(4/6/2009) Debbie Rabin - Notice of Public Hearings re: Air Quality Regulation Amendments Please Confirm Receipt Page 1

From: Debbie Rabin To: Ali Mirzakhalili; Cecily Beall; John Benedict; Joyce Epps; Judy Katz... CC: Angelo Bianca; Tad Aburn 

### Date: 4/6/2009 11:30 AM Subject: Notice of Public Hearings re: Air Quality Regulation Amendments
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In May 2009, the Air and Radiation Management Administration will hold public hearings concerning the following proposed actions: 1. Prevention ofSignificantDeterioration (PSD) Update Amendments to Regulation .01 under COMAR26.11.01 General Administrative Provisions and Regulation .14 under COMAR26.11.06 General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictionsto (1) update the adoption of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc.y (EPA) PSD federal requirements found under 40 CFRPart 52.21 to include the changes in the July 1, 2008 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); and (2) clarify the meaning of the terms "Administrator" and "Reviewing Authority" as used in 40 CFRParts 52.21 and 52.1116. 2. Sintering Plants Amendments to Regulation .03 under COMAR26.11.10 Control of Iron and Steel Production Installations regarding sintering plants located at a steel mill and equipped with water scrubbers for control of particulate matter. The amendments will include specific minimum values for the water flow rate and scrubber pressure drop for the existing scrubbers to assure that continuous compliance with particulate matter requirements is achieved. 3. R. Paul Smith Power Station ElectricGenerating Units Amendments to Regulations .02 and .03 under COMAR26.11.27 Emission Limitationsfor Power Plants to establish NOx and S02 emission limits for R. Paul Smith Power Station electric generating units. An annual emission cap will be set for NOx and 502. An ozone season emission cap will also be set for NOx emissions. The 3 regulatory actions described above will be submitted to the U.S. EPAfor approval as revisions to Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP).

. The full text of these proposed actions will appear in the Maryland Register and at http://www.dsd.state.md.us/mdregister/ on April 24, 2009. The Technical Support Document will be available on that date for public review on the Maryland Departmentof the Environment's website at the following address: http://www.mde.state.md.us/AboutMDE/regcomments.asp Public hearings on these proposed actions will be held on May 28, 2009 at 10 a.m. at the Department of the EnVironment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, 1st Floor AertsConference 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 May 28, 2009, or be submitted at the hearing. For more information, call Deborah Rabin at (410) 537-3240. Anyone needing special accommodations at the public hearings 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)-537-4414C:\DOCUME-1\drabi"n\L()CALs-1\Temp\GW}00001.TMP Page 1

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