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Federal Implementation Plan Addressing Regional Ozone Transport for the 2015 Primary Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard

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Environmental Defense Fund filed 5 comments on this docket between Jun 23, 2022 and Nov 14, 2023. 117 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 1002d ago.

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Jun 23, 2022· Comment submitted by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) (Part 2 of 3)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0668-0493

Please see Attachments T-MM to the comments of Environmental Defense Fund. Due to attachment constraints, these attachments as well as attachments NN-PP are filed separately.

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Jun 23, 2022· Comment submitted by Environmental Defense Fund (Part 3 of 3)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0668-0494

Please see Attachments NN-PP to the comments of Environmental Defense Fund. Due to constraints on the number of attachments, these attachments are filed separately from EDF's initial submission.

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Jun 23, 2022· Mass Comment Campaign sponsored by Environmental Defense Fund. (web)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0668-0659

Dear EPA Administrator Regan, I am concerned about the adverse impacts of high emitting coal plants and industrial facilities in upwind states that contribute to unhealthy smog pollution in my community. I'm writing to express my support for your proposed Good Neighbor Plan — providing stronger air quality protections for upwind coal plants and industrial emitters that will safeguard against dangerous smog-forming pollution. We are counting on the Environmental Protection Agency to provide rigorous air quality protections, to enforce our nation's clean air laws, and to protect communities of color and low wealth communities from air pollution emanating from upwind dirty power plants and industrial facilities. Smog from power plants and industrial facilities can travel across state lines and contribute to unhealthy pollution in communities hundreds of miles away, having harmful health impacts like asthma attacks, heart attacks and early death. For communities of color, who are disproportionately affected by every source of pollution, including industrial facilities, the dangers are particularly stark. The EPA's proposed Cross State Air Pollution Rule - also known as the Good Neighbor Plan - will reduce harmful air pollution through the deployment of existing technologies. In doing so, this safeguard will protect millions of Americans who are unknowingly subjected to dangerous pollution from coal plant smokestacks in upwind states. Importantly, in addition to power plants, this standard would limit pollution from industrial facilities, which are often overlooked despite being dangerous polluters. This proposal updates a system that has successfully cleaned up some of the worst air pollution in the eastern U.S. for a decade. It is past time fossil fuel power plants and industrial facilities that are polluting communities, often communities of color that are sometimes hundreds of miles away, do their fair share to reduce harmful smog-forming contaminants. We are grateful to the Environmental Protection Agency for recognizing this urgent environmental justice and public health need with its Good Neighbor Plan, and urge it to quickly finalize this proposal with comprehensive geographic coverage to ensure that all communities can breathe clean air. Thank you for your leadership.

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Jun 23, 2022· Comment submitted by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) (Part 1 of 3)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0668-0492

Please see the attached comments of Environmental Defense Fund. Attachments A-S to this comment are being uploaded here. Due to constraints on the number of attachments, Attachments T-PP will be separately uploaded to this docket.

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Abstract

This action would apply in certain states for which EPA has either disapproved a “good neighbor” state implementation plan (SIP) submission under CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) or has made a finding of failure to submit such a SIP submission for the 2015 ozone NAAQS. This action would determine whether and to what extent ozone-precursor emissions reductions are required to eliminate significant contribution or interference with maintenance from upwind states that are linked to air quality problems in other states for the 2015 8-hour ozone NAAQS. For states that EPA determines to be linked to a downwind nonattainment or maintenance receptor, EPA would conduct further analysis consistent with the four-step interstate transport framework to determine what (if any) additional emissions controls are required in such states and develop an enforceable program for implementation of such controls.

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