# Air Plan Approval; NC: Inspection and Maintenance Program
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2022-08-11 · Effective 2022-09-12 · 87 FR 49524
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-16905
- **Category:** air-emissions
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 49524
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 52
- **Publication date:** 2022-08-11
- **Effective date:** 2022-09-12
- **EPA docket:** EPA-R04-OAR-2020-0718
## Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing approval of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of North Carolina on December 14, 2020, through the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Division of Air Quality (DAQ), for the purpose of removing Lee, Onslow, and Rockingham Counties from North Carolina's motor vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M) program. EPA is approving these changes pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/11/2022-16905/air-plan-approval-nc-inspection-and-maintenance-program)
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