AMENDED NOTICE: ORIGINAL NOTICE PUBLISHED MARCH 1, 2022.
Notice is hereby given that there will be a public hearing before the Executive Director of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau (Bureau) regarding a network modification request to discontinue a PM2.5 monitoring site in an Addendum to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County portion of the 2021 State of Tennessee Annual Monitoring Network Plan.
The hearing will now take place:
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Time: 9:30 a.m. EST
Location:
Bureau Office
Conference Room One
6125 Preservation Drive, Suite 140,
Chattanooga, TN 37416-3740
Tennessee is required by 40 CFR §58.10 to prepare and submit an annual monitoring network plan which provides documentation of the establishment and maintenance of an air quality surveillance system consisting of a network of monitoring stations along with any proposed network modifications. The Bureau submits a yearly evaluation of the Hamilton County monitoring network for inclusion in the Tennessee network plan. The Bureau is submitting an Addendum to the 2021 State of Tennessee Annual Monitoring Network Plan to request the discontinuation of a PM2.5 monitoring site located behind The City of East Ridge’s City Hall, 1517 Tombras Avenue. The City of East Ridge has built a dog park around the site and has requested that the site be removed. This site does not indicate the highest data in Hamilton County, and is not required by 40 CFR §58, Appendix D, since two other PM2.5 sites remain in the attainment area.
Materials concerning this network modification request may be viewed at the Bureau at 6125 Preservation Dr., Suite 140, Chattanooga, TN 37416-3740, or online at apcb.org/public-notice-announcements beginning at 8:00 a.m. EST, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
Comments on this matter may be made at the public hearing on the above listed hearing date, time and location, or during the public comment period by submitting written comments to the Executive Director, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau, 6125 Preservation Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37416-3740. Comments will be received by U.S. Mail or may be hand-delivered to the Bureau. All comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2022. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Bureau Air Monitoring Manager, Kathy Jones, at 6125 Preservation Drive, Ste 140, Chattanooga, TN 37416-3740, by e-mail at mkjones@chattanooga.gov, or by telephone at (423) 643-5980.
Individuals who would like to participate remotely should call our office at (423) 643-5970.
Documents:
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Addendum to the State Monitoring Network Plan 2021
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Original Notice:
Notice is hereby given that there will be a public hearing before the Executive Director of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau (Bureau) regarding a network modification request to discontinue a PM2.5 monitoring site in an Addendum to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County portion of the 2021 State of Tennessee Annual Monitoring Network Plan.
The hearing will take place:
Date: Monday, April 04, 2022
Time: 9:30 a.m. EST
Location: Bureau Office
Conference Room One
6125 Preservation Drive, Suite 140,
Chattanooga, TN 37416-3740
Tennessee is required by 40 CFR §58.10 to prepare and submit an annual monitoring network plan which provides documentation of the establishment and maintenance of an air quality surveillance system consisting of a network of monitoring stations along with any proposed network modifications. The Bureau submits a yearly evaluation of the Hamilton County monitoring network for inclusion in the Tennessee network plan. The Bureau is submitting an Addendum to the 2021 State of Tennessee Annual Monitoring Network Plan to request the discontinuation of a PM2.5 monitoring site located behind The City of East Ridge’s City Hall, 1517 Tombras Avenue. The City of East Ridge has built a dog park around the site and has requested that the site be removed. This site does not indicate the highest data in Hamilton County, and is not required by 40 CFR §58, Appendix D, since two other PM2.5 sites remain in the attainment area.
Materials concerning this network modification request may be viewed at the Bureau at 6125 Preservation Dr., Suite 140, Chattanooga, TN 37416-3740, or online at apcb.org/public-notice-announcements beginning at 8:00 a.m. EST, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
Comments on this matter may be made at the public hearing on the above listed hearing date, time and location, or during the public comment period by submitting written comments to the Executive Director, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau, 6125 Preservation Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37416-3740. Comments will be received by U.S. Mail or may be hand-delivered to the Bureau. All comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2022. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Bureau Air Monitoring Manager, Kathy Jones, at 6125 Preservation Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37416-3740, by e-mail at mkjones@chattanooga.gov, or by telephone at (423) 643-5980.
Individuals who would like to participate remotely should call our office at (423) 643-5970.
Documents:
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Addendum to the State Monitoring Network Plan 2021
