5TATEOFDELAWAREDEPARTMENTOFNATURALRESOURCESANDENVIRONMENTALCONTROLOFFICEOFTI-IE89K1NGSHIGHWAYPHoNE:(302)739-9000SECRETARYDOVER,DELAWARE19901FAX:(302)739-6242Secretary’sOrderNo.:2009—A-0008RE:ProposedAmendmentstoRegulationNo.1141oftheStateofDelawareRegviationsGoverningtheControlofAirPollution:“LimitingEmissionsofVolatileOrganicCompoundsFromConsumerandCommercialProducts”-Section2.0(ConsumerProducts)andSection4.0(Adhesives&Sealants)DateofIssuance:March16,2009EffectiveDateoftheAmendment:April11,2009I.Background:ApublichearingwasheldonWednesday,January28,2009,at6:00p.m.attheDNRECPriscillaBuildingconferenceroom,156S.StateStreet,Delaware,toreceivepubliccommentontheproposedamendmenttoexistingDelawareRegulation1141,“LimitingEmissionsofVolatileOrganicCompoundsFromConsumerandCommercialProducts”:Section2.0(ConsumerProducts)andSection4.0(Adhesives&Sealants).Thepurposeofthisamendmentistoreducevolatileorganiccompounds(VOCs)fromsomecommercialandconsumerproductssold,distributed,manufacturedorusedinDelaware.VOCsandothercompoundscanreactintheloweratmosphereduringhot,sunnydaystoformgroundlevelozone.Highlevelsofground-levelozonecandamagelungtissue,aggravaterespiratoryconditionsandmakepeoplemoresusceptibletoVe1awa’e41ood‘7faz’cczedqecüo€jocilrespiratoryinfections.Childrenareespeciallyvulnerabletoozone’sharmfuleffects.Currently,Delawaredoesnotmeetfederalground-levelozoneairqualitystandards.DelawareisoneoftwelveNortheaststates(andtheDistrictofColumbia)thatarepartoftheOzoneTransportCommissioncreatedunderthefederalCleanAirAct,whichworkstodevelopandimplement.solutionstotheground-levelozoneproblemintheNortheastandMid-Atlanticregions.ThisproposedamendmenttoDelawareRegulationNo.1141isbasedontherecentlydevelopedOzoneTransportCommissionmodelrules,whichinturnwerebasedonsimilarCaliforniarulesthathavebeeninexistencesince1998.Theamendment,oncepromulgated,willreduceVOCemissionsinDelawareandwillbecomepartofDNREC’splantoattainthe8-hourground-levelozoneNationalAmbientAirQualityStandard(NAAQS)by2010.TheproposedamendmenttoRegulationNo.1141revisesexistingSection2.0byaddingthesale,distribution,andmanufactureof23additionalconsumerproductsandproducttypestothe89productsalreadyintheoriginalrule,whichbecameeffectiveinDelawarein2005.Theseproductsincludepersonalhygieneandgrooming,homecleaning,andcleaningofelectricalandelectronicequipment.Ifadopted,Section2.0ofthisamendmentwouldreducesuchVOCemissionsinDelawarebyupto220tonsperyear.2Additionally,anewsectiontoexistingRegulation1141,entitledSection4.0,“AdhesivesandSealants”isproposedatthistime.ThisnewsectionwouldestablishVOClimitsforcommercially-usedadhesiveandsealantproducts,including25adhesives,4adhesiveprimers,5sealantsand3sealantprimers.Theproductsareprimarilyusedinhomeconstruction,carpetandroofinstallation,autorepair,andtireretreadingoperations.Ifadopted,Section4.0isprojectedtoreduceVOCemissionsbyapproximately365tonsperyear.-VariousmembersofthepublicattendedthishearingonJanuary28,2009toofferpubliccommentwithregardtotheaforementionedamendmentstoDelaware’sexistingRegulation1141,andthosecommentswerethoroughlyaddressedbytheDepartmentduringthisregulatorypromulgation.Propernoticeofthehearingwasprovidedasrequiredbylaw.Afterthehearing,theHearingOfficerpreparedherreportandrecommendationintheformofaHearingOfficer’sMemorandumtotheSecretarydatedFebruary10,2009,andthatReportinitsentiretyisexpresslyincorporatedhereinbyreference.ILFindings:TheDepartmenthasprovidedareasonedanalysisandasoundconclusionwithregardtothisproposedregulatoryaction,asreflectedintheHearingOfficer’sMemorandumofFebruary10,2009,whichagainis3attached

and expressly incorporated

into

this Order

in

its entirety. Moreover,

the following

findings

and conclusions

are entered

at this time: 1.

The Department

has jurisdiction

under

its statutory

authority to make

a determination

in this proceeding; 2.

The Department

provided

adequate

public

notice

of

the proceeding

and

the public hearing

in

a manner

required

by

the law

and regulations; 3.

The Department

held

a public hearing

in

a manner

required

by the

law

and regulations; 4.

The Department

has reviewed

this proposed amendment

in

the light

of the Regulatory

Flexibility

Act,

and

has determined

it

to be lawful,

feasible

and desirable,

and

that

the revisions

as proposed

should

be applied

to

all Delaware

citizens

and members

of the regulated community

equally

in order

to provide increased

public

health

to Delaware’s

citizens,

as well

as

to provide

greater consistency

between

current

state

air toxics standards

and

the recently promulgated

federal standard

on which

this proposed amendment

is based; 5. Promulgation

of

this proposed amendment

would

update Delaware’s requirements

to

be consistent

with

the federal requirements,

and

is one

of several

regional measures

being adopted

to aid

in the attainment

and maintenance

of the eight hour ozone NAAQS

by 2010;

46.

The Department

anticipates

that

the revisions

to Section

2.0 (Consumer

Products)

will result

in 220

tons

per

year

VOC reduction

in

the State

of Delaware,

and

that

the addition

of Section

4.0 (Adhesives

& Sealants)

will result

in

a reduction

of approximately

365

tons

per year

VOC reduction

as well; 7.

The Department’s

Response

Document

dated February

9, 2009, provides

a thorough,

accurate

and balanced

summary

of the record,

and

is expressly incorporated

herein

for that purpose. 8.

The Department

has

an adequate

record

for

its decision,

and

no further

public hearing

is appropriate

or necessary; 9.

The Department’s

proposed

regulatory

amendments

to Delaware’s

existing Regulation

1141,

as published

in

the January

1, 2009 Delaware

Register

of Regulations

and

as revised

and

set

forth

within Attachment

“B” hereto,

is adequately

supported,

not arbitrary

or capricious,

and

is consistent

with

the applicable

laws

and regulations. Consequently,

it should

be approved

as

a final regulation, which

shall

go into effect

ten days

after

its publication

in the next available

issue

of the Delaware

Register

of Regulations;

and 510.TheDepartmentshallsubmittheproposedregulationasafinalregulationtotheDelawareRegisterofRegulationsforVpublicationinitsnextavailableissue,andshallprovidewrittennoticetothepersonsaffectedbytheOrder.III.Order:Basedontherecorddeveloped,asreviewedintheHearingOfficer’sMemorandumdatedFebruary10,2009,andexpresslyincorporatedherein,itisherebyorderedthattheproposedamendmentstoexistingDelawareRegulationNo.1141,“LimitingEmissionsofVolatileOrganicCompoundsFromConsumerandCommercialProducts”:Section2.0(ConsumerProducts)andSection4.0(Adhesives&Sealarits),bepromulgatedinfinalforminthecustomarymannerandestablishedrulemakingprocedurerequiredbylaw.IV.Reasons:/ThepromulgationoftheaforementionedamendmentstoexistingStateofDelawareRegulation1141willbringDelawareintocompliancewithFederalstandardsbyupdatingDelaware’srequirements,whereappropriate,tobeconsistentwiththesame,andwillalsoresultinbetterpublichealthstandardsforDelaware’scitizens.Moreover,thispromulgationwillreduceVOCemissionsinDelawareandwillbecomepartoftheStateofDelaware’splantoattainthe8-hourground-levelozoneNationalAmbientAirQualityStandard(NAAQS)by2010.6Indevelopingthisregulation,theDepartmenthasbalancedtheabsoluteenvironmentalneedfortheStateofDelawaretopromulgateregulationsconcerningthismatterwiththeimportantinterestsandpublicconcernssurroundingthesame,infurtheranceofthepolicyandpurposesof7Del.C.,Ch.60.DavidS.SmallActingSecretaryAhear\Reg.1141.AxundzntO9.sect.2.Oand4.O.ORD7

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