Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Hampshire; Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) of Air Quality Permit Requirements

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EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New Hampshire. The revision consists of a new rule, PART Env-A 623, "Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality Permitting," that adopts into New Hampshire's SIP the federal PSD program provisions. The SIP revision also amends New Hampshire's permit procedural rule, PART Env-A 205, "Permit Notice and Hearing Procedures: Temporary Permits and Permits to Operate," that make the rule consistent with the new state PSD rule. In another document published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct final rulemaking. The action will ensure that New Hampshire and EPA will interpret and enforce the same PSD rules providing regulatory certainty to the state's regulated community. The approval of this revision will make New Hampshire's PSD program consistent with the federal plan requirements for a SIP-approved PSD program.