United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2016_register executive 2016-10-26 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f34541 D09002ee1c7f3464a United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the original Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (original CSAPR) on August 8, 2011, to address interstate transport of ozone pollution under the 1997 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and interstate transport of fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) pollution under the 1997 and 2006 PM<INF>2.5</INF> NAAQS. The EPA is finalizing this Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update (CSAPR Update) to address interstate transport of ozone pollution with respect to the 2008 ozone NAAQS. This final rule will benefit human health and welfare by reducing ground-level ozone pollution. In particular, it will reduce ozone season emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) in 22 eastern states that can be transported downwind as NO<INF>X</INF> or, after transformation in the atmosphere, as ozone, and can negatively affect air quality and public health in downwind areas. For these 22 eastern states, the EPA is issuing Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs) that generally provide updated CSAPR NO<INF>X</INF> ozone season emission budgets for the electric generating units (EGUs) within these states, and that implement these budgets via modifications to the CSAPR NO<INF>X</INF> ozone season allowance trading program that was established under the original CSAPR. The EPA is finalizing these new or revised FIP requirements only for certain states that have failed to submit an approvable State Implementation Plan (SIP) addressing interstate emission transport for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. The FIPs require affected EGUs in each covered state to reduce emissions to comply with program requirements beginning with the 2017 ozone season (May 1 through September 30). This final rule partially addresses the EPA's obligation under the Clean Air Act to promulgate FIPs to address interstate emission transport for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. In conjunction with other federal and state actions to reduce ozone pollution, these requirements will assist downwind states in the eastern United States with attaining and maintaining the 2008 ozone NAAQS. This CSAPR Update also is intended to address the July 28, 2015 remand by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit of certain states' original CSAPR phase 2 ozone season NO<INF>X</INF> emission budgets. In addition, this rule updates the status of certain states' outstanding interstate ozone transport obligations with respect to the 1997 ozone NAAQS, for which the original CSAPR provided a partial remedy. 81 FR 74504 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-10-26/2016-22240 2016-22240 fr26oc16-18 RIN 2060-AS05 6560-50-P EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0500 FRL-9950-30-OAR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-10-26/2016-22240 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-10-26/html/2016-22240.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-10-26/pdf/2016-22240.pdf Environmental Protection Air Pollution Control Carbon Monoxide Incorporation by Reference Intergovernmental Relations Lead Nitrogen Dioxide Ozone Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Sulfur Oxides Volatile Organic Compounds Acid Rain Administrative Practice and Procedure Electric Utilities Nitrogen Oxides 147 p. 74504 74650 81 FR 74504 Title 40 Part 52 40 CFR Part 52 Title 40 Part 78 40 CFR Part 78 Title 40 Part 97 40 CFR Part 97 RIN 2060-AS05 Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue RULE 2016-22240 II ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2016-12-27 EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0500 FRL-9950-30-OAR 6560-50-P 2016-22240 Final rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the original Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (original CSAPR) on August 8, 2011, to address interstate transport of ozone pollution under the 1997 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and interstate transport of fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) pollution under the 1997 and 2006 PM<INF>2.5</INF> NAAQS. The EPA is finalizing this Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update (CSAPR Update) to address interstate transport of ozone pollution with respect to the 2008 ozone NAAQS. This final rule will benefit human health and welfare by reducing ground-level ozone pollution. In particular, it will reduce ozone season emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) in 22 eastern states that can be transported downwind as NO<INF>X</INF> or, after transformation in the atmosphere, as ozone, and can negatively affect air quality and public health in downwind areas. For these 22 eastern states, the EPA is issuing Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs) that generally provide updated CSAPR NO<INF>X</INF> ozone season emission budgets for the electric generating units (EGUs) within these states, and that implement these budgets via modifications to the CSAPR NO<INF>X</INF> ozone season allowance trading program that was established under the original CSAPR. The EPA is finalizing these new or revised FIP requirements only for certain states that have failed to submit an approvable State Implementation Plan (SIP) addressing interstate emission transport for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. The FIPs require affected EGUs in each covered state to reduce emissions to comply with program requirements beginning with the 2017 ozone season (May 1 through September 30). This final rule partially addresses the EPA's obligation under the Clean Air Act to promulgate FIPs to address interstate emission transport for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. In conjunction with other federal and state actions to reduce ozone pollution, these requirements will assist downwind states in the eastern United States with attaining and maintaining the 2008 ozone NAAQS. This CSAPR Update also is intended to address the July 28, 2015 remand by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit of certain states' original CSAPR phase 2 ozone season NO<INF>X</INF> emission budgets. In addition, this rule updates the status of certain states' outstanding interstate ozone transport obligations with respect to the 1997 ozone NAAQS, for which the original CSAPR provided a partial remedy.

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