a%i3 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD *********

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1 a%i3 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD ********* IN RE: LARGE APPLIANCE AND METAL FURNITURE SURFACE COATING PROCESSES ********* BEFORE: HEARING: ARLEEN SHULMAN, Program Manager Wednesday, February, LOCATION: WITNESSES 1:01 p.m. 400 Market Street Conference Room 5 Harrisburg, PA 1 JO ~D Reporter: Rhonda K. Thorpe Any reproduction of this transcript is prohibited without authorization by the certifying agency Sargent's Court Reporting Service, Inc (8)

2 OPENING REMARKS By Ms. Shulman 5 (8)

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4 MS. SHULMAN: I'd like to welcome you all to the Environmental Quality Board's public hearing on the proposed regulations concerning volatile organic compound emission standards for large appliance and metal furniture surface coating processes. My name is Arleen Shulman. I am program manager of the Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Air Resource Management. am representing the EQB at today's hearing, and I officially call this hearing to order at 1:01 p.m. The purpose of this hearing is to formally accept testimony on the proposed regulations concerning I Volatile Organic Compound or VOC Emission Standards for Large Appliance and Metal Furniture Surface Coating Processes. In addition to this hearing, the EQB held a similar hearing on this proposal yesterday, Tuesday, February th, in Pittsburgh and will hold another hearing tomorrow, Thursday, February th, in Norristown. The proposed rulemaking, which was adopted by the EQB on November th, 09, amends Pa. Code Chapter 9 to limit emissions of volatile (8)

5 1 organic compounds from the use and application of coatings and cleaning materials in large appliance and metal furniture surface coating processes. Adoption of the VOC emission requirements in the rulemaking is part of the Commonwealth's strategy, in concert with other Ozone Transport Region jurisdictions to further reduce the transport of VOC ozone precursors and ground-level ozone throughout the Ozone Transport Region and to attain and maintain the eight-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard. Federal statutory or regulatory limits do not exist for VOC emissions from large appliance and metal furniture coating processes; however, the Clean Air Act and its implementing regulations require that State Implementation Plans or SIPs for nonattainment areas must include, quote, reasonably available control measures, and this includes, quote, reasonably available control technology or RACT for sources of emissions. The Clean Air Act further requires that for moderate ozone nonattainment areas, states must revise their SIP to include RACT for sources of VOC emissions covered by a Control Techniques Guideline or CTG document issued by the EPA prior to the area's date of attainment. The Department has reviewed the recommendations including the EPA's 07 CTG for large (8)

6 1 appliance and metal furniture coatings and has determined that the measures are appropriate to be implemented in this Commonwealth as RACT in this proposed rulemaking in order to reduce VOC emissions from the use and application of coatings and cleaning materials in large appliance and metal furniture surface coating processes. The regulation, when adopted by the board as a final rulemaking will be submitted to the EPA as a revision to the SIP. There are four large appliance surface coating facilities and metal furniture surface coating facilities in the Commonwealth that collectively emitted 68.5 tons of VOC in 08 and may be subject to the limitations included in the proposed rulemaking. It's estimated that the implementation of the recommended control options in this rulemaking will reduce VOC emissions in Pennsylvania by times per year. The Department discussed the rulemaking with the air quality technical advisory committee over the course of several meetings. On May 28th, 09, the committee concurred with the Department's recommendation to present the proposed amendments to the board for approval as proposed rulemaking. There are no witnesses in the room so unless one shows up ( 8)

7 I'll dispense with the logistics for witnesses. If someone shows up, I'll then read that. In addition to or in place of oral testimony presented at today's hearing, interested persons may also submit written comments on this proposal. All comments must be received by the EQB on or before March nd,. Comments should be addressed to the Environmental Quality Board, P.O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Comments may also be ed to All comments received at this hearing, as well as written comments received by March nd,, will be considered by the EQB and will be included in a comment response document which will be prepared by the Department and reviewed by the EQB prior to the board taking its final action on this regulation. Anyone interested in receiving a copy of the transcript of today's hearing may contact the EQB for further information. At this point, we will wait until 1:. At this point, if there are no witnesses, I'll close the record. SHORT BREAK TAKEN MS. SHULMAN: It's 1:. There are no witnesses present, so on behalf of the EQB, I hereby adjourn (8)

8 this hea ring at 1: p.m. 2 ^X, -Jr- -J*. «*> «^» * * «^ar ^&f 4 5 HEARING CONCLUDED AT 1: P.M. * * * * * * * * CERTIFICATE I hereby certify that the foregoing proceed! ngs, hearing held before Program Manager Shulman, was reported by me on 02// and that I Rhonda K. Thorpe read this transcript and that I attest t hat this transcript is a true and accurate record o f the proceeding. Court Reporter ( 8)