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EPA/AR

RIN: 2060-AP46

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: ●Stay of CAIR and CAIR FIP for Minnesota
Abstract: In this action, EPA is proposing to stay the effectiveness, for the State of Minnesota only, of two final rules we issued under section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) related to the interstate transport of pollutants: (1) the May 12, 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and (2) the April 28, 2006 backstop CAIR federal implementation plan (FIP). The D.C. Circuit held that EPA, in CAIR and the CAIR FIP, had not properly addressed possible errors in EGU emissions for certain EGUs in Minnesota, and EPA's stated intention to stay the effectiveness of the rules for the State of Minnesota was presented to the D.C. Circuit before it decided to remand rather than vacate the rule. EPA is proposing to stay the effectiveness of these two rules with respect to sources in Minnesota only, while EPA examines the possible errors identified by the court and their potential impact on the inclusion of Minnesota in CAIR.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Info./Admin./Other
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 and 52
Legal Authority: 23 USC 101 42 USC 7401 to 7671q

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	To Be Determined

Additional Information: SAN No. 5323; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0021
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Tim Smith Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation C539-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-4718 Fax:919 541-5489 Email: smith.tim@epamail.epa.gov Rhea Jones Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation C539-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-2940 Fax:919 541-5489 Email: jones.rhea@epa.gov