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CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 52  /  Sec. 52.1881 Control strategy: Sulfur oxides (sulfur dioxide).

(a) USEPA is approving, disapproving or taking no action on various portions of the Ohio sulfur dioxide control plan as noticed below. The disapproved portions of the Ohio plan do not meet the requirements of Sec. 51.13 of this chapter in that they do not provide for attainment and maintenance of the national standards for sulfur oxides (sulfur dioxide). (Where USEPA has approved the State's sulfur dioxide plan, those regulations supersede the federal sulfur dioxide plan contained in paragraph (b) of this section and Sec. 52.1882.)

(1) Approval--USEPA approves the following OAC Rule: 3745-18-01 Definitions, 3745-18-02 Ambient Air Quality Standards-Sulfur Dioxide, 3745-18-05 Ambient and Meteorological Monitoring Requirements, 3745-18-06 General Emission Limit Provisions.

(2) Approval--USEPA approves the Ohio Rules 3745-18-03 Attainment Dates and Compliance Time Schedules except for those provisions listed in Sec. 52.1881(a)(5).

(3) Approval--USEPA approves the Ohio Rules 3745-18-04 Emission Measurement Methods except for those provisions listed in Sec. 52.1881(a)(6).

(4) Notwithstanding the portions of this section that EPA has either disapproved or taken no action on, EPA has approved a complete plan addressing all counties in the State of Ohio. In addition, specific approved rules are listed in Sec. 52.1870.

(5) Disapproval--USEPA disapproves the Ohio Rule 3745-18-03(A), Attainment Dates and also disapproves Ohio Rule 3745-18-03(C)(3) Compliance Time Schedules for all sources electing to comply with the regulations by utilizing complying fuels.

(6) No Action--USEPA is neither approving nor disapproving the following Ohio Rule pending further review: 3745-18-04(D)(2), 3745-18-04(D)(3), 3745-18-04(E)(2), 3745-18-04(E)(3) and, 3745-18-04(E)(4) Emission Measurement Methods.

(7)-(8) [Reserved]

(9) No Action--USEPA takes no action on the 30-day averaging provisions contained in the Toledo Edison Company's Bay Shore Station State Implementation Plan revision until a general review of 30-day averaging is complete.

(10) Approval--USEPA approves Condition 3 of the permits for the Coulton Chemical Plant in Toledo and the E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company plant in Miami, Ohio. This condition requires the installation and operation of continuous emission monitors for sulfur dioxide.

(11) Approval. USEPA approves Ohio's Good Engineering Stack Height Regulations as contained in Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 3745-16-01 and 02. These rules were adopted by the State on February 12, 1986 and were effective on March 5, 1986.

(12) In a letter dated June 25, 1992, Ohio submitted a maintenance plan for sulfur dioxide in Morgan and Washington Counties.

(13) In a letter dated October 26, 1995, Ohio submitted a maintenance plan for sulfur dioxide in Lake and Jefferson Counties.

(14) On March 20, 2000, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency submitted maintenance plans for Coshocton, Gallia and Lorain Counties.

(15) On September 27, 2003, Ohio submitted maintenance plans for sulfur dioxide in Cuyahoga County and Lucas County.

(b) [Reserved] [39 FR 13542, Apr. 15, 1974]

Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec. 52.1881, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.