COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

DEVALL. PATRICK 

Governor 

TIMOTHY P. MURRAY 

Lieutenant Governor 

ONE WINTER STREET, BOSTON, ivlA 02108 617·292·5500 

RE: Public Review process on the proposal to amend regulations 310 CMR 7 .00. The 

amendments: 

IAN A. BOWLES 

Secretary 

LAURIE BURT 

Commissioner 

• Update the Stage II program to address sections of the regulations found to be at odds 

with efficient and effective facility compliance· 

• Add a new provision for emission credits for stationary engines and combustion turbines 

in combined heat and power (CHP) projects 

• Modify the dry cleaner - ERP requirements, 310 CMR 7 )6( I 0) - ( 16) 

I hereby certify that: 

Notices of the public hearings were published on the following dates in the following 

newspapers: 

Boston Globe (Boston) 

The Republican (Springfield) 

March 20, 2008 

March 20, 2008 

That the notices specified the date, time and place of the public hearings to be held on the 

proposed amendments to the Massachusetts State Implementation Plans for Ozone. · 

That the notices specified the locations at which the proposed revisions and supporting 

information were available for public inspection. 

That the proposed revisions and supporting information were available at the locations stated in 

the notice when the notices were published as well as anhe locations of the public hearings on 

the date of said hearings. 

That similar notices were mailed on or before March 20, 2008 to the Environmental Protection 

Agency, to any affected local or pollution control agencies, and to all known potentially 

interested parties. 

I further certify that on the following date and at the following location, a public hearing was 

conducted by the Department of Environmental Protection, pursuant to the above notices and in 

conformance with M.G.L. Chapter 30A and the provisions of 40 CFR 5.1.102(a)and (d): 

This information is available in alternate formal. Call Donald M. Gomes, ADA Coordinator at 617-556-1057. TOO# 1-866-539-7622 or 1-617-574-6868. 

MassDEP on the World Wide Web: http://www.mass.gov/dep 

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· May 1, 2008 -Boston, Massachusetts- 10:00 AM 

MassDEP - Boston Office, 2"d floor - Commonwealth Room 

One Winter Street 

Paul Reilly 

Hearing Officer 

DATE 
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

BUREAU OF WASTE PREVENTION 

BUSINESS COMPLIANCE DIVISION 

NOTICE 

Notice is hereby given that the Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), acting 'in 

accordance with the provisions ofM.G.L. Chapter 111, Sectiohs 142A through 142N, will hold 

public hearings on proposed revisions to 310 CMR 7.00 et seq., Regulations for the Control of 

Air Pollution. The Commonwealth is committed to measures designed to attain and maintain 

national ambient air quality standards. The proposed amendments are part of that commitment 

and will be proposed as a revision to the Massachusetts State Implementation Plan (SIP). 

MassDEP is proposing revisions to its regulations for Stage II, the Environmental Results 

Program (ERP) for perchloroethylene (perc) dry cleaning facilities (ERP-DC) and the 

requirements for stationary engines and combustion turbines for combined heat and power 

(CHP) projects. 

The proposed revisions to the Stage II program seek to address certain sections of the regulations 

found to be unclear or at odds with efficient and effective facility compliance as well as a 

number of housekeeping measures updating applicable program requirements. The proposed 

amendments to the requirements for stationary engines and combustion turbines for CHP 

projects provide emission credits in recognition that CHP projects make more efficient use of the 

energy contained in the fuel, and consequently reduce greenhouse gas and other emissions as 

compared to separate systems. Finally, the proposed amendments to the ERP dry cleaning 

regulations incorporate the recent amendments to the federal Maximum Available Control 

Technology (MACT) standard (40 CFR Part 63 Subpart M) which will allow Massachusetts perc 

dry cleaners to comply with both federal and state requirements under one program (ERP-DC). 

Public hearings will be conducted under the provisions ofM.G.L. Chapter 30A on: 

April 30, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. 

Springfield City Hall 

Room220 

3 6 Court Street 

Springfield, MA 

May l, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. 

MassDEP - Boston Office 

2nd Floor - Commonwealth Roo~ 

One Winter Street 

Boston, MA 

Testimony may be presented orally or in writing at the public hearings. Written comments will 

also be accepted until 5:00PM on May 12, 2008. Written testimony must be submitted to: 

Department of v~ronmental Protection 

Bureau of Waste Prevention 

One Winter Street, 7t11 Floor 

Boston, MA 02108 

Attn: Thomas DeNormandie -Stage II 

Robert Donaldson - CHP projects 

Paul Reilly- ERP-DC 

Copies of the proposed regulations and supporting background information will be available for 

inspection during normal business hours at: the Bureau of Waste Prevention, One Winter Street,