Notice is hereby given for a public hearing to be heard by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
Division of Air Quality concerning the proposed amendment to an air quality rule.
The purpose for the hearing is to receive comments on an amendment to Rule 15A NCAC 02D .0544, Prevention Of Significant
Deterioration Requirements For Greenhouse Gases, to incorporate the United States Environmental Protection Agency deferral of
the application of the prevention of significant deterioration permitting requirements to biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions from bioenergy and other biogenic stationary sources for three years. The deferral was promulgated on July 20, 2011
(76 FR 43490).
The Environmental Management Commission (EMC) is taking comment on the economic assessment. Currently the economic assessment
only addresses costs and benefits of the affected sources. The EMC requests information relative to the costs and benefits to
all parties resulting from the proposed action, in particular, human health effects and impacts to ecosystem services
associated with variation in carbon dioxide and other pollutant emissions from biomass sources.
The public comment period begins February 1, 2012 and ends April 2, 2012. Please see the Public Notice below for additional details.
- - Public Notice [PDF]
- - Proposed Rule Amendment [PDF]
- - Fiscal Note [PDF]
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