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DNREC is proposing to amend Regulation No. 41 to include a manufacturer's record retention period, and to modify the definition of a specialty primer, sealer, undercoater product to include sealing in efflorescence. At the same time, typographical errors will be corrected and the entire regulation renumbered consistent with the style manual of the Code of Delaware Regulations.
The public comment period for this proposed amendment will extend through at least October 2, 2006. Interested parties may submit comments in writing during this time frame to: Gene M. Pettingill, Air Quality Management Section, 715 Grantham Lane, New Castle, DE 19720, and/or statements and testimony may be presented either orally or in writing at the public hearing to be held on Monday October 2, 2006, beginning at 6:00 PM in the DNREC auditorium at the Richardson and Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.
1146 Electric Generating Unit (EGU) Mulit-Pollutant Regulations and Section 111 (d)
The proposed Regulation No. 1146 establishes Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), and mercury emissions limits to achieve reductions of those pollutants from Delaware's large electric generation units. The reduction in NOX, SO2, and mercury emissions will: 1) reduce the impact of those emissions on public health; 2) aid in Delaware's attainment of the State and National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground level ozone and fine particulate matter; 3) help address local scale fine particulate and mercury problems attributable to coal and residual oil-fired electric generating units, 4) satisfy Delaware's obligations under the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), and 5) improve visibility and help satisfy Delaware's EGU-related regional haze obligations. Once finalized Regulation No. 1146 will be submitted to the EPA for approval into Delaware's ozone and fine particulate matter State Implementation Plans (SIPs).
The proposed Section 111(d) State Plan for the Control of Mercury Emissions from Coal-fired Electric Steam Generating Units satisfies the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) requirements for Delaware. The main component of this plan is the mercury portion of Delaware's Air Regulation No. 46, Electric Generating Unit (EGU) Multi-Pollutant Regulation.Re gulation No. 46 does not provide for participation in the EPA-managed cap-and-trade program, but instead establishes a program that is designed to achieve emission reductions and cap overall mercury emissions from EGUs within our borders in a shorter timeframe. Once finalized the 111(d) plan will be submitted to the EPA for approval.
The public comment period for this proposed amendment will extend through at least October 2, 2006. Interested parties may submit comments in writing during this time frame to: Bob Clausen, Air Quality Management Section, 156 S. State St., Dover, DE 19901, and/or statements and testimony may be presented either orally or in writing at the public hearing to be held on the following dates, times and locations:
September 25, 2006 DNREC Auditorium
6:00 p.m. 89 Kings Highway
September 27, 2006 DNREC Lukens Drive Office
6:00 p.m. 391 Lukens Drive
September 28, 2006 Del Tech - Owens Campus
6:00 p.m. Rt. 18 & Seashore Hwy
Clean Air Act Section 111(d) State Plan for the Control of Mercury Emissions from Coal-fired Electric Steam Generating Units (EGUs)
On May 18, 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) to establish standards of performance for mercury emissions from new and existing coal-fired electric steam generating units (EGUs), as defined in Section 111 of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). See 70 FR 28606, which is attached hereto as Appendix A.
Under CAMR, each State receives an annual budget for mercury emissions from coal-fired EGUs with a nameplate capacity larger than 25 megawatts. A State can meet its CAMR budget either by joining the EPA managed cap-and-trade program or by demonstrating that the State annual EGU mercury budgets codified in 40 CFR §60.24(h)(3) will not be exceeded in any year. The State of Delaware's mercury budget for the period January 1, 2010 through 2017 is 0.072 tons, and its budget for 2018 and thereafter is 0.028 tons.
By November 17, 2006, states must submit a plan to the EPA that meets the requirements of the CAMR. If a state fails to submit a state plan, then the EPA will prescribe a Federal plan for that state under Section 111(d)(2)(A) of the CAA. See 70 Fed. Reg. 28649 (May 18, 2005) and 40 CFR 60.24 (h)(2). The EPA would propose the model rule (i.e., 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart HHHH) under the CAMR as that Federal plan.
In Delaware two (2) facilities with six (6) existing EGUs are subject to the requirements of 60.24(h). Consequently, the Department must develop this State Plan to implement and enforce the Section 111(d) requirements to control mercury emissions from these EGUs.
The main component of this plan is the mercury portion of Delaware's Air Regulation No. 1146, Electric Generating Unit (EGU) Multi-Pollutant Regulation. Regulation No. 1146 does not provide for participation in the EPA-managed cap-and-trade program, but instead establishes a program that is designed to achieve emission reductions and cap overall mercury emissions from EGUs within Delaware. Delaware's proposed Regulation No. 1146 establishes both mercury emission rate limitations and mercury emission mass limitations. The mercury mass emissions limitations, expressed in tons per year, are those that will satisfy CAMR requirements. Both the emission rate and emission mass requirements require compliance on a unit-by-unit basis, and do not allow trading or facility-wide emissions averaging.
Delaware is not adopting the federal mercury budget trading program under 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart HHHH. This means that both existing and new (i.e., construction after January 30, 2004) coal fired EGUs are subject to this plan. A new unit set aside has been established to provide for new unit construction - a 5% set aside for Phase I is 0.0036 ton/yr (7.2 lb/yr) and the 3% set aside for Phase II is 0.0008 ton/yr (1.7 lb/yr). Any need beyond this will be addressed by revision to both Regulation No. 1146 and this plan to ensure annual mass emission from coal fired EGUs greater than 25 MW in size in Delaware will not exceed the annual mercury budget established under 40 CFR §60.24(h)(3).
DNREC intends to finalize and submit to the EPA for approval both Regulation No. 1146 and this plan no later than November 17, 2006.
Prior to submitting this Section 111(d) State Plan to EPA for approval, the DNREC will hold three public hearings for the purpose of accepting testimony on this proposed State Plan for controlling mercury emissions from all Coal-fired Electric Steam Generating Units in the State. Because of the integral relationship, these public hearings will coincide with the public hearings on the adoption of Regulation No. 1146, Electric Generating Unit (EGU) Multi-Pollutant Regulation. The public hearings will be held on the following dates, times and locations:
Note: See schedule for Regulation 1146, above, for public hearing dates, times and locations.
As required under 40 CFR §60.23, DNREC will publish notice of the date, time and location of the hearings at least 30 days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing. The Notice of Public Hearings and opportunity to provide written comments will be published in both the Delaware Register of Regulations and in newspapers of general circulation in the state. In addition, EPA, and states in the interstate region whose air quality may be affected by emissions from Delaware's EGUs will receive notice of the date, time and location of each hearing. The notice will also specify that copies of the proposed Section 111(d) State Plan are available for review in the Departments Dover and New Castle offices.
Persons interested in providing testimony on the proposed Section 111(d) State Plan are encouraged to contact Bob Clausen at (302) 739-9402 prior to the hearing.
Persons interested in submitting written comments on the proposed State plan should send the comments to Bob Clausen, State of Delaware, DNREC, Division of Air and Waste Management, 156 S. State Street, Dover, DE 19901. Written comments will be accepted until October 1, 2006, or any longer time as specified by the Hearing Officer at the public hearings. Copies of the proposed adopted State Plan for EGUs may be obtained from Bob Clausen at the above address or by telephone at (302) 739-9402 (e-mail robert.clausen@state.de.us). This proposed State Plan is also available on the DNREC Web site at www.awm.delaware.gov/Info/Regs/AQMMultiPReg.htm.
In accordance with 40 CFR §60.23(f), DNREC will certify that the public hearings were held in accordance with the criteria specified in 40 CFR §60.23(d), and will provide a list of witnesses and their organizational affiliations, if any, appearing at the hearing and a brief written summary of each presentation or written submission. The public hearing certification is attached hereto as Appendix B (Documentation of public participation process).
3200 Horseshoe Crabs (Option 1: 3203, 3207, 3210, 3211 and 3214; Option 2: 3215)
The Department is proposing two options, either of which would meet the compliance requirements of Addendum IV to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Horseshoe Crabs which is administered by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC).
Option 1 would prohibit the harvest and landing of all horseshoe crabs in Delaware waters from January 1 through June 7 for two years, and prohibit the harvest and landing of female horseshoe crabs for the remainder of the year as well. During the period June 8 through December 31, up to 100,000 male horseshoe crabs may be harvested from approved harvest areas in Delaware. Commercial collectors of horseshoe crabs will have to report their landings daily during the open season in order to facilitate quota monitoring. Permit renewal requirements will be aligned with other shellfish licenses. Specifically, horseshoe crab commercial beach collecting permits must be renewed annually by December 31 of each calendar year or the person holding the collecting permit forfeits their eligibility to obtain a horseshoe crab commercial collecting permit in subsequent years. This option permits harvest to resume after the period of time that the shorebirds normally have migrated north of Delaware that depend on horseshoe crab eggs as a food source, and after a significant portion of the horseshoe crab spawning has occurred in a normal year. By harvesting only male horseshoe crabs, females would be further protected and will be available to participate in the annual spawn without being subject to harvest at any point during the year.
Option 2 would prohibit all harvest and landing of horseshoe crabs in Delaware for a period of two years to begin in calendar year 2007. This option is more restrictive than required in Addendum IV, but individual states may be more restrictive, but not less restrictive than that called for in approved plans administered by the ASMFC. This option would end all horseshoe crab harvest in Delaware for a two-year period.
Individuals may address questions to the Fisheries Section, Division of Fish and Wildlife, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901, (302)739-3441 or by e-mail to. A public hearing on these two proposed regulations will be held in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Auditorium, at 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE at 7:30 PM on September 28, 2006. Written comments for the hearing record should be addressed to Roy Miller, Hearing Officer, at the above address or via e-mail to roy.miller@state.de.us and will be accepted until 4:30 PM October 3, 2006.
3700 Shellfish Regulations (3711, 3712 and 3755)
To raise the minimum size of knobbed whelks (knobbed conchs) that may be harvested from five inches to six inches in one-quarter inch increments over a four-year period. This will result in increased conservation of spawning stock biomass for a resource that is showing signs of over-exploitation. More conchs will have reached maturity prior to being subject to harvest with the increase in the minimum size limit. This will likely depress landings until the conchs previously subject to harvest have grown from five inches to the newly proposed legal size of six inches. The Department estimates it will take 3-4 years for a five-inch conch to reach 6 inches.
To cap the number of conch dredge licenses that the Department may issue to the number issued during the period 2003-2005. This cap will be maintained for a five-year period. This will prevent a potential doubling of fishing effort that could occur (based on the number of license applicants) if the number of available licenses were not capped and will help limit increases in mortality caused by fishing which the Department has determined is already excessive for the long-term health of this resource. Those license applicants who have been on the five-year waiting list will be unable to obtain a conch dredge license for a minimum of five additional years under this proposed regulation.
The rectangular escape vent in the parlor of lobster pots would be increased from the present 1 15/16ths inches by 5 � inches to 2 inches by 5 � inches. If a circular vent is used, it is proposed that the minimum inside diameter be 2 5/8ths inches. These vent dimensions would be consistent with federal requirements for lobster pots set in federal waters in our area. The overwhelming majority of Delaware's lobster landings are from federal waters and the proposed increase in vent size is considered to be the appropriate escape vent dimensions with the minimum lobster size limits (3 3/8s inch carapace length) now in effect in Delaware and federal waters offshore of Delaware
Individuals may address questions to the Fisheries Section, Division of Fish and Wildlife, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901, (302)739-3441 or by e-mail to roy.miller@state.de.us. A public hearing on these two proposed regulations will be held in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Auditorium, at 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE at 7:30 PM on October 17. Written comments for the hearing record should be addressed to Lisa Vest, Hearing Officer, Office of the Secretary, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901, or by e-mail to Lisa.Vest@state.de.us and will be accepted until 4:30 PM October 20, 2006.
Notice of Availability of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), Informational Meeting for Delaware Bay
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) proposes to establish a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the head of the Delaware Bay at Liston Point to the mouth of the Bay at Cape Henlopen to Cape May. This area is also referred to as Delaware River Basin Commission Water Quality Management Zone 6. Technical development and interstate coordination necessary to support TMDLs for PCBs in the Delaware River has been provided by the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC). Adoption of the TMDL will implement the requirements of the USEPA’s Water Quality and Management Planning regulations (40 CFR 130) to establish TMDLs.
This notice announces the date of availability for comment on the basis and background document explaining the background and calculations for the TMDL for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Delaware River Basin Commission Water Quality Management Zone 6. This notice also announces the informational meeting to be held in Delaware on the proposed adoption of the TMDL by the U.S. EPA, conducted jointly with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), and the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC).
A draft report, including the basis and background document for the TMDL and calculations for the TMDL, will be published on the DRBC web site, http://www.drbc.net, on or before September 5, 2006.
The date and location of the informational meeting in Delaware is: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Offices on 89 Kings Highway in Dover, DE. The informational meeting will begin with a presentation by representatives of DNREC, USEPA, and the DRBC. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session that will not be conducted as part of the record. An additional meeting will be held, intended for interested parties in New Jersey. The date and location of the Public Hearing in New Jersey is: Thursday, October 5, 2006 beginning at 1:00 p.m. at the Millville Municipal Building City Hall 4th Floor Commission Chambers, 12 South High Street, Millville, New Jersey the hearing will close at the end of testimony.
Written comments will be accepted through October 20, 2006 and should be submitted electronically to berlin.lenka@epamail.epa.gov or by mail to Lenka Berlin, Office of Watersheds (3WP30), USEPA, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029. EPA will review all data and information submitted during the comment period and will revise the TMDLs as appropriate. A written response document will be prepared prior to final EPA action. For further information contact: Pete Gold, EPA Region 3, at 215-814-5236.
Proposed Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Bacteria for the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Basin (Chester River, Choptank River, Marshyhope Creek, Nanticoke River, Gum Branch, Gravelly Branch, Deep Creek, Broad Creek, and Pocomoke River Watersheds), the Inland Bays Drainage Basin (Buntings Branch, Little Assawoman, Assawoman, Indian River Bay, Iron Branch, Indian River, Rehoboth Bay, and Lewes-Rehoboth Canal Watersheds), and the Murderkill River and Appoquinimink River Watersheds, Delaware
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) plans to conduct Public Hearings regarding Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Regulations for bacteria for the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Basin (Chester River, Choptank River, Marshyhope Creek, Nanticoke River, Gum Branch, Gravelly Branch, Deep Creek, Broad Creek, and Pocomoke River Watersheds), the Inland Bays Drainage Basin (Buntings Branch, Little Assawoman, Assawoman, Indian River Bay, Iron Branch, Indian River, Rehoboth Bay, and Lewes-Rehoboth Canal Watersheds), and the Murderkill River and Appoquinimink River Watersheds. A TMDL sets a limit on the amount of a pollutant that can be discharged into a waterbody and still meet water quality standards. TMDLs are composed of Waste Load Allocations (WLAs) for point source discharges, Load Allocations (LAs) for nonpoint sources, and a Margin of Safety (MOS) to account for uncertainties.
The proposed Bacteria TMDL Regulations for the Chester River, Choptank River, Marshyhope Creek, and Pocomoke River Watersheds are necessary because the existing TMDL regulations that included both nutrient and bacteria allocations, promulgated on January 11, 2006, are being revised to include nutrients only. This change is necessary due to a clarification in the interpretation of the EPA-required bacteria water quality standards that result in changes to the bacteria allocations.
Draft TMDL Regulations for these watersheds were published in the June 1, 2006 issue of the Delaware Register of Regulations and were reviewed during public workshops held in June, 2006. All comments received at the workshops and during the June 1 through 30 comment period were considered by the Department. Comments, as well as additional technical analyses, resulted in minor changes to the proposed TMDL Regulations and enhancements to the technical support documents. The revised proposed TMDL Regulations are published, following this notice, in this issue of the Register.
The Public Hearing for the Murderkill River and Appoquinimink River Watersheds will be held Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in the DNREC Secretary's Conference Room, Richardson and Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover.
The Public Hearing for the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Basin (Chester River, Choptank River, Marshyhope Creek, Nanticoke River, Gum Branch, Gravelly Branch, Deep Creek, Broad Creek, and Pocomoke River Watersheds), the Inland Bays Drainage Basin (Buntings Branch, Little Assawoman, Assawoman, Indian River Bay, Iron Branch, Indian River, Rehoboth Bay, and Lewes-Rehoboth Canal Watersheds) will be held Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. at the University of Delaware Research and Education Center, 16483 County Seat Highway, Georgetown, DE.
The hearing records for these watersheds will remain open until 4:30 p.m., Monday, October 2, 2006. Please send written comments to Sam Myoda, Watershed Assessment Section, Division of Water Resources, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, 820 Silver Lake Boulevard, Suite 220, Dover, DE 19904-2464; facsimile: (302) 739-6140, email: (samuel.myoda@state.de.us). All written comments must be received by 4:30 p.m., Monday, October 2, 2006. Electronic submission is preferred.
Copies of the proposed regulations and TMDL reports and technical support documents for these watersheds are available by mail from Sam Myoda, DNREC, DWR, Watershed Assessment Section, 820 Silver Lake Blvd., Suite 220, Dover, DE 19904-2464, via telephone by calling (302) 739-9939, or from the Internet at the following URL:
http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/water2000/Sections/Watershed/TMDL/tmdlinfo.htm