Search Results for keywords:"Maricopa County"

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  • 2024-31028 — Air Plan Revisions; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department
    Type:Rule
    Citation:90 FR 1903
    Reading Time:about 13 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing a rule regarding air quality standards in Arizona's Maricopa County. The rule involves a mix of limited approval and disapproval concerning revisions to rules about emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from loading organic liquids and gasoline. Though some rules improve the state's plan and meet the Clean Air Act standards, others are deficient, requiring Arizona to make corrections. If not corrected within two years, federal sanctions may be imposed.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA is giving a mix of thumbs up and thumbs down to some rules about air pollution in Maricopa County, Arizona, because some bits are okay, but others need fixing. If Arizona doesn't fix the problems in two years, it might get in trouble.

  • 2024-28910 — Air Quality Plans; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Source-Specific SIP Revision
    Type:Rule
    Citation:89 FR 101479
    Reading Time:about 8 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a revision to Maricopa County's portion of Arizona's State Implementation Plan (SIP) under the Clean Air Act. This revision includes specific permit conditions for emissions offsets from replacing diesel-fueled waste trucks with cleaner vehicles, ensuring these reductions are federally enforceable. The EPA received no public comments on the proposal and has incorporated the permit conditions into the SIP, effective January 15, 2025. This action does not impose additional requirements beyond state law and does not require consideration of environmental justice impacts.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA has made a new rule for Maricopa County in Arizona that says when old diesel garbage trucks are replaced with cleaner ones, the air quality improvements need to be officially recognized so they count. This rule starts on January 15, 2025, and doesn't change any other local laws.

  • 2020-27806 — Air Plan Partial Approval, Partial Disapproval, and Partial Conditional Approval; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Reasonably Available Control Technology State Implementation Plan and Surface Coating Rule
    Type:Rule
    Citation:86 FR 971
    Reading Time:about 20 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing a rule concerning air quality in Maricopa County, Arizona. The rule partially approves, partially disapproves, and partially conditionally approves revisions to the air quality plan for the area, focusing on controlling emissions to meet 2008 ozone standards. The EPA is conditionally approving certain rules for controlling emissions from surface coating operations, while requiring updates for others within a year, or they will face disapproval. No comments were received during the public comment period, and failure to meet these conditions might result in federal sanctions.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA made some changes to the air quality plan in Maricopa County to help clean up the air, but they want more improvements within a year to stop certain pollutants. If the county doesn't make these improvements, they could get in trouble with the government.