13368 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 48 / Monday, March 13, 1995 / Rules and Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[VA37–1–6812a; FRL–5170–9]

Designation of Areas for Air Quality

Planning Purposes; Virginia;

Withdrawal of Final Rule Pertaining to

the Clean Air Act Promulgation of

Reclassification of the Hampton Roads

Ozone Nonattainment Area in Virginia

and Attainment Determinations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

SUMMARY: On January 17, 1995, EPA

published a final rule to reclassify the

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News

area (Hampton Roads) in Virginia from

marginal to moderate nonattainment for

ozone. The January 17, 1995 document

also set forth the method that EPA will

use henceforth to determine if areas

have attained an air quality standard.

These actions were published without

prior proposal because EPA anticipated

no adverse comment. Because EPA

received adverse comments on these

actions, EPA is withdrawing the January

17, 1995 final rule actions pertaining to

the Hampton Roads reclassification and

EPA’s method to determine if areas

attained an air quality standard.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 13, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maria A. Pino, (215) 597–9337.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 17, 1995, EPA published a final

rule to reclassify the Norfolk-Virginia

Beach-Newport News area (Hampton

Roads) in Virginia from marginal to

moderate nonattainment for ozone (60

FR 3349), because the area failed to

meet its November 15, 1993 attainment

date. The action was based on air

quality monitoring data for ozone. The

January 17, 1995 document also set

forth the method that EPA will use

henceforth to determine if areas have

attained an air quality standard. EPA

approved this direct final rulemaking

without prior proposal because the

Agency viewed it as non-controversial

and anticipated no adverse comments.

The final rule was published in the

Federal Register with a provision for a

30 day comment period (60 FR 3349). At

the same time, EPA announced that this

final rule would convert to a proposed

rule in the event that adverse comments

were submitted to EPA within 30 days

of publication of the rule in the Federal

Register (60 FR 3366). By publishing a

document announcing withdrawal of

the final rulemaking action, this action

would be withdrawn. EPA received

adverse comment within the prescribed

comment period. Therefore, EPA is

withdrawing the January 17, 1995 final

rulemaking actions pertaining to the

Hampton Roads reclassification and

EPA’s method to determine if areas

attained an air quality standard. All

public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent rulemaking

action based on the proposed rule.

The January 17, 1995 action also

determined that a number of marginal

ozone nonattainment in the states of

Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,

Ohio, and West Virginia have ambient

air monitoring data that meets the ozone

air quality standard. Those

determinations were based on

monitored air quality readings for ozone

during the years 1991–1994. The

January 17, 1995 action was not a

redesignation action for these marginal

areas for which air quality monitoring

data indicates attainment of the

standard. The Clean Air Act requires

that a separate redesignation request be

submitted by the appropriate states to

EPA. These determinations are not

affected by this withdrawal document.

This withdrawal document only

pertains to the final rulemaking actions

on the Hampton Roads reclassification

and EPA’s method to determine if areas

have attained an air quality standard.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Hydrocarbons,

Intergovernmental relations, Ozone.

Dated: March 1, 1995.

Stanley Laskowski,

Acting Regional Administrator.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, 40 CFR part 81 is amended by

withdrawing the final rule published on

January 17, 1995 at 60 FR 3349.

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40 CFR Part 81

[WI44–02–6881; FRL–5168–4]

Designation of Areas for Air Quality

Planning Purposes; Wisconsin;

Redesignation of Oshkosh, Wisconsin,

to Attainment for Carbon Monoxide;

Correction

AGENCY: United States Environmental

Protection Agency (USEPA).

ACTION: Final rule, correction.

SUMMARY: On August 17, 1994 the

USEPA published a final rule approving

the redesignation Oshkosh, Wisconsin

to attainment status for carbon

monoxide (59 FR 42168). The

supplementary information to the final

rule included several typographical

errors, and the final rule incorrectly

listed the date the rule was to take

effect. This correction clarifies the

intent of the supplementary information

and provides the correct effective date

of October 17, 1994.

The USEPA regrets any

inconvenience caused by these errors.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This correction is

effective March 13, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Megan Beardsley, Environmental

Scientist, Regulation Development

Section, Air Toxics and Radiation

Branch (AT–18J), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, Chicago,

Illinois 60604, (312) 886–0669.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, National parks,

Wilderness areas.

Dated: February 10, 1995.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, the final rule published

on, August 17, 1994 at 59 FR 42168 FR

Doc. 94–20172, is corrected as follows:

1. On page 42169 of the final rule, at

the top of the first column, the ‘‘Action’’

heading is incorrectly labelled as ‘‘C;’’

the correct label is ‘‘B.’’ In the same

column, the ‘‘Miscellaneous’’ heading is

labelled as ‘‘IV;’’ the correct label is

‘‘III.’’ Similarly, in column two, the

‘‘Petitions for Judicial Review,’’ heading

is labelled as ‘‘D;’’ the correct label is

‘‘C.’’

§ 81.350 [Corrected]

2. On page 42169, in § 81.350, in the

Wisconsin carbon monoxide table, in

the entry for ‘‘Winnebago County’’ the

designation date in column 2 and the

classification date in column 4 are

corrected to read ‘‘October 17, 1994’’.

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