EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Vermont SIP
| Name of non-regulatory 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 | 1/21/76 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 | 1/30/80 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 3/21/79 | 10/8/80 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 4/15/86 | 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 1/10/91 | 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 | 1/10/95 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 | 4/22/98 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 | 11/26/2019 84 FR 65011 | Certain aspects relating to Coating of Flat Wood Paneling which were conditionally approved on July 19, 2011 are now fully approved. |
| 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). |
| Transport SIP for the 1997 Ozone Standard | Statewide | Submitted 4/15/2009 | 4/10/2017 82 FR 17127 | State submitted a transport SIP for the 1997 ozone standards 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). |
| Transport SIP for the 1997 Particulate Matter Standards | Statewide | Submitted 4/15/2009 | 4/10/2017 82 FR 17127 | State submitted a transport SIP for the 1997 particulate matter standards which shows it does not significantly contribute to particulate matter 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). |
| Transport SIP for the 2006 particulate matter Standards | Statewide | Submitted 05/21/2010 | 4/10/2017 82 FR 17127 | State submitted a transport SIP for the 2006 particulate matter standards which shows it does not significantly contribute to particulate matter 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). |
| Infrastructure SIP for 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS | Statewide | 02/18/2009 | 6/27/2017 82 FR 29007 | Approved submittal, except for certain aspects relating to PSD which were conditionally approved. |
| Infrastructure SIP for 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS | Statewide | 12/15/16 | 3/19/18 83 FR 11885 | Certain aspects relating to PSD which were conditionally approved on June 27, 2017 are now fully approved. |
| Infrastructure SIP for 1997 ozone NAAQS | Statewide | 12/15/16 | 3/19/18 83 FR 11885 | Certain aspects relating to PSD which were conditionally approved on June 27, 2017 are now fully approved. |
| Infrastructure SIP for 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS | Statewide | 12/15/16 | 3/19/18 83 FR 11885 | Certain aspects relating to PSD which were conditionally approved on June 27, 2017 are now fully approved. |
| Infrastructure SIP for the 2008 Lead NAAQS | Statewide | 12/15/16 | 3/19/18 83 FR 11885 | Certain aspects relating to PSD which were conditionally approved on June 27, 2017 are now fully approved. |
| Infrastructure SIP for 2008 ozone NAAQS | Statewide | 12/15/16 | 3/19/18 83 FR 11885 | Certain aspects relating to PSD which were conditionally approved on June 27, 2017 are now fully approved. |
| Infrastructure SIP for the 2010 NO2 NAAQS | Statewide | 12/15/16 | 3/19/18 83 FR 11885 | Certain aspects relating to PSD which were conditionally approved on June 27, 2017 are now fully approved. |
| Infrastructure SIP for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS | Statewide | 12/15/16 | 3/19/18 83 FR 11885 | Certain aspects relating to PSD which were conditionally approved on June 27, 2017 are now fully approved. |
| Transport Element of the Infrastructure SIP for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS | Statewide | 11/2/2015 | 8/1/2018 83 FR 37436 | Approved submittal meets the requirements of Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS |
| Vermont Regional Haze Five-Year Progress Report | Statewide | Submitted 2/29/2016 | 12/18/2017 82 FR 59971 | |
| Submittals to meet Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS | Statewide | 10/31/2015 | 9/6/2018 83 FR 45196 | These submittals are approved with respect to the following CAA elements or portions thereof: 110(a)(2) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)(1), E(2), (F), (G), (H), (J1), (J2), (J3), (K), (L), and (M). * |
| Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Under the 2008 and 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards | Statewide | Submitted 9/6/2018 | 11/26/2019 84 FR 65011 | |
| Submittal to meet Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS | Statewide | 11/19/2019 | 6/4/2020 85 FR 34358 | This submittal is approved with respect to the following CAA elements or portions thereof: 110(a)(2) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)(1), E(2), (F), (G), (H), (J1), (J2), (J3), (K), (L), and (M). This approval includes the Transport SIP for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS, which shows that Vermont does not significantly contribute to ozone nonattainment or maintenance in any other state. |
| Vermont Regional Haze Plan Periodic Comprehensive Revision for 2nd planning period 2018-2028 | Statewide | 07/01/2014 | 11/18/2025 90 FR 51527 | Approves full plan. |
[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; 82 FR 17127, Apr. 10, 2017; 82 FR 29007, June 27, 2017; 82 FR 59971, Dec. 18, 2017; 83 FR 11885, Mar. 19, 2018; ; 83 FR 37436, Aug. 1 2018; 83 FR 45196, Sept. 6, 2018; 84 FR 65011, Nov. 26, 2019; 85 FR 34358, June 4, 2020]