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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 81 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0918; FRL–9925–76– 

OAR] 

Additional Air Quality Designations 

and Technical Amendment To Correct 

Inadvertent Error in Air Quality 

Designations for the 2012 Primary 

Annual Fine Particle (PM2.5) National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is establishing air quality 

designations in the United States (U.S.) 

for the 2012 primary annual fine 

particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS) for five 

areas in Georgia and neighboring 

counties in Alabama and South 

Carolina. The EPA is also changing the 

initial designation of one area in Ohio, 

two areas in Pennsylvania, one area 

shared between Indiana and Kentucky, 

and one area shared between Kentucky 

and Ohio for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. 

These states have recently submitted 

complete, quality-assured, and certified 

air quality data for 2014, and based on 

that data the EPA is finalizing 

appropriate initial designations for these 

areas. Lastly, the EPA is making one 

minor technical amendment to correct 

an inadvertent error in the initial 

designation for a county in 

Pennsylvania with respect to the 2012 

PM2.5 NAAQS. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

April 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0918. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

i.e., Confidential Business Information 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center, 

William Jefferson Clinton West 

Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744 and 

the telephone number for the Air Docket 

is (202) 566–1742. 

In addition, the EPA has established 

a Web site for these rulemakings at: 

http:/http://epa.gov/pmdesignations/

2012standards/index.htm. This Web 

site includes the EPA’s final PM2.5

designations, as well as state and tribal 

initial recommendation letters, the 

EPA’s modification letters, technical 

support documents, responses to 

comments and other related technical 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions concerning this 

action, please contact Andy Chang, U.S. 

EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards, Air Quality Planning 

Division, C539–04, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541– 

2416, email at chang.andy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

REGIONAL OFFICE CONTACTS: 

Region 3—Leslie Jones, (215) 814–3409, 

jones.leslie@epa.gov, 

Region 4—Joel Huey, (404) 562–9104, 

huey.joel@epa.gov, and 

Region 5—Carolyn Persoon, (312) 353– 

8290, persoon.carolyn@epa.gov. 

The public may inspect the rule and 

state-specific technical support 

information at the following locations: 

Regional offices States 

EPA Region 3: Office of Air Program Planning, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103–2187, (215) 814–2178.Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and 

West Virginia. 

EPA Region 4: Air Planning Branch, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 

61 Forsyth, Street, SW, 12th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303–8960, (404) 

562–9127.

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

South Carolina and Tennessee. 

EPA Region 5: Air Programs Branch, Ralph Metcalfe Federal Building, 

77 West Jackson Street, Chicago, IL 60604–3590, (312) 886–6043.

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

Table of Contents 

The following is an outline of the 

Preamble. 

I. Background 

II. Purpose and Designation Decisions Based 

on 2012–2014 Data 

A. Deferred Areas Designated 

Unclassifiable/Attainment Based on 

2012–2014 Data 

B. Nonattainment Designations Changing 

to Unclassifiable/Attainment or 

Unclassifiable Based on 2012–2014 Data 

C. Minor Technical Amendment To Correct 

Inadvertent Error 

III. Environmental Justice Considerations 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(UMRA) 

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

and Safety Risks 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution or Use 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act (NTTAA) 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions 

To Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations 

K. Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

L. Judicial Review 

I. Background 

On December 14, 2012, the EPA 

promulgated a revised primary annual 

PM2.5 NAAQS to provide increased 

protection of public health and welfare 

from fine particle pollution (78 FR 3086; 

January 15, 2013). In that action, the 

EPA revised the primary annual PM2.5

standard, strengthening it from 15.0 

micrograms per cubic meter (mg/m3) to 

12.0 mg/m3, which is attained when the 

3-year average of the annual arithmetic 

means does not exceed 12.0 mg/m3. 

Section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7407(d), governs the 

process for initial area designations after 

the EPA establishes a new or revised 

NAAQS. Under section 107(d), each 

governor is required to, and each tribal 

leader may, if they so choose, 


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1For more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

ttncaaa1/t1/memoranda/20120117indiancountry.

pdf. 

2See also the technical support documents for the 

deferred Georgia areas in the rulemaking docket, 

documents numbered EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0918– 

0324 and EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0918–0156. 

recommend air quality designations, 

including the appropriate boundaries 

for ‘‘nonattainment’’ areas, to the EPA 

by a date which cannot be later than 1 

year after the promulgation of a new or 

revised NAAQS. The EPA considers 

these recommendations as part of its 

duty to promulgate the formal area 

designations and boundaries for the new 

or revised NAAQS. If, after careful 

consideration of these 

recommendations, public input received 

and the EPA’s own technical analyses, 

the EPA believes that it is necessary to 

modify a state’s recommendation and to 

promulgate a designation different from 

a state’s recommendation, then the EPA 

must notify the state at least 120 days 

prior to promulgating the final 

designation and the EPA must provide 

the state an opportunity to demonstrate 

why any proposed modification is 

inappropriate. These modifications may 

relate either to an area’s designation 

category or to the boundaries of an area. 

On December 18, 2014, the 

Administrator of the EPA signed a final 

action promulgating initial designations 

for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS for the 

majority of the U.S., including areas of 

Indian country. That rulemaking, which 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 15, 2015 (80 FR 2206), 

designated 14 areas in six states, 

including two multi-state areas, as 

nonattainment for the 2012 PM2.5

NAAQS. The EPA also designated three 

areas, including the entire state of 

Illinois, as ‘‘unclassifiable’’ because the 

ambient air quality monitoring sites in 

these areas lacked complete data for the 

relevant period from 2011–2013. In the 

absence of complete monitoring data, 

the EPA could not determine, based on 

available information, whether these 

areas meet or do not meet the NAAQS, 

and also could not determine whether 

these areas contribute to a nearby 

violation. Lastly, the EPA deferred 

initial area designations for 10 areas 

where available data, including air 

quality monitoring data, were 

insufficient to determine whether the 

areas meet or do not meet the NAAQS. 

For these areas, the EPA noted that it 

believed additional future air quality 

monitoring data would result in 

complete and valid data sufficient to 

inform a designation determination. 

Accordingly, the EPA deferred 

designations for these areas and stated 

that it would use the additional time 

available as provided under section 

107(d)(1)(B) of the CAA to assess 

relevant information and subsequently 

promulgate initial designations for the 

identified areas through a separate 

rulemaking action or actions. The 10 

deferred areas included: Eight areas in 

the state of Georgia, including two 

neighboring counties in the bordering 

states of Alabama and South Carolina; 

the entire state of Tennessee, excluding 

three counties in the Chattanooga area; 

and, the entire state of Florida. The EPA 

designated all the remaining state areas 

and areas of Indian country as 

unclassifiable/attainment. Consistent 

with the EPA’s ‘‘Policy for Establishing 

Separate Air Quality Designations for 

Areas of Indian Country’’ (December 20, 

2011), the EPA designated one area of 

Indian country separately from its 

adjacent/surrounding state areas.1 The 

lands of the Pechanga Band of Luisen ̃ o 

Mission Indians in Southern California 

were designated as a separate 

unclassifiable/attainment area. 

The EPA’s January 15, 2015, 

rulemaking also described a process by 

which the EPA would evaluate any 

complete, quality-assured, certified air 

quality monitoring data from 2014 that 

a state submitted for consideration 

before February 27, 2015 (80 FR 2209). 

The EPA stated that it would evaluate 

whether, with the inclusion of certified 

2014 data, the 3-year design value for 

2012–2014 suggests that a change in the 

initial designation would be appropriate 

for an area. If the EPA agreed that a 

change in the initial designation would 

be appropriate, the EPA would 

withdraw the designation announced in 

the January 15, 2015, action for such 

area before the effective date and issue 

another designation reflecting the 

inclusion of 2014 data (80 FR 2209). 

II. Purpose and Designation Decisions 

Based on 2012–2014 Data 

The purposes of this action are to: 

announce and promulgate initial area 

designations of unclassifiable/

attainment for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS 

for five areas in the state of Georgia, 

including two neighboring counties in 

the bordering states of Alabama and 

South Carolina that were initially 

deferred in the EPA’s January 15, 2015, 

rulemaking; change the designation of 

one area in Ohio, two areas in 

Pennsylvania, one area shared between 

Indiana and Kentucky, and one area 

shared between Kentucky and Ohio; and 

make one minor technical amendment 

to correct an inadvertent error in the 

designation for Allegheny County, 

Pennsylvania. A discussion of each of 

these actions follows below. 

A. Deferred Areas Designated 

Unclassifiable/Attainment Based on 

2012–2014 Data 

In this action, the EPA is designating 

five areas as unclassifiable/attainment 

in the state of Georgia, and two 

neighboring counties in the bordering 

states of Alabama and South Carolina, 

all of which were initially deferred in 

the EPA’s January 15, 2015, rulemaking: 

Augusta (Richmond County and 

Columbia County in Georgia and Aiken 

County in South Carolina); Columbus 

(Muscogee County in Georgia and 

Russell County in Alabama); Savannah, 

Georgia (Chatham County and 

Effingham County); Valdosta, Georgia 

(Brooks County and Lowndes County); 

and Washington County, Georgia. The 

EPA’s January 15, 2015, rulemaking 

stated that with respect to deferred 

areas, the EPA would use the additional 

time available as provided under section 

107(d)(1)(B) of the CAA to assess 

relevant information and subsequently 

promulgate initial designations for the 

identified areas through separate 

rulemaking action or actions (80 FR 

2207).2 This final action promulgating 

initial designations fulfills that 

commitment with respect to these five 

areas in the state of Georgia, and the two 

neighboring counties in the bordering 

states of Alabama and South Carolina. 

We emphasize that the EPA is not at this 

time promulgating initial designations 

for the remainder of the areas in the U.S. 

that were deferred in the EPA’s January 

15, 2015, action. 

In the January 15, 2015, action, the 

EPA stated that for areas deferred due to 

lack of sufficient data, the agency would 

evaluate any complete, quality-assured, 

certified air quality monitoring data 

from 2014 that a state submitted for 

consideration before February 27, 2015 

(80 FR 2210). The states of Georgia, 

Alabama and South Carolina each 

submitted to the EPA complete, qualityassured, and certified air quality 

monitoring data from 2014 for five 

deferred areas by the prescribed 

deadline. These data provide the EPA 

with sufficient information to 

promulgate initial designations for these 

five areas. Specifically, the EPA is 

designating these five areas as 

unclassifiable/attainment because the 

2014 air quality data collected in these 

states and submitted to the EPA indicate 

that the areas are attaining the 2012 

PM2.5 NAAQS. These designations are 

consistent with the state of Georgia’s 

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3The period for public comment was open from 

February 15, 2013, to April 8, 2013 (78 FR 11124 

and 78 FR 17915). 

4Available in the rulemaking docket, document 

number EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0918–0322. 

5Available in the rulemaking docket, document 

number EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0918–0322. 

boundaries for the standard, for which 

the public had an opportunity to 

provide comment and input during the 

public comment period provided by the 

EPA for the initial area designations 

process.3

B. Nonattainment Designations 

Changing to Unclassifiable/Attainment 

or Unclassifiable Based on 2012–2014 

Data 

Based on complete, quality-assured, 

and certified air quality monitoring data 

from 2014 submitted to the EPA by 

several states prior to the February 27, 

2015, deadline prescribed in the January 

15, 2015, rulemaking, the EPA is 

changing the initial designation status 

for five areas. As noted in the 

Background section of this preamble, 

the EPA established a process in the 

January 15, 2015, rulemaking for 

considering 2014 air quality data in the 

event that such data would change the 

initial designation for an area. In cases 

where we agree that a change in the 

initial designation would be 

appropriate, the EPA would withdraw 

the designation announced in the 

January 15, 2015, action for such area 

before the effective date of April 15, 

2015, and issue another designation 

reflecting the inclusion of 2014 data. 

Pursuant to this process, the EPA is 

changing the initial designation of the 

following five areas for the 2012 PM2.5

NAAQS: Canton, Ohio; Allentown, 

Pennsylvania; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; 

Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Kentucky 

and Louisville, Kentucky-Indiana. The 

EPA is changing the initial designation 

of all areas except for Louisville from 

nonattainment to unclassifiable/

attainment. The initial designation for 

the Louisville area is changing from 

nonattainment to unclassifiable. 

Procedurally, these changes in initial 

designations are consistent with our 

early data certification and evaluation 

process, as described earlier and in the 

January 15, 2015, rulemaking. The states 

of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and 

Pennsylvania submitted complete, 

quality-assured, and certified air quality 

monitoring data from 2014 to the EPA 

by the prescribed deadline. With the 

inclusion of the 2014 data that was 

submitted for each monitor, the 3-year 

design values for 2012—2014 justify 

changing the initial designation for 

these areas with respect to the 2012 

PM2.5 NAAQS. 

The tables at the end of this final rule 

(amendments to 40 CFR 81.301— 

Alabama, 40 CFR 81.311—Georgia, 40 

CFR 81.315—Indiana, 40 CFR 81.318— 

Kentucky, 40 CFR 81.336—Ohio, 40 

CFR 31.339—Pennsylvania and 40 CFR 

81.341—South Carolina) list all areas for 

which the EPA is changing the initial 

designation in each impacted state. This 

action does not impact any areas of 

Indian country. 

1. Additional information about the 

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY area. The 

EPA’s final technical support document 

(TSD) for the Cincinnati-Hamilton, 

Ohio-Kentucky area 4 provided support 

for the EPA’s conclusion that all or 

portions of seven counties should be 

designated as nonattainment based on 

contribution to two violating monitors 

in Hamilton County, Ohio and one 

violating monitor in Butler County, 

Ohio. The final TSD notes that the 

violating monitor site in Butler County, 

Ohio [Air Quality Systems (AQS) ID 39– 

017–0020] began operation in the 

middle of 2011 as a special purpose 

monitor, as required by a permit for a 

nearby facility. Because the monitor had 

been in operation longer than the 2-year 

special purpose monitor timeframe 

(codified in 40 CFR part 58 subchapter 

C), the monitor automatically became 

comparable to the NAAQS. However, 

the EPA noted in the TSD that the 2015 

annual ambient monitoring plan 

(AAMP) from the local agency that 

operates the site included a request to 

exempt that site from comparison to the 

2012 PM2.5 NAAQS given that the intent 

of the monitor is to measure 

concentrations specifically at the facility 

as part of the facility’s operating permit 

requirements. At the time of the initial 

designation for the Cincinnati-Hamilton, 

Ohio-Kentucky area, the EPA had not 

yet evaluated or responded to the 

exemption request and noted that even 

in the absence of a violating monitor in 

Butler County, Ohio the area would still 

be designated as nonattainment due to 

its contribution to two other violating 

monitors in Hamilton County, based on 

data from 2011–2013. 

Subsequent to promulgation of the 

initial designations, the EPA agreed 

with Ohio’s request in the 2015 AAMP 

to exempt AQS site ID 36–017–0020 in 

Butler County, Ohio from comparison to 

the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. To ensure 

continued protection of public health 

and welfare, the EPA has requested and 

the state of Ohio has agreed to operate 

a new monitoring site in the area that 

can be used in the future for comparison 

to the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. In addition, 

the availability of complete, qualityassured, and certified 2014 air quality 

data from monitors in the surrounding 

area shows that the area meets the 2012 

PM2.5 NAAQS based on 2012–2014 data. 

Therefore, the EPA is changing the 

designation status of the CincinnatiHamilton, Ohio-Kentucky area from 

nonattainment to unclassifiable/

attainment. 

2. Additional information about the 

Louisville, KY-IN area. The EPA’s initial 

nonattainment designation for the 

Louisville, Kentucky-Indiana area was 

based on ambient air quality data 

collected from 2011–2013 at a monitor 

in Clark County, Indiana showing a 

violation of the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. In 

the final TSD for the Louisville area,5

the EPA noted that air quality data in 

neighboring Jefferson County, Kentucky 

were invalid due to issues with the 

collection and analysis of PM2.5 filterbased samples. The EPA further 

explained that if Indiana elected to early 

certify 2014 ambient air quality data 

showing that the monitor in Clark 

County, Indiana meets the 2012 PM2.5

NAAQS for the design value period 

2012–2014, the EPA would designate 

the Louisville, Kentucky-Indiana area as 

unclassifiable. Indiana submitted 

complete, quality-assured, and certified 

2014 data from an ambient air quality 

monitor in Clark County, Indiana by the 

prescribed deadline of February 27, 

2015, showing that the monitor is 

attaining the NAAQS. Accordingly, in 

conjunction with Indiana’s submission 

of certified 2014 air quality data, and for 

the reasons explained in the January 15, 

2015, rulemaking and supporting TSD, 

the EPA is changing the initial 

designation of the Louisville, KentuckyIndiana area from nonattainment to 

unclassifiable. Since the data in the 

Jefferson County, Kentucky portion of 

this area are invalid because of 

significant problems with the collection 

and analysis of PM2.5 filter-based 

samples, an unclassifiable designation is 

appropriate because the EPA is not able 

to determine whether air quality in the 

entire Louisville, Kentucky-Indiana area 

is meeting the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS, or 

whether the area is contributing to a 

potential violation in the Jefferson 

County, Kentucky portion of the area. 

C. Minor Technical Amendment To 

Correct Inadvertent Error 

This rulemaking also promulgates a 

minor technical amendment to correct 

an inadvertent error in the designation 

listing for Allegheny County in the state 

of Pennsylvania. This technical 

amendment clarifies that the entirety of 

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is 

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published on January 15, 2015, 

Allegheny County is listed twice in the 

designation tables for the 2012 PM2.5

NAAQS in 40 CFR part 81. In the first 

entry of the table at 40 CFR 81.339 table 

(80 FR 2264), Allegheny County is 

correctly listed as nonattainment. 

However, the second entry under 

‘‘AQCR 197 Southwest Pennsylvania 

Intrastate,’’ lists the remainder of 

Allegheny County as unclassifiable/

attainment (80 FR 2266). The EPA is 

amending the designation table for 

Pennsylvania to reflect that the entirety 

of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is 

nonattainment for the 2012 PM2.5

NAAQS, and that there is no portion of 

Allegheny County designated 

unclassifiable/attainment for the 

NAAQS. 

III. Environmental Justice 

Considerations 

The CAA requires the EPA to 

determine through a designation process 

whether an area meets or does not meet 

any new or revised national primary or 

secondary ambient air quality standard. 

This action includes initial designation 

determinations for several areas of the 

U.S. for the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS, 

and includes revisions to prior 

designation decisions based on the 

availability of recent air quality data 

showing that areas meet the 2012 

annual PM2.5 NAAQS. These 

designations ensure that the public is 

properly informed about the air quality 

in an area, and that in locations where 

air quality does not meet the NAAQS 

the relevant state authorities are 

required to initiate appropriate air 

quality management actions under the 

CAA to ensure that all those residing, 

working, attending school or otherwise 

present in those areas, regardless of 

minority and economic status, are 

protected. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

This action is exempt from review by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

because it responds to the CAA 

requirement to promulgate air quality 

designations after promulgation of a 

new or revised NAAQS. 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

This action does not impose an 

information collection burden under the 

PRA. This action fulfills the nondiscretionary duty for the EPA to 

promulgate air quality designations after 

promulgation of a new or revised 

NAAQS and does not contain any 

information collection activities. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

This action is not subject to the RFA. 

The RFA applies only to rules subject to 

notice and comment rulemaking 

requirements under the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 553, or 

any other statute. This rule is not 

subject to the APA but is subject to CAA 

section 107(d)(2)(B), which does not 

require notice and comment rulemaking 

to take this action. 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(UMRA) 

This action does not contain any 

unfunded mandate as described in 

UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538 and does 

not significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. The action implements 

mandates specifically and explicitly set 

forth in the CAA for the 2012 PM2.5

NAAQS (40 CFR 50.18). The CAA 

establishes the process whereby states 

take primary responsibility for 

developing plans to meet the 2012 PM2.5

NAAQS. 

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

This action does not have federalism 

implications. It will not have a 

substantial direct effects on the states, 

on the relationship between the national 

government and the states, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

This action does not have tribal 

implications. Areas of Indian country 

are not being designated as part of this 

action. 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

and Safety Risks 

The EPA interprets Executive Order 

13045 as applying to those regulatory 

actions that concern environmental 

health or safety risks that the EPA has 

reason to believe may 

disproportionately affect children, per 

the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory 

action’’ in section 2–202 of the 

Executive Order. This action is not 

subject to Executive Order 13045 

because it does not establish an 

environmental standard intended to 

mitigate health or safety risks. 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution or Use 

This action is not subject to Executive 

Order 13211, because it is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act (NTTAA) 

This rulemaking does not involve 

technical standards. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

The EPA believes the human health or 

environmental risk addressed by this 

action will not have potential 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects 

on any population, including any 

minority, low-income or indigenous 

populations because it does not affect 

the level of protection provided to 

human health or the environment. The 

results of this evaluation of 

environmental justice considerations is 

contained in section III of this preamble 

titled, ‘‘Environmental Justice 

Considerations.’’ 

K. Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

This action is subject to the CRA, and 

the EPA will submit a rule report to 

each House of the Congress and to the 

Comptroller General of the U.S. This 

action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined 

by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

L. Judicial Review 

Section 307 (b)(1) of the CAA 

indicates which Federal Courts of 

Appeal have venue for petitions of 

review of final actions by the EPA. This 

section provides, in part, that petitions 

for review must be filed in the Court of 

Appeals for the District of Columbia 

Circuit: (i) When the agency action 

consists of ‘‘nationally applicable 

regulations promulgated, or final actions 

taken by the Administrator,’’ or (ii) 

when such action is locally or regionally 

applicable, if ‘‘such action is based on 

a determination of nationwide scope or 

effect and if in taking such action the 

Administrator finds and publishes that 

such action is based on such a 

determination.’’ 

This final action designating areas 

across the U.S. for the 2012 annual 

PM2.5 NAAQS is ‘‘nationally 

applicable’’ within the meaning of 

section 307(b)(1). At the core of this 

final action is the EPA’s interpretations 

of the definitions of nonattainment, 

attainment and unclassifiable under 

section 107(d)(1) of the CAA, and its 


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application of those interpretations to 

areas across the country. For the same 

reasons, the Administrator is also 

determining that the final designations 

are of nationwide scope and effect for 

the purposes of section 307(b)(1). This 

is particularly appropriate because, in 

the report on the 1977 Amendments that 

revised section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

Congress noted that the Administrator’s 

determination that an action is of 

‘‘nationwide scope or effect’’ would be 

appropriate for any action that has a 

scope or effect beyond a single judicial 

circuit. H.R. Rep. No. 95–294 at 323, 

324, reprinted in 1977 U.S.C.C.A.N. 

1402–03. Here, the scope and effect of 

this final action extends to numerous 

judicial circuits since the designations 

apply to areas across the country. In 

these circumstances, section 307(b)(1) 

and its legislative history calls for the 

Administrator to find the action to be of 

‘‘nationwide scope or effect’’ and for 

venue to be in the D.C. Circuit. 

Thus, any petitions for review of final 

designations must be filed in the Court 

of Appeals for the District of Columbia 

Circuit within 60 days from the date 

final action is published in the Federal 

Register. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, National parks, 

Wilderness areas. 

Dated: March 31, 2015. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 


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For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 40 CFR part 81 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 81—DESIGNATIONS OF AREAS 

FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING 

PURPOSES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 81 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq. 

Subpart C—Section 107 Attainment 

Status Designations 

■ 2. Section 81.301 is amended by 

revising the table entitled ‘‘Alabama— 

2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS (Primary)’’ 

to read as follows: 

§ 81.301 Alabama. 

* * * * * 

ALABAMA—2012 ANNUAL PM2.5 NAAQS 

[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Statewide: 

Autauga County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Baldwin County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Barbour County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bibb County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Blount County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bullock County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Butler County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Calhoun County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Chambers County ................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Cherokee County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Chilton County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Choctaw County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Clarke County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Clay County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Cleburne County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Coffee County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Colbert County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Conecuh County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Coosa County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Covington County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Crenshaw County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Cullman County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Dale County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Dallas County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

DeKalb County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Elmore County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Escambia County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Etowah County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Fayette County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Franklin County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Geneva County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Greene County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hale County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Henry County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Houston County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jackson County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jefferson County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lamar County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lauderdale County .................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lawrence County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lee County .............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Limestone County ................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lowndes County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Macon County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Madison County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Marengo County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Marion County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Marshall County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Mobile County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Monroe County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Montgomery County ................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Morgan County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Perry County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Pickens County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Pike County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Randolph County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Russell County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................


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[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Shelby County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

St. Clair County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Sumter County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Talladega County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Tallapoosa County .................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Tuscaloosa County .................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Walker County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Washington County ................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Wilcox County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Winston County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

1 Includes areas of Indian country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified. 

2This date is April 15, 2015, unless otherwise noted. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Section 81.311 is amended by 

revising the table entitled ‘‘Georgia— 

2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS (Primary)’’ 

to read as follows: 

§ 81.311 Georgia. 

* * * * * 

GEORGIA—2012 ANNUAL PM2.5 NAAQS 

[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Statewide: 

Appling County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Atkinson County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bacon County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Baker County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Baldwin County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Banks County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Barrow County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bartow County ......................... ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Ben Hill County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Berrien County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bibb County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bleckley County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Brantley County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Brooks County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bryan County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bulloch County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Burke County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Butts County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Calhoun County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Camden County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Candler County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Carroll County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Catoosa County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Charlton County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Chatham County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Chattahoochee County ............ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Chattooga County ................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Cherokee County .................... ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Clarke County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Clay County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Clayton County ........................ ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Clinch County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Cobb County ........................... ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Coffee County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Colquitt County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Columbia County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Cook County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Coweta County ........................ ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Crawford County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Crisp County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Dade County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Dawson County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................


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[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Decatur County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

DeKalb County ........................ ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Dodge County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Dooly County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Dougherty County ................... ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Douglas County ....................... ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Early County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Echols County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Effingham County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Elbert County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Emanuel County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Evans County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Fannin County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Fayette County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Floyd County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Forsyth County ........................ ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Franklin County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Fulton County .......................... ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Gilmer County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Glascock County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Glynn County ........................... ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Gordon County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Grady County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Greene County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Gwinnett County ...................... ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Habersham County ................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hall County .............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hancock County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Haralson County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Harris County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hart County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Heard County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Henry County .......................... ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Houston County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Irwin County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jackson County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jasper County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jeff Davis County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jefferson County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jenkins County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Johnson County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jones County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lamar County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lanier County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Laurens County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lee County .............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Liberty County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lincoln County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Long County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lowndes County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lumpkin County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

McDuffie County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

McIntosh County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Macon County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Madison County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Marion County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Meriwether County .................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Miller County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Mitchell County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Monroe County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Montgomery County ................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Morgan County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Murray County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Muscogee County ................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Newton County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Oconee County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Oglethorpe County .................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Paulding County ...................... ........................ ........................................................ ........................

Peach County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................


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[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Pickens County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Pierce County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Pike County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Polk County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Pulaski County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Putnam County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Quitman County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Rabun County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Randolph County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Richmond County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Rockdale County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Schley County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Screven County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Seminole County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Spalding County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Stephens County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Stewart County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Sumter County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Talbot County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Taliaferro County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Tattnall County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Taylor County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Telfair County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Terrell County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Thomas County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Tift County ............................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Toombs County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Towns County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Treutlen County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Troup County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Turner County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Twiggs County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Union County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Upson County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Walker County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Walton County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Ware County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Warren County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Washington County ................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Wayne County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Webster County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Wheeler County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

White County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Whitfield County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Wilcox County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Wilkes County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Wilkinson County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Worth County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

1 Includes areas of Indian country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified. 

2This date is April 15, 2015, unless otherwise noted. 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Section 81.315 is amended by 

revising the table entitled ‘‘Indiana— 

2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS (Primary)’’ 

to read as follows: 

§ 81.315 Indiana. 

* * * * * 

INDIANA—2012 ANNUAL PM2.5 NAAQS 

[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Louisville, KY-IN: 

Clark County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable ................................. ........................

Floyd County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable ................................. ........................

Chicago Area, IL-IN: 


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Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Lake County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable ................................. ........................

Porter County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable ................................. ........................

Rest of State: 

Adams County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Allen County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bartholomew County ............... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Benton County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Blackford County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Boone County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Brown County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Carroll County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Cass County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Clay County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Clinton County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Crawford County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Daviess County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

DeKalb County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Dearborn County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Decatur County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Delaware County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Dubois County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Elkhart County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Fayette County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Fountain County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Franklin County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Fulton County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Gibson County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Grant County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Greene County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hamilton County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hancock County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Harrison County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hendricks County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Henry County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Howard County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Huntington County ................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jackson County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jasper County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jay County .............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jefferson County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jennings County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Johnson County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Knox County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Kosciusko County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

LaGrange County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

La Porte County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lawrence County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Madison County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Marion County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Marshall County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Martin County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Miami County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Monroe County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Montgomery County ................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Morgan County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Newton County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Noble County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Ohio County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Orange County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Owen County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Parke County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Perry County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Pike County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Posey County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Pulaski County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Putnam County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Randolph County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Ripley County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Rush County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................


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[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Scott County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Shelby County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Spencer County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

St. Joseph County ................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Starke County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Steuben County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Sullivan County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Switzerland County ................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Tippecanoe County ................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Tipton County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Union County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Vanderburgh County ............... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Vermillion County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Vigo County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Wabash County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Warren County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Warrick County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Washington County ................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Wayne County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Wells County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

White County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Whitley County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

1 Includes areas of Indian country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified. 

2This date is April 15, 2015, unless otherwise noted. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. Section 81.318 is amended by 

revising the table entitled ‘‘Kentucky— 

2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS (Primary)’’ 

to read as follows: 

§ 81.318 Kentucky. 

* * * * * 

KENTUCKY—2012 ANNUAL PM2.5 NAAQS 

[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Louisville, KY-IN: 

Bullitt County (part) ................. ........................ Unclassifiable ................................. ........................

2010 Census tracts: 

201.01, 201.02, 201.03, 

202.01, 202.02. 203, 

204, 205, 206.01, 

206.02, 207.01, 207.02, 

208, 211.01 and 211.02.

........................ ........................................................ ........................

Jefferson County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable ................................. ........................

Rest of State: 

Adair County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Allen County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Anderson County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Ballard County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Barren County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bath County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bell County .............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Boone ...................................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bourbon County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Boyd County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Boyle County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bracken County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Breathitt County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Breckinridge County ................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Bullitt County (remainder) ....... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Butler County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Caldwell County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Calloway County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Campbell County ..................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Carlisle County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Carroll County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................


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Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Carter County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Casey County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Christian County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Clark County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Clay County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Clinton County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Crittenden County ................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Cumberland County ................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Daviess County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Edmonson County ................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Elliott County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Estill County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Fayette County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Fleming County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Floyd County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Franklin County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Fulton County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Gallatin County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Garrard County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Grant County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Graves County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Grayson County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Green County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Greenup County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hancock County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hardin County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Harlan County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Harrison County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hart County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Henderson County .................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Henry County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hickman County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Hopkins County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jackson County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Jessamine County ................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Johnson County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Kenton County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Knott County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Knox County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Larue County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Laurel County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lawrence County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lee County .............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Leslie County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Letcher County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lewis County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lincoln County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Livingston County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Logan County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Lyon County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

McCracken County .................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

McCreary County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

McLean County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Madison County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Magoffin County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Marion County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Marshall County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Martin County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Mason County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Meade County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Menifee County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Mercer County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Metcalfe County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Monroe County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Montgomery County ................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Morgan County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Muhlenberg County ................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Nelson County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Nicholas County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................


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Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Ohio County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Oldham County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Owen County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Owsley County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Pendleton County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Perry County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Pike County ............................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Powell County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Pulaski County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Robertson County ................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Rockcastle County .................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Rowan County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Russell County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Scott County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Shelby County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Simpson County ...................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Spencer County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Taylor County .......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Todd County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Trigg County ............................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Trimble County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Union County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Warren County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Washington County ................. ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Wayne County ......................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Webster County ....................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Whitley County ........................ ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Wolfe County ........................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

Woodford County .................... ........................ Unclassifiable/Attainment ............... ........................

1 Includes areas of Indian country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified. 

2This date is April 15, 2015, unless otherwise noted. 

* * * * * 

■ 6. Section 81.336 is amended by 

revising the table entitled ‘‘Ohio—2012 

Annual PM2.5 NAAQS (Primary)’’ to 

read as follows: 

§ 81.336 Ohio. 

* * * * * 

OHIO—2012 ANNUAL PM 2.5 NAAQS 

[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Cleveland, OH: 

Cuyahoga County ............................................................ .................... Nonattainment ................ .................... Moderate. 

Lorain County .................................................................. .................... Nonattainment ................ .................... Moderate. 

Rest of State: 

Adams County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Allen County .................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Ashland County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Ashtabula County ............................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Athens County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Auglaize County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Belmont County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Brown County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Butler County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Carroll County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Champaign County .......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Clark County .................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Clermont County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Clinton County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Columbiana County ......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Coshocton County ........................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Crawford County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Darke County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Defiance County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................


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Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Delaware County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Erie County ...................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Fairfield County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Fayette County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Franklin County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Fulton County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Gallia County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Geauga County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Greene County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Guernsey County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Hamilton County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Hancock County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Hardin County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Harrison County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Henry County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Highland County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Hocking County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Holmes County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Huron County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Jackson County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Jefferson County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Knox County .................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Lake County ..................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Lawrence County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Licking County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Logan County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Lucas County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Madison County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Mahoning County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Marion County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Medina County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Meigs County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Mercer County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Miami County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Monroe County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Montgomery County ........................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Morgan County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Morrow County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Muskingum County .......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Noble County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Ottawa County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Paulding County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Perry County .................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Pickaway County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Pike County ..................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Portage County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Preble County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Putnam County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Richland County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Ross County .................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Sandusky County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Scioto County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Seneca County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Shelby County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Stark County .................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Summit County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Trumbull County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Tuscarawas County ......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Union County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Van Wert County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Vinton County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Warren County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Washington County ......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Wayne County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Williams County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Wood County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Wyandot County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

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■ 7. Section 81.339 is amended by 

revising the table entitled 

‘‘Pennsylvania—2012 Annual PM 2.5

NAAQS (Primary)’’ to read as follows: 

§ 81.339 Pennsylvania. 

* * * * * 

PENNSYLVANIA—2012 ANNUAL PM2.5 NAAQS 

[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Allegheny County, PA: 

Allegheny County ............................................................. .................... Nonattainment ................ .................... Moderate. 

Delaware County, PA: 

Delaware County ............................................................. .................... Nonattainment ................ .................... Moderate. 

Lebanon County, PA: 

Lebanon County .............................................................. .................... Nonattainment ................ .................... Moderate. 

Rest of State: 

AQCR 151 Northeast Pennsylvania-Upper Delaware Valley Interstate: 

Berks County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Bradford County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Carbon County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Lackawanna County ........................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Lehigh County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Luzerne County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Monroe County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Northampton County ........................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Pike County ..................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Schuylkill County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Sullivan County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Susquehanna County ...................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Tioga County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Wayne County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Wyoming County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

AQCR 178 Northwest Pennsylvania-Youngstown Interstate: 

Cameron County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Clarion County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Clearfield County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Crawford County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Elk County ....................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Erie County ...................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Forest County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Jefferson County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Lawrence County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

McKean County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Mercer County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Potter County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Venango County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Warren County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

AQCR 45 Metropolitan Philadelphia Intrastate: 

Bucks County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Chester County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Montgomery County ........................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Philadelphia County ......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

AQCR 195 Central Pennsylvania Intrastate: 

Bedford County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Blair County ..................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Cambria County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Centre County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Clinton County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Columbia County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Fulton County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Huntingdon County .......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Juniata County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Lycoming County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Mifflin County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Montour County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Northumberland County ................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Snyder County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Somerset County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Union County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................


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[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

AQCR 196 South Central Pennsylvania Intrastate: 

Adams County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Cumberland County ......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Dauphin County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Franklin County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Lancaster County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Perry County .................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

York County ..................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

AQCR 197 Southwest Pennsylvania Intrastate: 

Armstrong County ............................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Beaver County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Butler County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Fayette County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Greene County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Indiana County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Washington County ......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Westmoreland County ..................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

1 Includes areas of Indian country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified. 

2This date is April 15, 2015, unless otherwise noted. 

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■ 8. Section 81.341 is amended by 

revising the table entitled ‘‘South 

Carolina—2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS 

(Primary)’’ to read as follows: 

§ 81.341 South Carolina. 

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SOUTH CAROLINA—2012 ANNUAL PM 2.5 NAAQS 

[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Statewide: 

Abbeville County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Aiken County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Allendale County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Anderson County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Bamberg County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Barnwell County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Beaufort County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Berkeley County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Calhoun County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Charleston County ........................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Cherokee County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Chester County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Chesterfield County ......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Clarendon County ............................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Colleton County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Darlington County ............................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Dillon County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Dorchester County ........................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Edgefield County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Fairfield County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Florence County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Georgetown County ......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Greenwood County .......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Greenville County ............................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Hampton County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Horry County .................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Jasper County .................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Kershaw County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Lancaster County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Laurens County ............................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Lee County ...................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Lexington County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

McCormick County .......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Marion County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Marlboro County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................


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[Primary] 

Designated area 1

Designation Classification 

Date 2 Type Date 2 Type 

Newberry County ............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Oconee County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Orangeburg County ......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Pickens County ................................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Richland County .............................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Saluda County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Spartanburg County ......................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Sumter County ................................................................. .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Union County ................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

Williamsburg County ........................................................ .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

York County ..................................................................... .................... Unclassifiable/Attainment ....................

1 Includes areas of Indian country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified. 

2This date is April 15, 2015, unless otherwise noted. 

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[FR Doc. 2015–07948 Filed 4–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 140501394–5279–02] 

RIN 0648–XD869 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2015 

Commercial Accountability Measure 

and Closure for Blueline Tilefish in the 

South Atlantic Region 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS implements 

accountability measures (AMs) for 

commercial blueline tilefish in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the 

South Atlantic. Commercial landings for 

blueline tilefish, as estimated by the 

Science and Research Director, have 

reached the commercial annual catch 

limit (ACL). Therefore, NMFS is closing 

the commercial sector for blueline 

tilefish in the South Atlantic EEZ at 

12:01 a.m., local time, April 7, 2015, 

and it will remain closed until the start 

of the next fishing season, January 1, 

2016. This closure is necessary to 

protect the blueline tilefish resource. 

DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m., 

local time, April 7, 2015, until 12:01 

a.m., local time, January 1, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Britni LaVine, NMFS Southeast Region, 

telephone: 727–824–5305, email: 

britni.lavine@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

snapper-grouper fishery of the South 

Atlantic includes blueline tilefish and is 

managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

Region (FMP). The South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council and 

NMFS prepared the FMP, and the FMP 

is implemented under the authority of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) by regulations 

at 50 CFR part 622. 

NMFS implemented management 

measures in Amendment 32 to the FMP 

for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the 

South Atlantic Region (Amendment 32). 

The final rule published in the Federal 

Register, and was effective, on March 

30, 2015 (80 FR 16583). Amendment 32 

contains management measures that end 

overfishing of blueline tilefish in the 

South Atlantic. 

NMFS is required to close the 

commercial sector for blueline tilefish 

when the commercial ACL is reached, 

or is projected to be reached, by filing 

a notification to that effect with the 

Office of the Federal Register, as 

specified in 50 CFR 622.193(z)(1)(i). The 

commercial ACL for blueline tilefish is 

17,841 lb (8,093 kg), round weight. 

NMFS has determined that the 

commercial ACL for South Atlantic 

blueline tilefish has been reached. 

Accordingly, the commercial sector for 

South Atlantic blueline tilefish is closed 

effective April 7, 2015, until 12:01 a.m., 

local time, January 1, 2016. 

The operator of a vessel with a valid 

commercial vessel permit for South 

Atlantic snapper-grouper having 

blueline tilefish onboard must have 

landed and bartered, traded, or sold 

such blueline tilefish prior to April 7, 

2015. During the closure, all sale or 

purchase of blueline tilefish is 

prohibited and harvest or possession of 

blueline tilefish in or from the South 

Atlantic EEZ is limited to the bag and 

possession limits specified in 50 CFR 

622.187(b)(2)(iv) and 622.187(c)(1), 

respectively. These bag and possession 

limits apply in the South Atlantic on 

board a vessel for which a valid Federal 

commercial or charter vessel/headboat 

permit for South Atlantic snappergrouper has been issued, without regard 

to where such species were harvested, 

i.e., in state or Federal waters. 

Note that the recreational sector for 

blueline tilefish opened on January 1 

and closed March 30, 2015, when the 

final rule for Amendment 32 became 

effective, because Amendment 32 

implemented a seasonal closure for the 

recreational sector for blueline tilefish 

that extends from September 1 through 

April 30. Currently, the recreational 

sector for blueline tilefish is scheduled 

to reopen on May 1, 2015, and stay open 

through August 31, 2015, if the 

recreational ACL has not been met. 

Classification 

The Regional Administrator, 

Southeast Region, NMFS, has 

determined this temporary rule is 

necessary for the conservation and 

management of blueline tilefish and the 

South Atlantic snapper-grouper fishery 

and is consistent with the MagnusonStevens Act and other applicable laws. 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

622.193(z)(1)(i) and is exempt from 

review under Executive Order 12866. 

These measures are exempt from the 

procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act because the temporary rule is issued 

without opportunity for prior notice and 

comment. 

This action responds to the best 

scientific information available. The 


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