EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.DOCX

Executive Summary
Of The Report to the Board of Supervisors
Prepared by the Maricopa County Air Quality Department
Board Hearing Date: November 5, 2014
Case #/Title: AQ-2014-001-Incorporation by Reference 2013-2014
Agenda Item:
Supervisor Districts: All Districts
The Maricopa County Air Quality Department (department) complied with all statutory and county policies
throughout this rulemaking process. Per the Enhanced Regulatory Outreach Program (EROP) Policy: “In addition to
the required staff report, an executive summary of the report including an overview of stakeholder input and staff
responses will be provided to the Board of Supervisors at least one week prior to any Board of Supervisors’ public
hearing.”
Overview of the Report to the Board of Supervisors: The department is proposing to incorporate by reference
various federal regulations and documents promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and
published in the Federal Register as of July 1, 2014. The proposed amendments in this rulemaking implement
federal requirements according to each federal program identified or applicable source type subject to these
regulations. The proposed action will include incorporating by reference actions relating to New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS), National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), Acid Rain
and other parts of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). In addition, the proposed action will include
amending the incorporation by reference date from July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2014, in each of the rules to remain
current with federal regulations. The adoption of the proposed amendments to Maricopa County Air Pollution
Control Regulations Rules 321, 360, 370, 371 and Appendix G is necessary prior to requesting the EPA’s delegation
of authority to the department for the implementation and enforcement of the federal regulations and documents.
In addition, the proposed amendments will correct typographical or other clerical errors; make minor grammatical
changes to improve readability or clarity; modify the format, numbering, order, capitalization, punctuation, or syntax
of certain text to increase standardization within and among rules; or make various other minor changes of a purely
editorial nature. As these amendments do not alter the sense, meaning, or effect of the rule, they are not described in
detail here, but can be readily discerned in the “strikeout and underline” version of the rule contained in Item #17 of
the Notice of Final Rulemaking.
Overview of Stakeholder Input and Staff Responses: No comments were received concerning this rulemaking.
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