2060-AS55 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2060 Office of Air and Radiation OAR 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Protection of Visibility: Amendments to Requirements for State Plans

This final rule will contain EPA's final approach to the issues raised and revisions proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of May 4, 2016. These issues and revisions include (1) a proposed change in the deadline for the submittal of the next comprehensive revision of each states' regional haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) from July 31, 2018 to July 31, 2021; (2) proposed changes to the timing, format, and required content of periodic progress reports; (3) proposed clarifications regarding the relationship between long-term strategies and reasonable progress goals; (4) proposed changes related to how days are selected for tracking progress; (5) proposed treatment of impacts on visibility from anthropogenic sources outside the U.S. and from wildland fires within the U.S.; (6) proposed changes to reasonably attributable visibility impairment provisions; and (7) proposed changes to federal land manager consultation requirements.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 40 CFR 51 40 CFR 52 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. No NPRM 05/04/2016 81 FR 26941 NPRM Comment Period Extended 07/01/2016 81 FR 43180 NPRM Comment Period End 07/05/2016 NPRM Comment Period Extended End 08/10/2016 Final Rule 11/00/2016 Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0531. Includes retrospective review under Executive Order 13563. No No Federal Local State Tribal No No http://www.epa.gov/visibility No No Christopher Werner 2060 Office of Air and Radiation OAR 919 541-5133 werner.christopher@epa.gov T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code D243-01, Research Triangle Park NC 27711 Rhea Jones 2060 Office of Air and Radiation OAR 919 541-2940 jones.rhea@epa.gov MD-13, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code C539-04, Research Triangle Park NC 27711