Environmental Protection Agency November 17, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Determination of Attainment by the Attainment Date for the Salt Lake City, Utah and Provo, Utah 2006 24-Hour PM2.5
Document Number: 2020-24443
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-11-17
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the Salt Lake City, Utah and Provo, Utah Serious nonattainment areas (NAAs) attained the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) by the December 31, 2019 ``Serious'' area attainment date. The determination is based on quality-assured, quality-controlled and certified ambient air quality monitoring data from 2017 through 2019, available in the EPA's Air Quality System (AQS) database.
Air Plan Approval; Iowa; Air Quality Implementation Plan-Muscatine Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area and Start-up, Shutdown, Malfunction SIP Call Withdrawal
Document Number: 2020-24031
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-11-17
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision, submitted by the state of Iowa, through the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), to the EPA on May 26, 2016, for the purpose of providing for attainment of the 2010 1-hour primary Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) in the Muscatine County, Iowa nonattainment area (NAA). The EPA concludes that Iowa has appropriately demonstrated that its SIP provides for attainment with the 2010 1-hour primary SO2 NAAQS in the NAA, and that the plan meets the other applicable requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act). As a part of approving the attainment demonstration, the EPA is taking final action to approve into the Iowa SIP the SO2 emissions limits and associated compliance parameters for the NAA. The EPA is also applying a policy regarding startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) exemption provisions in the Iowa SIP that is consistent with the EPA's national policy. In light of this policy and the EPA's evaluation of Iowa's SIP, the EPA is withdrawing the SIP call issued to Iowa as part of the EPA's 2015 SSM SIP Action.
Delegation of the Title V Permitting Program to the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency for the Former Bennett Freeze
Document Number: 2020-23921
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-17
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The purpose of this notice is to announce that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region IX granted the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency's (NNEPA) request to supplement its delegation of authority to administer the Clean Air Act (the Act) Federal title V operating permits program. Under this supplemental delegation, the NNEPA's authority to issue and implement title V operating permits pursuant to EPA regulations is geographically extended to include an area located in the western portion of the Navajo Nation reservation known as the Former Bennett Freeze. The terms and conditions of the supplemental delegation are specified in a Second Supplemental Delegation of Authority Agreement (Agreement) between the EPA Region IX and the NNEPA, effective on July 28, 2020.
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