Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Interim Final Determination To Stay and Defer Sanctions Related to Reasonably Available Control Technology Requirements (RACT) for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Control Technique Guidelines (CTG) Under the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
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- What it does
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making an interim final determination (IFD) that Pennsylvania has submitted revisions to the state implementation plan (SIP) that satisfy the requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to implement Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for volatile organic compounds (VOC) Control Technique Guidelines (CTG) for the 2008 ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The effect of this IFD is to stay emission offset sanctions and defer the imposition of highway funding sanctions triggered by an August 16, 2024 EPA disapproval of a prior Pennsylvania SIP addressing VOC CTG RACT requirements for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. This IFD is consistent with a proposed action, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, in which the EPA is proposing approval of revisions to Pennsylvania's SIP, as submitted on May 10, 2023, January 20, 2026, February 17, 2026 and April 10, 2026 to address VOC CTG RACT requirements for the 2008 and 2015 NAAQS.
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 243 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 interim final determination is effective on July 16, 2026. However, comments will be accepted until August 17, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-14326 |
|---|---|
| Action | Interim final determination. |
| Agencies | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Published | July 16, 2026 |
| Effective date | July 16, 2026 |
| Comments close | Aug. 17, 2026 |
| Docket | EPA-R03-OAR-2026-3764 |
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