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S1'AT E OF MA I NE D E PARTMENT OF ENVIR ONMENT AL

. PR OTECTION

PAUL R

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June 20, 2014

David Conroy, Chief



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Dear Mr. Conroy: PATRICI A W

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Enclosed pleas e find for your approval and inclusion into Maine's State Implementation Plan (SIP), the recently amended Chapter 159 Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Adhesives and Sealants rule. Although the Department previously submitted Chapter 159 for incorporation in the SIP, we are now requesting withdrawal of our 2009 submittal, since these amendments 

### will supersede this earlier submission.
The adopted amendments align compliance requirements for sing le -p l y roof membrane installation or repair adhesives , single-ply roof membrane sealants and single -ply roof membrane adhesive primers with the 

### January 1, 2016 compliance deadline for these products in New Hampshire.
· A 30-day public comment period (with opportunity to request a public hearing) was held from February 19,2014 until March 21, 2014 in accordance with federal and state administrative requirements. Public notice of the comment period 

### was published on the Maine Secretary of State Rulemaking Website and in newspapers statewide

. No comments were rece i ved on 

### this**propo~al.** The following a dministrative materials are enclosed:
1. Copy of the pu b lic notice that appeared on February 19, 2014;
2. The Department's amended Chapter 159 Control ofVolatilc Organic Compound Emissions from Adhesi ves and Sealants rule; and
3. MAP A I form for Chapter 159 that provides certification by the Commissioner that the Departmen t of Environmental Protection lawfully adopted this rule on May 9, 2014 , and certification that the Attorney General approved the rule 

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The Department is also submitting**exa~t** electronic copies 

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Should you have any questions, please contact Jeffrey Crawford at (207) 287- 7647.

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### EPA Anne McWilliams, 

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### Jeff Crawford w/o encl SIP 

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