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RIN: 2060-AJ31

Publication ID: Fall 2005

Title: Clean Air Visibility Rule
Abstract: To meet the Clean Air Act's requirements, EPA published the regional haze rule on July 1, 1999 (64 FR 35714). On May 24, 2002, the DC Circuit vacated certain provisions of the regional haze rule related to best available retrofit technology (BART). Because of this court decision, we need to propose and publish revised BART provisions in the regional haze rule. The purpose of this effort is to provide the appropriate changes to the BART requirements and guidelines, and to address additional issues related to reasonable progress goals for the visibility program. On July 20, 2001, we proposed guidelines intended to add further clarifications to the BART requirements in the regional haze rule (66 FR 38108). Due to additional information that came to light after that proposal, we published a supplemental proposal on May 5, 2004 (69 FR 25184). A final action was published on July 6, 2005 (70 FR 39104).
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.308(e)(1) 40 CFR 51 app Y (New)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410 42 USC 7414 42 USC 7421 42 USC 7470-7479 42 USC 7491 42 USC 7492 42 USC 7601 42 USC 7602

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Judicial	original consent decree set for April 15, 2005, changed to June 15, 2005	06/15/2005
NPRM	Judicial	Consent Decree: April 15, 2004	04/15/2004

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM-	07/20/2001	66 FR 38108
Supplemental NPRM-	05/05/2004	69 FR 25184
Final Action-	07/06/2005	70 FR 39104

Additional Information: SAN No. 4450;
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Kathy Kaufman Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation C539-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-0102 Fax:919 541-5509 Email: Kaufman.Kathy@epamail.epa.gov Todd Hawes Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation C539-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-5591 Fax:919 685-3190 Email: hawes.todd@epamail.epa.gov