# Approval of California Air Plan; Owens Valley Serious Area Plan for the 1987 24-Hour PM10 Standard
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2017-03-13 · Effective 2017-04-12 · 82 FR 13390
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-04804
- **Category:** air-emissions
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 13390
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 52
- **Publication date:** 2017-03-13
- **Effective date:** 2017-04-12
- **State:** CA
- **EPA docket:** EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0660
## Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of California to meet Clean Air Act (CAA or "Act") requirements applicable to the Owens Valley PM<INF>10</INF> nonattainment area (NA). The Owens Valley PM<INF>10</INF> NA is classified as a "Serious" nonattainment area for the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter of ten microns or less (PM<INF>10</INF>). The submitted SIP revision is the "Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District 2016 Owens Valley Planning Area PM<INF>10</INF> State Implementation Plan" ("2016 PM<INF>10</INF> Plan" or "Plan"). The State's obligation to submit the 2016 PM<INF>10</INF> Plan was triggered by the EPA's 2007 finding that the Owens Valley PM<INF>10</INF> NA had failed to meet its December 31, 2006, deadline to attain the PM<INF>10</INF> NAAQS. The CAA requires a Serious PM<INF>10</INF> nonattainment area that fails to meet its attainment deadline to submit a plan providing for attainment of the PM<INF>10</INF> NAAQS and for an annual reduction in PM<INF>10</INF> emissions of not less than five percent until attainment of the PM<INF>10</INF> NAAQS. The EPA is approving the 2016 PM<INF>10</INF> Plan because it meets all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/13/2017-04804/approval-of-california-air-plan-owens-valley-serious-area-plan-for-the-1987-24-hour-pm10-standard)
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