February 12, 2016
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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As noted in a previous blog post, http://www.mitchellwilliamslaw.com/clean-air-act-us-environmental-protection-agency-announces-crittenden-county-arkansas-is-in-attainment-for-ozone-national-ambient-air-quality-standard, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it was redesignating the portion of Arkansas (Crittenden County) that is within the Memphis, Tennessee-Mississippi-Arkansas (Memphis, TN-MS-AR) 2008 8-hour ozone nonattainment area to attainment.
EPA published on February 10th the Federal Register Notice confirming the redesignation and noting approval of a State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) revision containing a maintenance plan for the area. See 81 Fed. Reg. 7046.
EPA states it is proposing:
- to determine that the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Area is continuing to attain the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”)
- to approve the state’s plan for maintaining attainment of the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS in the Area
- including the motor vehicle emission budgets for nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds for the years 2012 and 2027 for the Arkansas portion of the Area – into the SIP
- to redesignate the Arkansas portion of the Area to attainment for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS
The federal agency is also notifying the public of the status of its adequacy determination for the motor vehicle emission budgets for the Arkansas portion of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Area.
Click here to download a copy of the Federal Register Notice.
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