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76. SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AMENDMENT TO RULE 100 Pursuant to A.R.S. §49-479(b), set a public hearing for September 25, 2013 to solicit comments and consider the adoption of proposed amendments to Maricopa County Air Pollution Control Regulations, Rules 100 (General Provisions and Definitions). Following the public hearing, the Board is requested to adopt the proposed amendment to the rule and to submit the amended rule as a revision to the (Arizona) State Implementation Plan (SIP ). Upon Board approval, this item will become effective September 25, 2013. This is a text amendment to add to one sentence in Rule 100 (General Provisions and Definitions), Section 108 (Hearing Board) the requirement that County Air Quality Hearing Board members not have a substantial interest in any person required to obtain an air pollution permit or subject to enforcement orders issued under the Maricopa County Air Pollution Control Regulations. This amendment is intended to resolve the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) disapproval of the 2009 Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP) - a deficiency in a SIP revision submitted by the State of Arizona to address the requirements of section 110(a)(2)(E)(ii) of the Clean Air Act for the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) and the 1997 and 2006 NAAQS for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). (C-85-14-002-7-00)

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7. AMENDMENT TO MARICOPA COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS, RULE 100 Pursuant to A.R.S. §49-479(b), convene the scheduled public hearing, to solicit comments and consider the adoption of proposed amendments to Maricopa County Air Pollution Control Regulations, Rules 100 (General Provisions and Definitions). Following the public hearing, the Board is requested to adopt the proposed amendment to the rule and to submit the amended rule as a revision to the (Arizona) State Implementation Plan (SIP) . Upon Board approval, this item will become effective September 25, 2013. This is a text amendment to add to one sentence in Rule 100 (General Provisions and Definitions), Section 108 (Hearing Board) the requirement that County Air Quality Hearing Board members not have a substantial interest in any person required to obtain an air pollution permit or subject to enforcement orders issued under the Maricopa County Air Pollution Control Regulations. This amendment is intended to resolve the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) disapproval of the 2009 Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP) - a deficiency in a SIP revision submitted by the State of Arizona to address the requirements of section 110(a)(2)(E)(ii) of the Clean Air Act for the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) and the 1997 and 2006 NAAQS for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). (C-85-14-002-7-00)

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