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; AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ~ ; 

State of Rhode Island . , 0 

/, Department of The Providence Journal U ~ - 1 u 10 Eavironmental Management 

Office of Air Resources g 

; Notice of Public Hearing 

The Providence Sunday Journal ; 

and Comment Period r i 

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i Concerning , adoption 

; of the proposed ."Provi- 

,l ; dence Carbon Monoxide published by The Providence Journal Company ; 

; Limited Maintenance 

Plan" and , proposed Providence, Rhode Island 02902 

amendments to the 

"Rhode Island Air Pollu- / 

tion control .General DeH- State of Rhode Island i nitions" regulation and to 

Air Pollution ~ Control City and County of Providence j Regulation Nos. 9, 11, 22 and 38. i 

y Notice is hereby given that On this $ th da of July 8 e, a public hearing regarding y , 

!r adoption of the "Providence 

01 Carbon Monoxide Limited 

Maintenance Plan" and proposed amendments to the before me , a Notary Public ~ duly qualified r for said County i Rhode Island Air Pollution 

I Control General Definitions" i 

regulation and to Air Pollu9,11, 

tion Control 

22 and 

Regulation Nos . and State, personally appeared Cheryl Jacobs, Senior 36 will be held in 

/r Room 300 of the Department 

of Environmental Manager ment at 235 Promenade e Street, Providence, Rhode IsSales Director, in the office of The Providence Journal r 

/ land on Friday, August 8, 

2008 at 10:00 AM, at which 

he 

eanterested parties will be Company, publishers of THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, m The proposed "Providence B 

/, Carbon Monoxide Limited 

10 

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Maintenance Plan" specifies 

measures that will be used by a newspaper published in the City of Providence by The i the Department to ensure that 

Providence remains I n 

I mnt of the National Ambient 

0/1 Air Quality Standard for car- Providence Journal Company, who, on being duly I bon monoxide through 2011 . 

The proposed revisions to 

/, Regulation No. 11, "Petroleum Liquids Marketing and sworn, states that the advertisement of s Storage," would allow gaso- % 

line dispensing facilities that 

y exclusively fuel rental cars or state of Rhode Island Department of 

I corporate or commercial r 

fleets toapply forexemption Environmental management office of Air 

from Stage IIvapor recovery 

requirements Resources rotice of Public Hearing . . . . and would require annual testing of pres0 sure vacuum f caps on Stage II a true copy of which 1S hereunto annexed, was duly 

syems. 

0 The proposed revisions to / 

Regulation No . 22, "Air Toxr ics" would update several Ac- inserted in THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL in its e. g ceptable Ambient Levels and 

0 Minimum Quantity thresh- 01 

olds ; add an additional sub- 

$ th 20 ~ $ of I stance, n-propyl bromide, to July issue the list of regulated air toxics ; / 

0 exempt existing fuel burning 

0 sources (including those burn- ing biodiesel), as well as we- ~J ,-( 4' ,1 

P ter Dollution control qvstem T ls 01 

0 and small organic solvent 

cleaning sources; and clarify Che 1 Jaco 

j reporting requirements. The 

I Minimum Quantities listed in 

I Regulation N o. 9, Air Pollu $ trl tion Control Permits," would Subscrlbed and sworn to before me th1S be changed to be consistent 

with those in Regulation No. 

/, 22. Two guidelines that are 

0, referenced in Regulation No. da of 20 0$ j 22, the "Rhode Island Air y July 

0 Toxics Guideline" and the 

j Rhode Island Guideline for Air Quality Modeling for Air 

T ox ics Sources," would also be updated. The proposed up- / 

date to the modeling guideline Notary Public 

j specifies that, henceforth, De1 partment will perform only 

screening level modeling 

when evaluating permit ap- My Commission expires : plications . / 

The proposed revision to 

I regulation No. 36, "Control of 

0 Emissions from Organic Solvent Cleaning," would eX- . o

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solvents containing 5%n or 
air pollutants, clarify work 

practice and reporting requirements, regulate vapor 

cleaners using trans 1,2-dichloroethylene or n-propyl bromide, adopt federal facility . 

wide emissions limits and 

establish a vapor pressure 

limit for solvents used for 

cold cleaning . The General 

Definitions regulation would 

be amended to include definitions consistent with the pro-

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osed updates of Regulations 

o. 22 and 36. 

The Office of Air Resources has determined that 

implementation of the pro- posed amendments to Regulation No. 11 and the General 

Definitions regulation would 

not have a significant adverse 

economic impact on small, 

businesses, cities or towns. 

Implementation of the proposed amendments to Regulation Nos. 9. 22 and 36 may 

have a significant adverse 

economic impact on small 

businesses, cities or towns 

that operate solvent cleaning 

operations or processes that 

emit air toxics. The Office of Air Resources is requesting 

comments specifically on 

how these economic impacts 

can be minimized or eliminated . Copies of the proposed 

maintenance plan, amended 

regulations and guidelines, 

and associated fact sheets are 

available from the Office of 

Air Resources, 235 Promenade Street, Providence, 

Rhode Island, between 8:30 

AM and 4:00 PM and from the 

Air Resources section of the 

Department's web site at 

www.dem .ri.gov/ For more 

information contact Barbara 

Morin at (401) 222-4700, ext. 

7012, TCDD (401) 222-6800 . 

Written comments may be 

sent to the Office of Air Resources at the above address 

until 4:00 PM on Friday, August 8, 2008, at which time 

the comment period will end, 

unless extended by the hearing officer. It is requested that 

persons who wish to make 

comments during the public -

hearing submit a copy of their 

statement for the record . 

Members of the Office of Air , 

Resources may question commenters concerning their remarks. 

The Department of , Envi- . 

ronmental Management 

building is accessible to those 

with disabilities . Persons with 

disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the Office of Resources at TCDD (401~2-6800 or (401) 

222-28U8 at least three busi" 

ness days prior to the hearing. . . 

j 1,~:.(~~Fxsigned this 

of July n2008 

_ . ; ". Stephen Majit at, Chief 

;.. _ Office of Air tteaomres , 

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