The proposed rule development involves amendments to rule Chapter 62-204, F.A.C., to update the Department’s adoption by reference of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional haze regulations at 40 CFR Part 51. The update includes recent ...

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Departmental

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
62-204.800: Federal Regulations Adopted by Reference
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed rule development involves amendments to rule Chapter 62-204, F.A.C., to update the Department’s adoption by reference of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional haze regulations at 40 CFR Part 51. The update includes recent revisions to EPA’s regulations related to Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART). Pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act, the Department is required to ensure that certain sources of visibility-impairing pollutants in Florida use BART to reduce the impact of their emissions on regional haze. The proposed amendments are part of the Department’s overall rulemaking project to implement the BART requirement.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The proposed rule amendments update the Department’s adoption by reference of EPA regional haze regulations at 40 CFR Part 51 to include recent revisions related to BART requirements.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 403.061 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Department of Environmental Protection, Douglas Building, Conference Room A, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Ms. Lynn Scearce at [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Ms. Lynn Scearce at Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Resource Management, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 5500, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, or [e-mail], phone [phone]. The preliminary text of the proposed rule development is expected to be available by September 1, 2006, at no charge from the contact person listed above or at the following internet site: www.dep.state.fl.us/air.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.