Startup , Shutdown, Malfunction (SSM) State Implementation Plan (SIP) Call Rulemaking
ADEQ has proposed revisions to Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (APC&EC) Regulation 19. The public comment period for this rulemaking is now closed. ADEQ has also put together a presentation to summarize the proposed changes.
EPA filed a motion to continue oral argument in the challenge to EPA's final rule "State Implementation Plans: Response to Petition for Rulemaking; Restatement and Update of EPA’s SSM Policy Applicable to SIPs; Findings of Substantial Inadequacy; and SIP Calls To Amend Provisions Applying to Excess Emissions During Periods of Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction" (SSM SIP Call). Oral arguments are currently scheduled for May 8, 2017.
“In light of the recent change in administration, EPA requests continuance of the oral argument to give the appropriate officials adequate time to fully review the SSM Action. EPA intends to closely review the SSM Action, and the prior positions taken by the Agency with respect to the SSM Action may not necessarily reflect its ultimate conclusions after that review is complete.”