Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Texas; Regional Haze and Interstate Visibility Transport Federal Implementation Plan

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Part 97 [EPA-R06-OAR-2016-0611; FRL-10010-52-Region 6] AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing its affirmation, with amendments, of an intrastate sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) trading program as an alternative to best available retrofit technology (BART) requirements for certain sources in Texas. This action finalizes the August 2018 proposed affirmation and November 2019 supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) concerning certain aspects of a final rule published on October 17, 2017, partially approving the 2009 Texas Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission and promulgating a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for Texas to address certain outstanding CAA regional haze requirements for the first implementation period. DATES: This final rule is effective on September 11, 2020. ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-2016-0611. All documents in the docket are listed on the http://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute therefore is not posted to regulations.gov. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet and will be pub…