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# NEWSIJ.S. trDEPAFTTMENT OF THE INTEFIIOFI
Office of the Secrctary For ImmodiateRelease: Jan. 26, 2OO5

WASHINGTON-Assistant Secretary of the trnteriq for FiS andWildlife and Parks Craig lvlanson

annonced today that the Interior Department andtre state

of Utah have *igted a Mmorandum of Agreonent that addresses hazeandvisibility issues around natimal parks in Utah andthe Colorado Plateau. "Air quality is aregional issue and is best solvedwhen regionswork togetber with state md fed€ralland managers to reduce

emissions,"

Mansonsaid. "This is an impraut step in qr efforts to assure

cleanair and sceiric

vietils in areas

tre Departmmt of the Interis manages andthe publio enjrys." The MOA cmpletes Utah's pqtion of a regimal plan fu protecting the visibility at natimal parks on the Colorado Plateau. It assures

that narional parls in Utah and on the Colqado Plateau

will have costdctive, pdlution'reduction plansthat are corpled with a m€rms to ensure all parksandwilderness areos are affmded smre benefit. The sites that will benefit frm ftis agreement include Arches, hyce Canyon,Canymlands,Capitol Reef and Zon national parks. The agreernent

clarifies the circumstances unds which industoial

sqrces of sulfur diodd€ may become

srbject to Best Available R€trofit Technology requirem€nts

no\il thatlftah's Regimal Ilaze State Implementation

Plaq and a fivo-stateregianal emissims cap is in place. Utah is the first of the five states (Arizma, Nerw

Mexico, Wyming and Oregon) that adqpted

the emissions

oap to puffue an MOA under fte Western Regional Air Parhership lv{arket

Trading Faum policies fc addressing specific industrial sdrces. TheMOA isbased

onpoliciestbe WesternRegional AirPafnership developdoverthe last eigft years. The parmership is made up of 13 stales,

m egualnumber of tribes, nnd representatives

of tbe Environmenel Protection Agency,tk U.S. Deparment of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculure. It was formed in 1997 to address 

## Interior Department Signs Agreement

with Utah to ImproveAir Qualff

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regional air quality issues in th West, md its first effort has been to pnovide

t€chicel andpolicy slryportto implementthc recomrendati<rns of tb CtrandCanyonVisibility Transport

ContmissionFormre infsmation aboutthe states md uibes that make up tb€WesternRegional Air Pmership, go to tbe Internet at http://qrwwumpair.org/fasg/index.html.

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## United States Deparurrent of tlre Interior
NAilONAL PARKSEN'ICE ItagC$r!Fi.N'W' ftihdt'ngg'D.c' gn'0 

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N36 (2350) Dr. DimnpRNielson ExocutiwDirector Utah DePartnc'nt

of =nn'ttonmentatauantY P.O. Wt l4t20-4t10 Sattlrtre CitY,IIf &[114 Deq Dr. Nielso: It is my pleasr[p

to have signed qlt.M**"aq of Agrecrne'm to prct€st scenic vistas itr utah:s nstional

@.oo ol to" cob;ti'rrm* -ui"t is the first -of the five $ares

that has adoded tbe &and Canyon

visibility T;;"tt C";ss-ion-s approach to addrcss

bazc' Utah is ah; tbefirst O finalizcanagreemcnt toffig SetStnUi"te"hai""t""" to &e market'based sulfin dioxide

emisionsrcairstio strstea *riEil131tbis Meinormdrrm of Agrcemcm

wi[ acconplish

boththeprotection'and

tbe iilplorrcm&t of visibility as well as providingc€rtaitry in plaoning

for induslrics

in tbe statc' : .^-* +a rnnteri qit Thank youfor being

tbc lead€r

in this inno\tative

l"go*l prrogrm

to prcect air quality in utlh end other we*crn staFs'

__. SincerelY, 

# f*"i? CraigMan6m AssistatrSecrctrY For Fish ild Wildlifc andParts
Enclosurc
oc: JanMiller UtahDivisio of Air QualitY l50N 1950

w P.O. Box 144820 

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### State ofutah Departrrent

of Environmental

Quality D[rDX.I'lid$o,IhD'' EudYcW wutiunr.Snu* WtY'W 2022084684

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# utuh! Craig Manson r h_r__ e"lii-. S"*"ttty for Fishand Wildlife and

Pnlts U.S.De,partncnt

oftbc luterior 1849 C Strccil' NV Washington'

D.C.zm& DerMr. Mmson: The Western Regional Air Paroership

(the WRAP) developed

a progru thd *Pg be irsed by rvestem states andtibes to protectthc

"iribility ir'rytoort rt*t while alsoploviding cemainty in plnnning for thc fug" ioddti"l €nt€rpd;thr; are tbeso.ttoes

of sone emissioos

thd i'Dair visibility. Implementation ofthis progfam

requires aMcn-orandum

of Agreemcnt

betrYea federat landmanagqs

andindividital

Adtt. fnt Stutu

of Utahis e'nclosing

for yorn signdtrc two oopies of thc Memorandum

of Agle€metlttbs

will an]lr-to th9five federallv-protected (class D #;t"ild; erch* Btd;cfivonlands, capitol Recfi' aodZonNdi@al Pa*s" ThFWRAPismader4of13states,anequalnumberoftite,andTP'.Y.synoffre Environorental

1,rorc&on Ag€ncl,-tb€

U.f Utpttto*l of thc Inhrior and the U'S' Deportncnt

of Agricultgre.

ft ** tor-.d in6g7 to address i"gio*l q qTffiry issues

in tbc Wosq

d its fst efforthas becntoplovia" t""loi"tt *d poli"y tolpo.t-to implcmentthe reconmd*ions ofthc Grand CmyonVisibility T'ran

portConiissioo"'tUc Co.triissiompqmme$cA'thst emissions of s'lfirr dioxide,

U" pJUJ*tilut t^ tn" gr""t"tt effest oa visibility in westcrn

parls' bc J".rd ,hno6 a declining regionar ".irrio* cap

backed rrywifr a markct

trading proglam thd would betrigg€red

mly if the regronal

"re;; ;;"t"dtd" Thed€tails of tbe regional

capand backstopnarket*,f,ini Fgtetr were d&ebpedtrroggba oons€nsull process to address coffEms of all interested

Pcties' The declining regional emissions qp is inchdcd in thestato implementation

plans submitod to EpA by five stares-Arizona, New liexico, Wyomrlg; g6eBS and Utah--on Decembcr

3l' 2003' 

### il;-6;p-ttrion"oiSecdon 1698 oftbl Ciu- ailaot:otti"g tbe negotiati"T

iltff*"ttth0vt''g+ RCV ;th" pt"gd atreded

in&Nties wer€

conce,med

tbat theynieht male reduction dioxide to m"etthsr€gional

emissions

cap and thenlary ry.told by a federd landmanager ftat

. theirernissions

were contributiryto impairnentund€r Segtion 169A ofthe CleanAirAct' Tbey ' asked for a mccbanism,to

givetu.*.ot" *tuiury tbd thqr couldaddrcss bothistillcs

in onc e,nission reduction effort Novembcr

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Bestregards,

Encl. A/S FISE/WILDLIFE/PARK .r) EU ooozoro
Page,2 Novenber 12,2004.'

: National Park service stafrtookthe l€ad

in drafting

a Mmorandum

of Agr€c'De1fitrat

s€ts fortb thecriteria

thatthe federal

fmA managem

wiff ,oI" d€termini4g'

rmder.Sectign

1694 whotrer emissions firom a d;il;ddt.l6iltty arscontrib'utins to'visibility impaima in a Class I

, d,,,ea. The&aft was.review€d

anA aperoyea UV 6. U'S: Dcp31tmelrt

of Agiorltune' by states

and tibes, and

by i"d,rstfal andenvirorilentafreprcsent*ivee. Utal included

a coPy of fte draft Me,norardum

oregreement; G t€cbnical aoorucng snpportiug

its plm submitrcd

to EPA on 

# iiffiu*-ir, zoo3.

.. i I Al i- 6L---- utah staffappreciate

the effijrts of National

Park serrricc qtttrry by chris s-bavcr

to bringthip msttcr to yo* o*,i*" w" tcgu"d sig41gttc rvr.?noryaq1

of Agrestrd asao important component

of fte iat"-r.prc-ttadoo Frio o addr€ss hszr in utah's irational

parrc. Therefore' please sign both copies

of ihe agr@matmd nfim one to meat the Sove ry If you have

questions,

you canrcach

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6ne R Nielson,

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### MEMORANDUM

OFAGREEilEiN . Concerning Instellatlon of Best

Avaihble Retroft te*nolo*f -on MaiSr Stationrry Sourccl in 

# '"'E;f, ;;J";;fitiil;iliili*,jg#rddatorvtucdcrarct*srAreT of Utrh ud U. S. DePartnentof the fnbrior

BACKGROIII\D: Thepurpose

of this MoA is to establish criteria for certification

of nreasonably atU6utable,

"i"lbilitr, i;;titdt btth" U"S.-DtPtttt*t of tu Iioterior (DOD fiom its date of er(€cution

until firlt implementatioi

"iG tegt"tttl*q*- in 20f 8' Betrreen tre date of signature

ortiis--"#."4" orugt,frtnt-una zott' tne state of Utahand

the U.S. Department

"f tllfot*i* ug". to tfttitola list'ed below for oertifcation

of visibiliry irupuirm.oiu"JoG rito visibility protection nrles incorporated

in'the starc 

## #;;;ffiffi pr*Jiioz.r l.;'i ;iG utin eamfu*tatrc

code.
section 169A ofthc cteanair Aa (d'a)q2-I!rsc-$$

?a91)-rqr1trys

sqtesto.{$9ss visibilrtyimpairmeniil;d"t"tiFed€ril Class I ar€as - consisting

of certainNational panks, National Wild;;en"";,-*a ftfelaloriat andIntsnationalParks

suqicdq resricrive limits o" Ji"*"ti;"tt i;lt"do"" Srtur"gies.for.S{fressing air pollution mandeted by thc CAd t";l"A tL'i"tt"ff*l* of gJst Available RehofitTecbnologl (BART) at some

"#il;n"ril;" .,oidtt; dltd;. BART.isu** to ad&ess visibilitv impairmens

intwo ryrincipat

forms, "lelinaUfV attibutablen impairment

(impairneot atributable

to a srngle

sowce o' "'-ar go"p tf :"gtlanl regional hare(widespread haze fiom a muttitut ;;dt tfrt"h fip*io.oisuilay in cvery direction over a large area). BART for ,,reasonably

atuibgtableu

impairmertr

is coooerned

yrth m4iorstatioory sourc€s of emissionl

i#;;;tJ;, brp" and age requirenents

and are reasonablv anticipatcd

to *orit rtt to viSUitityi-dul"ii"e io Ciass l-areas'In 1980'

the U'S' Envimnureirtal

Protestion

Agenoy (EPAfi;;'ilgot{T$*dio* - codified d 40 CFR $$ 51.30002

- tnaiinAudr;dri"p to impledentBART requireincnts for sources near Class I arcas. i;J";tr6*srl"tt""t' ir"ao"t cl* I area Iaqd rdaoagcr

(Fltvf) is a'thorizcd

to ncertify"

to a Sue, "t -i i.t, that ao rTeaiment of visibility is ,,reasonably

attiUutaUie"

to a stetionary

ro*, or ayn$ numbcr of stationary

sotllc&s' The FLM h8s

full ait"*t"" i" aa"tmi"ing -ltqia for.is certification of visibilig impairment.

Aft*;;ttifi;; by thof.'trrt' ihe State is requi'ed

to make its orvn d*ernination onuihetherthe soutce o' ** c contribrile to thevisibility ffffi,*- rt"r"n , determination is madc, thg l@ mrrst

conduct an analysis

to deterniretbeappropriate

BART lerrel

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EPA has alsoissued

regional haze regulations

- codified at 40 crR 5l'308{9 - that requir€ states to **iio BART in t# contortof stationry $ottlccg' contribution

to ;ffi#hazJ JtfUlU.y i-p.it*""t Slates mavmcet resg.nal bazc BART rquirenrcnts throug! the estabUsffient of afternative

*o1o"i n*s,ttus' inchdingma*A basedtrading 

# ffii" f:ffi#,ff_Htr* impairment Only states

that dontain

mmdatory

Federal Class I areas arczubject

to theso rcgulations'

. .The State of Utah;;t"fu manAatory rJ.*r Class

I areas as defined by tbe CAA' On' Novenber 17, :2x(Jl,the

urahAir q"dtt Board

ailopt{ 11

-rmdementation

plan to address BART r"qrrirr-rotr for ma]or #fioouty sousccst

of srlfur dioxide

lbrou*h a multi-state

regional cry and back'ttop -ttd oi.aiog?-rogram

rmder thc rcgional

haze regulations Ut h't ilRT ntq"ii"dtl" *ili not rc hrtty s*isnea util the regional proglam matur€s .iirig j U"i* tl" ai"crdon gant"a lne fW by thc EPA visibiliry protestion

,"gutuoi;r, iilt-MOA *t"tfitn"i tfui" for certificdion of "reasonably anriUutaOtc"

visibility impairnent

W tfJlils' Oepume'm

of tbc Interior(DOD

ton its date of executioo

r-til zorg. getwe.nth" a*" ortigoct* ofthis memorandum of bsr€eDerrt

and 2018, the state orutan ana

the u.s' Departnent

of the Intedor agree

to 11[" criteria lirt"d b"i; f;t ,.rtin"ntioJoi"iSiruty i"ip"itt-' uder the 1980 visibilitv protection

nrlesincorlnrated

;o t1," t*"liupi"-""iutoi planat R307-110'28 of the Utah haninistrutive CodP'
: criteria for Federel Land Manager certification of ilRcasonabty Attributablen 

## ii.i;iiib;;;il** ioi st"tu

fpecmc sourcc BARr
DOI will only certify "reasonribly attsibufablen

visibility impairmcnts

Aom sources

in Gi;d;; srmr cioxices in-the foltowingcircrrnstances: t.tbeU.s.Departnentofthelnteriordetclrrhesthd*'Ft"conc€n$rdionsalenot ;;;ilg-Jt"*,h" i.* ZOOO, br*d onambient

nronitoring;

and 2, there areBART-eligible

soulc€s ortrttzu dioxide

witbin 150

kilome'ters

ofthe tuoA"t"tY F€dcral

Ctassl area md 3. the BART-eligible

sources huug 1ot installed

oontrol tochnology

to rcdrrce sulfuI rlioxide emissioDs ataratc uq"i"AoJto cary* af }So/oof potenfi annrul e'oissions'' Theabove

qiteria do not require

Do-Ito c€4q a "reasonably attributable'

visibility impairment

a;;;;; -ap-or'-ri, in'iqsore_aisgaion, choose notto certis a so,',cc r.e*61".r;fthu t5o* *ml* UTffipttab' In addition to the crit€fi* tbs Stde of Utahard tbc U.S.Departmert.lthu hi#oi agree to prnvide

informationiel*cd to visibility i*pri*"m-*io"i"ta "tth ;;silJq.ft1i".t:-"r sdftr dioxide, in a public fonrrn, no laterthaiffi *d of 2013, to'"ff.*ptlnut" Tt"ry"tt to planfutrnesulfilr dioxide emissions redtrstions

uod€r th" rrr$-fifir regional

cry and backstop mrket '0L/26/2005 16:44 FAI 2022084684

. . A/S FI SH/WILDLIFE/PARN @ oogzoto

trading progaE in a manner

thataddresses

reasonably

atribuiablg

BART requiremcnts' ffiId#",i*",iU io"f,rae butnotbe limitedto, disclonreof areasviherethe criteda #ffb"irg-*;;uk ty ro not be metby z'rg,and conditions uihei'e new visibility ;"i"nrdnonltoring;"d"li"grmcovers*id*source'rcceporrclationships'

. Additional Considerations for Certi$irg Sorycl Y.td:1,$t Critcrit The U.S. D.gurm"J oiit " totolot afsi.r-6nrnits to disc'ssions

with &c Sute ofUtah and the o*o-op"Joo of SART efigiUfe sources 9* ryV b afreeed

by a oertification under the ,,it"riu "JJ "Uove,

for tle p'tpotes of discussiog: 1)the. futurdpJans

for :contolling sulftr Ooxiaeenistioos non'Oe source,

2)fhc expoctmions

of tbe State

of Utah inhow rorr"rr*"*ttotio*wittbe atfectedbyhrture reauctioas

of regional eoissions

under th; *p ;J'*t"t-Ut"tttop p.*grtm,gnd.3) wh{her the sulfttc concentrations

rr* ui6"-Cf^r l un""in quJJio"-ut *"tAtV sonroes orilside oftho cap region * ou*gi il r"rn"-ai*ia"."i;rio* from beyond theUnitedstd6' ThF U.S. Department

oitl" Interior

agrees to tate these

factors into consid€rEtioo'before certifying t-p.ir-;it uUo.r ir ttt"ooruiy attibutable to a specific eligittesorace. 

# tr#".Hffi HH,ilTillr3,i"T*rrevie*ambi*Jgq."li.v9,"*{r:gq tecbnical iofor"ruf"n' includingair

qdity -99"1q'g'* ry'* thc need for addmssing

reasonable

pfogr€ss tt"oo6 eLttin*t6'i for reasonabty attibutable impairment

oo frto rtii-tf,e entlof ZOii -fl" U'S' nepartment ofthe Interior recogniz's tbatthe o$'e,, and

operators ofBART utigibt" ro.*rJcovered.by the sulfir dioxidp regioual cap and Uaof,stop tading.lrogd *ttt needto comit to contnols

or be' fiirancially

prepared to plrchase

uUo"ofi*t foi emissions

in thc last five years

of the fiadingprogram

in oaer ror tue region

to meet its goat' In this regcq such' soruces woutd benefit by hr;*id ",hrtb*-th" *g"-l dgtA,by tbeyear 2013, hasaffordcd orotpctionto,u "f ;il d; I areas tv-co-"trituting-to

t"doctions

in suratc -conceutrations.

f;*;t"; "t "isiUiUry

ffi;ttt* at Cllss I areas and'the relationship of trends in particulate

suffide **t"O"iio"i*iU U" sbrcd by the U'S' Deparmcnt of the Interior

with th" ;d;iut L unai*erest"a parti5 as-soon asavailable'Tx' FLM ' comrrits to bdngall available

,"rru.mtffiJon to th9 stata of utab's publio meeting relatedto plqnning of futrrre rylfr,. gio*n" "'pi''1."' reductions and related BART concer$r.

fm tf*l,tg "Ftf"t "tl""[i"t*aa to promote the resolution

of all liksly certification

*to offo:G ""p and

backstop market operatioa' Generel Provisionr ,d This agreem€nt

is not intended

tor nor sbsll it' vestmy-

rig[ts in persons

wbo arcnot parties t" 6i;-";;;;i- Th" "uiieadd ;i yn_oqiuitities contained in this agreement

*e s,rb3"ct

to tn" ""AUfiitity of nrnairi, and alp intended

for guidancb

of the prties. Thcymaynot ,-r," "Jtn"iGr iot ui'i thi'a partycballenges or app.als'
B. Modification

of this 4grcement

mustbe h $dting andupon approval oftbs Prties to theegreement0L/26/2005 16:45 FAI 2022084684 A/S FISH/WILDLIFE/PARK @otototo



## c.
D. If a Partyintends

to withdraw

from this 8gr@m€o!

snch wiedrawalmust bc in wrifi *ith a leastthirty days advancenoticc' This agreemed

maybe executed

in cormtcrparts-

{ *pv *i9 ail odgimt orecrted ;;f; passne

udi*.6 shall

constitrte theodginsl'agreemed

Thedateof Eiecution snal bethedab ofthe lastPdy's signdure'

FortbeU.S.

Deprmem ofthe Interior Forthe Sate ofUtah

/*'7e CraigMtnson Assistnnt Secretary for Fishand

Wildlifc and

Puls ElrecUivc

Ditcstor UtahDopaamentof Environme'ntal

QualitY 

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R Nielson, Ph"D.