# EPA Finalizes Approval of Public Participation Rules in Texas’ Clean-Air Plan

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2014/01/epa-finalizes-approval-of-public-participation-rules-in-texas-clean-air-plan/
- Published: 2014-01-15T02:00:01-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

DALLAS – (Nov. 25, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved
Texas’ clean-air plan that covers public notification requirements for facilities
applying for air permits. The revised plan gives citizens additional opportunities
to comment on applications for air permits for new facilities and modifications 
to existing facilities.

Citizens will be notified when a facility applies for a permit and after Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) proposes a draft permit. Facilities will also have
to provide expanded technical documents to ensure citizens and interested groups
have as much information as possible on proposed permits.

> “Public review and input during the permitting process is important to making 
> good decisions,” said EPA Regional Administrator Ron Curry. “The state’s revised
> rule improves transparency in the air permitting process and allows for more public
> input.”

After extensive collaboration between the TCEQ and the EPA, the state revised the
public participation rules for air permit applications to apply to new and existing
facilities classified as major or minor sources of pollution. TCEQ incorporated 
these revisions into the State Implementation Plan submitted to EPA. The revised
plan clarified procedures for citizens to submit comments on permit applications,
as well as how TCEQ is to respond to comments.

More information about the Clean Air Act is available at: [http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/](https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview)

More about activities in EPA Region 6 is available at: [http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html](https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa)

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