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Regional HAZE and BART Information

Contact:  Air Quality Division 517-373-7023
Agency: Environmental Quality


Within its boundary, Michigan  has two Class I areas - Isle Royale National Park and Seney Wilderness Area.  By December 2007, Michigan must submit to EPA a CAVR State Implementation Plan (SIP) that identifies sources that cause or contribute to visibility impairment in these areas.  The CAVR SIP must also include a demonstration of reasonable progress toward reaching the first incremental progress goal (2018) for each of the state's Class I areas. 

Regional Haze SIP
Below are the documents for the Regional Haze SIP submittal.  If you have any problems with these documents please contact Cindy Hodges at hodgesc@michigan.gov or 517-335-1059.

Regional Haze SIP submittal and Appendices
Regional Haze Sip Submittal  
Appendix 1A List of Class I Areas in or impacted by MRPO   
Appendix 2A Response to Comment 
Appendix 3A MRPO Principles for Regional Planning
Appendix 3B Regional Haze in the Upper Midwest
Appendix 3C MANE-VU Consultation Notes
Appendix 5A Technical Support Document
Appendix 6A Description of Isle Royale and Seney
Appendix 8A Emissions January 2008
Appendix 9A BART Rules
Appendix 9B BART Implementation Strategy
Appendix 10A MN Final Consultation Package
Appendix 10B Cause of Haze
Appendix 10C Northern Class I Areas - Visiblity Information
Appendix 10D Isle Royale Modeling
Appendix 10E Seney Modeling
Appendix 10F OTC-LADCO Letter to EPA June 2008
First Regional Haze Draft 11/07 
First Regional Haze Draft Appendix 11/07
Comments Received Fish & Wildlife 7/08 
Comment Received Forest Services 11/07  

Contacts:
Jim Haywood at 517-241-7478 or haywoodj@michigan.gov
Teresa Cooper at 517-335-2247 or  coopert@michigan.gov
Asad Khan at 517-335-6825 or khana@michigan.gov
Cindy Hodges at 517-335-1059 or hodgesc@michigan.gov

Links for Regional Haze Information
Midwest Hazecam; Live Air Pollution Web Cam
USEPA Regional Haze and BART    
EPA Cost of Control Manual

History:

In July 1999 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published regulations to address visibility impairment in our nation's largest national parks and wilderness (Class I) areas.   This rule was commonly known as the "Regional Haze Rule" (64 Fed. Reg. 35714 [July, 1999]) and is found in 40 CFR part 51, in §§ 51.300 through 51.309.  Under EPA's 1999 Regional Haze Rule, certain emission sources "that may reasonably be anticipated to cause or contribute" to visibility impairment in downwind Class I areas are required to install Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART).  On July 6, 2005 , EPA published a revised final rule, including Appendix Y to 40 CFR part 51, "Guidelines for BART Determinations Under the Regional Haze Rule" (Guidelines).   Most recently, EPA began referring to the Regional Haze Rule and BART requirements as the Clean Air Visibility Rule (CAVR)



Related Documents
Appendex 10C Northern Class I Area - Visibility Information - 764187 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 10A MN Final Consultation Package - 408110 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 10B Cause of Haze - 523814 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 10D Isle Royale Modeling - 94496 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 10E Seney Modeling - 94546 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 10F OTC-LADCO letter to EPA June 2008 - 127981 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 1A List of Class I Areas in or impacted by MRPO - 741676 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 2A Response to Comments - 26765 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 3A MRPO Principles for Regional Planning - 3163387 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 3B Regional Haze in the Upper Midwest - 3485337 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 3C MANE-VU Consultation Notes - 77202 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 5A Revised TSD - 6650293 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 6A Description of Isle Royale and Seney - 31745 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 8A Emissions January 2008 - 388414 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 9A Bart Rules - 64122 bytes PDF icon
Appendix 9B Bart Implmentation Strategy - 63949 bytes PDF icon
EPA Cost of Control Manual - 3556055 bytes PDF icon
MDEQ's First Draft Regional Haze 11/07 - 127024 bytes PDF icon
MDEQ's First Draft Regional Haze Appendix 11/07 - 2722061 bytes PDF icon
SIP Submittal 9/30/2008 - 402742 bytes PDF icon
US Fish and Wildlife Comments 7-08 - 123561 bytes PDF icon
US Forest Service Comment 11-07 - 49095 bytes PDF icon
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