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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AQ08 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Action to Ensure Authority to Issue Permits Under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Finding of Substantial Inadequacy and SIP Call 
Abstract: EPA finalized actions that may authorize state, local, or tribal air permitting authorities (collectively "states") or the EPA to issue permits under the CAA New Source Review PSD program for sources of GHGs as early as January 2, 2011, which is when some of those sources will be required to obtain PSD permits in order to undertake construction or modification projects. These actions apply to states whose SIP PSD programs fail to apply to GHG sources. For each of these states, EPA, acting pursuant to the authority of the CAA provisions governing requirements for SIPs, proposed to issue a finding that the state's PSD SIP is substantially inadequate to comply with the CAA PSD requirements, and EPA proposes to require the state (through a "SIP call") to revise its SIP as necessary to correct such inadequacies. Such a SIP revision, when approved by EPA, would authorize the state to issue PSD permits to GHG sources. In a companion notice, EPA finalized a federal implementation plan ("FIP"), which EPA would finalize if a state fails to make the required SIP submission and which would authorize EPA to issue the PSD permits to the GHG sources. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401    42 USC 7411    42 USC 7414    42 USC 7416    42 USC 7601   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  09/02/2010  75 FR 53892   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/04/2010    
Final Action  12/13/2010  75 FR 77698   
Additional Information: EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b42faf; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0107
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/nsr/  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Lisa Sutton
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143-01,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-3450
Email: sutton.lisa@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