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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222">Notice of Intent to Submit an Exceptional Event Demonstration to EPA and Opportunity for Public Comment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) hereby gives notice of intent to submit an Exceptional Event Demonstration
request to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in accordance with Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 50.14. The demonstration shows that a
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">smoke <span style="color:#222222">
plume from a Canadian Wildfire near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada adversely impacted ozone concentrations in Rhode Island.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 25<sup>th</sup> and 26<sup>th</sup>, 2016<span style="color:#222222">, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) recorded concentrations of ozone at the three state ozone monitors
located in East Providence, West Greenwich, and Narragansett, that exceeded the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The three monitors were affected by the smoke plume such that data from May 25<sup>th</sup> and May 26<sup>th</sup>,
2016 should be excluded from regulatory determinations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">RIDEM is making the draft demonstration available for public comment, as required by 40 CFR 50.14(c)(3):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/air/air-monitoring.php">http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/air/air-monitoring.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Any comments on the proposed demonstration should be submitted via electronic mail to
</span><a href="mailto:Darren.austin@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">darren.austin@dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> or via mail to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Office of Air Resources (attn: Darren Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">235 Promenade Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Providence, RI 02908<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Note: Public Comment Period Ends May
<span style="color:black">26</span>, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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