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**• MARYLAND**  **DEPARTMENT OF**  **THE ENVIRONM** **ENT** 

# MDE **1800 Washington**  **Boulevard .**  **Baltimore MD**  **21230**

**410-537-3000 .1-800-633-6101**  **Robert L.**  **Ehrlich, Jr. Governor**  **Michael S.**  **Steele Lt.**  **Governor**

**Mr.** 

## Donald **Welsh Regional**  **Administrator (3RAOO)**  **U.S. Environmental**  **Protection Agency**  **Region III**  **1650 Arch**  **Street Philadelphia**  **PA 19103-2029**  **Dear Mr.**  

## Welsh: 

# DEC -1 **2003 KendI**  **P. Philbrick**  **Acting Secretary** 



## The **purpose of**  **this letter**  **is to**  **submit copies**  **of State**  **Implementation Plan**  **(SIP) Revision**  **#** 

## 03-11 **concerning (1)**  **the repeal**  **of the**  **350,000 Btu**  **per hour**  **cut-off under**  **COMAR 26.11.02.10D**  **for fuel**  **burning equipment**  **burning solid**  **fuel because**  **it could**  **be interpreted**  **as being**  **inconsistent with**  **the prohibited**  **size cutoff under**  **COMAR 26.11.09.04, and**  **(2) adoption**  **of a**  **lower cutoffleve1**  **for internal**  **combustion engines**  **under COMAR**  **26.11.02 .10E**  **from 1000**  **HP to**  **500 HP.**  **This SIP**  **Revision includes**  **amendments Regulation**  **.10 under**  **COMAR 26.11.02**  **Permits, Approvals, and**  **Registration. The**  **Notice of**  **Proposed Action**  **for these**  **amendments was**  **published in**  **the Maryland**  **Register on**  **August 8,**  **2003 and**  **a public**  **hearing was**  **held on**  **September 10,**  **2003. The**  **action was**  **adopted on**  **October 28,**  **2003 and**  **will become**  **effective on**  **November 24,**  **2003. All**  **administrative procedures**  **were properly**  **followed throughout**  **the adoption**  **process. If**  **you have**  **any questions concerning**  **this SIP**  **Revision, please**  **feel free**  **to call**  **me at**  **(410) 537-3084**  **or have**  **a member**  **of your**  **staff call**  **Mr.** 

## Thomas **Snyder, Director,**  **Air and**  **Radiation Management**  **Administration, at**  **(410) 537-3255.** 

**KPP:dhr Enclosures** 
**cc: Judith**  **Katz Thomas**  **Snyder Sincerely,** 



# (Cad r. **-cfd�t Kendi**  **P. Philbrick**  **Acting Secretary**

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**• FINAL**  **ACTION ON**  **REGULATIONS 1653** 



# Title **12 DEPARTMENT**  **OF PUBLIC SAFETY**  **AND CO**  **ECTIONAL SERV**  **ES Subtitle**  **04 LICE**  **TRAINING 12.04.01**  **Gener Regulations**  **Authority: Public**  **Safety Maryland** 
**3·226-FI On**  **October 10,**  **2003 he**  **Secret Correctional**  **Service adopted**  **amen .19**  **under CO**  **2.04.01 General**  **ations. This**  **action, which**  **w proposed**  **for adoption**  **1 30:17**  **Md. R.**  **1222 -**  **1226 (**  **gust 22,**  **2003), has**  **been a**  **ted as**  **pro posed.**  **The p.**  **posed amendments**  **to Regulatio**  **.07 and**  **.12 are**  **not eing**  **adopted at**  **this time.**  **Elfec .**  **e Date:**  **November 24,**  **2003. MARYANN**  **Secretary of**  **Public Safety**  **and Correctional**  **Servic** 

# Title **26 DEPARTMENT**  **OF THE**  **ENVIRONMENT**

**I03·217·FI On**  **October 21,**  **2003, e S**  **tary of**  **the Environment**  **adopted amendments**  **to: (1)**  **Regulation .01**  **un Administrative**  **Provis· us;**  **(2) Regulations. and**  **.14 General**  **Emissio tandards,**  **strictions. der**  **COMAR 28.11.06**  **hibitions, and**  **Re This**  **action, Md.**  **R. 1091**  **proposed. 'ch**  **was proposed**  **for option**  **in 30:16** 

**1093 (August**  **8, 2003),**  **has B**  **n adopted**  **as Effec**  **ve Date:**  **November 24,**  **2003. KENDL**  **P. PHIL**  **ICK Acting Secretary**  **of the**  **Environment** 

# V' **Subtitle 11**  **AIR QUALITY**  **26.11.02 Permits,**  **Approvals, and**  **Registration Authority:**  **Environment Article,**  **§§1.101. 1·404,**  **2·101- 2-103,** 

**2-301- 2-303,2401,** **2-403, and**  **2-404, Annotated**  **Code of**  **Maryland Notice**  **of Final Action** 

**I03·222·FI On**  **October 2** **8 ,**  **2003, the**  **Secretary of**  **the Environment**  **adopted amendments**  **to Regulation**  **.10 under**  **COMAR 28.11.02**  **Permits, Approvals,**  **and Registration.**  **This ac**  **tion, which**  **was proposed**  **for adoption**  **in 30:16**  **Md. R. 1093**  **- 1094**  **( A** **u gus** **t 8,**  **2003), has**  **been adopted**  **as pro**  **posed. Effective Date: November**  **24, 2003.**  **KENDL p,**  **PHILBRICK Acting**  **Secretary of**  **the Environment**  **Subtitle 11**  **AIR QUALITY**  **Notice of**  **Final Action** 

**103·216-FI On**  **ctober 28,**  **2003, the**  **Secretary of**  **the En**  **. ent**  **adopted endments**  **to: (1)**  **ation .02**  **under COMAR 28.11.06**  **neral Emission**  **tandards, Prohibitions,**  **and rictions;**  **(2) Re**  **tion .04**  **under COMAR**  **28.11.0 Control**  **of Incinerators;**  **(3) Regula**  **n .05**  **under COMAR**  **28. .09**  **Control of**  **Fuel-Burning uipment,**  **Station Internal**  **Com bustion**  **Engines, d**  **Certain Fuel-**  **urning Installa**  **tions; and**  **(4) Regulation.O**  **under CO**  **28.11.10 Control**  **of Iron**  **and Steel**  **Produ tion**  **Inst tions.**  **This action,**  **which w**  **propo d**  **for adoption**  **in 30:16**  **Md. R.**  **1094 -**  **1095 (Augu**  **t 8,**  **003), has**  **been adopted**  **as proposed,**  **Effective Date:**  **Novemb**

**Sub '**  **Ie 11**  **AIR QUA**  **ITY otice**  **of Final**  **Action**

**I0 3--** **219·F] On**  **Octobe 21,**  **2003, the**  **Secretary of**  **the nvironment**  **adopted am**  **dments to:**  **(1) ation**  **.08 under**  **COMAR 28.11.09**  **ntrol of**  **Fuel-B 'ng**  **Equipment, Stationary Intern**  **Com· bustio**  **Engines, and**  **Certain Fuel-Burning**  **hi talla·**  **tions' and**  **) Regulations**  **.01 and**  **.03 under**  **COMAR 28.1**  **17 uirements**  **for M1Qor**  **New Sources**  **and Modific** 

**MARYLAND REGISTER,**  **VOL. 30,**  **ISSUE 23**  **FRIDAY, NOVEMBER**  **14, 2003** 

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# lit **PROPOSED AC'nON**  **ON REGULATIONS**  **1093**



### .11.06 **General Emission**  **Standards, Pro** **hl tlons,**  **and Restrictions**  **A**


### .12 **Control 0**  **A person**  **may to**  **be constructed,** **��;', ,**  **or operate,**  **or cause**  **a Prevention**  

### of**Sig defined**  **in COMAR**  **tion** 

### of **any provi-** 

**KENDLP. CK**  **.Acting Secretary**  **of the**  **En'ironm t**  

### Subtitle 

### 11 **AIR QUALITY**  

# 26�**11.02 Permits,**  **Approvals, and**  **Registration Authority,**  **Envinmment Article, 1§1-101,**  **.1-404, 2-101**  **- 2-103,** 

**2-301- 2-303,**  **2--401, J..4**  **08, and**  **2-404, �ted**  **Code of Maryland**  

### Notice **of Proposed Action** 

**103-222-P] The**  **SecretarY of**  **the Environment**  **proposes to**  **amend Regulation**  

### .10 **under** 

### COMAR **211.11.02** 

### Permits, **Approv ala,**  **and** 

### Registration.

**Statement ofPurpoae**  

### The **purpose of**  

### this **action is**  **to: (1)**  **Delete** 

### the **350,000 Btu**  

### per **hour cutoff**  **in §D**  **of the**  **regulation for**  **fuel burning**  **equipment burning**  **solid fuel be**  **cause it**  **could be**  **interpreted to be inconsistent**  **with the**  **pro hibited**  

### size **cutoff in**  **COMAR 26.11.09.04;**  **and (2)**  **Lower the**  **cutoff level**  **for internal**  **combustion en**  **gines in**  **IE of**  **the regulation**  

### from **1,000 HP**  **to 500**  **HP.** 

### This **action** 

### will **be submitted**  **to the**  **U.S. Environmental**  **Protection Agency**  **as a revision**  **to** 

### the **State Implementation**  **Plan. Ba**  

# � **und: fuel**  **burning equipment**  **below** 

### the **350, 000**  **Btu cut**  **off level**  **hove been**  **constructed without**  **a permit**  **to con**  **struct as**  **provided in**  **the** 

### curren **t ID**  

### of the **regulation. When**  **some** 

### of this **equipment** 

### began **to operate,**  **however, the**  **De partment**  **received complaints**  **from** 

### area **residents regard**  

### ing **amoke and**  **odors. The**  

### owners of **the equipment**  **incor rectly**  **ass**

**umed that**  **since** 

### the **equipment did**  **not require**  **a permit,**  **i.e., the**  **equipment was**  **less** 

### than **350, 000**  **Btu** 

### per **hour, no**  **otber air**  **pollution requirements apply.**  **However, there**  **is no**  **language in**  **the** 

### curre **nt regulations**  **that ex**  **empts air**  **pollution s** 

### ource**s from**  **requirements on**  **the basis**  **that they**  

### are **not required**  **to obtain**  **a permit**  **to construct.**  **Emissions standarde**  **and other**  **requirements apply**  **to fuel**  **burning equipment**  

### of **any size.**  **When the**  **Department adopted**  **the prohibition**  **requirements in**  **COMAR 26.11.09.04,**  **it recognized**  **that when**  **"dirty" fuels**  **such as**  **coal, wood,**  **or residual**  **oil** 

### are **burned, control**  **equipment would**  **be necessary**  **to meet**  **applicable requirements.**  **In staJling**  **control equipment**  **on small installations, however,**  **may not**  **be cost**  **effecti ve.**  **For that**  **reason, the**  **Department established**  **the size**  **cutoffs in**  **COMAR 26.11.09.04.**  

### The **pro hibited**  **sizes, 13,000,000**  **and 35,000,000**  **Btu,** 

### are **signifi cantly**  **higher** 

### than **the ID**  **cutoff for**  **permite because**  **they were**  **set at**  **a level**  **below which**  **it is**  **not usually**  

### cost **effec tive**  **to meet**  **applicable requirements.**  **For internal**  **combustion engines, the**  **Department** 

### will **lower the**  **cutoff from**  **1, 000**  **HP to**  **500 HP.**  **The 500**  **HP cutoff**  **level** 

### will **enable the**  **Departinent to**  **establieh permit**  **condi tions**  **on smaller**  **equipment that**  

### will **lower the**  **engine's p0-**  **tential to emit.**  **Requiring registration**  

### of **existing engines**  

### and **a permit**  **to** 

### construct **for** 

### new **engines at**  

### the **500 HP**  **level** 

### will **provide more**  **inf** 

### orma **tion to**  **the Department**  **on the**  **development** 

### of **emiseion standards**  **for internal**  **combus tion**  **engines that**  **have relatively**  **high NO.**  **emissions.**

**Compariaon to**  **Federal Standards**  **There is**  **no** 

### corres

**ponding federal**  **standard to**  

### this **pro posed**  **action. Estimate**  

### of **Economic Impact**  **L Summary of EeoDOJDic**  **Impaot. Sources**  **tbat operate**  **exist iDg**  **internal combustion**  **ensin ..**  **with a**  **capacity between**  **500 liP**  **aod 1,** **000 HP**  **will be required to complete**  **registratioo of the**  **units. The**  **procedures to**  **register multiple**  **equipment or**  **equipment at**  **multiple Bites will be**  **greatly simplified to miDinlize**  **paperwork and**  **the coat should be minjmal.**  **It is**  **estimated tbat**  **app1icatiooo for**  **12 new**  **intemal combustion**  **engiDeo between 500 HP**  

### aod **1, 000 liP will be received**  **each year.**  **The tota1**  **coot for**  **tbe 12**  **app1ica tiooo**  **including a**  **$500 permit**  **fee for**  **aach engine**  **end consultant**  **assi.tance will**  **be approximately**  **$30, 000.**  

### The **Department will review**  **applica tiooo**  **and issue**  **permite witb**  **existing otalf.** 
**D. Tn-of**  **Bc ODOll1!c**  **Impaet. A.**  **On ioouiog**  **agency: B** **.. On**  **otber State**  **8jlOI1Ciea: C.**  **On local**  **govermnen te:** 
**D_ On**  **regulated induotrieo**  **or Revenue**  **(R+IR -**  **) Expenditure**  **(E+IE-) (R-t)**  **NONE NONE**  **Benefit (+)**  **Cost (-)**  **Magnitude $6,** **000**
**Magnitude** 

### trade **p-oll**

**pa: (**  **- )**  **$30,000 E.**  **On otbar**  **industrieo or**  **trade p-oll**  **pa: NONE**  **F. Direct aod**  

### indirect **et'fecte on**  **public: (+)**  **Undeterminable m ANumptio**  **.... (Identified by**  **Impact Letter**  **and Number**  **from Sectioo n.) A.**  **The Department**  **will receive**  **$500 each for**  **12 additional**  **per mit**  **to coootruct app**  **lications. D.**  **The regulated**  **sources** 

### will **pay $24,** **000 to**  **collll uitants**  **to as**  **oiot in preparing**  **four permit applications plus**  **$6,000 in**  **permit f ....**  **F. This action will**  **help to improve**  **Maryland'. air**  **quality and will**  **reou1t in fewer**  **negstive healtb**  **eft'ecte on**  **tbe general public**  **from air pollution.** 

**MARYLAND REGISTER,**  **VOL. 30,**  **ISS UE**  **1. FRIDAY,**  **AUGUST ..**  **2003 1094**  **PROPOSED ACTION**  **ON REGULATIONS** 



### Economic **Impact** 

### on **Small Busine** **...... The**  **proposed action**  **has minimal**  **or no**  **sconomic impact**  **on small**  **businesses.** 

# Opportunity **for** 

### Public **Comment The**  **Department** 

### of **the Environment**  **will hold**  **a public**  **hearing on**  **the proposed**  **action on**  **September 10,**  **2003 at**  **10 a.m.**  **at 1800**  **Washington Boulevard,**  **1st Floor**  **Terra Confer**  **ence Room,**  **Baltimore MD**  **21230. Interested**  **pe rsons are**  **in vited**  **to attend**  **and express**  **their views.**  **Comments may**  **be sent**  **to Deborah**  **Rabin, Regulations**  **Coordinator,** 

### Air and **Radiation Management**  **Administration, Department**  

### of **the Environment,**  **1800 Washington**  **Boulevard, Baltimore**  **MD 21230,**  **or call**  **(410) 537-3240,**  **or fax**  **to (410)**  **537-4223, or**  **email to**  **drabin@mde.state.md.us. Comments**  **must be**  **re ceived**  **not later**  **than September**  **10, 2003,**  **or be submitted**  **at the**  **hearing. For**  **more information,**  **call Deborah Rabin**  **at (410) 537-3240.**  **Copies of**  

### the **proposed action**  **and supporting**  **documente are**  **available for**  **review at**  

### the **following locations:**  **The Air**  **and Radiation**  **Management Adminisi;ration;**  **regional offices**  **of the**  **Department in**  **Cumberland and**  **Salisbury; all**  **local air**  **quality control**  **officeS; and**  **local health**  **departments in**  **those counties**  **not having**  **separ!lte air**  **quality control**  **of fices.**  **Anyone needing**  **special accommodations**  **at the**  **public hearing**  **should contact**  **the Department's**  **Fair Practices**  **Of fice**  **at (410)**  **537-3964. TDD**  **users may**  **contact the**  **Depart ment**  **through the**  **Maryland Relay**  **Service at**  **711. .10**  

### Source. **Exempt from**  **Permita to**  **Construct and**  **Approvals. A**  **person may**  **construct or**  **modify or**  **cause to**  **be con**  **structed or**  **modified any**  **of** 

### the **following so** **urces without**  **first obtaining,**  **and having**  **in curren**  **t effect** **, a**  **permit to**  **con struct:**  **A. -**  **C. (text**  **unchanged) D.**  **[Fuel-burning equipment**  **using solid**  **fuel with**  **a best**  **input** 

### of **less than**  **350,000 Btu**  **(0.37 gigajoule)**  **per hour;]**  **Repealed E.**  **Stationary internal**  **combustion engines**  **with an**  **out put**  **less than**  **[1,000 brake**  **horsepower (746**  **kilowatt)] 500**  **brake horsepower**  **(373 kilowatts)**  **[operating less**  **than 2,** **000 hours**  **par year**  **and all**  **stationary internal**  **combustion en.**  **gines with**  **less than**  **500 brake**  **horsepower (373**  **kilowatt); for**  **sources that**  **install more**  **than ODS stationary**  **internal combustion**  **engine over**  **a 5-year**  **period, the**  **above exemp**  **tions do**  **not apply**  **if the**  **total potential**  **to amit**  **emissions from**  **the engines**  **installed over**  

### the **5-year period**  **exceeds the**  **major source**  **threshold as**  **defined in**  **Regulation .OIC**  **of this**  **chapter;] and**  **which are**  **not used to**  **generate ekctricity**  **for sale**  **or for peak**  **or load**  **shaving; F.**  **- X.**  **(text unchanged)**  **KENDL P.**  **PHILBRICK Acting**  **Secretary of**  

### the **Environment** 

### Subtitle 

### 11 **AIR QUALITY**  **Notice of** 

# Pro'Dpo**:tie..-­ [03-2"**  **The Secretary**  **0 vironment**  **proposes to**  **amend: (1)**  **on .02**  **under 28.11.08**  **General**
**•** 

### on **Standarda, Prohibition**  **d Restrictions;**  **(2) Reguiation**  **.M under**  

### COMAR **28.11.** 

### ntrolof **Incinerators; (3)**  **Regulation.06 under**  

### COMAR **28.11.09** 

### Control **on Engines,**  **and Certain**  **Fuel-Burning .**  **el-Burning Equipment,**  **Stationary Internal**  **C** 

# • **(** 

# i **)** 

# a:**gulation .03**  **under** 

### COMAR **28.11.10** 

### Con **. Iro**  

### and **Steel** 

### ProdDctlon **Installa tions.**  **Statement of**  **Purpose �JlO''''**  **of this**  **action is**  **to clarify the**  **gene requirements**  **and the**  **visible emissio** 
**. erators,**  **fuel burning**  **equipment, an**  **tiona.**



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# portunity **for** 

### Public **Comment The**  **Dep ent**  **of** 

### the **Environment will**  **hoi a**  **public hearing**  **0 the**  **proposed action**  **on September**  **10, 2**  **a.m. at**  **1 Washington**  **Boulevard, 1st**  **Floor 1l!rra** 

**, Baltimore**  **MD 21230.**  **Interested persons**  **attend and express**  **their views.**  **Comments ay**  **be Deborah**  **Rabin, Regulations**  **Coordinator, .**  **and Ra·**  **. on**  **Management Administration,**  **Department 0**  **the En**  **. ent,**  **1800 Washington**  **Boulevard, Baltimore**  **212 , o** 

**r call**  **(410) 537-3240,**  **or fax**  **to (410)**  **537-4223, r** 

# •.. **e .**  **to drabin@mde.state.md.us.**  **Comments must**  **be ceO**  **ed not**  **later than**  **September 10,**  **2003 or**  **be submitted**  **a MARYLAND**  **REGISTER, VOL**  **30, ISSUE**  **18 FRIDAY,**  **AUGUST 8, 2003** 

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**• MARYLAND**  **DEPARTMENT OF**  **THE ENVIRONMENT**  

## 1800 **Washington Boulevard**  **. Baltimore**  **MD** 

## 21230 

# MD**E 410-537-3000·**  **1-800-633-6101**

**Robert L. Ehrlich, Jf.**  **Governor** 

# TECHNICAL **SUPPORT DOCUMENT** 

**Amendments to**  **COMAR 26.11.02.10**  **Regarding** 

# Permit **to Construct**  **Requirements Purpose**  **of this**  **Action The**  **purpose of**  **the amendments**  **to COMAR**  

## 26.11.02.10 **is to:**  **KendI P.**  **Philbrick Acting**  **Secretary**



## (1) **Delete the**  

## 350,000 **Btu per**  **hour cut-off**  **in Section**  **.IOD for**  **fuel burning** 

**equipment burning**  **solid fuel**  **because it**  **could be**  **interpreted to**  **be inconsistent with**  **the prohibited**  **size cutoff**  **in COMAR**  

## 26.11.09.04; **and** 

## (2) **Lower the**  **cutoff level for**  **internal combustion**  **engines in**  **COMAR** 

## 26.11.02

**.IOE from**  

## 1000 **HP to**  

## 500 **HP. This**  **action will**  **be submitted**  **to the**  **U.S. Environmental**  **Protection Agency**  **as a**  **revision to**  **the State**  **Implementation Plan.**  

### Background

**Small fuel**  **burning equipment**  **below the**  

## 350,000 **Btu cutoff**  **level have**  **been constructed**  **without a**  **permit to**  **construct as**  **provided in**  **the current**  

## § **IOD. When**  **some of**  **this equipment**  **began to**  **operate, however, the**  **Department received**  **complaints from**  **area residents**  **regarding smoke**  **and odors.**  **The owners**  **of the**  **equipment incorrectly**  **assumed that**  **since the**  **equipment did**  **not require**  **a permit,**  **i.e., the**  **equipment was**  **less than**  

## 350,000 **Btu per**  **hour, no**  **other air**  **pollution requirements**  **apply. There**  **is no**  **language in**  **the current**  **regulations, however,**  **that exempts**  **air pollution**  **sources from**  **requirements on**  **the basis**  **that they**  **are not**  **required to**  **obtain a**  **permit to**  **construct.**

**Emissions standards**  **and other**  **requirements apply**  **to fuel**  **burning equipment of**  **any size.**  **When the**  **Department adopted**  **the prohibition requirements**  **in COMAR**  

## 26.11.09.04, **it recognized**  **that when**  **"dirty" fuels**  **such as**  **coal, wood,**  **or residual**  **oil are**  **burned, control**  **equipment would**  **be necessary**  **to meet**  **applicable requirements. Installing**  **control equipment on small**  **installations, however,**  **may not**  **be cost**  **effective. For**  **that reason,**  **the Department**  **established the**  **size cutoffs**  **in COMAR**  

## 26.11.09.04. **The prohibited**  **sizes** 

## (13 **and** 

## 35 **million Btu)**  **are significantly**  **higher than**  **the** 

## §.1O **D cutoff**  **for permits**  **because they**  **were set**  **at a**  **level** 

# • **below which**  **it is**  **not usually**  **cost effective**  **to meet**  **applicable requirements.** 



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**For internal**  **combustion engines,**  **the Department**  **will lower**  **the cutoff**  **from** 

## 1,000 **HP to**  

# • **500 HP.**  **The** 

## 500 **HP cutoff**  **level will**  **enable the**  **Department to**  **establish permit**  **conditions on**  **smaller equipment**  **that will**  **lower the**  **engine's potential**  **to emit.**  **Requiring registration**  **of existing**  **engines and**  **a permit**  **to construct**  **for new engines**  **at the**  

## 500 **HP level will**  **provide more**  **information to**  **the Department**  **on the**  **development of**  **emission standards**  **for internal**  **combustion engines**  **that have**  **relatively high**  **NOx emissions.**  

### Technology **Fuel Burning**  **Equipment Burning**  **Solid Fuel** 

**Removing the**  **size cutoff**  

## (350,000 **Btu) for**  **fuel burning**  **equipment burning**  **solid fuel**  **means that**  **all new**  **equipment of**  **any size**  **must obtain**  **a permit**  **to construct**  **before construction.**  **COMAR** 

## 26.11.29.04, **however, prohibits**  **and has**  **prohibited since**  

## 1972, **the construction**  **of units**  **less than** 

## 13 **MMBtu in**  **Areas I,**  **II, V,**  **and VI**  **and** 

## 35 **MMBtu for Areas**  **III and**  **IV. All**  **requirements, including**  **requirements for**  **particulate matter,**  **visible emissions,**  **SOx, and**  **NOx, apply**  **to fuel**  **burning equipment**  **of any**  **size. Although**  **the technology**  **is available**  **to comply**  **with requirements,**  **the cost**  **of control**  **is prohibitive**  **for small**  **installations. A**  **permit could**  **be issued**  **to a**  **source that**  **is below**  **the prohibited**  **size but**  **proposes to**  **meet applicable**  **emissions standards.**  **Emergency Generators** 

**The amendment**  **requires existing**  

## 500 **HP and**  **larger units**  **to be**  **registered and**  **new units**  

# • **to obtain**  **a permit**  **to construct**  **because they**  **have the**  **potential to**  **become major**  **NOx sources.**  **Internal combustion**  **engines of**  **this size**  **burning diesel**  **fuel have**  **significantly higher**  **NOx emissions**  **than conventional**  **fossil fuel**  **fired equipment.**  **It has**  **also been**  **determined that**  

## 500 **HP units**  **or larger**  **could operate**  **more frequently**  **than for**  **emergency use**  **to generate**  **electric energy.**  **The permit**  **to construct**  **for new**  **units will include**  **conditions that**  **limit the**  **hours of**  **operation.**

**Although there**  **are no**  **specific NOx**  **emissions standards**  **for these**  **units at**  **this time,**  **the Department**  **expects to**  **promulgate a**  **regulation in**  **the near**  **future that**  **will require**  **tune-up and**  **testing. Future**  **emission standards**  **would be**  **established based**  **on the**  **results of**  **the testing.**  

### Affected **Sources**

**Manufacturers and**  **vendors of**  **fuel burning equipment**  **and emergency**  **generators will**  **be affected**  **by these**  **amendments. Also**  **owners of**  **large buildings, services industries, and**  **municipal, state,**  **and federal facilities particularly sources**  **that are**  **located in areas**  **where solid**  **fuel is**  **available and**  **is the**  **least expensive**  **fuel.** 

### Economic **Impact**

**Sources that**  **operate existing**  **internal combustion**  **engines with**  **a capacity**  **between** 

## 500 **HP and**  

## 1,000 **HP will**  **be required**  **to complete**  **registration of**  **the units.**  **The procedures**  **to**



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**minimize paper**  **work and**  **the cost**  **should be**  **minimal.**

**It is**  **estimated that**  **applications for**  

## 12 **new internal**  **combustion engines**  **between** 

## 500 **HP and**  

## 1,000 **HP will**  **be received**  **each year.**  **The total**  **cost for**  **the 12**  **applications including**  **a permit**  **fee for each**  **engine and**  **consultant assistance**  **will be**  **approximately** 

## $30,000. **This includes**  **a** 

## $500 **permit fee**  **for each**  **application and**  **consultant assistance**  **for preparing**  **permit applications**  **at** 

## $6,000 **each.**

**The Department will review**  **applications and**  **issue permits with**  **existing staff.** 

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# • **(1) Amendments**  **to Regulations**  **.01 under**  **COMAR 26.11.01**  **General Administrative**  **Provisions and**  **Regulations .12**  **and .14**  **under COMAR**  **26.11.06 General**  **Emission Standards,**  **Prohibitions, and**  **Restrictions to**  **(a) update**  **the definition**  **and reference**  **to PSD**  **in COMAR**  **26.11.01 and**  **26.11.06.14 so**  **that they**  **cite the**  **2002 edition**  **of the**  **CFR; (b)**  **update the**  **definition of**  **VOC in**  **COMAR 26.11.01**  **so that**  **it cites**  **the 2002**  **edition of**  **40 CFR**  **Sec. 51.100(s);**  **(c) update**  **the definition**  **of NSPS**  **sources in**  **COMAR 26.11.01**  **so that**  **it cites**  **the 2002**  **edition of the**  **CFR; and (d) update**  **the definition**  **of NESHAP**  **sources in**  **COMAR 26.11.01**  **and include**  **the source**  **categories for**  **which MACT**  **standards have**  **been adopted**  **up to**  **July 1,**  **2002; (2)**  **Amend Regulation**  **.10 under**  **COMAR 26.11.02**  **Permits, Approvals,**  **and Registration**  **to (a)**  **delete the**  **350,000 Btu**  **per hour**  **cut-off in**  **Section .10D**  **for fuel**  **burning equipment burning**  **solid fuel**  **because it**  **could be**  **interpreted to**  **be inconsistent**  **with the prohibited**  **size cutoff**  **in COMAR**  **26.11.09.04; and**  **(b) lower**  **the cutoff level for**  **internal combustion**  **engines in**  **COMAR 26.11.02.10E**  **from 1000**  **HP to**  **500 HP;**  **(3) Amend**  **Regulation .02**  **under COMAR**  **26.11.06 General**  **Emission Standards, Prohibitions**  **and Restrictions,**  **Regulation .04**  **under COMAR**  **26.11.08 Control**  **of Incinerators,**  **Regulation .05**  **under COMAR**  **26.11.09 Control**  **of Fuel-Burning**  **Equipment, Stationary**  **Internal Combustion**  **Engines, and**  **Certain Fuel-Burning**  **Installations, and**  **Regulation .03**  **under COMAR**  **26.11.10 Control**  **of Iron**  **and Steel**  **Production Installations**  **to clarify**  **the general**  **visible emissions requirements**  **and the**  **visible emissions**  **exceptions for**  **incinerators, fuel**  **burning equipment,**  **and iron**  **and steel**  **installations; (4)**  **Amend Regulation**  **.08 under**  **COMAR 26.11.09**  **Control of**  **Fuel-Burning Equipment,**  **Stationary Internal**  **Combustion Engines,**  **and Certain** **2 Ad**  **# 100736** 

**Class 820' Name**  **MD DEP**  **ENV AIR/RAn**  **MGMT ADMIN**  **PO #**  **NOTICE Authorized**  **by D.**  **RABIN Size 202 lines**  **Account 410537329731**  **Fuel-Burning Installations and**  **Regulations .01**  **and .03**  **under COMAR**  **26.11.17 Requirements for**  **Major New**  **Sources and**  **Modifications. The**  **redesignation of**  **the Washington,**  **D.C. ozone**  **nonattainment area**  **from 1I"serious"1l**  **to ""severe""**  **requires certain**  **regulations to**  **be amended**  **to conform**  **to federal**  **requirements. The**  **requirements in**  **the Washington**  **area will**  **now be**  **identical to**  **requirements in**  **the Baltimore**  **and Cecil**  **County severe**  **ozone nonattainment areas;**  **(5) Repeal Regulations**  **.01 -**  **.14 under**  **COMAR 26.11.27**  **Post RACT**  **Requirements for**  **NOx Sources**  **(NOx Budget**  **Program) and**  **Regulations .01** 

**- .13**  **under COMAR**  **26.11.28 Policies**  **and Procedures**  **Relating to**  **Maryland's NOx**  **Budget Program**  **because the**  **NOx Budget**  **Program has**  **been suspended**  **by the**  **NOx SIP**  **Call under**  **COMAR 26.11.29**  **and 26.11.30;**  **(6) Amend**  **Regulation .09,**  **under COMAR**  **26.11.29 NOx Reduction and**  **Trading Program**  **to (a)**  **require affected trading sources**  **to secure**  **allowances at**  **the end**  **of the**  **ozone season**  **(November 30)**  **of each**  **year, and**  **(b) clarify**  **that the**  **five percent**  **set aside**  **ppol will**  **continue beyond**  **the 2005**  **ozone season;**  **and (7)**  **Amend Regulation**  **.01 under**  **COMAR 26.11.32**  **Control of**  **Emissions of**  **Volatile Organic**  **Compounds from**  **Consumer Products to**  **clarify the**  **Department's enforcement**  **policy relative**  **to the**  **sale of**  **a non-complying**  **consumer product**  **by a**  **retailer. The**  **full text**  **of these**  **proposals will**  **appear in**  **the Maryland**  **Register on**  **August 8, 2003.**  **Except for**  **the NESHAP**  **and NSPS**  **amendments, all**  **actions will**  **be submitted**  **to the**  **U.S. Environmental**  **Protection Agency**  **(EPA) as**  **revisions to**  **Maryland's State**  **implementation Plan**  **(SIP). Public**  **hearings on**  **the proposed**  **actions will**  **be held**  **on September**  **10, 2003**  **at 10:00**  **a.m. at**  **1800 Washington Boulevard,**  **1st Floor**  **Terra Conference Room,**  **Baltimore, MD**  **21230. Interested**  **persons are**  **invited to**  **attend and**  **express their**  **views. Written**  **comments may**  **be mailed**  **to Deborah**  **Rabin, Regulations**  **Coordinator, Air**  **& Radiation**  **Management Administration,**  **Department of**  **the Environment,**  **1800 Washington**  **Boulevard, Baltimore,**  **MD 21230.**  **Comments may**  **also be**  **submitted via**  **e-mail to**  **drabin@mde.state.md.us. Comments**  **must be**  **received no**  **later than**  **September 10,**  **2003 or**  **be submitted**  **at the**  **hearing. For**  **more information,**  **call Deborah Rabin**  **at (410)**  **537-3240. Copies**  **of the**  **proposed action**  **and supporting documents are**  **available for**  **review at**  **the following**  **locations: The**  **Air &**  **Radiation Management**  **Administration; regional**  **offices of**  **the Department**  **in Cumberland**  **and Salisbury;**  **all local**  **air quality**  **control offices;**  **and local**  **health departments**  **in those**  **counties not**  **having separate**  **air quality**  **control offices.**  **Anyone needing special accommodations**  **at the**  **public hearing**  **should contact**  **the Department's**  **Fair Practices**  **Office at**  **(410) 537-3964.**  **TTY users**  **may contact**  **the Department**  **through the**  **Maryland Relay**  **Service at**  **711. ANGELO**  **BIANCA Deputy**  **Director Air**  **& Radiation**  **Management Administration**  **T<1022 ,**  

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**held on**  **September 10,**  **2003 Baltimore,**  **MD My**  **name is**  **Parker Dean.**  **I am**  **Chief of**  **the Regulation**  **Development Division of**  **the Air**  **and Radiation**  **Management Administration,**  **Department of**  **the Environment.** 

**This public**  **hearing is**  **being held**  **pursuant to**  **the requirements**  **of** 

### 40 **CFR Section**  

### 51. **102 and**  **Sections** 

### 2-301 **et.seq. of**  **the Environment**  **Article, Annotated**  **Code of**  **Maryland. It**  **is also**  **being held**  **in conformance**  **with the**  **State Administrative**  **Procedures Act**  **under the**  **State Government**  **Article, beginning**  **at Section**  

### 10-10**1.**

**Notice of**  **this hearing**  **appeared in**  **the: Maryland**  **Register on**  **August** 

## 8, **2003; Baltimore**  **Sun on**  **August** 

## 8, **2003; Saint**  **Mary's Enterprise**  **on August**  

### 8, **2003; Cumberland**  **Times-News on**  **August** 

## 8, **2003; Frederick**  **News-Post on**  **August** 

## 8, **2003; Salisbury**  **Daily Times**  **on August**  

## 8, **2003; and**  **the Washington**  **Post on**  **August** 

### 7, **2003. Copies**  **of these**  **notices were**  **submitted for**  **the record.** 

**Copies of**  **the proposed**  **amendments and**  **supporting documents**  **were submitted**  **for review**  **to the**  **State Clearinghouse**  **and are**  **also submitted**  **at this**  **time into**  **the hearing**  **record. Copies**  **of the**  **proposed amendments**  **and supporting**  **documents were**  **made available**  **for public**  **inspection at**  **the Air**  **and Radiation**  **Management Administration offices**  **in Baltimore,**  **Cumberland, and**  **Salisbury, and**  **at all**  **local health departments**  **or local**  **air quality**  **control offices.** 

**The purpose**  **of today's**  **hearing is**  **to give**  **the public**  **an opportunity**  **to comment**  **on proposed**  **amendments to**  **COMAR** 

### 26**.11. 02.**  **10 D**  **and E**  

### Summary

**Regulation** 

### 26. **1 1**
**. 02.10**  **D relates**  **to the**  **construction of**  **small fuel burning**  **equipment burning**  **solid fuel.**  **The amendment**  **deletes the**  **size cutoff**  **below which**  **a permit-to-construct**  **is not**  **required because**  **it was**  **being misinterpreted**  **and it**  **was inconsistent**  **with the**  **prohibited sizes**  **for solid**  **fuels under**  **COMAR** 

### 26**.11 .09.**  **Although new**  **equipment with a**  **capacity of**  **at least**  

### 350,000 **Btu per**  **hour required**  **a permit,**  **COMAR** 

### 26. **1 1 .09**  **prohibited the construction of**  **new units**  **with a**  **capacity below**  

### 13 **in the**  **metropolitan areas**  **and** 

### 35 **million Btu**  **in the**  **rural counties.** 



### 1**The amendment**  **to regulation**  

### .10 **E lowered**  **the size**  **of an**  **emergency generator**  **requiring** 

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### 1,000 **brake horse**  **power to**  

## 500 **brake horse**  **power. Generators**  **with a**  **capacity of**  

### 500 **brake horse power**  **could have a**  **significant potential**  **to emit.**  **The amendment enables the**  **Department to**  **establish permit**  **conditions to**  **limit the**  **potential emissions.**  **State Implementation**  **Plan Revision** 

**These amendments**  **will be**  **submitted to**  **the U.S.**  **Environmental Protection**  **Agency as**  **a revision**  **to Maryland's**  **State Implementation**  **Plan.** 

### Consideration **of Comments** 

**The Department**  **will consider**  **all comments**  **before making**  **a decision**  **to adopt**  **these amendments.** 

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**DEBORAH RABIN,**  **REGULATIONS COORDINATOR**  

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### MS . **RABI N:**  **Go od morning**  **. On beh** **al f**  **of the**  **Department of**  **the Envi**  **ronment and**  **the Air and**  **Ra diat**  **ion Management**  **Admin i s**  **tration, I**  **would lik** **e to**  **welco me**  **you to**  **this p u** **blic hearin**  **g . My**  **name is**  **Deborah Rabin**  **and I**  **am the**  **Regu latio** **ns Coordinator**  **fo r**  **the Air**  **and Radi**  **atio n**  **Management Admini**  **str at**  **ion .**  **I will**  **ser ve as**  **hearin g**  **o f f**  **icer for**  **toda y's**  **hearin g .** 

**I would**  **lik e to**  **as k**  **all of**  **yo u in**  **atte ndance**  **today to**  **please s i** **gn in,**  **if yo** **u haven'**  **t done**  **so al**  **ready. Th**  **is wi**  **ll help**  **us to**  **ke ep**  **an acc** **u rate**  **record of**  **the people**  **who pa** **rtici pate**  **in the**  **hearin g .**  **Al so**  **, co** **pies of** 
**our regu** **la t i**  **on prop** **osal ,**  **s u pport**  **do c u** **ment s,**  **and the**  **Department 's**  **s t at**  **ement are**  **av ai**  **la ble**  **on the table**  **for yo** **ur inf**  **orm at**  **io n .** 

**Th is**  **hearing concerns**  **air qu** **al ity**  **reg ulat**  **i o ns**  **fo und**  **in the Code**  **of Mar** **y la** **nd Regulat**  **ions ,**  **Title 26**  **, su** **btitle 11**  **Air Qu** **alit y.**  **The Secr** **etary of**  **the Depart** **ment propo**  **ses to**  **amend Regulation**  **.1 0**  **un der**  **COMA R**  **26 . 1**  **1.0 2**  **Permi ts,**  **Approva ls**  **and Re**  **gi stratio** **ns .**

**The pur** **pose of**  **thi s**  **hearin g**  **is to**  **give yo** **u the** 

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**Th e**  **hearin g**  **wi ll**  **pr oceed**  **in the**  **fol lowin** **g ord** **er .**  **Fir st**  **, Mr**  **. Pa** **rker De**  **an will**  **ma ke**  **a sta** **tem ent on**  **beh alf**  **of the**  **Air and**  **Ra d iat**  **ion Manag** **e m ent**  **Adm ini**  **strat ion.**  **After Mr**  **. Dean**  **is fini**  **she d,**  **I wi**  **ll cal**  **I on**  **any elected**  **offi cial** 
**or governm** **ent offi**  **cial who**  **wants to**  **ma ke**  **a sta** **tem ent**  **. Then I**  **will call**  **upon any** **one els**  **e who**  **ind ica** **ted on the**  **sig n -**  **in sheet**  **that he**  **or she woul**  **d l i**  **ke to**  **ma ke**  **a statem** **ent .** 

**When givin** **g yo** **ur sta** **tem ent**  **, please**  **com e up**  **front ,**  **i d ent**  **ify you** **rs elf**  **and yo** **ur aff**  **i l iat**  **ion and**  **g i ve**  **yo ur**  **sta tem** **ent l o** **u d ly**  **and cle**  **arl y.**  **Are t h** **ere any**  **qu estio** **ns? I**  **wi ll**  **now calI**  **on Mr**  **. De**  **an .**

**MR .**  **DEAN: My**  **na me**  **is Parker**  **De an.**  **I am**  **Chief of**  **the Reg** **ulatio n**  **Deve lo** **p m ent**  **Divi s i**  **on of**  **the Air**  **and Radiation**  **Manage ment**  **Adm ini**  **str atio** **n , Depart** **ment of**  **the Environm** **ent .** 

**This pu** **blic hearing**  **is being**  **he ld**  **pursuant to**  **t h e**  **req uirem** **ents of**  **40 C F** **R Sect**  **ion 5 1**  **. 1 02**  **and Se ctio** **ns 2-** 

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**Not ices**  **of this**  **hearing ap** **peare d**  **in the**  **Mar yland**  **Re gis**  **ter ,**  **Ba ltim** **ore Sun,**  **St .**  **Ma ry**  **'s Enterp** **rise ,**  **Cumberland Ti**  **m es-**  **News ,**  **Fre d** **eric k**  **News -Po**  **st and**  **Sali sbury**  **Da il**  **y Ti**  **m es**  **on August**  **8th, 20**  **03 and the**  **Washington Po**  **st**
**on Augu**  **st 7t**  **h, 20**  **0 3 .**  **Co pies**  **of th** **ese not**  **ices were**  **subm itted**  **for the**  **rec ord.** 

**Cop ies**  **of the**  **propo sed**  **a m endments**  **and supporting**  **do cum** **ent s**  **were subm** **itted for**  **review to**  **the State**  **Cl earingh** **ouse and**  **are also**  **subm itted**  **at this**  **tim e**  **into the**  **hearing record.**  **Co pie**  **s of**  **the propo**  **sed amendments**  **and supp**  **orting do**  **cuments were**  **ma de**  **av aila** **ble for**  **publ ic**  **inspection at**  **the Air and**  **Radiation Manage** **me nt**  **Admi ni**  **st rat**  **io n**  **of fices**  **in Ba**  **ltim ore**  **, Cu** **mb erland**  **and Salis** **bury ,**  **and at**  **all local**  **health de** **part m** **ents and**  **local air**  **qual ity**  **control offices** 
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**The pur** **pose of**  **tod ay'**  **s hearing**  **is to**  **give the**  **pu blic**  **an opportunity to**  **co mment**  **on the**  **pro pose**  **d**
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**de letes**  **the si**  **ze cu** **toff below**  **whi ch**  **a permit**  **to con** **st ruc**  **t is**  **not req** **uire d**  **be ca** **us e**  **it wa**  **s bein** **g mi**  **sinterpre ted**  **and**
**wa s**  **inc onsistent**  **with the**  **prohi bite**  **d si**  **z es**  **for so**  **lid fu** **els under**  **COM AR**  **26 .11**  **. 0 9.** 

**Al though**  **new equipm** **ent with**  **a ca** **pa ci**  **ty of**  **les s**  **than 35**  **0 , 000**  **Btus per**  **hour req** **uire d a**  **perm it,**  **COM AR**  **26 . 1**  **1.0 9**  **prohibi ted**  **the co** **ns t r** **u c tio** **n of**  **new uni**  **ts with**  **a ca** **pac it** **y below**  **13 mi**  **l l ion**  **Btus in**  **the metropo**  **lita n**  **ar eas**  **and 35**  **mi l l**  **ion Btus**  **in the**  **rural count**  **ies.**

**The a m** **en dment**  **to Reg** **ulat ion**  **. 1 0E**  **lowers the**  **si ze**  **of an**  **e m ergency**  **generator requiring a**  **permit fr** **om 1 ,**  **000 brake**  **horsepower to**  **500 brake**  **hors epowe**  **r. Ge**  **ne rators**  **with a**  **ca pa**  **c it**  **y of**  **500 brake**  **hor s**  **epower cou** **ld have**  **a signi**  **fi ca** **nt potent**  **ial to**  **e m it** 
**. The**  **a m end** **ment ena** **bles the**  **De part** **ment to**  **e s tabl**  **i s h**  **permit co** **ndi t i**  **ons to**  **lim it**  **the pot**  **ent ial**  **e m i**  **ss ions.** 

**The se**  **a m end** **ment s**  **wi ll**  **be su** **b m itted**  **to the**  **Un ited**  **States En** **vironm ent**  **al Prot**  **e c tio** **n Agency**  **as a**  **revi sion**  **to Ma**  **ry land's**  **State I m** **plem ent**  **at ion**  **Pl an**  **. The**  **De part**  **ment wi**  **ll con** **si de**  **r all**  **comment s**  **bef ore**  **ma king**  **a de**  **cision to** 

**For The**  **Re c**  **ord, In** **c. 603**  **Post Of**  **fic e**  **Road, Sui**  **te 30**  **9 Wal**  **d orf**  **, Ma**  **r y l a** **nd 20**  **602** 

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**MS .**  **RA BIN:**  **Wo uld**  **any one**  **like to**  **co mment**  **on this**  **prop osed**  **act ion?**  **Ye s.** 

**MR . HE** **ARN: Ye**  **s, I**  **would. J.**  **L.** 

### He **arn ,**  **Washington Suburban**  **Sani tary**  **Co mmi**  **ss ion.**  **Real l y**  **, my**  **statem ent**  **is one**  **of a**  **coupl e**  **of qu** **estio ns**  **for you**  **. In**  **read ing**  **through the**  **tech nical**  **support do** **cum ent**  **I see**  **that the**  **Permit to**  **Co nstruct**  **envi sio** **ns a**  **li mitation**  **on the**  **hours of**  **operat ion**  **. And the**  **Co mmi**  **ss ion'**  **s generators**  **are for**  **exact ly**  **e m ergenc** **y operations**  **and it could**  **be whenever**  **there 's**  **a power**  **fail ure**  **from the**  **norm al**  **source of**  **pow er**  **.**

**So how**  **in the**  **world wo** **ul d a**  **li mit**  **on those**  **oper atio** **ns be**  **str ucture**  **d that**  **would al**  **low us**  **to me**  **et the**  **intent of**  **instal ling**  **the gen** **erator in the**  **f i rst**  **p l ace**  **?**

**MR. DEAN**  **: Oka** **y. You**  **ask the**  **que stio** **n for**  **the**
**recor d**  **and then**  **I ' ll**  **give yo** **u the**  **answer lat**  **er .** 

**MR . HE** **AR N :**  **Oka y.**  **Seco ndly,**  **the regul**  **at i o** **n a l**  **so en**  **visi ons**  **future e m** **iss ions**  **st andard**  **s and**  **ind ica** **tes that**  **would be**  **ba se**  **d on**  **tes t i**  **ng . And ag**  **ain, the**  **qu estion**  **is would**  **that testin** **g be**  **require d**  **as part**  **of re** **gistr a t**  **ion or**  **permit for**  **these in** **itial generators that**  **would be**  **install ed**  **after the**  **effecti ve**  **da te**  **of these**  **reg ulatio** **ns**
**For The**  **Record, Inc**  **. 603**  **Po st**  **Of fic**  **e Roa** **d, Suite**  **3 0 9**  **Wald orf**  **, Maryland**  **2 0 602** 

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**if t h** **ey becom** **e e f**  **fe ct**  **ive as**  **propo sed**  **?**

**MS .**  **RA BIN:**  **Ok ay**  **. Are**  **you fini**  **she d**  **or wo** **ul d**  **you lik** **e to**  **a d d**  **som e**  **mo re**  **?**

**MR .**  **HEARN :**  **No .**  **Th at**  **'s it** 
**. MS**  **. RA** **BIN: Woul**  **d anyone**  **else l i**  **ke to**  **co mment**  **on this**  **prop osed**  **act ion**  **?**

**Howa rd.**  **MR .**  **HO WARD:**  **Ye s,**  **I wo** **ul d.**  **My na me**  **is Paul**  **L.**

**Go od**  **mo rning** 
**. I '**  **m Paul**  **L. Howa** **rd of**  **Ver izo** **n Corpo**  **rate Servi**  **ces Corpor** **atio n .**  **I ' m**  **respons ible**  **for**
**mana gin** **g envi**  **ronm ental**  **com pl**  **iance iss**  **ues in**  **Maryl and**  **as we**  **ll as**  **D . C .**  **, Del**  **aware and**  **We st**  **Virginia fo**  **r Veri**  **zon Comm** **u nicat**  **io ns**  **com pa** **nies with**  **the exception**  **of Veri**  **zon Wirel**  **ess .**  **My co** **mm ents**  **are in**  **ref erence**  **to the**  **prop osed**  **chan ges to**  **COM AR**  **2 6 . 1**  **1.0 2 .**  **1 0 ,**  **Sect ion**  **E, re** **d uc**  **ing t h** **e perm** **itt ing**  **req uir** **e m ent**  **s fo**  **r stati**  **onary int**  **e r nal**  **com b** **ustio n**  **engines fro** **m 1 ,**  **000 to**  **500 brake**  **horsepow e r**  **. And**  **fo r**  **t h e**  **rest of**  **thi s**  **I ' ve**  **ref erre**  **d to**  **these as**  **generators rather**  **than inter** **nal com** **bu st**  **ion engin** **es.**

**First ,**  **I ' d**  **lik e**  **to ex** **pr ess**  **appre cia** **t i on**  **to the**  **De part** **m ent**  **fo r**  **l i stenin** **g to the**  **pu blic**  **co mment**  **at l a**  **st year'**  **s me**  **etin g**  **on the**  **to pic**  **and moving**  **to a**  **mo re** 
**For The**  **Record, Inc**  **. 603**  **Po st**  **Offi ce**  **Road, Suite**  **3 0 9**  **Waldorf, Ma**  **ryland 2 0**  **602** 

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**reas ona** **ble perm** **itt ing**  **level than**  **was previo** **us ly**  **pro p o**  **sed.**

**This wi**  **ll si gn**  **ificant ly**  **re duc**  **e a burd** **en on**  **our bu**  **s i ness**  **which we**  **est im** **ated last**  **ye ar**  **wo uld**  **require us**  **to reg**  **i ster**  **93 exi**  **st ing**  **di esel-**  **p o were**  **d generat**  **or s**  **and per** **mit perhaps**  **a dozen**  **more engines**  **a ye**  **ar than**  **the current**  **pro p o**  **sal .**  **If the**  **current pro** **p o sed**  **regulat ion**  **was in**  **place**
**no w**  **at 500**  **brake ho** **rs epo** **wer Ver** **izon Mary** **l a nd,**  **In c**  **., wo** **ul d**  **be requi**  **re d**  **to per** **mit generat**  **or in** **s talla**  **tio ns**  **at seven**  **l o cat**  **i o ns**  **rather than**  **three that**  **mu st**  **be perm** **i tted**  **under the**  **exi sti**  **ng 1 ,**  **000 brake**  **ho rsepo** **wer thresho**  **l d under**  **thi s**  **ye ar'**  **s c o** **nstr uc**  **tio n**  **pro gra** **m in our**  **c o mp** **an y.** 

**Ce rt**  **ainl y,**  **no bu**  **s i ness**  **or or gan**  **i z at**  **ion in** **s tall**  **ing gen** **erat o**  **rs we**  **l c ome**  **s the**  **a d dit**  **io nal**  **c o st**  **or t i**  **me requi**  **re d**  **to c o** **m ply**  **with stricter**  **reg ula** **tio n.**  **Gi ven**  **this pro** **p o sed**  **regulat ion**  **'s requirin** **g f o** **ur more**  **perm its**  **fr om**  **our or** **gan izat**  **ion ,**  **versus the**  **twelve estim** **ated f o**  **r the**  **ent ire**  **state in**  **the Depart** **m ent**  **'s im** **pact statem** **ent ,**  **we bel**  **ieve the**  **i m pact**  **ma y**  **be und** **erst ated**  **and result**  **in a**  **greater wo**  **r kl**  **o ad**  **to state**  **perm itt**  **ing pers**  **o nnel**  **than was**  **estim ated**  **in the**  **do cum** **e nts**  **.**

**We are**  **c o ncerned**  **that the**  **pro p o**  **sed regula**  **tion**

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**change will**  **exacerbate a**  **si tuation**  **with s m** **all s t**  **and b y**  **/em ergenc** **y ele**  **ctrical generator**  **in stallat**  **ions in**  **Mary l a** **nd that**  **is ve**  **ry busin** **ess unfriend** **l y.** 

**We feel**  **ve ry**  **stron g l**  **y that**  **the De** **part me** **nt of**  **the Environm** **ent and**  **the Pu** **blic Service**  **Comm iss**  **ion sho** **ul d**  **cooperate and**  **re move**  **the req** **uirem ent**  **for en** **tities to**  **obt ain**  **a waiver**  **of a**  **PS C**  **Ce rt**  **ific ate**  **of Pu** **blic Con**  **v eni**  **ence or**  **Ne ce**  **ssit y**  **before MDE**  **wi ll**  **accept a**  **Pe rmit**  **to Construct ap** **pli catio** **n .**

**We be lie** **ve it**  **appro priate for**  **PS C**  **to est ab**  **lis h a**  **thresh ol**  **d, perhaps**  **three me** **gaw atts**  **or 3 ,**  **000 KW**  **l e vel**  **gener ator**  **, with**  **no power**  **trans fer** **re d**  **to the co** **mm ercial**  **electrical trans** **m iss**  **ion grid,**  **below whi**  **ch no**  **CPCN waiver**  **is ne**  **cessary for**  **MDE to**  **acce pt**  **a perm** **it appl**  **i c atio** **n.**

**Req uirin** **g busin** **esses and**  **other organi**  **zat i o** **ns to**  **ap pl**  **y separat**  **el y**  **to two di**  **ffer ent**  **state agenc**  **ies appears**  **to us**  **to be**  **an in** **effic ient**  **use of**  **governm ent**  **and regul**  **ated co** **mmu nit**  **y reso**  **u rc**  **es .** 

**The req** **uire m** **ent to**  **obtain a**  **CPCN waiver**  **be fore**  **perm itt**  **ing by**  **MDE with**  **the re**  **d uce**  **d brake**  **horsepower th** **r esh** **old of**  **the propo**  **sed regul**  **at i o** **n, wi**  **ll add**  **a d di**  **tio nal**  **cost and**  **tim e**  **burd ens for ent**  **ities instal**  **l ing**  **relat iv** **ely**

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**s m all**  **generators ,**  **and is**  **not inc**  **lud ed**  **in t h** **e Depart**  **me nt**  **'s**
**ca l c** **ula t**  **io n**  **of t h** **e co**  **st of t h**  **is propo**  **sed regul**  **atio n**  **chang e.**  **We bel**  **ie ve**  **t h ese**  **co sts**  **s h ou**  **ld be**  **inc lud** **ed and** 
**are ,**  **in fac**  **t, higher**  **t h an**  **t h e**  **co st**  **of preparing**  **an MDE Pe**  **rmit to**  **Construc t**  **ap pl**  **i c at**  **io n,**  **be c**  **ause of**  **t h e**  **nee d**  **to**
**ex ch** **ange do** **cu m** **ent s**  **wit h a**  **fac ility**  **' s co** **mm ercial**  **ele c**  **tri c**  **power di**  **st ribut**  **io n**  **co mp**  **any in**  **a d di**  **tio n**  **to t h** **e PS**  **C 's**  **waiver ap** **pl i c**  **atio n**  **processing fees**  **.**

**Ag ain,**  **we reit**  **erate our**  **be l i**  **ef t h** **at t h** **e invo**  **lve m** **ent of two**  **state agenc**  **ies for**  **perm itt**  **ing of**  **s m all**  **generators is**  **an in** **effic ient**  **use of**  **governm ent**  **resourc es**  **and burd** **en som** **e to**  **t h e**  **regul ated**  **co mmu** **nity.**

**In t h** **e past**  **ye ar**  **, MDE**  **has includ** **ed permit** 
**co n d** **i tio** **ns t h** **at wo** **ul d**  **app ear**  **to pre**  **c lud** **e t h** **e part**  **i c ip** **at ion**  **of en** **titi es**  **in stall**  **ing generators**  **fro m**  **part i c**  **ipating in**  **elec tri**  **c load**  **cu rtai**  **l m ent**  **or loa**  **d response**  **agre e m** **ent s**  **wit h a**  **fac i l**  **ity ' s**  **co mm** **erc ial**  **elec tri**  **c power**  **suppl ier** 
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**Load cu** **rt ailm** **en t /**  **load response**  **ag ree** **m ent**  **s allo** **w an**  **en tity**  **to dr** **op off**  **t h e**  **co mm** **erc ial**  **power gri**  **d and**  **ut iliz**  **e t h** **eir generators at**  **t h e sup** **plie r**  **or ind** **e pend** **ent**
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**sys t e** **m oper** **ator ,**  **such as**  **PJM , reque**  **st ,**  **when the**  **electric grid**  **is stres**  **sed by ex** **cess ive**  **demand or**  **other factor** **s threat**  **ening ser** **vice inte**  **rru ptio** **ns to**  **electric custom** **ers ,**  **or at**  **Verizo n '**  **s op** **t i on in the**  **case of**  **the l o** **ad response**  **program .**  **The recent**  **North east/M** **idwe st**  **bl ackout**  **and severe**  **thunderstorm damage to**  **ele ctrical**  **dist ribution**  **faci l i**  **ties in**  **much of**  **Maryland point out**  **the advant**  **ages of**  **allo wing**  **load curt**  **ailm ent**  **generator runs ,**  **which the**  **current proposed**  **reg ula**  **t ion**  **coul d**  **further j e**  **opar dize**  **if restricti**  **ve permit**  **condi tio** **ns are**  **cont in** **u ed** 
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**We be**  **lie ve**  **that per**  **mi ts**  **should allo** **w part**  **ici pat**  **io n in**  **l o ad**  **curtai lment**  **/lo ad**  **response prog**  **rams because**  **of the**  **obvious pu** **blic safety**  **asp ects**  **of maintainin** **g a re**  **lia ble**  **electric supply**  **part i c** **ularly when** 
**some of**  **the burden**  **can be**  **mitigated with**  **exi st**  **ing**
**resource s.**  **Thank you .**  **MS .**  **RA BIN**  **: Thank**  **you very**  **mu ch**  **. Would**  **anyone els**  **e l i**  **ke to**  **co mme**  **nt on**  **this propo**  **sed actio** **n? Let the**  **record show**  **that no other**  **comme nts**  **were made** 
**. This**  **wi ll**  **conclu de**  **the pu bl**  **ic hearing**  **regarding proposed**  **amendme nts**  **to Reg** **ulatio n**  **. 1 0**  **under COMAR**  **2 6 . 1**  **1.0 2**  **Perm its,**  **Approva ls** 

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### 19 **20 21**  **22 14**  **CER TIFIC** **ATE OF**  **RE PORTER** 
**I, Deborah**  **Turne r,**  **CVR , do**  **hereby cert**  **ify that**  **the foregoin** **g proceedings**  **were ele**  **ctr oni**  **cal ly**  **recorded by** 
**me via**  **aUdiotape and**  **reduced to**  **typewri tin** **g under**  **my supervi**  **sion; that**  **I am**  **nei ther**  **counsel fo** **r, related**  **to, nor**  **emp loyed**  **by any**  **of the**  **par ties**  **to the**  **actio n**  **in which**  **th ese**  **proceedings were**  **transcribe d;**  **that I**  **am not a**  **relat ive**  **or em** **plo yee**  **of any**  **at torney or**  **counsel employed**  **by the**  **part ies**  **here to,**  **nor fin** **anc ially**  **or otherwi**  **se int**  **erested in**  **the outco** **me in**  **the actio** **n .**

**DEBORAH TURN** **ER , CVR** 

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**• Debbie**  **Rubin - Air**  **regulation comments**

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### Date: **Subject: Ms.**  **Rabin: <paul**  **.l.ho ward**  **@ verizo** **n.com> <drabin**  **@md e.stat** **e.md.us> 9/1**  **0103 8:51AM**  **Air regulation**  **comments**

**At tached**  **are comments I will present**  **at this**  **morning's public meeting.**  **looking forward**  **to seeing you at**  **1 0 .**  **(See atta** **ched file:**  **Comment on**  **amendment to**  **COMAR 26.doc)**  **Paul L.**  **Howard, CFM, CHMM**  **301 -236-8366**  **(Voice) 301**  **-236-8797 (fax)**  **202-542-3 1 2** **8 (pager)**  **Email: paul.l.**  **howard@ verizon.com**  **Verizon Internal**  **eWeb: http:/**  **/hr.verizon.co m/job/6060_en** **vironment.shmtl Manager-DC,**  **DE, MD, WV**  **Verizon Environment**  **Management 1 3**  **1 0 1**  **Columbia Pike,**  **Rm. 2138**  **Silver Spring,**  **MD 20904-5248**  **Page 1**  

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**Comment on**  **amendment to**  **COMAR** 

### 26**.11 .02.10**  **(E) for**  **public meeting**  

### 9/10**/2003**

**Comment by:**  **Paul L**  **Howard, CF** **M', CHMM2**  **Manager**

**- Environment**  **Verizon Corporate**  **Services Corp.** 

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### 20904-5248 **301-236-8366 Emai**  **l: pauLLhowar** **d@ veri** **zon.com Good Morning.**  **I am**  **Paul L**  **Howard, of**  **Verizon Corporate**  **Services Corporat** **ion. I**  **am responsible**  **for managing**  **environmental compliance**  **issues in**  **Maryland (also**  **DC, DE and**  **WV) for Verizon Communica** **tions' companies,**  **with the**  **exception of**  **Verizon Wirele** **ss. My**  **comments are**  **in refere** **nce to**  **the proposed**  **changes to**  **COMAR** 

### 26. **1 1 .02.10**  **section E.,**  **reducing the**  **permitting requirements**  **for stationary**  **internal combustion**  **engines from**  

### 1000 **to** 

### 500 **brake horsepower.**  **First, 1'd**  **like to express appreciation**  **to the**  **Department for**  **listening to**  **the public**  **comment at**  **last yea** **r's meeting**  **on this topic, and moving to**  **a more**  **reasonable permitting level than was**  **previously proposed.**  **This will**  **significantly reduce**  **a burden**  **on our**  **business, which we**  **estimated last**  **year would**  **have required**  **us to register**  **ninety three**  **existing diesel**  **powered generators,**  **and permit perhaps**  **a dozen**  **more engines**  **a year than**  **the current**  **proposal. If**  **the current**  **proposed regulation**  **change was**  **in place**  **now** 

### (500 **BHP), Verizon** 

**- Maryland**  **Inc. would**  **be required**  **to permit generator installations**  **at seven**  **locatio ns,**  **rather than**  **the three**  **that must**  **be permitted**  **under the**  **existing** 

### 1000 **BHP thre** **shold under**  **this year'**  **s construction**  **program. Certainly,**  **no business**  **or organization**  **installing generators**  **welcomes the**  **additional cost**  **and time**  **required to**  **comply with**  **stricter regulation.**  **Given this**  **proposed regulati** **on's requiring**  **four more**  **permits from**  **our organization,**  **vs. the**  **twelve estimated**  **for the**  **entire state**  **in the**  **departmen t's**  **impact statement,**  **we believe**  **the impact**  **may be**  **understated and**  **result in a**  **greater workload**  **to state**  **permitting personneL**  **We are**  **concerned that**  **the proposed**  **regulation change**  **will exacerbate**  **a situation**  **with small**  **standby** 

### / **emergency electrical generator**  **installations in**  **Maryland that**  **is very**  **business -**  **unfriendly. We**  **fe el very**  **strongly that the**  **Department of**  **the Environment**  **and the Public**  **Service Commission**  **should cooperate**  **and remove**  **the requirement**  **for entities**  **to obtain**  **a waiver**  **of a**  **PSC Certificate**  **of Public**  **Convenience or**  **Necessity before**  **MDE will**  **accept a**  **"Permit to**  **Construct" application.**  **We believe**  **it appropriate**  **for PSC**  **to establish**  **a thre** **shold, perhaps**  **three megawatts**  

### / **3000KW generator,**  **with no power**  **transferred to**  **the commercial**  **electrical tra** **nsmission grid,**  **below which**  **no CPCN waiver**  **is necessary**  **for MDE**  **to accept**  **a permit**  **applicati on.**  **Requiring businesses**  **and other**  **organizati ons**  **to apply**  **separately to**  **two different**  **state agencies**  **appears to**  **us to**  **be an**  **inefficient use**  **of government**  **and regulated**  **community resource** **s. Page**  

# 1J**Debbie Rabin**  **- Comment on**  **amendment to**  **COMAR 26.doc** 

**The requir** **ement to**  **obtain a**  **CPCN waiver**  **before permitting**  **by MDE,**  **with the**  **reduced brake horsepower**  **threshold of the**  **proposed regulation,**  **will add**  **additional cost**  **and time**  **burdens for**  **entities installing**  **relatively small**  **generators, and**  **is not**  **included in**  **the Depattment' s**  **calculation of**  **the cost**  **of this**  **proposed regulation**  **change. We**  **believe these**  **costs should**  **be included, and are**  **in fact,**  **higher than**  **the cost**  **of preparing**  **an MDE**  **"Permit to Construct"**  **application, because**  **of the**  **need to**  **exchange documents with**  **a facilit**  **y's commerc** **ial electric**  **power distribution**  **company, in**  **addition to the**  **PSC's waiver**  **application processing**  **fe es.**  **Again, we reiterate**  **our belief**  **that the**  **involvement of**  **two state**  **agencies for permitting of small**  **generators is**  **an inefficient**  **use of**  **government resources**  **and burdensome**  **to the**  **regulated community.**  **In the**  **past year,**  **MDE has**  **included permit**  **conditions that would**  **appear to**  **preclude the**  **part icipation**  **of entities installing generators from**  **patticipating in electric**  **load curtailment**  **I load**  **response agre** **ements with**  **a facil** **ity' s**  **commercial electric**  **power supplier. Load**  **curtailment I**  **load response**  **agreements allow**  **an entity**  **to drop**  **off the**  **commercial power**  **grid, and**  **utilize their**  **generator(s) at the**  **suppl ier's**  **or Independent**  **System Operator** **'s (pJM)**  **request, when**  **the electric grid**  **is stre** **ssed by**  **excessive demand**  **or other**  **factors threatening**  **service interruptions**  **to electric**  **customer s,**  **or at**  **Ver izon's**  **option in the**  **case of the load**  **response program.**  **The recent Northeast**  **I Midwest blackout,**  **and severe**  **thunderstorm damage**  **to elect** **ric distribution**  **facilities in much**  **of Maryland, point**  **out the**  **advantages of**  **allowing load**  **curtailment generator**  **runs, which**  **the current proposed regulation**  **could further**  **jeopardize if**  **restrictive permit**  **conditions are**  **continued. We**  **believe that**  **permits should**  **allow participation**  **in load**  **curtailment I**  **load response**  **programs, because of**  **the obvious**  **public safety**  **aspects of**  **maintaining a**  **reliable electric**  **supply, particular**  **when some of**  **the burden**  **can be**  **mitigated with**  **existing resou** **rces.**

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### RESPONSE **TO COMMENTS**

**for the PUBUC**  **HEARING held**  **on September**  

### 10, **2003**

**in BALTIMORE,**  **MD related**  **to Proposed**  **Amendments to**  **COMAR** 

### 26**.11. 02.10**  **concerning Sources**  **Exempt from**  **Permits to**  **Construct. Purpose**  **of Hearing:**  **The purpose**  **of the**  **public hearing**  **was to**  **allow for**  **public comment**  **on the**  **Department's proposal**  **to amend**  **COMAR** 

### 26. **11. 02.**  **10 D**  **and E. Date**  **and Locat** 

**ion: The**  **public hearing**  **was held**  **on September** 

### 10, **2003 at**  

### 10:00 **a.m., at**  

### 1800 **Washington Boulevard,**  **lSI Floor**  **Terra Conference**  **Room, Baltimore**  **MD** 

### 212**30. Hearing**  **Offi cer:**  **Deborah Rabin,**  **Regulations Coordinator,**  **Air and**  **Radiation Management**  **Administration, served**  **as Hear**  **ing Officer.**  **Attendance: The**  **fo llowing**  **interested parties attended**  **the hear** **ing: Paul**  **Howard, Verizon**  **Bruce Norton, PEPCO**  **Tim Henderson** **, Rich**  **& Henderson**  **J.L. Heam,**  **Washington Suburban**  **Sanitary Commission**  **(WSSC) Andrew**  **Kays, Northeast Maryland**  **Waste Disposal**  **Authority Statement:**  **The Department's statement**  **was submitted into**  **the record**  **by Mr.**  **Parker Dean,**  **Chief of the**  **Regulation Development**  **Division of the Air and Radiation**  **Management Administrati** **on, Department**  **of the**  **Environment. Comments**  **Received: Comments**  **were received**  **from Paul**  **Howard repr** **esenting Verizon.**  **Comments and**  **Resp onses:**  **The comments**  **received by the**  **Department during**  **the** 

### 30-day **comment period**  **and at**  **the public**  **hearing that**  **relate to**  **the proposed**  **action have**  **been summarized and the**  **Department's responses**  **are given**  **below.** 

### 1. **COMMENT :**  **The Department**  **under estimated**  **the economic**  **impact of lowering**  **the size**  **of the**  **emergency generator**  **requiring a**  **permit from**  

### 1000 **horsepower to** 

### 500 **horsepower and**  **it will**  **have a**  **greater impact on**  **the Departm**  **ent. The**  **economic impact**  **should also**  **include the**  **cost to**  **obtain a**  **waiver fr** **om the**  **Public Service**  **Commission (PSC).** 

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### The **economic impact**  **was based**  **on a**  **review ofthe**  **number of**  **permits issued**  **by the**  **Department during**  **the past few**  **years with**  **an ad**  **ju stment**  **for the**  **lower size.**  **The Department**  **does not**  **expect any**  **significant increase**  **in the number**  **of application**  **due to:**  **(1) the**  **time involved**  **in obtai** **ning a waiver**  **from the**  **PSC for the smaller**  **units, (2) federal**  **new engine**  **requireme nts,**  **and** 

## (3) **potential state**  **regulations for**  **existing units.**  **Although the**  **Department reviews from**  **60 to**  **90 permit**  **applications each month, review**  **of a**  **few additional**  **applications will**  **not have**  **any significant**  **impact on**  **the Departmen** **t. The**  **estimated economic**  **impact relates**  **to the**  **cost of**  **obtaining a**  **permit to**  **construct for**  **engines with**  **a capacity**  **between 500**  

### and **1000 brake**  **horsepower. The**  **cost associated**  **with complying**  **with federal**  **requirements or**  **those of**  **another State**  **agency are**  

### usua**lly not**  **considered. 2.**  **COMMENT:** 

### The **Department should**  **work with**  **the PSC to**  **establish a**  **reasonable cut**  **off below**  **which a**  **waiver is**  **not necessary for**  **new emergen** **cy generators** **. RESPONS** **E:** 

### PSC **requirements relating to**  **a certificate**  **(CPCN) or**  **a waiver**  **are** 

### based on

**State law.**  **The PSC,**  **however, is**  **considering a**  **propo sal that would,**  **if adopted,**  **establish a**  **small engine**  **size cut-off for**  **a waiver.**  **Any changes to**  **those requirements would**  **require a**  **change in**  **the law.**  **Although the** 

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**Department has**  **submitted comments**  **to the PSC**  **regarding diminimus**  

# • **levels for**  **emergency generators,**  **the Department**  **has no authority**  **over the**  **requirements of**  **another State**  **agency. 3.**  **COMMENT:** 

### The **Department should**  **not establish permit**  **conditions that**  **preclude a**  **source from**  **the use of emergen** **cy generators**  **for load**  **curtailment or**  **load response**  **program s.**  **RESPONS E:**  

### The **primary purpose**  **of permit**  **condi tions**  **that limit**  **the hours**  **of operation** 

**of an**  **emergen cy**  **generator is**  **to lower**  **the potential**  **to emit.**  **The operating**  **conditions of**  **an internal**  **combustion engine,**  **parti cularly**  **the high**  **temperature, cause**  **potential NOx**  **emi ssions**  **to be**  **extreme ly**  **high. Without limiting**  **the hours of**  **operation the**  **potential emissions**  **from an**  **engine could**  **be sub**

**ject to more**  **re strictive**  **requirements under**  **maj or**  **new source review.**  **Although the**  **purpose of**  **the proposed**  **amendment is**  **to establish**  **a size**  **cut-off for permits**  **and registration,**  **the Department**  **would be**  **concerned if**  **most emerg** 

**ency generators**  **were to**  **operate for**  **non- emergen** **cy purp** **oses. Specifically,**  **as NOx**  **is a**  **pr ecursor**  **to the**  **form ation**  **of ground**  **level ozone,**  **NOx emissions**  **from emergen** **cy generators**  **could exacerbate**  **ambient ozone**  **concentrati ons**  **during peak**  **ozone months**  **and thereby**  **contribute to**  **a violation**  **of the**  **federal ambient**  **ozone standard.**  **4.** 

### COMMENT: 

### Would **future testing**  **of emergen** **cy generators**  **be required**  **as part**  **of the**  **registration or**  **permitting of**  **the engines**  **that would**  **be installed**  **after the 2**  

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**• eff**  **ective date**  **of this amendme** **nt ? RESPON** **SE: Testing**  **of emergency**  **generators will**  **be required**  **under a**  **separate**

**regulati on.**  **The testing**  **will be**  **perfonned for**  **existing engines**  **before and**  **after combustion**  **optimization. The**  **infonnation (test**  **resu lts)**  **will be**  **used to**  **establish a**  **NOx emission**  **standard. At**  **this time there**  **are no**  **testing requirements**  **or emission**  **standards that**  **would ap** **ply during**  **registration or**  **when applying for**  **a permit.** 

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