Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Regional Haze
air-emissions · Rule · Published 2012-04-24 · Effective 2012-05-24 · ME · 77 FR 24385
Document
Document number
2012-9719
Federal Register citation
77 FR 24385
CFR reference
40 CFR 52
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
air-emissions
Publication date
2012-04-24
Effective date
2012-05-24
State
ME
EPA docket
EPA-R01-OAR-2010-1043
Abstract
EPA is approving a revision to the Maine State Implementation Plan (SIP) that addresses regional haze for the first planning period from 2008 through 2018. It was submitted by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) on December 9, 2010, with supplemental submittals on September 14, 2011, and November 9, 2011. This revision addresses the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA's rules that require States to prevent any future, and remedy any existing, manmade 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").