Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Hampshire, New Hampshire-Nitrogen Oxides Budget and Allowance Trading Program

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The EPA is proposing to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of New Hampshire (NH). The revisions consists of adding CHAPTER Env-A 3200 NO X BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM, NO X RACT Order 98-001, and two emission quantification protocols to the NH SIP. The regulations and source specific order in NH are part of a regional nitrogen oxides (NO X ) emissions budget and allowance trading program designed to reduce stationary source NO X emissions during the ozone season in the Ozone Transport Region of the northeastern United States. These SIP revisions were submitted pursuant to section 110 of the Clean Air Act. In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this action, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subseq