Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Cross-State Air Pollution Rule; NOX Ozone Season Group 2, NOX Annual, and SO2 Group 1 Trading Programs

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the New York State Implementation Plan (SIP) addressing requirements of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). Under the CSAPR, large electricity generating units in New York are subject to Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs) requiring the units to participate in CSAPR federal trading programs for ozone season emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>), annual emissions of NO<INF>X</INF>, and annual emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>). This action approves into New York's SIP the State's regulations that replace the default allowance allocation provisions of the CSAPR federal trading programs for ozone season NO<INF>X</INF>, annual NO<INF>X</INF>, and annual SO<INF>2</INF> emissions. The approval is being issued as a direct final rule without a prior proposed rule because EPA views it as uncontroversial and does not anticipate adverse comment.