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1 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 

2 AIR AND RADIATION MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION 

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5 PUBLIC HEARING 

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7 CONCERNING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS 

8 TO COMAR 26.11.19.13 

9 REGARDING CTG REQUIREMENTS FOR DRUM & PAIL COATING 

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14 The hearing in the above matter commenced on 

15 Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at the MDE Headquarters, 

16 Montgomery Park, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, 

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19 BEFORE: DEBORAH RABIN, Hearing Officer 

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21 Reported by: Linda Metcalf 

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1 A P PEA RAN C E S 

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3 ON BEHALF OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT: 

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5 DEBORAH RABIN 

6 Regulation Development Coordinator 

7 Regulation Development Division - ARMA 

8 Maryland Department of the Environment 

9 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 730 

10 Baltimore, Maryland 21230 

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12 HUSAIN WAHEED 

13 Senior Regulatory and Compliance Engineer 

14 Regulation Development Division 

15 Air and Radiation Management 

16 Maryland Department of the Environment 

17 1800 Washington Boulevard 

18 Baltimore, Maryland 21230 

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5 Husain Waheed, MOE 6 

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1 PRO C E E DIN G S 

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3 MS. RABIN: Good morning. On behalf of the 

4 Department of the Environment and the Air and Radiation 

5 Management Administration, I would like to welcome you to 

6 this public hearing. 

7 My name is Deborah Rabin and I am the 

8 Regulations Coordinator for the Air and Radiation 

9 Management Administration. I will serve as hearing 

10 officer for today's hearing. 

11 I would like to ask all of you in attendance 

12 today to please sign in, if you haven't already done so. 

13 This will help us keep an accurate record of the people 

14 who participate in the hearing. Also, copies of our 

15 regulation proposal, support documents, and the 

16 Department's statement are available on the table for 

17 your information. 

18 This hearing concerns Air Quality Regulations 

19 found in the Code of Maryland Regulations, Title 26, 

20 Subtitle 11, Air Quality. The Secretary of the 

21 Department proposes to amend Regulation .13 under COMAR 

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1 26.11.19, Volatile Organic Compounds from Specific 

2 Processes. 

3 The purpose of this hearing is to give you an 

4 opportunity to comment on this action. 

5 The Opportunity for Public Comment for this 

6 proposed action appeared in the Maryland Register, Volume 

7 38, Issue 2, Page 118 on January 14, 2011. 

8 The hearing will proceed in the following 

9 order. First, Mr. Husain Waheed will make a statement on 

10 behalf of the Air and Radiation Management 

11 Administration. After Mr. Waheed is finished, I will 

12 call on any elected official or government official who 

13 wants to make a statement. Then, I will call upon anyone 

14 else who indicated on the sign-in sheet that he or she 

15 would like to make a statement. 

16 When giving your statement, please identify 

17 yourself and your affiliation, and give your statement 

18 loudly and clearly. Are there any questions? 

19 (No response.) 

20 MS. RABIN: I will now call on Mr. Waheed. 

21 MR. WAHEED: My name is Husain Waheed. I am a 

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1 Senior Regulatory and Compliance Engineer with the 

2 Regulation Development Division of the Air and Radiation 

3 Management Administration, Department of the Environment, 

4 and I am submitting the hearing statement for the record. 

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6 Statement of the Air and 

7 Radiation Management Administration 

8 Department of the Environment 

9 for the Public Hearing Relating to Proposed Amendments 

10 to Regulation .13 Drum and Pail Coating under 

11 COMAR 26.11.19 Control of Volatile Organic Compounds 

12 from Specific Processes 

13 held on February 15, 2011 Baltimore, MD 

14 My name is Husain Waheed. I am a Senior 

15 Regulatory and Compliance Engineer with the Regulation 

16 Development Division of the Air and Radiation Management 

17 Administration, Department of the Environment. 

18 This public hearing is being held pursuant to 

19 the requirements of 40 CFR Section 51.102 and Sections 2-

20 301 et. seq. of the Environment Article, Annotated Code 

21 of Maryland. It is also being held in conformance with 

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1 the State Administrative Procedures Act under the State 

2 Government Article, beginning at Section 10-101. 

3 Notice of this hearing appeared in the: 

4 Maryland Register on January 14, 2011; MOE's website from 

5 January 11, 2011 through February 16, 2011; Baltimore Sun 

6 on January 14, 2011; Washington Post on January 13, 2011; 

7 and the St. Mary's Enterprise on January 14, 2011. 

8 Copies of these notices were submitted for the record. 

9 Copies of the proposed action and supporting 

10 documents were submitted for review to the State 

11 Clearinghouse and are also submitted at this time into 

12 the hearing record. Copies were also made available for 

13 public inspection at the Air and Radiation Management 

14 Administration offices in Baltimore, Cumberland, and 

15 Salisbury, and at all local health departments or local 

16 air quality control offices. 

17 The purpose of today's hearing is to give the 

18 public an opportunity to comment on the proposed 

19 amendments to Regulation .13 under COMAR 26.11.19. 

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21 COMAR 26.11.19.13 amendments are proposed to 

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1 set VOC coating standards for exterior and interior 

2 coatings for new and reconditioned drums and pails in the 

3 range of 2.8 to 4.2 lbs/gal and require higher efficiency 

4 application methods. 

5 Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

6 These amendments will be submitted to the EPA 

7 for approval as part of the SIP. 

8 Consideration of Comments 

9 The Department will consider all comments 

10 before making a decision to adopt these amendments. 

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12 MS. RABIN: Thank you very much, Mr. Waheed. 

13 Would anyone like to comment on this proposed action? 

14 (No response.) 

15 MS. RABIN: Please let the record reflect that 

16 no one has come to comment on this proposed action. This 

17 will conclude the public hearing regarding proposed 

18 amendments to Regulation .13 under COMAR 26.11.19, 

19 Volatile Organic Compounds from Specific Processes. 

20 Let the record reflect that it is now 11:19 and 

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1 this hearing is officially concluded. 

2 (Whereupon, the hearing was concluded.) 

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1 CERTIFICATE OF COURT REPORTER 

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3 I, Linda Metcalf, do hereby certify that the 

4 foregoing transcription was reduced to typewriting via 

5 audiotapes recorded by me; that I am neither counsel for, 

6 nor related to, nor employed by any of the parties to the 

7 case in which these proceedings were transcribed; that I 

8 am not a relative or employee of any attorney or counsel 

9 employed by the parties hereto, nor financially or 

10 otherwise interested in the outcome of the action. 

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