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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;font-weight:bold'>Proposed
“<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Rhode Island</st1:State></st1:place>
Air Dispersion Modeling Guidelines for Stationary Sources” Posted for
Public Comment</span></font></b><span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>The Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Management (RI DEM), Office of Air Resources, is updating its dispersion
modeling guidelines to delineate procedures to be used for conducting
dispersion analyses to demonstrate compliance with the Acceptable Ambient
Levels for toxic air contaminants listed in </span>Rhode Island Air Pollution
Control Regulation No. 22, “Air Toxics,” and with the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for criteria air pollutants. The proposed
updated modeling guidelines are attached and are <span style='letter-spacing:
-.15pt'>posted at </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/air/index.htm#dispmod12"
title="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/air/index.htm#dispmod12">http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/air/index.htm#dispmod12</a>.
</span></font><span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'>RI DEM’s Office of Air
Resources will accept comments on the proposed guidelines until December 3,
2012. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>Comments and questions should be addressed to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Wildredo Lemus, Sr. Air Quality Specialist</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Management</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Office of Air Resources</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>, <st1:State w:st="on">RI</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">02908</st1:PostalCode></span></font></b></st1:place><b><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>(401) 222-4700, ext. 7025</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Wilfredo.lemus@dem.ri.gov</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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