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Public Hearing regarding:

PROPOSED AIR QUALITY REGULAT]ONS

Location: State of New York DeparLment of Environmental- Conservation Regional Office 621 4 East Avon-Líma Road Avon, New York 744L4

Date: January L9, 2012

Time: 2:00 p. m

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New York State

Department of Environmental Conservation

627 4 East. Avon-Líma Road

Avon, New York 144L4

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Appearing on Behal-f of New York State Department of

Environmental Conservation :

Daniel E. WaJ-sh, P.E.

New York State

Department of Environmental

621 4 East Avon-Lima Road

Avon, New York I4414

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Also Present

David VanHerreweghe

Pam Helming

Joseph FiegI

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MR. MARRIOTT: I'l-f cal-1 the hearinq to

order now. ft's January 79, 200'1 . ft's 2:03 p'm.

This is an adminístrative public hearing

wit.h a legislative format before the New York State

Department of Environmental- Conservation in the matterof part 2Ig-9 and Part 248 of Titte 6 0f the officialcompilation of codes, Rules and Regulations to the

st.ate of New York and the Lead National Ambient Air

Qual-ity Infrastructure Assessment that must be

submitted to USEPA.

The purpose of this hearing is to receive

public comment on t.he proposed regul-ations and the

l-ead assessment.

f am Thomas Marriott and f 'm serving as

the hearing officer for the department. There are a

total- of two hearing sessions f or these proposal-s.

This is the second and l-ast hearing of the two

s cheduled .

I wil-l- now call on Daniel- Walsh of

Division of Air Resources, Rêgion B, to make a

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MR. MARRIOTT: You don't have to -- off

the record.

(There was a discussj-on of f the record.)

MR. MARRIOTT: Back on the record.

MR. WALSH: Good afternoon, everyone. I

am Daniet Vrlalsh, Env j-ronmentaf Engineer I I in the

Division of Air Resources, New York State Departmentof Environmental- Conservation's Region B office.

This public hearing is one of three

scheduled for the purpose of receiving statements andcomments on the three separate department's proposals.

First, it will- amend Part 200, GeneralProvisions, of the air regulations' amend an existing

air regulation governing incineralors, add ne\,v

applicability requiremenLs and add a new Subpart 21'g-g

for sewage sludge incineration units. These

amendments wí11 incorporate, by reference' the

requirements of Federal Rufe 40 CFR 60, Part MMMMthat's four Ms and add specific schedule

requirements for facilities to come into compliance

with the new regul-ation.

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establ-ish mandatory l-imits for nine air pollutants

incl-uding part icul-ate matter, suf f ur dioxide, hydrogenchl-or j-de, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, lead,

cadmium, mercury and dioxins/furans.

The proposed rule woul-d afso establ-ísh an

opacity limit as welf as specific requirements for

initial and annual performance testitg, operator

trainingr ïecordkeeping and reportíng, and compliance

monitoring.

Anyone who wishes to obtain information or

submit comments rel-ated to the Part 2I9-9 proposedactions may contact John Henkes at NYSDEC/ Division of

Air Resources , 625 Broadway, Albany, New York

12233-3254; telephone/ area code 518-402-8403; e-mail,2IgincinGgw.dec. state. ny. us . Or visit the

department ' s webs ite at I^Iww . dec . ny. 9ov / requlations /propregulations that's P-R-O-P-R-E-G-U-L-A-T-T-ON-S . html.

Second, the department is proposing to

revise 6 NYCRR Part 248, Use of Ul-tra Low Sulfur

Diesel Fuel- and Best Available Retrofit Technofogy for

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The proposed changes are attributable to

recent court decisions in the New York State

Legisfature amending New York Environmental

conservatíon Law, ECL, paragraph 19-0323. NYSDEC has

the statutory authoríty to amend the existing

regulatíon pursuant to ECL.

These amendments wilt continue to

implement the Diesel Emission Reduction Act of 2006and conform Part 248 to the recent ECL Section 79-0323

changes. In addition , Tecent court decisions requirethe department to revise portions of lhe regulation.

It. wil-1 also continue to generally mit íqate a

potential threat to the health and well-being of New

Yorkers posed by diesel exhausl emissions and provide

emíssions reduct.íons, thereby meeting tegislative

obj ectives.

Specificatly, Part 248 would be amended by

changing several definitions, including "contractoI', "

"prime contractor, " "on behalf of " and "regul-ated

entíty work." As a resulL, the requirements of the

Diesel- Emissi-on Reduction Act of 2006 and Part 248

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compliance schedule to al-Iow all vehj-cl-es covered bythis regul-ation to have best avaítabfe retrofít

technofogy on or after December 31st, 2012' It would

al-so delete 33 percent and 66 percent best avaílable

retrofit technofogy phase-in compliance deadfines.

Finatly, Part 248 would add a useful- life

waiver provision, which aIlows the department to issue

a waiver of the requirements of this part to a best.

avail-abte retrofit technofogy regul-ated entity or

contracLor upon receipt. of request from such entity or

contractor, provided that such vehicle wíIl be

permanentJ-y taken out of service in New York state on

or before December 31st, 2013-

Anyone who wishes to obtain information or

submit written comments related to these proposedactions may contact Jim Bologna at NYSDEC, Division of

Air Resources, 625 Broadway' Al-bârry, New York

12233-3255; telephone/ area code 518-402-8292; e-mail,

24BDERAGgw.dec.state.ny.us. or visit the department's

website at ww\,ü. dec.ny. gov /regulations/propregulations

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comments related to the Part 248 [sic] proposedactions may contact John Henkes at NYSDEC, Division of

Air Resources, 625 Broadway, Al-bâûY, New York

I2233-3254; telephone, area code 51-B-402-8403; e-mai1,

2:.9incínGgw.dec. state.ny.us. Or visit the

department' s webs ite at w\ivw. dec . ny. g ov / r egulations /

propregulat ions that ' s P-R-O-P-R-E-G-U=L-A-T-T-ON-S . html.

Third, the department is accePt.ing

commenLs on the Lead National Ambient Quality

Infrastructure Assessment

On October 15, 2008, the United States

Environmental- Protection Agency f inali zed ne\^// more

stringent National Ambient Air QuaJ-ity Standards forl-ead. The Clean Air Act under Section 110 (a) (1)requires states to submit a plan or infrastructure

assessment within three years after the revision of a

National Ambient Air Quality Standard demonstrating

they have the basic aj-r qualj-ty manaqement program

components in pJ-ace to provide for implementation,

maint.enance and enforcement of such standards in t.he

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On October 1. 3, 20II, the deParLment

submitted its infrastructure assessment for the 2008

Lead National Ambient Air Quality standards to

Environmental Protection Agency. This document, which

affirmed that the state's air program has the

capability and authorit.y to implement, ffiâintain andenforce the National- Ambíent Air Qual-ity standards,

vvas submitted as a revision to the New York state

Implementation Pl-an (SIP) - A copy of the infrastructure assessmentcan be obtained by contacting scott Griffin at

518-402-8396. Comments on this proposal may be

submitted by contacting Mr. Griffin oI by e-mailing

them to airs ips Ggw . dec . state ' ny. us .

The department will- provide a written

respon,se to comments received at these hearíngs. The

department ís accepting comments on these threeproposal-s through 5 p.m. , January 26, 20L2 '

That's the end of this statement.

MR. MARRIOTT: Thank You.

Currently, there is no one ín attendance

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to speak. If there are no attendees at that time, I

wil-l- cf ose the hearing record.

(The proceeding recessed at 2zIB p.m.)

(The proceeding reconvened at 2:31- p.m.;

appearances as before noted.)

MR. MARRIOTT: The time nol/v is 2:3I p.m.

and there's no further atLendees that wish to speak atlhis hearing. As such, I'm closing the hearing

record.

(TIME: 2:32 p.m.)

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I, MOLLY PRICOLA, being a Freelance Court

Reporter and Notary Publ-ic in and for Monroe county,

New York, do hereby certify that I reported in machine

shorthand the foregoing pages of the above-styledcause, and that they were prepared bycomputer-assisted transcriptJ-on under my personalsupervision and constitute a true and accurate record

of the proceedíngs.

I further certifY that I am not an

attorney or counsel of any parties, nor a refative or

employee of any attorney or counsel connected with the

action, nor financially interested in the action.

WITNESS my hand in the City of Rochester,

County of Monroe, State of New York'

MOLLY PR COLA

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Notary Public No. 01PR6210086 for Monroe CountY, New York

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