Notice of Comment Period and Opportunity for Public Hearing

Proposed PM2.5 State Implementation Plan Modification

Notice is hereby given that the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau will receive public comments on the addition of a NOx budget to the Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards State Implementation Plan for the Tennessee portion of the Chattanooga, Tennessee-Georgia PM2.5 Nonattainment Area.  Any person may request a public hearing on this matter.

The PM2.5  SIP is being modified to include a NOx Budget for transportation.  A transportation NOx budget of 5,861.12 tons per year is being proposed for the SIP. 

The proposed materials will be available for review at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau (the Bureau), 6125 Preservation Drive, Chattanooga, Tennessee, beginning February 19, 2010 from 8 am to 4:30 pm on weekdays or online at www.pollutionsolution.org.

Written comments may be submitted between February 19 and March 23, 2010, to the Director, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau, 6125 Preservation Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37416-3638.  Comments must be received by noon on March 23, 2010.  Contact Bureau Engineering Manager Errol Reksten at 6125 Preservation Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37416-3638, by e-mail at reksten_e@chattanooga.gov or by telephone at (423) 643-5986 with any questions.

If a public hearing is requested, that hearing will be held at 5:00 p.m., March 29, 2010, in Room 1-A of the Development Resource Center, located at 1250 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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