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Date: 12/17/2009 10:47 AM 

Subject: Notice of Public Hearings ­ Please confirm receipt 

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 

AIR &. RADIATION MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION 

NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARINGS 

In January 2010, the Air and Radiation Management Administration will hold public hearings concerning proposed amendments to 

air quality regulations and submission of regulations to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval as part of 

Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The actions are briefly described below: 

1. AdhesIVes and Sealants - Electronic System. 


Amend Regulation .15 under COMAR 26.11.19 Volatile Organic Compounds from Specific Processes to repeal the general emission 


standard for adhesives under COMAR 26. 11. 19. 15C(4} and replace it with the proposed source-Specific VOC Reasonably Available 


Control Technology (RACT) emission limitation for the application of adhesives and sealants to specialty electronic systems and 


subsystems for defense and homeland security. This source category is exempt from requirements under COMAR 26.11.35. 


2. Paper. Film and Foil Coatings 


Amend Regulation .07 under COMAR 26.11.19 Volatile Organic Compounds from Specific Processes to adopt the requirements of 


the EPA Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) for paper, film and foil coating. EPA develops CTGs as guidance on control 


requirements for source categories. States can follow the CTGs or adopt more restrictive standards. MOE proposes to adopt the CTG 


standards for paper, film and foil coatings. 


3. Indusbjal Cleaning Solvents 


Adopt new Regulation .09-1 under COMAR 26.11.19 Volatile OrganiC Compounds from Specific Processes to adopt the requirements 


of the EPA CTG for industrial deaning solvents. 


4. Flexible Packaging Prlntina 


Amend Regulation .10 and adopt new Regulation .10-1 under COMAR 26.11.19 Volatile Organic Compounds from Specific Processes 


to adopt the requirements of the EPA CTG for flexible packaging printing. 


5. Uthographic and Letterpress Printing 


Amend Regulation .11 under COMAR 26.11.19 Volatile Organic Compounds from Specific Processes to adopt the requirements of 


the EPA CTG for lithographic and letterpress printing. 


6. Flat Wood Paneling Coating. 


Amend Regulation .32 and adopt new Regulation .33 under COMAR 26.11.19 Volatile OrganiC Compounds from Specific Processes 


to adopt the requirements of the EPA CTG for flat wood paneling coatings. 


7, Recent Public Service Commission (PSCl Reaulatory ActIon to Clarity that Modification. to Power Plants are 

Subject to the Federal Clean Air Act 

On November 5, 2009, the Public Service Commission adopted amendments to Regulations .01 and .02, new Regulation .06, and 

the recodification of existing Regulation .06 to be Regulation .07 under COMAR 20.79.01 General. The changes to this chapter 

were proposed in the Maryland Register on September 11, 2009. The Final Action will be published on December 18, 2009 

(effective date: December 28, 2009). The action implements amendments to §7-20S of the Public Utility Companies Artide enacted 

by the General Assembly in 2006 to conform to federal Oean Air Act requirements as they pertain to modifications of stationary 

sources, induding power plants. The action darifies what modifications are subject to the PSC process and which ones are exempt. 

This notice is to inform the public that the Department of the Environment will submit this PSC regulatory action and the appropriate 

portions of §§ 7-205, 7-207, 7-207.1 and 7-208 of the Public Utility Companies Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland to EPA to 

be approved as part of Maryland's SIP. 

All of the regulatory actions described above will be submitted to the U.S. EPA for approval as reviSions to Maryland's SIP. 

The full text of the 6 proposed actions will appear in the Maryland Register and at http:Llwww.dsd.state.md.us/mdregister/ on 

December 18, 2009. The technical support documents (TSDs) are available for public review on the Maryland Department of the 

Environment's website at the following address: http://www.mde.state.md.us/AboutMDE/regcomments.asp 

Public hearings on the 7 actions listed above will be held on January 21, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Department of the Environment, 

1800 Washington Boulevard, 1st Floor Aeris Conference Rooms, Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1720. 

Interested persons are invited to attend and express their views. Comments may be mailed to Deborah Rabin, Regulations 

Coordinator, Air and Radiation Management Administration, Department of the EnVironment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 
730, Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1720, or emailed to Qrabjn@m~d~state~md.us, or faxed to (410) 537-4223. Comments must be 

received not later than January 21,2010, or be submitted at the hearing. For more information, call Deborah Rabin at (410) 537­

3240. 

Anyone needing special accommodations at a public hearing should contact the Department's Fair Practices Office at (410) 537­

3964. TIY users may contact the Department through the Maryland Relay Service at 1-800-735-2258. 

Deborah Rabin, Regulations Coordinator 

Air &Radiation Management Administration 

Maryland Dept. of the Environment 

1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 730 

Baltimore, MD 21230 

Telephone Number: (410)-537-4414 
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