Clean Air Act Sanctions

Status of Sanction Clocks under the Clean Air Act

Updated by EPA on January 7, 2013
State	Area	Required Element	Date and Type of Finding	Date of 2:1 Offset Sanction	Date of Highway Sanction	Status
MT	East Helena Area	SO2 SIP Secondary Standard	01/19/94 Failure to Submit	07/19/95	01/19/96	Emission offset and highway sanctions imposed
CA	San Francisco Bay Area	Ozone Attainment Plan	10/22/01 Limited Disapproval	04/22/03	10/22/03	Offset sanction stayed (and highway sanction deferred) by interim final determination on 07/16/03. Effective on 4/24/2004 the interim final action stayed the offset sanction and deferred the highway sanction for as long as the area continues to attain the 1-hour ozone standard. .
NY	Jefferson County	8-hr. ozone attainment demonstration	03/24/08 Failure to Submit	09/24/09	03/24/10	3/25/08-Sanctions clocks deferred by Clean Data Determination
NY	Jefferson County	8-hr. ozone RFP	03/24/08 Failure to Submit	09/24/09	03/24/10	3/25/08-Sanctions clocks deferred by Clean Data Determination
IL	St. Louis	1997 PM2.5 attainment demonstration	11/27/09 Failure to Submit	5/27/11	11/27/11	On May 23, 2011, EPA published a determination of attainment that suspend this requirement http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-05-23/pdf/2011-12480.pdf
IL	St. Louis	1997 PM2.5 Contingency Measures	11/27/09 Failure to Submit	5/27/11	11/27/11	On May 23, 2011, EPA published a determination of attainment that suspend this requirement http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-05-23/pdf/2011-12480.pdf
IL	St. Louis	1997 PM2.5 RACM/RACT	11/27/09 Failure to Submit	5/27/11	11/27/11	On May 23, 2011, EPA published a determination of attainment that suspend this requirement http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-05-23/pdf/2011-12480.pdf
IL	St. Louis	1997 PM2.5 RFP	11/27/09 Failure to Submit	5/27/11	11/27/11	On May 23, 2011, EPA published a determination of attainment that suspend this requirement http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-05-23/pdf/2011-12480.pdf
CA	Sacramento Metro Area, CA (severe 15)-Yolo/Solano Air Quality Management District portion; Feather River Air Quality Management District portion; Placer County Air Pollution Control District portion; El Dorado County Air Quality Management District portion	1-hour ozone Section 185 fee program	1/5/10 Failure to Submit	7/5/11	1/5/12	On 05/18/11, interim final determination deferred sanctions (76 FR 28661) that was based on proposed termination determination (76 FR 28696) published the same day. The interim final determination is effective 05/18/11, although EPA accepted comments on both notices.
CA	San Joaquin Valley Air Basin	NSR Rules	6/10/2010 limited diapproval	12/10/2011	6/10/2012	On 12/6/11, the Interim final determination to stay offset sanctions and defer highway sanctions was published http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12-06/pdf/2011-31184.pdf
CA	Imperial County Air Pollution Control District	PM10 emissions from sources of fugitive dust	8/9/10 limited disapproval	2/9/12	8/9/12	On 1/7/13, the Interim final determination to stay offset sanctions and highway sanctions was published http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-01-07/pdf/2012-31732.pdf
CA	Feather River Air Quality Management District portion	NSR Rules	8/26/11 Limited Disapproval	2/26/13	8/26/13
CA	Placer County Air Pollution Control District portion	NSR Rules	8/26/11 Limited Disapproval	2/26/13	8/26/13
CA	Sacramento Metro AQMD	NSR Rules	8/19/11 Limited Disapproval	2/19/13	8/19/13
CA	Los Angeles - South Coast area	1997 PM2.5 Contingency Measures	1/9/12 Limited Disapproval	7/9/2013	1/9/2014
CA	San Joaquin Valley area	1997 PM2.5 Contingency Measures	1/9/12 Limited Disapproval	7/9/2013	1/9/2014