The EPA Region 9 Administrator, Jared Blumenfeld, signed the following final 

rule on September 4, 2013. EPA is submitting it for publication in the 

Federal Register (FR). While we have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of 

this internet version of the rule, it is not the official version of the rule 

for purposes of compliance. Please refer to the official version in a 

forthcoming FR publication, which will appear on the Government Printing 

Office's FDsys website (http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action) and on 

Regulations.gov (http://www.regulations.gov) in Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2012- 

0936. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 81 

[EPA-R09-OAR-2008-0467; FRL- ] 

Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; 

California; San Joaquin Valley, South Coast Air Basin, Coachella 

Valley, and Sacramento Metro Ozone Nonattainment Areas; 

Reclassification

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: On August 27, 2009 (74 FR 43654), EPA published a 

proposed rule to grant requests by the State of California to 

reclassify four nonattainment areas for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

standards and to reclassify Indian country in keeping with the 

classifications of nonattainment areas within which they are 

located. On May 5, 2010 (75 FR 24409), EPA finalized the action 

as proposed except that EPA deferred reclassification of Indian 

country pertaining to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians 

(Morongo Reservation) and the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 

Indians (Pechanga Reservation) in keeping with the state’s 

request for the South Coast Air Basin. On January 2, 2013 (78 FR 
This document is a prepublication version, signed by Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, on September 4, 2013. We have taken 

steps to ensure the accuracy of this version, but it is not the official 

version.

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51), EPA proposed to revise the boundaries of the South Coast 

Air Basin nonattainment area to designate the Morongo 

Reservation as a separate air quality planning area for the 1997 

8-hour ozone standards. In the January 2, 2013 proposed rule, 

EPA indicated that, if the Agency finalizes the January 2, 2013 

proposed rule, as proposed, EPA would withdraw the August 27, 

2009 proposed rule to the extent that the 2009 proposed rule 

relates to the Morongo Reservation. In the Rules section of this 

Federal Register, EPA is finalizing its January 2, 2013 proposed 

rule, as proposed. In light of final Agency action on the 

January 2, 2013 proposal, EPA is withdrawing the August 27, 2009 

proposed reclassification of the Morongo Reservation for the 

1997 8-hour ozone standard. This withdrawal is being taken under 

Clean Air Act sections 301(a) and 301(d)(4). 

DATES: The proposed rule published on August 27, 2009 (74 FR 

43654) is withdrawn with respect to the Morongo Reservation on 

[FEDERAL REGISTER OFFICE: Insert date of publication in the 

Federal Register]. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Israels, Grants and Program 

Integration Office (AIR-8), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region IX, (415) 947-4102, israels.ken@epa.gov. 
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81

Environmental protection, Air pollution control, 

Intergovernmental relations, National parks, Ozone, Wilderness 

areas. 

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Dated: Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX.