May 30, 2018

WEEKLY NOTICES OF STATE RULEMAKING
Public Input for Proposed and Adopted Rules

Notices are published each Wednesday to alert the public regarding state agency rulemaking. You may obtain a copy of any rule by notifying the agency contact person. You may also comment on the rule, and/or attend the public hearing. If no hearing is scheduled, you may request one -- the agency may then schedule a hearing, and must do so if 5 or more persons request it. If you are disabled or need special services to attend a hearing, please notify the agency contact person at least 7 days prior to it. Petitions: you can petition an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule; the agency must provide you with petition forms, and must respond to your petition within 60 days. The agency must enter rulemaking if the petition is signed by 150 or more registered voters, and may begin rulemaking if there are fewer. You can also petition the Legislature to review a rule; the Executive Director of the Legislative Council (115 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, phone (207) 287-1615) will provide you with the necessary petition forms. The appropriate legislative committee will review a rule upon receipt of a petition from 100 or more registered voters, or from "...any person who may be directly, substantially and adversely affected by the application of a rule..." (Title 5 Section 11112). World-Wide Web: Copies of the weekly notices and the full texts of adopted rule chapters may be found on the internet at: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules. There is also a list of rulemaking liaisons, who are single points of contact for each agency.

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PROPOSALS

AGENCY: 06-096 - Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 166 (New), Industrial Cleaning Solvents 
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2018-P110
BRIEF SUMMARY: Section 184 of the Clean Air Act requires states to implement or update reasonably available control technology “RACT” controls on all major VOC and NOx emission sources and on source categories covered by a Control Technique Guideline “CTG” document. EPA defines RACT as the lowest emission limit that a particular source is capable of meeting by the application of control technology that is reasonably available considering technological and economic feasibility. In 2006 EPA published a CTG recommending VOC controls for industrial cleaning solvents; the Department is proposing to incorporate this CTG into a new rule, which will be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for approval in Maine's State Implementation Plan.
The Department’s proposal expands the types of VOC emissions controlled to include those from industrial cleaning solvents in a new rule, Ch. 166. The emission limits are achieved by using low-VOC solvents and work practices.
Copies of these rules are available upon request by contacting the agency contact person or on the DEP website at http://www.maine.gov/dep/rules/. Pursuant to Maine law, interested parties are publicly notified of the proposed rulemaking and are provided an opportunity for comment. Written comments may be submitted by mail, email or fax to the contact person before the end of the comment period. To ensure the comments are considered, they must include your name and the organization you represent, if any.
PUBLIC HEARING: 1 p.m. June 19, 2018, Marquardt Building, Room 118, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta, Maine 04333
COMMENT DEADLINE: 5 p.m. June 29, 2018
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION: Tom Graham, DEP, 17 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0017. Telephone: (207) 287-7598. Email: Tom.Graham@Maine.gov .
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: There may be minor costs for facilities covered by the rule to convert to low VOC coatings or install add-on control technology and to comply with the required record keeping.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THIS RULE: 38 MRS §585-A
SUBSTANTIVE STATE OR FEDERAL LAW BEING IMPLEMENTED: U.S. E.P.A.’s 2006 Control Technique Guideline for industrial cleaning solvents as required by Section 184 of the Clean Air Act.
DEP WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/dep/ .
DEP RULEMAKING LIAISON: Jeff.S.Crawford@Maine.gov .