| State Implementation Plan
STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
(SIP): An Air Quality Plan required
by the federal Clean Air Act
The Air Planning Section
is responsible for submittal of plans required by the federal Clean Air
Act of 1970 (as amended in 1975 and 1990) to insure Vermont's attainment
and maintenance of federal ambient air quality standards. The common term
used to refer to these federally enforceable plans is "State Implementation
Plan" or SIP. Plan requirements may be triggered in several ways, but the
most general is that a national air quality standard is violated based on
actual air quality measurements collected in the state. Historically, Vermont
has had a few instances of federal air quality standards being violated
and SIP requirements being triggered. Since the early 1980's this has not
been the case. However, because of persistent regional air quality standards
violations that continue in most of the northeastern states (only Vermont
has no current standards violations), Vermont is required by the federal
Clean Air Act to have a SIP for purposes of addressing regional ozone air
quality.
The documents that can be accessed from the links in the table below
describe the policies and programmatic activities being undertaken to
maintain Vermont's status of being in attainment of all federal criteria
pollutant standards. They also describe those activities and programs
being implemented to address regional ozone levels which continue to exceed
federal standards in all other states in the Northeast.
Vermont Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Tailoring Rule SIP Revision 2011 |
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Vermont Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (Revision) |
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Notice of Intent to Revise the SIP for Air Quality
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Last Updated:5/7/13
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Air Pollution Control Division 
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