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1 MAR YLAND DEPARTMENT OP ~H E ENVIRONMENT 

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4 PROPOSE D AMENDMENTS TO 

, REGULAT I ONS . 01 - 05 , ) 

6 . 07 ­ . 09 UNDER COMAR ) 

, 26 . 11 . 26 CONfORMITY AND ) 

8 A CON FORMITY SIP REVISlm; 

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12 The hearing in the a bove-referen',ed 

13 ",alte r co",,,,enced ~n Thursday , December .4 , 200~ , 

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16 Boul e va I: d , 9a~t~more . Maryland , 2123(. 

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A P P ~ A RAN C E S 

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3 ON BEHALF OF THE MDE : 

4 DEBORAH RABIN, HEARING OFFICER 

5 JAMES WILKINSON, MDE 

6 MaI")lland Department of the Environ:nent 

, 1800 Washington Boulevard , Suite 730 

8 Baltimore , Maryland 21230-1120 

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1 PRO C E E DIN G S 

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3 HEARING OFFICER RA BIN : Good morning . 

4 On behalf of the Depa rtment of the Environment 

5 and the Air and Radi a tion Management 

6 ;'d"._~nistrati<)n , I would lii<.e to welcome you to 

? this public hearing . 

, My name lS Deborah Rabin . I am the 

9 Regulations Coord.nator for the Air and 

10 Radiation Administra t ion . I ... ill serve as 

11 hear ing officer for t oday ' s hearing . 

I ~ould li ke to ask all of you in 

I] attendance today en please s:gn in , i{ yo~ 

ha·;er.' · already done so. This will HI.p us [) 

I ~eep 3n <lccurate record o f the peopie OIh.­

6 par - icipa:e .n the hearing . A~so , copi.es of out" 

II regulation proposal , SIP Re\l~sion , supp,:rt 

18 documents . dnd the Departt:1ent ' s statement are 

19 iwail"ble In the table for yo ... r inf"rma.t ,n o 

" This r.earing c;:o~cer~,5 Air Qua. 'Y 

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1 The Secretary of the Department proposes to 

2 arr:end Regulatior.s . 01 through .05 , and . 07 

3 through . 09 under COMAR 26.11.26 Conformity . 

4 The hearing also concerns the proposed 

5 conformity SIP Revision . 

6 The purpose of this hearing is to give 

7 you the opportunity to comment on the proposed 

e :-egulation amendments "nct proposed Conformity 

9 SIP Revision . 

10 The Opportunity for Public Corr:ment for 

11 the proposed amendments appeared in the Maryland 

12 Register, Volume 33 , Issue 23 , Page 1850 on 

13 ~ovember 13, 2006 . The Opportunity for Public 

14 Co~~ent on the proposed 51? ReviSion appeared in 

15 six Maryland newspapers on or before November 

16 12, 2006 . 

17 This Conformity hearing will proceed in 

18 the following o~der . Fi~st , Mr . Jim W_!kinson 

19 ~i.l make a statement on beha.f of the Ai~ and 

20 Ra~:ation Air dnd Management Ad",inist~dtion . 

21 Af~er Mr . Wilkinson is ~in~9hed . I wii& callan 

2 a:ly «lected official C!"" go·.·~ ~n:nent o~f_ci.'ll~ho 

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1 wants to make a statement. Then, I will call 

upon anyone else ~ho indicated on the sign-in 

3 sheet that he or she wou l d li ke to make a 

4 statement 

When giving your statement, please come 

6 :..:p f:,;o[1t . ldentify yourself and your 

af f iliation, and give your statement loudly and 

8 clea::-1y . Are there any questions? 

, 1 will now callan Mr . Wilkinson . 

10 MR . WILKINSON; My name is Jim 

11 Wilkinson . I am a Natural Resources Planner 

12 within the Planning Program o f the Air and 

lJ Radiation Management Adminis t ration, )epartment 

14 f the Environ~ent. 

15 This putlic hearing is being he_o 

16 pursuant to the requireme~,ts of ~o erR "l;ecti<>" 

11 ~1 . 102 and Sec~lcns 2-301 et . seq . Of the 

18 Environment Article , Annotated Code ~f Mdryl,lnd . 

l~ It is also belng held ,n cc~formance .l~h :he 

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1 Notice of this hearing appeared in the 

2 Maryland Register, on November 13 , 2006; 

3 Baltimore Sun , on Novembe!C 13 , 2006; Saint 

4 Mary ' s Enterprise , on November 10 , 2006 : 

S Cuncerland Times-News , on November 13 . 2006; 

6 frederick Ne'Ns-Post, on Novembel:: 13, 2006 ; 

7 Salisbury Daily Times , on November 13, 2006; and 

8 the Washington <'cst, on November 9 , 2006 . 

9 Ccpies of these no t ices were submitted for the 

10 record and '",ill be submitted ''''~th the formal SIP 

11 submission package to the USEPA. 

1 2 Access to the proposed documents "idS 

13 made available on the ~aryland Department of the 

1 4 Environment ~ebsite at; http : //www . rode . state . 

15 IT.d . us/Abol] rMDE/ <,eqcomment s . dSp. 

16 Copies of the prcpcsed amendmen:s . SIP 

17 :eV1Slon . and supporting documents ·,.,rere 

18 sub:r.itted for review to the State Clear inghouse 

19 and are also submitted at this time nto the 

_~e"rlr.g record. Copies of the proposed 

21 ~~endments . SIP reV1Slcn. ard supporting 

22 Jocu~ents we re mddc avai!db!e [or public 

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1 inspection at the Air and Radiation Management 

2 Administratiln ~f[ices in Balt~mote, Cumberland , 

3 and Salisbury, and at all local health 

4 departments or local air quality control 

5 effices . 

6 ,he purp< se of today's hearing ~ t, 

7 qi~e the public an opportunity to corrment In the 

8 ~roposed amend:l'ents to Regl:ldtions . 01 - 5 and 

9 . 07 - . 09 under COMAR 26.11 . 26 , and the 

10 Conformity SI? revision . 

11 The purpose of the proposed amendments 

12 is to update ~he citations to the federa 

13 :c~fcrrrity req\.:la~~cns to reflect all amen~ments 

14 that :'ave )c. _rred lS .. n",. that ~ast se" , 

1 '!a~yland amendments to :O~~;.R 26 . 11 . :6.rhese 

16 _" lude transp,·rtOlt10n confcrr::ity regu lat -'n3 

17 for the ne',; 9-h< ur )Zone and fine parti ;\;late 

18 PM2 . 5) national ambient air quality standards 

NAAQS) ; lncorp' rati )r.s : existing fed, r" 

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1 transporta t ion conformity rule . 

2 Copies of t h e proposed amendmen t s , SIP 

3 rev~sion , and supporting documents will be 

4 submitted with the formal SIP submission package 

5 to the USE?A . 

6 The conformity SIP re v ision formally 

7 revises the Maryland Transport at i on Conformity 

8 State Implementation Plan (SIP 03 - 02) to reflect 

9 changes in t~e conformity process that have 

10 resul t ed fron the enactment of SAFETEA-LU (Sa f e, 

11 Accountable , Flexible , Efficient Transpor t ation 

12 Equity Act : A ~egacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU and 

13 the designation of Washington County by the EPA 

14 as a nonattainl:lent area for fine particulate 

15 ~atter (?M2 . 5 ) . The Hagerstown/ Eastern 

16 Panhandle (HEP) ~etropolitan Planning 

17 Organization 11PO) t o the list of affected 

18 Me t ropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOsl to 

19 e~sure that consu!tat i on procedu~es are f o llowed 

20 1n Washington ~ounty . 

21 Transportat .cn confor~ity 

" conformity " .s a provision of the Clean Air 

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1 Act that ensures that Federal f ~nding and 

2 approval goes to t hose transportation activities 

3 that a re consistent ~ ith a ir qu alit y goals . 

4 Con fo rm it y a p plies to trans p o r t a tion plans a n d 

5 projects funded or approved by t he federal 

6 ~;gh~ay Administration fH"·';'. 1 or the federal 

TranSit Administration FfA ~n a reas that do 

8 ~ot mee t o r previously ha v e not net air quality 

9 standards f or )zone , carbor. Mo n oxide , 

10 partic u late mat t er . or nitrogen dioxide . 

11 On December 1' , 200 4 , EPA issued final 

12 nona t ta i n~ent designatlcns f er fine particula t es 

13 l PM2 . 5 _ filashingtln CQunt)i , ~~dryJ.and be e "me cI 

14 ~~2 . ~ nonattain"'ent area . :;w. tran,porta~10n 

15 "lans and pro ; ects there ~:. __ now reql,Lre a 

16 onfcr~ity determination :0 receive federal 

17 app r- oYill ilnd funding . 

IS The amendment inc!ude s the Washington 

19 County MPO In the ·cnsu: t ati,~ prcce sand 

20 ~equ~~e5 a con! r~lty d@ter~inatlcn n 

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1 federal Highway Admi n istration a nd the Federa l 

2 Transit Administration . These amendmen t s also 

3 r efle c t 8 PA ' s f inal r ule of Mar ch 10 , 2006 

4 requiring that certai n transpor ta tion projects 

5 be anal yz e d for PM2 . S hotspots . 

6 The Depa r tment will consider all 

7 COIT.~en t 5 b e fore ma k i ng a decision t o adopt thes e 

8 amendme n ts and revise the proposed plan i: 

9 ~ecessary . before ma k ing a final submission to 

10 the U . S . Environmental Pr otection Agency . 

11 Written comments may be presented at this 

12 he aring or submitted to Deborah Rabin or Jim 

13 Wilkinson , MDE ARMA , 1800 Washington Boulevard , 

14 Baltimo r e MO 21230 before clcse of bus~ness on 

15 December 14 , 2006 . 

\6 HEARING OFF I CER RA3IN : Please let the 

17 record show that no one has come t o attend this 

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" earlng . . Therefore . we will submit Mr . 

19 Wilkinson ' s hearing statement for the ~eccrd . 

2Q (MOE Deposition Exhibit Number 1 was 

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conclude the public hearing regarding the 

proposed axend~ents to Regulations .01 through 

. OS and . 01 through . 09 under COMAR 26 . 11 . 26 

Conformity and the proposed Conformity SIP 

Revision . 

Let the record reflect that it is now 

10:19 . and this hearing is officially concluded . 

(Whareupon, at 10:19 p.m. the hearing 

wa s concluded.) 

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1 CERTIFICATE OF RSPO RTER 

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3 I . Deb~a L . Maheux , do he r eby cert i f y 

4 that the foregoing p r oceedings were recorded by 

5 ~e via stenotype and r e duced to ty p ewriting 

6 under my superv i sion ; that I an n either cou n se l 

7 f or , related to , nor emp l oyed by any o f the 

8 parties to the action in which these proceedings 

9 were transcribed ; and f urther , that I am not a 

10 relative or emp~oyee of any attorney or counsel 

11 e~ployed by the parties hereto , nor financially 

12 or otherwise interested in the outcome of the 

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