{"abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve the State of Alabama's March 27, 2015, State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision, submitted by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM). This SIP revision provides Alabama's state-determined allowance allocations for existing electric generating units (EGUs) in the State for the 2016 control periods and replaces the allowance allocations for the 2016 control periods established by EPA under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). The CSAPR addresses the \"good neighbor\" provision of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) that requires states to reduce the transport of pollution that significantly affects downwind nonattainment and maintenance areas. In this direct final action, EPA is approving Alabama's SIP revision, incorporating the state-determined allocations for the 2016 control periods into the SIP, and amending the regulatory text of the CSAPR Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to reflect this approval and inclusion of the state-determined allocations. The CSAPR FIPs for Alabama remain in place until such time as the State decides to replace the FIPs with a SIP revision to allocate trading program allowances for control periods 2017 and beyond. EPA is taking direct final action to approve Alabama's SIP revision because it meets the requirements of the CAA and the CSAPR requirements to replace EPA's allowance allocations for the 2016 control periods. This action is being taken pursuant to the CAA and its implementing regulations.","action":"Direct final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2015/07/27/2015-18217.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":52,"title":40}],"citation":"80 FR 44292","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2015-08-26","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This direct final rule is effective September 25, 2015 without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by August 26, 2015. If EPA receives such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public that the rule will not take effect.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313","FRL-9931-24-Region 4"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"ADEM CSAPR 2016  Allocations (Technical Document)","document_id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313-0006"},{"title":"Alabama September 16,  2011 CSAPR Intention Letter","document_id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313-0005"},{"title":"ADEM's 2016 Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) Allocation SIP submittal (March 2015)","document_id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313-0004"},{"title":"ADEM's submittal cover letter to EPA (Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allocation Methodology SIP) March 27, 2015","document_id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313-0003"}],"agency_name":null,"documents":[{"comment_count":1,"comment_start_date":"2015-07-27","updated_at":"2023-03-01T00:05:03.244-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313-0002","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313-0002","comment_end_date":"2015-08-27","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":4,"id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313","title":"Alabama 2016 CSAPR Allocations"}],"document_number":"2015-18217","effective_on":"2015-09-25","end_page":44297,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2015/07/27/2015-18217.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/07/27/2015-18217/approval-and-promulgation-of-implementation-plans-for-the-state-of-alabama-cross-state-air-pollution","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2015-18217?publication_date=2015-07-27","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2015-07-27/2015-18217/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":6,"page_views":{"count":121,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 06:15:07 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-07-27/pdf/2015-18217.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-18217.pdf?1437741934","publication_date":"2015-07-27","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2015/07/27/2015-18217.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"ADEM CSAPR 2016  Allocations (Technical Document)","document_id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313-0006"},{"title":"Alabama September 16,  2011 CSAPR Intention Letter","document_id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313-0005"},{"title":"ADEM's 2016 Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) Allocation SIP submittal (March 2015)","document_id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313-0004"},{"title":"ADEM's submittal cover letter to EPA (Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allocation Methodology SIP) March 27, 2015","document_id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313-0003"}],"comments_count":1,"agency_id":"EPA","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313","supporting_documents_count":4,"docket_id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313","document_id":"EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0313-0002","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Alabama 2016 CSAPR Allocations","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-03-01T05:05:02Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":44292,"subtype":null,"title":"Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for the State of Alabama: Cross-State Air Pollution Rule","toc_doc":"Alabama; Cross-State Air Pollution","toc_subject":"Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:","topics":["Air pollution control","Environmental protection","Incorporation by reference","Intergovernmental relations","Nitrogen dioxide","Ozone","Particulate matter","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Sulfur oxides"],"type":"Rule","volume":80}