# State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

State Implementation Plan (SIP) For Regional Haze

Final

Appendix O : Public Participation

July 2009A public hearing on this proposed SIP revisi on was held on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 401 E. State St., 1 st Floor, Public Hearing Room, Trenton, New Jersey. Th is hearing was held in accordance with the provisions of Section 110(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §7410; 40 C.F.R. §51.102(a)(1), the Air Pollution Control Act (1954), N.J.S.A. 26:2C-1 et seq ., and the Administrative Procedure

Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14 B-1 et seq . Written comments relevant to the proposal were accepted until the close of business, Friday, November 28, 2008. Timely notice of the h earing was published in six newspapers circulated in New Jersey at least 30 days prior to the hearing. In addition, notice of the hearing appeared in the October 20, 2008 edition of the New Jersey Register (40 NJR 6233(c). Notices of the hearing and of the availability of the SIP revision were also emailed or mailed to over 1,000 interested parties. Additiona l notification consisted of posting a copy of the proposal on NJDEP’s website and using online re sources to help the public access NJDEP’s website; providing a copy to the USEPA Region 2, the United States Fish and Wild life Service

and several northeastern states; and mailing the proposal to ni neteen public libraries throughout the State, NJDEP’s four regional offi ces, and its public access center.

Appendix O-1 contains the notice announcing the av ailability of the proposed SIP revision and the hearing.

Appendix O-2 contains the documenta tion of the notices that appear ed in the newspapers and the New Jersey Register.

Appendix O-3 contains the response to comment document

# State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

State Implementation Plan (SIP) For Regional Haze

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Appendix O-1 : Notice of Availability

July 2009

### New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AVAILABILITY:

Proposed Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for the New Jersey

Long-Term Plan to Protect and Enhance Visibility Levels in New Jersey’s Federally Designated Class I Area, the Brigantine Wilderness Area of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

Take notice that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is proposing a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) to protect and enhance visibility levels in the Brigantine Wilderness Area of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, a federally designated Class I area. A copy of the proposed SIP revision was forwarded to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) on September 15, 2008.

The purpose of this proposed SIP revision is to establish the first Reasonable Progress Goal within the Class I area to help achiev e the Congressionally mandated goal of reaching natural background visibility levels by the year 2064. The proposal demonstrates that New Jersey will meet the 2018 Uniform Rate of Progress set for Brigantine Wilderness Area by the deadline established in the USEPA regulations. The proposal also addresses other mandatory SIP elements for regional haze by:

1) Establishing the baseline and natural visibility conditions at the Brigantine Wilderness Area;

2) Identifying states that contribute to visibility impairment at the Brigantine Wilderness Area;

3) Establishing the 2018 Reasonable Progress Goal for the Brigantine Wilderness Area;

4) Addressing New Jersey’s contribution to visibility impairment at Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union (MANE-VU) designated Class I areas;

5) Addressing sources that require Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART); and

6) Requesting that while reviewing other states’ SIP revisions, the USEPA take into consideration those states’ impact on New Jersey’s obligations to meet the 2018 Reasonable Progress Goal, and compel the emission reduction necessary to achieve this goal.A copy of the proposal is now available for inspection, as described more fully below. A public hearing concerning the Department’s proposal/proposed SIP revision is scheduled as follows:

Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. The NJ Department of Environmental Protection Building, Public Hearing Room (1 st

Floor)

401 East State Street Trenton, New Jersey

This hearing is being held in accordance with the provisions of Section 110(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7410. Written comments may be submitted by close of business on Friday, October 31, 2008 , to:

NJ Department of Environmental Protection Alice A. Previte, Esq.

Attn: DEP Docket # 09-08-06 Office of Legal Affairs 401 East State Street, 4 th Floor

P.O. Box 402 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0402

The Department requests that commenters subm it comments on disk or CD as well as on paper. Submittals on disk or CD must not be access-restricted (locked or read-only) in order to facilitate use by the Department of the electr onically submitted comments. The Department prefers Microsoft Word 6.0 or above. Macintosh formats should not be used.

The following are options for obtaining a copy of the proposed SIP revision:

1. Visit the Department's website at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/ , where Air Quality Management rules, proposals, adoptions and SIP revisions are available. The Department’s proposed SIP revision can be viewed or downloaded from the following

url: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/sip/siprevs.htm

2. Go and inspect the proposal/proposed SIP revision during normal office hours at any

of these locations:

DEP Public Information Center DEP Bureau of Enforcement 401 E. State Street, 1st Floor Northern Region Trenton, New Jersey 08625 7 Ridgedale Avenue Cedar Knolls, N.J. 07927

DEP Bureau of Enforcement Central Region DEP Bureau of Enforcement Horizon Center, P.O. Box 407 Southern Region Robbinsville, N.J. 08625-0407 2 Riverside Drive, Suite 201 Camden, N.J. 08103Trenton Public Library Penns Grove/Carney’s Point Public Library

Association 120 Academy Street 222 South Broad Street Trenton, N.J. 08608 Penns Grove, N.J. 08069

Newark Public Library New Brunswick Free Public Library 5 Washington Street 60 Livingston Avenue P.O. Box 630 New Brunswick, N.J. 08901 Newark, N.J. 07102-0630

Ms. Ellen Calhoun Burlington County Library Library of Science and Medicine, Rutgers University

3 Pioneer Blvd. and Woodlane Rd. P.O. Box 1029 Mt. Holly, N.J. 08060 Piscataway, N.J. 08855-1029

Joint Free Public Library Freehold Public Library Morristown & Morris County 281⁄2 East Main Street 1 Miller Road Freehold, N.J. 07728 Morristown, N.J. 07960 Camden Free Public Library Burlington City Library 418 Fredericks Street 23 West Union Street Camden, N.J. 08103 Burlington, N.J. 08016 Somerville Public Library Perth Amboy Public Library 35 W. End Avenue 193 Jefferson Street Somerville, N.J. 08876 Perth Amboy, N.J. 08861

Toms River Public Library Atlantic City Public Library 101 Washington Street 1 North Tennessee Avenue Toms River, N.J. 08753-7625 Atlantic City, N.J. 08401

4. Request a copy of the proposal/proposed SIP revision by calling Willa Williams at (609) 292-6722, by e-mailing her at willa.williams@dep.state.nj.us, or by mailing or faxing the attached form to her as indicated on the form.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS: For more information about the Department’s SIP proposal, please call our Bureau of Air Quality Planning at (609) 292-6722.MAIL OR FAX THIS SIP PROPOSAL REQUEST FORM TO:

Ms. Willa Williams New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Air Quality Planning 401 E. State Street, 7 th Floor

P.O. Box 418 Trenton, N.J. 08625-0418

phone: (609) 292-6722 fax: (609) 633-6198 willa.williams@dep.state.nj.us

 Please send me a copy of the Department's Proposed Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for the New Jersey Long-Term Plan to Protect and Enhance Visibility Levels in New Jersey’s Federally Designated Class I Area, the Brigantine Wilderness Area of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

Name:

Organization:

Address:

Telephone:

 Please remove my name from the Air Quality SIP and rulemaking mailing list.

Please consider subscribing to our Air Rules Listserv to receive e-mail updates of all proposed Department rulemaking relating to air pollution control and revisions to New Jersey's State Implementation Plan. Signing up is easy through our AIRRULES LISTSERV Info Page at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/airrules.html

.NJ DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION DIVISION OF AIR QUALITY BUREAU OF AIR QUALITY PLANNING

Public Notice Proposed Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for the New Jersey LongTerm Plan to Protect and Enhan ce Visibility Levels in New Jers ey’s Federally Designated Class I Area, the Brigantine Wilderness Area of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.

Take notice that the New Jersey Department of En vironmental Protection (Department) is extending the public comment period for the proposal to revise the State Implementation Plan (SIP) to protect and enhance visibility levels in the Brigantine Wilderness Area of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, a federally designated Class I area. The notice of the public hearing and availability of the proposed SIP revision will be published in the New Jersey Register on October 20, 2008. The comment period, which was sche duled to close on October

31, 2008, is extended to November 28, 2008.

Written comments may be submitted by close of business, Friday, November 28, 2008 , to:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Alice A. Previte, Esq.

Attn: DEP Docket # 09-08-06 Office of Legal Affairs

401 East State Street, 4 th Floor

P.O. Box 402 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0402

Please refer to the original notice for detail ed information regarding the proposed State Implementation Plan.

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# Appendix O-2: Documentation of the Notices that Appeared in the Newspapers and the New Jersey Register

July 2009Appendix O-2 includes the documentation of the notices that appeared in the newspapers and the New Jersey Register. The documentatio n from the newspapers is only available in hardcopy format.

# State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

State Implementation Plan (SIP) For Regional Haze

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# Appendix O-3: Response to Comment

Document

July 2009