State Implementation Plans

Final Revison to the Massachusetts SIP 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration, January 2008

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MassDEP Response to Public Comments
MS Word 55 KB | PDF 52 KB

Proposed Revison to the Massachusetts SIP 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration, December 2007

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Final Eastern Massachusetts 1-Hour Ozone NAAQs Attainment Demonstration SIP, September 2002

Cover letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
MS Word 43 KB

Narrative
Zipped MS Word 73 KB

Appendices
Zipped MS Word and MS Excel 1.4 MB

Proposed Eastern Massachusetts Ozone Attainment SIP, June 2002

Zipped MS Word 78 KB

Appendices
Zipped MS Word and MS Excel 1.3 MB

Proposed SIP Revision for Eastern Massachusetts, January 2002

MS Word 84 KB

Tables for Appendix A
MS Excel 40 KB
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Table showing new emissions target level calculations
MS Excel 167 KB

Final 1998 Massachusetts 1-Hour Ozone Standard Attainment Submittal, July 1998

Zipped MS Word 500 KB

Appendix A and technical modeling discussion
Zipped MS Word 265 KB

Plot files
Zipped GIF Images 2.4 MB

Episode maximum plot files
Zipped GIF Images 2.5 MB

Summary
PDF 73 KB

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Final Massachusetts SIP Revision to Meet Federal Clean Air Act Air Pollution Transport Requirements (Transport SIP), January 2008

Demonstrates that Massachusetts has met its obligations to address the interstate transport of air pollution from Massachusetts sources to upwind states, as required by Section 110(a)(2) of the federal Clean Air Act.
MS Word 138 KB | PDF 132 KB

MassDEP Response to Public Comments
MS Word 24 KB | PDF 6 KB

Proposed Transport SIP Revision, December 2007

MS Word 125 KB | PDF 250 KB

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Revision to Carbon Monoxide (CO) SIP Maintenance Plan for Lowell, December 2009

MassDEP Response to Public Comments Received on Proposed SIP Revision to Close Lowell Monitor
MS Word 81 KB | PDF 38 KB

CO Maintenance SIP Revision
MS Word 69 KB | PDF 69 KB

MassDEP Transmittal Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), April 2010
MS Word 34 KB | PDF 55 KB

Final Revision to SIP for Carbon Monoxide (CO), May 2001

Final Redesignation Request & Maintenance Plan for Lowell, Springfield, Waltham & Worcester CO SIP
MS Word 1.1 MB | PDF 391 KB

MassDEP Transmittal Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
MS Word 35 KB | PDF 53 KB

MassDEP Letter Addressing Need for Second Ten-Year Maintenance Plan, August 2001
MS Word 31 KB | PDF 49 KB

Federal Register Notice of EPA Approval of Redesignation Request & Maintenance Plan, February 2002
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MassDEP News Release, March 2002
MS Word 46 KB | PDF 21 KB

Technical Support Document for Proposed SIP revision, September 2000
MS Word 672 KB

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Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) NOx Ozone Season Allowance Allocations

Regulations at 310 CMR 7.32 require MassDEP to allocate allowances annually from the Massachusetts New Unit Set Aside account to new CAIR units that request them.

Allocations for 2011 (August 2011)
MS Excel 25 KB | PDF 9 KB

NOx Budget Allowance Allocations

Regulations at 310 CMR 7.28 required MassDEP to allocate allowances to facilities three years in advance.

Allocations for 2008 (April 2005)
MS Excel 43 KB | PDF 63 KB

Revision to the MassDEP NOx Allowance Trading Program for 2003 through 2005

Addresses a seven-ton deficiency in the allocation for three municipal power companies for the first three control periods of the program (2003-2005).
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Modified MassDEP proposal to implement a NOx Allowance Trading Program and distribute allowances to sources

Technical support document
MS Word 75 KB

Regulations
MS Word 155 KB

Initial MassDEP proposal to implement a NOx Allowance Trading Program and distribute allowances to sources

Technical support document
MS Word 174 KB

Attachments, including proposed regulatory amendments
MS Word 112 KB

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Under Section 169A of the federal Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires each state to submit a regional haze state implementation plan (SIP) that includes state measures for improving visibility conditions in certain national parks and wilderness areas, and addresses Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) requirements for certain air pollution sources.

Massachusetts Final Regional Haze SIP, December 2011

MS Word 7.5 MB | PDF 3.1 MB

Appendices to the Final SIP

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Massachusetts Draft Regional Haze SIP, January 2011

MS Word 7.8 MB | PDF 2.2 MB

Appendices to the Draft SIP

NOTE: Appendices D6 through D15, T1, BB and CC were not included with the Massachusetts Draft Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP), but were added to the Final SIP.
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Draft SIP as Submitted to FLMs & EPA, November 2008

MS Word 7.0 MB | PDF 2.6 MB

Related: Revised Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Chapter, July 2009
MS Word 466 KB | PDF 182 KB

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MassDEP Letter to Facilities with SO2 Emissions

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Spreadsheet: Massachusetts Facilities with SO2 Emissions

MS Excel 80 KB

SO2 One-Hour National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) Modeling Requirements

Presentation from December 13, 2012, Stakeholder Meeting
MS Powerpoint 532 KB | PDF 393 KB

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Meetings of the State Implementation Plan Steering Committee are scheduled quarterly. For additional information, contact Eileen Hiney.

Find meeting dates, agendas, & presentations

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