The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Air Quality (DAQ), will conduct a virtual public hearing (Docket #2020-R-A-0003) on three (3) proposed revisions to Delaware’s State Implementation Plan (SIP).  The hearing will address:

• State Implementation Plan Revision certification of Delaware’s Emission Statement program.  

• State Implementation Plan Revision certification of Delaware’s Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) program.  

• State Implementation Plan Revision certification of Delaware requirements for Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT).

The public hearing will be held on Wednesday March 25, 2020, beginning at 6:00 PM, in the DNREC Auditorium, Richardson & Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901. 

The objectives of the proposed SIP revisions are to certify that Delaware’s programs for emissions statements, NNSR, and RACT, as codified in the DAQ regulations in Title 7 of the Delaware Administrative Code, meet all the requirements of the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality (NAAQS).

The proposed SIP revisions may be inspected at DNREC’s office located at 100 W. Water Street, Suite 6A, Dover, DE 19904 and online as of March 1, 2020 at regulations.delaware.gov/services/current_issue.shtml.

For additional information on this proposed regulatory promulgation, visit de.gov/dnrechearings or contact Mark A. Prettyman at 100 W. Water Street, Suite 6A, Dover, DE 19904; by phone at 302-739-9402; or by email at mark.prettyman@delaware.gov.

Persons wishing to comment on the proposed amendments may do so either orally or in written form at the public hearing on March 25, 2020.  In lieu of attending the public hearing, written comment may be submitted to the Hearing Officer via the online comment form at dnrec.delaware.gov/public-hearings/comment-form/, via email to DNRECHearingComments@delaware.gov, or via USPS to the below address. The Department will accept public comment through the close of business on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

Lisa A. Vest, Hearing Officer
Office of the Secretary
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901