EPA Approves Hawaii's Regional Haze Plan to Reduce Visibility Impairment

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for the State of Hawaii to address regional haze, setting a sulfur dioxide emissions cap of 3,550 tons per year from three fuel oil-fired boilers starting in 2018, with the goal of achieving no man-made visibility impairment by 2064.