WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule called: Air Plan Approval; ID; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 24 by Emma Pokon, Regional Administrator, Region 10.

Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the Idaho regional haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted on August 5, 2022, and supplemented on May 8, 2024. Idaho submitted the SIP revision to address the requirement to make reasonable progress toward the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility in certain national parks and wilderness areas.

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