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State of Rhode Island 

Department of 

Environmental Management 

Office of Air Resources 

Notice of Public Hearing 

and Comment Period 

Concerning proposed 

amendments to Air Pollution Control Regulation 

No. 37 "Rhode Island's 

Low Emissions Vehicle 

Pr.~i'am". . 

I4:otice Is hereby given that 

a public hearing regarding 

proposed amendments to Air 

Pollution Control Regulation 

No. 37 "Rhode Island's Low 

Emissions Vehicle Program" 

will be held in Room 300 of 

the Department of Environmental Management, at 235 

Promenade Street, Providence, Rhode Island on Thursday, November 30, 2005 at 

~ 1 :00 p.m ., at which time interi ested parties will be heard. 

The proposed amendments 

would adopt the latest Calffornia ~ Exhaust - Emission 

Standards relating to greenhouse gas emissions, add the 

medium-duty weight class vehicles to the regulations and 

make a clarifying amendment 

for the Zero Emission Vehicle 

component of the Low Emission Vehicle II program. The 

greenhouse gas emission standards and standards for the 

medium-duty vehicles would 

apply to new vehicles sold in 

Rhode Island beginning with 

model year 2009. 

Copies of the proposed 

amendments and a Fact Sheet 

are available at the Office of 

Air Resources at 235 Promenade Street, Providence, 

Rhode Island or on the Department's web site at 

www.dem.ri .gov. Written 

comments on the proposed 

amendments may be sent to 

the Office of Air Resources at 

the above address until 4:00 

PM, November 30th, 2005, at 

that time the comment period 

will end, unless extended by 

the hearing officer. It is requested that persons who 

wish to make oral comments 

during the public hearing submit a copy of their statement 

for the record. Members of 

i the Office of Air Resources 

I may question commenters 

i~ concerning their remarks. 

The Department of Environmental Management 

' building is accessible to those 

I with disabilities . Persons with 

'~ disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the 

Office of Air Resources at 

TCDD (401) 222-6800, or 

' (401) 222-2808, or toll free at 

1-800-752-8088,atleast three 

business days prior to the 

hearing. 

Signed the 27th day 

of October 2005 

Stephen Majkut, Chief 

Office of Air Resources 

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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION 

The Providence Journal 

The Providence Sunday Journal 9ti-7 

Published by The Providence Journal Company 

Providence, Rhode Island 02902 J' c:? 

State of Rhode Island 

City and County of Providence ~ j 

On this 31st day of October 20 05 

before me, a Notary Public, duly qualified for said County 

and State, personally appeared Laurence Ricardo, Senior 

Sales Director, in the office of The Providence Journal 

Company, publishers of The Providence Journal, a 

newspaper published in the City of Providence by The 

Providence Journal Company, who, on being duly 

sworn, states that the advertisement of 

State of Rhode Island Department of Environmentai 

Management Office of Air Resources Notice of 

Public Hearing and Comment Period Concerning . . . 

a true copy of which is hereunto annexed, was duly 

inserted in THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL in its 

issue of 

October 31st, 2005 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31 s t 

October 
State of Rhode Island 

Department of 

Enviromnental 

Management 

Office of - 

Air Resources 

Notice of Public 

Hearing and 

Comment Period 

Concerning proposed 

amendments to Air Pollution Control Regulation 

No. 37 "Rhode Island's 

Low Emissions Vehicle 

Pro6is is a second notice 

hereby given, correcting the 

date contained in the original 

notice, that a public hearing 

regarding proposed amendments to Air Pollution Control 

Regulation No . 37 "Rhode Island's Low Emissions Vehicle 

Program" will be held in 

Room 300 of the Department 

of Environmental Management, at 235 Promenade 

Street, Providence, Rhode Island on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 1 :00 p.m., at 

which time interested parties 

will be heard. 

The proposed amendments 

would adopt the latest California Exhaust Emission 

Standards relating to greenhouse gas emissions, add the 

medium-duty weight class vehicles to the regulations and 

make a clarifying amendment 

for the Zero Emission Vehicle 

component of the Low Emission Vehicle II program. The 

greenhouse gas emission standards and standards for the 

medium-duty vehicles would 

apply to new vehicles sold in 

Rhode Island beginning with 

model year 2009 . 

Copies of the proposed 

amendments and a Fact Sheet 

are available at the Office of 

Air Resources at 235 Promenade Street, Providence, 

Rhode Island or on the Department's web site at 

www.dem.ri .gov . Written 

comments on the proposed 

amendments may be sent to 

the Office of Air Resources at 

the above address until 4:00 

PM, November 30th, 2005, at 

that time the comment period 

will end, unless extended by 

the hearing officer. It is requested that persons who 

wish to make oral comments 

during the public hearing submit a copy of their statement 

for the record. Members of 

the Office of Air Resources 

may question commenters 

concerning their remarks. 

The Department of Environmental Management 

building is accessible to those 

with disabilities . Persons with 

disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the 

Office of Air Resources at 

TCDD (401) 222-6800, or 

(401) 222-2808, or toll free at 

1-800-752-8088, atleast three 

business days prior to the 

hearing. 

Signed the 31st day of October 2005 . 

Stephen Majkut, Chief 

Office of Air Resources 

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State of Rhode Island 

City and County of Providence 

On this 7th day of November 20 05 

before me, a Notary Public, duly qualified for said County 

and State, personally appeared Laurence Ricardo, Senior 

Sales Director, in the office of The Providence Journal 

Company, publishers of The Providence Journal, a 

newspaper published in the City of Providence by The 

Providence Journal Company, who, on being duly 

sworn, states that the advertisement of 

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State of Rhode Island Department of Environmenta 

Management Office of Air Resources Notice of 

Public Hearing and Comment Period Concerning . . . 

a true copy of which is hereunto annexed, was duly 

inserted in THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL in its 

issue of 

Xu"re,ce Ricardo 

November 7th,20 05 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 

day of November 

7th 

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Notary Public , 

My Commission expires: C.'n7 C, .3-