Environmental Protection Agency June 13, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve changes to the Georgia State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the State of Georgia through the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD) via a letter dated November 4, 2021. The SIP revision revises Georgia's Stage I vapor recovery rules primarily by removing outdated references and making several clarifying edits. The revision also updates several definitions and makes two substantive changes. EPA is proposing to approve these changes pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).

Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve portions of the revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for Oklahoma submitted by the State of Oklahoma on January 30, 2023. This action addresses amendments to Subchapter 37, Control of Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Subchapter 39, Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Nonattainment Areas and Former Nonattainment Areas, in the Oklahoma Administrative Code Title 252, Chapter 100, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to improve the clarity and consistency of the Oklahoma SIP.

In accordance with the Clean Air Act, as amended (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is providing notice of a proposed consent decree in Environmental Defense Fund, et al. v. EPA, No. 3:22-cv-7731-WHO (N.D. Cal.). On December 7, 2022, Plaintiffs Environmental Defense Fund and Sierra Club filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that EPA has failed to perform its nondiscretionary duty to ``review and, if appropriate, revise'' New Source Performance Standard (``NSPS'') emission limits for new stationary combustion turbines, at least every 8 years. The proposed consent decree would establish deadlines for EPA to sign a proposed and final rule for this action.