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Final ruleTook effect March 2, 2026

Air Plan Approval; OR; Lane County Permitting Rule Revisions

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Jan. 29, 2026. Document 2026-01735. Updated Nov. 15, 2026.

What it does

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approves revisions to the Oregon State Implementation Plan (SIP) applicable in Lane County, Oregon, as meeting Clean Air Act requirements. The revisions, submitted on June 26, 2024, align local stationary source permitting rules with existing State rules by eliminating generic plant site emission limits in favor of source-specific limits, updating construction notification requirements, clarifying the use of modeling and monitoring related to permitting, and streamlining the permit application process.

The Environmental Protection Agency's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

40 CFR 52

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Environmental Protection Agency has published 248 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 263 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This final rule is effective March 2, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-01735
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesEnvironmental Protection Agency
PublishedJan. 29, 2026
Effective dateMarch 2, 2026
DocketEPA-R10-OAR-2024-0572

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register