Document ID: EPA-R03-OAR-2006-0353-0009
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; Redesignation of 8- Hour Ozone Nonattainment Areas to Attainment and Approval of the Areas Maintenance Plans and 2002 Base-Year Inventories; Correction
Posted Date: 2007-12-05T05:00Z

[Federal Register: December 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 233)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 68515-68518]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[EPA-R03-OAR-2006-0353; EPA-R03-OAR-2007-0476; EPA-R03-OAR-2005-VA-
0007; EPA-R03-OAR-2005-VA-0013; EPA-R03-OAR-2005-0548; EPA-R03-OAR-
2006-0485; EPA-R03-OAR-2006-0682; EPA-R03-OAR-2006-0692; EPA-R03-OAR-
2006-0817; FRL-8500-8]

 
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; Redesignation of 8-
Hour Ozone Nonattainment Areas to Attainment and Approval of the Areas' 
Maintenance Plans and 2002 Base-Year Inventories; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects an error in the part 81 tables of a 
series of final rules pertaining to EPA's approval of ozone 
redesignation requests for Kent and Queen Anne, Erie, Fredericksburg, 
Shenandoah, Charleston, Parkersburg-Marietta, Steubenville-Weirton, 
Wheeling, and Huntington-Ashland 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas. The 
requests to redesignate the areas from nonattainment to attainment were 
submitted by Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 5, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Shandruk, (215) 814-2166 or by 
e-mail at shandruk.irene@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we'' or 
``our'' are used we mean EPA. The following table is a summary of the 
dates on which we published final rulemaking documents announcing our 
approval of three simultaneous actions for nine areas: (1) 
Redesignation from nonattainment to attainment of 8-hour ozone national 
ambient air quality standard (NAAQS); (2) approval of the areas' 
maintenance plans, and (3) approval of the emissions 2002 base-year 
inventories and mobile budgets. The effective dates for the three 
actions were announced in the DATES section as being 30 days from the 
date of publication.

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              State                Nonattainment area  Date of publication         FRN          Effective date
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Maryland........................  Kent & Queen Anne's  December 22, 2006..       71 FR 76920  January 22, 2007.
Pennsylvania....................  Erie...............  October 9, 2007....       72 FR 57207  November 8, 2007.
Virginia........................  Fredericksburg.....  December 23, 2005..       70 FR 76165  January 23, 2006.
                                  Shenandoah.........  January 3, 2006....          71 FR 24  February 2, 2006.
West Virginia...................  Charleston.........  July 11, 2006......       71 FR 39001  August 10, 2006.
                                  Huntington-Ashland.  September 15, 2006.       71 FR 54421  October 16, 2006.
                                  Parkersburg-         May 8, 2007........       72 FR 25967  June 7, 2007.
                                   Marietta.
                                  Steubenville-        May 14, 2007.......       72 FR 27060  June 13, 2007.
                                   Weirton.
                                  Wheeling...........  May 15, 2007.......       72 FR 27247  June 14, 2007.
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    The corresponding effective dates in the 40 CFR part 81 tables for 
each nonattainment area should have also been 30 days from date of 
publication, but were inadvertently established as the dates of 
publication. This action corrects the erroneous effective date in part 
81 for each of the above listed areas.
    In the rule documents published in the Federal Register on the 
effective dates given in the above table, the part 81 tables for the 
nonattainment areas listed in the above table are corrected by revising 
the entry for the effective designation date for these areas from the 
date of publications given in the above table to the effective dates 
given in the above table (for example, for Kent & Queen Anne, corrected 
from December 23, 2006 to January 22, 2007).
    Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B), provides that, when an agency for good cause finds that 
notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary or contrary 
to the public interest, the agency may issue a rule without providing 
notice and an opportunity for public comment. We have determined that 
there is good cause for making today's rule final without prior 
proposal and opportunity for comment because this rule is not 
substantive and imposes no regulatory requirements, but merely corrects 
a citation in a previous action. Thus, notice and public procedure are 
unnecessary. We find that this constitutes good cause under 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B).

Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), 
this action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is therefore 
not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. For this 
reason, this action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211, 
``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355 (May 22, 2001)). Because 
the agency has made a ``good cause'' finding that this action is not 
subject to notice-and-comment requirements under the Administrative 
Procedures 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 (5 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.), or to sections 202 and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4). In addition, this action does not 
significantly or uniquely affect small governments or impose a 
significant intergovernmental mandate, as described in sections 203 and 
204 of UMRA. This rule also does not have a substantial direct effect 
on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal 
Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, as 
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor 
will it 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 
governments, as specified by Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 
10, 1999). This rule also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 
FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it approves a state rule 
implementing a Federal standard.
    This technical correction action does not involve technical 
standards; thus the requirements of section 12(d) of the National 
Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do 
not apply. The rule also does not involve special consideration of 
environmental justice related issues as required by Executive Order 
12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). In issuing this rule, EPA has 
taken the necessary steps to eliminate drafting errors and ambiguity, 
minimize potential litigation, and provide a clear legal standard for 
affected conduct, as required by section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61 
FR 4729, February 7, 1996). EPA has complied with Executive Order 12630 
(53 FR 8859, March 15, 1998) by examining the takings implications of 
the rule in accordance with the ``Attorney General's Supplemental 
Guidelines for the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of Unanticipated 
Takings'' issued under the executive order. This rule does not impose 
an information collection burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
    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. 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, EPA had made such a good cause finding, including 
the reasons therefore, and established an effective date of December 5, 
2007. 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. These corrections to the tables in 40 
CFR 81.321, 81.339, 81.347 and 81.349 for Maryland, Pennsylvania, 
Virginia and West Virginia are not ``major rules'' as defined by 5 
U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81

    Air pollution control, National parks, Wilderness areas.

    Dated: November 20, 2007.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, Region III.

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40 CFR part 81 is amended as follows:

PART 81--[AMENDED]

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

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

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2. In Sec.  81.321, the table entitled ``Maryland--Ozone (8-Hour 
Standard)'' is amended by revising the entry for Kent and Queen Anne's 
Area to read as follows:

Sec.  81.321  Maryland.

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                                                            Maryland--Ozone (8-Hour Standard)
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                                                       Designation \a\                                           Category/Classification
       Designated Area        --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Date \1\                           Type                       Date \1\                       Type
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Kent and Queen Anne's Area
    Kent County..............  January 22, 2007..................  Attainment
    Queen Anne's County......  January 22, 2007..................  Attainment

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\a\ Includes Indian County located in each county or area, except otherwise noted.
\1\ This date is June 15, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

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3. In Sec.  81.339, the table entitled ``Pennsylvania-Ozone (8-Hour 
Standard)'' is amended by revising the entry for Erie, PA: Erie County 
to read as follows:

Sec.  81.339  Pennsylvania.

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                                                          Pennsylvania--Ozone (8-Hour Standard)
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                                                       Designation \a\                                           Category/Classification
       Designated Area        --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Date \1\                           Type                       Date \1\                       Type
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Erie, PA: Erie County          11/8/2007.........................  Attainment

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\a\ Includes Indian County located in each county or area, except otherwise noted.
\1\ This date is June 15, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

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4. In Sec.  81.347, the table entitled ``Virginia--Ozone (8-Hour 
Standard)'' is amended by revising the entries for Fredericksburg, VA 
and Madison and Page Cos. (Shenandoah NP), VA Area to read as follows:

Sec.  81.347  Virginia.

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                                                            Virginia--Ozone (8-Hour Standard)
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                                                       Designation \a\                                           Category/Classification
       Designated Area        --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Date \1\                           Type                       Date \1\                       Type
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Fredericksburg, VA:
    City of Fredericksburg...  January 23, 2006..................  Attainment
    Spotsylvania County......  January 23, 2006..................  Attainment
    Stafford County..........  January 23, 2006..................  Attainment
Madison and Page Cos.
 (Shenandoah NP), VA area:
    Madison County (part)....  February 2, 2006..................  Attainment
    Page County (part).......  February 2, 2006..................  Attainment

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\a\ Includes Indian County located in each county or area, except otherwise noted.
\1\ This date is June 15, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

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5. In Sec.  81.349, the table entitled ``West Virginia--Ozone (8-Hour 
Standard)'' is amended by revising the entries for Charleston, WV; 
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY; Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH Area; Wheeling, 
WV-OH Area; and Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV Area to read as follows:

Sec.  81.349  West Virginia.

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                                                         West Virginia--Ozone (8-Hour Standard)
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                                                       Designation \a\                                           Category/Classification
       Designated Area        --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Date \1\                           Type                       Date \1\                       Type
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Charleston, WV:
    Kanawha County...........  August 10, 2006...................  Attainment
    Putnam County............  August 10, 2006...................  Attainment
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY
    Cabell County............  October 16, 2006..................  Attainment
    Wayne County.............  October 16, 2006..................  Attainment
Parksburg-Marietta, WV-OH
 Area:
    Wood County..............  June 7, 2007......................  Attainment
Wheeling, WV-OH area:
    Marshall County..........  June 14, 2007.....................  Attainment
    Ohio County..............  June 14, 2007.....................  Attainment
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV
 area:
    Brooke County............  June 13, 2007.....................  Attainment
    Hancock County...........  June 13, 2007.....................  Attainment
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\a\ Includes Indian County located in each county or area, except otherwise noted.
\1\ This date is June 15, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

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