Comment submitted by M. Weniger

Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2001-0004-0792
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Received Date: March 23 2007, at 10:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: March 27 2007, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: March 8 2007, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: May 7 2007, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 8021903e
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As a concerned citizen, I believe the EPA should adopt the "potential emissions trigger." The potential emissions trigger is clearer as to the requirements of when the circumstances under which a change must be considered to have a reasonable possibility of significiantly increasing emissions. It lays out the requirements in a much clearer way than the percentage increase trigger. I think it is also important to require more projects to require recordkeeping and reporting under the reasonable possibility standard. The "percentage increase trigger" would allow more sources of emissions to avoid the reasonoable possibility standard recordkeepeing and reporting requirements. I do not feel the records a source owner currently keep will suffice in the requirements of predicting any potential emissions a source can potentially produce. The EPA should require more projects to comply with their recordkeeping standards so that projects are held accountable for any emissions they produce. Should the percentage increase trigger option be adopted, the percentage of increase that would trigger the recordkeeping requirement should be as strict as possible in order to avoid the prevention of significant deterioration.

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