81 FR 9114 - Air Plan Approval and Air Quality Designation; GA; Redesignation of the Atlanta, GA, 1997 Annual PM2.5
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 36 (February 24, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 9114-9116] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-03743] [[Page 9114]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 [EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0084; FRL-9942-61- Region 4] Air Plan Approval and Air Quality Designation; GA; Redesignation of the Atlanta, GA, 1997 Annual PM2.5 Nonattainment Area to Attainment AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On August 30, 2012, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, through the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD), submitted a request for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to redesignate the Atlanta, Georgia, fine particulate matter (PM2.5 ) nonattainment area (hereafter referred to as the ``Atlanta Area'' or ``Area'') to attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) and a related state implementation plan (SIP) revision containing a maintenance plan for the Atlanta Area. EPA is taking the following separate final actions related to the August 30, 2012, redesignation request and SIP revision: Determining that the Atlanta Area is continuing to attain the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS; approving into Georgia's SIP the State's plan for maintaining the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS in the Atlanta Area (maintenance plan), including the associated motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) for nitrogen oxides (NOX ) and direct PM2.5 for the year 2024; and redesignating the Atlanta Area to attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. Additionally, EPA finds the 2024 MVEBs for the Atlanta Area adequate for the purposes of transportation conformity. DATES: This rule is effective February 24, 2016. ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket Identification No. EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0084. All documents in the docket are listed on the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., Confidential Business Information or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel Huey, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Mr. Huey may be reached by phone at (404) 562-9104 or via electronic mail at huey.joel@epa.gov. I. What is the background for the actions? On July 18, 1997, EPA promulgated the first air quality standards for PM2.5 . EPA promulgated an annual standard at a level of 15 micrograms per cubic meter ([mu]g/m\3\), based on a 3-year average of annual mean PM2.5 concentrations. In the same rulemaking, EPA promulgated a 24-hour standard of 65 [mu]g/m\3\, based on a 3-year average of the 98th percentile of 24-hour concentrations. On October 17, 2006, EPA retained the annual average NAAQS at 15 [mu]g/m\3\ but revised the 24-hour NAAQS to 35 [mu]g/m\3\, based again on the 3-year average of the 98th percentile of 24-hour concentrations. See 71 FR 61144. On January 5, 2005, and supplemented on April 14, 2005, EPA designated the Atlanta Area as nonattainment for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS.\1\ See 70 FR 944 and 70 FR 19844, respectively. On November 13, 2009, EPA promulgated designations for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS and designated the Atlanta Area as unclassifiable/attainment for that standard. See 74 FR 58688. EPA did not promulgate designations for the 2006 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS because that NAAQS was essentially identical to the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The Atlanta Area is comprised of twenty whole counties and two partial counties in Georgia: Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding, Walton, and portions of Heard and Putnam Counties. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On August 30, 2012, Georgia submitted a request to EPA for redesignation of the Atlanta Area to attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS and a related SIP revision containing a maintenance plan for the Area. In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) published on January 11, 2016, EPA proposed to determine that the Atlanta Area is continuing to attain the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS; to approve, as a revision to the Georgia SIP, the State's 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS maintenance plan, including the 2024 MVEBs for NOX and direct PM2.5 , for the Atlanta Area; and to redesignate the Atlanta Area to attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS.\2\ See 81 FR 1144. In that notice, EPA also notified the public of the status of the Agency's adequacy determination for the NOX and direct PM2.5 MVEBs for the Area. No adverse comments were received on the January 11, 2016, proposed rulemaking. The details of Georgia's submittal and the rationale for EPA's actions are further explained in the NPR. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ In section IX of EPA's January 11, 2016, NPR, EPA inadvertently referenced ``NOX and VOC MVEBs'' where the notice should have read ``NOX and PM2.5 MVEBs,'' consistent with numerous other such references in the notice. See 81 FR 1161, 2nd and 3rd columns. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. What are the effects of these actions? Approval of the redesignation request changes the legal designation of the counties in the Atlanta Area, found at 40 CFR 81.311, from nonattainment to attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. Approval of Georgia's associated SIP revision also incorporates a plan into the SIP for maintaining the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS in the Atlanta Area as described in the NPR. The maintenance plan establishes NOX and direct PM2.5 MVEBs for 2024 for the Area and includes contingency measures to remedy any future violations of the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS and procedures for evaluation of potential violations. The 2024 NOX and PM2.5 MVEBs are 44,430 tons per year (tpy) and 2,281 tpy, respectively, for the Area. III. Final Actions EPA is taking three separate final actions regarding Georgia's request to redesignate the Atlanta Area to attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS and associated SIP revision. First, EPA is determining that the Atlanta Area is continuing to attain the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. Second, EPA is approving and incorporating the maintenance plan for the Atlanta Area, including the NOX and direct PM2.5 MVEBs for 2024, into the Georgia SIP. Third, EPA is determining that Georgia has met the criteria under CAA section 107(d)(3)(E) for the Atlanta Area for redesignation from nonattainment to [[Page 9115]] attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. On this basis, EPA is approving Georgia's redesignation request for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS for the Atlanta Area. As mentioned above, approval of the redesignation request changes the official designation of the counties in the Atlanta Area for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS from nonattainment to attainment, as found at 40 CFR part 81. EPA is also notifying the public that EPA finds the newly- established NOx and direct PM2.5 MVEBs for the Atlanta Area adequate for the purpose of transportation conformity. Within 24 months from this final rule, the transportation partners must demonstrate conformity to the new NOX and direct PM2.5 MVEBs pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e)(3). In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(d), EPA finds that there is good cause for this action to become effective immediately upon publication. This is because a delayed effective date is unnecessary due to the nature of a redesignation to attainment, which relieves the Area from certain CAA requirements that would otherwise apply to it. The immediate effective date for this action is authorized under both 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1), which provides that rulemaking actions may become effective less than 30 days after publication if the rule grants or recognizes an exemption or relieves a restriction, and section 553(d)(3), which allows an effective date less than 30 days after publication as otherwise provided by the agency for good cause found and published with the rule. The purpose of the 30-day waiting period prescribed in section 553(d) is to give affected parties a reasonable time to adjust their behavior and prepare before the final rule takes effect. Today's rule, however, does not create any new regulatory requirements such that affected parties would need time to prepare before the rule takes effect. Rather, today's rule relieves the State of various requirements for the Atlanta Area. For these reasons, EPA finds good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) for this action to become effective on the date of publication of this action. IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Under the CAA, redesignation of an area to attainment and the accompanying approval of the maintenance plan under CAA section 107(d)(3)(E) are actions that affect the status of geographical area and do not impose any additional regulatory requirements on sources beyond those required by state law. A redesignation to attainment does not in and of itself impose any new requirements, but rather results in the application of requirements contained in the CAA for areas that have been redesignated to attainment. Moreover, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. For these reasons, these actions:Are not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011); do not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); are certified as not having a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); do not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4); do not have Federalism implications as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999); are not an economically significant regulatory action based on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); are not significant regulatory action subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); are not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent with the CAA; and, will not have disproportionate human health or environmental effects under Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). In addition, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian reservation land or in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian country, the rule does not have tribal implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law. 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. EPA will submit a report containing this action 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. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by April 25, 2016. Filing a petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect the finality of this action for the purposes of judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. See section 307(b)(2). List of Subjects 40 CFR Part 52 Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and Particulate matter. 40 CFR Part 81 Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National parks. Dated: February 8, 2016. Heather McTeer Toney. Regional Administrator, Region 4. 40 CFR parts 52 and 81 are amended as follows: PART 52-APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF PLANS 0 1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Subpart L--Georgia 0 2. Section 52.570(e) is amended by adding an entry for ``1997 Annual PM 2.5 Maintenance Plan for the Atlanta Area'' to the end of the table to read as follows: [[Page 9116]] Sec. 52.570 Identification of plan. * * * * * (e) * * * EPA-Approved Georgia Non-Regulatory Provisions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applicable Name of nonregulatory SIP geographic or State provision nonattainment submittal date/ EPA approval date Explanation area effective date ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * 1997 Annual PM2.5 Maintenance Barrow, Bartow, 8/30/12 2/24/16 [Insert citation of .............. Plan for the Atlanta Area. Carroll, publication]. Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding and Walton Counties in their entireties and portions of Heard and Putnam Counties. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART 81-DESIGNATION OF AREAS FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING PURPOSES 0 3. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 0 4. In Sec. 81.311, the table entitled ``Georgia--1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS'' is amended under ``Atlanta, GA:'' by revising the entries for the counties to read as follows: Sec. 81.311 Georgia * * * * * Georgia--1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS [Primary and secondary] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Designation \a\ Classification Designated area ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date \1\ Type Date \2\ Type ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlanta, GA: Barrow County............... 2/24/16 Attainment Bartow County............... 2/24/16 Attainment Carroll County.............. 2/24/16 Attainment Cherokee County............. 2/24/16 Attainment Clayton County.............. 2/24/16 Attainment Cobb County................. 2/24/16 Attainment Coweta County............... 2/24/16 Attainment DeKalb County............... 2/24/16 Attainment Douglas County.............. 2/24/16 Attainment Fayette County.............. 2/24/16 Attainment Forsyth County.............. 2/24/16 Attainment Fulton County............... 2/24/16 Attainment Gwinnett County............. 2/24/16 Attainment Hall County................. 2/24/16 Attainment Heard County (part)......... 2/24/16 Attainment The northeast portion that extends north of 33 degrees 24 minutes (north) to the Carroll County border and east of 85 degrees 3 minutes (west) to the Coweta County border. Henry County................ 2/24/16 Attainment Newton County............... 2/24/16 Attainment Paulding County............. 2/24/16 Attainment Putnam County (part)........ 2/24/16 Attainment The area described by U.S. Census 2000 block group identifier 13-237- 9603-1. Rockdale County............. 2/24/16 Attainment Spalding County............. 2/24/16 Attainment Walton County............... 2/24/16 Attainment * * * * * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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. * * * * * [FR Doc. 2016-03743 Filed 2-23-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Air Planning and Implementation containing a maintenance plan for the
AGENCY Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Area. In a notice of proposed
Management Division, U.S. rulemaking (NPR) published on January
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 Environmental Protection Agency, 11, 2016, EPA proposed to determine
[EPA–R04–OAR–2013–0084; FRL–9942–61– Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., that the Atlanta Area is continuing to
Region 4] Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA attain the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS;
requests that if at all possible, you to approve, as a revision to the Georgia
Air Plan Approval and Air Quality contact the person listed in the FOR SIP, the State’s 1997 Annual PM2.5
Designation; GA; Redesignation of the FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to NAAQS maintenance plan, including
Atlanta, GA, 1997 Annual PM2.5 schedule your inspection. The Regional the 2024 MVEBs for NOX and direct
Nonattainment Area to Attainment Office’s official hours of business are PM2.5, for the Atlanta Area; and to
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to redesignate the Atlanta Area to
AGENCY: Environmental Protection 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5
Agency (EPA). NAAQS.2 See 81 FR 1144. In that
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel
ACTION: Final rule. notice, EPA also notified the public of
Huey, Air Planning and Implementation
SUMMARY: On August 30, 2012, the Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics the status of the Agency’s adequacy
Georgia Department of Natural Management Division, U.S. determination for the NOX and direct
Resources, through the Georgia Environmental Protection Agency, PM2.5 MVEBs for the Area. No adverse
Environmental Protection Division (GA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., comments were received on the January
EPD), submitted a request for the Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Mr. Huey 11, 2016, proposed rulemaking. The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be reached by phone at (404) 562– details of Georgia’s submittal and the
to redesignate the Atlanta, Georgia, fine 9104 or via electronic mail at huey.joel@ rationale for EPA’s actions are further
particulate matter (PM2.5) nonattainment epa.gov. explained in the NPR.
area (hereafter referred to as the I. What is the background for the II. What are the effects of these actions?
‘‘Atlanta Area’’ or ‘‘Area’’) to attainment actions? Approval of the redesignation request
for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 national
On July 18, 1997, EPA promulgated changes the legal designation of the
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS)
the first air quality standards for PM2.5. counties in the Atlanta Area, found at
and a related state implementation plan
EPA promulgated an annual standard at 40 CFR 81.311, from nonattainment to
(SIP) revision containing a maintenance
a level of 15 micrograms per cubic meter attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5
plan for the Atlanta Area. EPA is taking
(mg/m3), based on a 3-year average of NAAQS. Approval of Georgia’s
the following separate final actions
annual mean PM2.5 concentrations. In associated SIP revision also incorporates
related to the August 30, 2012,
the same rulemaking, EPA promulgated a plan into the SIP for maintaining the
redesignation request and SIP revision:
a 24-hour standard of 65 mg/m3, based 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS in the
Determining that the Atlanta Area is
on a 3-year average of the 98th Atlanta Area as described in the NPR.
continuing to attain the 1997 Annual
percentile of 24-hour concentrations. On The maintenance plan establishes NOX
PM2.5 NAAQS; approving into Georgia’s
October 17, 2006, EPA retained the and direct PM2.5 MVEBs for 2024 for the
SIP the State’s plan for maintaining the
annual average NAAQS at 15 mg/m3 but Area and includes contingency
1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS in the
revised the 24-hour NAAQS to 35 mg/ measures to remedy any future
Atlanta Area (maintenance plan),
m3, based again on the 3-year average of violations of the 1997 Annual PM2.5
including the associated motor vehicle
the 98th percentile of 24-hour NAAQS and procedures for evaluation
emission budgets (MVEBs) for nitrogen
concentrations. See 71 FR 61144. of potential violations. The 2024 NOX
oxides (NOX) and direct PM2.5 for the
On January 5, 2005, and and PM2.5 MVEBs are 44,430 tons per
year 2024; and redesignating the Atlanta
supplemented on April 14, 2005, EPA year (tpy) and 2,281 tpy, respectively,
Area to attainment for the 1997 Annual
designated the Atlanta Area as for the Area.
PM2.5 NAAQS. Additionally, EPA finds
the 2024 MVEBs for the Atlanta Area nonattainment for the 1997 PM2.5 III. Final Actions
adequate for the purposes of NAAQS.1 See 70 FR 944 and 70 FR
19844, respectively. On November 13, EPA is taking three separate final
transportation conformity. actions regarding Georgia’s request to
2009, EPA promulgated designations for
DATES: This rule is effective February redesignate the Atlanta Area to
the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS and
24, 2016. attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5
designated the Atlanta Area as
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a unclassifiable/attainment for that NAAQS and associated SIP revision.
docket for this action under Docket standard. See 74 FR 58688. EPA did not First, EPA is determining that the
Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– promulgate designations for the 2006 Atlanta Area is continuing to attain the
2013–0084. All documents in the docket Annual PM2.5 NAAQS because that 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. Second,
are listed on the www.regulations.gov NAAQS was essentially identical to the EPA is approving and incorporating the
Web site. Although listed in the index, 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. maintenance plan for the Atlanta Area,
some information is not publicly On August 30, 2012, Georgia including the NOX and direct PM2.5
available, i.e., Confidential Business submitted a request to EPA for MVEBs for 2024, into the Georgia SIP.
Information or other information whose redesignation of the Atlanta Area to Third, EPA is determining that Georgia
disclosure is restricted by statute. attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 has met the criteria under CAA section
Certain other material, such as NAAQS and a related SIP revision 107(d)(3)(E) for the Atlanta Area for
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copyrighted material, is not placed on redesignation from nonattainment to
the Internet and will be publicly 1 The Atlanta Area is comprised of twenty whole
available only in hard copy form. counties and two partial counties in Georgia: 2 In section IX of EPA’s January 11, 2016, NPR,
Publicly available docket materials are Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, EPA inadvertently referenced ‘‘NOX and VOC
Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, MVEBs’’ where the notice should have read ‘‘NOX
available either electronically through Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Newton, Paulding, and PM2.5 MVEBs,’’ consistent with numerous other
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at Rockdale, Spalding, Walton, and portions of Heard such references in the notice. See 81 FR 1161, 2nd
the Air Regulatory Management Section, and Putnam Counties. and 3rd columns.
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§ 52.570 Identification of plan. (e) * * *
* * * * *
EPA-APPROVED GEORGIA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS
State submittal
Applicable geographic or nonattainment
Name of nonregulatory SIP provision date/effective EPA approval date Explanation
area date
* * * * * * *
1997 Annual PM2.5 Maintenance Plan for Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay- 8/30/12 2/24/16 [Insert citation ........................
the Atlanta Area. ton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, of publication].
Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett,
Hall, Henry, Newton, Paulding,
Rockdale, Spalding and Walton Coun-
ties in their entireties and portions of
Heard and Putnam Counties.
PART 81–DESIGNATION OF AREAS Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. revising the entries for the counties to
FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING read as follows:
■ 4. In § 81.311, the table entitled
PURPOSES
‘‘Georgia—1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS’’ § 81.311 Georgia
■ 3. The authority citation for part 81 is amended under ‘‘Atlanta, GA:’’ by * * * * *
continues to read as follows:
GEORGIA—1997 ANNUAL PM2.5 NAAQS
[Primary and secondary]
Designation a Classification
Designated area
Date 1 Type Date 2 Type
Atlanta, GA:
Barrow County .................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Bartow County .................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Carroll County ..................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Cherokee County ................................................................................................................ 2/24/16 Attainment
Clayton County ................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Cobb County ....................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Coweta County ................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
DeKalb County .................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Douglas County .................................................................................................................. 2/24/16 Attainment
Fayette County .................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Forsyth County .................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Fulton County ...................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Gwinnett County ................................................................................................................. 2/24/16 Attainment
Hall County ......................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Heard County (part) ............................................................................................................ 2/24/16 Attainment
The northeast portion that extends north of 33 degrees 24 minutes (north) to the
Carroll County border and east of 85 degrees 3 minutes (west) to the Coweta
County border.
Henry County ...................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Newton County ................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
Paulding County .................................................................................................................. 2/24/16 Attainment
Putnam County (part) .......................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
The area described by U.S. Census 2000 block group identifier 13–237–9603–1.
Rockdale County ................................................................................................................. 2/24/16 Attainment
Spalding County .................................................................................................................. 2/24/16 Attainment
Walton County .................................................................................................................... 2/24/16 Attainment
* * * * * * *
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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| Dates | This rule is effective February 24, 2016. | |
| Contact | Joel Huey, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Mr. Huey may be reached by phone at (404) 562-9104 or via electronic mail at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 9114 | |
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