80 FR 57100 - Designation for Planning Purposes; California; PM10; Technical Amendment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 183 (September 22, 2015)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making a technical amendment to the Code of Federal Regulations to restore the inadvertent deletion of the entry for ``Rest of State'' from the table listing California air quality planning area designations for particulate matter of ten microns of less (PM<INF>10</INF>).

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57100-57101]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24049]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0608; FRL-9934-51-Region 9]


Designation for Planning Purposes; California; PM10; Technical 
Amendment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making a 
technical amendment to the Code of Federal Regulations to restore the 
inadvertent deletion of the entry for ``Rest of State'' from the table 
listing California air quality planning area designations for 
particulate matter of ten microns of less (PM10).

DATES: This technical amendment is effective on September 22, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Wamsley, EPA Region IX, (415) 
947-4111, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 19, 2013, the EPA published a 
direct final rule amending 40 CFR 81.305 to clarify the description of 
the Imperial Valley planning area, an area designated nonattainment for 
the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for particulate 
matter of ten microns of less (PM10) (78 FR 16792). In our 
March 19, 2013 direct final rule, we amended the entry for ``Imperial 
Valley planning area'' but did not intend to amend any other entry in 
the table listing PM10 air quality planning area 
designations for the State of California. We believe, however, that the 
entry appearing directly after the entry for ``Imperial Valley planning 
area'' in the ``California-PM-10'' table and reading ``Rest of State; 
11/15/90; Unclassifiable'' was deleted inadvertently when the entry for 
``Imperial Valley planning area'' was amended. For example, see and 
compare the ``California-PM-10'' table within the July 1, 2012 version 
to the July 1, 2013 version of 40 CFR 81.305.
    Consequently, the EPA is publishing this technical amendment to 
restore the ``Rest of State'' designation entry within

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the 40 CFR 81.305 ``California-PM-10'' table as it appeared prior to 
our March 19, 2013 direct final action.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81

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

    Dated: September 9, 2015.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.

    Part 81, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations 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.


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2. Section 81.305 is amended in the table for ``California--PM-10'' by 
adding an entry for ``Rest of State'' at the end of the table to read 
as follows:


Sec.  81.305  California.

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                                                       Designation                        Classification
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Rest of State.........................        11/15/90  Unclassifiable..........
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[FR Doc. 2015-24049 Filed 9-21-15; 8:45 am]
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