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Pursuant to 40 CFR 51.102, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announces the opportunity for the public to request a hearing or offer comments on a proposed revision to Florida’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) under the Clean Air Act. Specifically, DEP proposes that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) remove from Florida’s SIP two previously-approved Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.) Rule 62-212.600, F.A.C., Sulfur Storage and Handling Facilities; and Rule 62-296.411, F.A.C., Sulfur Storage and Handling Facilities. Under this proposal, the two rule sections would be removed from the SIP but not from the F.A.C. Separate action would be required to repeal the rules from the F.A.C.
A public hearing will be held, if requested, at the date, time and place given above. It is not necessary that the hearing be held or attended in order for persons to comment on DEP’s proposed submittal to EPA. Any request for a public hearing must be submitted by letter or e-mail: Marnie Brynes, Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Resource Management, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS #5500, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, email: Marnie.Brynes@dep.state.fl.us and received no later than November 14, 2011. Any comments must be submitted by letter or e-mail to Cindy Phillips at the above address or Cindy.Phillips@dep.state.fl.us, with a copy to Ms. Brynes, and received no later than November 14, 2011. If no request for a public hearing is received, the hearing will be cancelled, and notice of the cancellation will be posted at the following website: http://sharepoint.dep.state.fl.us/PublicNotices/default.asp. Persons may also contact Ms. Brynes at (850)717-9029 to find out if the hearing has been cancelled. The materials comprising DEP’s proposed SIP revision are accessible from the above website by clicking on the November 16 hearing link. The materials may also be inspected during normal business hours at the: DEP, Division of Air Resource Management offices, 111 S. Magnolia Dr., Suite 23, Tallahassee, Florida, or accessed with the aid of any DEP District Air Section or DEP-approved local air pollution control office.