The
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency today published notice in the State Register
of a proposed progress report on a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision.
Comments and requests for a public meeting on the proposed revision are being
accepted. The proposed progress report SIP revision and related notice
can be viewed on the MPCA Public Notice
Webpage.
The progress
report is intended to fulfill one of Minnesota’s responsibilities under the
Clean Air Act and Regional Haze Rule. Minnesota’s original Regional Haze SIP
revision was submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in
December 2009 and addresses visibility impairment in the state’s Class I
Federal Areas -- Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National
Park -- and Minnesota’s contribution to visibility impairment in Isle Royale
National Park in Michigan.
This
proposed progress report is meant to demonstrate that Minnesota’s Regional Haze
SIP revision is being implemented appropriately and that reasonable progress is
being made toward the visibility improvements originally projected in the SIP.
The progress report does not modify Minnesota’s Regional Haze SIP strategy, but
rather assesses its progress in the five years since its original submittal to
EPA.
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