Search Results for keywords:"Regional Haze"

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  • 2024-30751 — Air Plan Approval; Florida; Second Planning Period Regional Haze Plan
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    Type:Proposed Rule
    Citation:89 FR 105506
    Reading Time:about 2 hours

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve updates to Florida's regional haze state implementation plan (SIP), addressing pollution that affects visibility in national parks and wilderness areas. These updates, submitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) in 2021 and 2024, comply with the Clean Air Act and EPA's Regional Haze Rule requirements for the second planning period. The plan focuses on reducing pollutants like sulfur dioxide from major sources in Florida and includes cooperative efforts with neighboring states to address cross-border pollution effects. If approved, the updates will become enforceable under federal law.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA wants to make sure the air is clean and clear in places like national parks in Florida by approving a new plan to reduce pollution that makes it hard to see the scenery. This plan, created by Florida’s environmental agency, includes working with other nearby states to stop pollution from traveling across borders.

  • 2025-01101 — Air Plan Disapproval; West Virginia; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan for the Second Implementation Period
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    Type:Proposed Rule
    Citation:90 FR 6932
    Reading Time:about 2 hours

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to disapprove West Virginia's plan to address regional haze in national parks and wilderness areas. The EPA argues that West Virginia didn't properly analyze which pollution control measures are necessary to make reasonable progress toward improving visibility, as required by the Clean Air Act. The EPA's proposed disapproval doesn’t immediately impose any penalties on West Virginia, but it does start a two-year period during which the EPA must create its own plan if West Virginia doesn't correct the identified issues. Public comments on this proposal are being accepted until February 20, 2025.

    Simple Explanation

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) thinks West Virginia didn't do a good enough job of figuring out how to make the air clearer in parks, so they're planning to say "no" to West Virginia's plan, and if it's not fixed, the EPA will make its own plan in two years.

  • 2024-27940 — Air Plan Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval; North Dakota; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan for the Second Implementation Period
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    Type:Rule
    Citation:89 FR 95126
    Reading Time:about 27 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to partially approve and partially disapprove parts of North Dakota's regional haze plan (SIP) for its second implementation period. This decision was made because certain aspects of the plan, such as its long-term strategy and goals for reasonable progress, did not meet the necessary requirements under the Clean Air Act. Specifically, North Dakota relied on visibility thresholds that the EPA found unreasonable, which led to rejecting feasible and cost-effective controls on pollution sources like Coyote Station and Antelope Valley. However, other elements of the plan, such as calculations of visibility conditions and monitoring strategies, were approved.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA checked North Dakota's plan for cleaning up the sky and said "yes" to some parts and "no" to others because they didn't think the plan would help the air enough. They liked some of the ways North Dakota wanted to measure the air but thought they could do a better job at making the air clearer.