Regional Haze

Oklahoma’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (RH SIP) for the initial Planning Period was submitted to EPA Region 6 on February 18, 2010. This plan addresses the requirements of the federal regional haze regulations in 40 CFR Part 51, Subpart P, Protection of Visibility, including determination and implementation of Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) requirements of OAC 252:100-8-70 through 78. It also addresses regional planning, documents the extensive processes for State/Tribe & federal land manager (FLM) consultation, and public comment & hearing.

Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (February 2010), including the Secretary of Environment’s RH SIP Submittal Letter & the Rulemaking Procedures Certification

Appendices

• App 1-1 Oklahoma Administrative Code and Statutes
• App 4-1 & App 4-2 2002 Oklahoma Emissions Inventory & Technical Support Document for CENRAP Emissions and Air Quality Modeling to Support Regional Haze State Implementation Plans
• App 6-1 Oklahoma’s BART Rule and Administrative Materials
• App 6-2 CENRAP BART Modeling Guidelines (CALPUFF Modeling Protocol)
• App 6-3 Waivers from BART based on dispersion modeling
• App 6-4 BART Application Analysis for each facility required to install BART
• App 6-5 Regional Haze Agreements
• App 8-1 Estimated Oklahoma Emissions Inventory for 2018
• App 10-1 State and Tribal Consultation/Correspondence
• App 10-2 FLM Comments and DEQ Responses
• App 10-3 Public Hearing Documents
• App 10-4 Additional Comments from the Public and DEQ Responses

November 2009 Draft SIP and 2007 Initial Planning Document

EPA Action on 2010 RH SIP: Effective January 27, 2012 (76 FR 81727), EPA approved core elements of Oklahoma’s Regional Haze SIP, including BART determinations for the majority of emissions units subject to BART. However, EPA disapproved the sulfur dioxide (SO₂) BART determinations for several emissions units, and issued a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) covering SO₂ control requirements for those units.

On June 18, 2013, Oklahoma submitted a revision to the 2010 RH SIP to replace a portion of the Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) covering SO2 control requirements for two coal-fired units located at a facility in Rogers County, Oklahoma. This SIP revision submittal process included consultation with Federal Land Managers and potentially affected states, public review and comment including a public hearing held at DEQ’s OKC offices on May 20, 2013, and EPA’s proposed action on August 21, 2013 (78 FR 51686). On March 7, 2014, EPA published a notice (79 FR 12944) in the Federal Register approving the SIP revision. A separate notice published simultaneously (79 FR 12954) withdrew the EPA-issued FIP as it relates to the subject facility.

Regional Haze & Transport State Implementation Plan Revision (2013), including the Secretary of Environment’s RH SIP Submittal Letter

Appendices – note: proposed versions are either included in the final appendix or provided separately

• App I AEP/PSO Settlement Agreement
• App II Revised BART Determination (6-13-2013), including Supplemental BART Determination Information submitted by AEP/PSO (click to download zipped modeling files)
  • App II (proposed) Revised BART Determination (3-19-2013)
• App III PSO Regional Haze Agreement DEQ Case No. 10-025 (February 10, 2010), as amended by First Amended Regional Haze Agreement, Case No. 10-025 (March 2013)
• App IV Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity to Comment
• App V Comments Received
• App VI Hearing Transcript, Sign-in Sheets, Hearing Certification, and Comment Forms
• App VII Summary of Comments and Responses – FLM and Public Comments
• App VIII Other Submittal Documents

On September 28, 2016, Oklahoma submitted the Five-Year Progress Report on Oklahoma’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (RH SIP) to EPA for their review. The report gives an update on implementation of BART requirements and other control measures that maintain and improve visibility. The report evaluates progress towards achieving natural visibility conditions, including changes in visibility at the Wichita Mountains. The FLM & interstate coordination and public comment processes and results are also summarized in the report. EPA published proposed and final approval notices for Oklahoma’s 5-year RH SIP Progress Report in the Federal Register on March 28, 2019 (84 FR 11711) and June 28, 2019 (84 FR 30918), respectively.

Five-Year Progress Report on 2010 Oklahoma’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, including the Secretary of Energy and Environment’s Submittal Letter.

The second planning period for the Regional Haze Program covers the period 2018 to 2028. The first planning period RH SIP primarily focused on making progress towards natural visibility conditions by obtaining reductions of visibility-impairing emissions from a specific, defined group of emission sources as candidates to install and implement Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART). See OAC 252:100-8, Part 11. Subsequent RH planning periods must continue the progress by considering if further reductions are needed and obtainable using a selection process from a broader pool of emission sources followed by a “four-factor analysis” to measure cost-effectiveness of potential added controls for selected emission sources. Through lessons learned during the first planning period, EPA made a number of changes to the RH rule, including to: more clearly focus the goal of natural visibility conditions on controlling sources over which the States have jurisdiction (i.e., domestic man-made emissions); better define the FLM consultation process; and delay the deadline for submittal of the Planning Period 2 RH SIP to July 31, 2021.

July 1, 2022 Hearing Public Notice and PowerPoint presentation.

Oklahoma Regional Haze State Implementation Plan Revision: Planning Period 2 (June 2022 Draft SIP)

Appendices

• Appendix A: Consultation Process and Documentation
• Appendix B: Ramboll-Environ Area-of-Influence Report
• Appendix C: Ramboll-Environ Area-of-Influence Data Outputs
• Appendix D: Four-Factor Source Selection Methodology
• Appendix E: Four-Factor Analyses
• Appendix F: ONEOK Regional Haze Agreement Case No. 22-085 Consent Order #21-097
• Appendix G: Oklahoma Smoke Management Plan
• Appendix H: Federal Land Manager Comments and Responses
• Appendix I: Environmental Protection Agency Comments
• Appendix J: Legal Authority

As part of the process for developing the Planning Period 2 RH SIP, DEQ identified 12 facilities in Oklahoma that are reasonably anticipated to impact visibility conditions at the WMWA. A Powerpoint presentation delivered at the June 2020 AQAC meeting gave more detail of DEQ’s planning and development process. Appendix E contains the letters DEQ sent requesting an analysis and the responses received to date, which are also individually linked below:

• Continental Carbon: Request | Response  //  Second Request | Response
• DCP: Request | Response  //  Second Request | Response
• GRDA: Request | Response  //  Second Request | Response
• Holcim: Request | Response
• Mustang Gas: Request | Response  //  Second Request | Response
• OGE: Request (2 facilities) | Responses: Horseshoe Lake | Mustang  //  Second Request (Horseshoe Lake) | Response
• ONEOK: Request (2 facilities) | Response
• Oxbow: Request | Response  //  Second Request | Response
• Panhandle Eastern: Request | Response  //  Second Request | Response
• Western Farmers: Request | Response  //  Second Request | Response

Additionally, DEQ identified 21 sources in neighboring states that are reasonably anticipated to impact visibility conditions at the WMWA. As documented in Appendix A, each of the states was asked to consider the potential impact of the sources identified within their state for possible further analysis as part of the process for developing their Planning Period 2 RH SIP. A copy of each request is linked below:

• Arkansas: Request
• Louisiana: Request
• Nebraska: Request
• Texas: Request

Oklahoma’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (RH SIP) for the Second Planning Period was submitted to EPA Region 6 on August 9, 2022. This plan addresses the requirements of the federal regional haze regulations in 40 CFR Part 51, Subpart P, Protection of Visibility. It also addresses regional planning, documents the extensive processes for State/Tribe & federal land manager (FLM) consultation, and public comment & hearing.

Oklahoma Regional Haze State Implementation Plan Revision: Planning Period 2 (August 2022 Final SIP)

Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment Submittal Letter

APPENDICES

• Appendix A: Consultation Process and Documentation
• Appendix B: Ramboll-Environ Area-of-Influence Report
• Appendix C: Ramboll-Environ Area-of-Influence Data Outputs
• Appendix D: Four-Factor Source Selection Methodology
• Appendix E: Four-Factor Analyses
• Appendix F: ONEOK Regional Haze Agreement Case No. 22-085
• Appendix G: Oklahoma Smoke Management Plan
• Appendix H: Federal Land Manager Comments and Responses
• Appendix I: Informal Environmental Protection Agency Comments
• Appendix J: EJSCREEN Reports
• Appendix K: Summary of Public Comments and Staff Responses
• Appendix L: Public Notice and Hearing Documentation
• Appendix M: Public Comments Received
• Appendix N: Public Hearing Sign-in and Transcript
• Appendix O: Legal Authority

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