Notice of Adopted Changes In The Regulations Of The Department of Environmental Conservation

Category: Regulations                                                Department: Environmental Conservation

Sub-Category: Adopted Text or Summary Text        Location: Statewide

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NOTICE OF ADOPTED CHANGES IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Regulations dealing with air quality standards were adopted by the Department of Environmental Conservation on July 5, 2022, with an effective date of August 21, 2022. The regulations have been made permanent and have been filed by the Lt. Governor. The regulations will appear in Register 243, October 2022, of the Alaska Administrative Code. The regulations changes are summarized as follows:

This package adopted a new Regional Haze Visibility Protection Area, as well as adopting and incorporating the Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP). This package also adopted new requirements for stationary sources in the new Regional Haze Visibility Protection Area to meet federal requirements.

The following sections were amended:

18 AAC 50.025, 18 AAC 50.030,

The following new sections were added:

18 AAC 50.265