Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 17/12/2018

Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a state submittal concerning the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) that was submitted by Indiana on November 27, 2017 as a revision to the Indiana state implementation plan (SIP). Under CSAPR, large electricity generating units (EGUs) in Indiana are currently subject to Federal implementation plans (FIPs) requiring the units to participate in CSAPR's Federal trading program for annual emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO X ), one of CSAPR's two Federal trading programs for annual emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and one of CSAPR's two Federal trading programs for ozone season emissions of NO X . This action approves the State's regulations requiring large Indiana EGUs to participate in new CSAPR state trading programs for annual NO X , annual SO 2 , and ozone season NO X emissions integrated with the CSAPR Federal trading programs, replacing the corresponding FIP requirements. EPA is approving the State's submission because it meets the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and EPA's regulations for approval of a CSAPR full SIP revision replacing the requirements of a CSAPR FIP. Under the CSAPR regulations, approv