Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0359-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Air Quality Designations: 2006 24-hour Fine Particle National Ambient Air Quality Standards (2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS), 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS, and 1987 Annual Coarse Particle (PM10) NAAQS
Posted Date: 2015-07-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45067-45073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18532]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0359; FRL-9929-97-OAR]
RIN 2060-AR95

Air Quality Designations for the 2006 24-hour Fine Particle 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (2006 24-hour PM2.5 
NAAQS), 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS, and 1987 Annual Coarse 
Particle (PM10) NAAQS; Technical Amendments to Inadvertent 
Errors

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to its authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating this final action 
to make technical amendments to address several minor, inadvertent and 
nonsubstantive errors in the regulatory text establishing the air 
quality designations for the 2006 24-hour fine particle 
(PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), 1997 
annual PM2.5 NAAQS, and 1987 annual coarse particle 
(PM10) NAAQS. Consistent with the EPA's interpretation of 
the good cause exemption provisions outlined in the Administrative 
Procedure Act, this action is being taken without notice and comment. 
The states to which these amendments apply are New York and West 
Virginia.

DATES: The effective date of these technical amendments is August 28, 
2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions concerning this 
action, please contact Andy Chang, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Air Quality Planning Division, C539-04, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-2416, email at 
chang.andy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents

    The following is an outline of the preamble.

I. What is the good cause exemption, and why is the EPA using it?
II. What is the purpose of this action?
III. What are the technical amendments to inadvertent errors in 
prior designations?
    A. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 2006 24-
hour PM2.5 NAAQS
    B. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 1997 
Annual PM2.5 NAAQS
    C. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 1987 
Annual PM10 NAAQS
IV. Environmental Justice Considerations
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
    A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and 
Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
    B. Paperwork Reduction Act
    C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
    D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
    E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
    F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination with 
Indian Tribal Governments
    G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children from 
Environmental Health and Safety Risks
    H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect 
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
    I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)
    J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income 
Populations
    K. Congressional Review Act
    L. Judicial Review

I. What is the good cause exemption, and why is the EPA using it?

    Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(3)(B), provides that, when an agency for good cause finds that 
public notice and comment procedures are impracticable, unnecessary, or 
contrary to the public interest, the agency may issue a rule without 
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. The EPA has 
determined that there is good cause for making this rule final without 
prior proposal and opportunity for comment because such notice and 
opportunity for comment is unnecessary. In this action, we are amending 
40 CFR part 81, which contains the tables of area designations and 
boundaries for each NAAQS. Notice

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and comment is unnecessary because the corrections made in this 
document were already the subject of prior notice and comment 
rulemakings; this action merely makes corrections to the tables in 
order to correctly align the information in the tables with those prior 
rulemakings.

II. What is the purpose of this action?

    Whenever the EPA establishes a new NAAQS, section 107(d) of the CAA 
requires the EPA to designate all areas of the country as meeting or 
not meeting the new NAAQS, or as unclassifiable where available 
information does not support a determination whether an area is meeting 
the NAAQS. The area designations and boundaries for each NAAQS are set 
forth in tables at 40 CFR part 81.
    This action makes technical amendments to minor, inadvertent and 
nonsubstantive errors in the 40 CFR part 81 regulatory text concerning 
the air quality designations for certain areas in two states for the 
2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS, 1997 annual PM2.5 
NAAQS, and 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS. The states to which these 
technical amendments apply are New York and West Virginia.
    Documents related to the affected designations are available in the 
following dockets: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0562 (2006 24-hour 
PM2.5 NAAQS), Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0061 (1997 
annual PM2.5 NAAQS), and Public Docket No. A-92-22 (1987 
annual PM10 NAAQS). All documents in the dockets except for 
those for related to designations for the 1987 PM10 NAAQS, 
i.e., Public Docket No. A-92-22, are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. All materials for Public Docket No. A-92-22 
are located at the EPA Docket Center. In addition, the EPA has 
established a Web site for these rulemakings at: http://www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/ and http://www.epa.gov/airquality/greenbook/pindex.html. These Web sites include the EPA's final PM2.5 
and PM10 designations, as well as state and tribal initial 
recommendation letters, the EPA's modification letters, technical 
support documents, responses to comments and other related technical 
information.
    A discussion of these inadvertent errors and associated corrections 
follows in the next section. The revisions to the regulatory text, 
specifically as codified in 40 CFR part 81, are provided at the end of 
this preamble.

III. What are the technical amendments to inadvertent errors in prior 
designations?

A. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 2006 24-hour 
PM2.5 NAAQS

    The EPA published its air quality designations for the 2006 24-hour 
PM2.5 NAAQS on November 13, 2009 (74 FR 58688). In that 
action, two areas in West Virginia were designated as nonattainment for 
this NAAQS: Charleston, West Virginia (consisting of Kanawha County and 
Putnam County) and the Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-West Virginia area 
(consisting of Brooke County and Hancock County in West Virginia and 
Jefferson County in Ohio). The EPA finalized approval of West 
Virginia's request to redesignate the Charleston, West Virginia area to 
attainment on March 31, 2014 (79 FR 17884), and finalized approval of 
West Virginia's request to redesignate the state's portion of the 
Steubenville-Weirton area to attainment on March 18, 2014 (79 FR 
15019). Both of these final actions correctly revised West Virginia's 
entries in 40 CFR 81.349 to reflect that the areas are in attainment 
for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. However, a subsequent 
rulemaking finalized in the Federal Register on June 2, 2014, by the 
EPA titled, ``Identification of Nonattainment Classifications and 
Deadlines for Submission of State Implementation Plan (SIP) Provisions 
for the 1997 Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air 
Quality Standard (NAAQS) and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS'' (79 FR 
31566) inadvertently and erroneously recodified the Charleston, West 
Virginia area and the West Virginia portion of the Steubenville-
Weirton, Ohio-West Virginia area as nonattainment for the 2006 24-hour 
PM2.5 NAAQS. In this rulemaking, the EPA is correcting the 
40 CFR 81.349 table for West Virginia with respect to the 2006 24-hour 
PM2.5 NAAQS to reflect that both areas within West Virginia 
have been redesignated to attainment, consistent with our previous 
March 18, 2014, and March 31, 2014, final rulemakings.

B. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 1997 Annual 
PM2.5 NAAQS

    The EPA published its air quality designations for the 1997 annual 
PM2.5 NAAQS on January 5, 2005 (70 FR 944). In this action, 
two areas in West Virginia were designated as nonattainment for this 
NAAQS: Charleston, West Virginia (consisting of Kanawha County and 
Putnam County) and the Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-West Virginia area 
(consisting of Brooke County and Hancock County in West Virginia and 
Jefferson County in Ohio). The EPA finalized approval of West 
Virginia's request to redesignate the Charleston, West Virginia area to 
attainment on March 31, 2014 (79 FR 17884), and finalized approval of 
West Virginia's request to redesignate the state's portion of the 
Steubenville-Weirton area to attainment on March 18, 2014 (79 FR 
15019). Both of these final actions correctly revised West Virginia's 
entries in 40 CFR 81.349 to reflect that the areas are in attainment 
for the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. However, a subsequent 
rulemaking finalized in the Federal Register on June 2, 2014, by the 
EPA titled, ``Identification of Nonattainment Classifications and 
Deadlines for Submission of State Implementation Plan (SIP) Provisions 
for the 1997 Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air 
Quality Standard (NAAQS) and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS'' (79 FR 
31566) inadvertently and erroneously recodified the Charleston, West 
Virginia area and the West Virginia portion of the Steubenville-
Weirton, Ohio-West Virginia area as nonattainment for the 1997 annual 
PM2.5 NAAQS. In this rulemaking, the EPA is correcting the 
40 CFR 81.349 table for West Virginia with respect to the 1997 annual 
PM2.5 NAAQS to reflect that both areas within West Virginia 
have been redesignated to attainment consistent with our previous March 
18, 2014, and March 31, 2014, final rulemakings.

C. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 1987 Annual 
PM10 NAAQS

    The EPA redesignated New York County, New York as nonattainment for 
the 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS on January 20, 1994 (58 FR 
67334).\1\ However, the 40 CFR part 81 table for the state is unclear 
as to which 1987 PM10 NAAQS the nonattainment designation 
applies to, specifically because at the time of the January 20, 1994, 
designation, there were two forms of the NAAQS. The 1987 
PM10 NAAQS included an annual standard of 50 micrograms per 
cubic meter (annual arithmetic mean averaged over 3 years) and a 24-
hour standard of 150 micrograms per cubic meter (not to be exceeded 
more than once per year on average over a 3-year period). The 40 CFR 
part 81 table for PM10 does not distinguish between the two 
forms of the NAAQS, and therefore New York

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County is codified as nonattainment for a non-specified, i.e., 
ambiguous form of the standard.
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    \1\ This area was originally designated as unclassifiable for 
the annual PM10 NAAQS by operation of law.
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    The EPA has confirmed that the Madison Avenue monitor in New York 
County (Air Quality Systems (AQS) Site ID 36-061-0077) recorded 
violations of the 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS and was the basis 
for the county's nonattainment designation for this NAAQS. This monitor 
continued to serve as the county's design value monitor until 1998; at 
this time the monitor underwent modifications that made it no longer 
valid for comparison to the NAAQS, i.e., it no longer met the siting 
criteria for a Federal Reference Method (FRM) monitor. As a result, 
decisions regarding PM10 air quality since 1998 have been 
informed by ambient air quality data collected at other FRM monitoring 
sites in New York County, including the Post Office site (AQS ID 36-
061-0062). None of the monitors in New York County have recorded 
violations of the annual PM10 NAAQS since 1998, and no 
violations of the 24-hour PM10 NAAQS have ever been recorded 
in the county. On December 2, 2013, the EPA finalized a clean data 
determination in the Federal Register for New York County (78 FR 
72032), which determined that even though the annual form of the 1987 
PM10 NAAQS had been revoked on October 17, 2006 (71 FR 
61144), ambient air quality data collected in New York County indicated 
that this NAAQS had been attained. To clarify, New York County was 
designated as nonattainment for the 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS 
only; the area received a clean data determination from the EPA for the 
1987 annual PM10 NAAQS; and the Agency has revoked the 1987 
annual PM10 NAAQS. Therefore, the EPA is revising and 
clarifying the table for the PM10 NAAQS for the state to 
reflect the form of the standard, i.e., the annual PM10 
NAAQS, for which New York County was designated as nonattainment, and 
to reflect that that standard has been revoked.

IV. Environmental Justice Considerations

    When the EPA establishes a new NAAQS, section 107(d) of the CAA 
requires the EPA to designate all areas of the country as meeting or 
not meeting the new NAAQS, or as unclassifiable where available 
information does not support a determination whether an area is meeting 
the NAAQS. The area designations and boundaries for each NAAQS are set 
forth in tables at 40 CFR part 81.This action makes technical 
amendments to minor, inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in the 40 
CFR part 81 regulatory text concerning the air quality designations for 
certain areas in two states for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 
NAAQS, 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS, and 1987 annual 
PM10 NAAQS. The amendments apply to the states of New York 
and West Virginia. This action continues to protect all those residing, 
working, attending school or otherwise present in those areas 
regardless of minority and economic status.

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive 
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review

    This action makes technical amendments to correct minor, 
inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in prior area designations. This 
type of action is exempt from review under Executive Orders 12866 (58 
FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011).

B. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This action does not impose an information collection burden under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). This action corrects minor, 
inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in prior area designations and 
does not require any party to perform an information collection.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency 
to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to 
notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative 
Procedure Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies that the 
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses, 
small organizations and small governmental jurisdictions. For purposes 
of assessing the impacts of this rule on small entities, small entity 
is defined as: (1) A small business as defined by the Small Business 
Administration's regulations at 13 CFR 121.201; (2) a small 
governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a city, county, town, 
school district or special district with a population of less than 
50,000; and (3) a small organization that is any not-for-profit 
enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not 
dominant in its field.
    Because the EPA has made a good cause finding that this action is 
not subject to notice and comment requirements under the Administrative 
Procedure Act or any other statute as indicated in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section above, it is not subject to the regulatory 
flexibility provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)

    This action contains no federal mandate under the provisions of 
Title II of the UMRA of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538 for state, local or 
tribal governments or the private sector. The action does not impose an 
enforceable duty on any state, local or tribal governments or the 
private sector. Therefore, this action is not subject to the 
requirements of sections 202 and 205 of the UMRA.
    This action is also not subject to the requirements of section 203 
of UMRA because it contains no regulatory requirements that might 
significantly or uniquely affect small governments. This action 
corrects minor, inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in prior area 
designations.

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

    This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have 
substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between 
the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power 
and responsibilities among the various levels of government, as 
specified in Executive Order 13132. This action makes technical 
amendments to correct minor, inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in 
prior area designations. Thus, Executive Order 13132 does not apply to 
this action.

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian 
Tribal Governments

    This action does not have tribal implications, as specified in 
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This action only 
makes technical amendments to correct minor, inadvertent and 
nonsubstantive errors in prior area designations or redesignations. 
None of these technical amendments has a substantial direct effect on 
any tribal land; thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this 
action.

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental 
Health and Safety Risks

    The EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 
1997) as applying only to those regulatory

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actions that concern health or safety risks, such that the analysis 
required under section 5-501 of the Executive Order has the potential 
to influence the regulation. This action is not subject to Executive 
Order 13045 because it does not establish an environmental standard 
intended to mitigate health or safety risks.

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution or Use

    This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355 
(May 22, 2001)), because it is not a significant regulatory action 
under Executive Order 12866.

I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)

    Section 12(d) of the NTTAA of 1995, Public Law 104-113, section 
12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note) directs the EPA to use voluntary consensus 
standards (VCS) in its regulatory activities unless to do so would be 
inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impracticable. VCS are 
technical standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods, 
sampling procedures and business practices) that are developed or 
adopted by VCS bodies. The NTTAA directs the EPA to provide Congress, 
through the Office of Management and Budget, explanations when the 
agency decides not to use available and applicable VCS. This action 
does not involve technical standards. Therefore, the EPA did not 
consider the use of any VCS.

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental 
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations

    Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629 (Feb. 16, 1994)) establishes 
federal executive policy on environmental justice. Its main provision 
directs federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable and 
permitted by law, to make environmental justice part of their mission 
by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high 
and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs, 
policies and activities on minority populations and low-income 
populations in the U.S.
    The EPA has determined that this rule will not have 
disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental 
effects on minority or low-income populations because it does not 
affect the level of protection provided to human health or the 
environment. This action makes technical amendments to correct minor, 
inadvertent, nonsubstantive errors in the designations for certain 
areas. The results are also contained in section IV titled, 
``Environmental Justice Considerations'' of this preamble.

K. Congressional Review Act

    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. The EPA will submit 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 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. However, section 808 allows the issuing agency to make a rule 
effective sooner than otherwise provided by the CRA if the agency makes 
a good cause finding that notice and public procedure is impracticable, 
unnecessary or contrary to the public interest. This determination must 
be supported by a brief statement. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). As stated 
previously, the EPA had made such a good cause finding, including the 
reasons therefore, and established an effective date of August 28, 
2015. These technical amendments to inadvertent errors do not 
constitute a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

L. Judicial Review

    In the final actions designating areas for the PM10 
NAAQS, the EPA determined that the actions were ``nationally 
applicable'' within the meaning of CAA section 307(b)(1). Likewise, the 
EPA also determined that the final action identifying nonattainment 
classifications and deadlines for SIP provisions for the 1997 annual 
PM2.5 NAAQS and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS was 
nationally applicable. Because this action is making corrections to 
those nationally applicable rules, we are determining that this action 
is also nationally applicable within the meaning of section 307(b)(1). 
Thus, petitions for review of this final action must be filed in the 
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Section 
307(b)(1) requires such petitions to be filed within 60 days from the 
date the final action is published in the Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National parks, 
Wilderness areas.

    Dated: July 21, 2015.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 40 CFR part 81 is 
amended 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. Section 81.333 is amended by revising the table titled ``New York--
PM-10'' to read as follows:

Sec.  81.333  New York.

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                                                 New York--PM-10
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                                              Designation                             Classification
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New York County...............         1/20/94  Nonattainment \1\......         1/20/94  Moderate.
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\1\This designation applied only to the annual form of the PM10 NAAQS. The annual PM10 NAAQS was revoked for all
  areas of the state on October 17, 2006.

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3. Section 81.349 is amended by revising the tables titled ``West 
Virginia--1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS''

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and ``West Virginia--2006 24-Hour PM2.5 NAAQS'' to read as 
follows:

Sec.  81.349  West Virginia.

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                                                         West Virginia--1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS
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                                                                Designation                                            Classification
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                                           Date \1\                        Type                              Date \2\                     Type
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Charleston, WV:
    Kanawha County....................         3/31/14  Attainment.
    Putnam County.....................         3/31/14  Attainment.
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH:
    Cabell County.....................        12/28/12  Attainment.
    Mason County (part)...............        12/28/12  Attainment.
        Graham Tax District...........
    Wayne County......................        12/28/12  Attainment.
Martinsburg, WV-Hagerstown, MD:
    Berkeley County...................        11/25/14  Attainment.
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH:
    Pleasants County (part)...........         9/12/13  Attainment.
        Tax District of Grant.........
    Wood County.......................         9/12/13  Attainment.
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV:
    Brooke County.....................         3/18/14  Attainment.
    Hancock County....................         3/18/14  Attainment.
Wheeling, WV-OH:
    Marshall County...................         9/30/13  Attainment.
    Ohio County.......................         9/30/13  Attainment.
Rest of State:
    Barbour County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Boone County......................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Braxton County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Calhoun County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Clay County.......................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Doddridge County..................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Fayette County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Gilmer County.....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Grant County......................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Greenbrier County.................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Hampshire County..................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Hardy County......................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Harrison County...................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Jackson County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Jefferson County..................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Lewis County......................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Lincoln County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Logan County......................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    McDowell County...................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Marion County.....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Mason County (remainder)..........  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Mercer County.....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Mineral County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Mingo County......................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Monongalia County.................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Monroe County.....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Morgan County.....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Nicholas County...................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Pendleton County..................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Pleasants County (remainder)......  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Pocahontas County.................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Preston County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Raleigh County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Randolph County...................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Ritchie County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Roane County......................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Summers County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Taylor County.....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Tucker County.....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Tyler County......................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Upshur County.....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Webster County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Wetzel County.....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Wirt County.......................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.

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    Wyoming County....................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
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\a\ Includes Indian Country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified.
\1\ This date is 90 days after January 5, 2005, unless otherwise noted.
\2\ This date is July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

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                                     West Virginia--2006 24-Hour PM2.5 NAAQS
                                             [Primary and secondary]
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                                                     Designation                            Classification
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      Designated area \a\                                                              Date
                                    Date \1\                     Type                   \2\          Type
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Charleston, WV:
    Kanawha County.............         3/31/14  Attainment.
    Putnam County..............         3/31/14  Attainment.
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV:
    Brooke County..............         3/18/14  Attainment.
    Hancock County.............         3/18/14  Attainment.
Rest of State:
    Barbour County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Berkeley County............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Boone County...............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Braxton County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Cabell County..............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Calhoun County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Clay County................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Doddridge County...........  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Fayette County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Gilmer County..............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Grant County...............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Greenbrier County..........  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Hampshire County...........  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Hardy County...............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Harrison County............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Jackson County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Jefferson County...........  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Lewis County...............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Lincoln County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Logan County...............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    McDowell County............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Marion County..............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Marshall County............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Mason County...............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Mercer County..............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Mineral County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Mingo County...............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Monongalia County..........  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Monroe County..............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Morgan County..............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Nicholas County............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Ohio County................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Pendleton County...........  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Pleasants County...........  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Pocahontas County..........  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Preston County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Raleigh County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Randolph County............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Ritchie County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Roane County...............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Summers County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Taylor County..............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Tucker County..............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Tyler County...............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Upshur County..............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Wayne County...............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.

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    Webster County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Wetzel County..............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Wirt County................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Wood County................  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
    Wyoming County.............  ..............  Unclassifiable/Attainment.
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\a\ Includes Indian Country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified.
\1\ This date is 30 days after November 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted.
\2\ This date is July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

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[FR Doc. 2015-18532 Filed 7-28-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P