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The Air Quality Committee is scheduled to meet in the Archdale Building Ground Floor Hearing Room from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on November 8, 2006. Please note that the meeting time is

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* If any committee meeting conducts its scheduled business and adjourns prior to the estimated adjournment time, subsequently scheduled committee meeting may be called to order by its chairperson fifteen minutes after the previous meeting has adjourned.

Items marked with an asterisk (*) will be presented orally at the meeting only upon a request by a Committee member and can be approved where required as a group. Please call me at (919) 715-6290 if you wish to request an oral presentation of any item marked with an asterisk or if you have any other requests or questions on the Committee meeting or attachments. Items marked with a less-than sign (<) have no agenda item pages in this package. Please let Lois Thomas know if you will not be able to attend so that we may be assured of a quorum. The tentative agenda will include:

CALL TO ORDER (Marion Deerhake)

1.  Call to Order and Notice of Governor's Ethics Executive Order Number One[PDF]

MINUTES (Marion Deerhake)

2.  Review and Approval of September Meeting Minutes[PDF]

CONCEPTS (Thomas Allen)[PDF]

3. * Divide the Minicipal Waste Combustor Rule into Two Rules (454)

4. * Clarify Portable Crusher Permit Exemption(455)

DRAFT RULES(Thomas Allen)

5.  Extend Fugitive Dust Rule to Cover Other Sources, 15A NCAC 2D .0540 (276)[PDF]

6. * Other Solid Waste Incinerators and Associated Amendments 15A NCAC 2D .1211, .1904, .0516, .0521, .1201, .1202, and .1208 (437)[PDF][PDF][PDF]

7.  Clarification of Violations of Open Burning Rules and Requiring Prescribe Forest Land Burners to Use Smoke Management Plans, 15A NCAC 2D .1901, .1902, and .1903 (445, 446)[PDF]

8. * Permit Exemptions for Portable Generators Subject to Title II Emission Standards and Certain Storage Tanks Storing Ethanol-Based Fuels, 15A NCAC 2D .0102 (420, 422)[PDF]

9. * Correction to Banking Applicability Rule, 15A NCAC 2D .2303 (433)[PDF]

10. * Removal of Obsolete Language in Leak Tester Certification Rule, 15A NCAC 2D .0960 (434)[PDF]

11. * Exlude recently Promulgated Guideline Rules from New Source Performance Standard Rule, 15A NCAC 2D .0524 (441)[PDF]

12. * Remove from the State Rule Control of Nitrogen Oxides and Nitrogen Dioxide Emission Standard Rule, 15A NCAC 2D .0519, Coverage of Nitric Acid Plants and Boilers Covered Under New Source Performence Standards(443)[PDF]

13. * Repeal of Tailpipe Emission Standard Rule, 15A NCAC 2D .1004 (replaced by onboard diagnostic testing)(447)[PDF]

14. * Repeal of Initial Title V Permit Application Submittal Rule, 15A NCAC 2Q .0506 (449)[PDF]

NOVEMBER EMC AGENDA ITEMS (Thomas Allen)

15. * Hearing Officer's Report on Amendments to Various Air Quality Rules (Mr. Gessaman)[PDF]

16. * Hearing Officer's Report on Clean Air Mercury Rules (Dr. Moreau, Dr. Shaw, Mr. Smith)[PDF]

REPORTS

17. < Trends in Air Quality(Wayne Cornelius)

18. < Status Report on Activities of Science Advisory Board(Reginald Jordan)

19. < Responce to the Environmental Quality Company Fire in Apex and Current Status of Ongoing Work(Lori Charry)

20. < Update on Climate Action Plan Advisory Group (CAPAG) Work (Brock Nicholson)

INFORMATION ITEMS(Thomas Allen)

21. * Dvision of Air Quality Acronyms[PDF]

22. * 1995-2009 Air Quality Committee and Environmental Management Calendar[PDF]

23. * Status of Rulemaking Hearings and Rule Development[PDF]

24. *< Next Meeting January 10, 2007, 4:00 P.M.

Before each meeting this tentative agenda and some attachments appear on the Division of Air Quality web site Calendar. The web site also has many other useful features.

CC:

Dan Oakley Diana Kees Lois Thomas Edythe McKinney Don van der Vaart Thomas Allen Jeff Bouchelle Glenn Sappie Reginald Jordan

Keith Overcash Lee Daniel Hoke Kimball Brock Nicholson Sheila Holman Laura Boothe Joelle Burleson Wayne Cornelius Jim Southerland

Vladimir Zaytsev Tom Mather Lori Cherry Donnie Redmond Mike Aldridge Jim Roller Paul Grable Local Programs Regional DAQ Supervisors