# 2026-15377: EPA OKs San Joaquin Valley Air Rules for Ozone Standards

2026-15377, Air Plan Approval; California; San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, is a Federal Register rule from Environmental Protection Agency published 2026-07-30, effective 2026-08-31; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-06).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15377
- As of: 2026-08-06
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-15377
- Title: Air Plan Approval; California; San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency
- Citation: 91 FR 47962
- Published: 2026-07-30
- Effective: 2026-08-31
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-06

## In one line

EPA OKs San Joaquin Valley Air Rules for Ozone Standards

## Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a revision to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD or "District") portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning two rules submitted to address section 185 of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the "Act") with respect to the 2008 and 2015 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or "standards").

## Effects PRIA read

- SJVAPCD Ozone Fee Rules Federally Approved: cost, low. SJVAPCD Rules 3172 and 3173 (Federally Mandated Ozone Nonattainment Fees for the 2008 and 2015 8-hour ozone standards) were approved into the California SIP and become federally enforceable effective August 31, 2026. If you are an agency or person required to remit the assessed fees, those obligati…
- Redesignation Stops New Fees, Not Past Debt: cost, low. The EPA interprets the rules to mean that when the San Joaquin Valley is redesignated to attainment, the fees established by the rules stop accruing prospectively but do not excuse payment of fees already assessed or owed for prior years. The District also confirmed it interprets section 2.4 the sa…
- Federal/Citizen Enforcement and EPA Collection Power: cost, medium. Once Rules 3172 and 3173 are approved into the SIP, the fee-payment requirement (paragraph 5.1.2: each agency or person "shall remit" assessed fees) is enforceable by the EPA and by private citizens, and the EPA has authority under CAA section 185(d) to collect unpaid fees if the State fails to adm…

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## Sources
- [2026-15377 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/30/2026-15377/air-plan-approval-california-san-joaquin-valley-air-pollution-control-district)
- [2026-15377 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-30/pdf/2026-15377.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15377 (as of 2026-08-06).