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8 Implementation, Maintenance, and Enforcement of the PM2.5

9 National Ambient Air Quality Standard

10 State Implementation Plan

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13 The hearing in the above matter commenced on

14 Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at the MDE Headquarters,

15 Mcntqomery Park, 1800 Pashinqton Boulevard, Baltimore,

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19 BEFORE: DEBORAH RABIN, Hearing Officer

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21 Reported by: Robin Boggess

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3 ON BEHALF OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT:

4 DEBORAH RABIN

5 Regulation Development Coordinator

6 Regulation Development Division -ARMA

7 Maryland Department of the Environment

8 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 730

9 Baltimore, Maryland 21230

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11 JIM WILKINSON, Planner

12 Air Quality Planning Division (

13 Air and Radiation Management Administration14 Maryland Department of the Environment

15 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 73016 Baltimore, Maryland 21230

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4 MS. RT\BIN: Good morning. On behalf of the5 Department of the Environment and the Air and Radiation6 Management Administration, I would like to welcome you to

7 this public hearing.8 My name is Deborah Rabin and I am the

9 Regulations Coordinator for the Air and Radiation

10 Management Administration. I will serve as hearing

11 officer for today’s hearing.12 I would like to ask all of you in attendance

13 today to please sign in, if you haven’t already done so.14 This will help us to keep an accurate record of the15 people who participate in the hearing. Also, copies of

16 the proposed State Implementation Plan and the17 Department’s statement are available on the table for

18 your information.19 This hearing concerns the proposed

20 Implementation, Maintenance, and Enforcement of the PM2.521 National Ambient Air Quality Standard State

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4 outlines Maryland’s authority regarding the

5 Implementation, Maintenance, and Enforcement of the PM2.5

6 National Ambient Air Quality Standard.

7 Notice of this public hearing appeared in The

8 Baltimore Sun on February 22, 2008 and The Maryland

9 Department of the Environment’s website on February 20,

10 2008 and remained on the website until today’s hearing.

11 The hearing will proceed in the following

12 order. First, Mr. Jim Wilkinson will make a statement on

13 behalf of the Air and Radiation Management

14 Administration. After Mr. Wilkinson is finished, I will

15 call on any elected official or government official who

16 wants to make a statement. Then, I will call upon anyone

17 else who indicated on the sign—in sheet that he or she

18 would like to make a statement.

19 When giving your statement, please come up

20 front, identify yourself and your affiliation, and give

21 your statement loudly and clearly. Are there any

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3 MS. RABIN: A summary of all comments received4 will be answered in writing and published with the final

5 State Implementation Plan document.6 I will now call on Mr. Wilkinson.

7 Please let the record show that no one has come8 to attend this hearing. Therefore, we are submitting the9 hearing statement into the record.

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13 Maryland Department of the Environment14 For the Public Hearing Concerning the15 Implementation, Maintenance, and Enforcement of the PM2.516 National .Ambient Air Quality Standard

17 State Implementation Plan

18 Held on March 26, 2008

19 MR. WILKINSON: Good morning. My name is Jim

20 Wilkinson. I am a Planner in the Air Quality Planning

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4 This public hearing concerns Maryland’s

5 proposed plan for implementation, maintenance, and

6 enforcement of the PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality

7 Standard.

8 This public hearing is being held pursuant to

9 federal law found at 42 U. S. C. § 7410(a) and 40 CFR

10 Parts 51.102 and 251. It is also being held in

11 conformance with the State Administrative Procedure Act,

12 under the State Government Article, beginning at Section

13 l0101.

14 Notice of this public hearing appeared in The

25 Baltimore Sun on February 22, 2008, and The Maryland

16 Department of the Environment’s website on February 20,

17 2008 and remained on the website until today’s hearing.

18 Copies of these notices will be submitted with

19 the formal SIP submission package to the U.S. EPA.

20 Copies of the proposed SIP were submitted for

21 review to the State Clearinghouse and are also submitted

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4 Radiation Management Administration offices in Baltimore,5 Cumberland, and Salisbury, and at all local health

6 departments or local air quality control offices.

7 The purpose of this hearing is to provide the

8 public with an opportunity to formally comment on the9 proposed SIP document.

10 SUMMARY OF PROPOSED STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN11 The purpose of this document is to examine

12 Maryland’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) and determine (

13 if all necessary air quality monitoring, implementation,14 maintenance, and enforcement measures for the PM25

15 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) are in16 place.

17 §110 (a) (2) of the Clean Air Act provides a

18 detailed listing of various requirements for state

19 implementation plans regarding the national ambient air

20 quality standards. In this SIP document, each

21 subparagraph from (A) through (M) is broken down, with

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5 The ambient air quality monitoring/data system6 section of this document under §110 (a) (2) (B) is intended

7 to replace Maryland’s air quality monitoring network SIP

8 revision of December 20, 1979 approved by the

9 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on August 31, 1981

10 (FR 46:43677) -11 CONSIDERATION OF COMMENTS12 The Department will consider all pertinent

13 comments, and revise the proposed plan if necessary,

14 before making a final decision to adopt the plan and15 submit it to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for16 approval as a Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP)

17 The comment period for this SIP ends by 5 p.m.18 today, March 26, 2008.

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20 MS. RABIN: This will conclude the public21 hearing regarding the proposed plan for the

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