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during normal business hours at the 

Office of Air, Waste and Toxics, EPA 

Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, 

WA 98101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Justin A. Spenillo at (206) 553–6125, 

spenillo.justin@epa.gov, or the above 

EPA, Region 10 address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please see the 

direct final action, of the same title, 

which is located in the Rules section of 

this Federal Register. EPA is approving 

the State’s SIP revision as a direct final 

rule without prior proposal because 

EPA views this as a noncontroversial 

SIP revision and anticipates no adverse 

comments. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the preamble to 

the direct final rule. If EPA receives no 

adverse comments, EPA will not take 

further action on this proposed rule. 

If EPA receives adverse comments, 

EPA will withdraw the direct final rule 

and it will not take effect. EPA will 

address all public comments in a 

subsequent final rule based on this 

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a 

second comment period on this action. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

on this action should do so at this time. 

Please note that if we receive adverse 

comment on an amendment, paragraph, 

or section of this rule and if that 

provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 

as final those provisions of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. 

Dated: December 17, 2012. 

Dennis J. McLerran, 

Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

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[EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–0476; FRL– 9767–9] 

Air Quality Designations for the 2008 

Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards: Notice of Actions Denying 

Petitions for Reconsideration and Stay 

Requests 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of actions denying 

petitions for reconsideration and stay 

requests. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is providing notice 

that it has responded to petitions for 

reconsideration of rules published in 

the Federal Register on May 21, 2012, 

and June 11, 2012, that together 

promulgated the initial air quality 

designations for the 2008 ozone national 

ambient air quality standards for all 

areas in the United States. The rules are 

titled, ‘‘Air Quality Designations for the 

2008 Ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards,’’ and ‘‘Air Quality 

Designations for the 2008 Ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

for Several Counties in Illinois, Indiana, 

and Wisconsin; Corrections to 

Inadvertent Errors in Prior 

Designations.’’ Subsequent to 

publishing the rules, during the time 

period from June through October 2012, 

the EPA received numerous petitions 

requesting that the EPA reconsider its 

designation decisions for certain areas. 

The EPA carefully considered the 

petitions and supporting information, 

along with information contained in the 

rulemaking docket, in reaching 

decisions on the petitions. The EPA 

denied all the petitions for 

reconsideration in separate letters to the 

petitioners dated December 14, 2012. 

The letters explain the EPA’s reasons for 

the denials. Four petitioners also 

requested that the EPA stay the 

effectiveness of the designation rule as 

it applies for a particular area, pending 

reconsideration. Because the EPA 

denied the reconsideration requests, the 

EPA also denied the stay requests. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carla Oldham, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code C539–04, Research Triangle Park, 

N.C. 27711, phone number (919) 541– 

3347 or by email at: 

oldham.carla@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Where can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

This Federal Register notice, the 

petitions for reconsideration, and the 

response letters to the petitioners are 

available in the docket that the EPA 

established for the rulemakings to 

promulgate the air quality designations 

for the 2008 ozone standards under 

Docket ID NO. EPA–HQ–OAR–2008– 

0476. The table below identifies the 

Petitioners, the dates the EPA received 

the Petitions, the document 

identification number of the Petitions, 

the date of the EPA’s responses, and the 

document identification number for the 

EPA’s responses. 

Petitioners Dates of petitions to the EPA 

Petition: 

Document No. 

in docket 

Date of the EPA response 

The EPA 

response: 

Document No. 

in docket 

Atlanta, GA Nonattainment Area 

Georgia Environmental Protection 

Division.

July 20, 2012 ................................. 0695 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0726 

Charlotte, NC-SC Nonattainment Area 

South Carolina Department of 

Health and Environmental Control.

July 20, 2012 ................................. 0698 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0727 

US Senators Graham and DeMint 

and US Congressman Mulvaney 

from SC.

July 19, 2012 ................................. 0699 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0722 

York County, SC ............................. July 24, 2012 ................................. 0700 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0721 

Knoxville, TN Nonattainment Area 

Anderson, Blount, and Knox Counties, TN.July 20, 2012 and October 16, 

2012.

0696 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0717 


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Petitioners Dates of petitions to the EPA 

Petition: 

Document No. 

in docket 

Date of the EPA response 

The EPA 

response: 

Document No. 

in docket 

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Nonattainment Area 

DeSoto County, MS ........................ July 17, 2012 ................................. 0697 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0723 

Shelby County, TN ......................... July 20, 2012 and September 18, 

2012.

0702 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0718 

State of Mississippi ......................... July 17, 2012 ................................. 0701 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0756 

State of Tennessee ........................ July 19, 2012 ................................. 0703 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0719 

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Nonattainment Area 

Indiana Department of Environmental Management.August 10, 2012 ............................. 0724 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0728 

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Nonattainment Area 

Bridgeport Area Chamber of Commerce, TX.July 17, 2012 ................................. 0730 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0742 

Chico City Council, TX ................... July 18, 2012 ................................. 0706 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0732 

City of Bridgeport, TX ..................... July 20, 2012 ................................. 0735 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0745 

City of Boyd, TX ............................. August 7, 2012 ............................... 0707 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0731 

City of Runaway Bay, TX ............... July 17, 2012 ................................. 0708 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0746 

Corporation for Economic Development for the City of Bridgeport.July 17, 2012 ................................. 0754 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0743 

Devon Energy Corporation ............. July 20, 2012 and October 30, 

2012.

0714 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0736 

Gas Processors Association and 

Texas Pipeline Association.

July 20, 2012 and October 30, 

2012.

0709 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0738 

Look Local Wise County Task 

Force, TX.

July 18, 2012 ................................. 0720 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0747 

Martin Marietta Materials ................ July 20, 2012 ................................. 0752 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0739 

Mauldin Pharmacy, Inc. dba ValuRite Pharmacy.July 17, 2012 ................................. 0704 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0737 

Newark City Council, TX ................ July 19, 2012 ................................. 0744 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0750 

Runaway Bay Economic Development Corporation.July 12, 2012 ................................. 0729 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0733 

Targa Resources Corporation ........ July 20, 2012 ................................. 0715 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0748 

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.July 18, 2012 ................................. 0713 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0753 

TXI Operations, LP ......................... July 19, 2012 ................................. 0710 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0740 

U.S. Ply ........................................... July 17, 2012 ................................. 0749 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0734 

Wayne Smith, Texas House of 

Representatives.

July 12, 2012 ................................. 0705 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0755 

Wise County, TX ............................ June 15, 2012 ................................ 0725 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0741 

Uinta Basin, UT Unclassifiable Area 

WildEarth Guardians, Southern 

Utah Wilderness Alliance and 

Utah Physicians for a Healthy 

Environment.

July 19, 2012 ................................. 0711 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0751 

Multiple Unclassifiable/Attainment Areas 

Sierra Club ...................................... July 20, 2012 ................................. 0712 December 14, 2012 ....................... 0716 

Note: All document numbers listed in the table are in the form of ‘‘EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–0476–xxxx.’’ 

All documents in the docket are listed 

in the index at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 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 the docket or in hard 

copy at the Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

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 Office of Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information 

Center is (202) 566–1742. 

In addition, the EPA has established 

a Web site for the ozone designations 

rulemakings at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

ozonedesignations. This Federal 

Register notice, the petitions for 

reconsideration, and the response letters 

to the petitions are also available on this 

Web site along with other information 

relevant to the designation process. 


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II. Judicial Review 

Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act 

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.’’ In the rules establishing 

air quality designations for the 2008 

ozone national ambient air quality 

standards, the EPA determined that the 

actions are of nationwide scope and 

effect for the purposes of section 

307(b)(1). (See 77 FR 30088; May 21, 

2012 and 77 FR 34221; June 11, 2012.) 

The EPA has determined that its 

actions denying the petitions for 

reconsideration also are of nationwide 

scope and effect because these actions 

directly relate to the ozone designations 

rulemakings that the EPA previously 

determined are of nationwide scope and 

effect. Thus, any petitions for review of 

the final letters denying the petitions for 

reconsideration must be filed in the 

Court of Appeals for the District of 

Columbia Circuit on or before March 8, 

2013. 

Dated: December 27, 2012. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and 

Radiation. 

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