Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 16/09/2014

Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM2.5)-Increments, Significant Impact Levels (SILs) and Significant Monitoring Concentration (SMC)-Notice of Action Denying Petition for Reconsideration and Amended Rulemaking

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice that it has responded to a petition for reconsideration and amended rulemaking of certain provisions of the final rule, "Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM 2.5 )--Increments, Significant Impact Levels (SILs) and Significant Monitoring Concentration (SMC)," published on October 20, 2010. The final rule set forth provisions identifying the maximum allowable increases in ambient pollutant concentrations ("increments") for PM 2.5 , modifying the definitions for the baseline dates and the baseline area, and adding two screening tools known as SILs and an SMC for PM 2.5 . On December 23, 2013, the EPA received a petition for reconsideration pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA) and for an amended rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, from the state of North Carolina. The EPA considered the petition for reconsideration and amended rulemaking, along with information contained in the rulemaking docket, in reaching a decision on the petition. The EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy denied the petition for reconsideration and amended rulemaking in a lette