WSR 20-16-057

PERMANENT RULES

SPOKANE REGIONAL

CLEAN AIR AGENCY

[Filed July 28, 2020, 2:20 p.m., effective September 1, 2020]

Effective Date of Rule: September 1, 2020.

Purpose: Spokane regional clean air agency (SRCAA) Regulation I establishes the regulatory framework and control strategies to ensure that healthy air quality exists in Spokane County, Washington, including meeting the federal air quality standards. The amendments update Regulation I to meet requirements in chapter 173-400 WAC and the federal new source review regulations to ensure that SRCAA is consistent with state and federal clean air acts while attaining and maintain [maintaining] good air quality and protecting citizens' health.

The amendments will improve clarity, readability, formatting consistency among Articles; improve consistency with state and federal requirements; simplify compliance for the regulated community by adding adoption by reference sections that specify which state and federal rules are adopted by reference; streamline source test provisions; clarify registration program requirements; clarify new source review requirements; simplify portable source permitting process and update public involvement provisions to allow e-noticing; meeting federal enforceability requirements and the EPA's federal requirements for incorporation into the state implementation plan.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New SRCAA Regulation I, Article I, Section 1.05; Article II, Sections 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19; and Article IV, Section 4.05; repealing SRCAA Regulation I, Section 6.06; and amending SRCAA Regulation I, Article I, Sections 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04; Article II, Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15; Article IV, Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04; Article V, Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5.08, 5.09, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15; Article VI, Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.07, 6.08, 6.09, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.17; and Article X, Sections 10.02, 10.06, 10.07, 10.08, 10.11, 10.13.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 70.94.141.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 20-07-094 on March 17, 2020.

Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: The following typographical changes were made:


•	Article I, Section 1.04 (A)(123) correcting a typographical error in the definition of "vent": Vent means any opening thoughtthrough which air pollutants are exhausted into the ambient air.
•	Article II, Section 2.14 (A)(1) correcting a typographical error in the adoption by reference of WAC 173-400-105 Records, monitoring: Exceptions. The following subsections are not adopted by reference 105(3, 4, 6, 040(8).

The following place saver changes were made:


•	Article IV, Section 4.02 (F)(1) was edited to remove the place saver and insert effective date of 9/1/20.
•	Article VI, Section 6.06 was edited to remove the place saver and insert the repealed date of 7/9/20 and Resolution No. 20-08.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 5, Amended 39, Repealed 1; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 6, Amended 58, Repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 6, Amended 58, Repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: July 9, 2020.

Margee Chambers

Rule Writer

SIP Planner

Reviser's note: The material contained in this filing exceeded the page-count limitations of WAC 1-21-040 for appearance in this issue of the Register. It will appear in the 20-18 issue of the Register.