Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0841-0016
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Extension of the Reformulated Gasoline Program to the East St. Louis, IL Ozone Nonattainment Area
Posted Date: 2007-03-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 29, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 60)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 14681]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 80

[FRL-8293-1]

 
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Extension of the 
Reformulated Gasoline Program to the East St. Louis, IL Ozone 
Nonattainment Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA published a direct final rule on December 27, 2006, to 
extend the reformulated gasoline program to the Illinois portion of the 
St. Louis Illinois-Missouri ozone nonattainment area effective as of 
May 1, 2007. However, we received an adverse comment during the 30 day 
comment period and are now withdrawing that direct final rule.

DATES: As of March 29, 2007, EPA withdraws the direct final rule 
published at 71 FR 77615, on December 27, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt Gustafson at (202) 343-9219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because EPA received adverse comment, we are 
withdrawing the direct final rule for ``Regulation of Fuels and Fuel 
Additives: Extension of the Reformulated Gasoline Program to the East 
St. Louis, Illinois Ozone Nonattainment Area.'' We published the direct 
final rule on December 27, 2006 (71 FR 77615), that would have approved 
the State of Illinois's request to opt-in to the Federal Reformulated 
Gasoline Program effective as of May 1, 2007. That action would have 
amended our regulations to make the Illinois portion of the St. Louis, 
Illinois-Missouri ozone nonattainment area a covered area and prohibit 
the sale of conventional gasoline. We stated in that Federal Register 
document that if we received adverse comment by January 26, 2007, we 
would publish a timely notice of withdrawal in the Federal Register. We 
subsequently received an adverse comment.
    We will address the comment in a subsequent final action based on 
the parallel proposal also published on December 27, 2006 (71 FR 
77690). As stated in the parallel proposal, we will not institute a 
second comment period on this action.

    Dated: March 22, 2007.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.

PART 80--REGULATION OF FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES

Sec.  80.70  [Amended].

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Accordingly, the amendment to 40 CFR 80.70 which was published in the 
Federal Register on December 27, 2006 (71 FR 77615) is withdrawn as of 
March 29, 2007.

[FR Doc. E7-5808 Filed 3-28-07; 8:45 am]

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