[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16127-16128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7719]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5180-9]


Acid Rain Program: Notice of State and Local Acid Rain Programs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Title IV of the Clean Air Act requires EPA to establish the 
Acid Rain Program to reduce the adverse environmental and public health 
effects of acidic deposition. Under titles IV and V of the Act, State 
and local permitting authorities develop and administer acid rain 
programs as part of their title V operating permits programs. The State 
and local permitting authorities listed in this notice have submitted 
acid rain programs for EPA review that have subsequently been 
determined to be acceptable to the EPA Administrator as part of their 
title V operating permits programs. This notice is for informational 
purposes only and does not replace any other Federal Register title V 
operating permits program approval notices.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Miller, U.S. EPA, Acid Rain 
Division (6204J), 401 M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 233-9077.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Phase I of the Acid Rain Program (1995 
through 1999), EPA issues Phase I acid rain permits and is the 
permitting authority for certain acid rain affected sources, most of 
which are coal burning, electric generating plants. In Phase II of the 
Acid Rain Program (beginning in the year 2000 and continuing 
thereafter), State and local permitting authorities are required under 
titles IV and V of the Act to act as the permitting authority for all 
acid rain affected sources and issue acid rain permits as part of their 
title V operating permits programs. Affected sources must submit their 
initial Phase II acid rain permit applications to the appropriate 
permitting authority no later than January 1, 1996. Initial acid rain 
permits must be issued to all affected sources no later than December 
31, 1997.
    If, by November 15, 1995, the State or local jurisdiction (e.g., 
district, county, or city) in which an affected source is located has 
both (1) an acid rain program identified in this or a comparable 
Federal Register notice as acceptable to the Administrator and (2) a 
title V operating permits program granted full or interim approval by 
the Administrator in a Federal Register notice, then the designated 
representative of the affected source should submit the initial Phase 
II acid rain permit application and 3 copies to that state or local 
authority. Otherwise, the designated representative should submit the 
initial Phase II acid rain permit application and one copy to the EPA 
Regional office for the region, and two copies to the State or local 
jurisdiction, in which the source is located.
    The following State or local permitting authorities have submitted 
acid rain programs that are acceptable to the Administrator as part of 
their title V operating permits programs:

Region 4

    The Department of Natural Resources, in the state of Georgia;
    The Department for Environmental Protection, in the Commonwealth of 
Kentucky;
    The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau, in 
the state of Tennessee;
    The Knox County Department of Air Pollution Control, in the state 
of Tennessee;
    The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, in 
the state of Tennessee.

Region 6

    The Department of Pollution Control and Quality, in the state of 
Arkansas; [[Page 16128]] 
    The Department of Environmental Quality, in the state of Louisiana;
    The Department of Environmental Quality, in the state of Oklahoma.

Region 7

    The Department of Natural Resources, in the state of Iowa;
    The Department of Health and Environment, in the state of Kansas;
    The Department of Natural Resources, in the state of Missouri;
    The Department of Environmental Quality, in the state of Nebraska.

Region 8

    The Department of Environmental Quality, in the state of Utah.

Region 9

    The Department of Environmental Quality, in the state of Arizona;
    The Pinal County Department of Health and Human Services, in the 
state of Arizona;
    The Bay Area Air Quality Management District, in the state of 
California;
    The Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, in the 
state of California;
    The Division of Environmental Protection, in the state of Nevada.

Region 10

    The Department of Environmental Quality, in the state of Oregon;
    The Benton County Clean Air Authority, in the state of Washington;
    The Northwest Air Pollution Authority, in the state of Washington;
    The Olympic Air Pollution Control Authority, in the state of 
Washington;
    The Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency, in the state of 
Washington;
    The Southwest Air Pollution Control Authority, in the state of 
Washington;
    The Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority, in the state of 
Washington;
    The Washington Department of Ecology, in the state of Washington;
    The Yakima County Clean Air Authority, in the state of Washington.

    Dated: March 22, 1995.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of 
Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 95-7719 Filed 3-28-95; 8:45 am]
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