AQC Agenda_9July2025

NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
July 9, 2025
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Air Quality Committee Agenda
Charlie Carter, Chair, Presiding
In the event the previously scheduled Committee meeting adjourns prior to the estimated
adjournment time, the other Committee meeting may be called to order by the Chair, fifteen
minutes after the previous meeting adjourned.
This meeting will occur in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building at 512 N.
Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC. The public may attend in person or via the state web conferencing
links posted online at: https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-
commissions/environmental-management-commission/meeting-information.
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. Also, items marked with a
less-than sign (<) have no agenda item pages in the package.
I. Preliminary Matters:
1. Call to Order and Notice of NCGS § 138A-15……………………… Chair Charlie Carter
General Statute § 138A-15 mandates that the Chair 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.
2. Approval of minutes from the Air Quality Committee meeting on March 12, 2025.
3. Approval of minutes from the Air Quality Committee meeting on May 7, 2025.
II. Action Items:
1. Request for Approval to Proceed to the EMC to Request Approval to Proceed to Public
Comment and Hearing on the Proposed Rules and Regulatory Impact Analysis to
Incorporate the Pre-Permitting Construction Activity Provisions of Session Law 2023-
134, Section 12.11(e)-(g) as amended by Session Law 2024-1, Section 4.13 (566)
(Joelle Burleson, DAQ)
PowerPoint Presentation
Draft Rules
Revised Regulatory Impact Analysis, approved by OSBM on June 19, 2025
III. July EMC Agenda Items:
1. Request for Approval of 30-Day Waiver on Proposed Rules and Regulatory Impact
Analysis to Incorporate the Pre-Permitting Construction Activity Provisions of Session
Law 2023-134, Section 12.11(e)-(g) as amended by Session Law 2024-1, Section 4.13
(566)
(Joelle Burleson, DAQ)
PowerPoint Presentation
Attachment A - Draft Rules
Attachment B - Revised Regulatory Impact Analysis, approved by OSBM on June 19,
2025
2. Request for Approval to Proceed to Public Comment and Hearing on Proposed Rules to
Incorporate the Pre-Permitting Construction Activity Provisions of Session Law 2023-
134, Section 12.11(e)-(g) as amended by Session Law 2024-1, Section 4.13, and the
Accompanying Regulatory Impact Analysis (566)
(Joelle Burleson, DAQ)

Note: the attachments for this action item (Draft Rules, revised Regulatory Impact
Analysis, and PowerPoint Presentation) are provided with Agenda Item III-1 above.
IV. Concepts:
1. Title V Exclusionary Rule for Non-Emergency Stationary Reciprocating Internal
Combustion Engines (569)
(Brad Nelson, DAQ)
PowerPoint Presentation
V. Informational Items:
1. Overview of Recent EPA Actions Relating to Federal Air Quality Regulations
(Mike Abraczinskas, DAQ)
PowerPoint Presentation
2.< Update on Hurricane Helene No Action Assurance (NAA) for Air Curtain Incinerator
Title V Permit Requirements
(Taylor Hartsfield, DAQ)
3.< Director’s Remarks (Mike Abraczinskas, DAQ)
4.* Calendar and Status of Ongoing DAQ Rule Development Projects
VI. < Closing Remarks………………………………………………….………… Chair Charlie Carter

Adjournment: The next Air Quality Committee Meeting is scheduled for September 10, 2025.
The time and location will be determined as the date approaches.
Division of Air Quality Resources
Ambient Information Reporter (AIR) Tool
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Civil Penalty Assessments
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Special Orders by Consent (SOCs)
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