requirements of reasonably available control technology
(RACT) set forth by the Clean Air Act (CAA).  EPA has determined that
the submittal is administratively and technically complete, and is
reviewing it to prepare a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

On March 24, 2008, EPA made findings of failure to submit SIPs to
satisfy certain requirements of the CAA for the 1997 8-hour ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).  States were required by
September 15, 2006, to submit SIPs demonstrating that sources specified
under the CAA were subject to RACT requirements.  States that are part
of the Ozone Transport Region (OTR) were required to submit SIPs to meet
the 1997 8-hour ozone RACT requirement for the entire state by September
15, 2006.  The RACT requirement applies to all areas within the OTR,
regardless of the area’s designation for the 1997 8-hour ozone
standard. See 73 FR 15416.  For the Commonwealth of Virginia, EPA made a
finding of failure to submit the RACT requirements for Stafford County,
which is part of the OTR.  This completeness determination for the
Stafford County 8-hour RACT SIP revision submitted on April 21, 2008
permanently stops the sanctions clock for the finding of failure to
submit the RACT SIP, which was started on March 24, 2008.    

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me or Mrs.
Judith M. Katz, Director of Air Protection Division, at (215) 814-2654. 
  

Sincerely,

                                                                     
Donald S. Welsh /s/

                                                                     
Regional Administrator

cc:	 David K. Paylor, Director, VADEQ

       Michael Dowd, VADEQ

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