Posts Tagged ‘BART’

Washington Regional Haze State Implementation Plan

Thursday, May 31st, 2012

The EPA is proposing to approve the Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) determination for the TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC coal-fired power plant in Centralia, Washington (TransAlta). The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) submitted its Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) on December 22, 2010 to meet the requirements of 40 CFR 50.308. On December 29, 2011 Ecology submitted an update to the SIP submittal containing a revised and updated BART determination for TransAlta. EPA plans to act on the remaining Regional Haze SIP elements for Washington in the near future.

DATES: Written comments must be received at the address below on or before June 22, 2012.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-23/pdf/2012-12504.pdf

Oregon Regional Haze State Implementation Plan

Thursday, May 31st, 2012

The EPA is proposing to approve portions of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Oregon on December 10, 2010. The action in this Federal Register notice addresses the remaining requirements of the CAA and EPA’s rules that require states to prevent any future and remedy any existing anthropogenic impairment of visibility in mandatory Class I areas caused by emissions of air pollutants from numerous sources located over a wide geographic area (also referred to as the “regional haze program”). In this action, the EPA proposes to approve the remaining regional haze SIP elements for which the EPA previously took no action in the July 5, 2011 notice.

DATES: Written comments must be received at the address below on or before June 22, 2012.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-23/pdf/2012-12490.pdf

EPA approval and promulgation of portions of Oregon State Implementation Plan (SIP) and Interstate Transport Plans

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

EPA is approving portions of a State Implementation Plan (SIP)  revision submitted by the State of Oregon on December 20, 2010, as meeting the requirements of Clean Air Act (CAA) section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) as it applies to visibility for the 1997 8-hour ozone and 1997 particulate matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). EPA is also approving portions of the revision as meeting certain requirements of the regional haze program, including the requirements for best available retrofit technology (BART).

DATES:  Effective Date: This final rule is effective August 4, 2011.