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Final ruleTook effect Oct. 9, 2026

Air Plan Approvals; Indiana; Prong 4 (Visibility) for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Sept. 9, 2026. Document 2026-18334. Updated Nov. 6, 2026.

What it does

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a portion of Indiana's State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission regarding the infrastructure requirements in Clean Air Act (CAA) section 110 for the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The infrastructure requirements are designed to ensure that the structural components of each State's air quality management program are adequate to meet the State's responsibilities under the CAA. The EPA finds that Indiana's infrastructure submission fulfills CAA requirements for a State's SIP to contain adequate provisions prohibiting emissions that will interfere with required visibility protection measures in any other State's SIP. The EPA proposed to approve this action on April 10, 2026, and received no adverse comments.

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 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 final rule is effective on October 9, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-18334
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesEnvironmental Protection Agency
PublishedSept. 9, 2026
Effective dateOct. 9, 2026
DocketEPA-R05-OAR-2018-0788

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