Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Indiana

On August 25, 1995, the State of Indiana submitted a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for open burning as part of the State's 15 percent (%) Rate of Progress (ROP) Plan control measures for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). VOC is one of the air pollutants which combine on hot summer days to form ground-level ozone, commonly known as smog. Ozone pollution is of particular concern because of its harmful effects upon lung tissue and breathing passages. These ROP plans are intended to bring areas which have been exceeding the public health based Federal ozone air quality standard closer toward the goal of attaining and maintaining this standard. The control measures specified in this open burning SIP revision prohibit residential open burning in Clark, Floyd, Lake, and Porter Counties beginning June 1, 1995. Indiana expects that these measures will reduce VOC emissions by 921 pounds per day in Lake and Porter Counties, and 704 pounds per day in Clark and Floyd Counties.