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OGC-99-49 1 (1999-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablzp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-282814 June 9, 1999 The Honorable John H. Chafee Chairman The Honorable Max Baucus Ranking Minority Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Chairman The Honorable John D. Dingell Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Environmental Protection Agency: Findings of Signific ant Contribution and Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), entitled Findings of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport (RIN: 2060-AH88). We received the rule on May 10, 1999. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on May 25, 1999. 64 Fed. Reg. 28250. In accordance with section 126 of the Clean Air Act, the rule contains EPA's final action on petitions filed by eight northeastern states seeking to mitigate significant transport of nitrogen oxides (NO), one of the main precursors of ground-level ozone, across state lines. In the rule, EPA determines that portions of six of the petitions are technically meritorious. Those portions will be automatically deemed granted or denied at certain later dates pending actions by the states and EPA regarding state submittals in response to the final NOx state implementation plan call. EPA intends to implement the section 126 control remedy through a federal NOx Budget Trading Program, the details of which will be promulgated by July 15, 1999. GAO/OGC-99-49

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