PORTLAND, OR — Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is proposing to amend the applicability rule for Plant Site Emission Limits (PSELs) after discovering an error which would require determining limits for substances already regulated by existing state and federal rules. This amendment will not affect the stringency of Oregon’s air quality permitting programs and will eliminate the need for unnecessary workload on both air quality permit staff and air quality permit holders.

These amendments, if adopted by the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC), will be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP), which is a requirement of the Clean Air Act. The SIP is the official agreement between DEQ and EPA that describes how DEQ will manage federally delegated environmental programs and maintain compliance with standards related to air quality.

View the proposal and related documents at: www.deq.state.or.us/regulations/proposedrules.htm

Comments on the proposal may be submitted in writing via mail, fax or e-mail at anytime prior to the comment deadline of 5 p.m. on May 29, 2008. Written and oral comments can be submitted during the public hearing:

6:00 p.m., Thursday, May 22, 2008

811 SW Sixth Avenue

10th Floor, Room EQC-A

Portland, OR

To submit comments on the proposal or for more information please contact Gregg Dahmen at (503) 229-5108 or via email at dahmen.gregg@deq.state.or.us .