Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Florida: New Source Review; Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5

EPA is proposing to approve changes to the Florida State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to EPA on March 15, 2012. The SIP revision modifies Florida's New Source Review (NSR) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting program. The SIP revision adopts, into the Florida SIP, federal NSR permitting provisions to address the implementation of the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) as amended in EPA's 2008 NSR PM2.5 Implementation Rule (hereafter referred to as the ``NSR PM2.5 Rule'') and the 2010 PM2.5 PSD Increment, Significant Impact Levels (SILs) and Significant Monitoring Concentration (SMC) Rule (hereafter referred to as the ``PM2.5 PSD Increment-SILs-SMC Rule''). EPA is proposing to approve portions of Florida's SIP revision because the Agency has preliminarily determined that the changes are consistent with the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and EPA regulations regarding NSR permitting.

Agency Contact: For information regarding the Florida SIP, contact Ms. Twunjala Bradley, Regulatory Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Telephone number: (404) 562-9352; email