Appendix J. 

Public Hearing Notices and Public Comments 

and Responses 

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Washington Times 

Legal/Public Notices Posting Date: 3-24-07 

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF THE 

ENVIRONMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AIR QUALITY ISSUES

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on April 25, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in 

the 6th Floor conference room at 51 N Street, NE, Washington, D.C. This hearing 

provides interested parties an opportunity to comment on a proposed revision to the 

Districts State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Washington DC-MD-VA ozone 

nonattainment area. The proposed revision, State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the 8-

Hour Ozone Standard Demonstrating Reasonable Further Progress for 2008, and a 

Moderate Area Attainment Demonstration, and a 2002 Base Year Inventory for the 

Washington DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area, consists of: (i) a Reasonable Further 

Progress (RFP) plan for 2002-2008; (ii) an attainment plan; (iii) an analysis of reasonably 

available control measures; (iv) an attainment demonstration; (v) contingency plans for 

failure to attain RFP and the air quality standard; and (vi) mobile source budgets. The 

revision also consists of the base year 2002 air pollutant emissions inventory, which 

serves as the basis for all planning activities related to the 8-hour ozone National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for the metropolitan Washington, DC area. This 

inventory has been prepared in response to the emissions inventory requirements under 

172(c) of the federal Clean Air Act and in accordance with 40 CFR 51.915. The proposed 

plan was prepared by the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee (MWAQC), 

which consists of elected officials from the affected localities and representatives of the 

states and DC transportation and air quality planning agencies. The plan is intended to 

show the progress being made to improve air quality in the Washington nonattainment 

area and the efforts underway to assure that all necessary steps are taken to reach the 

federal health standard for ground-level ozone by 2009. MWAQC prepared the plan to 

comply with the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; with federal reclassification 

requirements; and with federal Phase I and Phase II implementation guidance. On March 

15, 2007, MWAQC approved the proposed plan, and DC and the states are releasing it 

for public review and comment. The proposed air quality plan is available online at 

http://sharepoint.mwcog.org/airquality/default.aspx Copies of the proposed SIP revisions 

are available for public review during normal business hours at the offices of the District 

Department of the Environment (DDOE), 51 N Street, NE, Room 6051, Washington, 

D.C. 20002, and at the following D.C. Public Library branches: 901 G Street, NW; 

Connecticut Avenue & McKinley Street, NW; 37th Street & Alabama Avenue, SE; 

Wisconsin Avenue & R Street, NW; 18th Street & Rhode Island Avenue, NE. Interested 

parties wishing to testify at this hearing should furnish in writing their names, addresses, 

telephone numbers and affiliation, if any to Ms. Deirdre Elvis-Peterson at DDOE by 4:00 

p.m., April 25, 2007. No written comments will be accepted after April 25, 2007. For 

more information, call Ms. Elvis-Peterson at 202-535-2256 or email her at 

deirdre.elvis@dc.gov 

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Public Comments and Responses for 8-Hour Ozone 

Comment 

Number Topic Priority_Num Commenter(s) Date Received Recipient C

Comments on Attainment Demonstration 

1 Attainment 

Demonstration 

1 Air Quality Public 

Advisory Committee 

4/22/2007 DC DOE 

and COG 

The commenter is attainment modelinmonitors in the reghour ozone standaweight of evidence to demonstrate com

Comments on Control Measures 

2 Control 

Measures 

1 Air Quality Public 

Advisory Committee 

4/22/2007 DC DOE 

and COG 

To protect the healthe SIP should havcontrol measures tnot adopted by the inadequately addremobile sources and 

3 Control 

Measures 

2 Chesapeake Climate 

Action Network, Environmental Resources Trust, Resource Systems Group, Jonathan Miles, Debra Jacobson 

4/19/2007 COG The commenters s

renewable energy measures in the SIMaryland, Virginia, Columbia adopting (CAIR) regulations 

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Comment 

Number Topic Priority_Num Commenter(s) Date Received Recipient C

allowances are retithe avoided emissirenewable energy measure. The comintensified efforts to renewable energy measures in the SI

4 Control 

Measures 

3 City of Alexandria, 

Transportation & Environmental Service, Division of Environmental Quality 

4/2/2007 COG The commenter req

reduction activities Voluntary Bundle CMarch 14, 2007) be Chapter 10, Weighthe SIP. 

5 Control 

Measures 

4 Rodney Livingston 4/25/2007 DC DOE 

and COG 

The commenter exenough has been dsince 1990. The coregional leaders neimprovement effortexample. In particuaddress inefficiencbuilding operations new building codeslighting, and more Leaders also shouluse and transportareduce demand for commenter also suassociated with foostores need to be a

6 Control 

Measures 

5 Julie Crenshaw van Fleet 4/26/2007 VA DEQ 

and COG 

The commenter saplants cause health well as for local res

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Comment 

Number Topic Priority_Num Commenter(s) Date Received Recipient C

emissions. Large cadditional actions tby operating such f

Technical Corrections 

7 Technical 

Corrections 

1 Virginia Department of 

Environmental Quality 

4/13/2007 COG For the following so

emissions and assthe Base Year 200document and its aSIP) to reflect the Bestimates for these MWCOG in VDEQinventory (NIF3.0) sources (non-NonrCoating – Traffic P(2401008000) – AlSurface Coating – 

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(2401100000) – AlGraphic Arts (2425Jurisdictions 4) MilCounty 5) Military aPrince William CouYear 2002 emissiowill change the futuassociated analyseTherefore, also updand associated anain the main SIP docappendices. 

8 Technical 

Corrections 

2 Maryland Department of 

the Environment 

4/13/2007 COG The commenter req

the weight of evidethe appendix of the main chapters of thcommenter is not ror significant changbut a relatively simappendices. 

Other Comments 

9 Other 1 Chesapeake Climate 

Action Network, Environmental Resources Trust, Resource Systems Group, Jonathan Miles, Debra Jacobson 

4/19/2007 COG Increased use of ze

sources will be essgreenhouse gas anprecursor emission

10 Other 2 Air Quality Public 

Advisory Committee 

4/22/2007 DC DOE 

and COG 

The federal governresponsibility to asWashington region currently preempte

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control. 

11 Other 3 Jeffrey Choy 

(Washington, Maryland, Delaware Service Station and Automotive Repair Association (WMDA) Advisor) 

4/23/2007 MDE Maryland is the las

maintain and run a program. All other allowing providers many more outlets their citizens. 

12 Other 4 Jeffrey Choy 

(Washington, Maryland, Delaware Service Station and Automotive Repair Association (WMDA) Advisor) 

4/23/2007 MDE Maryland has only 

too few outlets, pubgreater distances, w(costs), public’s tim

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Number Topic Priority_Num Commenter(s) Date Received Recipient C

13 Other 5 Jeffrey Choy 

(Washington, Maryland, Delaware Service Station and Automotive Repair Association (WMDA) Advisor) 

4/23/2007 MDE Modern high tech v

designed for “plug emission testing caby readout. It is anengine rev-up, tailpwheels. 

14 Other 6 Jeffrey Choy 

(Washington, Maryland, Delaware Service Station 

4/23/2007 MDE Current state syste

retests allows for a loophole to pass ve

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and Automotive Repair Association (WMDA) Advisor) 

15 Other 7 Jeffrey Choy 

(Washington, Maryland, Delaware Service Station and Automotive Repair Association (WMDA) Advisor) 

4/23/2007 MDE EPA has no proble

the I/M process. 

16 Other 8 Jeffrey Choy 

(Washington, Maryland, Delaware Service Station and Automotive Repair Association (WMDA) Advisor) 

4/23/2007 MDE I/M contract in Mar

and it appears that current system rath

17 Other 9 Charley Baummer, 

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority 

4/27/2007 Virginia 

DEQ 

The commenter is presentation of nonAppendix D of the to allow a straightfoconstruction equipmless than entire couas airport improvemsubject to the NatioAct and to General it is particularly impdocument whether construction equipmactions. It is not clSIP how this might 

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18 Other 10 Charley Baummer, 

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority 

4/27/2007 Virginia 

DEQ 

The commenter is D of the SIP does nfor VOC emissions Virginia. If the SIP emissions, we wouwould include more how this is address

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