1 1 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 2 AIRAND RADIATION MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION 3 .' ;. 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 10 11 12 DECEMBER 21, 2012 13 10:00 a.m. 14 15 16 Montgomery Park Business Center 17 1800 Washington Boulevard 18 Baltimore, Maryland 21230 19 20 Reportedby: Kathleen Vetters 21 22 

### ForTheRecord,Inc. (301)870-8025-www.ftrinc.net-(800)921-55552

1 A T TEN 0 E E S 2 3 Ms. Molla Sarros, MOE .' 

### 4 Mr. Tim Wallace, MOE;. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 

### ForTheRecord,Inc. (301)870-8025-www.ftrinc.net-(800)921-55553 1 PRO C E E DIN G S 2 3 MS. SARROS: Goodmorning. 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 

### ForTheRecord,Inc. (301)870-8025-www.ftrinc.net-(800)921-55554 1 the opportunity to comment on this proposed plan which 2 outlines Maryland's authority regarding the 3 Implementation, Maintenance, and Enforcement of the .' 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 publicmeetings 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 TimWallace, 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. 20 (Whereupon, a brief 21 recess was taken.) 22 MS. SARROS: Well, the time now is 10:32 a.m. 

### ForTheRecord,Inc. (301)870-8025-www.ftrinc.net-(800)921-55555 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, 4' please? 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. 

### ForTheRecord,Inc. (301)870-8025-www.ftrinc.net-(800)921-55556 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 submissionpackage 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 SIPdocument. 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 implementationplans regarding the national ambient air 

### ForTheRecord,Inc. (301)870-8025-www.ftrinc.net-(800)921-55557 1 quality standards. In this SIP document, each 2 subparagraph from (A) through (M) is broken down, with 3 various provisions supporting the requirements.

, 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 15 document. 16 MS. SARROS: Let the record reflect that it 17 is now 10:33 a.m. and this hearing is officially 18 concluded. 19 (Whereupon, thehearing 20 was concluded.) 21 22 

### ForTheRecord,Inc. (301)870-8025-www.ftrinc.net-(800)921-55558

1 CERTIFICATE OF COURT REPORTER 2 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 byme 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. 13 14 15 KATHLEEN VETTERS, Court Reporter 16 NOTARY PUBLIC 17 18 My Commission Expires: November 19, 2015 19 20 21 22 

### ForTheRecord,Inc. (301)870-8025-www.ftrinc.net-(800)921-5555