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plans for the Virginia portion of the 

Washington DC–MD–VA 1990 1-hour 

and 1997 8-hour Ozone NAAQS 

Nonattainment Areas and from the 

maintenance plan for the Fredericksburg 

1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Area. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2015–0192; FRL–9927–96– 

Region–5] 

Approval of Air Quality Implementation 

Plans; Ohio: Cleveland and Delta; 

Determination of Attainment for the 

2008 Lead Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: On February 20, 2015, the 

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 

(Ohio EPA) submitted a request to the 

Environmental Protections Agency 

(EPA) to make a determination under 

the Clean Air Act (CAA) that the 

Cleveland and Delta nonattainment 

areas have attained the 2008 lead (Pb) 

national ambient air quality standard 

(NAAQS or standard). In this action, 

EPA is determining that the Cleveland 

and Delta nonattainment areas (hereafter 

also referred to as the ‘‘Cleveland area’’, 

‘‘Delta area’’ or ‘‘areas’’) have attained 

the 2008 Pb NAAQS. These 

determinations of attainment are based 

upon complete, quality-assured and 

certified ambient air monitoring data for 

the 2012–2014 design period showing 

that the areas have monitored 

attainment of the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

Additionally, as a result of this 

determination, EPA is suspending the 

requirements for the areas to submit 

attainment demonstrations, together 

with reasonably available control 

measures (RACM), reasonable further 

progress (RFP) plans, contingency 

measures for failure to meet RFP, and 

attainment deadlines for as long as the 

areas continue to attain the 2008 Pb 

NAAQS. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective July 27, 2015, unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by June 25, 

2015. If adverse comments are received, 

EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of 

the direct final rule in the Federal 

Register informing the public that the 

rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2015–0192, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: aburano.douglas@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312) 408–2279. 

4. Mail: Douglas Aburano, Chief, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: Douglas Aburano, 

Chief, Attainment Planning and 

Maintenance Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Regional Office normal hours 

of operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. The Regional Office official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R05–OAR–2015– 

0192. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We 

recommend that you telephone Sarah 

Arra, Environmental Scientist, at (312) 

886–9401 before visiting the Region 5 

office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Arra, Environmental Scientist, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–9401, 

arra.sarah@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. This supplementary information 

section is arranged as follows: 

I. What action is EPA taking? 

II. What is the background for this action? 

III. Application of EPA’s Clean Data Policy to 

the 2008 Pb NAAQS 

IV. Do the Cleveland and Delta areas meet the 

2008 Pb NAAQS? 

V. What is the effect of this action? 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What action is EPA taking? 

EPA is taking final action to 

determine that the Cleveland area and 

Delta area have attained the 2008 Pb 

NAAQS. This is based upon complete, 

quality-assured and certified ambient air 

monitoring data for the 2012–2014 

monitoring period showing that the 

areas have monitored attainment of the 

2008 Pb NAAQS. 

Further, with this determination of 

attainment, the requirements for the 

Cleveland and Delta areas to submit 

attainment demonstrations together 

with RACM, RFP plans, and 

contingency measures for failure to meet 

RFP and attainment deadlines are 

suspended for as long as the area 

continues to attain the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

As discussed below, this action is 

consistent with EPA’s regulations and 

with its longstanding interpretation of 

subpart 1 of part D of the CAA. 

If either the Cleveland area or the 

Delta area violates the 2008 Pb NAAQS 

after this action, the basis for the 

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1EPA completed a second and final round of 

designations for the 2008 Lead NAAQS on 

November 22, 2011. See 76 FR 72097. No additional 

areas in Ohio were designated as nonattainment for 

the 2008 Lead NAAQS. 

2When calculating a three-month rolling average, 

the first two data points, November through January 

for 2012 and December through February of 2012, 

would additionally use data from November and 

December of 2011. 

requirements would no longer exist for 

that area, and the area would thereafter 

have to address applicable 

requirements. 

II. What is the background for this 

action? 

On November 12, 2008 (73 FR 66964), 

EPA established a 2008 primary and 

secondary Pb NAAQS at 0.15 

micrograms per cubic meter (mg/m3) 

based on a maximum arithmetic threemonth mean concentration for a threeyear period. See 40 CFR 50.16. This is 

the ‘‘2008 Pb NAAQS.’’ On November 

22, 2010 (75 FR 71033), EPA published 

its initial air quality designations for the 

2008 Pb NAAQS based upon air quality 

monitoring data from those monitors for 

calendar years 2007–2009. These 

designations became effective on 

December 31, 2010.1 The Cleveland and 

Delta areas were designated 

nonattainment for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

See 40 CFR 81.343. 

On February 20, 2015, the Ohio EPA 

submitted a request to EPA to make a 

determination that the Cleveland and 

Delta areas have attained the 2008 Pb 

NAAQS based on complete, qualityassured, quality-controlled monitoring 

data from 2012 through 2014. For the 

reasons set forth in this notice, EPA 

finds the request approvable. 

III. Application of EPA’s Clean Data 

Policy to the 2008 Pb NAAQS 

Following enactment of the CAA 

Amendments of 1990, EPA promulgated 

its interpretation of the requirements for 

implementing the NAAQS in the 

General Preamble for the 

Implementation of Title I of the CAA 

Amendments of 1990 (General 

Preamble) 57 FR 13498, 13564 (April 16, 

1992). In 1995, based on the 

interpretation of CAA sections 171 and 

172, and section 182 in the General 

Preamble, EPA set forth what has 

become known as its ‘‘Clean Data 

Policy’’ for the 1-hour ozone NAAQS. 

See Memorandum from John S. Seitz, 

Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, ‘‘RFP, Attainment 

Demonstration, and Related 

Requirements for Ozone Nonattainment 

areas Meeting the Ozone National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard’’ (May 

10, 1995). In 2004, EPA indicated its 

intention to extend the Clean Data 

Policy to the (fine particulates) PM2.5

NAAQS. See Memorandum from Steve 

Page, Director, EPA Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, ‘‘Clean Data 

Policy for the Fine Particle National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards’’ 

(December 14, 2004). 

Since 1995, EPA has applied its 

interpretation under the Clean Data 

Policy in many rulemakings, 

suspending certain attainment-related 

planning requirements for individual 

areas, based on a determination of 

attainment. For a full discussion on 

EPA’s application of this policy, see 

section III of the Bristol, Tennessee 

Determination of Attainment for the 

2008 Pb Standards (77 FR 35653). 

IV. Do the Cleveland and Delta areas 

meet the 2008 Pb NAAQS? 

A. Criteria 

Today’s rulemaking assesses whether 

the Cleveland and Delta areas have 

attained the 2008 Pb NAAQS, based on 

the most recent three years of qualityassured data. The Cleveland area, which 

surrounds the Ferro Corporation facility, 

is comprised of the portions of 

Cuyahoga County that are bounded on 

the west by Washington Park Blvd./

Crete Ave./East 49th St., on the east by 

East 71st St., on the north by Fleet Ave., 

and on the south by Grant Ave. The 

Delta area, which surrounds the Bunting 

Bearings facility, is comprised of the 

portions of Fulton County that are 

bounded by sections 12 and 13 of York 

Township and sections 7 and 18 of 

Swan Creek Township. 

Under EPA regulations at 40 CFR 

50.16, the 2008 primary and secondary 

Pb standards are met when the 

maximum arithmetic three-month mean 

concentration for a three-year period, as 

determined in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 50, appendix R, is less than or 

equal to 0.15 mg/m3 at all relevant 

monitoring sites in the subject area. 

EPA has reviewed the ambient air 

monitoring data for the Cleveland and 

Delta areas in accordance with the 

provisions of 40 CFR part 50, appendix 

R. All data considered are complete, 

quality-assured, certified, and recorded 

in EPA’s Air Quality System (AQS) 

database. This review addresses air 

quality data collected in the 2012–2014 

period which are the most recent 

quality-assured data available. 

B. Cleveland Area Air Quality 

The 39–035–0049 monitoring site is a 

Federal reference method (FRM) sourceoriented monitor which meets the 

quality assurance requirements of 40 

CFR 58, appendix A. After the Ferro 

facility completed repairs, installed 

additional back-up control devices, and 

implemented a preventative 

maintenance plan by 2012, the Pb 

values have been well below the 

standard. 

Table 1 shows the 2012–2014 threemonth rolling averages for the Cleveland 

area. 

Location AQS site ID 3-month period 2012 2013 2014 

Ferro—E. 56th St., Cleveland ................... 39–035–0049 #1 ............ Nov–Jan 2 ................ 0.02 0.01 0.01 

Dec–Feb .................. 0.01 0.01 0.01 

Jan–Mar .................. 0.02 0.01 0.01 

Feb–Apr .................. 0.02 0.01 0.01 

Mar–May ................. 0.03 0.02 0.01 

Apr–Jun ................... 0.03 0.02 0.01 

May–July ................. 0.03 0.02 0.01 

Jun–Aug .................. 0.02 0.02 0.02 

July–Sept ................ 0.02 0.02 0.01 

Aug–Oct .................. 0.02 0.01 0.01 

Sept–Nov ................ 0.01 0.01 0.01 

Oct–Dec .................. 0.01 0.01 0.01 


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3The 2012 data set includes data from November 

and December of 2011. 

4The 2012 data set includes data from November 

and December of 2011. 

5The 2012 data set includes data from November 

and December of 2011. 

Table 2 shows the 2012–2014 threemonth rolling averages for the colocated monitor in the Cleveland area. 

Location AQS site ID 3-month period 2012 2013 2014 

Ferro—E. 56th St., Cleveland ................... 39–035–0049 #2 ............ Nov–Jan 3 ................ 0.02 0.01 0.01 

Dec–Feb .................. 0.01 0.01 0.01 

Jan–Mar .................. 0.02 0.01 0.01 

Feb–Apr .................. 0.03 0.01 0.01 

Mar–May ................. 0.03 0.02 0.01 

Apr–Jun ................... 0.03 0.03 0.01 

May–July ................. 0.03 0.02 0.01 

Jun–Aug .................. 0.02 0.02 0.02 

July–Sept ................ 0.02 0.02 0.01 

Aug–Oct .................. 0.01 0.01 0.01 

Sept–Nov ................ 0.01 0.01 0.01 

Oct–Dec .................. 0.01 0.01 0.01 

The data shown in Tables 1 and 2 are 

complete, quality-assured, and certified 

and show 0.03 mg/m3 as the highest 

three-month rolling average. 

The Ferro Corporation facility’s 

National Emissions Inventory (NEI) 

emissions in 2011 were 0.0046 tons per 

year (tpy). With the combination of 

completed repairs, installation of 

additional back-up control devices, and 

implementation of a preventative 

maintenance plan at the facility, the 

design value at the monitor is now 

about a fifth of the standard. 

EPA’s review of these data indicates 

that the Cleveland area has attained and 

continues to attain the 2008 Pb NAAQS, 

with a design value of 0.03 mg/m3 for the 

period of 2012–2014. 

C. Delta Area Air Quality 

The 39–051–0001 monitoring site is a 

FRM source-oriented monitor which 

meets the quality assurance 

requirements of 40 CFR 58, appendix A. 

After the Bunting Bearings facility began 

compliance with Federally enforceable 

lead emissions limits and implemented 

a preventative maintenance plan by 

2012, the Pb values have been well 

below the standard. 

Table 3 shows the 2012–2014 threemonth rolling averages for the Delta 

area. 

Location AQS site ID 3-month period 2012 2013 2014 

Bunting Bearings Facility—200 Van Buren 

St., Delta.

39–051–0001 #1 ............ Nov–Jan 4 ................

Dec–Feb ..................

0.07 

0.05 

0.04 

0.05 

0.05 

0.04 

Jan–Mar .................. 0.06 0.04 0.05 

Feb–Apr .................. 0.07 0.03 0.04 

Mar–May ................. 0.08 0.03 0.03 

Apr–Jun ................... 0.08 0.04 0.03 

May–July ................. 0.08 0.04 0.03 

Jun–Aug .................. 0.06 0.04 0.04 

July–Sept ................ 0.08 0.03 0.03 

Aug–Oct .................. 0.06 0.05 0.04 

Sept–Nov ................ 0.06 0.06 0.09 

Oct–Dec .................. 0.02 0.06 0.08 

Table 4 shows the 2012–2014 threemonth rolling averages for the colocated monitor in the Delta area. 

Location AQS site ID 3-month period 2012 2013 2014 

Bunting Bearings Facility—200 Van Buren 

St., Delta.

39–051–0001 #2 ............ Nov–Jan 5 ................

Dec–Feb ..................

0.07 

0.04 

0.03 

0.03 

0.05 

0.02 

Jan–Mar .................. 0.06 0.03 0.03 

Feb–Apr .................. 0.08 0.02 0.03 

Mar–May ................. 0.08 0.03 0.03 

Apr–Jun ................... 0.08 0.03 0.03 

May–July ................. 0.07 0.04 0.03 

Jun–Aug .................. 0.05 0.04 0.04 

July–Sept ................ 0.08 0.04 0.03 

Aug–Oct .................. 0.06 0.06 0.04 

Sept–Nov ................ 0.06 0.06 0.08 

Oct–Dec .................. 0.02 0.06 0.07 


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The data shown in Tables 3 and 4 are 

complete, quality-assured, and certified 

and show 0.09 mg/m3 as the highest 

three-month rolling average. 

The Bunting Bearings facility’s NEI 

emissions in 2011 were 0.0035 tpy. 

With the combination of compliance 

with Federally enforceable lead 

emissions limits and implementation of 

a preventative maintenance plan, the 

design value at the monitor is now 

about three-fifths of the standard. 

EPA’s review of these data indicates 

that the Delta area has attained and 

continues to attain the 2008 Pb NAAQS, 

with a design value of 0.09 mg/m3 for the 

period of 2012–2014. 

V. What is the effect of this action? 

Based on complete, quality-assured 

and certified data for 2012–2014, EPA is 

determining that the Cleveland and 

Delta areas have attained the 2008 Pb 

NAAQS. The requirements for the Ohio 

EPA to submit attainment 

demonstrations and associated RACM, 

RFP plans, contingency measures, and 

any other planning SIPs related to 

attainment of the 2008 Pb NAAQS for 

the Cleveland and Delta areas are 

suspended for as long as the areas 

continue to attain the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

EPA rulemaking is consistent and in 

keeping with its long-held interpretation 

of CAA requirements, as well as with 

EPA’s regulations for similar 

determinations for ozone (see 40 CFR 

51.918) and PM2.5 (see 40 CFR 

51.1004(c)). 

This action does not constitute a 

redesignation of the area to attainment 

of the 2008 Pb NAAQS under section 

107(d)(3) of the CAA. This action does 

not involve approving a maintenance 

plan for the area as required under 

section 175A of the CAA, nor does it 

find that the area has met all other 

requirements for redesignation. The 

Cleveland and Delta areas remain 

designated nonattainment for the 2008 

Pb NAAQS until such time as EPA 

determines that the areas meet the CAA 

requirements for redesignation to 

attainment and takes action to 

redesignate the area. 

We are publishing this action without 

prior proposal because we view this as 

a noncontroversial amendment and 

anticipate no adverse comments. 

However, in the proposed rules section 

of this Federal Register publication, we 

are publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposal to approve the 

state plan if relevant adverse written 

comments are filed. This rule will be 

effective July 27, 2015 without further 

notice unless we receive relevant 

adverse written comments by June 25, 

2015. If we receive such comments, we 

will withdraw this action before the 

effective date by publishing a 

subsequent document that will 

withdraw the final action. All public 

comments received will then be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on the proposed action. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

on this action should do so at this time. 

Please note that if EPA receives 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. If we do not receive any 

comments, this action will be effective 

July 27, 2015. 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

This action makes attainment 

determinations for the Cleveland and 

Delta areas for the 2008 lead NAAQS 

based on air quality data and results in 

the suspension of certain Federal 

requirements and does not impose any 

additional requirements. For that 

reason, this action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

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

• Is 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.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

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

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is 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 

• Does 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, the attainment 

determination is not approved to apply 

on any Indian reservation land or in any 

other area where EPA or an Indian tribe 

has demonstrated that a tribe has 

jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian 

country, the rule does not have tribal 

implications and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

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 July 27, 2015. 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. Parties with objections to this 

direct final rule are encouraged to file a 

comment in response to the parallel 

notice of proposed rulemaking for this 

action published in the proposed rules 

section of today’s Federal Register, 

rather than file an immediate petition 

for judicial review of this direct final 

rule, so that EPA can withdraw this 

direct final rule and address the 

comment in the proposed rulemaking. 

This action may not be challenged later 

in proceedings to enforce its 

requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 


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reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Lead, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: May 13, 2015. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

40 CFR part 52 is 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. 

■ 2. Section 52.1892 is amended by 

adding paragraph (f) to read as follows: 

§ 52.1892 Determination of attainment. 

* * * * * 

(f) Based upon EPA’s review of the air 

quality data for the three-year period 

2012 to 2014, EPA determined that the 

Cleveland and Delta, OH lead 

nonattainment areas have attained the 

2008 Lead National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS). This clean 

data determination suspends the 

requirements for these areas to submit 

an attainment demonstration, associated 

reasonably available control measures, a 

reasonable further progress plan, 

contingency measures, and other 

planning SIPs related to attainment of 

the standard for as long as this area 

continues to meet the 2008 lead 

NAAQS. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2014–0659; FRL–9927–98– 

Region–5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; 

Removal of General Conformity 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving the removal 

of general conformity regulations from 

the Ohio state implementation plan 

(SIP) under the Clean Air Act (CAA). 

These regulations are no longer 

necessary since the establishment of the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users transportation act (transportation 

act) removed the requirement for states 

to maintain general conformity 

regulations. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective July 27, 2015, unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by June 25, 

2015. If adverse comments are received, 

EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of 

the direct final rule in the Federal 

Register informing the public that the 

rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2014–0659, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: blakley.pamela@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312) 692–2450. 

4. Mail: Pamela Blakley, Chief, 

Control Strategies Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: Pamela Blakley, 

Chief, Control Strategies Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Regional Office 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

Regional Office official hours of 

business are Monday through Friday, 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R05–OAR–2014– 

0659. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We 

recommend that you telephone Anthony 

Maietta, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, at (312) 353–8777 before 

visiting the Region 5 office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Maietta, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Control Strategies 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–8777, 

maietta.anthony@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. This supplementary information 

section is arranged as follows: 

I. What is the background for this action? 

II. What is EPA’s analysis of the state’s 

submittal? 

III. What action is EPA taking? 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What is the background for this 

action? 

On March 11, 1996, EPA approved the 

general conformity rules in chapter 

3745–102 of the Ohio Administrative 

Code (OAC) into the Ohio SIP (61 FR 

9646). General conformity is a 

requirement of section 176(c) of the 

CAA to ensure that no Federally 

supported actions outside of highway 

and transit projects interfere with the 

purpose of the approved SIP, i.e. the 

SIP’s protection of the National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards. General 

conformity requirements currently 

apply to the following criteria 

pollutants: Ozone, particulate matter, 


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