Notified About:
Federal: Proposed rule regarding Federal Implementation Plan requirements in respect of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard
Date Notified: 07 Apr 2022
Jurisdiction: United States of America
Highlights
The Environmental Protection Agency has published a proposed Rule to:
- outline the 26 states’ obligations to eliminate significant contributions of the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)
- establish the budgets for nitrogen oxides emissions by requiring fossil fuel-fired power plants in 25 states to participate in an allowance-based ozone season trading program from 2023
- establish applicable nitrogen oxides emissions limitations to certain other industrial stationary sources in 23 states with an earliest possible compliance date of 2026
- outline a list of industrial source types and
- clarify that interested persons may submit comments, by 6 June 2022, to https://www.regulations.gov/ with the Docket ID number.
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