MEMORANDUMTO: George Hawkins

Director, District Department ofthe Environment

FROM: Cecily Beau ;

Hearing Officer

DATE: January 9, 2008

SUBJECT: Hearing Officer’s Certification for the Public Hearing on Air Quality

Control Measures

This is to certify that, pursuant to the enclosed Notice of Public Hearing published in theWashington Times, a hearing was held at approximately 6:00 p.m. on January 8, 2008 to give the

public the opportunity to comment on the proposed revisions to the District State Implementation

Plan (SIP).

Cecily Beall ofthe Department ofthe Environment, Air Quality Division represented the

District. No one attended the public hearing.

51 N Street N.E. 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20002 (202) 535-2257 FAX (202) 535-1371
GOVERNMENTOFTHEDISTRICTCOWMBIA

DERP.RTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ON

AIR QUALIFY ISSUES

Notice Is hereby given that a public hearing will be heIdtoll ,/S Tuesdey, January 8, 2808 at 6:00 p.m. In the 6th Floor smite

ence room at 51 N Street, NE, Washlnqton. D.C. This heatIng

provides interested parties an opportunity to comment on pro posed State ImplementatIon Plan revisIons regarding certain Clean Air Act (CAA) restuirementa under sections

110(a)(2)(D)(i) and 110(aX2)(A)-(M). ‘;-.

A State lmplementat,lnn Plan (SIP) identifies how each state

will attain and/or maintain the primary and secondary NationalAmbIent M Quality Standards (NAAQS). The SIP, Is a complex;

fluid document containing regulations source-specIfic require

ments, non-regulatory items such as plans and lnvestnrles,andIn some cases, additional requirements promulgated by the

U.S. Envlrorunental Protection Agency (EPA). The Initial SIPS for -- - states were approved on May 31,1972, however, SIPS are under contInuous revIsion us new utandards and rules arelmple

merited. The federally enforceable SIP for the District o(Colum

bla Is compiled in40 CFR Part 52 Subpart J. - -.This SIP revision Is a compilationof elements that describe

how the District of Columbia In Implementing the eight:liuur

ozone NAAQS. The elements of this SIP revisIon, once approvedby EPA, will provide a federally enforceable written confirma tion of how the District of Colombia will continue to comply

with the Section 110(a)(2) requirements of the CM. —This SIP revision plans to Incorporate two (2) separate pruvisiono:

1) To meet the requlnmentS of the ‘good neIghbor provisioils of SectIon 110(a)(2)(D)(i) of the CM., related to interstate psl.

lotion transport for the 1997 8-hour ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient AIr QualIty standardu (NAAQS. The ‘good neighbor’

provisions of section 118(a)(2)(D)(I) the DIstrict of Ce lumbla to submit a SIP that contains ate provIsIons pro

hibiting any source or othe type of em alone ;ctlvIty,wlthln - the State from emitting any aIr pollutant In amounts winch wIll

contribute slgrilficuntly to ,,onattaln,eieflt In, or Interfere withmaihtcsance by, any other State with respect to any national primary or necandary air quality standard.

2) To meet the requirementoof SectIon 1i0(aX2)(A)’(M) af the CAA which have not bees previously addressed. The requIre

mentg of Section 110(aX2)(A).(M) relate to: enforceable emis sIon amits and schedulea for compliance; monitoring, source

testing and emissIons reporting; recordkeeplng and reporting requirements; and permIt fees. Some requirements. such su those for IntergoVernmentaicoflSiiItatinn. aIr Quality modeling

and compliance with part B nf the CM, are falfllleii dulillf tile development and submissIon ofIP attalnmçst plans. Copies of the proposed SIP revIsions are available for public re vIew durIng normal buslonna boors at the officeu of the DistrIct Department of the Environment (DDOE), St N Street, NE, Room 6051, Washlugten, D.C. 20002 and ne-line at http/Mdne.dc.SoVetidoe -

Interested purtleu wishieg to testify at thIs hearIng most nabmIt In writing their names, addresses, telephone numbers and affiliation, If any, to Ms. Ceclly Beall at DDOE by 4:00 p.m., Be- .- cember 30, 2nD?. No written comments wIll be accepted after

December 30, 2057. For more Information call Ms. CecIly Beall

at 202-535-2626 or email her at cecily.beail@dc.gov - -

10175273

CARL S. 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

Circulated daily, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia,and that the advertisement, of which the annexed is a true copy was

published in said newspaper ± time(s) on the following dates:

2007 NOVEMBER 30

atthe rate of $2.9lper-line S

Total Cost $ 419.04 Dollars

- ESubscribed and sworn to before me

DECEMBER 3, 2007

My Commission expires

CLAIRE L.VALLOWE

NOTARY PUBLIC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

My Commission Expires April 14,2012