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Air Plan Disapproval; Texas; Control of Air Pollution From Visible Emissions and Particulate Matter

air-emissions · Rule · Published 2024-12-20 · Effective 2025-01-21 · TX · 89 FR 104043

Document

Document number
2024-29956
Federal Register citation
89 FR 104043
CFR reference
40 CFR 52
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
air-emissions
Publication date
2024-12-20
Effective date
2025-01-21
State
TX
EPA docket
EPA-R06-OAR-2021-0029

Abstract

Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA, the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is disapproving a revision to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Texas through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) on August 20, 2020 (2020 SIP revision). The 2020 SIP revision addresses emissions during planned Maintenance, Startup and Shutdown (MSS) activities for certain Electric Generating Units (EGUs) and includes requirements intended to address visible emissions (opacity) and Particulate Matter (PM) emissions during planned MSS activities. The requirements are included in eight Agreed Orders (AOs) issued by TCEQ to the affected EGUs and provided in the 2020 SIP revision. EPA determined that the requirements contained in these AOs do not meet the CAA enforceability requirements or the CAA requirement that emission limitations must apply on a continuous basis. We are taking this action in accordance with section 110 of the Act.

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