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	UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

	REGION III

1650 Arch Street

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103-2029

Shari T. Wilson, Secretary 							July 21, 2009

Maryland Department of the Environment

1800 Washington Boulevard

Baltimore, MD 21230

Dear Secretary Wilson: 

On June 30, 2009, EPA received a revision to the Maryland State
Implementation Plan (SIP) from the Maryland Department of the
Environment (the Department) pertaining to the one sintering plant
located at a steel mill in Maryland – Revision #09-02.  This SIP
revision includes amendments to Regulation .03 under COMAR 26.11.10
Control of Iron and Steel Production Installations.  In its June 30,
2009 transmittal letter, the Department indicated that it was
withdrawing SIP Revision #07-01 sent to EPA on February 13, 2007 because
Revision #09-02 supersedes and replaces #07-01 in its entirety.  EPA has
determined that SIP Revision #09-02, submitted on June 30, 2009, is
administratively and technically complete.  EPA is reviewing it to
prepare a Direct Final Rulemaking Notice (DFR).   

If members of your staff have any questions, they may direct them to
Marcia Spink, Associate Director for Air Programs at (215) 814-2104. 
She is the principal contact for this rulemaking.  Pursuant to your
request to withdraw it, we are returning the February 13, 2007 

SIP Revision #07-01 to the Department and no longer consider it pending
before EPA.     

						Sincerely,

						Diana Esher, Acting Director

						Air Protection Division 

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