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Public Notice: Proposed Approval; Hawaii SIP Revision; Regional Haze Progress Report

How to Comment

Comments accepted through: 05/13/2019

Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2018-0744 at www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit  Commenting on EPA Dockets.

Publish Date: 04/11/2019

Summary

EPA is proposing to approve Hawaii's Regional Haze Progress Report (“Progress Report” or “Report”) submitted by the State of Hawaii on October 20, 2017, as a revision to its state implementation plan (SIP). Hawaii submitted its Progress Report and a negative declaration stating that further revision of the existing regional haze plan is not needed at this time. The Progress Report addresses the federal Regional Haze Rule (RHR) requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to submit a report describing progress in achieving reasonable progress goals (RPGs) established for regional haze and a determination of the adequacy of the State's existing plan addressing regional haze. Hawaii's Progress Report notes that Hawaii has implemented the measures in the regional haze plan due to be in place by the date of the Progress Report and that visibility in Class I areas affected by emissions from Hawaii is improving. EPA is proposing to approve Hawaii's determination that the State's regional haze plan is adequate to meet RPGs in Class I areas affected by emissions from Hawaii for the first implementation period, which extended through 2018, and requires no substantive revision at this time.

Action

Proposed rule.

Dates

Comments must be received on or before May 13, 2019.

For Further Information Contact:

Wienke Tax (tax.wienke@epa.gov), Air Planning Office, EPA Region IX, (415) 947-4192.

Applicant or Respondent

State of Hawaii

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