The proposed rule development involves amendments to rule Chapter 62-296, F.A.C., to implement the Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) portion of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional haze rules. Pursuant to the federal Clean Air ...

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Departmental

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
62-296.340: Best Available Retrofit Technology
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed rule development involves amendments to rule Chapter 62-296, F.A.C., to implement the Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) portion of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional haze rules. 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. New rule section 62-296.340, F.A.C., is created to set forth procedural requirements by which individual BART determinations will be made.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The proposed new rule section addresses air permitting requirements for sources subject to BART and visibility analysis requirements for sources claiming exemption from BART.
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, at 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.