Debbie Rabin - Notice of Public Hearing re: Clean Cars Program – Please Confirm Receipt Page 1

From: Debbie Rabin

To: Ali Mirzakhalili; James Sydnor; John Benedict; Joyce Epps; Judy Katz; Linda Janey; 

Stanley Tracey

Date: 8/30/07 4:37PM

Subject: Notice of Public Hearing re: Clean Cars Program – Please Confirm Receipt

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

AIR & RADIATION MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

In October, the Air and Radiation Management Administration will hold a public hearing concerning 

proposed new air quality Regulations .01 - .14 under a new chapter, COMAR 26.11.34 Low Emissions 

Vehicle Program. The purpose of the new regulations is to adopt the California Clean Car Program in 

Maryland as required by the Maryland Clean Cars Act of 2007. These regulations require all new 2011 

and subsequent model year passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty vehicles having a gross 

vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 14,000 pounds or less that are transferred in Maryland to meet the 

California emissions standards.

These regulations will be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a revision to 

Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP).

The full text of the proposed new regulations will appear in the Maryland Register and at 

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/mdregister/ on August 31, 2007. The Technical Support Document is 

available for public review on the Maryland Department of the Environment's website at the following 

address: http://www.mde.state.md.us/AboutMDE/reqcomments.asp

Copies of the proposed action and supporting documents are available for review at the following 

locations: The Air and Radiation Management Administration; regional offices of the Department in 

Cumberland and Salisbury; all local air quality control offices; and local health departments in those 

counties not having separate air quality control offices.

A public hearing on the proposed action will be held on October 3, 2007 at 10 a.m. at the Department of 

the Environment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, 1st Floor Aqua and Terra 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 Management Administration, Department of the 

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 later than 

October 3, 2007, or be submitted at the hearing. For more information, call Deborah Rabin at (410) 

537-3240.

Anyone needing special accommodations at the public hearing should contact the Department's Fair 

Practices Office at (410) 537-3964. TTY 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. of the Environment

1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 730

Baltimore, MD 21230

Telephone Number: (410)-537-3240
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MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 

1800 Washington Boulevard • Baltimore MD 21230 

410-537-3000 • 1-800-633-6101 

 Shari T. Wilson

Secretary

Robert M. Summers, Ph.D.

Deputy Secretary

Martin O’Malley 

Governor 

Anthony G. Brown Lieutenant Governor 

 August 30, 2007 

CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION 

This is to certify that the “Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Notice of Public Hearing 

Concerning Proposed New Air Quality Regulations Under the Low Emissions Vehicle Program” was 

published on MDE’s web site on August 30, 2007. It will remain posted on the site until the public hearings 

have been held on October 3, 2007. The notice in full with links to technical supporting documents may be 

found in the following web address: 

http://www.mde.state.md.us/AboutMDE/reqcomments.asp

Web publication of the notice was at the request of Deborah Rabin, Regulations Coordinator of the Air and 

Radiation Management Administration of MDE. 

 By: 

 DIANA ALEGRE 

 MDE Webmaster 

 

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Copy of web page as published. 

MDE Content Management System Content History Report 

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