Federal Register - "Air Plan Approval; OR; 2015 Ozone NAAQS Interstate Transport Requirements"
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Title: Air Plan Approval; OR; 2015 Ozone NAAQS Interstate Transport Requirements Source: Federal Register Data/Action: Environmental Protection Agency (Final Rule) Date: 5/17/2019 Text Preview: ...ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R10-OAR-2018-0801; FRL-9993-75-Region 10]
Air Plan Approval; OR; 2015 Ozone NAAQS Interstate Transport
Requirements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires each State Implementation
Plan (SIP) to contain adequate provisions prohibiting emissions that
will have certain adverse air quality effects in other states. On
September 25, 2018, the State of Oregon made a submission to the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... ...EPA
is approving the submission as meeting the requirement that each SIP
contain adequate provisions to prohibit emissions that will
significantly contribute to nonattainment or interfere with maintenance
of the 2015 ozone NAAQS in any other state.
DATES: This action is effective on June 17, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-R10-OAR-2018-0801... ...EPA proposed to approve Oregon's September
25, 2018 submittal as meeting the interstate transport requirements of
CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) for the 2015 ozone NAAQS (84 FR 7854).
An explanation of
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the CAA requirements, a detailed analysis of the submittal, and the
EPA's reasons for approval were provided in the notice of proposed
rulemaking and will not be restated here. The public comment period for
this proposed rule ended on April 4, 2019. The EPA did not receive
comments on the proposal.
II. Final Action
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