Air Plan Approval; Texas; Reasonably Available Control Technology in the Dallas-Fort Worth Ozone Nonattainment Area
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register March 23, 2026. Document 2026-05607. Updated Nov. 13, 2026.
- What it does
Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP), concerning volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) requirements for the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Serious nonattainment area (NAA). The revisions were submitted by the State of Texas on May 12, 2020, and May 13, 2020. The EPA is approving revisions to 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapters 115 and 117 to implement the major source RACT requirements for VOC and NO<INF>X</INF> as addressed in the RACT analysis and negative declarations included in the Serious area Attainment Demonstration (AD) SIP revision.
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:
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 245 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 rule is effective on April 22, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-05607 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Published | March 23, 2026 |
| Effective date | April 22, 2026 |
| Docket | EPA-R06-OAR-2020-0164 |
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