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Mississippi Air Regulatory Update

Mississippi Air Regulatory Update. August 10, 2007 Jerry Beasley, P.E., BCEE Chief, Air Quality Planning Section Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. Federal Air Quality Rules Affecting Mississippi. CAIR CAMR Regional Haze Ozone PM 2.5. CAIR.

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Mississippi Air Regulatory Update

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  1. Mississippi Air Regulatory Update August 10, 2007 Jerry Beasley, P.E., BCEE Chief, Air Quality Planning Section Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

  2. Federal Air Quality Rules Affecting Mississippi • CAIR • CAMR • Regional Haze • Ozone • PM2.5

  3. CAIR • Federal Regulations adopted by Mississippi and effective on November 16, 2006 • EPA published Mississippi SIP modification proposal in the Federal Register on July 12, 2007 • Applications are due for NOx and SO2 by July 1, 2008. • Allocations have been submitted.

  4. CAMR • Applications are due by July 1, 2008 • Allocations were submitted by October 31, 2006 • State regulations were amended November 16, 2006, in order to adopt the federal regulations.

  5. Regional Haze • Modeling shows that Mississippi sources do not significantly affect the Sipsey Wilderness Area in Alabama and the Caney Creek Wilderness Area in Arkansas. • Mississippi is currently working strategic long range planning for impacts on the Breton Island Wilderness Area in Louisiana. • We have consulted with Federal Land Managers and Louisiana DEQ. • SIPs are due by December 17, 2007

  6. 8- Hour Ozone • All ozone monitoring sites in Mississippi continued to attain the current ozone standard of 0.08 ppm during 2004 - 2006. • However, ozone design values for DeSoto County and Harrison County are trending higher and are close to the standard. • The MDEQ ozone forecasting program continues to be implemented in DeSoto County and on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. • DeSoto County is forming an ozone action group similar to the one that has been formed on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. • MDEQ is focusing on outreach and public awareness in DeSoto County.

  7. PM2.5 • All PM2.5 monitoring sites in Mississippi continued to attain the PM2.5 annual standard of 15 µg/m3 for 2004 - 2006. • All PM2.5 monitoring sites attained the new PM2.5 24-hour standard of 35 µg/m3 for 2004 – 2006. • Therefore, the governor will propose no nonattainment areas in the state for the 24-hour standard.

  8. Other Air Quality Issues • Depending upon the final version of the recently proposed 8-hour ozone standard, Mississippi may have areas that are designated as not attaining the standard. • The MDEQ air monitoring site in Hancock County should be operating again in January 2008. • The MDEQ has a new web site with further details about the Air Division and its programs at: http://www.deq.state.ms.us

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