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Arkansas SIP History

ARKANSAS SIP HISTORY

     The status of each State SIP is given in Title 40, Part 52, of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR Part 52).  The status of the Arkansas SIP is given in 40 CFR Part 52, Subpart E, Sections 52.170 to 52.200.  The first section in the subpart for each state is the “Identification of plan” section.  The Identification of plan for Arkansas is in Section 52.170.

     Until October 23, 1998, the Arkansas Identification of plan in Section 52.170 was used to give a chronological development of the Arkansas SIP.  The table below gives the Federal Register date and page number and effective date when each paragraph of the Arkansas Identification of plan was added or revised.  The numbers in the left column are the current paragraph numbers.  Some paragraphs were added as a different number and later changed to the number listed.  Only Federal Register rulemaking actions revising the Arkansas Identification of plan are listed.  The current text of each paragraph listed is in Section 52.200 in the July 1, 1999 and later editions of Part 52, and in Section 52.170 in the July 1, 1998 and earlier editions of Part 52.  Other sections in Subpart E have their own Federal Register citations.

     On October 23, 1998 (63 FR 56824 to 56830), EPA moved the Arkansas Identification-of-plan paragraphs in 52.170 to new 52.200 and replaced the paragraphs in 52.170 with a list of elements in Arkansas SIP.  The purpose of this action was to start using the Arkansas Identification of plan section to more clearly identify the provisions that constitute the enforceable elements of the Arkansas SIP.  In the list below, the titles of the rule-making actions are given in the left column for the October 23, 1998, Federal Register action, and all subsequent Arkansas SIP Federal Register rule-making actions.


     In the table below, the "ARd*" numbers preceding the titles of Federal Register actions published since October 23, 1998, are unofficial numbers used by EPA Region 6 to assist in tracking the direct final rule and final rule actions approving revisions to the Texas SIP.
 
      Federal Register actions in the table below published since April 2007 that have a Regulations.gov ID number have a docket in the Federal Government Regulations.gov web site which contains documents related to the Federal Register action.  "ARaaa" numbers following "ARd" numbers in the titles of the Federal Register actions in the table are EPA Region 6 numbers assigned to each Region 6 Regulations.gov docket.  The docket title and the titles of all documents within the docket begin with the number.
 To get to a docket in Regulations.gov:
(1) Copy the Regulation.gov ID in from the table below,
(2) Go to www.regulations.gov 
(3) Paste the Regulations.gov ID into the Search box,
(4) Click on the Search tab,  
(5) In the search results, for a record that is obviously in the docket related to the Federal Register action you are interested in, click on “Open docket folder” along the right end of the record.
(6) Click on one of the “View All” tabs on the left side of the screen,  
(7) After the screen refreshes, put a check mark in the boxes for the categories of documents you wish to view.
(8) Optional: you can sort the records by selecting one of the options in the “Sort by” pull-down box along the right edge of the screen.
(9) Click on the document title you are interested in to see the contents of the document.
Footnotes:
(1)   Page number for Federal Register actions published before being available electronically are usually for the first page of the rule-making (amendatory) language.  The first page of the Federal Register action usually begins on an earlier page.  Page numbers for Federal Register published after being available electronically are usually for the first page of the Federal Register action.
(2)   SIP Effective Date Note:  Before about 1980, SIP Federal Register rule-making actions did not have effective date sections.  For those actions, it is assumed in this table that the effective date is the date published.
Most Federal Registers published since April 2007 are available in the respective Regulations.gov dockets.
Original Arkansas Identification of Plan Paragraph Number or 
Title of Federal Register Action
Federal
Register
Date
Federal Register Page (1)
SIP
Effective
Date (2)
52.170/52.200(a),(b),(c),(c)(1),(2)
05/31/72
37 FR 10850
05/31/72
52.170/52.200(c)(03)
09/22/72
37 FR 19808
09/22/72
52.170/52.200(a),(b),(c),(c)(1) to (3)
03/02/76
41 FR 08957
03/02/76
52.170/52.200(c)(04),(05)
10/05/76
41 FR 43904
11/04/76
52.170/52.200(c)(06)
04/11/79
44 FR 21645
04/11/79
52.170/52.200(c)(07),(08)
01/29/80
45 FR 06571
01/29/80
52.170/52.200(c)(09),(10)
08/15/80
45 FR 54336
08/15/80
52.170/52.200(c)(11)
08/27/81
46 FR 43146
09/28/81
52.170/52.200(c)(12)
08/27/81
46 FR 43147
09/28/81
52.170/52.200(c)(13)
10/13/81
46 FR 50371
12/14/81
52.170/52.200(c)(14)
01/14/82
47 FR 02113
03/15/82
52.170/52.200(c)(15)
01/14/82
47 FR 02112
02/16/82
52.170/52.200(c)(16)
01/12/82
47 FR 01291
03/15/82
52.170/52.200(c)(17)
04/16/82
47 FR 16330
06/15/82
52.170/52.200(c)(18)
05/04/82
47 FR 19136
07/06/82
52.170/52.200(c)(19)
05/03/82
47 FR 18861
07/02/82
52.170/52.200(c)(20)
08/06/81
46 FR 40006
09/08/81
52.170/52.200(c)(20)
06/30/82
47 FR 28373
06/24/82
52.170/52.200(c)(21)
02/08/83
48 FR 05723
04/11/83
52.170/52.200(c)(22)
02/10/86
51 FR 04912
04/11/86
52.170/52.200(c)(23)
08/04/86
51 FR 27804
10/03/86
52.170/52.200(c)(24)
11/12/86
51 FR 40975
01/12/87
52.170/52.200(c)(25)
07/21/88
53 FR 27514
09/19/88
52.170/52.200(c)(26)
02/23/89
54 FR 07764
03/27/89
52.170/52.200(c)(27)
05/01/89
54 FR 18494
06/30/89
52.170/52.200(c)(28)
05/02/91
56 FR 20139
07/01/91
52.170/52.200(c)(29) added
04/10/98
63 FR 17680
06/09/98
52.170/52.200(c)(29) Removed and Reserved
06/17/98
63 FR 32980
06/17/98
52.170/52.200(c)(31)
03/08/95
60 FR 12691
05/08/95
ARd01: NOTICE: Arkansas: Revised Format for Materials Being Incorporated by Reference -- Each section listed above moved to new Section 52.200 and Section 52.170 replaced with list of enforceable elements in the Arkansas SIP.
10/23/98
63 FR 56824
10/23/98
ARd02: FINAL RULE: Regulation 19 and 26
10/16/2000
65 FR 61103
11/15/2000
ARd03: DIRECT FINAL RULE: New Source Review
10/09/2001
66 FR 51312
12/10/2001
ARd04: Final Rule: Incorporates new Federal PSD rule into the federal implementation plan portion of the Arkansas SIP.
THIS ACTION DOES NOT CHANGE ANY REGULATIONS IN THIS WEB SITE.
03/10/2003
68 FR 11316
03/03/2003
ARd05: FINAL RULE; Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD): This EPA Headquarters action makes administrative amendments to the Arkansas delegated PSD program in 40 CFR Subpart E, Section 52.181, to incorporate the provisions published in the Federal Register on October 27, 2003 (68 FR 61247).
NOTES:
** Part of this rule was stayed by a December 24, 2003, Federal Appeals Court decision.
** This rule does not change any Arkansas SIP Regulations in this web site.
12/24/2003
68 FR 74483
12/26/2003
ARd06: FINAL RULE; Notice of Administrative Change:  Arkansas Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference
03/16/2006
71 FR 13543
03/16/2006
ARd07 AR001 FINAL RULE; Prevention of Significant Deterioration and New Source Review; Economic Development Zone for Crittenden County, AR; and Stage I Vapor Recovery.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2005-AR-0001
The regulations in this web site  updated with these revisions April 19, 2007.
04/12/2007
72 FR 18394
05/14/2007
ARd08 AR002 DIRECT FINAL RULE; Arkansas; Clean Air Interstate Rule Nitrogen Oxides Ozone Season Trading Program.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2007-0886
The regulations in this web site updated with these revisions October 31, 2007.
09/26/2007
72 FR 54556
11/26/2007
ARd09 AR003 Direct Final Rule; Arkansas; Emissions Inventory for the Crittenden County Ozone Non-attainment Area; Emissions Statements.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2007-1153
The regulations in this web site   updated with this revision June 27, 2009.
01/15/2009
74 FR 02383
03/16/2009
ARd10; AR007 Final Rule; Arkansas, Redesignation of the Crittenden County, Arkansas, Portion of the Memphis, Tennessee- Arkansas 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance plan for the Crittenden County, Arkansas Area.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2009-0202
This action does not change any Arkansas SIP regulations in this web site.
 03/24/2010
75 FR 14077
 04/23/2010
ARd11: FINAL RULE; Federal Implementation Plans: Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone and Correction of SIP Approvals.
Regulations.gov Docket docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0491
This action does not change any Arkansas SIP Regulations in this web site.  This action adds to 40 CFR 52, Subpart E -- Arkansas, new § 52.184, "Interstate pollutant transport provisions; What are the FIP requirements for decreases in emissions of nitrogen oxides?"
08/08/2011
76 FR 48208
10/07/2011
ARd12: AR006; FINAL RULE; Arkansas; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; Interstate Transport State Implementation Plan to Address Pollution Affecting Visibility and Regional Haze.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2008-0727
The Arkansas SIP-approved regulations in this web site updated with these revisions May 16, 2012.
03/12/2012
77 FR 14604
04/11/2012
ARd13 AR004 FINAL RULE; Arkansas; Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 Ozone NAAQS and the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS and Interstate Transport Requirements for the 1997 Ozone NAAQS and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2008-0633
The Arkansas SIP-approved regulations in this web site updated with these revisions April 22, 2013.
08/20/2012
77 FR 50033
09/12/2012
ARd14 AR014 FINAL RULE; Arkansas; Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule Revisions.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2012-0639
The Arkansas SIP-approved regulations in this web site updated with these revisions April 22, 2013.
04/02/2013
78 FR 19596
05/02/2013
ARd15 AR004.26 Final Rule; Arkansas; Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2008-0633
This action does not change any Arkansas rules in this web site.
08/29/2013
78 FR 53269
09/30/2013
ARd16 AR008 Direct Final Rule; Arkansas; Clean Air Interstate Rule State Implementation Plan Revision.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2009-0594
Arkansas Regulation No. 19, Chapter 14, in this web site updated with these revisions November 22, 2014.
04/17/2014
79 FR 21631
06/16/2014
ARd17 AR017 Final Rule; Arkansas; Finding of Failure to Submit a Prevention of Significant Deterioration State Implementation Plan Revision for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM2.5). 
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2014-0380
This action does not change any Arkansas rules in this web site.
05/22/2014
79 FR 29354
05/22/2014
ARd18 AR018 Final rule, Arkansas; Revisions for the Regulation and Permitting of Fine Particulate Matter
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2014-0700
Arkansas Regulation No. 19 in this web site updated with these revisions August 5, 2015.
03/04/2015
80 FR 11573
04/03/2015
ARd19 AR019 Direct Final Rule, Arkansas; Revisions to the State Implementation Plan; Fee Regulations.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0054
Arkansas Regulation 9, Fee Regulation,  in this web site updated with these revisions June 11, 2015.
04/30/2015
80 FR 24216
06/29/2015
ARd20 AR016 Final rule, Arkansas; Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas Plantwide Applicability Limit Permitting Revisions.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2014-0378
Arkansas Regulation No. 19, Chapter 9,  in this web site is updated with this revision August 4, 2015.
07/07/2015
80 FR 38625
08/06/2015
ARd21 AR022 Direct Final Rule; Arkansas; Crittenden County Base Year Emission Inventory.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0647
This Federal Register action does NOT change any Arkansas rules in this web site.
01/14/2016
81 FR 01884
03/14/2016
ARd22 AR024 Final Rule; Arkansas; Redesignation to Attainment of the Crittenden County, Arkansas, portion of the Memphis, Tennessee-Mississippi- Arkansas 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS Nonattainment Area; and Approval of Maintenance Plan for Crittenden County.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0852
This Federal Register action does NOT change any Arkansas rules in this web site.
04/25/2016
81 FR 24030
05/25/2016
ARd23 AR023/AR-36 Final Rule; Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma; Disapproval of Greenhouse Gas Biomass Deferral, Step 2 and Minor Source Permitting Requirements.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0783
This action revised Arkansas 40 CFR 52.170 but does NOT change any Arkansas rules in this web site.
5/23/2016
81 FR 32239
06/22/2016
ARd24 AR020 Final Rule; State of Arkansas; Regional Haze and Interstate Visibility Transport Federal Implementation Plan.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189
This Federal Register action adds to 40 CFR 52.173, Visibility protection, paragraphs (c) and (d) for Arkansas but does NOT change any Arkansas rules in this web site.
09/27/2016
Effective
Date
Correction
10/04/2016
81 FR 66332
Effective
Date
Correction
81 FR 68319

 
10/27/2016
ARd25 AR020 Final Rule; State of Arkansas; Final Rule Granting Partial Stay of the Effectiveness of the Arkansas Regional Haze FIP Final Rule.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189, Documents EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189-0239 and EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189-0240
This Federal Register action adds to 40 CFR 52.173, Visibility protection, paragraph (e) for Arkansas but does NOT change any Arkansas rules in this web site.
04/25/2017
82 FR 18994
07/24/2017
ARd26 AR027 Direct final rule, Arkansas; Revisions to the Definitions for Arkansas Plan of Implementation for Air Pollution Control: Volatile Organic Compounds.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0699
Arkansas Regulation No. 19, Chapter 2,  in this web site is updated with this revision April 26, 2018.
12/21/2017
82 FR 60517
03/21/2018
ARd27 AR20.0257 Final Rule, Arkansas; Approval of Regional Haze State Implementation Plan Revision for Nitrogen Oxide for Electric Generating Units in Arkansas.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189, documents EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189-0257 to EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189-0264.
This action does not change any Arkansas regulations in this web site. This action adds an entry to end of the Arkansas Section 52.170, Identification of plan, table 52.170(d), and revises Arkansas Section 52.173, Visibility protection, by adding paragraphs (e) and (f).
02/12/2018
83 FR 05927
03/14/2018
ARd28 AR20.0258 Final Rule, Arkansas; Regional Haze and Interstate Visibility Transport Federal Implementation Plan Revisions; Withdrawal of Federal Implementation Plan for NOX for Electric Generating Units.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189, document EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189-0258.
This action does not change any Arkansas regulations in this web site. This action revises Arkansas Section 52.173, Visibility protection.
02/12/2018
83 FR 05915
03/14/2018
ARd29 AR026.04 and 11 to 18 Final Rule, Arkansas; Infrastructure State Implementation Plan Requirements for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435 [AR026], documents EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435-0004 (Arkansas SIP submittal) [AR026.04] and EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435-0011 [AR026.11] to EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435-0018 [AR026.18].
This Federal Register action does NOT change any Arkansas regulations in this web site.
02/14/2018
83 FR 06470
03/16/2018
ARd30 AR026.19 Final rule; Arkansas; Revisions to Minor New Source Review Program.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435 [AR026]  - The Final rule documents for this action are in documents EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435-0019 [AR026.19] to EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435-0022 [AR026.22]. The Proposed rule documents are in documents EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435-0001 [AR026.01] to EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435-0010 [AR026.10].
Arkansas Regulation No. 19, Chapter 4, Sections 401, 407, and 417, in this web site updated with these revisions July 18, 2018.
6/29/2018
83 FR 30553
7/30/2018
ARd31 AR027 Direct final rule; Approval of revisions to Arkansas Regulation No. 19, Regulations of the Arkansas Plan of Implementation for Air Pollution Control; and CFR table (e) correction to entry for  “Infrastructure for the 1997 and 2006 PM-2.5 NAAQS” as approved by EPA March 4, 2015 (ARd18).
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0699 [AR027], document EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0699-0003 [AR027.03] and documents EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0699-0008 [AR027.08] to EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0699-0010 [AR027.10].
Arkansas Regulation No. 19, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 13, 14, 15, and Appendix B,  in this web site  updated with these revisions as of November 28, 2018.
8/8/2018
83 FR 38964
11/6/2018
ARd32 AR026.37 Final rule; Arkansas; Interstate Transport Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS and Definition Update

Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435 [AR026], documents EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435-0004 [AR027.04] (Arkansas March 24, 2017 submittal) and EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435-0023 [AR027.23] to EPA-R06-OAR-2017-0435-0037  [AR026.37].

Arkansas Regulation No. 19, Chapter 2 and Appendix B, in this web site updated with these revisions as of November 9, 2018.
9/20/2018
83 FR 47569
11/7/2018

ARd33 AR029 Final Rule; Arkansas; Revisions to State Implementation Plan Permitting Programs.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2019-0301
Arkansas Regulation 19, Chapters 4, 7, 9, 11, Appendix A; and Regulation 26, Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, in this web site updated with these revisions March 4, 2020.
8/23/2019
84 FR 44235
9/23/2019
ARd34 AR020.0284 Final rule, Arkansas; Approval of Regional Haze State Implementation Plan Revision for Electric Generating Units in Arkansas.
Regulations.gov documents EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189-0284 to EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189-0291 [AR020.0284 to AR020.0291].
This Federal Register action does not change any Arkansas SIP-approved regulations in this web site.  This action adds entries to Arkansas 40 CFR 52.170, paragraphs (d) and (e) and adds paragraph (g) to Arkansas 40 CFR 52.173, Visibility protection.
9/27/2019
84 FR 51033
10/28/2019
ARd35 AR020.0285 Final rule, Arkansas; Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan Revisions; Withdrawal of Portions of the Federal Implementation Plan.
Regulations.gov document EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189-0285 [AR020.0285].
This Federal Register action does not change any Arkansas SIP-approved regulations in this web site.  This action revises Arkansas 40 CFR 52.173, Visibility protection, paragraph (c).
9/27/2019
84 FR 51056
10/28/2019
ARd36 AR021 Final rule; Arkansas; Regional Haze Five-Year Progress Report State Implementation Plan.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0426
This action does NOT change any Arkansas rules in this web site.
10/1/2019
84 FR 51986
10/31/2019
ARd37 AR030 Final rule; Arkansas; Interstate Transport Requirements for the 2010 1-Hour SO2 NAAQS.
Regulations.gov docket EPA-R06-OAR-2019-0438
This action does NOT change any Arkansas rules in this web site.
10/18/2019
84 FR 55864
11/18/2019

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