§ 13-17-5-10 — Evaluation of nonattainment areas; air pollution reduction and regulatory relief strategies

Indiana § 13-17-5-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 17: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
• Ch. 5: Motor Vehicle Emission Control

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Not later than December 31, 2025, the
department shall do the following:
(1) Perform a comprehensive evaluation of ambient air quality
within any nonattainment areas in Indiana.
(2) Identify air pollution reduction or regulatory relief strategies
that can do the following with respect to the federal Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), as amended by the federal Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 (P.L.101-549):
(A) Ensure that affected areas within Indiana are no longer
designated as nonattainment.
(B) Result in the eventual phase out of the inspection and
maintenance program for light duty vehicles.
(C) Meet emissions goals.
(D) Appropriately address air pollution contributions to
nonattainment areas in Indiana from sources that cannot be
addressed by state or local controls, including contributions
from international, natural or background, interstate, mobile,
and stationary sources as well as exceptional events that are
unlikely to recur.
(E) Result in the withdrawal of Lake County and Porter County
from the Metropolitan Chicago Interstate Air Quality Control
Region.
In identifying strategies under subdivision (2), the department must
coordinate with the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.187-2025, SEC.1.