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Minor New Source Review (NSR) Air Permitting Program Public Participation Requirements for State Implementation Plans

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2060-AV67
Last modified
Aug 28, 2026
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closed 76d ago
Environmental Defense Fund filings
6

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Environmental Defense Fund filed 6 comments on this docket between Aug 4, 2026 and Aug 18, 2026. 35 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 76d ago.

What Environmental Defense Fund filed (6)

Aug 18, 2026· Comment submitted by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-1212-0153

Attached is testimony provided by Surbhi Sarang, Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund, at July 22, 2026 public hearing.

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Aug 12, 2026· Comment submitted by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-1212-0040

Attached is a request from Environmental Defense Fund that EPA make available all 2022–2023 Minor NSR Public Participation Outreach records and extend the comment deadline accordingly.

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Aug 4, 2026· Comment submitted by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-1212-0032

Attached please find Attachment 5 to the Environmental Defense Fund public outreach minor NSR Comments originally submitted to EPA in December 2022 and refiled with EPA for consideration in this rulemaking proceeding.

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Aug 4, 2026· Comment submitted by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-1212-0031

Attached please find Attachments 1 through 4 of the Environmental Defense Fund public outreach minor NSR Comments originally submitted to EPA in December 2022 and refiled with EPA for consideration in this rulemaking proceeding.

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Aug 4, 2026· Comment submitted by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-1212-0030

Attached are comments filed with EPA by Environmental Defense Fund as part of EPA's 2022-2023 outreach on minor NSR. Though EPA states that it "considered the resulting information [from the outreach sessions] to determine how to address the regulatory framework" in its proposal, "Minor New Source Review Air Permitting Public Participation Requirements for State Implementation Plans," 91 Fed. Reg. 41,491 (July 7, 2026), EPA did not place EDF's comments in the rulemaking docket or mention them in its proposal. Accordingly, I am resubmitting these comments for inclusion in the record of this rulemaking proceeding for EPA's consideration. These comments demonstrate that public participation is directly relevant to the success of the minor NSR program in protecting ambient air quality and preventing violations of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Accordingly, EPA should not finalize its proposal, but should instead strengthen public participation in the program and also make the other improvements advocated for in the attached EDF comments. The attachments to those comments will be filed separately.

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Aug 4, 2026· Comment submitted by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)· EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-1212-0033

Attached please find Attachments 6 and 7 to the Environmental Defense Fund public outreach minor NSR Comments originally submitted to EPA in December 2022 and refiled with EPA for consideration in this rulemaking proceeding.

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Abstract

This action pertains to the EPA’s federal rules for SIPs at 40 CFR part 51.160-164, which apply to the preconstruction permitting programs of state and local air pollution agencies. The purpose of this rulemaking is to address minimum requirements for public participation in the administration of minor source NSR programs.

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