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Before me, a Notary Public, for the CoWlty and State aforesaid, Wanda Ford-Waring, 

known to me to be such, who being sworn a ccording to law deposes and says that she is 

an officer of Independent Newspaper Inc, tile Publisher of the 'TIlc Dclaware State 

News, a daily newspaper published at Dover, C9unty of Kent, and Stale of Delaware, and 

that tile notice, a copy of whi is here to attached, as published in tile 'l11C Delaware 

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Sworn to and subscribed before me this J1t!J 

Day of ClufJMi7 A.D. -iJDO..:.. 8<--__ 
DNREC . Air Quality Management Section 

NonCE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

Proposed Visibility State Implementation Plan 

The Delaware Deparlmenl of Natural Resources and Enwon· 

mental Control (DNREC), AJr Quatlty Managemenl Section ";11 

conduct a public heanng on a proposed Stale Implementation 

Plan ff)( reducing visibility impalnng pollutants. 

The Clean Air Act (CAA) mandales protection of visibility in 

Class I federal areas, such as national pa"s, lorests and Wlld· 

erness areas. Pursuant to federal rules states are reqUined 10 

develop a senes of State Implementation Plans (SiPs) 10 reo 

duce ~sibil lty Impairment wiltl the I!Iq)ress Intent that by 2064 

the visibility in the etass I areas will be retumed to nalural con· 

ditions. This proposed SIP is the fist SIP In this process, and II 

establishes that Bngantin. National Wlld,"e Refuge In New Jer· 

sey IS the only Class I area that Delaware Impacts. In addition, 

Delaware win directly benefit lrom this and Similar actions be· 

klg taken in other states, as the same pollutants thai reduce 

~slbility in these C~ss I federal areas also impact the air 

quality In all portions of Delaware. 

TlMs plOjlOsed SIP shows that ~Slbil lty Impairment Is pnmanly 

caused by sulfur dioxide, and to a lesser degree, pnmary parti· 

cles and other particle precursors These particles and particle 

precursors are tIansported from broad geographic areas, and 

are emitted from many source types, such as point, area. and 

on-road and non-road sources, and wildfire and agncultural 

e"'sslons. This proposed SiPs goal's and emissions reduction 

strategies demonstrate that adopted and enforceable State and 

Federal regulations and control measures meet long term 

strategies and 'reasonable progress goals' established as pari 

of the regional consultation process. 

40 CFR 51.308 requires stales 10 consull wiltl the Federal Land 

Manager.; (FlMs) al least 60 days before the scheduled public 

heanng on the dralt SIP and Include (or reference) a summary 

of the conclusions and recommendations of the FlM(s). Dela· 

ware requested commenls on Ihe dralt SIP from FlMs on Apnl 

28, 2008 and their comments were received elec~onlcally on 

June 27, 2008. The Department welcomed the FlM ad~ce 

and comments, and in response has made several chanves to 

the proposed SIP. The FlM comments and DNREC's respons· 

es may be reviewed on DNREC's websit.: htlJr" wwwawm 

delaware aoy!!nfolBegsrpageslAQMPlansBegs aSQx 

or by contacting Jack Sipple al (302) 739·9402 or john.sipple@state.de.us. FlM commentsiresporlSOs are also Included 

in Append. 4-1 of the proposed SIP. 

A public heanng on this proposed SIP will be heldTuesday, 

September 23, 2008, beglMing al 6:00 p.m. in the Pnscilla 

Building, 156 South State Street Dover, DE 19901. The proposed SIP may be inspected at the Departments offices loCal· 

ed al 156 S. State Street Dover and 715 Grantham lane, New 

Castle or viewed on the Department's webpage referenced 

above. 

Interested parnes may submit comments In writing on this pro· 

posed amendmenl prior 10 the public heanng and/or comments 

may be presenled either oral~ or In wribng at the public hear· . 

Ing. If you are unable to attend the publiC heanng or wish 10 

submrt your comnnents in advance of the ""bllc heanng, 

~.ase address your comments to: 

Jack Sipple 

DNREC Air Quailty Managernent Section 

156 South Stal. Streel 

Dover, DE t 9901 

THIS IS THE l!Ill.r nME THIS NOnCE WIU APPEAl! 

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