Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; OH

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approves the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for New Source Review (NSR) provisions for nonattainment areas for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA). This action follows up an April 22, 1996 rulemaking action, in which EPA proposed to conditionally approve the requested revisions to the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC). Since that rulemaking action, OEPA has submitted a series of revisions to address problems that were preventing full approval and to make other, approvable changes in the rules. The rules incorporate the general NSR provisions applying to both attainment and nonattainment areas. Other rules incorporate the NSR provisions that only apply to nonattainment areas. EPA also approves the rules for public notice procedure in a August 10, 1999 SIP revision request made by OEPA. These rules apply to air pollution construction permits issued under the attainment and nonattainment parts of the SIP.