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

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

an officer of Independent Newspaper Inc, the Publisher of the . TIle Delaware State 

News, a daily newspaper published at Dover, County of Kent, and State of Delaware, and 

tha t the notice, a oopy of whic is hereto attached, as published in the TIle DeIaW:lt'C 

State News in its issu e of ~~~~~~~~~LSworn to and subscribed before me this ______ !...J_7tA.:.....:::..:..L.. _______ _ 

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, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING , Proposed Visibility State Implementation Plan 

! The Delaware Department of NaWal Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Air Quality Management Section wlll 

conduct a public hearing on a pfOposed State Implementabon 

~an 'for rwucing visibility impairing pollutants. 

The clean pjr Act (CM) mandates proteclon of visibility in 

Class I federal areas, such as qafional parks, forests and wilderness areas. Pursuant to federal rules states are require<! to 

develop a series of State Il]1plementation Plans (SiPs) to reduce .visibilily impairment wilti the "'pres.s intent that by 2064 , 

the visibility in the Class I areas will be returned 10 natural con- : 

ditions. This proposed SIP is the fist SIP in this process, and IT 

establishes that Briganlne National WildlITe Refuge in New Jer, 

sey is the only Class I area that Delaware impacts, In addition, 

Delaware will directly benefit from this _and,similar actions being taken in other slates, as ltie same pollutants ltiat reduce 

visibility in these Class I fe(feral areas also impact the-air 

qualily i,\all portions of Delaware. 

This proposed SIP shows Ihat visibilily impairmenl is primarily 

caused by suHur diOidde, and 10 a lesser degrne, prim;ry parli' 

cles and olher partide procursors, These parlicles and particle 

precursors are transported 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 agricultural· 

emissions: This proposed SiPs goal's anq emissions.reduction 

slrategies demonstrale ltial adopled and enforceable State and 

Federal 'regulations and control measures meet long term "" , . 

strategies and "reasonable progress goals" established as part 

of the regional consultation process. ~ '. ~ ~ • ! 

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40 CFR 51.308 requires states to consult,lvith the, Federal land 

, Managers IFLMs) at least 60 days before ltie scheduled public 

hearing on the draft SIP and inolude (or reference) a summary 

of the conclusions and recommendations of the FlM(s), Delaware requested comments on the draft SIP from FLMs on April 

28, 2008 and their comments were received electronically on 

June 27, 2008. The Department welcomed the FLM advice 

and comments, and in response has made several changeslo :' 

the proposed SIP. the Fl M comments andDNREC's iesponses may be reviewed on DNREC's website: http11www'Wm " 

delaware gov/lnfolRegstpageslAQMPlansRegs aspx 

or by contacting Jack Sipple at (302) 739-9402 or john.~p- , 

ple@state.de.us. FlM commentwresponses are also included 

in Appendix 4, t of ltie proposed SIP. • ", 

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A public hearing on this proposed SIP will be heldTuesday, 

September 23, 2008, beginning at 6:00 p.m, in the Priscilla ' 

Building, t56.South State Street, Dover, DE 19901. The pro.' 

posed SIP may be inspected at the Department's offices locat-. 

ed at 156 S. State Street Dover and 7t 5 Grantham lane, New. 

Castle or viewed on the Department's webpage referenced 

above. ,,& '\ <"'( 

Interested parties may submitcomme~ts in writing on this proposed amendment prior to the public.hearing an<llor comments 

may be presentw either ora l~ or in writing at the public hear- " 

ing. II you are unable to attend ltie public hearing or wish to 

submit your comments in advance of the public hearing" 

please address your ~omments 10: 

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Jack Sipple 

,DNREC Air Dualily Management Section '" 

156 South State Street 

Dover,. E 199plf. l~ i;:.: Ci ?;,' '.'i'.:nQ 'Hi( , 

THIS IS THE l!tiLY TIME THIS ~OTICE Will APPEAR 

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