WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule called: Air Plan Approval; Vermont; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan for the Second Implementation Period.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May 23 by Mark Sanborn, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.

Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by Vermont on July 1, 2024, as satisfying applicable requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA's Regional Haze Rule for the program's second implementation period. Vermont's SIP submission addresses the requirement that states must periodically revise their long-term strategies ...