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§ 7512a.
Plan submissions and requirements
(a)
Moderate Areas
Each State in which all or part of a Moderate Area is located shall, with respect to the Moderate Area (or portion thereof, to the extent specified in guidance of the Administrator issued before November 15, 1990), submit to the Administrator the State implementation plan revisions (including the plan items) described under this subsection, within such periods as are prescribed under this subsection, except to the extent the State has made such submissions as of November 15, 1990:
(1)
Inventory
(2)
(A)
Vehicle miles traveled
(B)
Special rule for Denver
(3)
Contingency provisions
(4)
Savings clause for vehicle inspection and maintenance provisions of the State implementation plan
(5)
Periodic inventory
(6)
Enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance
(7)
Attainment demonstration and specific annual emission reductions
The Administrator may, in the Administrator’s discretion, require States to submit a schedule for submitting any of the revisions or other items required under this subsection. In the case of Moderate Areas with a design value of 12.7 ppm or lower at the time of classification, the requirements of this subsection shall apply in lieu of any requirement that the State submit a demonstration that the applicable implementation plan provides for attainment of the carbon monoxide standard by the applicable attainment date.
(b)
Serious Areas
(1)
In general
(2)
Vehicle miles traveled
(3)
Oxygenated gasoline
(A)
Within 2 years after November 15, 1990, the State shall submit a revision to require that gasoline sold, supplied, offered for sale or supply, dispensed, transported or introduced into commerce in the larger of—
(i)
the Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget) (CMSA) in which the area is located, or
(ii)
if the area is not located in a CMSA, the Metropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget) in which the area is located,
be blended, during the portion of the year in which the area is prone to high ambient concentrations of carbon monoxide (as determined by the Administrator), with fuels containing such level of oxygen as is necessary, in combination with other measures, to provide for attainment of the carbon monoxide national ambient air quality standard by the applicable attainment date and maintenance of the national ambient air quality standard thereafter in the area. The revision shall provide that such requirement shall take effect no later than October 1, 1993, and shall include a program for implementation and enforcement of the requirement consistent with guidance to be issued by the Administrator.
(B)
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the revision described in this paragraph shall not be required for an area if the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator that the revision is not necessary to provide for attainment of the carbon monoxide national ambient air quality standard by the applicable attainment date and maintenance of the national ambient air quality standard thereafter in the area.
(c)
Areas with significant stationary source emissions of CO
(1)
Serious Areas
(2)
Waivers for certain areas
(3)
Guidelines
(d)
CO milestone
(1)
Milestone demonstration
(2)
Adequacy of demonstration
(3)
Failure to meet emission reduction milestone
(e)
Multi-State CO nonattainment areas
(1)
Coordination among States
(2)
Failure to demonstrate attainment
(f)
Reclassified areas
(g)
Failure of Serious Area to attain standard
(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title I, § 187, as added Pub. L. 101–549, title I, § 104, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2454.)
cite as: 42 USC 7512a