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[FR Doc. 2013–28654 Filed 11–29–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2013–0129; FRL–9903–37– 

Region–4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans and Designation 

of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; North Carolina; 

Redesignation of the Charlotte; 1997 8- 

Hour Ozone Moderate Nonattainment 

Area to Attainment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action to 

redesignate the portion of North 

Carolina that is within the bi-state 

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, North 

Carolina-South Carolina 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area (hereafter referred to 

as the ‘‘Area,’’ ‘‘North Carolina portion 

of the bi-state Charlotte Area,’’ ‘‘North 

Carolina portion of the Area,’’ or 

‘‘Metrolina nonattainment area’’) to 

attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

national ambient air quality standards 

(NAAQS), and to approve the 

maintenance plan for the Area. The 

State of North Carolina, through the 

North Carolina Department of 

Environment and Natural Resources, 

Department of Air Quality (NC DAQ), 

submitted the redesignation request and 

maintenance plan on November 2, 2011. 

The State supplemented the 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan on March 28, 2013, extending the 

maintenance plan to the year 2025 and 

updating the sub-area motor vehicle 

emission budgets (MVEBs) for nitrogen 

oxides (NOX) and volatile organic 

compounds (VOC) for the years 2013 

and 2025 for the North Carolina portion 

of the Area. EPA’s approval of NC 

DAQ’s redesignation request is based on 

the determination that North Carolina 

has met the criteria for redesignation to 

attainment set forth in the Clean Air Act 

(CAA or Act). EPA finalized action to 

redesignate the South Carolina portion 

of the Area, including approval of South 

Carolina’s maintenance plan for the 

1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS, in a 

separate action. 

DATES: This rule will be effective on 

January 2, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2013–0129. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. 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 through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA 

requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, 

excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

Spann or Sara Waterson of the 

Regulatory Development Section, in the 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Ms. 

Spann may be reached by phone at (404) 

562–9029, or via electronic mail at 

spann.jane@epa.gov. Ms. Waterson may 

be reached by phone at (404) 562–9061, 

or via electronic mail at waterson.sara@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. What is the background for the actions? 

II. What are the actions EPA is taking? 

III. Why is EPA taking these actions? 

IV. What are the effects of these actions? 

V. Final Action 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What is the background for the 

actions? 

On November 2, 2011, North Carolina 

requested redesignation of the North 

Carolina portion of the bi-state Charlotte 

Area to attainment for the 1997 8-hour 

ozone NAAQS. The bi-state Charlotte 

Area consists of Cabarrus, Gaston, 

Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union, 

and a portion of Iredell County 

(Davidson and Coddle Creek 

Townships), North Carolina; and a 

portion of York County, South Carolina. 

The redesignation request included 

three years of complete, quality-assured 

ambient air quality data for the 1997 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS for 2008–2010, 

indicating that the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS had been achieved for the Area. 

Under the CAA, nonattainment areas 

may be redesignated to attainment if 

sufficient, complete, quality-assured 

data is available for the Administrator to 

determine that the area has attained the 

standard and the area meets the other 

CAA redesignation requirements in 

section 107(d)(3)(E). 

Subsequently, on November 15, 2011 

(76 FR 70656), EPA determined that the 

bi-state Charlotte Area attained the 1997 

8-hour ozone NAAQS. The 

determination of attaining data was 

based upon complete, quality-assured 

and certified ambient air monitoring 

data for the 2008–2010 period, showing 

that the Area had monitored attainment 

of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 

On March 28, 2013, North Carolina 

submitted a supplemental SIP revision 

to the redesignation request and 

maintenance plan that extends the final 

year of the maintenance plan to 2025. 

Specifically, this revision updates 

emissions data, emissions projections, 

MVEBs, and safety margins to 2025. 

Additionally, it provides updated ozone 

design values for the bi-state Charlotte 

Area. 

EPA reviewed quality-assured ozone 

monitoring data from ambient ozone 

monitoring stations in the Charlotte 

Area, as recorded in Air Quality System 

(AQS), and summarized the 3-year 

average of the annual fourth highest 

daily maximum 8-hour average (i.e., 

design value) for each monitor for 2008– 

2010, 2009–2011, and 2010–2012 in 

Tables 1, 2, and 3 below. The 2008– 

2010 design values demonstrate that the 

Area attained by its attainment date, and 

the 2009–2011 and 2010–2012 design 

values demonstrate that the bi-state 

Charlotte Area continues to meet the 

1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. Preliminary 

data indicate that the Area continues to 

attain with 2011–2013 data. 


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TABLE 1—2008–2010 DESIGN VALUE CONCENTRATION FOR THE CHARLOTTE AREA* FOR THE 1997 8-HOUR OZONE

NAAQS 

[Parts per million (ppm)] 

Location County Monitor ID 

4th highest 8-hour ozone value 3-Year design 

values 

2008 2009 2010 2008–2010 

Lincoln County Replacing Iron Station.Lincoln ................. 37–109–0004 0.079 0.065 0.072 0.072 

Garinger High School ........................ Mecklenburg ........ 37–119–0041 0.085 0.069 0.082 0.078 

Westinghouse Blvd ............................ Mecklenburg ........ 37–119–1005 0.073 0.068 0.078 0.073 

29 N at Mecklenburg Cab Co. ........... Mecklenburg ........ 37–119–1009 0.093 0.071 0.082 0.082 

Rockwell ............................................. Rowan ................. 37–159–0021 0.084 0.071 0.077 0.077 

Enochville School .............................. Rowan ................. 37–159–0022 0.082 0.073 0.078 0.077 

Monroe Middle School ....................... Union ................... 37–179–0003 0.080 0.067 0.071 0.072 

*An ozone monitor is located in York County, SC; however, it is outside of the nonattainment area. This monitor is monitoring attainment of the 

1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 

TABLE 2—2009–2011 DESIGN VALUE CONCENTRATION FOR THE CHARLOTTE AREA* FOR THE 1997 8-HOUR OZONE

NAAQS 

[ppm] 

Location County Monitor ID 

4th highest 8-hour ozone value 3-Year design 

values 

2009 2010 2011 2009–2011 

Lincoln County Replacing Iron Station.Lincoln ................. 37–109–0004 0.065 0.072 0.077 0.071 

Garinger High School ........................ Mecklenburg ........ 37–119–0041 0.069 0.082 0.088 0.079 

Westinghouse Blvd ............................ Mecklenburg ........ 37–119–1005 0.068 0.078 0.082 0.076 

29 N at Mecklenburg Cab Co. ........... Mecklenburg ........ 37–119–1009 0.071 0.082 0.083 0.078 

Rockwell ............................................. Rowan ................. 37–159–0021 0.071 0.077 0.077 0.075 

Enochville School .............................. Rowan ................. 37–159–0022 0.073 0.078 0.078 0.076 

Monroe Middle School ....................... Union ................... 37–179–0003 0.067 0.071 0.073 0.070 

*An ozone monitor is located in York County, SC; however, it is outside of the nonattainment area. This monitor is monitoring attainment of the 

1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 

TABLE 3—2010–2012 DESIGN VALUE CONCENTRATION FOR THE CHARLOTTE AREA* FOR THE 1997 8-HOUR OZONE

NAAQS 

[ppm] 

Location County Monitor ID 

4th highest 8-hour ozone value 3-Year design 

values 

2010 2011 2012 2010—2012 

Lincoln County Replacing Iron Station.Lincoln ................. 37–109–0004 0.072 0.077 0.076 0.075 

Garinger High School ........................ Mecklenburg ........ 37–119–0041 0.082 0.088 0.080 0.083 

Westinghouse Blvd ............................ Mecklenburg ........ 37–119–1005 0.078 0.082 0.073 0.077 

29 N at Mecklenburg Cab Co. ........... Mecklenburg ........ 37–119–1009 0.082 0.083 0.085 0.083 

Rockwell ............................................. Rowan ................. 37–159–0021 0.077 0.077 0.080 0.078 

Enochville School .............................. Rowan ................. 37–159–0022 0.078 0.078 0.077 0.077 

Monroe Middle School ....................... Union ................... 37–179–0003 0.071 0.073 0.075 0.073 

*An ozone monitor is located in York County, SC; however, it is outside of the nonattainment area. This monitor is monitoring attainment of the 

1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 

This rulemaking does not address 

requirements for the bi-state Charlotte 

Area that was designated nonattainment 

for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 

Requirements for the bi-state Charlotte 

2008 8-hour ozone nonattainment area 

will be addressed in the future. 

NC DAQ chose to establish sub-area 

MVEBs based on geographical areas that 

correspond to the Metropolitan 

Planning Organization (MPO) and/or 

Rural Planning Organization (RPO) 

boundaries. Accordingly, NC DAQ 

established MVEBs for the CRMPO 

(Cabarrus and Rowan Counties), for the 

Gaston Urban Area MPO and Lake 

Norman RPO (Gaston, Iredell, and 

Lincoln Counties), and for the MUMPO 

and Rocky River RPO (Mecklenburg and 

Union Counties) geographical areas. 

II. What are the actions EPA is taking? 

In today’s rulemaking, EPA is 

approving: (1) North Carolina’s 1997 8- 

hour ozone maintenance plan as 

amended by the State’s March 28, 2013 

supplemental SIP submittal (such 

approval being one of the CAA criteria 

for redesignation to attainment) for the 

North Carolina portion of the Area, 

including the sub-area MVEBs; and (2) 


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1The conversion to kilograms used the actual 

emissions reported in the MOVES model. The 

conversion was done utilizing the ‘‘CONVERT’’ 

function in an EXCEL spreadsheet. 

North Carolina’s redesignation request 

to change the legal designation of the 

North Carolina portion of the Area from 

nonattainment to attainment for the 

1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. The 

maintenance plan meets the 

requirements of section 175A and is 

designed to demonstrate that the North 

Carolina portion of the Area (as part of 

the bi-state Charlotte Area) will 

continue to attain the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS through 2025. EPA’s approval 

of the redesignation request is based on 

EPA’s determination that North Carolina 

meets the criteria for the North Carolina 

portion of the Area for redesignation set 

forth in CAA section 107(d)(3)(E), 

including EPA’s determination that the 

North Carolina portion of the Area has 

attained the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 

EPA’s analyses of North Carolina’s 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan are described in detail in the July 

26, 2013, proposed rule. See 78 FR 

45152. EPA did not receive any 

comments, adverse or otherwise, on the 

July 26, 2013, proposed rule to 

redesignate the North Carolina portion 

of the bi-state Charlotte Area to 

attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS. EPA finalized the adequacy 

determination for the MVEBs on August 

13, 2013. See 78 FR 49265. EPA 

finalized approval of South Carolina’s 

request to redesignate the South 

Carolina portion of the Area, including 

approval of South Carolina’s 

maintenance plan for the 1997 8-hour 

ozone NAAQS, in a separate action. See 

77 FR 75862. 

Consistent with the CAA, the 

maintenance plan that EPA is approving 

also includes 2013 and 2025 sub-area 

MVEBs for NOX and VOC for the North 

Carolina portion of the Area. EPA 

informed the public that the 2013 and 

2025 sub-area MVEBs are adequate for 

transportation conformity on August 13, 

2013. See 78 FR 49265. Tables 4 through 

6 below provide the NOX and VOC subarea MVEBs in kilograms per day (kg/

day),1 for 2013 and 2025. 

TABLE 4—CABARRUS-ROWAN MPO 

MVEBS

(kg/day) 

2013 2025 

NOX Emissions 

On-Road Mobile Emissions .............................. 19,838 9,961 

Safety Margin Allocated to 

MVEBs .......................... 1,984 1,992 

TABLE 4—CABARRUS-ROWAN MPO 

MVEBS—Continued 

(kg/day) 

2013 2025 

NOX Conformity MVEBs ... 21,822 11,953 

VOC Emissions 

On-Road Mobile Emissions .............................. 9,863 5,425 

Safety Margin Allocated to 

MVEBs .......................... 986 1,085 

VOC Conformity MVEBs .. 10,849 6,510 

TABLE 5—GASTON URBAN AREA

MPO/LAKE NORMAN RPO MVEBS

(kg/day) 

2013 2025 

NOX Emissions 

On-Road Mobile Emissions .............................. 19,957 10,360 

Safety Margin Allocated to 

MVEBs .......................... 2,211 2,181 

NOX Conformity MVEBs ... 22,168 12,541 

VOC Emissions 

On-Road Mobile Emissions .............................. 10,442 5,815 

Safety Margin Allocated to 

MVEBs .......................... 1,168 1,232 

VOC Conformity MVEBs .. 11,610 7,047 

TABLE 6—MECKLENBURG-UNION

MPO/ROCKY RIVER RPO MVEBS

(kg/day) 

2013 2025 

NOX Emissions 

On-Road Mobile Emissions .............................. 57,198 30,391 

Safety Margin Allocated to 

MVEBs .......................... 4,303 5,337 

NOX Conformity MVEBs ... 61,501 35,728 

VOC Emissions 

On-Road Mobile Emissions .............................. 26,250 14,769 

Safety Margin Allocated to 

MVEBs .......................... 2,002 2,609 

VOC Conformity MVEBs .. 28,252 17,378 

North Carolina has chosen to allocate 

a portion of the available safety margin 

to the NOX and VOC MVEBs for 2013 

and 2025 (45.20 tpd and 107.38 tpd of 

the NOX 2013 and 2025 safety margins 

remain, respectively, and 19.96 tpd and 

27.95 tpd of the VOC 2013 and 2025 

safety margins remain, respectively). 

In this action, EPA is also approving 

these NOX and VOC sub-area MVEBs for 

the purposes of transportation 

conformity. For required regional 

emissions analysis years involving 2013 

and prior to 2025, the applicable 

budgets will be the new 2013 sub-area 

MVEBs. For required regional emissions 

analysis years that involve 2025 or 

beyond, the applicable budgets will be 

the new 2025 sub-area MVEBs. 

III. Why is EPA taking these actions? 

EPA has determined that the North 

Carolina portion of the Area has 

attained the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS 

and has also determined that all other 

criteria for the redesignation of the 

North Carolina portion of the Area from 

nonattainment to attainment of the 1997 

8-hour ozone NAAQS have been met. 

See CAA section 107(d)(3)(E). One of 

those requirements is that the North 

Carolina portion of the Area has an 

approved plan demonstrating 

maintenance of the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS. EPA is taking final action to 

approve the maintenance plan for the 

North Carolina portion of the Area as 

meeting the requirements of sections 

175A and 107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA. EPA 

is also approving the new NOX and VOC 

sub-area MVEBs for the years 2013 and 

2025 as contained in North Carolina’s 

maintenance plan for the North Carolina 

portion of the Area because these subarea MVEBs are consistent with 

maintenance of the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS in the Area. The detailed 

rationale for EPA’s findings and actions 

are set forth in the July 26, 2013, 

proposed rulemaking and in other 

discussion in this final rulemaking. 

IV. What are the effects of these 

actions? 

Approval of the redesignation request 

changes the legal designation of the 

North Carolina portion of the Area from 

nonattainment to attainment for the 

1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA is 

modifying the regulatory table in 40 

CFR 81.334 to reflect a designation of 

attainment for the affected counties. 

EPA is also approving, as a revision to 

the North Carolina SIP, the State’s plan 

for maintaining the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS in the North Carolina portion of 

the Area through 2025. The 

maintenance plan includes contingency 

measures to remedy possible future 

violations of the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS, and establishes NOX and VOC 

subarea MVEBs for the years 2013 and 

2025 for the North Carolina portion of 

the Area. 

V. Final Action 

EPA is taking final action to approve 

the redesignation and change the legal 

designation of the North Carolina 

portion of the Area from nonattainment 


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to attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS. Through this action, EPA is 

also approving into the North Carolina 

SIP the 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance 

plan for the North Carolina portion of 

the Area, which includes the new NOX

and VOC sub-area MVEBs for 2013 and 

2025 for the North Carolina portion of 

the Area. 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, redesignation of an 

area to attainment and the 

accompanying approval of the 

maintenance plan under CAA section 

107(d)(3)(E) are actions that affect the 

status of geographical area and do not 

impose any additional regulatory 

requirements on sources beyond those 

required by state law. A redesignation to 

attainment does not in and of itself 

impose any new requirements, but 

rather results in the application of 

requirements contained in the CAA for 

areas that have been redesignated to 

attainment. Moreover, the Administrator 

is required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

Act and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, these actions 

merely approve state law as meeting 

Federal requirements and do not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by state or federal law. For 

these reasons, these actions: 

• Are not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• do not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• are certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• do not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Public Law 104–4); 

• do not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• are not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• are not a significant regulatory 

action subject to Executive Order 13211 

(66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); 

• are not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and, 

• do not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this rule does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the SIP is 

not approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the State, and EPA notes that 

it will not impose substantial direct 

costs on tribal governments or preempt 

tribal law. 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

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

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

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

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by January 31, 2014. Filing a 

petition for reconsideration by the 

Administrator of this final rule does not 

affect the finality of this action for the 

purposes of judicial review nor does it 

extend the time within which a petition 

for judicial review may be filed, and 

shall not postpone the effectiveness of 

such rule or action. This action may not 

be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. See section 

307(b)(2). 

List of Subjects 

40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

40 CFR Part 81 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control. 

Dated: November 14, 2013. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

40 CFR parts 52 and 81 are amended 

as follows: 

PART 52—[APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart II—North Carolina 

■ 2. Section 52.1770(e) is amended by 

adding an entry ‘‘1997 8-hour ozone 

Maintenance Plan for the North Carolina 

portion of the bi-state Charlotte Area’’ at 

the end of the table to read as follows: 

§ 52.1770 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED NORTH CAROLINA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS

Provision State submittal date/ 

effective date 

EPA approval 

date Federal Register citation Explanation 

*******

1997 8-hour ozone Maintenance Plan for the North 

Carolina portion of the bi-state Charlotte Area.

November 2, 2011, and 

supplemented on March 

28, 2013.

12/2/13 [Insert citation of publication].


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PART 81—[DESIGNATION OF AREAS 

FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING 

PURPOSES] 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 81 

continues to read as follows: 

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

■ 4. In § 81.334, the table entitled 

‘‘North Carolina-1997 8-Hour Ozone 

NAAQS (Primary and Secondary)’’ is by 

revising the entries for ‘‘CharlotteGastonia-Rock Hill, NC–SC,’’ ‘‘Cabarrus 

County,’’ ‘‘Gaston County,’’ ‘‘Iredell 

County (part) Davidson Township, 

Coddle Creek Township,’’ ‘‘Lincoln 

County,’’ ‘‘Mecklenburg County,’’ 

‘‘Rowan County,’’ and ‘‘Union County’’ 

to read as follows: 

§ 81.334 North Carolina. 

* * * * * 

NORTH CAROLINA-1997 8-HOUR OZONE NAAQS 

[Primary and secondary] 

Designated area 

Designated a Category/classification 

Date 1 Type Date 1 Type 

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC–SC ............. This action is effective 12/2/13 ....................... Attainment. 

Cabarrus County .............................................. This action is effective 12/2/13 ....................... Attainment.

Gaston County ................................................. This action is effective 12/2/13 ....................... Attainment. 

Iredell County (part) Davidson Township, 

Coddle Creek Township.

This action is effective 12/2/13 ....................... Attainment. 

Lincoln County ................................................. This action is effective 12/2/13 ....................... Attainment. 

Mecklenburg County ........................................ This action is effective 12/2/13 ....................... Attainment. 

Rowan County ................................................. This action is effective 12/2/13 ....................... Attainment.

Union County ................................................... This action is effective 12/2/13 ....................... Attainment. 

* * * * * * * 

a Includes Indian Country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified. 

1This date is June 15, 2004, unless otherwise noted. 

2Effective April 15, 2008. 

3 November 22, 2004. 

4Attainment date extended to June 15, 2011. 

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40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2012–0986; FRL–9903–32– 

Region 4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans and Designation 

of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Georgia; Redesignation of 

the Atlanta 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Moderate Nonattainment Area to 

Attainment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action to 

approve a request submitted on April 4, 

2012, from the State of Georgia, through 

the Georgia Environmental Protection 

Division (GA EPD), to redesignate the 

Atlanta, Georgia, ozone nonattainment 

area (hereafter referred to as the 

‘‘Atlanta Area,’’ or ‘‘Area’’) to 

attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS). The Atlanta Area consists of 

Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, 

Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, 

Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, 

Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Newton, 

Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding and 

Walton Counties in their entireties. 

EPA’s approval of the redesignation 

request is based on the determination 

that Georgia has met the criteria for 

redesignation to attainment set forth in 

the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act). 

Additionally, EPA is approving, as a 

revision to the Georgia State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) a 

maintenance plan for the 1997 8-hour 

ozone standard for the Atlanta Area, 

including new 2024 motor vehicle 

emission budgets (MVEBs) for nitrogen 

oxides (NOX) and volatile organic 

compounds (VOC). In this final notice, 

EPA also responds to comments 

received on EPA’s February 4, 2013, 

proposed rulemaking. 

DATES: This rule will be effective on 

January 2, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2012–0986. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. 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 through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA 

requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, 

excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

Spann or Sara Waterson of the 

Regulatory Development Section, in the 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Ms. 

Spann may be reached by phone at (404) 

562–9029, or via electronic mail at 

spann.jane@epa.gov. Ms. Waterson may 

be reached by phone at (404) 562–9061, 

or via electronic mail at waterson.sara@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. What is the background for these final 

actions? 

II. What are the actions EPA is taking? 

III. What are EPA’s responses to comments? 

IV. Why is EPA taking these actions? 

V. What are the effects of these actions? 


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