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### HEARING , Proposed 

### Visibility State Implementation Plan 

### ! The Delaware Department of NaWal Resources and Environmental C ontro l (DN REC ) , Air Quality Management Section wlll conduct a public hea ring on a pfOposed State Im plem e nta b o n**~an** 'f or rwucing visibility i mpairing pollutants. The c l ean pjr Act (CM) mandates proteclon of visibility in Class I federal areas, such as qafio nal parks, forests and wild



### erness areas. Pursuant to federal rules states are require<! to develop a series of State Il]1p lementa tio n P lans (S i Ps) to reduce

. visibilily im pairment wilti the "'pres

. s intent tha t by 2064 , the visi bility in the Class I areas will be returned 10 natural con- : ditions. This proposed SIP is the fist S I P in th is process, and IT establishes that Briganlne National WildlITe Refuge in New Jer, sey is the only Class I area that Delaware i mpac ts, In addition, D e laware 

### w ill directly benefit from this

_ a n d ,similar actions be ing taken i n other slates, as ltie same pollutan ts lti at reduce visibility in these Class I fe(feral areas also impact the-air qualily i,\a ll portions of Delaware. This proposed SIP shows Ihat visibilily im pairmenl is pr i mari l y caused by suHur di Oidd e, and 10 a lesser degrne, prim;ry parli' cles and olher partide procursors, These parl i c les and partic le precursors a r e

transported f ro m broad geographic 

### areas , and are emitted from many source types, such as p oint , area, and 

### on-road and non-road sources, and wildfire and agricultural· emissions : Th i s 

### proposed SiPs goal's anq emissions.reduction s lrategies demonstrale ltial adopled and enforceable State and 

### F ederal ' r egulations and control measures meet long te rm "" , . strate g ies and " r easonable pro g r ess goals" established as part o f th e regional c o nsultation process.**~** '.**~ ~**  • !

, . f 40 CFR 51.308 requ ires states to consul t, lvith the , Federal land

, Managers IFLMs) at least 60 days before ltie scheduled public

h earing o n the draft SIP and inolude (or reference) a summary of the conclusions an d recommendations of the F lM (s), Delaware requested c o mme nt s on the draft S I P

from FLMs on April 28 , 2008 and their comments 

### were re ceived electronically on June 27, 2008. The Department welcomed the FLM advice and comments, and in response has made several changeslo :' the proposed S I P. the F l M comments andDNREC's iespo ns es may be rev iewed on DNREC's website: http11www'Wm " delaware gov /lnfolR egstpageslA QMPlansReg s aspx or by contacting J ack Sipple at (302 ) 739-9402 or**joh n.** **~p-** , p le@state.de .us. F lM commentwresponses are also included in Appendix 

### 4 , t of ltie proposed SIP. • ", 

## "":. Apub lic hearing on this proposed SIP will 

## be heldTuesday, September 23, 2008, beginning at 6:00 p.m, in the Priscilla ' Buildi ng , t56

. South State Street, Dover, DE 1 990 1. Th e pro.' p osed SIP may b e i n

spect ed a t the Department's offices l ocat

- . ed at 156 S. State Street Dover and 7t 5 Grantham lane , New

. Castle o r viewed on the Department's webpa ge reference d above. ,,& '\ < " '( Int eres ted parties may

### submitcomme~ts in writin g on this p ro posed amendment prior to the public.hearing an<llor com ments may be presentw either**ora l~**  or i n writing at the publ ic hear- " ing

. II you are unab le to attend ltie public hear in g or wish to su bmit your comments in advance of the p ub lic he arin g" p l ease address your**~omments** 10:**~:** Jack Sipple

, DNREC Air Dualily Management Secti o n '" 156 South State Street

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