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EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Vermont SIP

Vermont Nonregulatory

Name of nonregulatory SIP provision Applicable geographic or nonattainment area State submittal date/effective date EPA approval date Explanation
Notice of public hearing Statewide Submitted 02/03/72 06/15/72, 37 FR 11914 (c)(1) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation.
Miscellaneous non-regulatory revisions to the plan   Submitted 02/25/72 5/31/72, 37 FR 10842 (c)(2) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation.
Miscellaneous non-regulatory revisions to the plan   Submitted 03/03/75 01/21/76, 41 FR 3085 (c)(4) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation. Deletion of Winooski sampling site for particulates and sulfur dioxide.
Plans to meet various requirements of the Clean Air Act, including Part C   Submitted 03/21/79, and 11/21/79 01/30/80, 45 FR 6781 (c)(9) See Plans to attain below.
Attainment Plans to meet the requirements of Part D and the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1977   Submitted 03/21/79, 11/21/79, 11/27/79, and 12/19/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775 (c)(10) Plans to attain. State of Vermont air quality and the implementation plan (March 1979). The secondary TSP standard for Barre City and a portion of the Champlain Valley Air Management Area, the carbon monoxide standard in the Champlain Valley Air Management Area and the ozone standard in Chittenden, Addison, and Windsor Counties. A program was also submitted for the review of construction and operation of new and modified major stationary sources of pollution in non-attainment areas. Certain miscellaneous provisions were also included.
A plan to provide for public, local and state involvement in federally funded air pollution control activities   Submitted 03/28/80 09/09/80, 45 FR 59314 (c)(11) A plan to provide for public, local and state involvement in federally funded air pollution control activities.
A plan to attain and maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for lead   Submitted 06/24/80, and 11/07/80 03/18/81, 45 FR 17192 (c)(12) A plan to attain and maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for lead. A letter further explaining the state procedures for review of new major sources of lead emissions.
A revision to the quality monitoring network   Submitted 03/21/79 10/08/80, 45 FR 66789, corrected by 03/16/81, 46 FR 16897 (c)(13) meets the requirements of 40 CFR part 58
Narrative submittal "Implementation Plan for the Protection of Visibility in the State of Vermont" and "Appendices"   Submitted 04/15/86 07/17/87, 52 FR 26973 (c)(19) Describing procedures, notifications, and technical evaluations to fulfill the visibility protection requirements of 40 CFR part 51, subpart P.
State Implementation Plan narrative   Submitted 12/07/90, and 01/10/91 03/05/91, 56 FR 9175 (c)(20) State of Vermont Air Quality Implementation Plan dated November 1990.
State Implementation Plan narrative   Submitted 08/09/93 01/10/95, 60 FR 2524 (c)(21) State of Vermont Air Quality Implementation Plan dated February, 1993. To meet the emission statement requirement of the CAAA of 1990.
Revisions to the State Implementation Plan   Submitted 02/03/93, 08/09/93, and 08/10/94 04/22/98, 63 FR 19825 (c)(25) State of the State Vermont: Air Quality Implementation Plan dated August 1993.
Revisions to the State Implementation Plan   Submitted 08/03/98 07/10/00, 65 FR 42290 (c)(26) letter from VT Air Pollution Control Division dated July 28, 1998 stating a negative declaration for the aerospace coating operations CTG category.
Reasonably Available Control Technology State Implementation Plan (SIP)/certification for the 1997 8-hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Statewide Submitted 11/14/2008 7/19/2011, 76 FR 42560  
SIP narrative associated with 5-253.16 wood furniture manufacturing regulation Statewide Submitted 11/22/2006 7/19/2011 , 76 FR 42560  
Vermont Regional Haze SIP and its supplement Statewide 8/26/2009; supplement submitted 1/3/2012 5/22/2012, 77 FR 30212  
Transport SIP for the 2008 Ozone Standard Statewide Submitted 11/2/2015 10/13/2016, 81 FR 70633 State submitted a transport SIP for the 2008 ozone standard which shows it does not significantly contribute to ozone nonattainment or maintenance in any other state. EPA approved this submittal as meeting the requirements of Clean Air Act Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I).

[65 FR 54415, Sept. 8, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 34809, June 11, 2003; 71 FR 14390, Mar. 22, 2006; 76 FR 49672, Aug. 11, 2011; 73 FR 42566, July 19, 2011; 77 FR 30213, May 22, 2012; 77 FR 60909, Oct. 5, 2012; 81 FR 23167, Apr. 20, 2016; 81 FR 50347, Sept. 23, 2016; 81 FR 63104, Sept. 14, 2016; 81 FR 70633, Oct. 13, 2016]