Environmental Protection Agency June 3, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Air Plan Approval; District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia; Update of the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Washington-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Maintenance Area
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve state implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the District of Columbia (the District), State of Maryland (MD), and Commonwealth of Virginia (VA). The revisions update the motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) and the onroad and nonroad (except for marine, airport, and railroad) mobile emissions for volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) for the years 2025 and 2030. EPA proposes to approve the updated MVEBs and updates to the applicable onroad and nonroad mobile emissions for VOC and NOX for the years 2025 and 2030. EPA is also approving the allocation of a portion of the safety margins for VOC and NOX in the ozone maintenance plan to the 2025 and 2030 MVEBs. The MVEBs will be available for transportation conformity purposes, in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Air Plan Approval; Nebraska; Revisions to Title 129 of the Nebraska Administrative Code; Nebraska Air Quality Regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Nebraska State Implementation Plan (SIP), Operating Permits Program, and 112(l) Plan. The revisions were submitted by the State of Nebraska on December 2, 2022. This proposed action will amend the SIP to revise Nebraska air quality regulations and will add specific definitions from a Nebraska statute. These proposed changes include new and renumbered rules, the consolidation of 43 chapters into 16 chapters, replacement of duplicative language with references to state statute and federal regulation, revisions to reflect changes to state and federal law, and other changes to state regulations. The EPA's proposed approval of this rule revision is in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Air Plan Approval; KY; Updates to Attainment Status Designations
The Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (Cabinet), Kentucky Division for Air Quality (KDAQ), submitted a revision to the Kentucky State Implementation Plan (SIP) on November 29, 2022. The SIP revision updates, as of June 9, 2022, the geographical boundary description and attainment status designation for the Henderson-Webster SO2 nonattainment area for the 2010 primary SO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The update is being made to conform Kentucky's attainment status tables with the Federal attainment status designations made for this area. The SIP revision also includes minor language changes in the attainment status designations provisions. EPA is approving Kentucky's SIP revision pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).
Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Second Period Regional Haze Plan
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a regional haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD), dated August 11, 2022 ("Haze Plan" or "2022 Plan"), as satisfying applicable requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and EPA's Regional Haze Rule (RHR) for the regional haze program's second planning period. Georgia's SIP submission addresses the requirement that States must periodically revise their long-term strategies for making reasonable progress toward the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility, including regional haze, in mandatory Class I Federal areas. The SIP submission also addresses other applicable requirements for the second planning period of the regional haze program. EPA is taking this action pursuant to sections 110 and 169A of the Act.
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