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2. For the period between April 1,

1991, and May 31, 1991, paragraph (d) of

§ 117.911 is revised to read as follows:

Note: This is a temporary rule and will not

appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.

§ 117.911 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Uttle River to Savannah River. * * * * *l

(d) SR 171/700 bridge across Wappoo

Creek Mile 470.8 at Charleston. The

draw shall open on signal, except that

the draw need not open from 6 a.m. to 9

a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. From April I to November 30,

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays, the

bridge need not open except on the hour

and on the half-hour. From April 1 to

November 30, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., on

Saturdays, Sundays and Federal

holidays, the bridge need not open

except on the hour and half-hour.

Dated: April 9, 1991.

Robert E. Kramek,

RearAdmiral U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,

Seventh Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 91-9336 Filed 4-19-91; 8:45 am]

BILUNG CODE 4910-14-M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[AD-FRL-3923-5]

Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal

of State Implementation Plans; PM-IO,

Sulfur Dioxide, and Lead

Nonattainment and Unclassiflable Area

Designations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Information notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to sections 107

(d)(3) and (d)(5) of the Clean Air Act as

amended by the Clean Air Act

Amendments of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-549,

Nov. 15, 1990) (the Act), EPA is

authorized to promulgate designations

of new areas (or portions thereof) as

nonattainment, attainment, or

unclassifiable for particulate matter less

than or equal to 10 microns (PM-IO)

sulfur dioxide (SO2), and lead national

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS).

As required by the Act, EPA has

provided notification to all affected

States that the lead designations for

certain areas should be submitted or

that EPA believes that an area's PM-10

or SO 2 designation should be revised.

Pursuant to sections 107 (d)(4)(B] and

(d)(1)(C) of the Act, certain other areas

were designated as nonattainment, by

operation of law, for PM-10 and SO2,

respectively. For PM-10, this includes

areas previously identified as group I

and other areas with violations of the

PM-10 NAAQS prior to January 1, 1989.

For SO2, this includes areas which, prior

to enactment, were designated as not

attaining the primary and secondary

SO2 NAAQS.

The EPA is, by this notice, identifying

those PM-la, SO2, and lead areas for

which EPA has provided notification to

the affected States that EPA believes the

area's designation should be revised to

nonattainment or unclassifiable.

ADDRESSES: Information supporting the

basis for notifying a State that EPA

believes an area's PM-10 or SO2,

designation should be revised to

nonattainment or unclassifiable, as well

as the basis for requiring States to

submit new nonattainment or

unclassifiable designations for lead, can

be obtained frrom the respective EPA

Regional Office which serves the State

where the affected area is located. The

contracts and addresses of the Regional

Offices are:

Regional offices

" Acting Chief, State Air Programs Branch, EPA Region I, JFK Federal Building,

Boston, MA 02203-2211, (617) 565-3245; FTS 835-3245.

* William S. Baker, Chief, Air Programs Branch, EPA Region II, 26 Federal Plaza,

New York, NY 10278, (212) 264-2517; FTS 264-2517.

* Marcia Spink, Chief, Air Programs Branch, EPA Region III, 841 Chestnut

Building, Philadelphia, PA 19107, (215) 597-9075; FTS 597-9075.

" Bruce P. Miller, Chief, Air Programs Branch, EPA Region IV, 345 Courtland

Street, NE., Atlanta, GA 30365, (404) 347-2864; FTS 257-2864.

* Stephen H. Rothblatt, Chief, Air and Radiation Branch, EPA Region V, 230

South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353-2211; FTS 353-2211.

* Gerald Fontenot, Chief, Air Programs Branch, EPA Region VI, 1445 Ross

Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202-2733, (214) 655-7204; FTS 255-7204.

* Gale Wright, Chief, Air Branch, EPA Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue,

Kansas City, KS 66101, (913) 236-7020; FTS 27-7020.

" Douglas M. Skie, Chief, Air Programs Branch, EPA Region Viii, 999 18th

Street, Denver Place-Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202-2405, (303) 293-1750;

FTS 330-1750.

David L Calkins, Chief, Air Programs Branch, EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 744-1219; FTS 484-1219.

9 George Abel, Chief, Air Programs Branch, EPA Region X, 1200 Sixth Avenue,

Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 442-1275; FTS 339-1275.

States -IConnecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland. Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky. Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,

and Tennessee.

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, and Nevada.

Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry D. Wallace (PM-10), Particulate

Matter Programs Section, Air Quality

Management Division (MD-15), Office

of Air Quality Planning and

Standards, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27711, (919) 541-0906; FTS

629-0906.

Gretchen Hume (SO 2), Sulfur Dioxide

Programs Section, Air Quality

Management Division (MD-15), Office

of Air Quality Planning and

Standards, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27711, (919) 541-0642; FTS

629-0642.

Laurie Ostrand (Lead), Sulfur Dioxide

Programs Section, Air Quality

Management Division (MD-15), Office

of Air Quality Planning and

Standards, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27711, (919] 541-3277; FTS

629-3277.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background for PM-10

On July 1, 1987, the EPA promulgated

revised NAAQS for particulate matter

(PM) (52 FR 24634), replacing total

suspended particulates (TSP) as the

indicator for PM with a new indicator

called PM-10 that includes only those

particles with an aerodynamic diameter

less than or equal to a nominal 10

microns. At the same time, EPA set forth

regulations for implementing the revised

particulate matter standards and

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announced EPA's State implementation

plan (SIP) development policy

elaborating PM-10 control strategies

necessary to assure attainment and

maintenance of the PM-10 NAAQS (see

generally 52 FR 24672). The EPA

adopted a PM-10 SIP development

policy dividing all areas of the country

into three categories based on their

probability of violating the new

NAAQS: (1) Areas with a strong

likelihood of violating the new PM-10

NAAQS and requiring substantial SIP

adjustment were placed in group I; (2)

areas where attainment of the PM-10

NAAQS was possible and existing SIP's

needed less adjustment were placed in

group II; and (3) areas with a strong

likelihood of attaining the PM-l0

NAAQS and, therefore, needing

adjustments only to their

preconstruction review program and

monitoring network were placed in

group 111 52 FR 24672, 24679-24682).

Pursuant to section 107(d](4)(B) of the

Act, areas previously identified as group

I and other areas which had monitored

violations of the PM-10 NAAQS prior to

January 1, 1989 were, by operation of

law, designated nonattainment for PM10. Descriptions of the areas identified

as group I and II areas were clarified in

a Federal Register notice on October 31,

1990 (55 FR 45799). That notice also

identified group II areas which violated

the standards as of January 1, 1989. The

EPA has announced all of the areas that

were designated nonattainment by

operation of law for PM-10 upon

enactment of the Act in a Federal

Register notice dated March 15, 1991 (56

FR 11101).

In addition, EPA is authorized to

promulgate the designation of new areas

as nonattainment for PM-10 pursuant to

section 107(d)(3) of the Act on the basis

of air quality data, planning and control

considerations, or any other air qualityrelated consideration that the

Administrator deems appropriate. Based

upon available information, EPA has

notified the governors of those States

with areas which recorded violations of

the PM-10 NAAQS on or after January

1, 1989 and indicated that EPA believes

these areas should be redesignated as

nonattainment. After notification, the

governor of each affected State must

submit to EPA the designation which he

or she considers appropriate for each area in question within 120 days. For

administrative efficiency reasons, EPA

requested the States to submit the

designations by March 15, 1991 (the date

the lists of designations for all ozone and carbon monoxide areas are due

from the governor of each State

pursuant to section 107(d)(4)(A) of the

Act). No later than 120 days after the

State's response, if any, EPA must

promulgate those redesignations which

EPA deems necessary and appropriate.

The EPA is by today's notice

announcing that EPA believes available

air quality information indicates that 16

areas should be redesignated as

nonattainment for PM-lO, and that EPA

has so notified the governors of the

affected States. A list of the 16 areas is

provided below in table I. As discussed

above, after consideration of the State's

submittals, if any, EPA will promulgate

the designations which EPA deems

appropriate and necessary. Pursuant to

section 189(a)(2)(B) of the Act, States

must submit PM-10 SIP's for these areas

to EPA within 18 months after EPA

promulgates the nonattainment

designation.

Background for S02

Following the Clean Air Act

Amendments of 1977, EPA published areas identified by the States as

nonattaninment, attainment, or

unclassifiable. Any area designated as

not attaining the primary or secondary

SO2 NAAQS as of the date of enactment

of the 1990 Amendments was designated

nonattainment for S0 2 by operation of

law upon enactment, pursuant to section

107(d)(1)(C)(i) of the Act. The EPA will

formally codify these designations in 40

CFR part 81 when EPA codifies the

designations for other pollutants.

In addition, as described above, EPA

is authorized to promulgate the

designation of new areas (or portions

thereof) as nonattainment for SO2,

pursuant to section 107(d)(3) of the Act,

on the basis of air quality data, planning

and control considerations, or any other

air quality-related consideration the

Administrator deems appropriate. Based

upon available information, EPA has

notified the governors of the affected

States that EPA believes certain areas

should be designated as nonattainment

for SO2. After notification, the governor

of each affected State must submit to

EPA the designation he or she considers

appropriate for each area in question

within 120 days. For the reasons

described above, the EPA requested the

States to submit the designations by

March 15, 1991. No later than 120 days

after the State's response, if any, EPA

must promulgate those redesignations

EPA deems necessary and appropriate.

As mentioned above, for

administrative efficiency reasons, those

SO2 areas designated nonattainment by

operation of law upon enactment of the

Act will be formally codified in 40 CFR

part 81 when EPA codifies the

designations for other pollutants. The

EPA is by today's notice announcing

that EPA has notified the governors of

affected States that EPA believes 13

areas, listed in table II of this notice,

should be designated nonattainment for

SO2.

Pursuant to section 191(b) of the Act,

States must submit SIP's by May 15,

1992 for those S02 areas which are

designated nonattaiment by operation ot

law for the primary SO.0 NAAQS and

which lack a fully-approved SIP. For

those SO 2 areas designated

nonattainment after enactment, States

must submit SIP's to EPA within 18

months after promulgation of the

nonattainment designation, pursuant to

section 191(a) of the Act.

Background for Lead

In 1978, when EPA promulgated the

lead NAAQS, it was not authorized to

designate areas nonattainment,

attainment, or unclassifiable. Under

section 107(d)(5) of the Act, EPA is now

authorized to require States to designate

areas (or portions thereof) as

nonattainment, attainment, or

unclassifiable for lead. Sections 107

(d)(1) and (d)(5) of the Act permit EPA to

require States to submit lead

designations in a timeframe that EPA

deems reasonable, but no sooner than

120 days after date of notification nor

later than 1 year after the date of

notification. For the reasons described

above, the EPA requested the States to

submit the designations by March 15,

1991. The EPA must then promulgate

these designations no later than 1 year

after notifying the State of the

requirement to submit designations of

certain areas, but first notifying the

affected State of any modifications EPA

deems necessary and appropriate to the

State's submittal.

By today's notice, EPA is announcing

that it has notified the governors of

affected States that they should proceed

to designate as nonattainment those

areas that have recorded violations of

the lead NAAQS. In addition, EPA has

requested the governors to designate as

unclassifiable those areas that contain

stationary lead sources which EPA

believes to be capable of violating the

lead NAAQS, but for which existing air

quality data are insufficient to designate

as attainment or nonattainment. A list of

those areas EPA believes should be

designated to nonattainment and

unclassifiable for lead is provided in

table III below.

Any State containing an area that is

ultimately designated as nonattainment

for lead must submit a SIP to EPA within

18 months of the promulgation of the

nonattainment designation, pursuant to

section 191(a) of the Act.

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Today's Action

The EPA is, by this notice, identifying

for the public those PM-10, SO2, and

lead areas for which EPA has notified

the affected States that EPA believes the

area should be designated or the

designation should be revised to

nonattainment or unclassifiable. Upon

receipt of responses by the governors of

the affected States, EPA will review the

submitted information and conduct

appropriate rulemaking, at which time

the public will have additional

opportunity for review and comment.'

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81

Air pollution control, Lead, Participate

matter, Sulfur dioxide.

Authority: Sections 107(d), 110 and 301(a)

of the Clean Air Act as amended.

Dated: April 15,1991.

Michael Shapiro,

Acting Assistant Administratorfar Air and

Radiation.

Table .- PM-IO Designations

[Areas for which EPA has recently notified the affected State that EPA believes the area should

be redesignated as nonattainment for PM-10 *1

Arizona _................ Payson.

Bullhead City. California ...................... Sacramento County.

San Bernardino County. Colorado ........... Steamboat Springs.

Idaho ........................ Kootenai County.

Illinois ......................... Edgar County, Hunter and

Stratton twps.

La Salle County. Twp. 33N/

Range 2E/Section 30.

Michigan ..................... Bay County.

Missouri ...................... St. Louis County.

Montana ........................ Thompson Falls.

New Mexico ............ Bernalillo County.

New York ................. New York County.

Oregon . ....... Oakridge.

Washington ................... Benton County. West Virginia .......... City of Wierton.

*Based on PM-1O NAAQS violations measured on or after January 1, 1989.

TABLE II

[Areas for which EPA has recently notified the

affected States that EPA believes the area should

be redesignated as nonattainment for SO]

Primary Secondary State and counties standard standard

exceeded exceeded

Iowa:

Clinton Co ................... X X

Illinois:

Madison Co...... X X

St. ClairCo .......... X X

I Pursuant to section 107(d](2)(B) of the Act, the

promulgation of the lead designations is not subject

to the Administrative Procedures Act requirements for notice-and.comment rulemaking (5 U.S.C 553-

557). However, as a matter of public policy, EPA

may choose to provide such notice and comment or other opportunity for public review.

TABLE i--Continued

[Areas for which EPA has recently notified the

affected States that EPA believes the area should

be redesignated as nonattainment for SO2]

Primary Secondary State and counties standard standard

exceeded exceeded

Michigan:

Wayne Co ................... X X

Ohio:

Butler Co ..................... X X

Hamilton Co ................. X X

Oklahoma:

Kay Co .................. X ......................

Pennsylvania:

Allegheny Co .............. X .............. Warren Co .................. X .......................

Texas:

Harris Co ....... .................... Jefferson C ............... . ............. X

Wisconsin:

Douglas Co .................. X ......................

District of Columbia X X

TABLE III.-LEAD DESIGNATIONS

[Areas EPA believes should be designated nonattainment and unclassifiable for lead]

Primary &

State and counties secondary Cannot be

stanoards classified

exceeded

Alabama:

Pike Co ....................... x ............

Jefferson Co ................ x ...................

California:

Los Angeles Co ...................... X

Florida:

Hillsborough C ................................. X

Georgia:

Muscogee Co ......................... ...... X

Indiana:

Marion Co .................... X ....................... Louisiana:

East Baton Rouge Parish .- ___...... ........... X

Missouri:

Jefferson Co ................ X ....................

Holt Co ......................... ....................... . X

Iron Co. X .................. Dent Co ........................ ...................... X

Minnesota:

Dakota C .................... x ..................... Montana:

Lewis & Clerk Co ........ X ....................... Nebraska:

Douglas Co ................. X ..................... New YorkOrange Co ................ X ................... Onondaga Co ............ ......................... X

Ohio:

Cuyahoga Co .................................. ..... X

Pennsylvania:

Berks Co ..................... X .............. Tennessee:

Shelby Co .................... X ......................

Fayette Co ................................ X

Williamson Co ............. X ....................... Texas: Collin C . .................. X ................... .

Bexar Co ....... ..... ... ...... X

[FR Doc. 91-9369 Filed 4-19-91; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6 -60-0-M

140 CFR Part 281

[FRL-3923-7]

New Hampshire; Approval of State

Underground Storage Tank Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Tentative

Determination on Application of New

Hampshire for Final Approval, Public

Hearing, and Public Comment Period.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce that: (1) The Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has received a

complete application from the State of

New Hampshire requesting final

approval of its underground storage tank

(UST) program under subtitle I of the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA); (2) EPA has reviewed New

Hampshire's application and has made

the tentative decision that New

Hampshire's UST program satisfies all

of the requirements necessary to qualify

for final approval; (3) New Hampshire's

application for final approval is now

available for public review and copying;

(4) public comments are requested; and

(5) a public hearing will be held to solicit

comments on the application, if

requested.

DATES: A public hearing is scheduled for

May 23, 1991. The State of New

Hampshire will participate in the public

hearing held by EPA. The hearing will

begin at 10 a.m. and will continue until

the end of testimony or 1 p.m.,

whichever comes first. Requests to

present oral testimony must be filed by

May 17,1991. Written consent must be

received by May 23, 1991. EPA reserves

the right to cancel the hearing should

there be no significant public interest.

Those informing EPA of their intention

to testify will be notified of the

cancellation.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests to

testify should be mailed to Susan

Hanamoto, Underground Storage-Tank

Program, HPU-1, U.S. EPA, Region L JFK

Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203.

Copies of New Hampshire's final

application for program approval are

available 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, at the following locations for

review.

New Hampshire Department of

Environmental Services, 6 Hazen

Drive, Concord. NH 03302, Phone:

(603) 271-3644;

U.S. EPA Headquarters, Library, room

211A, 401 M Street, Washington, DC

20460, Phone: (202) 382-5926;

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