Document ID: EPA-R06-OAR-2016-0275-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: TX182.04 Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Texas; Nonattainment and Reclassification of the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 2008 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Correction
Posted Date: 2017-01-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3172-3173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00086]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[EPA-R06-OAR-2016-0275; FRL-9957-57-Region 6]

Determination of Nonattainment and Reclassification of the 
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 2008 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Texas; 
Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a final rule on December 14, 2016, (81 FR 90207), 
that determined that the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas 
nonattainment area (HGB area) failed to attain the 2008 8-hour ozone 
national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) by the applicable 
attainment deadline of July 20, 2016, and thus was classified by 
operation of law as ``Moderate''. In that action, EPA also determined 
January 1, 2017 as the deadline by which Texas must submit to the EPA 
the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions that meet the Clean Air 
Act (CAA) statutory and regulatory requirements that apply to 2008 
ozone NAAQS nonattainment areas reclassified as Moderate. The language 
in the December 14, 2016 Federal Register amended the table in 40 CFR 
81.344 (Subpart C-Section 107 Attainment Status Designations) titled 
``Texas--2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS (Primary and secondary)''. The 
amendatory language failed to update the table for the classification 
date for HGB nonattainment area to 12/14/2016. This document corrects 
the listed classification date in the December 14, 2016 final rule 
document.

DATES: This final rule correction is effective on January 11, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nevine Salem, (214) 665-7222, 
salem.nevine@epa.gov.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA issued a final rule on December 14, 
2016, (81 FR 90207) (EPA-R06-OAR-2016-0275; FRL-9956-08-Region 6), that 
reclassified the HGB nonattainment area from Marginal to Moderate for 
the 2008 8-hour Ozone NAAQS standards. In that document, EPA 
incorrectly listed the classification date for the HGB ozone 
nonattainment area in Sec.  81.344, the table titled ``Texas--2008 8-
Hour Ozone NAAQS (Primary and secondary)'' to be 1/13/17. Instead the 
document should have the classification date in the table as 12/14/
2016. This document corrects that mistake.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control.

    Dated: January 3, 2017.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.

    40 CFR part 81 is corrected as follows:

PART 81-DESIGNATION OF AREAS FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING PURPOSES

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1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart C--Section 107 Attainment Status Designations

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2. In Sec.  81.344, the table titled ``Texas--2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS 
(Primary and secondary)'' is amended by revising the entry for 
``Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX'' to read as follows:

Sec.  81.344  Texas.

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                                               Texas--2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS (Primary and Secondary) \2\
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                                                             Designation                                             Classification
           Designated area           -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Date\1\                        Type                       Date\1\                        Type
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Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX: \2\.  .................  Nonattainment........................        12/14/2016   Moderate.
    Brazoria County.................
    Chambers County.................
    Fort Bend County................
    Galveston County................
    Harris County...................
    Liberty County..................
    Montgomery County...............
    Waller County...................
 
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\1\ This date is July 20, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
\2\ Excludes Indian country located in each area, unless otherwise noted.

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[FR Doc. 2017-00086 Filed 1-10-17; 8:45 am]
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