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**MEMORANDUM**

From: Colin Boswell

Office of Air Quality

Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

To: Melanie King

Date: September, 2014 Subject: A mended Regulatory Text for Supplemental Proposal: Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Power Plants in Indian Country and U.S. Territories

Amended Regulatory

Text

On June 18
, 2014, the EPA proposed adding a Subpart UUUU (79 FR 34950 ) to 40 CFR Part 60. This

new subpart is the Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Compliance Times for Electric Utility

G enerating Units

. The EPA intend s to finalize the proposed amendments with the inclusion of a supplemental proposal which includ es c arbon pollution g uidelines for e xisting p ower p lants in Indian c ountry and U.S. t erritories

. To facilitate understanding the amendments to the regulation being proposed in the supplemental proposal and allow interested persons to see the proposed amend ments for Indian c ountry and U.S. t erritories

, the following document uses track changes to demonstrate the proposed additional emission guidelines for In dian c ountry a nd U.S. t erritories

. The only c hange s to the proposed regulation text are in Section 60.5710 and Table 1

. In Section 60.570 the EPA is adding text to clarify t he applicability

o f the regulation to include U.S. territories and areas of Indian country

. In Table 1 the EPA adds CO 2 Emission Performance Goals for the applicable U.S.
te rritories and areas of Indian country

. Note that Section 302 of the CAA defines the term “State” to include U.S. territories in the remainder of the original proposed regulation text not shown in this memo

. **Subpart UUUU: Emission Guidelines for Greenhous e Gas Emissions and Compliance Times for**  **Electric Utility Generating Units**

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**§ 60.5710 Am I affected by this subpart?** If you are the Administrator of an air quality program of a state, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam and an y other United States ’ territory , or an Indian tribe that has been approved by EPA pursuant to 40 CFR 49.9 as eligible to administer this subsection (hereinafter a state) in state with one or more affected EGUs that commenced construction on or before January 8, 2014, y ou must submit a state plan
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that implements the emission guidelines contained in this subpart. You must submit a negative declaration letter in place of the state plan if there are no affected EGUs for w hich const ruction commenced on or before January 8, 2014 in y our state.

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**Table 1 to Subpart UUUU of Part 60**

**— State**  **Rate**

**- based CO**  **2 Emission Performance**  **Goals (Pounds of CO**  **2 Per Net MWh)** 

State Interim Goal Final Goal Alabama 1,147 1,059 Alaska 1,097 1,0032

Arizona 735 702 Arkansas 968 910 California 556 537 Colorado 1,159 1,108 Connecticut 597 540 Delaware 913 841 Florida 794 740 Georgia 891 834 Hawaii 1,378 1,306 Id aho 244 228 Illinois 1,366 1,271 Indiana 1,607 1,531 Io wa 1,341 1,301 Kansas 1,578 1,499 Kentuck y 1,844 1,763 Louisiana 948 883 Maine 393 378 Mary land 1,347 1,187 Massachusetts 655 576 Michigan 1,227 1,161 Minnesota 911 873 Mississippi 732 692 Missouri 1,621 1,544 Montana 1,882 1,771 Nebraska 1,596 1,479 Nevada 697 647 New Hampshire 546 486 New Jersey 647 531 New Mexico 1,107 1,048 New York 635 549 North Carolina 1,077 992 North Dakota 1,817 1,783 Ohio 1,452 1,338 Oklahoma 931 895 Oregon 407 372 Pennsy lvania 1,179 1,052 Rhode I sland 822 782 South Carolina 840 772 South Dakota 800 741 Tennessee 1,254 1,163 Texas 853 791 Utah 1,378 1,322 Virginia 884 810 Washington 264 215 West Virginia 1,748 1,620 Wisconsin 1,281 1,203 Wy oming 1,808 1,7143

Puerto Rico 1
, 485 1
, 426 Guam 1
, 726 1
, 582 Lands of the Navajo Nation 1,993 1,993 Lands of the Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation 2,016 2,016

Lands of the Fort Mojave

Tribe 858 858