STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 

OFFICE OF AIR RESOURCES 

Notice of Public Hearing and Comment Period 

Concerning proposed Amendments to Air Pollution Control Regulations No. 8 "Sulfur 

Content of Fuels" and Air Pollution Control Regulations No. 20 "Burning of 

Alternative Fuels" 

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing regarding proposed amendments to Air Pollution 

Control Regulations No. 8 "Sulfur Content of Fuels" and Air Pollution Control Regulations No. 

20 "Burning of Alternative Fuels", will be held in Room 230 of the Department of 

Environmental Management, at 235 Promenade Street, Providence, Rhode Island on Friday April 

11, 2014 at 10:00 AM, at which time interested parties will be heard. 

The Department is proposing to revise Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 8 to lower the 

allowable limits on the sulfur content of petroleum-based distillate and residual fuel oils and 

remove some outdated provisions of the regulation. The proposed revisions would reduce the 

sulfur content (by weight) of: 

• Distillate oil to 0.05 percent (500 ppm) by no later than 2014 (Phase I); 

• Distillate oil to 0.0015 percent (15 ppm) by no later than 2018, depending on supply 

availability (Phase II); 

• Residual oil to 0.5 percent (5000 ppm) by no later than 2018. 

The outdated provisions that are proposed to be removed are subsections 8.3.2 "Emission 

Bubbling", 8.3.3 "Conversion and Conservation Incentive", 8.3.4 "Large Fuel Burning Devices 

Using Coal" and 8.4.2 "Residual Fuel Oil Shipments to Marine Terminals. 

Additionally, DEM is proposing a revision to APC Regulation No. 20 to revise the sulfur content 

limitation of alternative fuels so that they are consistent with the proposed amendments to APC 

Regulation No. 8. 

DEM has complied with the requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws Section 42-35-3 by considering 

alternative approaches to the proposed regulations and has determined that there is no alternative 

approach that would be as effective and less burdensome. DEM has also determined that the 

proposed regulations do not overlap or duplicate any other state regulation. DEM has complied 

with the requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws Section 42-35-3.3, 42-35.1-3 and 42-35.1-4 by 

preparing an Economic Impact Statement and a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis and providing 

these to the Office of Regulatory Reform. 

Copies of the proposed amendments and a Fact Sheet are available at the Office of Air Resources 

at 235 Promenade Street, Providence, Rhode Island or on the Department's web site at 

www.dem.ri.gov . Written comments on the proposed amendments may be sent to the Office of 

Air Resources at the above address until 4:00 PM, April 14, 2014, at that time the comment 

period will end, unless extended by the hearing officer. It is requested that persons who wish to 
make oral comments during the public hearing submit a copy of their statement for the record. 

The Department of Environmental Management building is accessible to those with disabilities. 

Persons with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the Office of Air Resources at 

TCDD (401) 222-6800, or (401) 222-2808, or toll free at 1-800-752-8088, at least three business 

days prior to the hearing. 

Signed this 14th day of March, 2014. 

07044, 

Douglas L. McVay, Cin f 

Office of Air Resources