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Reducing Regional Haze for Improved Visibilityand Health

STATEMENT OF THE MID-ATLANTICINORTHEAST VISIBILITY UNION (MANE-VU) CONCERNING A REQUEST FORA COURSE OF ACTION BY STATES OUTSIDE OFMANE-VU TOWARD ASSURING REASONABLE PROGRESS The federal Clean Air Act and the Regional Haze rule require States that are reasonably anticipated to cause or contribute to impairment of visibility in mandatory Class I Federal areas to implement reasonable measures to reduce visibility impairment within the national parks and wilderness areas designated as mandatory Class I Federal areas. Most pollutants that affect visibility also cause unhealthy concentrations ofozone and fine particles. In order to assure protection ofpublic health and the environment, air pollutant emission reductions required to meet the 2018 reasonable progress goal for regional haze shouldbe achieved as soon as practicable. To address the impact on mandatory Class I Federal areas within the MANEVU region, the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast States request that States outside of the MANE-VU region that are identified as contributing to visibility impairment in the MANE-VU mandatory Class I Federal areas pursue a course of action designed to assure reasonable progress toward preventing any future, and remedying any existing, impairment of visibility in mandatory Class I Federal areas and to leverage the multi-pollutant benefits that such actions may provide for the protection of public health and the environment. This request for a course of action includes pursuing the adoption and implementation of the following control strategies, as appropriate and necessary:
• timely implementation ofBART requirements; and

• A 90% or greater reduction in sulfur dioxide (S02) emissions from each ofthe electric generatingunit (EGU) stacks identifiedby MANE-VU (Attachment 1- comprising a total of 167 stacks

- dated June 20, 2007) as reasonably anticipated to cause or contribute to impairment ofvisibility in each mandatory Class I Federal area in the MANE-VU region. Ifit is infeasible to achieve that level ofreduction from a unit, alternative measures will bepursued in such State; and 444 North Capitol Street, NW - Suite 638 - Washington, DC 20001 202

.508.3840 P - 202.508.3841 f www.mane-vu.org• the application ofreasonable controls on non-EGU sources resulting in a 28% reduction in non-EGU S02 emissions, relative to on-the-books, on-the-way 2018 projections used in regional haze planning, by 2018, which is equivalent to the projected reductions MANE-VU will achieve through its low sulfur fuel oil strategy; and

• continued evaluation ofother measures including measures to reduce 

### S02 and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from all coal-burning facilities by2018 and promulgation ofnew source performance standards for wood combustion. These measures and other measures identified will be evaluated during the consultation process to determine ifthey are reasonable. This long-term strategyto reduce and preventregional haze will allow each state up to 10 years to pursue adoption and implementation, ofreasonable NOx and S02 control measures.

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