AQC Agenda Memo_13Mar2019

February 21, 2019

M E M O R A N D U M

TO: John D. Solomon, Chair
Charles Carter, Vice-Chair
Gerard P. Carroll
Marion Deerhake
Dr. Suzanne Lazorick
George H. Pettus
Julie Wilsey
Dr. Stan Meiburg, EMC Chair

FROM: Mike Abraczinskas, Director
Division of Air Quality

SUBJECT: March 2019 Air Quality Committee Meeting
The Air Quality Committee is scheduled to meet in the Archdale Building Ground Floor Hearing
Room on March 13, 2019. Please note that the meeting time is:

10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.1

1If any committee meeting conducts its scheduled business and adjourns prior to the
estimated adjournment time, the subsequently scheduled committee meeting may be called to
order by its chairperson fifteen minutes after the previous meeting is adjourned.
Meeting audio and presentations will be broadcast via the state web conferencing link
posted on the Environmental Management Commission website
at https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-
commissions/environmental-management-commission.
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 [phone] 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 can be assured of a quorum. The
tentative agenda will include:

CALL TO ORDER (Chairman Solomon)

1. General Statute § 138A-15 mandates that the Chairman inquire as to whether any
member knows of any known conflict of interest or appearance of conflict with respect to
matters before the Commission. If any member knows of a conflict of interest or appearance of a
conflict, please so state at this time.

MINUTES (Chairman Solomon)

2. Review and Approval of November 2018 and January 2019 AQC Meeting Minutes
• January 2019
• November 2018 with Commissioner Carter’s Suggested Revisions
CONCEPTS

3. None

DRAFT RULES

4. None

MARCH EMC AGENDA ITEMS
5.* Request for Approval of Proposed Rule Revisions, Regulatory Impact Analysis and to
Proceed to Public Hearing on Readoption of Group 5 Rules - 15A NCAC 02D .0600-.0615,
.2100-.2104, .2300-.2311, .2600-.2621 (547) (Joelle Burleson, DAQ)
INFORMATION ITEMS
6. Overview of Governor Cooper's Executive Order No. 80: North Carolina's Commitment
to Address Climate Change and Transition to a Clean Energy Economy (Sushma Masemore,
DEQ)
7. Update on SAB Activities for the Methyl Bromide AAL (Mike Abraczinskas, DAQ)
8. Preliminary Results from Background PFAS Rainwater Sampling (DAQ staff)
9.< Director’s Remarks (Mike Abraczinskas, DAQ)
10.* 1995-2019 Air Quality Committee and Environmental Management Commission
Calendar
11.* Status of Rulemaking Hearings and Rule Development
12.< Next Regular Meeting May 8, 2019 (time to be determined)
Before each meeting, this tentative agenda and some attachments appear on the Department of
Environmental Quality web site at http://deq.nc.gov/news/events. The website also has many
other useful features.

Attachments

cc:
Other EMC Members
Michael Regan
Randy Strait
John A. Nicholson
Sheila Holman
William Lane
Brenda Menard
Asher Spiller
Mike Abraczinskas
Michael Pjetraj
Sushma Masemore

William Willets
Steve Hall
Patrick Butler
Joelle Burleson
Mark Cuilla
Booker Pullen
Rahul Thaker
Brian Phillips
Patrick Knowlson
Vladimir Zaytsev

Gary Saunders
Brad Nelson
Rahat Ashique
Lois Thomas
Phillip Reynolds
Sandy Mort
Robin Barrows
Local Programs
Regional DAQ Supervisors