[Editor’s Note: “Primary Document Dump Fridays” is a new weekly feature at globalwarming.org. Every Friday, we’ll post all the primary documents relevant to a major EPA regulation]
On Monday, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is expected to roll out the Agency’s much-anticipated climate plan for existing power plants. The climate plan is authorized by section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, pursuant to which EPA is empowered to promulgate regulations, known as “guidelines,” whose function is to aid states in the formulation of implementation plans to achieve the “best” system of emission control system for a “designated pollutant” from a “designated (existing) source.” States are then required to submit these plans to EPA for review.
For EPA’s climate rule, the “designated pollutant” is carbon dioxide, and the “designated sources” are coal-fired power plants. To date, there have been five other designated pollutant-designated source pairs: (1) fluoride emissions from phosphate fertilizer plants; (2) sulfuric acid mist from sulfuric acid production facilities; (3) total reduced sulfur from kraft pulp mills; (4) fluoride emissions from primary aluminum plants; and (5) methane and organic compounds from solid waste landfills.
For last Friday’s primary document dump, I posted EPA’s regulations establishing the process by which States submit 111(d) plans, and also the Guidelines for the aforementioned four pairs of designated pollutants and designated sources. Today, I’ve posted all of EPA’s reviews of State 111(d) submissions.* Together, these two posts provide all the possible background information from the Federal Register on EPA’s forthcoming climate plan for existing power plans. In a subsequent post, I will interpret these documents.
Fluoride Emissions from Existing Phosphate Fertilizer Plants
Arkansas 5/12/1982 47 FR 20490
California 6/29/1982 47 FR 28099
Louisiana 5/12/1982 47 FR 20490
Mississippi 7/6/1982 47 FR 29234
Sulfuric Acid Mist Emissions from Existing Sulfuric Acid Production Units
Arkansas 5/12/1982 47 FR 20490
California 6/29/1982 47 FR 28099
Delaware 3/11/1982 47 FR 10535
Illinois 11/27/1981 46 FR 57893
Kentucky 5/26/1982 47 FR 22955
Maryland 12/29/1981 46 FR 62850
Mississippi 7/6/1982 47 FR 29234
New Mexico 3/9/1982 47 FR 10004
New York 19/9/1985 50 FR 41136
North Carolina 8/14/1981 46 FR 41055
South Carolina 7/6/1982 47 FR 29234
Texas 10/28/1996 61 FR 55574
Virginia 11/13/1981 46 FR 55972
Fluoride Emissions from Existing Primary Aluminum Plants
Indiana 11/27/1981 46 FR 57893
Kentucky 5/26/1982 47 FR 22955
North Carolina 12/29/1981 46 FR 62852
TRS Emissions from Existing Kraft Pulping Mills
Arkansas 9/12/1984 49 FR 35771
Georgia 11/10/1982 47 FR 50868
Louisiana 5/12/1982 47 FR 20492
Maine 9/19/1990 55 FR 38545
Mississippi 2/23/1989 54 FR 7770
New Hampshire 12/1/1992 57 FR 56857
North Carolina 7/8/1983 48 FR 31401
Oklahoma 6/12/1989 54 FR 24903
Pennsylvania 10/27/1999 64 FR 57781
South Carolina 7/6/1982 47 FR 29234
Texas 10/28/1996 61 FR 55574
Methane and Organic Compound Emissions from Solid Waste Landfills
Colorado 7/29/1998 63 FR 40371
Missouri 4.24.1998 63 FR 20320
Nebraska 4/23/1998 63 FR 20100
North Dakota 12/15/1997 62 FR 65616
South Carolina 8/24/1999 64 FR 46148
South Dakota 6/3/1999 64 FR 29796
Tennessee 12/18/1998 63 FR 70022
(N.B. I did not include Federal Register notices of 111(d) negative declarations or non-substantive revisions.)
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