Including the Spokane Carbon Monoxide Attainment Plan and
Revisions to the Emission Check Program
in the Washington State Implementation Plan
The purpose of the first hearing is to receive public comment on including in the SIP the plan to attain the carbon monoxide standard in Spokane. Ecology, the Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority, and the Spokane Regional Transportation Council developed the attainment plan to meet the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act for a serious carbon monoxide nonattainment area.
The second hearing is to receive public comment on an update to the SIP for the state's motor vehicle emission check program. The update consists of revisions to two sections of chapter 173-422 WAC that were adopted by ecology on October 31, 2000. These revisions provide an inspection schedule for motor vehicles that are between five and twenty-five years old.
Both hearings will be held Tuesday, August 28, 2001, at 2:00 p.m., at Ecology's Eastern Regional Office located at 4601 North Monroe Street, Suite 202, Spokane, WA.
Copies of the carbon monoxide attainment plan and the revised emission check program rule are available for review at the following locations: Department of Ecology, Air Quality Program, 300 Desmond Drive, Lacey, WA 98504-7600; at the Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority, 1101 West College Avenue, Room 403, Spokane, WA 99201; at the Department of Ecology, Eastern Regional Office, North 4601 Monroe, Suite 202, Spokane, WA 99205-1295; at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, Park Place Building, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 10th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101; at the Spokane City Library, 906 West Main, Spokane, WA 99201; at the Spokane County Library District Libraries Argonne, 4322 North Argonne Road, Spokane, WA 99212-1853; and at the Spokane Regional Transportation Council, 221 West First Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201-3613.
Written comments must be postmarked no later than August 30, 2001, and should be sent to Doug Schneider, Department of Ecology, Air Quality Program, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600.
For more information, please contact Doug Schneider at (360) 407-6874, or e-mail dsch461@ecy.wa.gov. If you have special accommodation needs, please contact Tami Dahlgren at (360) 407-6830 (voice) or (360) 407-6006 (TDD only) by August 21, 2001.