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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION 

The Providence Journal 

The Providence Sunday Journal 

State of Rhode Island 

City and County of Providence 

Published by The Providence Journal Company 

Providence, Rhode Island 02902 

State of Rhode Island 

Department of 

Environmental Management 

Office of Air Resources 

Notice of Public Hearing 

and Comment Period 

Concerning the adop-

~ don of the proposed 

y "Rhode Island Attain-

~ ment Plan for the 8-Hour 

y, Ozone National Ambient 

~ Air Quality Standard" and 

~ the proposed "Revision of 

~ the Rhode Island State 

~ Implementation Plan to 

~ Address Interstate Trans. 

port of Pollutants Affect- Barbara Mortn at (401) 222- j illg Attainment and 2808, ext. 7012, TCDD (401) 

S Maintenance of the 8- 222-agoo . 

Written comments may be ~ Hour Ozone and Fine Par- + sent to the office of Air Re- ticulate Matter (PM2.5) sources at the above address 

~ National Ambient Air ' or emailed to Barbara Marin 

~ Quality Standards" 

Notice is hereby given that ' unti 4b00aPM on Thnrrsda v 

a March 20, 2008, at which time' public hearing regarding the, the comment period will end, adoption of the proposed 

"Rhode Island unless extended by the hear- Attainment ~f ing officer. It is requested that Plan for the 8-Hour !Ozone 

~ 

persons who wish to make National Ambient Air Quality comments during the public 4 Standard" and the proposed 

r hearing submit a copy of their Revision of the Rhode Island 

~ State statement for the record. Implementation Plan to iMembers of the Office 9f Air 

~ 

Address 

~ 

tInterstate Transport Resources may question com-

~ tainment and Maintenance of ;menters concerning their yrey the 8-Hour Ozone and Fine jm~be 

y Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Department of Envi- 

~ National Ambient Air Quality 

/ ,Standards" will b~jldlng is accessible to those be held in 

Room 300 of the with disabilities . Persons with Department 

~ of Environmental Manage- disabilities 

InOdation should contact the 

Street, 

ment, at 235 Promenade Office of Air Resources 8t 

Thursday, , March 20 

Providence 

,, 

RI 

2008 at 

on 

~ TCDD 401 222-6800, " or 

10:00 AM, at which time in- (401) 22 -2~ at least three 

~ terested parties will be heard. 

business-days prior to the 

In fulfillment Of Federal g 

~ Clean Air Act requirements, , 

sign" this I ifh day 

! the proposed attainment plan of February 2 

~ demonstrates that Rj** 111- -- °` ._ 

y land will attain the 6-honr 

y ozone National Ambient Air 

/ Quality Standard by 2009 . 

~ The plan commits the State to 

0 adopt additional control measures for the asphalt paving, 

~ industrial solvent cleaning, 

flat wood paneling and adhesives emission source cate gories to meet federally 

y mandated Reasonably Avail. 

able Control Technology 

~ (RACT) and Reasonably 

/ Available Control Measure { (RACM)' requirements and 

~ demonstrates that emissions 

~ of ozone precursors will be 

reduced by at least 15% in 

~ 2008 from 2002 levels. The 

~ submission also includes 

; Rhode Island's 2002 Base 

Year Inventory and the 

State's mobile sauce budget 

for the years Z00$ and 2tlOg, 

which will be need for Transportation Conformity parposes. 

The 

pnr ih'pa°dea thittr~e~ Plan i~mo 

sions in Rhode bland do not contribute significantly to elevated levels of ozone and fine particulate matter in areas in other states that are not in attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Stan- dards for those pollutants . 

Copies of the proposed plans are available from the Office of Air Resources, 235 

~ Promenade Street, Provi- dence, RI, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m . and from the , 

se ctton, of the ' 

Department's web site at bttp ://wWw.dem.ri.gov/ For more informatlon contact 

On this 15th day of February 20 08 , 

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

and State, personally appeared Cheryl Jacobs, Senior 

Sales Director, in the office of The Providence Journal 

r 

Company, publishers of THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, 

a newspaper published in the City of Providence by The i 

Providence Journal Company, who, on being duly 

sworn, states that the advertisement of state of Rhode 

Island Department of Environmental Management 

Office of Air Resources Notice of Public Hearing~ 

and Comment Period Concerning the adoption Of . .o~ 

a true copy of which is hereunto annexed, was duly 

inserted in THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL in its 

issue of Februa ry 14 20 08 

Cheryl Jac 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 

day of 

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