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### MAR YLAND DEPARTMENT OP**~H E**  

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### 4 PR OPOSE D AME N DMENTS TO 

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### 1 0 11 12 The hearing in the a bove-referen',ed 13 ",alte r co",,,,enced**~n** Thursday , December .4 ,**200~ ,**  14 

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### A P P**~** 

### A RAN C E S 

### 2 3 ON BEHALF OF THE MDE : 4 DEBORAH RABIN, HEARING OFFICER 5 JAMES WILKINSON, MDE 6 MaI")lland Department of the Environ:nent 

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### 1 PRO C E E DIN G S 

### 2 3 HEARING OFFICER RA BIN : 

### Good morning . 4 On behalf of the Depa rtm ent of th e 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
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### 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 

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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 

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### 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 

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### 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 

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### 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** 

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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 

### 14 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** w e re mddc avai!db!e [or public



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1 inspection at the Air and Radiation Management 

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### Cumberland , 3 and Salisbury, and at all local health 4 departments or local air quality control 

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### 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, 

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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 Transpor t 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** 

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### previously h a 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 . 

### 1 1 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!ud e 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 M ar 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 . 1 1 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 18 

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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 21 marked for identification . ) 22 HEP.RING OF F ICER R."BIN :



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### conclude the public hearing regarding the proposed**axend~ents** 

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### . 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 . ( Wh areupon, at 10:19 

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### CERTIFICATE OF RSPO RTER 2 

### 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 sio n ; 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 1 0 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 13 action .

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