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Information on Rules for Reducing Regional Transport of Ground-Level Ozone (Smog)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to require 22 states and the District of Columbia to submit state implementation plans that address the regional transport of ground-level ozone, the main component of smog. By improving air quality and reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides (a precursor to ozone formation known as NOx), the actions directed by these plans will decrease the transport of ozone across State boundaries in the eastern half of the United States. The States that will be subject to this action are:
Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.
Through a 2-year effort known as the Ozone Transport Assessment Group (OTAG), EPA worked in partnership with the 37 eastern-most States and the District of Columbia, industry representatives, and environmental groups to address ozone transport. Since May 1995, OTAG has been meeting to identify and evaluate flexible and cost-effective strategies for reducing long-range transport of ozone and ozone precursors.
States that participated in OTAG but are not subject to the requirements of this action are:
Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont
The proposed rule does not mandate which sources must reduce pollution. States will have the ability to meet the requirements of this rule by reducing emissions from the sources they choose. However, utilities and large non-utility point sources would be one of the most likely sources of NOx emissions reductions.
Sources of More Detailed Information follow:
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| NOx SIP Call Checklist | 5-6-99 |  |
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| Technical Amendment to the Finding of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking for Certain States for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone | 5-6-99 | |
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| Responses to the 2007 Baseline Sub-Inventory Information and Significant Comments for the Final NOx SIP Call | 5-6-99 | |
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| Development of Emission Budget Inventories for Regional Transport NOx SIP Call | 5-6-99 | |
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| NOx SIP Call Questions and Answers - Volume 1 | 1-27-99 | |
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| Reopening of Emissions Inventory Comment Periods for the Findings of Significant Contribution and Rulemakings on Section 126 Petitions and Federal Implementation Plans for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Transport of Ozone--FR Notice | 1-15-99 | |
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| Reopening of Emissions Inventory Comment Periods for the Findings of Significant Contribution and Rulemakings on Section 126 Petitions and Federal Implementation Plans for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Transport of Ozone--Fact Sheet | 1-15-99 | |
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| NOx SIP call RIA Volume 2 (FIP & Section 126) | 1-13-99 |
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| Updated NOx Allowance Allocations and General Unit-specific Information for Affected Utility Sources Under the Proposed Section 126 and Section 110 FIP Rulemakings | 12-21-98 |
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| Updated NOx Allowance Allocations and General Unit-specific Information for Affected Non-utility Sources Under the Proposed Section 126 and Section 110 FIP Rulemakings | 12-21-98 |
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| NOTE: This is a revised correction and clarification FR for the 110 NOx SIP call. This replaces the 12/1/98 correction notice. EPA had to separate this correction for 110 from the reopening of the comment period for the specific emission inventory revisions for 126 and the FIP since those are proposal actions. Shortly, EPA will publish a reopening of the comment period for emission inventory revisions notice for 126 and the FIP. | 12-16-98 |
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| Correction Notice and Reopening of Emissions Inventory Comment Period for EPA's Final Rule Requiring Regional NOx Reductions in the Eastern U.S.--Fact Sheet | 12-16-98 |
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| Transcript of Public Hearing Held 10/28/98 in Washington, DC on the 126 Petitions and Federal Implementation Plans | 11-24-98 |
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| Extension of Comment Period on Emission Inventory Inputs | 11-16-98 |
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| FR version of the 110 NOx SIP call -- Parts 1-4 (zipped) | 10-30-98 |
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| FR version of the 110 NOx SIP call -- Part 1 | 10-30-98 |
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| FR version of the 110 NOx SIP call -- Part 2 | 10-30-98 |
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| FR version of the 110 NOx SIP call -- Part 3 | 10-30-98 |
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| FR version of the 110 NOx SIP call -- Part 4 | 10-30-98 |
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| NOx SIP call RIA Volume 1 (Costs and Economic Impacts) | 10-9-98 |
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| NOx SIP call RIA Volume 2 (FIP & Section 126) | 1-13-98 |
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| Errata #2 for final response to comments document for the ozone transport rulemaking (NOx SIP Call) | 10-9-98 |
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| Budget Inventory Information and Location | 10-7-98 |
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| TSD on Development of Modeling Inventory and Budgets for Regional NOx SIP Call | 10-1-98 |
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| Final response to comments document for the ozone transport rulemaking (NOx SIP Call) | 9-30-98 |
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| Errata for final response to comments document for the ozone transport rulemaking (NOx SIP Call) | 9-30-98 |
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| Fact Sheet -- Final Rule for Reducing Regional Transport of Ground-Level Ozone, Proposed Federal Implementation Plan, and Proposal Related to Section 126 Petitions | 9-24-98 | |
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| Finding of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking for Certain States in the Ozone Transport Assessment Group Region for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone | 9-24-98 | |
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| Rule Text: Findings and requirements for submission of State implementation plan revisions relating to emissions of oxides of nitrogen | 9-24-98 | |
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| Figure II-1. Ozone Transport Assessment Group Subregions(figure that accompanies the preamble text for Finding of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking for Certain States in the Ozone Transport Assessment Group Region for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone) | 9-24-98 | |
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| Short Federal Register Notice for Proposed Federal Implementation Plan and Proposed Findings on Section 126 Petitions for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport -- Details about the availability of proposed rule text,request for comment, and public hearing | 9-24-98 | |
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| Proposed Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone | 9-24-98 | |
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| Proposal -- Findings of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport | 9-24-98 | |
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| Appendix A: NOx Allowance Allocation Tables for Affected Sources Under Section 126 of the Act | 9-24-98 | |
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| Appendix B:NOx Allowance Allocation Tables for Affected Sources Under Section 110 of the Act in Georgia,South Carolina, and Wisconsin | 9-24-98 | |
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| Appendix F of EPA's Proposed Action on Section 126 Petitions Containing Maps Depicting Areas Covered by Each of the 8 States' Section 126 Petitions | 9-24-98 | |
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| Summary of EPA UAM-V Model Runs, EPA CAMx and Model Runs and EPA Analysis of 8-Hour Design Values versus Model Predictions. | 8-12-98 |
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| Official transcript of proceedings of public hearing on proposed supplement to nox sip call | 6-22-98 |
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| List of persons scheduled to give testimony at SIP-call public hearing on 5/29/98 in Washington, DC | 5-28-98 |
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| Signed version of SNPR (04/28/98) | 4-29-98 |
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| Figure for Section 7 of SNPR | 4-29-98 |
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| Tables for Section 7 of SNPR | 4-29-98 |
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| May 29, 1998 Public Hearing information | 4-29-98 |
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| SNPR Fact Sheet | 4-29-98 |
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| Reopening the comment period for certain issues raised in the Proposed Rulemaking for a Finding of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking for Certain States in the Ozone Transport Assessment Group Region for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone. | 4-9-98 |
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| Supplemental Ozone Transport Regulatory Analysis (Zip file contains the Word Perfect files) | 4-7-98 |
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| Technical Support Document on Development of Modeling Inventory And Budgets For The Ozone Transport Sip Call | 4-2-98 |
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| - Appendix A, List of Daily EGU Inventory | 4-2-98 |
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| - Appendix B, List of Seasonal EGU Inventory | 4-2-98 |
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| - Appendix C, List of Sources Moved From OTAG Utility to Non-EGU Data | 4-2-98 |
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| - Appendix D, List of Large and Medium Non-EGU Sources | 4-2-98 |
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| Draft - Seasonal budget components and total budgets revisions that were made to the budgets that were proposed on November 7,1997 | 3-9-98 |
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| Transcript from Public Hearing on Ozone Transport SIP Call - 2/3/98 | 2-25-98 |
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| Transcript from Public Hearing on Ozone Transport SIP Call - 2/4/98 | 2-25-98 |
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| Explanation of Revised Budget Calculations | 2-3-98 |
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| Draft Appendices for Revised Budget Calculations for Electric Generation Sources | 2-3-98 |
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| Draft Appendices for Revised Budget Calculations for Non-electric Generation Point Sources | 2-3-98 |
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| Draft Public Hearing on Ozone Transport SIP Call Speaking Schedule | 2-2-98 |
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| FACT SHEET: Notice of Public hearing - Proposed Finding of Significant Contribution and Proposed Rulemaking for Certain States in the Ozone Transport Assessment Group Region for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone | 1-7-98 |
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| Proposed Rule for Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone (Fact Sheet) | 10-10-97 |
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| Proposed Rule for Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone (F.R. Notice)[Editorial Revised F.R. Version (10/24/97] | 10-10-97 | |
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| Appendix B - OTAG Recommendations | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-1 - OTAG 2007 State Total NOx Emissions (tons/day) [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-2 - OTAG 2007 State NOx Emissions (tons/day) and Emissions Density (tons/day/1000 sq. mi.) [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-3 - OTAG 2007 Baseline Control Measures [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-4a - OTAG Strategy Control Packets for NOx [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-4b - OTAG Strategy Control Packets for VOC [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-5a - Round 1 and 2 Control Levels by Emissions Sector [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-5b - Domainwide Round 1 and 2 Emission Totals by Sector [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-6 - Round 3 Control Levels by Geographic Zone [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-7 - Round 3 Control Levels by Geographic Zone [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-8a - Counties Violating the 1-Hr Ozone NAAQS Based on 1993-1995 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Data [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-8b - Counties Violating the 8-Hr Ozone NAAQS Based on 1993-1995 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Data [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-9a - Summary of Air Quality Contributions to Downwind Nonattainment, for SubRegions 1-6 [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-9b - Summary of Air Quality Contributions to Downwind Nonattainment, for SubRegions 7-12 [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-10 - Number of Impacts in Each "Downwind" State1,2, by Impact Concentration Range for Each SubRegion -- Approach 1: 1-Hr "Violating Counties" [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-11 - Number of Impacts in Each "Downwind" State1,2, by Impact Concentration Range for Each SubRegion -- Approach 2: 1-Hr "All Grid Cells" [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-12 - Number of Impacts in Each "Downwind" State1, by Impact Concentration Range for Each SubRegion -- Approach 3: 8-Hr "Violating Counties" [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-13 - Number of Impacts in Each "Downwind" State1,2, by Impact Concentration Range for Each SubRegion -- Approach 4: 8-Hr "All Grid Cells" [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-14a - Percent of 2007 State Total NOx Emissions by Subregion [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-14b - Percent 2007 Baseline NOx Emissions by Subregion, by State [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix C Table II-15 - Estimate of Local Control Cost Avoided by OTAG Strategy [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix D Figure II-1 - OTAG Modeling Domain | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix D Figure II-2 - Location of Subregions | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix D Figure II-3 - OTAG Round 3 Geographic Zones (shaded areas are 3 "major" nonattainment areas) | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix D Figure II-4 - Transport Wind Vectors During Regionally High Ozone Days | 10-10-97 |
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| Appendix E - Control Strategies Contained in Model Run 5 of the Ozone Transport Assessment Group | 10-10-97 |
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| Calculation of Budget Components Technical Support Document [Revised Version] | 10-27-97 |
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| Technical Support Document Appendix A - Unit-Specific Electric Generation Data (Utility-Owned Units) | 10-14-97 |
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| Technical Support Document Appendix B - Unit-Specific Electric Generation Data (Non Utility-Owned Units) | 10-14-97 |
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| Technical Support Document Appendix C - List of Large Non-Utility Point Sources | 10-14-97 |
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