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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 March 11, 2009. 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 The State Government Ethics Act, N.C.G.S. § 138A-15(e)[PDF]

MINUTES (Marion Deerhake)

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

CONCEPTS

3.  Revised Lead Ambient Standard (488) (Mike Abraczinskas)
   [PDF]

DRAFT RULES

4.  Amendments to the NOx Rules to correct Cross-Reference (486) (Mike Abraczinskas)
   [PDF]

5.  Revised Acceptable Ambient Level for Acrylonitrile (487) (Reginald Jordan)[PDF]

MARCH EMC AGENDA ITEMS

6.  Update on and Amendments to the Municipal Waste Combustor Rules, sent back to the EMC by the Rules Review Commission (Mike Abraczinskas)[PDF]

7.  Hearing Officer's Report on Amendments to the Annual Emissions Reporting Rule to add GHG's (DAQ) (Marion Deerhake/Steven Weber)[PDF]

8.  Hearing Officer's Report on the Modification of the Exemption of Combustion Sources in the Air Toxics Rules (DAQ) (Marion Deerhake/Steven Weber)[PDF]

REPORTS

9. < Update on the Analysis of Existing Combustion Sources in NC - Director's Call Approach (Mike Abraczinskas)

10. < Local Air Quality Program Update - Mecklenburg County (Don Willard)

11.  Status of the Metrolina Ozone Non-Attainment Area (Donnie Redmond)[PDF]

12. <* Final Recommendations for New 8-hour Ozone Non-Attainment Boundaries

13.  Toxics Evaluation for a Model Poultry/Turkey Litter Combustion Source (Don Van der Vaart)[PDF]

14.  Hydrogen Sulfide Studies at the Plymouth Paper Mill (Steve Schliesser)[PDF]

INFORMATION ITEMS

15. * 1995-2009 Air Quality Committee and Environmental Management Commission Calendar [PDF]

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

17. *< Next Meeting May 13, 2009, 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:

Other EMC Members Frank Crawley Allen Jernigan William G. Ross Jr. Robin Smith Jimmy Carter Dan Oakley Diana Kees Lois Thomas Keith Overcash Sheila Holman Tom Mather

Hoke Kimball Don van der Vaart Jim Roller William Willets John Evans Lee Daniel Lori Cherry Gary Saunders Michael Pjetraj Brian Phillips Donnie Redmond

Mike Abraczinskas Laura Boothe Paul Grable Joelle Burleson Glenn Sappie Vladimir Zaytsev Patrick Knowlson Reginald Jordan Phyllis Jones Steve Schliesser Regional DAQ Supervisors Local Programs