ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Proposed Amendments to Air Quality Regulations (25 Pa. Code Chapter 129) Control of VOC Emissions from Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials The Environmental Quality Board (Board) will hold three public hearings for the purpose of accepting comments on the proposed rulemaking to amend 25 Pa. Code Chapter 129 (relating to standards for sources) to add requirements for the control of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from fiberglass boat manufacturing materials including open molding resins, gel coats, and cleaning materials. The proposed amendments to Chapter 129 will apply statewide to the owner and operator of a facility that manufactures a hull or a deck of a boat or a related part from fiberglass, builds a mold or plug to make a fiberglass boat hull or deck or related part, or makes polyester resin putties for assembling fiberglass boat parts, when the total actual VOC emissions from fiberglass boat manufacturing operations are equal to or greater than 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) per day or 2.7 tons per 12-month rolling period, before consideration of controls. The total actual VOC emissions include the actual VOC emissions from the manufacture of hulls or decks from fiberglass, fiberglass boat parts (including small parts such as hatches, seats and lockers), molds or plugs for fiberglass hulls, decks or boat parts, resin and gel coat mixing operations, resin and gel coat application equipment and related cleaning activities at the facility. As with all RACT regulations, an owner or operator remains subject to the regulation even if the throughput or VOC emissions fall below the applicability threshold. The proposed rulemaking would add § 129.74 (relating to control of VOC emissions from fiberglass boat manufacturing materials) to establish monomer VOC content limits, add-on control requirements, and work practice standards for the owner and operator of an affected fiberglass boats manufacturing facility to reduce VOC emissions from the use and application of open molding resin and gel coat materials. The proposed rulemaking would also establish VOC content limits and work practices for cleaning materials, and add terms and definitions to § 129.74 to support the interpretation of the proposed measures. The proposed rulemaking, if published as a final-form regulation in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, will be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a revision to the State Implementation Plan. Public Hearings The hearings will be held as follows: August 19, 2014 - 1:00 p.m. Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Regional Office, Island Conference Room, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 August 20, 2014 - 1:00 p.m. , Department of Environment Protection, Southeast Regional Office, Schuylkill Conference Room, 2 East Main St., Norristown, PA 19401 August 21, 2014 - 1:00 p.m., Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Conference Room 105, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105 Persons wishing to present testimony at a hearing are requested to contact the Environmental Quality Board, P.O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8477, (717) 787-4526 at least 1 week in advance of the hearing to reserve a time to present testimony. Oral testimony is limited to 10 minutes for each witness. Witnesses are requested to submit three written copies of their oral testimony to the hearing chairperson at the hearing. Organizations are limited to designating one witness to present testimony on their behalf at each hearing. Persons in need of accommodations as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 should contact the Board at (717) 787-4526 or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users) to discuss how the Board can best accommodate their needs. Written Comments Interested persons are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections regarding the proposed rulemaking to the Environmental Quality Board. Comments, suggestions or objections must be received by the Board by September 22, 2014. In addition to the submission of comments, interested persons may also submit a summary of their comments to the Board. The summary may not exceed one page in length and must also be received by the Board by September 22, 2014. The one-page summary will be distributed to the Board and available publicly prior to the meeting when the final rulemaking will be considered. Comments including the submission of a one-page summary of comments may be submitted to the Board online, by email, by mail, or express mail as follows. Please note, if an acknowledgement of comments submitted online or by email is not received by the sender within 2 working days, the comments should be retransmitted to the Board to ensure receipt. Comments submitted by facsimile will not be accepted. Online: Comments may be submitted to the Board by accessing the Board's online comment system at http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/RegComments. Email: Comments may be submitted to the Board by email at RegComments@pa.gov. A subject heading of the proposed rulemaking and a return name and address must be included in each transmission. Mail: Environmental Quality Board, P.O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8477 Express Mail: Environmental Quality Board, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 16th Floor, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2301 Copies of the Proposed Rulemaking The full text of the rulemaking will be published in the July 19, 2014, issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin and will be available at http://www.pabulletin.com as well as on the Department of Environmental Protection's website at http://www.depweb.state.pa.us ("Public Participation Center"; select "Environmental Quality Board"; then choose "Proposals Currently Open for Comment"). Copies of the proposal will also be available from Alexander Haas, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air Quality, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 12th floor, 400 Market Street, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468, by email at alehaas@pa.gov or by phone at (717) 787-9495. E. CHRISTOPHER ABRUZZO Chairperson
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