air-emissions · Rule · Published 2017-07-18 · Effective 2017-09-18 · IL · 82 FR 32771
Document
Document number
2017-14948
Federal Register citation
82 FR 32771
CFR reference
40 CFR 52
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule.
Category
air-emissions
Publication date
2017-07-18
Effective date
2017-09-18
State
IL
EPA docket
EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0512
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving revised rules submitted by the State of Illinois as State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions. The submitted rules update Illinois' ambient air quality standards to include the 2015 primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone (O<INF>3</INF>), add EPA-promulgated monitoring methods for several NAAQS, and address EPA's revocation of the 1997 O<INF>3</INF> NAAQS. In addition, the revised rules contain the timing requirements for the "flagging of exceptional events" and the submission of documentation supporting exceptional events for the initial area designations for the 2015 primary annual O<INF>3</INF> standard. These SIP revisions update Illinois air pollution control regulations to be "identical-in-substance" to EPA rulemakings related to the NAAQS that occurred between January 1, 2014 and June 17, 2016.