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governments, or to the private sector,

result from this action.

Under section 801(a)(1)(A) of the

Administrative Procedures Act (APA) as

amended by the Small Business

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of

1996, EPA submitted a report containing

this rule and other required information

to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of

Representatives and the Comptroller

General of the General Accounting

Office prior to publication of the rule in

today’s Federal Register. This rule is

not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by section

804(2) of the APA as amended.

The Regional Administrator’s

decision to approve or disapprove the

SIP revision pertaining to the Virginia

15% plan for the Washington, DC

nonattainment area will be based on

whether it meets the requirements of

section 110(a)(2)(A)–((K) and part D of

the Clean Air Act, as amended, and EPA

regulations in 40 CFR Part 51.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Hydrocarbons,

Intergovernmental regulations,

Reporting and recordkeeping, Ozone,

Volatile organic compounds.

Dated: February 25, 1997.

Stanley L. Laskowski,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–6082 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[VA068–5018b, VA066–5018b; FRL–5688–9]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans;

Designation of Areas for Air Quality

Planning Purposes; Virginia;

Redesignation to Attainment of the

Hampton Roads Ozone Nonattainment

Area, Approval of the Maintenance

Plan and Mobile Emissions Budget

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve two

State Implementation Plan (SIP)

revisions submitted by the

Commonwealth of Virginia for the

purpose of establishing a maintenance

plan and a motor vehicle emissions

budget for the Hampton Roads ozone

nonattainment area. EPA is also

proposing to approve the request

submitted by the Commonwealth of

Virginia to redesignate the Hampton

Roads marginal ozone nonattainment

area to attainment of the National

Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)

for ozone. In the final rules section of

this Federal Register, EPA is approving

the Commonwealth’s SIP revisions and

redesignation request as a direct final

rule without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial

SIP revision and anticipates no adverse

comments. A detailed rationale for the

approval is set forth in the Technical

Support Document (TSD) that has been

prepared by EPA on these rulemaking

actions. The TSD is available for public

inspection at the EPA Regional office

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this

document. If no adverse comments are

received in response to this proposed

rule, no further activity is contemplated

in relation to this rule. If EPA receives

adverse comments, the direct final rule

will be withdrawn and all public

comments received will be addressed 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.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing by April 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

mailed to David L. Arnold, Chief,

Ozone/Carbon Monoxide, and Mobile

Sources Section, Mailcode 3AT21, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency—

Region III, 841 Chestnut Building,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107.

Copies of the documents relevant to this

action are available for public

inspection during normal business

hours at the Air, Radiation, and Toxics

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region III, 841 Chestnut

Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

19107. Persons interested in examining

these documents should schedule an

appointment with the contact person

(listed below) at least 24 hours before

the visiting day. Copies of the

documents relevant to this action are

also available at the Virginia

Department of Environmental Quality,

629 East Main Street, Richmond,

Virginia 23219.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kristeen Gaffney, Ozone/Carbon

Monoxide and Mobile Sources Section

(3AT21), USEPA—Region III, 841

Chestnut Building, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19107, or by telephone at:

(215) 566–2092. Questions may also be

addressed via e-mail, at the following

address:

Gaffney.Kristeen@epamail.epa.gov

[Please note that only written comments

can be accepted for inclusion in the

docket.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the direct final

action of the same title which is located

in the Rules and Regulations section of

this Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Hydrocarbons,

Incorporation by reference,

Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen

dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

W. Michael McCabe,

Regional Administrator, Region III.

[FR Doc. 97–6077 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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40 CFR Part 80

[FRL–5708–9]

Regulations of Fuels and Fuel

Additives: Extension of the

Reformulated Gasoline Program to the

Phoenix, Arizona Moderate Ozone

Nonattainment Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

SUMMARY: This document announces the

time and place for a public hearing

regarding EPA’s proposed rule to set an

implementation date for the Phoenix

ozone nonattainment area to be a

covered area for all purposes in the

federal reformulated gasoline (RFG)

program. By letter dated January 17,

1997, the Governor of the State of

Arizona applied to EPA to include the

Phoenix moderate ozone nonattainment

area in the federal reformulated gasoline

program (RFG). Pursuant to the

Governor’s letter and the provisions of

section 211(k)(6) of the Clean Air Act,

on February 18, 1997 EPA published in

the Federal Register a Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM ) (62 FR

7197). In the NPRM, EPA proposed to

apply the prohibitions of subsection

211(k)(5) to the Phoenix, Arizona

nonattainment area.

DATES: EPA will conduct a public

hearing on the proposed rule from 8:00

a.m. until noon on March 18, 1997, in

Phoenix, Arizona. Written comments on

this proposed rule will be accepted for

30 days following the hearing, until

April 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be

held from 8:00 a.m. until noon at the

Arizona Department of Environmental

Quality Public Hearing Room, 3033

North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona

85012. If additional time is needed to

hear testimony, the hearing will

continue from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. in