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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AR68 Publication ID: Spring 2013 
Title: State Implementation Plans: Response to Petition; Findings of Substantial Inadequacy; and SIP Calls to Amend Provisions Applying to Excess Emissions During Periods of Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction 
Abstract: In this action EPA intends to issue findings of substantial inadequacy for certain states whose SIPs are inconsistent with the CAA and with current EPA rules and policies concerning treatment of a source's excess emissions during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM). In addition, EPA is under this action issuing a "SIP call" for each of the states for which a SIP inadequacy is confirmed, which requires the state to revise its SIP as necessary to correct the inadequacy. The SIP call will establish a deadline by which each of these states must submit its corrective SIP revision. A corrective SIP revision will ensure that: (1) all periods of excess emissions, regardless of cause, will be treated as violations subject to EPA enforcement action; and (2) no periods of excess emissions can be automatically exempted from emissions limits. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR Part 52     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: CAA 110(k)(5)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  02/22/2013  78 FR 12460   
NPRM Comment Period Extended  04/08/2013  78 FR 20855   
Final Rule  10/00/2013 
Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0322
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/sipstatus/  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Lisa Sutton
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
C504-03,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-4991
Fax:919 541-5315
Email: sutton.lisa@epa.gov

Patrick Lessard
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
C539-01,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-5383
Fax:919 541-4028
Email: lessard.patrick@epa.gov