federal_register: E7-13543
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| E7-13543 | Approval of Implementation Plans of Alabama: Clean Air Interstate Rule | Proposed Rule | EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Alabama State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on March 7, 2007. This revision addresses the requirements of EPA's Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), promulgated on May 12, 2005, and subsequently revised on April 28, 2006, and December 13, 2006. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) also previously submitted a final submittal dated June 16, 2006, which was subsequently updated in a prehearing request for parallel processing on November 16, 2006, to comply with EPA's revisions to the model rule. Alabama's final March 7, 2007, submittal replaces the State's June 16, 2006, and November 16, 2006, submittals. EPA is proposing to determine that the SIP revision fully implements the CAIR requirements for Alabama. Therefore, as a consequence of the SIP approval, EPA will also withdraw the CAIR Federal Implementation Plans (CAIR FIPs) concerning sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>), nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) annual and NO<INF>X</INF> ozone season emissions for Alabama. The CAIR FIPs for all states in the CAIR region were promulgated on April 28, 2006, and subsequently revised on December 13, 2006. CAIR requires states to reduce emissions of SO<INF>2</INF> and NO<INF>X</INF> that significantly contribute to nonattainment of, and interfere with maintenance of, the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for fine particulates and/or ozone in any downwind state. CAIR establishes state budgets for SO<INF>2</INF> and NO<INF>X</INF> and requires states to submit SIP revisions that implement these budgets in states that EPA concluded did contribute to nonattainment in downwind states. States have the flexibility to choose which control measures to adopt to achieve the budgets, including participating in the EPA-administered cap-and-trade programs. In the SIP revision that EPA is proposing to approve, Alabama would meet CAIR requirements by participating in the EPA-administered cap-and-trade programs addressing SO<INF>2</INF>, NO<INF>X</INF> annual, and NO<INF>X</INF> ozone season emissions. | 2007-07-12 | 2007 | 7 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/07/12/E7-13543/approval-of-implementation-plans-of-alabama-clean-air-interstate-rule | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-07-12/pdf/E7-13543.pdf | Environmental Protection Agency | 145 | EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Alabama State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on March 7, 2007. This revision addresses the requirements of EPA's Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), promulgated on May 12, 2005, and subsequently revised... |