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Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan

air-emissions · Rule · Published 2012-07-06 · Effective 2012-08-06 · MD · 77 FR 39938

Document

Document number
2012-16417
Federal Register citation
77 FR 39938
CFR reference
40 CFR 52
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
air-emissions
Publication date
2012-07-06
Effective date
2012-08-06
State
MD
EPA docket
EPA-R03-OAR-2012-0144

Abstract

EPA is approving a revision to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Maryland, through the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), on February 13, 2012. This action is being taken in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA's rules for states to prevent any future and remedy any existing anthropogenic impairment of visibility in mandatory Class I areas through a regional haze program. EPA is also approving this revision as meeting the infrastructure requirements relating to visibility protection for the 1997 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) and the 1997 and 2006 fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) NAAQS.

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