EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Arkansas SIP
EPA-approved nonregulatory provisions and quasi-regulatory measures.
EPA-Approved Statutes in the Arkansas SIP
| State citation | Title/subject | State submittal/ effective date |
EPA approval date | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act—Part I | ||||
| 82.1901 | Title of Act | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82.1902 | Definitions | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82.1903 | Pollution Control Commission | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82.1904 | Powers and Duties of Commission | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82.1905 | Persons Operating Disposal System—Furnishing Information and Permitting Examinations and Surveys | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82.1906 | Hearing Before Commission or Member—Appeal Procedure | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82.1907 | Co-operation with Agency of Another State or United States | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82.1908 | Actions Declared Public Nuisance—Permit to Construct, Make Changes in or Operate Disposal System—Submission of Plans | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82.1909 | Violation of Act a Misdemeanor—Pollution a Nuisance—Abatement | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| Arkansas Environmental Permit Fees Act (Act 817 of 1983) | ||||
| 82-1916 thru 82-1921 | Permit Fees Act | 12/16/85 | 11/12/86 (51 FR 40975) | Ref 522.200(c)(24). |
| Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act—Part II | ||||
| 82-1931 | Air Pollution-State Policy | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82-1932 | Purpose of Act | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82-1933 | Definitions | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82-1934 | Exemptions | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82-1935 | Powers of Commission | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82-1936 | Factors in Exercise of Commission Powers | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82-1937 | Industrial Secrets Confidential—Revealing a Misdemeanor | 11/25/85 | 08/04/86 (51 FR 27840) | Ref 52.200(c)(23). |
| 82-1938 | Unlawful Acts | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82-1939 | Variance from Regulations | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82-1940 | Application of Water Pollution Provisions | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82-1941 | Political Subdivision Forbidden to Legislate on Air Pollution | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82-1942 | Radiation Control Law Not Amended or Repealed—No Authority to Commission Over Employer-Employee Relationships | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| 82-1943 | Private Rights Unchanged | 01/28/72 | 05/31/72 (37 FR 10841) | Ref 52.200(a) & (b). |
| Small Business Assistance Program Act (Act 251 of 1993) | ||||
| Act 251 | SBAP Act | 02/26/93 | 03/08/95 (60 FR 12691) | Ref 52.200(c)(31). |
EPA-Approved Control Measures in the Arkansas SIP
| Control measures | Applicable geographic or nonattainment area | State submittal/ effective date |
EPA approval date | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Quality Surveillance | Statewide | 04/24/80 | 08/06/81 (46 FR 40005) | Ref 52.200(c)(6) & (20). |
| Lead SIP | Statewide | 12/10/79 | 04/16/82 (47 FR 16328) | Ref 52.200(c)(17). |
| Protection of Visibility in Mandatory Class I Federal Areas | Statewide | 06/12/85 | 02/10/86 (51 FR 4910) | Ref 52.200(c)(22). |
| Part II of the Visibility Protection Plan | Statewide | 10/09/87 | 07/21/88 (53 FR 27514) | Ref 52.200(c)(25). |
| Good Engineering Practice Stack Height Regulations | Statewide | 06/1/87 | 02/23/89 (54 FR 7764) | Ref 52.200(c)(26). |
| Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program | Statewide | 11/06/92 | 03/08/95 (60 FR 12691) | Ref 52.200(c)(31). |
EPA-Approved Non-Regulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Arkansas SIP
| Name of SIP provision | Applicable geographic or nonattainment area | State submittal/ effective date |
EPA approval date | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emissions Inventory for Crittenden County | Crittenden County | 6/22/07 | 1/15/09 (74 FR 2383) | |
| 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance plan for the Crittenden County, Arkansas Area | Crittenden, Shelby County | 2/26/09 | 3/24/10 (75 FR 14077) | |
| Interstate Transport for the 1997 ozone and PM2.5 NAAQS (Noninterference with measures required to protect visibility in any other State) | Statewide | 3/28/08 | 3/12/12 (77 FR 14604) | Noninterference with measures required to protect visibility in any other State partially approved 3/12/12. |
| Regional Haze SIP | Statewide | 9/23/08, 8/3/10 | 3/12/12 (77 FR 14604) | The following portions are partially approved and partially disapproved: |
| (a) Identification of affected Class I areas | (a) Identification of best available retrofit technology (BART) eligible sources and subject to BART sources; | |||
| (b) Determination of baseline and natural visibility conditions | (b) requirements for best available retrofit technology (BART); | |||
| (c) Determination of the Uniform Rate of Progress | (c) the Arkansas Regional Haze Rule; and | |||
| (d) Reasonable progress goal consultation and long term strategy consultation | (d) Long Term Strategy. (See §52.173(a)). | |||
| (e) Coordination regional haze and reasonably attributable visibility impairment | ||||
| (f) Monitoring Strategy and other implementation requirements | ||||
| (g) Commitment to submit periodic Regional Haze SIP revisions and periodic progress reports describing progress towards the reasonable progress goals | ||||
| (h) Commitment to make a determination of the adequacy of the existing SIP at the time a progress report is submitted | ||||
| (i) Coordination with States and Federal Land Managers | ||||
| (j) The following best available retrofit technology (BART) determinations: PM BART determination for the AEP Flint Creek Plant Boiler No. 1; SO2 and PM BART determinations for the natural gas firing scenario for the Entergy Lake Catherine Plant Unit 4; PM BART determinations for both the bituminous and sub-bituminous coal firing scenarios for the Entergy White Bluff Plant Units 1 and 2; and PM BART determination for the Domtar Ashdown Mill Power Boiler No. 1 | ||||
| Infrastructure for the 1997 Ozone NAAQS | Statewide | 12/17/07 3/28/08 |
8/20/12 (77 FR 50033) | Approval for CAA elements 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (E), (F), (G), (H), (K), (L), and (M). Approval for CAA elements 110(a)(2)(C), (D)(i)(II) (interfere with measures in any other state to prevent significant deterioration of air quality), (D)(ii), and (J) for the 1997 ozone NAAQS, except as it relates to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. The GHG PSD deficiency was addressed on April 2, 2013 (78 FR 19596). |
| Infrastructure for the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS | Statewide | 3/28/08 9/16/09 9/13/2014 |
3/4/2015 (80 FR 11573) | Approval for CAA elements 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (E), (F), (G), (H), (K), (L), and (M) on 8/20/2012 (77 FR 50033). Approval for PSD elements (C), (D)(i)(II) (interfere with measures in any other state to prevent significant deterioration of air quality) and (J) on March 4, 2015 (80 FR 11573) |
| Interstate transport for the 1997 ozone NAAQS (Noninterference with measures required to prevent significant deterioration of air quality in any other State) | Statewide | 4/5/11 | 8/20/12 (77 FR 50033) | Approved except as it relates to GHGs. The GHG PSD deficiency was addressed on April 2, 2013 (78 FR 19596). |
| Interstate transport for the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS (contribute to nonattainment or interfere with maintenance) | Statewide | 12/17/2007 9/16/2009 |
8/29/2013 (78 FR 53269) | |
| Crittenden County Base Year Emission Inventory for the 2008 Ozone Standard | Crittenden County | 8/28/2015 | 1/13/2016 (81 FR 1884) | |
| 2008 8-hour ozone Redesignation Request, Maintenance Plan, and Clarification Letter for the Crittenden County portion of Memphis, TN-AR-MS Nonattainment Area | Crittenden County portion of Memphis, TN-AR-MS Nonattainment Area | 12/10/2015 | 4/25/2016 (81 FR 24030) |
[63 FR 56927, Oct. 23, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 61107, Oct. 16, 2000; 66 FR 51316, Oct. 9, 2001; 71 FR 13545, Mar. 16, 2006; 72 FR 18396, Apr. 12, 2007; 72 FR 54561, Sept. 26, 2007; 74 FR 2386, Jan. 15, 2009; 75 FR 14080, Mar. 24, 2010; 77 FR 14675, 14676, Mar. 12, 2012; 77 FR 50037, Aug. 20, 2012; 78 FR 19598, Apr. 2, 2013; 78 FR 53270, Aug. 29, 2013; 80 FR 11574, Mar. 4, 2015; 80 FR 24218, Apr. 30, 2015; 80 FR 38627, July 7, 2015; 81 FR 1887, Jan. 14, 2016; 81 FR 24032, Apr. 25, 2016]