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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 122FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER DPUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, PUBLIC NOTICE, AFFECTED STATE REVIEW, NOTICE AND COMMENT HEARING, NOTICE OF PROPOSED FINAL ACTION, EPA REVIEW, AND PUBLIC PETITION
RULE §122.330Affected State Review

(a) Affected state review requirements apply to initial issuances, minor permit revisions, significant permit revisions, reopenings, and renewals.

(b) An affected state may be New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas, or Louisiana if either of the following criteria are satisfied:

  (1) The state is contiguous to Texas and the state's air quality may be affected by the issuance or denial of a federal operating permit, revision, or renewal; or

  (2) The state is within 50 miles of the site or proposed site.

(c) The executive director shall provide notice of the draft permit to any affected state on or before the time notice is provided to the public through public announcement or public notice.

(d) Affected states shall have 30 days from date of notification to comment on the draft permit.

(e) The executive director shall notify the EPA and any affected state, in writing, of the refusal to incorporate any recommendations into the proposed permit that the affected state submitted during the affected state review period. The notice shall include the executive director's reasons for not accepting any of the recommendations.

(f) The draft permit may be changed based on comments pertaining to whether the permit provides for compliance with the requirements of this chapter.

(g) The executive director shall respond to comments consistent with §122.345 of this title (relating to Notice of Proposed Final Action).


Source Note: The provisions of this §122.330 adopted to be effective November 10, 1997, 22 TexReg 10677; amended to be effective June 3, 2001, 26 TexReg 3747

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