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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AP72 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Proposal to Revise the Interpollutant Trading Policy for PM2.5 Offsets 
Abstract: In 2010, EPA received and granted a petition from the National Resource Defense Council and Sierra Club for reconsideration of 4 provisions contained in its May 16, 2008, final rule for implementing PM2.5 under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. The 4 challenged provisions include, (1) allowing states with State Implementation Plan-approved PSD programs up to 3 years to revise and submit the new PM2.5 requirements to EPA for approval; (2) allowing the same states to continue using EPA’s 1997 PM10 Surrogate Policy until such revisions are approved by EPA; (3) allowing permit applicants to exclude, until January 1, 2010, any amounts of condensable particulate matter from the calculation of the proposed source’s potential to emit for applicability purposes; and (4) allowing sources in PM2.5 nonattainment areas to use emissions from precursors of PM2.5 as offsets for significant increases of PM2.5 emissions, using ratios developed by EPA or ratios developed and demonstrated by the state. Issues 2 and 3 were addressed in earlier rulemakings, and we are taking no action on issue 1. This action completes the proceeding for reconsidering the challenged provisions by addressing the remaining issue (issue 4) associated with interpollutant offsets for PM2.5. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410    42 USC 7501 et seq    42 USC 7601(a)(1)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  04/00/2011    
Final Action  To Be Determined    
Additional Information: Split from RIN 2060-AN86. Split from RIN 2060-AK74.; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0062
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/nsr/  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Dan DeRoeck
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
C504-02,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-5593
Fax:919 541-5509
Email: deroeck.dan@epamail.epa.gov

Chuck Buckler
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
C504-03,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-0873
Fax:919 541-5509
Email: buckler.charles@epa.gov