Reasonable Further Progress

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023250",
  "term": "Reasonable Further Progress",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Annual incremental reductions in air pollutant emissions as reflected in a State Implementation Plan that EPA deems sufficient to provide for the attainment of the applicable national ambient air quality standards by the statutory deadline.\n\n2. For the purposes of the 8-hour NAAQS, the progress reductions required under section 172(c)(2) and section 182(b)(1) and (c)(2)(B) and (c)(2)(C) of the CAA.\n\n3. Incremental emissions reductions toward attainment required under sections 172(c)(2) and 171(1).\n\n4. Emissions reductions required under CAA sections 172(c)(2), 182(c)(2)(B), 182(c)(2)(C), and § 51.1310. The EPA interprets RFP under CAA section 172(c)(2) to be an average 3 percent per year emissions reduction of either VOC or NOX.",
  "abbreviation": "RFP",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 51.900 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 51.1000 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 51.1300 (CFR 2019)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/reasonable-further-progress/"
}