# GENERAL

NOTICES361DEPARTMENTOFNATURALRESOURCESANDENVIRONMENTALCONTROLDivisioNOFAIRANDWASTEMANAGEMENTStatutoryAuthority:7DelawareCode,Chapter60,(7Del.C.Ch.60)DelawareProposedVisibilityStateImplementationPlan1.TiTLEOFTHEREGULATIONS:Delaware’sProposedVisibilityStateImplementationPlan2.BRIEFSYNOPSISOFTHESUBJECT,SUBSTANCEANDISSUES:ThefederalCleanAirActmandatesprotectionofvisibilityinClassIfederalareas,suchasnationalparks,forestsandwildernessareas.Underthe1999RegionalHazeRule,statesarerequiredtodevelopaseriesofStateImplementationPlans(SIPS)toreducevisibilityimpairmentwiththeexpressintentthat;by2064thevisibilityintheClassIareaswillbereturnedtonaturalconditionsThisproposedSIPisthefirstSIPinthisprocess,anditestablishesthatBrigantineNationalWildlifeRefnge(BNWR),NJistheonlyClassIareathatDelawaresignificantlyimpacts.DelawarecoordinatedwithClassIstatesandtheMid-AtlanticlNortheasiVisibilityUnion(MANE-VU)inthedevelopmentofthisproposedSIPtopresentstrategiestolessenvisibilityimpairmentinBNWR.ThisproposedSIPalsoshowsthatvisibilityimpairmentisprimarilycausedbysulfurdioxide,andtoalesserdegree,primaryparticlesandotherparticleprecursors.Theseparticlesandparticleprecursorsaretransportedfrombroadgeographicareas,andareemittedfrommanysourcetypes.ThisproposedSIPsgoal’sandemissionreductionstrategiesdemonstratethatadoptedandenforceableStateandFederalregulationsandcontrolmeasuresmeetlongtermstrategiesandreasonabIeprogressgoalsby2018,asestablishedbyClassIstatesandregionalconsultationprocess3.POSSIBLETERMSOFTHEAGENCYACTION:None4.STATUTORYBASISORLEGALAUTHORITYTOACT:7DeI.C.Ch.60,EnvironmentalControl5.OTHERREGULATIONSTHATMAYBEAFFECTEDBYTHEPROPOSAL:None6.NOTICEOFPUBLICCOMMENTThepubliccommentperiodforthisproposedSIPrevisionwillextendthroughSeptember23,2008.InterestedpartiesmaysubmitcommentsinwritingduringthistimeframetoJackSipple,AirQualityManagementSection,156S.StateSi,Dover,DE19901,and!orstatementsandtestimonymaybepresentedeitherorallyorinwritingatthepublichearingtobeheldbeginningat6:00p.m.onTuesday,September23,2008,inthePriscillaBuilding,156SouthStateStreet,Dover,DE.7.PREPAREDBY:JackSipple(302)739-9402john.sipple©state.de.usAugust14,2008*PIeaseNote:DuetothesizeoftheDelaware’sProposedVisibilityStateImplementationPlan,itIsnotbeingpublishedhere.AcopyofthePlanisavailableat:DelawareProposedVisibilityStateImplementationPlanAnauthenticatedPOFversionoftheAppendicesfortheDelawareProposedVisibilityStateImplementationPlanisavailablehere:DELAWAREREGISTEROFREGULATIONS,VOL12,ISSUE3,MONDAY,SEPTEMBER1,2008CALENDAROFEVENTSIHEARINGNOTICESDELAWARERIVERBASINCOMMISSIONPUBLICNOTICEOFPROPOSEDRULEMAKINGANDPUBLICHEARINGProposedAmendmentstotheWaterCodeandComprehensivePlantoImplementaRevisedWaApproachtoIdentifyandControlWaterLossTheDelawareRiverBasinCommissionwillholdapublichearingandbusinessmeetingon‘ASeptember24,2008beginningat10:30a.mThemeetinglocationcouldnotbeconfirmedasofthedthisnotice.Formoreinformation,includingthemeetinglocation,visittheDRBCwebsiteatwww.icontactPamelaM.Bush,Esq.,CommissionSecretaryandAssistantGeneralCounsel,at609-883-9500203.DELAWARESTATEFIREPREVENTIONCOMMISSIONPUBLICNOTICEDelawareStateFirePreventionRegulations,PartVIII,FireDepartmentandAmbulanceCornAdministrativeStandards,Chapter1FinancialAuditRegulationsTheDelawareStateFirePreventionCommissionwillholdapublichearingpursuantto16DeI.C.§6(DeI.C.§101onTuesday,October21,2008at1:00RM.intheCommissionChamber,DelawareStateF;DelawareFireServiceCenter,1463ChestnutGroveRoad,Dover,Delaware.TheCommissionispropregulationsastheresultoftheenactmentofHB329,codifiedat16DeI.C.§6622.ThenewregulatirindudedasDelawareStateFirePreventionRegulations,PartVIII,FireDepartmentandAmbulanceAdministrativeStandards,FinancialAuditRegulations.PersonsmayviewtheproposedchangestotheRegulationsbetweenthehoursof8:00am.toMondaythroughFriday,attheDelawareStateFirePreventionCommission,DelawareStateFireSchoolFireServiceCenter,1463ChestnutGroveRoad,Dover,Delaware,19904.YoucanFindthemeetinganncandproposedchangesontheDelawareWebsitehttp:/iwwwdelawareppvlpaov/calendarnsf.Therereasonablefeechargeforcopiesoftheproposedchangesortheproposedchangesmayberetrievewebpageforfree.PersonsmaypresenttheirviewsinwritingbymailingtheirviewstotheCommissionattheabopriortothehearing.Thefinaldatetosubmitwrittenororalcommentsshallbeatthepublichearing.Iftiofpersonsdesiringtotestifyatthepublichearingislarge,theamountoftimeallottedtoeachspeaklimited.TheCommissionwillconsiderpromulgatingtheproposedregulationsimmediatelyfollowingDEPARTMENTOFEDUCATIONTheStateBoardofEducationwillholditsmonthlymeetingonThursday,September18,2008aintheTownsendBuilding,Dover,Delaware.hearing.DELAWAREREGISTEROFREGULATiONS,VOL.12,ISSUE2,MONDAY,SEPTEMBER1,2