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costs on tribal governments or preempt 

tribal law. 

B. Submission to Congress and the 

Comptroller General 

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). 

C. Petitions for Judicial Review 

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 September 14, 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 action. 

This action, revising the definition of 

VOCs, 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 

reference, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: July 7, 2015. 

William C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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. 

Subpart VV—Virginia 

■ 2. In § 52.2420, the table in paragraph 

(c) is amended by adding a new entry 

for ‘‘Section 5–10–20’’ immediately after 

the existing entries for ‘‘Section 5–10– 

20’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.2420 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED VIRGINIA REGULATIONS AND STATUTES

State citation Title/subject State effective 

date EPA approval date Explanation [former SIP citation] 

9 VAC 5, Chapter 10 General Definitions [Part I] 

*******

5–10–20 .................................. Terms Defined ....................... 3/12/15 7/16/15 [Insert Federal Register citation].Definition of VOC is revised 

by adding two chemicals 

(trans 1-chloro-3,3,3- 

trifluoroprop-1-ene and 

2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene) 

to the list of substances not 

considered to be VOCs. 

*******

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0902; FRL–9930–24– 

Region 3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Pennsylvania; Redesignation Request 

and Associated Maintenance Plan for 

the Johnstown Nonattainment Area for 

the 1997 Annual and 2006 24-Hour Fine 

Particulate Matter Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s 

request to redesignate to attainment the 

Johnstown Nonattainment Area 

(Johnstown Area or Area) for the 1997 

annual and 2006 24-hour fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) national 

ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or 

standard). EPA has determined that the 

Johnstown Area attained both the 1997 

annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. 

In addition, EPA is approving as a 

revision to the Pennsylvania State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) the 

associated maintenance plan to show 


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maintenance of the 1997 annual and 

2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS through 

2025 for the Johnstown Area. The 

maintenance plan includes the 2017 and 

2025 PM2.5 and nitrogen oxides (NOX) 

mobile vehicle emissions budgets 

(MVEBs) for the Johnstown Area for the 

1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS, which EPA is approving for 

transportation conformity purposes. 

Furthermore, EPA is approving the 2007 

base year emissions inventory included 

in the maintenance plan for the 

Johnstown Area for both NAAQS. These 

actions are being taken under the Clean 

Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: This final rule is effective on July 

16, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

Number EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0902. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Although listed in the electronic docket, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., confidential business 

information (CBI) 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 for 

public inspection during normal 

business hours at the Air Protection 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Pennsylvania 

Department of Environmental 

Protection, Bureau of Air Quality 

Control, P.O. Box 8468, 400 Market 

Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rose 

Quinto at (215) 814–2182, or by email 

at quinto.rose@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On December 3, 2014, the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 

through the Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection (PADEP), 

formally submitted a request to 

redesignate the Johnstown Area from 

nonattainment to attainment for the 

1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS. Concurrently, PADEP 

submitted a maintenance plan for the 

Johnstown Area as a SIP revision to 

ensure continued attainment throughout 

the Johnstown Area over the next 10 

years. The maintenance plan includes 

the 2017 and 2025 PM2.5 and NOX

MVEBs for the Area for the 1997 annual 

and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS, which 

EPA is approving for transportation 

conformity purposes. PADEP also 

submitted a 2007 comprehensive 

emissions inventory that was included 

in the maintenance plan for the 1997 

annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS 

for NOX, sulfur dioxide (SO2), volatile 

organic compounds (VOC), and 

ammonia (NH3). 

On April 23, 2015 (80 FR 22672), EPA 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPR) for Pennsylvania. In 

the NPR, EPA proposed approval of 

Pennsylvania’s December 3, 2014 

request to redesignate the Johnstown 

Area to attainment for the 1997 annual 

and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. EPA 

also proposed approval of the associated 

maintenance plan as a revision to the 

Pennsylvania SIP for the 1997 annual 

and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. The 

maintenance plan included the 2017 

and 2025 PM2.5 and NOX MVEBs for 

both NAAQS which EPA proposed to 

approve for purposes of transportation 

conformity. In addition, EPA proposed 

approval of the 2007 emissions 

inventory also included in the 

maintenance plan for the Johnstown 

Area for both NAAQS to meet the 

emissions inventory requirement of 

section 172(c)(3) of the CAA. 

The details of Pennsylvania’s 

submittal and the rationale for EPA’s 

proposed actions are explained in the 

NPR and will not be restated here. No 

adverse public comments were received 

on the NPR. 

II. Final Actions 

EPA is taking final actions on the 

redesignation request and SIP revisions 

submitted on December 3, 2014 by the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the 

Johnstown Area for the 1997 annual and 

2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. First, EPA 

finds that the monitoring data 

demonstrates that the Area has attained 

the 1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS, and continues to attain both 

NAAQS. Second, EPA is approving 

Pennsylvania’s redesignation request for 

the 1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS, because EPA has determined 

that the request meets the redesignation 

criteria set forth in section 107(d)(3)(E) 

of the CAA for both NAAQS. Approval 

of this redesignation request will change 

the official designation of the Johnstown 

Area from nonattainment to attainment 

for the 1997 annual and 2006 24-hour 

PM2.5 NAAQS. Third, EPA is approving 

the associated maintenance plan for the 

Johnstown Area as a revision to the 

Pennsylvania SIP for the 1997 annual 

and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS 

because it meets the requirements of 

section 175A of the CAA. The 

maintenance plan includes the 2017 and 

2025 PM2.5 and NOX MVEBs submitted 

by Pennsylvania for the Johnstown Area 

for transportation conformity purposes. 

In addition, EPA is approving the 2007 

emissions inventory for the Johnstown 

Area as meeting the requirement of 

section 172(c)(3) of the CAA for both 

NAAQS. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(d), 

EPA finds there is good cause for this 

rulemaking action to become effective 

immediately upon publication. A 

delayed effective date is unnecessary 

due to the nature of a redesignation to 

attainment, which eliminates CAA 

obligations that would otherwise apply. 

The immediate effective date for this 

rulemaking action is authorized under 

both 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1), which provides 

that rulemaking actions may become 

effective less than 30 days after 

publication if the rule ‘‘grants or 

recognizes an exemption or relieves a 

restriction,’’ and section 553(d)(3), 

which allows an effective date less than 

30 days after publication ‘‘as otherwise 

provided by the agency for good cause 

found and published with the rule.’’ 

The purpose of the 30-day waiting 

period prescribed in section 553(d) is to 

give affected parties a reasonable time to 

adjust their behavior and prepare before 

the final rule takes effect. This 

rulemaking action, however, does not 

create any new regulatory requirements 

such that affected parties would need 

time to prepare before the rule takes 

effect. Rather, this rulemaking action 

relieves the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania of the obligation to 

comply with nonattainment-related 

planning requirements for the 

Johnstown Area pursuant to part D of 

the CAA and approves certain emissions 

inventories and MVEBs for the 

Johnstown Area. For these reasons, EPA 

finds good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d) 

for this rulemaking action to become 

effective on the date of publication. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. General Requirements 

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 a 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 


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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, this action 

merely approves state law as meeting 

Federal requirements and does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. For that 

reason, this action: 

• Is 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); 

• 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, 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. 

B. Submission to Congress and the 

Comptroller General 

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). 

C. Petitions for Judicial Review 

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 September 14, 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. 

This action, approving the 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan for the Johnstown Area for the 

1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS and the comprehensive 

emissions inventory for the Johnstown 

Area for both NAAQS, 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, Nitrogen oxides, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur dioxide, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

40 CFR Part 81 

Air pollution control, National parks, 

Wilderness areas. 

Dated: June 25, 2015. 

Shawn M Garvin, 

Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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 NN—Pennsylvania 

■ 2. In § 52.2020, the table in paragraph 

(e)(1) is amended by adding an entry for 

‘‘1997 Annual and 2006 24-Hour PM2.5

Maintenance Plan and 2007 Base Year 

Emissions Inventory’’ at the end of the 

table to read as follows: 

§ 52.2020 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(1) * * * 

Name of non-regulatory SIP 

revision Applicable geographic area State submittal date EPA Approval date Additional explanation 

*******

1997 Annual and 2006 24- 

Hour PM2.5 Maintenance 

Plan and 2007 Base Year 

Emissions Inventory.

Johnstown Area ..................... 12/3/14 7/16/15 [Insert Federal Register citation].See § 52.2036(w) and 

§ 52.2059(r). 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Section 52.2036 is amended by 

adding and reserving paragraph (v) and 

adding paragraph (w) to read as follows: 

§ 52.2036 Base year emissions inventory. 

* * * * * 

(v) [Reserved] 

(w) EPA approves as a revision to the 

Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan 

the 2007 base year emissions inventory 

for the Johnstown 1997 annual and 2006 

24-hour fine particulate matter (PM2.5) 

nonattainment area submitted by the 

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Environmental Protection on December 

3, 2014. The emissions inventory 

includes emissions estimates that cover 

the general source categories of point, 

area, nonroad, and onroad sources. The 

pollutants that comprise the inventory 

are PM2.5, nitrogen oxides (NOX), 

volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 

ammonia (NH3), and sulfur dioxide 

(SO2). 

■ 4. Section 52.2059 is amended by 

adding and reserving paragraph (q) and 

adding paragraph (r) to read as follows: 

§ 52.2059 Control strategy: Particular 

matter. 

* * * * * 

(q) [Reserved] 

(r) EPA approves the maintenance 

plan for the Johnstown nonattainment 

area for the 1997 annual and 2006 24- 

hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS) submitted 

by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

on December 3, 2014. The maintenance 

plan includes the 2017 and 2025 PM2.5

and NOX mobile vehicle emissions 

budgets (MVEBs) to be applied to all 

future transportation conformity 

determinations and analyses for the 

Johnstown nonattainment area for the 

1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS. 

JOHNSTOWN AREA’S MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION BUDGETS FOR THE 1997 ANNUAL AND 2006 24-HOUR PM2.5 NAAQS 

FOR CAMBRIA COUNTY IN TONS PER YEAR

Type of control strategy SIP Year PM2.5 NOX Effective date of 

SIP approval 

Maintenance Plan ........................................................................................ 2017 62.79 1,707.03 7/16/15 

2025 46.71 1,077.46 7/16/15 

JOHNSTOWN AREA’S MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION BUDGETS FOR THE 1997 ANNUAL AND 2006 24-HOUR PM2.5 NAAQS 

FOR INDIANA COUNTY (PARTIAL) IN TONS PER YEAR

Type of control strategy SIP Year PM2.5 NOX Effective date of 

SIP approval 

Maintenance Plan ........................................................................................ 2017 7.95 238.50 7/16/15 

2025 4.38 120.98 7/16/15 

PART 81—DESIGNATION OF AREAS 

FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING 

PURPOSES 

■ 5. The authority citation for part 81 

continues to read as follows: 

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

■ 6. In § 81.339, in the tables entitled 

‘‘Pennsylvania—1997 Annual PM2.5

NAAQS’’ and ‘‘Pennsylvania—2006 24- 

Hour PM2.5 NAAQS’’ revise the entry for 

‘‘Johnstown, PA’’ to read as follows: 

§ 81.339 Pennsylvania. 

* * * * * 

PENNSYLVANIA—1997 ANNUAL PM2.5 NAAQS 

[Primary and secondary] 

Designated area 

Designation a Classification 

Date 1 Type Date 2 Type 

*******

Johnstown, PA: 

Cambria County ........................................................................................ 7/16/15 Attainment 

Indiana County (part) ................................................................................ 7/16/15 Attainment 

Townships of West Wheatfield, Center, East Wheatfield, and Armagh Borough and Homer City Borough. 

*******

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

1This date is 90 days after January 5, 2005, unless otherwise noted. 

2This date is July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted. 

* * * * * 

PENNSYLVANIA—2006 24-HOUR PM2.5 NAAQS 

[Primary and secondary] 

Designated area 

Designation a Classification 

Date 1 Type Date 2 Type 

*******

Johnstown, PA: 


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PENNSYLVANIA—2006 24-HOUR PM2.5 NAAQS—Continued 

[Primary and secondary] 

Designated area 

Designation a Classification 

Date 1 Type Date 2 Type 

Cambria County ........................................................................................ 7/16/15 Attainment 

Indiana County (part) ................................................................................ 7/16/15 Attainment 

Townships of West Wheatfield, Center, East Wheatfield, and Armagh Borough and Homer City Borough 

* * * * * * * 

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

1This date is 30 days after November 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted. 

2This date is July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted. 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0050; FRL–9930–56– 

Region 3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Pennsylvania; Redesignation Request 

and Associated Maintenance Plan for 

the Lancaster Nonattainment Area for 

the 1997 Annual and 2006 24-Hour Fine 

Particulate Matter Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s 

request to redesignate to attainment the 

Lancaster Nonattainment Area 

(Lancaster Area or Area) for the 1997 

annual and 2006 24-hour fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) national 

ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or 

standard). EPA has determined that the 

Lancaster Area attained both the 1997 

annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. 

In addition, EPA is approving as a 

revision to the Pennsylvania State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) the 

associated maintenance plan to show 

maintenance of the 1997 annual and 

2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS through 

2025 for the Lancaster Area. The 

maintenance plan includes the 2017 and 

2025 PM2.5 and nitrogen oxides (NOX) 

mobile vehicle emissions budgets 

(MVEBs) for the Lancaster Area for the 

1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS, which EPA is approving for 

transportation conformity purposes. 

Furthermore, EPA is approving the 2007 

base year emissions inventory included 

in the maintenance plan for the 

Lancaster Area for both NAAQS. These 

actions are being taken under the Clean 

Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: This final rule is effective on July 

16, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

Number EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0050. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Although listed in the electronic docket, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., confidential business 

information (CBI) 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 for 

public inspection during normal 

business hours at the Air Protection 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Pennsylvania 

Department of Environmental 

Protection, Bureau of Air Quality 

Control, P.O. Box 8468, 400 Market 

Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leslie Jones Doherty at (215) 814–3409, 

or by email at jones.leslie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On April 30, 2014, the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 

through the Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection (PADEP), 

formally submitted a request to 

redesignate the Lancaster Area from 

nonattainment to attainment for the 

1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS. Concurrently, PADEP 

submitted a maintenance plan for the 

Lancaster Area as a SIP revision to 

ensure continued attainment throughout 

the Lancaster Area over the next 10 

years. The maintenance plan includes 

the 2017 and 2025 PM2.5 and NOX

MVEBs for the Area for the 1997 annual 

and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS, which 

EPA is approving for transportation 

conformity purposes. PADEP also 

submitted a 2007 comprehensive 

emissions inventory that was included 

in the maintenance plan for the 1997 

annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS 

for NOX, sulfur dioxide (SO2), volatile 

organic compounds (VOC), and 

ammonia (NH3). 

On May 1, 2015 (80 FR 24874), EPA 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPR) for Pennsylvania. In 

the NPR, EPA proposed approval of 

Pennsylvania’s April 30, 2014 request to 

redesignate the Lancaster Area to 

attainment for the 1997 annual and 2006 

24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. EPA also 

proposed approval of the associated 

maintenance plan as a revision to the 

Pennsylvania SIP for the 1997 annual 

and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. The 

maintenance plan included the 2017 

and 2025 PM2.5 and NOX MVEBs for 

both NAAQS which EPA proposed to 

approve for purposes of transportation 

conformity. In addition, EPA proposed 

approval of the 2007 emissions 

inventory also included in the 

maintenance plan for the Lancaster Area 

for both NAAQS to meet the emissions 

inventory requirement of section 

172(c)(3) of the CAA. 

The details of Pennsylvania’s 

submittal and the rationale for EPA’s 

proposed actions are explained in the 

NPR and will not be restated here. No 

adverse public comments were received 

on the NPR. 

II. Final Actions 

EPA is taking final actions on the 

redesignation request and SIP revisions 

submitted on April 30, 2014 by the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the 

Lancaster Area for the 1997 annual and 

2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. First, EPA 


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