Public Notice: Public Hearing on 2004 Sulfur Dioxide Milestone Report

Utah's State Implementation Plan for Regional Haze, adopted by the Air Quality Board on November 17, 2003, requires that Utah cooperate with four other states in producing an annual report to determine if emissions of sulfur dioxide from large industrial sources are less than the emissions milestone set in the Plan. The draft report for calendar year 2004 is now available for public comment at: http://www.wrapair.org/index.html.

The report shows that total emissions of sulfur dioxide from large sources in the five states--Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and Oregon--were 334,533 tons, while the milestone is 448,259 tons. The report demonstrates that emissions in the five states are less than the milestone and the states have met the requirements of the plan for 2004. Therefore, implementation of the backstop trading program for sulfur dioxides is not triggered.

The Utah Division of Air Quality will hold a public hearing at 10:00 a.m. on February 22, 2006, in Room 201 of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality building at 168 North 1950 West in Salt Lake City, Utah. In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, individuals with special needs (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) should contact Charlene Lamph, Office of Human Resources at [phone] (TDD 536-4414).

The comment period closes at 5:00 p.m. on March 1, 2006. Comments postmarked on or before that date will be accepted. Comments may be submitted by electronic mail to: [e-mail] or may be mailed to:

ATTN: SO2 Milestone Report
Richard W. Sprott, Director
Utah Division of Air Quality
PO Box 144820
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4820