[Title 40 CFR 60.26]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2009 Edition]
[Title 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT]
[Chapter I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)]
[Subchapter C - AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)]
[Part 60 - STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES--]
[Subpart B - Adoption and Submittal of State Plans for Designated]
[Sec. 60.26 - Legal authority.]
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Sec. 60.26  Legal authority.

    (a) Each plan shall show that the State has legal authority to carry 
out the plan, including authority to:
    (1) Adopt emission standards and compliance schedules applicable to 
designated facilities.
    (2) Enforce applicable laws, regulations, standards, and compliance 
schedules, and seek injunctive relief.
    (3) Obtain information necessary to determine whether designated 
facilities are in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, 
standards, and compliance schedules, including authority to require 
recordkeeping and to make inspections and conduct tests of designated 
facilities.
    (4) Require owners or operators of designated facilities to install, 
maintain, and use emission monitoring devices and to make periodic 
reports to the State on the nature and amounts of emissions from such 
facilities; also authority for the State to make such data available to 
the public as reported and as correlated with applicable emission 
standards.
    (b) The provisions of law or regulations which the State determines 
provide the authorities required by this section shall be specifically 
identified. Copies of such laws or regulations shall be submitted with 
the plan unless:
    (1) They have been approved as portions of a preceding plan 
submitted under this subpart or as portions of an implementation plan 
submitted under section 110 of the Act, and
    (2) The State demonstrates that the laws or regulations are 
applicable to the designated pollutant(s) for which the plan is 
submitted.
    (c) The plan shall show that the legal authorities specified in this 
section are available to the State at the time of submission of the 
plan. Legal authority adequate to meet the requirements of paragraphs 
(a)(3) and (4) of this section may be delegated to the State under 
section 114 of the Act.
    (d) A State governmental agency other than the State air pollution 
control agency may be assigned responsibility for carrying out a portion 
of a plan if the plan demonstrates to the Administrator's satisfaction 
that the State governmental agency has the legal authority necessary to 
carry out that portion of the plan.
    (e) The State may authorize a local agency to carry out a plan, or 
portion thereof, within the local agency's jurisdiction if the plan 
demonstrates to the Administrator's satisfaction that the local agency 
has the legal authority necessary to implement the plan or portion 
thereof, and that the authorization does not relieve the State of 
responsibility under the Act for carrying out the plan or portion 
thereof.