GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA District Department of the Environment

Office of the Director



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### Mr. Shawn M. Garvin Regional Administrator, Region 3 U.S Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 3RAOO 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Subject: Negative Declaration

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This submits a negative declaration for the following categories of sources ofvolatile organic compounds (VOCs) for which EPA issued a control technique guideline (CTG) document in calendar years 2006, 2007 and 2008:

• Auto and light-duty truck assembly coatings; • Fiberglass boat manufacturing materials; • Paper, film and foil coatings; and • Flatwood paneling. This negative declaration is being submitted to fulfill the requirement that, in the absence of sources in these source categories, the District ofColumbia revise its State hnplementation Plan (SIP) or submit a negative declaration for these categories pursuant to Section 182(b)(2)(A) of the Clean Air Act. The District ofColumbia provided the public with a 30-day period to comment from August 13, 2010, to September 13,2010, and held a public hearing on September 13,2010, for this negative declaration. The following documents are enclosed:

• Two copies ofthe Negative Declarations • D. 

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### Notice ofPublic Hearing • Copy ofthe affidavit ofpublication • Copy ofthe hearing officer's certification A revised regulation on VOCs was proposed at the same time as the negative declaration. The original affidavit and hearing officer's certification will be submitted with the final VOC rulemaking. No public comments were received on the negative declaration.

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### Pursuant to the requirements of Section 110 ofthe Clean Air Act, we are officially requesting that EPA take any action necessary to amend the District ofColumbia's SIP to reflect this quasiregulatory or non-regulatory amendment to 40 CFR Part 52, subpart J (40 CFR 52.470 to 52.515). Ifyou have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Cecily Beall at (202) 

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Cc: Diana Esher, Director, Air Protection Division, EPA Region 3 Cecily Beall, Associate Director, Air Quality Division, DDOEGOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA District Department of the Environment
Office of the Director Mr. Shawn M. Garvin Regional Administrator, Region 3 U.S Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 3RAOO 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 

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Subject: Negative Declarations for Four CTG Categories: Auto and Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coatings; Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials; Paper, Film and Foil Coatings; and Flatwood Paneling Dear Mr. Garvin: Pursuant to the requirements ofthe State Implementation Plans, General Preamble for the Implementation ofTitle I ofthe Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (57 FR 13498, April 16, 1992), the District Department ofthe Environment (DDOE) is officially certifying that there are no sources located in the District of Columbia subject to the reasonably available control technology (RACT) control techniques guidelines (CTGs) for the following source categories: ( 1) auto and light-duty truck assembly coatings; (2) fiberglass boat manufacturing materials; (3) paper, film and foil coatings; and (4) tlatwood paneling. In view ofthe above, the District ofColumbia will not be adopting the CTG RACT regulations for four source categories as would otherwise be required by § 182(b)(2)(A) ofthe Clean Air Act. The District is in nonattainment ofthe national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are precursors to ozone. Pursuant to§ 183(e)(3)(C) ofthe Clean Air Act, EPA has determined that CTGs are substantially as effective as national regulations in reducing emissions of VOCs in ozone nonattainment areas from Group II, III and IV product categories (October 7, 2008, 73 FR 58481), which include these four source categories. In order to identify sources in the District ofColumbia potentially subject to regulations based upon the CTGs, databases such as the U.S. Census Bureau's County Business Patterns and Dun & Bradstreet were queried using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes provided in the Federal Register notice for the subject CTGs. Business addresses were identified for several source categories, and staff inspected locations to ensure that CTG-related activities were not taking place. The Air Quality Division's Permitting and Enforcement Branch staffwas solicited for knowledge of sources. As a result, no sources potentially affected by the four CTGs in the District ofColumbia were identified. Ifyou have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Cecily Beall at (202) 535- 2626 or cecily.beall@dc.gov. 

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DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OFT! IE ENVIRONMENT 51 N Street, NE, 5th Fl., Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) 535-2250 Facsimile: (202) 481-3771GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA District Department of the Environment
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Subject: Negative Declarations for Four CTG Categories: Auto and Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coatings; Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials; Paper, Film and Foil Coatings; and Flatwood Paneling Dear Mr. Garvin: Pursuant to the requirements ofthe State Implementation Plans, General Preamble for the Implementation ofTitle I ofthe Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (57 FR 13498, April16, 1992), the District Department ofthe Environment (DDOE) is officially certifying that there are no sources located in the District ofColumbia subject to the reasonably available control technology (RACT) control techniques guidelines (CTGs) for the following source categories: ( 1) auto and light-duty truck assembly coatings; (2) fiberglass boat manufacturing materials; (3) paper, film and foil coatings; and (4) tlatwood paneling. In view ofthe above, the District ofColumbia will not be adopting the CTG RACT regulations for four source categories as would otherwise be required by§ 182(b)(2)(A) ofthe Clean Air Act. The District is in nonattainment of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are precursors to ozone. Pursuant to § 183(e)(3)(C) of the Clean Air Act, EPA has determined that CTGs are substantially as effective as national regulations in reducing emissions ofVOCs in ozone nonattainment areas from Group 

### II, III and IV product categories (October 7, 2008, 73 FR 58481), which include these four source categories. In order to identify sources in the District of Columbia potentially subject to regulations based upon the CTGs, databases such as the U.S. Census Bureau's County Business Patterns and Dun & Bradstreet were queried using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes provided in the Federal Register notice for the subject CTGs. Business addresses were identified for several source categories, and staff inspected locations to ensure that CTG-related activities were not taking place. The Air Quality Division's Permitting and Enforcement Branch staffwas solicited for knowledge of sources. As a result, no sources potentially affected by the four CTGs in the District ofColumbia were identified. Ifyou have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Cecily Beall at (202) 535- 2626 or cecily.beall@dc.gov. 

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DISTRICJ' DI'.PARTMP.NT OPTIIE ENVIRON.\IENT 51 N Street, NE, 5th Fl., Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) 535-2250 Facsimile: (202) 481-3771DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REGISTER VOL. 57 • NO. 33 AUGUST 13 2010



### DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AIR QUALITY ISSUES

Proposed Rulemaking on Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs) Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on Monday, September 13, at 6:00p.m. in Room 512 at 1200 First Street, N.E., 5th Floor, in Washington, D.C. This hearing provides interested parties an opportunity to comment on the District's proposed rulemaking on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and negative declaration for four CTG categories. The District has revised Title 20 (Environment) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR), Subtitle A, Air Quality, Chapter 7, sections 700, 707, 708, 710, 714 through 717, 719 through 778, and 799. The proposed regulations are necessary to further reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in the District. VOCs are precursors to ground-level ozone, a principal component of smog that is formed in the atmosphere in the presence of sunlight. Ground-level ozone is a criteria pollutant under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). The Washington metropolitan area, which includes the District, is in nonattainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for eight-hour ground-level ozone. Therefore, the District is required to adopt measures to reduce ozone levels, including precursor emissions of VOCs. The proposed regulations incorporate Phase II amendments to model rules designed to reduce ozone in the eastern United States and promulgated by the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC), an entity created by the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506a). Since VOCs are precursors to ozone, all members of the OTC (Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine) have drafted similar rules as part of a regional strategy to attain and maintain the eight-hour ozone NAAQS. In addition to incorporating the OTC model rules, this proposed rulemaking adopts the requirements of several control techniques guidelines (CTGs) published by EPA. In accordance with sections 182(b)(2)(A) and 183(e) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), CTGs contain reasonably available control technology (RACT) level controls for specified product categories. The categories addressed in this rulemaking are: flexible packaging and printing (§§ 710, 770 and 771); large appliance coatings, metal furniture coatings, and miscellaneous metal products and plastic parts coatings (§714); lithographic and letterpress printing (§716); miscellaneous industrial adhesives(§§ 743 to 749); and industrial cleaning solvents(§§ 770 and 771). The District is also submitting a negative declaration (a letter of certification) for the four remaining CTG categories because no sources in the District were identified: flatwood paneling; paper, film, and foil coatings; auto and light-duty truck assembly coatings; and fiberglass boat manufacturing. The proposed regulation and negative declaration are available for public review during normal business hours at the offices ofthe District Department of the Environment (DDOE), 1200 First

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### Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20002, and on-line at http://ddoe.dc.gov/ddoe. A hard copy ofeach is also available for review at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library at 901 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-4531. Interested parties wishing to testify at this hearing must submit in writing their names, addresses, telephone numbers, and affiliation, if any, to Mr. William Bolden at DDOE by 4:00 p.m. on September 13, 2010. Interested parties may also submit written comments to Ms. Cecily Beall, DDOE Air Quality Division, at 1200 First Street, NE, 5 1 h 

### Floor, Washington, DC 20002, or submit comment to her by email at cecily.beall@dc.gov. No written or email comments will be accepted after September 13, 2010. For more information, call Ms. Jessica Daniels at 202-741- 0862 or email her at jessica.daniels@dc.gov.

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## AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ss, Personally appeared before me, CHIZUKO CARTER, a Notary Public in and for the District of Columbia, AD# 14559739

CARLS. JOHNSON, who is being duly sworn according to law, an oath says that he is an AUTHORIZED AGENT of THE WASHINGTON TIMES, L.L.C., publisher of

DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AIR QUALITY ISSUES Proposed Rulema!dng on Volatile Organic Chemrcals (VOCs) 

### Circulated daily, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, and that the advertisement, of which the annexed is a true copy,**NotL~e** ls d hereby**~l"cn** that a public hearing will**b~** held on on ,BY. SeptombN ll aJ 6:00 n.m. J n Room ill at**~200 nrs,** **Str~et,** N.E., >th Floor, rn Washington n c This ea r ng provrdcs Interested panrcs an onportt;nliy to commcont on**th~ D•Slntt~r.**  proposed ruremaliing on Vol · atllc Organrc Compou nds (VOCs) and negat ive d('Cia- ratron lor four Cl G**cMegom ~~-**  

### was published in said newspaper _1_ time(s) on the following dates: 6he**f'"F** llas revised**Till~** 20 (Environ ment) ol the ostr c o Colombra Mtnrlc:Jnal Rogulalionsc {DCMR) Subll!le "-· Air Ouolrty, Chapter 7, sections 700 101 708' 71ll. 714 thr-ough 717. 119 urrouah 778 and 7 99 • The**~reposed** regul.ttlons arc necessary to' further redu ctr 'o,latrle organrc compound (\ICC) fmlsslons In tho Dis · tr ct
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- My Commission expires**prlnc~al** component of smog that Is formed**lno~~·;; ,."**  m,osp ere rn till! presence ul su nl ighL Ground-level**~·n~~A~** criteria poiiiitant urrdcr the lcdc•ral Clean A i r 1c • The Washington metropolitan area which**fc1~ de1tn** **e Dl5trlc~**  Is In nonattainment of rhe**Natlnn~ l**  m en A r**Quallt~** Standards (N AAQSl lor er hl · h • .**9,'?und lcY~** **I** own e. Therefore. the District is**rogulred~6 ~u~;,** **':,~~o;,s**

### 5**~~ ~~gi"**  ozone levels

. Including preThe proposed**r~gula!lons lncorporat~**  Phase 1 1amend· ments to model rules des1gncd to reduCll ozonc In th e**~astern Unlt~d** **St~tes** and prnmuloaled by lhe Ozone**fc~~;f,o~** ComAmllssron COTC). an entity created by tire can r 4tl (Q u.s.c. 7506a)

. Since \IOCs are**fh~Wsotr rs**  to

1**~!one.** all members or rnc ore cvirylnia. s Cl o ..olumbla, Marylan d. Pennsylvania, t5eta· ware, New Jersey, New York, Conn-ectic:uc, Massar:llu
- sefis. Rhode**l~l~n ,**  Vermont New**t;~mpshlre** and M,llne) hnve draHcd S<mllar rules liS pan Of a reniona l**~JJ.W~~** to attarn and maintain the elght·hour**ozo~e** In addition t 1 o lncurpurattn9 the OTC model rule> th is prorosed ru emaking adopts the requirements or 'so era control II!chnlques guidelines (CTGs) publishoo 

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## )lnf ac,ordance wlttr sectJons 162(b)(2)(A)**an~** e o Ute Clean Air Aol CCAA), C1Gs COIItlll n rca·**f::,~•b/y av&lla~le**  co ntrol !e<:hnology (RACT) level con- s or spectfred pmduct c.Jtegorres. The categor'cs**~~~lr~~~w.~· fr~~~~~tr**  flaxr ble**packagln~** a 1 nd met41 furnl tur.> contrngs.**a'njrg~~~~/::;.~g~oa~~Y~ g~~d** **ui{'** and Plashc pnrts coatlnY,'>**(§71~);** lithographic**adJ cirv~P[~\~)'~"f** **~fl6~** r;n**gcell~ncous** lndustrra ! vrnt.s (§§ 770 and 771l. • an rn USlriiol cleaning SOl· 

### rhf Ols;rict**I~** also submiUrng a negatlve deciarnUort (a ct cr o certlflcauon) for the lour remain ing CTG cate

. Rorles bdccause no so urces'" the Dlstnct were Identified· arwoo paneling; Dilj)cr. film, ond loll coati ngs· aiito**g~t ~~:~~:!tu~~** **~~** J55em!Jiy coatl nos: ond fiberglass ThP. llrtiPCSed regu lation and ne!'gLltir.'e dect11 rarl on r avrulable for publ ic**revlc~** during normal business**ho~r~** at the offices or the Dl.strrct Oopanment of the Environ · !;"Cnt (DOOEJ, 1100 frrst Street. NE, Woshln ton 0 C. .0002, and on-line ol**lmll:16P,dp,~dc.~v dif'?**  . A

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### SUBJECT: Hearing Officer's Certification for the Public Hearing on Proposed Revised Volatile Organic Compound Regulations and Proposed Negative Declarations for Four Control Technique Guidelines

This is to certify that, pursuant to the attached Notice ofPublic Hearing published in the Washington Times, a hearing was held at approximately 6:00p.m. on September 13, 2010 to give the public the opportunity to comment on the proposed revisions to the volatile organic compound regulations and the proposed negative declarations for four control technique guidelines. Cecily Beall ofthe Department ofthe Environment, Air Quality Division, represented the District. There was one attendee, who was also a speaker. Testimony was provided by one person, who completed the attached speaker sign-in sheet: 1. 

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