US EPA Notice of New Proposed Consent Decree

US EPA Notice of New Proposed Consent Decree

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently published a notice in the Federal Register 86 Fed Reg. 29,770 (June 3, 2021) regarding a proposed consent decree related to Association of Irritated Residents v. EPA, No. 4:21-cv-426-JST (N.D. CA).  On June 3, 2021, EPA opened docket number EPA-HQ-OGC-2021-0351, available at https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OGC-2021-0351-0001 to receive public comments on this proposal.  The Federal Register notice and the text of the proposed consent decree are available in the docket.  The comment period is open until July 6, 2021.

Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, EPA would agree to take action on two state implementation plan (SIP) submissions from the State of California intended to address nonattainment plan requirements for the San Joaquin Valley area for the 1997, 2006, and 2012 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The proposed consent decree includes three dates by which EPA must take final action on the SIP submissions with respect to certain requirements pertaining to each of the PM2.5 NAAQS.

EPA encourages your participation in the public comment process on the proposed consent decree mentioned above.  Please submit any comments to EPA docket number EPA-HQ-OGC-2021-0351 by July 6, 2021, pursuant to the process outlined in the Federal Register notice.  We welcome all comments that you may have, including comments indicating concurrence.  Any comments received by EPA via email or other means outside of the regulations.gov platform will be directed to the docket where they will be available for public viewing.  You are under no obligation to submit comments, and this notice does not require you to take any action.

A copy of the proposed consent decree can be found here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OGC-2021-0351-0002.

To view all complaints, petitions for review, and notices of intent to sue filed with the EPA, as well as proposed consent decrees and proposed settlement agreements, please visit  https://www.epa.gov/ogc.

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