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State Implementation Plans
Alabama Visible Emissions Rule
The final rule approving revisions to the Visible Emissions Rule of the Alabama state implementation plan was published in the Federal Register on October 15, 2008. This final rule, EPA’s proposed approval and other related documents may be obtained at www.regulations.gov under docket number EPA-R04-OAR-2005-AL-0002. On February 25, 2009, EPA received a Petition for Reconsideration from George E. Hays, Esq., on behalf of the Alabama Environmental Council, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Our Children’s Earth Foundation relating to EPA’s approval. Click here to view the petition. EPA sent a letter on April 3, 2009, granting the petition for reconsideration. Click here for EPA’s letter granting reconsideration related to this petition.
State Implementation Plans
This page provides you with access to the State Implementation Plans (SIP) and Local Implementation Plans (LIP) developed by Region 4 State and Local air pollution control agencies. The SIPs listed below are for those air agencies within Region 4. Each SIP is available for review via your web browser. Also provided are links to Region 4 State and Local air agencies. These web sites may contain state implementation plans for that State that may be different from the Federally Approved version. The State version may contain revisions that have not yet been submitted or approved by EPA. There also may be some revisions that EPA cannot approve (e.g. related to non-criteria pollutants) or that have been diasapproved by EPA. To obtain SIPs for air agencies located outside of Region 4, contact the appropriate EPA Regional Office. Each SIP is available for review via your web browser via Adobe Acrobat. Each SIP is also available in WordPerfect 8 format and has been compressed ("zipped") for downloading.
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NOTE: The term "regulatory" refers to those state rules and regulations which have been incorporated by reference (IBR'ed) into the applicable subpart of 40 CFR part 52 subsection (c) and (d). Regulatory requirements include state-adopted rules and regulations, source-specific emission limitation, and in some cases, provisions in the enabling statutes. The nonregulatory control measures which have been submitted for incluson in the SIP by the state have gone through state rulemaking process and the public was given an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking. Because the documents and materials listed in subsection (e) are nonregulatory, they will not undergo the IBR process under 1 CFR part 51. These include: SIP narratives, particulate matter plans, carbon monoxide plans, ozone plans, maintenance plans, inspection and maintenance SIP's, emissions inventories, monitoring networks, state statutes submitted for the purposes of demonstrating legal authority, Part D plans, attainment demonstrations, transportation control measures, committal measures, contingency measures, nonregulatory & non-transportation control measures, 15% rate of progress plans, emergency episode plans, and visibility plans.
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