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Air Plan Revisions; Arizona; Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2025-00115
Posted on: 2025-01-17
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing an approval and a limited approval and limited disapproval of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission made by the State of Arizona to address emissions of particulate matter 10 micrometers in diameter or smaller (PM
Air Quality Plans; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Source-Specific SIP Revision
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2024-18386
Posted on: 2024-08-19
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of a source-specific revision to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department's (MCAQD or "Department") portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision consists of certain permit conditions related to emissions offsets generated from the replacement of existing diesel-fueled solid waste collection trucks promulgated by the MCAQD and submitted by the State of Arizona for inclusion in the Maricopa County portion of the Arizona SIP under the Clean Air Act (CAA or "Act"). The permit conditions have been submitted for SIP approval to ensure that they are federally enforceable, which is the basis for qualifying certain emissions reductions as creditable offsets under the CAA. We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
Read MoreAir Plan Revisions; Arizona; Arizona Department of Environmental Quality; Stationary Source Permits
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2023-28528
Posted on: 2024-01-02
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve two revisions to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). In this action, we are proposing to approve revisions submitted by the ADEQ governing the issuance of permits for stationary sources in accordance with changes that the EPA has made to its New Source Review (NSR) program regulations under the Clean Air Act (CAA or "the Act"). We are also proposing to determine that with these revisions, the ADEQ's NSR program satisfies the requirements for the preconstruction review and permitting of major sources and major modifications under part D of title I of the Act for areas designated nonattainment with the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) with a Marginal classification, for areas and sources within the ADEQ's permitting jurisdiction. We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
Read MorePartial Approval and Partial Disapproval of Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Arizona; Infrastructure Requirements for Fine Particulate Matter
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2024-12781
Posted on: 2024-06-13
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to partially approve and partially disapprove a revision to the Arizona state implementation plan (SIP) as meeting the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of the 2012 fine particulate matter (PM
Arizona: Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions; Proposed Correction
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2023-27156
Posted on: 2023-12-12
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved revisions to Arizona's federally authorized hazardous waste program by publishing proposed and direct final rules in the Federal Register on September 28, 2021. EPA inadvertently omitted a citation to Checklist 233 in the text of the proposed and direct final rule. With this correction, EPA is clarifying that Arizona has adopted Checklist 233 and is authorized for the Response to Vacatur of Certain Provisions of the Definition of Solid Waste Rule published on May 30, 2018. Additionally, EPA is clarifying that Arizona is not required to adopt Checklist 224: Withdrawal of the Emission Comparable Fuel Exclusion. Arizona did not adopt the exclusion contained in Checklist 221, and thus, does not have the exclusion as part of its authorized state program. We are proposing to correct these and related errors. EPA seeks public comment prior to taking final action.
Read MoreNotice of Realty Action: Proposed Non-Competitive Commercial Lease, Arizona
Notice
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - Bureau of Land Management
Document # 2024-15726
Posted on: 2024-07-17
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to issue a non- competitive commercial lease across 17.39 acres of public land in accordance with Section 302 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and applicable BLM leasing regulations. The Arizona State Parks Board (ASPB) proposes to lease the land for continued long term use of an existing marina, which is located along Lake Havasu, in Mohave County, AZ. The lease, if issued, would require the ASPB to pay fair market value rent as established by a federally approved appraisal.
Read MoreApplication for an Enhancement of Survival Permit; Eagle Creek Multi-Species Conservation Benefit Agreement; Greenlee and Graham Counties, Arizona
Notice
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - Fish and Wildlife Service
Document # 2024-31519
Posted on: 2025-01-03
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received an application from Freeport Minerals, a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., for a 10(a)(1)(A) enhancement of survival permit supported by the proposed Eagle Creek Multi-Species Conservation Benefit Agreement (CBA) in Greenlee and Graham Counties, Arizona. With this notice, we announce the availability for public comment of the permit application, the proposed CBA, and the draft environmental assessment (EA). We invite comments from the public and Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments.
Read MoreAir Plan Approval; Arizona; Yuma 2015 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2024-25575
Posted on: 2024-11-05
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the State of Arizona's request to redesignate the Yuma nonattainment area from nonattainment to attainment for the 8-hour national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS or "standard") for ozone promulgated in 2015 ("2015 ozone NAAQS"). The EPA is also proposing to approve the "SIP Revision: 2015 Ozone NAAQS, Yuma Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan" ("Yuma Maintenance Plan" or "Plan") as a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the State of Arizona. The Yuma Maintenance Plan includes, among other elements, an emissions inventory consistent with attainment, a maintenance demonstration, contingency provisions, and a motor vehicle emissions budget for the first ten-year maintenance period. With this proposed rulemaking, the EPA is beginning the adequacy process for the 2020, 2030, and 2037 motor vehicle emissions budgets. The EPA is proposing these actions because this SIP revision meets the applicable Clean Air Act (CAA or "the Act") requirements for maintenance plans and because the State has met the requirements under the Act for redesignation of a nonattainment area to attainment with respect to the Yuma 2015 ozone NAAQS nonattainment area ("Yuma area").
Read MorePartial Approval and Disapproval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Arizona; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan for the Second Implementation Period and Prong 4 (Visibility) for the 2015 Ozone and 2012 Particulate Matter Standards
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2024-11807
Posted on: 2024-05-31
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to partially approve and partially disapprove the regional haze state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by Arizona on August 15, 2022 ("2022 Arizona Regional Haze Plan"), under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the EPA's Regional Haze Rule for the program's second implementation period. Arizona's SIP submission addresses the requirement that states must periodically revise their long-term strategies for making reasonable progress towards the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility, including regional haze, in mandatory Class I Federal areas. The SIP submission also addresses other applicable requirements for the second implementation period of the regional haze program. Within this action, the EPA is also proposing to disapprove the visibility transport prong of Arizona's infrastructure SIP submittals for the 2012 annual fine particulate matter (PM
Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification; Arizona
Notice
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - Bureau of Land Management
Document # 2024-14943
Posted on: 2024-07-09
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Hassayampa Field Office, examined two parcels consisting of approximately 640 acres of public land and determined that the parcels are suitable for classification for lease and/or conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purpose Act, as amended (R&PP). The R&PP allows local governments to lease, develop, and subsequently acquire public lands for recreational uses when the proposed use complies with local government and BLM land use planning. The City of Buckeye (Applicant) filed an application to develop the land as a local park that will help meet future expanding recreational needs in Buckeye, Arizona. The BLM is seeking public comments as to the suitability of the lands for lease and/or conveyance under the R&PP Act.
Read MoreNotice of Withdrawal Application and Public Meeting for Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona
Notice
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - Bureau of Land Management
Document # 2024-16248
Posted on: 2024-07-25
The United States Forest Service (USFS) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior withdraw 10,024.30 acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands located within the Coconino National Forest from location and entry under the U.S. mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws or geothermal leasing laws or disposal under the Mineral Materials Act of 1947, for a 20-year term, subject to valid existing rights. The purpose of the requested withdrawal is to protect Oak Creek Canyon, located in Coconino County, Arizona, from potential adverse impacts from mining. Publication of this notice temporarily segregates the lands for up to two years, initiates a 90-day public comment period, and announces to the public an opportunity to comment and participate in a public meeting on the USFS' withdrawal application.
Read MoreAir Plan Revisions; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2024-07954
Posted on: 2024-04-16
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD) portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), oxides of nitrogen (NO
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection for Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, and New Mexico
Notice
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - Agricultural Marketing Service
Document # 2024-06493
Posted on: 2024-03-28
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intent to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved information collection for Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, and New Mexico, pursuant to Federal Marketing Order No. 983.
Read MoreAir Plan Revisions; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2024-25947
Posted on: 2024-11-08
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD or "County") portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from loading of organic liquids and gasoline. We are proposing action on local rules to regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or "Act"). We are also proposing to disapprove the MCAQD's reasonably available control technology (RACT) demonstration for the source categories associated with these rules for the 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) in the Phoenix-Mesa ozone nonattainment area. We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
Read MoreAir Plan Revisions; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2024-18458
Posted on: 2024-08-19
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD or "County") portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from storage, transfer, or loading of organic liquids and gasoline. We are proposing to approve local rules to regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or "Act"). We are also proposing to approve the MCAQD's reasonably available control technology (RACT) demonstration associated with these rules for the 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) in the Phoenix-Mesa ozone nonattainment area. We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
Read MoreSurface Transportation Project Delivery Program; Arizona Department of Transportation Draft FHWA Audit Four Report
Notice
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - Federal Highway Administration
Document # 2024-24981
Posted on: 2024-10-28
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) established the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program that allows a State to assume FHWA's environmental responsibilities for environmental review, consultation, and compliance under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for Federal highway projects. When a State assumes these Federal responsibilities, the State becomes solely responsible and liable for carrying out the responsibilities it has assumed, in lieu of FHWA. This program mandates annual audits during each of the first 4 years of State participation to ensure compliance with program requirements. This is the fourth audit of the responsibilities assigned to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) under the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program (NEPA Assignment Program). This notice announces and solicits comments on the fourth audit report for ADOT.
Read MoreNotice of Application for Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; John R. Fox Range, Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Notice
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - Bureau of Land Management
Document # 2024-28938
Posted on: 2024-12-10
The United States Army (Army) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) withdraw 1,840 acres of Federal subsurface estate lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, but not from disposal under the Mineral Materials Act of 1947, subject to valid existing rights, for a 20-year period. Additionally, the Army requests that the Secretary withdraw 53.48 acres of non-Federal lands, upon Federal acquisition, from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the United States mining laws and mineral leasing laws, and reserved for use by the Army for military purposes (except as indicated in Public Land Order No. 1471), subject to valid existing rights, for an indefinite period. The purpose of the withdrawal requested is to protect the John R. Fox Range, located on Fort Huachuca, Arizona, from potential adverse impacts from mining. Publication of this notice temporarily segregates the lands for up to two years, initiates a 90-day public comment period, and announces to the public an opportunity to request a public meeting on the Army's withdrawal application.
Read MoreAir Plan Approval; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2023-28495
Posted on: 2023-12-27
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD) portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern a rule that includes definitions for certain terms that are necessary for the implementation of local rules that regulate sources of air pollution. We are proposing to approve the rule under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
Read MoreConditional Approval of Arizona State Implementation Plan Revisions; Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Mobile Source Emission Reduction Credits
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2024-18570
Posted on: 2024-08-22
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to conditionally approve a revision to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department's (MCAQD or "Department") portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). This rule revision establishes a program allowing fleet owners/operators to generate emission reduction credits (ERCs) by either retrofitting or replacing existing fleet vehicles with lower emitting vehicles and meeting other ongoing requirements. These ERCs are intended for use as offsets under the Department's nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) program. We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
Read MoreAir Plan Revisions; Arizona; Arizona Department of Environmental Quality; Reopening of Comment Period
Proposed Rule
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Document # 2025-04039
Posted on: 2025-03-18
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the comment period for a proposed rule published January 17, 2025. The comment period end date for the proposed rule was February 18, 2025. In response to commenter request, the EPA is now reopening the comment period for the proposed rule until April 21, 2025. All comments received on or before April 21, 2025, will be entered into the public record and considered by EPA before taking final action on the proposed rule. Comments submitted between the close of the original comment period and the reopening of this comment period will be accepted and considered.
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