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A State Implementation Plan (SIP) is a United States state plan for complying with the federal Clean Air Act, administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The SIP, developed by a state agency and approved by EPA, consists of narrative, rules, technical documentation, and agreements that an individual state will use to control and clean up polluted areas.
The EPA is required to approve plans that adhere to the Senate's three-year mandate for primary air quality standards even if the Agency feels the plan does not appear feasible. In Union Electric Co. v. Environmental Protection Agency the Supreme Court considered whether the Agency was required to reject plans that were not technologically or ...
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday awarded grants for projects to monitor air quality in 37 states, with a focus on minority communities and other areas overburdened by pollution. A ...
The Trump administration ix calling on the state to overhaul its plans for cleaning up toxic smog or risk losing billions in federal road dollars. EPA targets California over poor air quality Skip ...
A number of states included variance procedures in their implementation plans, which the EPA approved. The NRDC challenged the EPA's approval of Georgia's implementation plan on the grounds that the postponement provision of the Clean Air Act was the only method to modify the state implementation plans. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held ...
The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to set US National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for the six CAPs. [6] The NAAQS are health based and the EPA sets two types of standards: primary and secondary. The primary standards are designed to protect the health of 'sensitive' populations such as asthmatics, children, and the elderly.