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December 15, 1998
Dear Interested Party:
The Air Quality Control Commission would like to acknowledge that several interested parties
have raised concerns regarding portions of the Colorado State Implementation Plan that are more
stringent than federally required. The Commission is aware of the statutory prohibition on
inclusion of programs in the SIP that are not federally required, and would like to review any
provisions that can be identified. The Commission and Air Pollution Control Division have been
following a course of action to review SIP requirements and remove provisions that are more
stringent than are federally required as revisions are proposed.
We would like to take this opportunity to encourage you, as an interested member of the public,
to help us identify portions of the SIP that you believe are more stringent than federally required.
The Commission requests that you outline these provisions and submit them to the Commission
office by January 31, 1999. The compiled responses will be reviewed to determine which
provisions seem to be most pressing in the minds of the public. The Commission will work with
Division staff to begin analysis of these requirements.
The identified provisions will be analyzed to determine if they continue to be necessary for
inclusion in the SIP. This analysis will include a determination of why the program was
originally included in the SIP,the amount of credit attributable to the requirement in
reducing/maintaining acceptable concentrations of the pollutant(s), and any requirements that
EPA may have placed upon Colorado to retain the program. The EPA issue of"no backsliding"
may need to be addressed for each requirement identified.
The Commission will focus its efforts on correcting the accidental, or no longer necessary SIP
requirements in this regard,rather than redebating disagreements on the choice of control
strategies from when SIP requirements were originally considered by the Commission.
Once the analysis is conducted and the requirement has been determined to be more stringent than
is federally required,the Commission intends to have the Division propose the matter for
Commission consideration as expeditiously as possible. We encourage and appreciate your input
on this matter. Thank you.
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