EPA Launches Dashboard for Clean Air Act Compliance Clarifications Since 2019
Published Date: 11/17/2025
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Summary
The EPA has made it easier for businesses and facilities to understand if they’re following air pollution rules under the Clean Air Act. Since May 2019, the EPA has shared clear answers about what counts as new or changed pollution sources and how to monitor them. This helps companies avoid fines and plan ahead, saving time and money while keeping our air cleaner.
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EPA posts CAA rulings on public Dashboard
The EPA has posted written applicability determinations, alternative monitoring decisions, and regulatory interpretations for Clean Air Act sections 111, 112, and 129 to a public Dashboard. The Dashboard contains determinations signed after May 2019, was put into use on October 2, 2023, and 62 documents were added to it on June 25, 2025; entries are searchable by facility name, affected subpart, response date, or free-text search.
EPA offers alternative monitoring and interpretations
Under existing regulations the EPA responds to written inquiries and can issue applicability determinations, alternative monitoring decisions, and regulatory interpretations (for example under 40 CFR 60.13(i), 61.14(g), 63.8(b)(1), 63.8(f), and 63.10(f)). Facilities can request EPA permission to use monitoring or recordkeeping that differs from the rule text and can ask whether planned actions count as construction, reconstruction, or modification.
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