2060-AR34 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2060 Air and Radiation AR 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Implementation of the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone: State Implementation Plan Requirements

This final rule will address a range of state implementation requirements for the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone, including requirements pertaining to attainment demonstrations, reasonable further progress, reasonably available control technology, reasonably available control measures, nonattainment new source review, emission inventories, and the timing of State Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions and compliance with emission control measures in the SIP. Other issues also addressed in this final rule are the revocation of the 1997 ozone NAAQS for purposes other than transportation conformity; anti-backsliding requirements that would apply when the 1997 NAAQS are revoked; and the section 185 fee program.

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This rule is needed to establish requirements for what states must include in their state implementation plans (SIPs) to bring nonattainment areas into compliance with the 2008 ozone NAAQS. There is no court-ordered deadline for this final rule. However, the CAA requires the nonattainment area plans addressed by this rule to be developed and submitted by states within 2 to 3 years after the July 20, 2012 date of nonattainment designations.

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CAA section 110 authorizes EPA to require state planning to attain the NAAQS and to help states implement their plans.

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The rule included several alternatives for meeting implementation requirements, including but not limited to options for SIP submittal dates, NOx substitution for VOC in RFP SIPs, alternative baseline years for RFP and alternatives for addressing anti-backsliding requirements once the 1997 ozone NAAQS has been revoked. The EPA solicited comments on a number of topics, including alternative approaches to achieving RFP, RACT flexibility and alternate revocation dates for the 1997 ozone NAAQS.

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The annual burden for this information collection averaged over the first 3 years is estimated to be a total of 120,000 labor hours per year at an annual labor cost of $2.4 million (present value) over the 3-year period or approximately $91,000 per state for the 26 state respondents, including the District of Columbia. The average annual reporting burden is 690 hours per response, with approximately 2 responses per state for 58 state respondents. There are no capital or operating and maintenance costs associated with the proposed rule requirements. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).

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Ozone concentrations that exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to can cause adverse public health and welfare effects, as discussed in the March 27, 2008 Final Rule for NAAQS for Ozone (73 FR 16436).

]]> NPRM 06/06/2013 78 FR 34177 NPRM Comment Period Extended 07/24/2013 78 FR 44485 Final Rule 03/00/2015 Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0885 No No Federal Local State Tribal No No http://www.epa.gov/air/ozonepollution/actions.html#impl No No Karl Pepple 2060 Office of Air and Radiation OAR 206 553-1778 919 541-4315 pepple.karl@epa.gov C539-01, Research Triangle Park NC 27711 Megan Brachtl 2060 Office of Air and Radiation OAR 919 541-2648 919 541-5315 brachtl.megan@epa.gov C504-03, Research Triangle Park NC 27711