# Clean Air Act Full Approval of the Operating Permits Program; Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department, Pima County Department of Environmental Quality, AZ
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2001-12-05 · Effective 2001-11-30 · 66 FR 63175
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-30148
- **Category:** air-emissions
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 63175
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 70
- **Publication date:** 2001-12-05
- **Effective date:** 2001-11-30
- **State:** AZ
- **EPA docket:** AZ062-OPP
## Abstract

EPA is taking final action to fully approve the operating permits programs submitted by the State of Arizona (collectively "the Arizona programs") on behalf of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality ("ADEQ" or "State"), Maricopa County Environmental Services Department ("MCESD" or "Maricopa"), and Pima County Department of Environmental Quality, Arizona ("PDEQ" or "Pima"). The Arizona programs were submitted in response to the directive in the 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments that permitting authorities develop, and submit to EPA, programs for issuing operating permits to all major stationary sources and to certain other sources within the permitting authorities' jurisdiction. On October 30, 1996, EPA granted interim approval to the ADEQ, MCESD and PDEQ operating permits programs. These agencies revised their programs to satisfy the conditions of the interim approval, and EPA proposed full approval of the ADEQ, MCESD, and PDEQ programs in the Federal Register on October 2, 2001, October 18, 2001, and September 10, 2001, respectively. EPA received three comments on our proposed full approval of the ADEQ program and one comment on the Maricopa program. EPA's responses are included in Section II of this action. This action promulgates final full approval of the ADEQ, MCESD and PDEQ operating permits programs.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/12/05/01-30148/clean-air-act-full-approval-of-the-operating-permits-program-arizona-department-of-environmental)
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