EPA proposed to promulgate a federal implementation plan under the CAA consisting of nonattainment new source review rules for areas within the jurisdiction of the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District in which air pollutant concentrations are above specific NAAQS.
SIP Approval: California (revisions to motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program).
United States v. Gristede's Foods NY, Inc., No. 24 Civ. 4981 (S.D.N.Y. July 1, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CAA defendant that violated EPA’s Recycling and Emissions Reduction Rule must implement a new refrigerant compliance management plan; reduce its companywide refrigerant leak rates; repair or replace specified appliances; convert certain stores to using more advanced refrigerants; and pay a $400,000 civil penalty.
EPA proposed to grant a one-year extension of the applicable “serious” attainment date for the 1997 annual fine particulate matter San Joaquin Valley, California nonattainment area.
SIP Proposal: California (revisions to requirements for the 1997 fine particulate matter NAAQS in the San Joaquin Valley serious nonattainment area).
SIP Approval: Massachusetts (regional haze).
SIP Approval: Connecticut (revisions to source monitoring, record keeping, and reporting requirements).
EPA finalized the residual risk and technology review conducted for the Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks source category NESHAP and the periodic technology review for the Coke Oven Batteries source category NESHAP.
SIP Proposal: Missouri (partial approval and partial disapproval of revisions concerning regional haze).
SIP Proposal: New Mexico (revisions related to 2015 eight-hour ozone NAAQS for the Sunland Park nonattainment area).