Read Me: Arkansas SIP-Approved Air Quality Control Regulations in this web site.

The Arkansas regulations in this Arkansas directory are what I have determined to be the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (SIP) approved State regulations.

These regulations are to be used as a supplement to, NOT as a replacement for, the regulations promulgated in the Federal Register and codified in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Due to the magnitude of the project, questions may arise on an approved section of the SIP. If such questions arise as to the content of the approved SIP or any portion of the SIP, then the Federal Register approval action and the CFR will serve as the final determination.

Due to the magnitude and complexity of the project, there may be errors in the files. Please notify me at the address below of any errors you find in the files.

I can usually answer general questions about the regulations.
I DO NOT attempt to interpret the regulations.

Bill Deese
U.S. EPA, Region 6
Air and Radiation Division (AR)
1201 Elm Street, Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75270

Phone: (214) 665-7253 -- Please leave a message and I will return your call.
Email: deese.william@epa.gov
(E-mails with attached files will NOT be opened.)

New mailing address effective June 2019.

Read Me: Arkansas SIP Regulations Effective November 15, 2000

Final approval of Arkansas Regulations 19 and 26 into the Arkansas SIP was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2000 (64 FR 61103 to 61109) effective November 15, 2000.

Regulation 19, as adopted by the Arkansas Commission on Pollution Control and Ecology (ACPCE) on January 22, 1999, replaced the following regulations in the Arkansas SIP:

• Regulations of the Arkansas Plan of Implementation for Air Pollution Control
• Prevention of Significant Deterioration Supplement to the Arkansas Plan of Implementation for Air Pollution Control
• Regulations for the Control of Volatile Organic compounds

Regulation 19 does not replace Arkansas Regulation 9, Regulations for Development and Implementation of a Permit Fee System for Environmental Permits Issued, in the Arkansas SIP. Regulation 9, as approved by EPA November 12, 1986 (51 FR 40975), at 52.170(c)(24) effective January 12, 1987, remains in the SIP. See Arkansas Regulation No. 9 above for the text of Regulation 9 approved by EPA November 12, 1986.

The EPA did not act upon Regulation 19, Chapter 8, 111(d) Designated Facilities, as adopted by ACPCE January 22, 1999, in the October 16, 2000, Federal Register action. Chapter 8 is a revision to the federally approved Arkansas 111(d) Plan which, technically, is not part of the Arkansas SIP. See the record above entitled "AR §19.08 111(d) Designated Facilities (as adopted by ACPCE on July 24, 1992, and revised by ADPCE on May 30, 1997)" for the current federally approved equivalent to Chapter 8. There is no regulatory change between the federally approved §19.08 and Chapter 8 adopted by the ACPCE on January 22, 1999.