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RIN: 2060-AF32

Publication ID: Fall 1996

Title: Regional Haze Protection Rule
Abstract: Mandatory Federal Class I areas throughout the United States are being impaired by regional haze. Section 169A of the Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations to protect these Class I areas from man-made visibility impairment. These regulations would require States to show reasonable progress toward reducing the effects of regional haze on these sensitive areas. Since 1980, technical knowledge of the causes of visibility impairment (i.e., emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, certain organic compounds, and particulate matter) has progressed so that innovative programs can be developed to address regional pollution. This rulemaking will require regional (multi-state) planning to address regional visibility in groupings of Class I areas. Control activities will be balanced with review of cost and visibility/environmental benefits analysis.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.300 to 51.306
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section 169A and 169B

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
NPRM	Statutory		01/00/1998

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	10/00/1996
NPRM	06/00/1997
Final Action	06/00/1998

Additional Information: SAN No. 3552. ^PRFA: Y
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Bruce Polkowsky Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-5532