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Bryan W. Shaw, Ph.!),, P.K., Chuirmun Toby Baker, Commissioner Jon Niermann, Commissioner
Richard A. IIyde, P.K.. Executive Director
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Protecting Texas by Reducing and Preventing Pollution
March 15, 2017
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION and HARD COPY pruitt.scott@epa.gov Certified Mai! No: 7012 3050 0001 7708 9051
The Honorable Scott Pruitt, Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency William Jefferson Clinton Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue MCT101A Washington, D.C. 20460
Re: Response to Petition for Rulemaking: Restatement and Update of EPA's SSM Policy Applicable to SIPs, 80 Federal Register 33840, June 12, 2015. EPA Docket Number EPA-BQ-OAR2012-0322
Dear Administrator Pruitt:
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) appreciates the opportunity to submit the attached Petition for Reconsideration of the Final Rule and Request for Administrative Stay in the above referenced matter.
Please accept the attached document for filing and confirm receipt. If you have any questions, please contact me at {512) 239-5510 or Jams Hudson, Staff Attorney, at (512) 239-0466.
Sincerely,
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Enclosure
cc: Toby Baker, TCEQ Commissioner Jon Niermann, TCEQ Commissioner Richard A. Hyde, P.E., TCEQ Executive Director Ramiro Garda, Jr., TCEQ Deputy Director, Compliance & Enforcement Steve Hagle, P.E., TCEQ Deputy Director, Office of Air Caroline Sweeney, TCEQ Deputy Director, Legal Services Janis Hudson, TCEQ Staff Attorney, Environmental Law Division Priscilla Hubenak, Office of Attorney General, Environmental Protection Division Kellie Billings-Ray, Office of Attorney General, Environmental Protection Division
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