82 FR 16940 - Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Redesignation of the Indiana Portion of the Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standard
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 66 (Friday, April 7, 2017)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 16940-16943] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-06886] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 [EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0135; FRL-9960-79-Region 5] Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Redesignation of the Indiana Portion of the Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standard AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is determining that the Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana area is attaining the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS or standard) and approving a request from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) to redesignate the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati area to attainment for the 2008 ozone NAAQS because the request meets the statutory requirements for redesignation under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The Cincinnati area includes Lawrenceburg Township in Dearborn County, Indiana; Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, and Warren Counties in Ohio; and, Boone, Campbell, and Kenton Counties in Kentucky. IDEM submitted this request on February 23, 2016, and supplemented that submittal with a revised emissions inventory on May 4, 2016. EPA is also approving, as a revision to the Indiana State Implementation Plan (SIP), the state's plan for maintaining the 2008 ozone standard through 2030 in the Cincinnati area. Additionally, EPA finds adequate and is approving the states' 2020 and 2030 volatile organic compound (VOC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOX ) Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets (MVEBs) for the Indiana and Ohio portion of the Cincinnati area. Finally, EPA is approving the 2011 base year emissions inventory submitted by IDEM as meeting the base year emissions inventory requirement of the CAA for the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati area. DATES: This final rule is effective on April 7, 2017. ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0135. 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 (CBI) 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 through www.regulations.gov or at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We recommend that you telephone Eric Svingen, Environmental Engineer, at [[Page 16941]] (312) 353-4489 before visiting the Region 5 office. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Svingen, Environmental Engineer, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs Branch (AR- 18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-4489, [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,'' ``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information section is arranged as follows: I. What is being addressed in this document? II. What comments did we receive on the proposed rule? III. What action is EPA taking? IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews I. What is being addressed in this document? This rule takes action on the submission from IDEM, dated February 23, 2016, and supplemented on May 4, 2016, requesting redesignation of the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati area to attainment for the 2008 ozone standard. The background for today's action is discussed in detail in EPA's proposal, dated December 27, 2016 (81 FR 95081). In that rulemaking, we noted that, under EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 50, the 2008 ozone NAAQS is attained in an area when the 3-year average of the annual fourth highest daily maximum 8-hour average concentration is equal to or less than 0.075 parts per million (ppm), when truncated after the thousandth decimal place, at all of the ozone monitoring sites in the area. (See 40 CFR 50.15 and appendix P to 40 CFR part 50.) Under the CAA, EPA may redesignate nonattainment areas to attainment if sufficient complete, quality-assured data are available to determine that the area has attained the standard and if it meets the other CAA redesignation requirements in section 107(d)(3)(E). The proposed rule at 81 FR 95081 provides a detailed discussion of how Indiana has met these CAA requirements. As discussed in the proposal at 81 FR 95081, quality-assured and certified monitoring data for 2013-2015 and preliminary data for 2016 show that the Cincinnati area has attained and continues to attain the 2008 ozone standard. In the maintenance plan submitted for the area, Indiana has demonstrated that the ozone standard will be maintained in the area through 2030. Finally, Indiana and Ohio have adopted 2020 and 2030 VOC and NOX MVEBs for the Indiana and Ohio portion of the Cincinnati area that are supported by Indiana's maintenance demonstration. On June 1, 2016, Indiana submitted a separate SIP revision to address emissions statements rules required by CAA section 182(a)(3)(B). EPA proposed approval of that June 1, 2016, submission in a separate proposed rule also published on December 27, 2016 (81 FR 95080). As discussed in the redesignation proposal at 81 FR 95081, emissions statements rules must be SIP-approved on or before the date EPA completes final rulemaking approving redesignation requests. Today, in a separate rule, EPA is finalizing approval of the emissions statements rulemaking. That approval allows EPA to proceed with this redesignation approval. II. What comments did we receive on the proposed rule? EPA provided a 30-day review and comment period for the December 27, 2016, proposed rule. The comment period ended on January 26, 2017. We received no comments on the proposed rule. III. What action is EPA taking? EPA is determining that the Cincinnati nonattainment area is attaining the 2008 ozone standard, based on quality-assured and certified monitoring data for 2013-2015 and that the Indiana portion of this area has met the requirements for redesignation under section 107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA. EPA is thus changing the legal designation of the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati area from nonattainment to attainment for the 2008 ozone standard. EPA is also approving, as a revision to the Indiana SIP, the state's maintenance plan for the area. The maintenance plan is designed to keep the Cincinnati area in attainment of the 2008 ozone NAAQS through 2030. Finally, EPA finds adequate and is approving the newly-established 2020 and 2030 MVEBs for the Indiana and Ohio portion of the Cincinnati area. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(d), EPA finds there is good cause for these actions 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 planning requirements for this ozone nonattainment area. For these reasons, EPA finds good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) for these actions to become effective on the date of publication of these actions. IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Under the CAA, redesignation of an area to attainment and the accompanying approval of a maintenance plan under section 107(d)(3)(E) are actions that affect the status of a geographical area and do not impose any additional regulatory requirements on sources beyond those imposed by state law. A redesignation to attainment does not in and of itself create any new requirements, but rather results in the applicability 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 CAA 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 that reason, this action:Is 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); Does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); Is 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.); Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or uniquely affect small governments, as described [[Page 16942]] in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4); Does not have Federalism implications as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999); Is not an economically significant regulatory action based on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); Is not a significant regulatory action subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); Is 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 Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, 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), because redesignation is an action that affects the status of a geographical area and does not impose any new regulatory requirements on tribes, impact any existing sources of air pollution on tribal lands, nor impair the maintenance of ozone national ambient air quality standards in tribal lands. 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 June 6, 2017. 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, Oxides of nitrogen, Ozone, Volatile organic compounds. 40 CFR Part 81 Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, Air pollution control, Designations and classifications, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen oxides, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds. Dated: March 17, 2017. Robert A. Kaplan, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. Parts 52 and 81, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations are amended as follows: PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 0 1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 0 2. Section 52.777 is amended by adding paragraph (uu) to read as follows: Sec. 52.777 Control strategy: photochemical oxidants (hydrocarbons). * * * * * (uu) Approval--On February 23, 2016, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management submitted a request to redesignate the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area to attainment of the 2008 ozone NAAQS. As part of the redesignation request, the State submitted a maintenance plan as required by section 175A of the Clean Air Act. Elements of the section 175 maintenance plan include a contingency plan and an obligation to submit a subsequent maintenance plan revision in 8 years as required by the Clean Air Act. The 2020 motor vehicle emissions budgets for the Indiana and Ohio portions of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area are 30.02 tons per summer day (TPSD) for VOC and 30.79 TPSD for NO X . The 2030 motor vehicle emissions budgets for the Indiana and Ohio portions of the area are 18.22 TPSD for VOC and 16.22 TPSD for NOX . * * * * * PART 81--DESIGNATION OF AREAS FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING PURPOSES 0 1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 0 2. In Sec. 81.315, the table entitled ``Indiana--2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS (Primary and secondary)'' is amended by revising the entry for ``Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN:'' to read as follows: Sec. 81.315 Indiana. * * * * * Indiana--2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS (Primary and secondary) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Designation Classification Designated area ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date \1\ Type Date \1\ Type ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN: \2\ April 7, 2017..... Attainment. Dearborn County (part) Lawrenceburg Township. [[Page 16943]] * * * * * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ This date is July 20, 2012, unless otherwise noted. \2\ Excludes Indian country located in each area, unless otherwise noted. * * * * * [FR Doc. 2017-06886 Filed 4-6-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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Dated: March 20, 2017. § 52.1880 Control strategy: Particulate PART 81—DESIGNATION OF AREAS
Robert A. Kaplan, matter. FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. * * * * * PURPOSES
40 CFR part 52 and 81 are amended (q) * * *
as follows: (1) Ohio’s 2005 NOX, directly emitted ■ 3. The authority citation for part 81
PM2.5, and SO2 emissions inventory; and continues to read as follows:
PART 52—APPROVAL AND 2007 VOCs and ammonia emissions Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
PROMULGATION OF inventory, satisfy the emission
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS inventory requirements of section ■ 4. Section 81.336 is amended by
172(c)(3) for the Cincinnati-Hamilton revising the column headings under
■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 area. ‘‘Designationa’’ for ‘‘Type’’ and ‘‘Date1’’
continues to read as follows:
* * * * * and by revising the entry for Cincinnati-
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Hamilton, OH in the table entitled
(v) Approval—Ohio’s RACM/RACT
analysis that was submitted as part of ‘‘Ohio—1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS’’ to
Subpart KK—Ohio
their July 18, 2008, attainment read as follows:
■ 2. Section 52.1880 is amended by demonstration satisfies the RACM/
§ 81.336 Ohio.
revising paragraph (q)(1) and by adding RACT requirements of section 172(c)(1)
paragraph (v) to read as follows: for the Cincinnati-Hamilton area. * * * * *
OHIO—1997 ANNUAL PM2.5 NAAQS
[Primary and secondary]
Designation a Classification
Designated area
Date 1 Type Date Type
* * * * * * *
Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio: ............... April 7, 2017 .................................... Attainment..
Butler County.
Clermont County.
Hamilton County.
Warren County.
* * * * * * *
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.
* * * * * Cincinnati area to attainment for the the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati
[FR Doc. 2017–06882 Filed 4–6–17; 8:45 am] 2008 ozone NAAQS because the request area.
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P meets the statutory requirements for
DATES: This final rule is effective on
redesignation under the Clean Air Act
April 7, 2017.
(CAA). The Cincinnati area includes
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Lawrenceburg Township in Dearborn ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
AGENCY County, Indiana; Butler, Clermont, docket for this action under Docket ID
Clinton, Hamilton, and Warren Counties No. EPA–R05–OAR–2016–0135. All
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
in Ohio; and, Boone, Campbell, and documents in the docket are listed on
[EPA–R05–OAR–2016–0135; FRL–9960–79– Kenton Counties in Kentucky. IDEM the www.regulations.gov Web site.
Region 5] Although listed in the index, some
submitted this request on February 23,
2016, and supplemented that submittal information is not publicly available,
Air Plan Approval; Indiana; i.e., Confidential Business Information
Redesignation of the Indiana Portion of with a revised emissions inventory on
May 4, 2016. EPA is also approving, as (CBI) or other information whose
the Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana disclosure is restricted by statute.
Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone a revision to the Indiana State
Certain other material, such as
Standard Implementation Plan (SIP), the state’s
copyrighted material, is not placed on
plan for maintaining the 2008 ozone
AGENCY: Environmental Protection the Internet and will be publicly
standard through 2030 in the Cincinnati available only in hard copy form.
Agency (EPA). area. Additionally, EPA finds adequate
ACTION: Final rule. Publicly available docket materials are
and is approving the states’ 2020 and available either through
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 2030 volatile organic compound (VOC) www.regulations.gov or at the
Agency (EPA) is determining that the and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) Motor Environmental Protection Agency,
Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana area Vehicle Emission Budgets (MVEBs) for Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77
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is attaining the 2008 ozone National the Indiana and Ohio portion of the West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS Cincinnati area. Finally, EPA is Illinois 60604. This facility is open from
or standard) and approving a request approving the 2011 base year emissions 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
from the Indiana Department of inventory submitted by IDEM as Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We
Environmental Management (IDEM) to meeting the base year emissions recommend that you telephone Eric
redesignate the Indiana portion of the inventory requirement of the CAA for Svingen, Environmental Engineer, at
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INDIANA—2008 8-HOUR OZONE NAAQS—Continued
(Primary and secondary)
Designation Classification
Designated area
Date 1 Type Date 1 Type
* * * * * * *
1 This date is July 20, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
2 Excludes Indian country located in each area, unless otherwise noted.
* * * * * Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– retained the annual average NAAQS at
[FR Doc. 2017–06886 Filed 4–6–17; 8:45 am] 2012–0773. All documents in the docket 15.0 mg/m3 but revised the 24-hour
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P are listed on the www.regulations.gov NAAQS to 35 mg/m3, based again on the
Web site. Although listed in the index, 3-year average of the 98th percentile of
some information may not be publicly 24-hour concentrations.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION available, i.e., Confidential Business On January 5, 2005 (70 FR 944), and
AGENCY Information or other information whose supplemented on April 14, 2005 (70 FR
disclosure is restricted by statute. 19844), EPA designated the bi-state
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 Certain other material, such as Louisville Area as nonattainment for the
[EPA–R04–OAR–2012–0773; FRL–9960–55- copyrighted material, is not placed on Annual 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. The bi-state
Region 4] the Internet and will be publicly Louisville Area consists of Bullitt and
available only in hard copy form. Jefferson Counties in Kentucky as well
Air Plan Approval and Air Quality Publicly available docket materials are as Clark and Floyd Counties and a
Designation; KY; Redesignation of the available either electronically through portion of Jefferson County (Madison
Kentucky Portion of the Louisville 1997 www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at Township) in Indiana.1 On November
Annual PM2.5 Nonattainment Area to the Air Regulatory Management Section, 13, 2009 (74 FR 58688), EPA
Attainment Air Planning and Implementation promulgated designations for the 24-
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics hour PM2.5 standard established in 2006,
Agency. Management Division, U.S. designating the bi-state Louisville Area
Environmental Protection Agency, as attainment for that NAAQS. That
ACTION: Final rule.
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., action clarified that the bi-state
SUMMARY: On March 5, 2012, the Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA Louisville Area was classified
Commonwealth of Kentucky, through requests that if at all possible, you unclassifiable/attainment for the 24-
the Kentucky Energy and Environment contact the person listed in the FOR hour NAAQS promulgated in 1997. EPA
Cabinet, Division for Air Quality, FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to did not promulgate designations for the
submitted a request for the schedule your inspection. The Regional 2006 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS since that
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office’s official hours of business are NAAQS was essentially identical to the
to redesignate the portion of Kentucky Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS.
that is within the bi-state Louisville, 4:30 p.m., excluding federal holidays. On March 5, 2012, Kentucky
KY–IN fine particulate matter (PM2.5) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: submitted a request to EPA for
nonattainment area (hereinafter referred Madolyn Sanchez of the Air Regulatory redesignation of the Kentucky portion of
to as the ‘‘bi-state Louisville Area’’ or Management Section, in the Air the bi-state Louisville Area to
‘‘Area’’) to attainment for the 1997 Planning and Implementation Branch, attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5
Annual PM2.5 national ambient air Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management NAAQS and a related SIP revision
quality standards (NAAQS) and to Division, U.S. Environmental Protection containing a maintenance plan for the
approve a state implementation plan Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street Area. In a notice of proposed
(SIP) revision containing a maintenance SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. rulemaking (NPRM) published on
plan for the Area. EPA is taking final Madolyn Sanchez may be reached by January 11, 2017 (82 FR 3234), EPA
action to approve the Commonwealth’s phone at (404) 562–9644, or via proposed to approve the
plan for maintaining the 1997 Annual electronic mail at sanchez.madolyn@ Commonwealth’s 1997 Annual PM2.5
PM2.5 NAAQS in the Area, including the epa.gov. NAAQS maintenance plan, including
motor vehicle emission budgets the 2025 MVEBs for NOx and direct
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PM2.5, for the Kentucky portion of the
(MVEBs) for nitrogen oxide (NOX) and
PM2.5 for the years 2015 and 2025 for I. What is the background for the bi-state Louisville Area and incorporate
the bi-state Louisville Area, and actions? the maintenance plan into the SIP, and
incorporate it into the SIP, and to to redesignate the Kentucky portion of
On July 18, 1997, EPA promulgated the bi-state Louisville Area to
redesignate the Kentucky portion of the
the first air quality standards for PM2.5. attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5
Area to attainment for the 1997 Annual
EPA promulgated an annual standard at NAAQS. In that notice, EPA also
PM2.5 NAAQS. Additionally, EPA finds
a level of 15.0 micrograms per cubic notified the public of the status of the
the 2025 MVEBs for the bi-state
meter (mg/m3), based on a 3-year average
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Louisville Area adequate for the
of annual mean PM2.5 concentrations. In 1 In a separate submittal, EPA received the
purposes of transportation conformity.
the same rulemaking, EPA promulgated redesignation request and maintenance plan for the
DATES: This rule is effective April 7, a 24-hour standard of 65 mg/m3, based Indiana portion of this Area. On September 9, 2016,
2017. on a 3-year average of the 98th EPA took final action to determine that the entire
bi-state Louisville Area has attained the 1997 PM2.5
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a percentile of 24-hour concentrations. On standard and to approve Indiana’s redesignation
docket for this action under Docket October 17, 2006 (71 FR 61144), EPA request and maintenance plan. See 81 FR 62390.
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| Contact | Eric Svingen, Environmental Engineer, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs Branch (AR- 18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-4489, [email protected] | |
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