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Particulate Matter (PM) Pollution

PM State Implementation Plan (SIP) Checklist Guide

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Public Input

  • Streamlining the SIP Process includes guidelines on planning and issuing public notices for each step of development, allowing for public comment.

Emissions Inventory, Monitoring, and Modeling

Strategies for Controlling PM Emissions

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  • Streamlining the SIP Process: check SIP for efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Review guidelines for submitting a SIP online
  • Once the SIP meets completeness criteria, and is submitted to EPA, the state issues a state notification and allows for comment. Then after a final notice, implementation begins (adoption of SIP elements). Note: this begins before the SIP has been finally approved.

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