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Air Plan Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval; Utah; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan for the Second Implementation Period; Air Plan Disapproval; Utah; Interstate Transport of Air Pollution for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

The Environmental Protection Agency published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on August 19, 2024. Comments closed on September 18, 2024.

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What the agency says

In this notice of proposed rulemaking, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to act on two Utah State implementation plan (SIP) submissions related to visibility protection. First, we are proposing to partially approve and partially disapprove a regional haze SIP submission for the second implementation period that Utah submitted on August 2, 2022. The regional haze SIP submission addresses the requirement that states revise their long-term strategies every implementation period to make reasonable progress towards the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility, including regional haze, in mandatory Class I Federal areas. Utah's regional haze SIP submission also addresses other applicable requirements for the second implementation period of the regional haze program. The EPA is taking this action on Utah's regional haze SIP submission pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). Second, the EPA is proposing to disapprove a portion of Utah's infrastructure SIP submission submitted on January 9, 2020, to address the applicable requirements of CAA section 110(a)(2) for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Our proposed disapproval is based on CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II)'s requirement that a state's SIP contain adequate provisions prohibiting emissions that will interfere with measures to protect visibility required to be included in any other state's SIP (known as interstate transport "prong 4"). The EPA is taking this action on Utah's infrastructure SIP submission pursuant to section 110 of the CAA.

Key facts

Document number
2024-18462
Type
Proposed rule
Action
Proposed rule
Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Published
August 19, 2024
Comments due
September 18, 2024
Dates
Written comments must be received on or before September 18, 2024.
Docket
EPA-R08-OAR-2024-0389; FRL-12173-01-R8
Code of Federal Regulations
40 CFR 52
Topics
Air pollution control; Carbon monoxide; Environmental protection; Greenhouse gases; Incorporation by reference; Intergovernmental relations; Lead; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Particulate matter; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Sulfur oxides; Volatile organic compounds
Pages
48

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