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Air Plan Approval; Washington; Olympic Region Clean Air Agency, Recreational Fires
The Environmental Protection Agency published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 17, 2025. It took effect on February 18, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to the Washington State Implementation Plan (SIP) that was submitted by the Department of Ecology (Ecology) in coordination with the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA). In 2013, Ecology and ORCAA inadvertently submitted for incorporation into the SIP a ban on small, recreational fires in Thurston County. These fires are defined as having a maximum pile size of three feet in diameter by two feet high using seasoned firewood or charcoal, generally associated with backyard, summer campfires. Ecology and ORCAA provided a review of the historical record to demonstrate that the ban on recreational fires was not relied upon for attainment, maintenance, or reasonable further progress in the Thurston County area. Ecology and ORCAA also provided data to demonstrate that removing the ban on recreational fires would not interfere with maintenance of the national ambient air quality standards. Therefore, we are approving the request by Ecology and ORCAA to remove this provision from the SIP.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-00559
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Published
- January 17, 2025
- Takes effect
- February 18, 2025
- Dates
- This final rule is effective February 18, 2025.
- Docket
- EPA-R10-OAR-2024-0430, FRL-12243-02-R10
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 40 CFR 52
- Topics
- Air pollution control; Carbon monoxide; Environmental protection; Incorporation by reference; Intergovernmental relations; Lead; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Particulate matter; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Sulfur oxides; Volatile organic compounds
- Pages
- 3
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