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1 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 

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5 PUBLIC HEARING 

6 IMPLEMENTATION, MAINTENANCE, 

7 AND ENFORCEMENT QUALITY OF THE 8-HOUR OZONE 

8 NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD 

9 STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 

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12 DECEMBER 21, 2012 

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16 Montgomery Park Business Center 

17 1800 Washington Boulevard 

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20 Reported by: Kathleen Vetters 

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4 Mr. Tim Wallace, MOE;.
 

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1 PRO C E E DIN G S 

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

4 Department of the Envir6~ment and the Air and Radiation 

5 Management Administration, I would like to welcome you 

6 to this public hearing. 

7 My name is Molla Sarros and I am a Natural 

8 Resources Planner in the Air and Radiation Management 

9 Administration. I will serve as hearing officer for 

10 today' shearing. 

11 I would like to ask all of you in attendance 

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

13 so. This will help us to keep an accurate record of 

14 anyone who participates in the hearing. Also, copies 

15 of the proposed State Implementation Plan and the 

16 Department's statement are available on the table for 

17 your information. 

18 This hearing concerns the Implementation, 

19 Maintenance, and Enforcement of the 8-hour Ozone 

20 National Ambient Air Quality Standard State 

21 Implementation Plan (SIP). 

22 The purpose of this hearing is to give you 

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1 the opportunity to comment on this proposed plan which 

2 outlines Maryland's authority regarding the 

3 Implementation, Maintenance, and Enforcement of the 

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2008 75 parts per billion (ppb) 8-hour Ozone National 

5 Ambient Air Quality Standard. 

6 Notice of this public hearing has appeared on 

7 The Maryland Department of the Environment's website 

8 home page and public meetings page on November 14, 

9 2012, and remained on the website until today's 

10 hearing. 

11 The hearing will proceed in the following 

12 order. First, I will introduce Tim Wallace, the 

13 representative of the Air and Radiation Management 

14 Administration. After Mr. Wallace is finished, I will 

15 call on any elected official or government official who 

16 wants to make a statement. Then I will call upon 

17 anyone else who indicated on the sign-in sheet that he 

18 or she would like to make a statement. Hearing none, 

19 we will go off the record for a brief recess. 

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21 recess was taken.) 

22 MS. SARROS: Well, the time now is 10:32 a.m. 

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1 Let the record show that no one has attended this 

2 hearing. Let me introduce the representative for the 

3 Maryland Department of the Environment. If you would, 

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5 MR. WALLACE: Yes, good morning. My name lS 

6 Timothy Wallace. I am a Regulatory and Compliance 

7 Engineer of the Air Quality Planning Program of the Air 

8 and Radiation Management Administration, Maryland 

9 Department of the Environment. 

10 MS. SARROS: Thank you. I would like to ask 

11 the court reporter to enter Mr. Wallace's complete 

12 hearing statement into the record. 

13 MR. WALLACE: This public hearing concerns 

14 Maryland's Implementation, Maintenance, and Enforcement 

15 of the 2008 75 ppb 8-hour Ozone National Ambient Air 

16 Quality Standard State Implementation Plan. 

17 This public hearing is being held pursuant to 

18 federal law found at 42 U.S.C. Section 7410(a) and 40 

19 CFR Parts 51.102 and 251. It is also being held in 

20 conformance with the State Administrative Procedure 

21 Act, under the State Government Article, beginning at 

22 Section 10-101. 

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1 Notice of this public hearing appeared on the 

2 Maryland Department of the Environment's website on 

3 November 14, 2012 and remained on the website until the 

4' date of today 'S heari:ng. 

5 Copies of the notices will be submitted with 

6 the formal SIP submission package to the U.S. EPA. 

7 Access to the proposed documents was made 

8 available via the website of the Maryland Department of 

9 the Environment. Hard copies were also available at 

10 the Maryland Department of the Environment. 

11 The purpose of this hearing is to provide the 

12 public with an opportunity to formally comment on the 

13 proposed SI P document. 

14 Summary of Proposed State Implementation 

15 Plan: The purpose of this document is to examine 

16 Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP) and 

17 determine if all necessary implementation, maintenance, 

18 and enforcement measures for the 8-hour Ozone National 

19 Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) are in place. 

20 Section 110 (a) (2) of the Clean Air Act provides a 

21 detailed listing of various requirements for state 

22 implementation plans regarding the national ambient air 

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1 quality standards. In this SIP document, each 

2 subparagraph from (A) through (M) is broken down, with 

3 various provisions supporting the requirements. 

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4' The MOE has~verified its authority, through 

5 this document, to implement the NAAQS. 

6 Consideration of Comments: The Department 

7 will consider all pertinent comments, and revise the 

8 proposed plan if necessary, before making a final 

9 decision to adopt the plan and submit it to the u.S. 

10 Environmental Protection Agency for approval as a 

11 Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). 

12 The comment period for this SIP ends by 5:00 

13 p.m. today. A summary of all comments received will be 

14 answered in writing and published with the final SIP 

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16 MS. SARROS: Let the record reflect that it 

17 is now 10:33 a.m. and this hearing is officially 

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1 CERTIFICATE OF COURT REPORTER 

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3 I, Kathleen Vetters, a Notary Public of the 

4' State of Maryland, Co~nty of Baltimore, do hereby 

5 certify the foregoing proceeding was recorded verbatim 

6 by me and this transcript is a true record of the 

7 proceedings. 

8 I further certify that I am not of counsel to 

9 any of the parties, nor in any way interested in the 

10 outcome of this action. 

11 As witness my hand and notarial seal this 

12 26th day of December, 2012. 

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15 KATHLEEN VETTERS, Court Reporter 

16 NOTARY PUBLIC 

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18 My Commission Expires: November 19, 2015 

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