Department of Environmental Quality
Air Pollution Control Board
Meeting:
Public Hearing - State Implementation Plan Revision - Early Action Plan (EAP) for the Roanoke Area
| Meeting Details | |
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| Date / Time | 12/20/2004 7:00 pm |
| Location | Department of Environmental Quality West Central Regional Office, 3019 Peters Creek Road, Obenshain Room, Roanoke, VA |
| Board Website | http://www.deq.virginia.gov |
| Agenda document | agency has not posted |
| Minutes document | agency has not posted |
| Disability Friendly? Yes Deaf interpreter available upon request? No | |
| Purpose of the meeting The meeting is a public hearing on a proposed revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP). The hearing will be held to accept testimony concerning the proposed revision. The proposed revision consists of an Early Action Plan (EAP) for the Roanoke area. The EAP implements a program established by EPA for areas potentially designated as nonattainment under the 8-hour ozone standard. This program enables such areas to avoid the nonattainment designation by reducing emissions to a level that will enable the area to attain the ozone standard sooner than otherwise required (by 2007 rather than 2010) in exchange for avoiding a nonattainment designation. These areas enter into Early Action Compacts, which are voluntary agreements by the localities, states, and the EPA to develop EAPs to reduce ozone and improve local air quality more quickly than could be achieved through traditional nonattainment area designation and planning. EAPs must include the same components that make up SIPs. This includes emissions inventories, control strategies, schedules and commitments, and a demonstration of attainment based on photochemical modeling. | |
| Meeting Scope |
Public hearing to receive comment on a proposed stage
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General business of the board
Discuss particular regulations / chapters
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| Contact Information | |
|---|---|
| Name / Title: | Thomas R. Ballou |
| Address: |
P.O.Box 10009 Richmond, 23240 |
| Email Address: | trballou@deq.virginia.gov |
| Telephone: | (804)698-4406 FAX: (804)698-4510 |