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### State of New 

### Hampshirt
. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Thomas S. Burack, Commissioner
February 4, 2013 Mr. Curt Spalding, Administrator USEPA Region I 5 Posli Office Square Suite 100 Boston, MA 02109-3912 

### Re: SIP Revision Proposal for VOC 

### RACT Order No. 

### ARD-03-001 Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., 411 Sunapee Street, Newport, NH Facility Identification #3301900025 Dear Mr. Spalding: Pursuant to section 

### 1I0 of the Clean Air Act and as Governor Margaret Hassan's designee, 

### I hereby submit for your approval a proposed revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP). An electronic version of this submittal, which is an exact duplicate of the paper version , is enclosed on a disk. This revision involve s amendments to a Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Order issued in accordance with the revised New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules, E nv-A 1222, 

### Miscellaneous andMulticategory Stationary VOC Sources (formerly Env -A 1204.49), to Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (Sturm Ruger) for its facil ity in Newport, New Hampshire. On May 31 , I 995, Sturm Ruger s ubmitted an initial VOC RACT compliance plan for operations associated with firearm manufacturing facility. Based on this application, along with subsequent submittals made in 2001 and 2002, the New Hampshire Department ofEnvironmental Services, Air Resources Division (DES) issued the initial VOC RACT Order No. ARD-03-00 I to Sturm Ruger on October 13 , 2003. DES submitted the VOC RACT Order as a SIP revision on October 13, 2003. The VOC RACT Order, along with the SIP revision submittal, was amended on December 1, 2003, in response to comments received from the United States Env ironmental Protection Agency (USEPA). On November 15, 20 12 the USEPA approved the Order into the New Hampshire SIP, effect i ve January 4 , 2 013. O n November 19 , 201 0, Sturm Ruger submitted an application for the installation of a Camouflage Image Transfer and Coating Process Line and a new Stainless Steel Bluing Line. T he VOC RACT Order was amended on March 2, 2010 to include these new process lines. The Order was subsequent ly amended on March 21, 2012 to update the limit for the Camou flage Image Process Line.
Order: This SIP rev is ion proposal include s the followi ng documentation covering the amended VOC RACT

• A copy ofthe public notice published on January 20, 2010. Note that this public notice pertains to the amended order issued on March 2, 2010
. The amended order issued on March 21,2012 did not result in an increase in emissions; the refore, a public notice was not pub li shed for that amendment. • DES proposed VOC RACT Order letter dated January 20, 20 1 2; • DES final VOC RACT Order issuance letter dated March 21, 20 12; and • Final VOC RACT Order issued o n March 21,2012
. Since the last SIP revision submittal on December I, 2003, the most recent VOC RACT Order has been amended to detail the VOC RACT requirements for the n ew Camouflage Image Transfer and Coat ing Process Line and the new Stainless Steel Bluing Line as detailed below: DES Web site: www.des.nh.gov P.O. Box 95, 29 Ilazen Drive, Concord, New Hampshire 03302-0095 Telephone: (603) 271-1370 • Fax: (603) 271-1381 • TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964Mr. Curl Spalding S IP Revision Proposal for VO C RACT Order No. ARD-03-00/ February 4, 20 I3 Page2



### • Coating limit for the new Stainless Steel Bluing Line was added as C ondition D.3.b.ii; • Cond i tions relating to the Camouflage Coating Process were added as Conditi o n DJ.d , Condition 0.4 and Condition D.S.b. Note that the limit contained in Condition D.S.b. was amended on March 21,2012. • Conditions previously numbered as 0.4 to 0.7 were renumbered as 0.5 to 0.8. Should you require fu rthe r information , please contact Barbara Dorf schmidt ofthe Air Resources Divi sio n, Permitting and Envi ronmental Health Bureau at (603) 27 I -6796 or v ia e-mail at barbara.dorfschmidt @ des.nh.gov .

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- Ne wport NH Tim Drew

- PI P Don Olesen

- St urm Ru ger & Company, Inc. Ida McDonnell

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