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### Subject: Notice of Public Hearings Please confirm receipt Notice ofPublic Hearings InAugust 2010, the Air and Radiation Management Administration will hold public hearings concerning proposed amendments to air quality regulations and submission of regulations tothe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval as part of Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The actions are briefly described below: 1. Definition ofFuel Burning Equipment This action will amend (1) Regulation .01 under COMAR 26.11.01 General Administrative Provisions; and (2) Regulation .01 under COMAR 26.11.09 Control of Fuel-Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain FuelBurning Installations. The action will remove the word "furnace" from the definition offuel burning eqUipment in COMAR 26.11.01.01B(17) and remove the definition "fuel burning eqUipment" from COMAR 26.11.09.01. 2. Distributed Generation Amendments This action will amend Regulation .08-1 under COMAR 26.11.09 Control of Fuel-Burning EqUipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations. The purpose ofthis action is to: (1) clarify the applicability of this regulation and the application ofthe 10-hourexclusion; (2) reqUire load shaving units to install a time meterto record total operating time; and (3) clarify the procedures for securing NOx allowances for compliance purposes. 3. largeAppliance Coating This action will amend Regulation .06 under COMAR 26.11.19 Volatile Organic Compounds from Specific Processes to adopt the requirements of EPA's Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) for large appliance coating. 4. Lithographic and Letter Press Printing This action will amend Regulation .11 under COMAR 26.11.19 Volatile Organic Compounds from Specific Processes to incorporate EPA's CTG for lithographic and letterpress printing into Maryland's current regulations for the control ofvolatile organic compounds (VOC). All ofthe regulatory actions described above exceptthe distributed generation amendments will be submitted to EPA for approval as revisions to Maryland's SIP. The full text ofthe proposed actions will appear in the Maryland Register and at httD:/Iwww.dsd.state.md.uslmdreaister/ on July 

### 2, 2010. The technical support documents (TSDs) are available for public review on the Maryland Department of the Environment's website at the following address: httD:/Iwww.mde.state.md.usLAboutMDE/reacomments.asp Public hearings on the proposed actions listed above will be held on August4, 2010at 10 a.m. at the Department ofthe Environment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, 1st FloorAeris 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 ManagementAdministration, Department ofthe EnVironment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 730, Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1720, or emailed to drabin@mde.state.md.us, or faxed to (410) 537-4223. Comments must be received not laterthan August4, 2010, or be submitted atthe hearing. For more information, call Deborah Rabin at (410) 537-3240. Anyone needing special accommodations ata public hearing should contact the Department's Fair Practices Office at (410) 537-3964. 

### nY 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. ofthe Environment 1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 730 Baltimore, MD 21230 Telephone Number: (410)-537-4414

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