Air Quality Designations for the 2006 24-hour Fine Particle National Ambient Air Quality Standards (2006 24-hour PM2.5, 45067-45073 [2015-18532]
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BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 81
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0359; FRL–9929–97–
OAR]
RIN 2060–AR95
Air Quality Designations for the 2006
24-hour Fine Particle National Ambient
Air Quality Standards (2006 24-hour
PM2.5 NAAQS), 1997 Annual PM2.5
NAAQS, and 1987 Annual Coarse
Particle (PM10) NAAQS; Technical
Amendments to Inadvertent Errors
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to its authority
under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is promulgating this final action to make
technical amendments to address
several minor, inadvertent and
nonsubstantive errors in the regulatory
text establishing the air quality
designations for the 2006 24-hour fine
particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS), 1997
annual PM2.5 NAAQS, and 1987 annual
coarse particle (PM10) NAAQS.
Consistent with the EPA’s interpretation
of the good cause exemption provisions
outlined in the Administrative
Procedure Act, this action is being taken
without notice and comment. The states
to which these amendments apply are
New York and West Virginia.
DATES: The effective date of these
technical amendments is August 28,
2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions concerning this
action, please contact Andy Chang, U.S.
EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and
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Standards, Air Quality Planning
Division, C539–04, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541–
2416, email at chang.andy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
The following is an outline of the
preamble.
I. What is the good cause exemption, and
why is the EPA using it?
II. What is the purpose of this action?
III. What are the technical amendments to
inadvertent errors in prior designations?
A. Technical Amendments Concerning
Designations for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS
B. Technical Amendments Concerning
Designations for the 1997 Annual PM2.5
NAAQS
C. Technical Amendments Concerning
Designations for the 1987 Annual PM10
NAAQS
IV. Environmental Justice Considerations
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children from Environmental Health and
Safety Risks
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
I. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act (NTTAA)
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions
to Address Environmental Justice in
Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations
K. Congressional Review Act
L. Judicial Review
I. What is the good cause exemption,
and why is the EPA using it?
Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(B), provides that, when an
agency for good cause finds that public
notice and comment procedures are
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest, the agency may
issue a rule without providing notice
and an opportunity for public comment.
The EPA has determined that there is
good cause for making this rule final
without prior proposal and opportunity
for comment because such notice and
opportunity for comment is
unnecessary. In this action, we are
amending 40 CFR part 81, which
contains the tables of area designations
and boundaries for each NAAQS. Notice
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and comment is unnecessary because
the corrections made in this document
were already the subject of prior notice
and comment rulemakings; this action
merely makes corrections to the tables
in order to correctly align the
information in the tables with those
prior rulemakings.
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II. What is the purpose of this action?
Whenever the EPA establishes a new
NAAQS, section 107(d) of the CAA
requires the EPA to designate all areas
of the country as meeting or not meeting
the new NAAQS, or as unclassifiable
where available information does not
support a determination whether an
area is meeting the NAAQS. The area
designations and boundaries for each
NAAQS are set forth in tables at 40 CFR
part 81.
This action makes technical
amendments to minor, inadvertent and
nonsubstantive errors in the 40 CFR part
81 regulatory text concerning the air
quality designations for certain areas in
two states for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS, 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS,
and 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS. The
states to which these technical
amendments apply are New York and
West Virginia.
Documents related to the affected
designations are available in the
following dockets: Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OAR–2007–0562 (2006 24-hour
PM2.5 NAAQS), Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OAR–2003–0061 (1997 annual
PM2.5 NAAQS), and Public Docket No.
A–92–22 (1987 annual PM10 NAAQS).
All documents in the dockets except for
those for related to designations for the
1987 PM10 NAAQS, i.e., Public Docket
No. A–92–22, are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. All
materials for Public Docket No. A–92–
22 are located at the EPA Docket Center.
In addition, the EPA has established a
Web site for these rulemakings at:
https://www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/
and https://www.epa.gov/airquality/
greenbook/pindex.html. These Web
sites include the EPA’s final PM2.5 and
PM10 designations, as well as state and
tribal initial recommendation letters, the
EPA’s modification letters, technical
support documents, responses to
comments and other related technical
information.
A discussion of these inadvertent
errors and associated corrections
follows in the next section. The
revisions to the regulatory text,
specifically as codified in 40 CFR part
81, are provided at the end of this
preamble.
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III. What are the technical amendments
to inadvertent errors in prior
designations?
A. Technical Amendments Concerning
Designations for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS
The EPA published its air quality
designations for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS on November 13, 2009 (74 FR
58688). In that action, two areas in West
Virginia were designated as
nonattainment for this NAAQS:
Charleston, West Virginia (consisting of
Kanawha County and Putnam County)
and the Steubenville-Weirton, OhioWest Virginia area (consisting of Brooke
County and Hancock County in West
Virginia and Jefferson County in Ohio).
The EPA finalized approval of West
Virginia’s request to redesignate the
Charleston, West Virginia area to
attainment on March 31, 2014 (79 FR
17884), and finalized approval of West
Virginia’s request to redesignate the
state’s portion of the SteubenvilleWeirton area to attainment on March 18,
2014 (79 FR 15019). Both of these final
actions correctly revised West Virginia’s
entries in 40 CFR 81.349 to reflect that
the areas are in attainment for the 2006
24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. However, a
subsequent rulemaking finalized in the
Federal Register on June 2, 2014, by the
EPA titled, ‘‘Identification of
Nonattainment Classifications and
Deadlines for Submission of State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Provisions
for the 1997 Fine Particle (PM2.5)
National Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS) and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS’’ (79
FR 31566) inadvertently and
erroneously recodified the Charleston,
West Virginia area and the West
Virginia portion of the SteubenvilleWeirton, Ohio-West Virginia area as
nonattainment for the 2006 24-hour
PM2.5 NAAQS. In this rulemaking, the
EPA is correcting the 40 CFR 81.349
table for West Virginia with respect to
the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS to
reflect that both areas within West
Virginia have been redesignated to
attainment, consistent with our previous
March 18, 2014, and March 31, 2014,
final rulemakings.
B. Technical Amendments Concerning
Designations for the 1997 Annual PM2.5
NAAQS
The EPA published its air quality
designations for the 1997 annual PM2.5
NAAQS on January 5, 2005 (70 FR 944).
In this action, two areas in West
Virginia were designated as
nonattainment for this NAAQS:
Charleston, West Virginia (consisting of
Kanawha County and Putnam County)
and the Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-
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West Virginia area (consisting of Brooke
County and Hancock County in West
Virginia and Jefferson County in Ohio).
The EPA finalized approval of West
Virginia’s request to redesignate the
Charleston, West Virginia area to
attainment on March 31, 2014 (79 FR
17884), and finalized approval of West
Virginia’s request to redesignate the
state’s portion of the SteubenvilleWeirton area to attainment on March 18,
2014 (79 FR 15019). Both of these final
actions correctly revised West Virginia’s
entries in 40 CFR 81.349 to reflect that
the areas are in attainment for the 1997
annual PM2.5 NAAQS. However, a
subsequent rulemaking finalized in the
Federal Register on June 2, 2014, by the
EPA titled, ‘‘Identification of
Nonattainment Classifications and
Deadlines for Submission of State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Provisions
for the 1997 Fine Particle (PM2.5)
National Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS) and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS’’ (79
FR 31566) inadvertently and
erroneously recodified the Charleston,
West Virginia area and the West
Virginia portion of the SteubenvilleWeirton, Ohio-West Virginia area as
nonattainment for the 1997 annual
PM2.5 NAAQS. In this rulemaking, the
EPA is correcting the 40 CFR 81.349
table for West Virginia with respect to
the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS to reflect
that both areas within West Virginia
have been redesignated to attainment
consistent with our previous March 18,
2014, and March 31, 2014, final
rulemakings.
C. Technical Amendments Concerning
Designations for the 1987 Annual PM10
NAAQS
The EPA redesignated New York
County, New York as nonattainment for
the 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS on
January 20, 1994 (58 FR 67334).1
However, the 40 CFR part 81 table for
the state is unclear as to which 1987
PM10 NAAQS the nonattainment
designation applies to, specifically
because at the time of the January 20,
1994, designation, there were two forms
of the NAAQS. The 1987 PM10 NAAQS
included an annual standard of 50
micrograms per cubic meter (annual
arithmetic mean averaged over 3 years)
and a 24-hour standard of 150
micrograms per cubic meter (not to be
exceeded more than once per year on
average over a 3-year period). The 40
CFR part 81 table for PM10 does not
distinguish between the two forms of
the NAAQS, and therefore New York
1 This area was originally designated as
unclassifiable for the annual PM10 NAAQS by
operation of law.
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County is codified as nonattainment for
a non-specified, i.e., ambiguous form of
the standard.
The EPA has confirmed that the
Madison Avenue monitor in New York
County (Air Quality Systems (AQS) Site
ID 36–061–0077) recorded violations of
the 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS and was
the basis for the county’s nonattainment
designation for this NAAQS. This
monitor continued to serve as the
county’s design value monitor until
1998; at this time the monitor
underwent modifications that made it
no longer valid for comparison to the
NAAQS, i.e., it no longer met the siting
criteria for a Federal Reference Method
(FRM) monitor. As a result, decisions
regarding PM10 air quality since 1998
have been informed by ambient air
quality data collected at other FRM
monitoring sites in New York County,
including the Post Office site (AQS ID
36–061–0062). None of the monitors in
New York County have recorded
violations of the annual PM10 NAAQS
since 1998, and no violations of the 24hour PM10 NAAQS have ever been
recorded in the county. On December 2,
2013, the EPA finalized a clean data
determination in the Federal Register
for New York County (78 FR 72032),
which determined that even though the
annual form of the 1987 PM10 NAAQS
had been revoked on October 17, 2006
(71 FR 61144), ambient air quality data
collected in New York County indicated
that this NAAQS had been attained. To
clarify, New York County was
designated as nonattainment for the
1987 annual PM10 NAAQS only; the
area received a clean data determination
from the EPA for the 1987 annual PM10
NAAQS; and the Agency has revoked
the 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS.
Therefore, the EPA is revising and
clarifying the table for the PM10 NAAQS
for the state to reflect the form of the
standard, i.e., the annual PM10 NAAQS,
for which New York County was
designated as nonattainment, and to
reflect that that standard has been
revoked.
IV. Environmental Justice
Considerations
When the EPA establishes a new
NAAQS, section 107(d) of the CAA
requires the EPA to designate all areas
of the country as meeting or not meeting
the new NAAQS, or as unclassifiable
where available information does not
support a determination whether an
area is meeting the NAAQS. The area
designations and boundaries for each
NAAQS are set forth in tables at 40 CFR
part 81.This action makes technical
amendments to minor, inadvertent and
nonsubstantive errors in the 40 CFR part
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81 regulatory text concerning the air
quality designations for certain areas in
two states for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS, 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS,
and 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS. The
amendments apply to the states of New
York and West Virginia. This action
continues to protect all those residing,
working, attending school or otherwise
present in those areas regardless of
minority and economic status.
V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
This action makes technical
amendments to correct minor,
inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors
in prior area designations. This type of
action is exempt from review under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011).
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
This action does not impose an
information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). This action
corrects minor, inadvertent and
nonsubstantive errors in prior area
designations and does not require any
party to perform an information
collection.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
generally requires an agency to prepare
a regulatory flexibility analysis of any
rule subject to notice and comment
rulemaking requirements under the
Administrative Procedure Act or any
other statute unless the agency certifies
that the rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Small entities
include small businesses, small
organizations and small governmental
jurisdictions. For purposes of assessing
the impacts of this rule on small
entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A
small business as defined by the Small
Business Administration’s regulations at
13 CFR 121.201; (2) a small
governmental jurisdiction that is a
government of a city, county, town,
school district or special district with a
population of less than 50,000; and (3)
a small organization that is any not-forprofit enterprise which is independently
owned and operated and is not
dominant in its field.
Because the EPA has made a good
cause finding that this action is not
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subject to notice and comment
requirements under the Administrative
Procedure 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.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
This action contains no federal
mandate under the provisions of Title II
of the UMRA of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531–
1538 for state, local or tribal
governments or the private sector. The
action does not impose an enforceable
duty on any state, local or tribal
governments or the private sector.
Therefore, this action is not subject to
the requirements of sections 202 and
205 of the UMRA.
This action is also not subject to the
requirements of section 203 of UMRA
because it contains no regulatory
requirements that might significantly or
uniquely affect small governments. This
action corrects minor, inadvertent and
nonsubstantive errors in prior area
designations.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism
implications. It will not 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 government, as specified in
Executive Order 13132. This action
makes technical amendments to correct
minor, inadvertent and nonsubstantive
errors in prior area designations. Thus,
Executive Order 13132 does not apply
to this action.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments
This action does not have tribal
implications, as specified in Executive
Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9,
2000). This action only makes technical
amendments to correct minor,
inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors
in prior area designations or
redesignations. None of these technical
amendments has a substantial direct
effect on any tribal land; thus, Executive
Order 13175 does not apply to this
action.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks
The EPA interprets Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) as
applying only to those regulatory
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actions that concern health or safety
risks, such that the analysis required
under section 5–501 of the Executive
Order has the potential to influence the
regulation. This action is not subject to
Executive Order 13045 because it does
not establish an environmental standard
intended to mitigate health or safety
risks.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution or Use
This action is not subject to Executive
Order 13211 (66 FR 28355 (May 22,
2001)), because it is not a significant
regulatory action under Executive Order
12866.
I. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act (NTTAA)
Section 12(d) of the NTTAA of 1995,
Public Law 104–113, section 12(d) (15
U.S.C. 272 note) directs the EPA to use
voluntary consensus standards (VCS) in
its regulatory activities unless to do so
would be inconsistent with applicable
law or otherwise impracticable. VCS are
technical standards (e.g., materials
specifications, test methods, sampling
procedures and business practices) that
are developed or adopted by VCS
bodies. The NTTAA directs the EPA to
provide Congress, through the Office of
Management and Budget, explanations
when the agency decides not to use
available and applicable VCS. This
action does not involve technical
standards. Therefore, the EPA did not
consider the use of any VCS.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629
(Feb. 16, 1994)) establishes federal
executive policy on environmental
justice. Its main provision directs
federal agencies, to the greatest extent
practicable and permitted by law, to
make environmental justice part of their
mission by identifying and addressing,
as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or
environmental effects of their programs,
policies and activities on minority
populations and low-income
populations in the U.S.
The EPA has determined that this rule
will not have disproportionately high
and adverse human health or
environmental effects on minority or
low-income populations because it does
not affect the level of protection
provided to human health or the
environment. This action makes
technical amendments to correct minor,
inadvertent, nonsubstantive errors in
the designations for certain areas. The
results are also contained in section IV
titled, ‘‘Environmental Justice
Considerations’’ of this preamble.
K. Congressional Review Act
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. The 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. A major rule cannot take effect
until 60 days after it is published in the
Federal Register. However, 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, the EPA
had made such a good cause finding,
including the reasons therefore, and
established an effective date of August
28, 2015. These technical amendments
to inadvertent errors do not constitute a
‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
L. Judicial Review
In the final actions designating areas
for the PM10 NAAQS, the EPA
determined that the actions were
‘‘nationally applicable’’ within the
meaning of CAA section 307(b)(1).
Likewise, the EPA also determined that
the final action identifying
nonattainment classifications and
deadlines for SIP provisions for the
1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS and 2006 24hour PM2.5 NAAQS was nationally
applicable. Because this action is
making corrections to those nationally
applicable rules, we are determining
that this action is also nationally
applicable within the meaning of
section 307(b)(1). Thus, petitions for
review of this final action must be filed
in the Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit. Section 307(b)(1)
requires such petitions to be filed
within 60 days from the date the final
action is published in the Federal
Register.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, National parks,
Wilderness areas.
Dated: July 21, 2015.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, 40 CFR part 81 is amended as
follows:
PART 81—DESIGNATION OF AREAS
FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING
PURPOSES
1. The authority citation for part 81
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
Subpart C—Section 107 Attainment
Status Designations
2. Section 81.333 is amended by
revising the table titled ‘‘New York—
PM–10’’ to read as follows:
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NEW YORK—PM–10
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Classification
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New York County ...................................................................................
Type
1/20/94
Date
Nonattainment 1 ..
1/20/94
Type
Moderate.
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designation applied only to the annual form of the PM10 NAAQS. The annual PM10 NAAQS was revoked for all areas of the state on October 17, 2006.
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revising the tables titled ‘‘West
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and ‘‘West Virginia—2006 24-Hour
PM2.5 NAAQS’’ to read as follows:
§ 81.349
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Charleston, WV:
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Putnam County .......................................................................
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Graham Tax District.
Wayne County ........................................................................
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Charleston, WV:
Kanawha County .................................................................................
Putnam County ....................................................................................
Steubenville-Weirton, OH–WV:
Brooke County .....................................................................................
Hancock County ..................................................................................
Rest of State:
Barbour County ...................................................................................
Berkeley County ..................................................................................
Boone County ......................................................................................
Braxton County ....................................................................................
Cabell County ......................................................................................
Calhoun County ...................................................................................
Clay County .........................................................................................
Doddridge County ...............................................................................
Fayette County ....................................................................................
Gilmer County .....................................................................................
Grant County .......................................................................................
Greenbrier County ...............................................................................
Hampshire County ...............................................................................
Hardy County ......................................................................................
Harrison County ..................................................................................
Jackson County ...................................................................................
Jefferson County .................................................................................
Lewis County .......................................................................................
Lincoln County .....................................................................................
Logan County ......................................................................................
McDowell County ................................................................................
Marion County .....................................................................................
Marshall County ..................................................................................
Mason County .....................................................................................
Mercer County .....................................................................................
Mineral County ....................................................................................
Mingo County ......................................................................................
Monongalia County .............................................................................
Monroe County ....................................................................................
Morgan County ....................................................................................
Nicholas County ..................................................................................
Ohio County ........................................................................................
Pendleton County ................................................................................
Pleasants County ................................................................................
Pocahontas County .............................................................................
Preston County ....................................................................................
Raleigh County ....................................................................................
Randolph County .................................................................................
Ritchie County .....................................................................................
Roane County .....................................................................................
Summers County .................................................................................
Taylor County ......................................................................................
Tucker County .....................................................................................
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Date 1
Webster County ...................................................................................
Wetzel County .....................................................................................
Wirt County ..........................................................................................
Wood County .......................................................................................
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date is 30 days after November 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted.
2 This date is July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted.
1 This
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Lewis, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; main telephone
number: (703) 305–7090; email address:
RDFRNotices@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[FR Doc. 2015–18532 Filed 7–28–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0638; FRL–9930–73]
I. General Information
Fluxapyroxad; Pesticide Tolerances
A. Does this action apply to me?
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. The following
list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
provides a guide to help readers
determine whether this document
applies to them. Potentially affected
entities may include:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532).
AGENCY:
This regulation establishes
tolerances for residues of fluxapyroxad
in or on cotton, gin byproducts and
cotton, undelinted seed. BASF
Corporation requested these tolerances
under the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
DATES: This regulation is effective July
29, 2015. Objections and requests for
hearings must be received on or before
September 28, 2015, and must be filed
in accordance with the instructions
provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also
Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION).
SUMMARY:
The docket for this action,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0638, is
available at https://www.regulations.gov
or at the Office of Pesticide Programs
Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket)
in the Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460–0001. The Public Reading Room
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OPP
Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review
the visitor instructions and additional
information about the docket available
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
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B. How can I get electronic access to
other related information?
You may access a frequently updated
electronic version of EPA’s tolerance
regulations at 40 CFR part 180 through
the Government Printing Office’s e-CFR
site at https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/textidx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title40/
40tab_02.tpl. To access the OCSPP test
guidelines referenced in this document
electronically, please go to https://
www.epa.gov/ocspp and select ‘‘Test
Methods and Guidelines.’’
C. How can I file an objection or hearing
request?
Under FFDCA section 408(g), 21
U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an
objection to any aspect of this regulation
and may also request a hearing on those
objections. You must file your objection
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in accordance with the instructions
provided in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure
proper receipt by EPA, you must
identify docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OPP–2012–0638 in the subject line on
the first page of your submission. All
objections and requests for a hearing
must be in writing, and must be
received by the Hearing Clerk on or
before September 28, 2015. Addresses
for mail and hand delivery of objections
and hearing requests are provided in 40
CFR 178.25(b).
In addition to filing an objection or
hearing request with the Hearing Clerk
as described in 40 CFR part 178, please
submit a copy of the filing (excluding
any Confidential Business Information
(CBI)) for inclusion in the public docket.
Information not marked confidential
pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be
disclosed publicly by EPA without prior
notice. Submit the non-CBI copy of your
objection or hearing request, identified
by docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–
2012–0638, by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be CBI or
other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.
• Hand Delivery: To make special
arrangements for hand delivery or
delivery of boxed information, please
follow the instructions at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on
commenting or visiting the docket,
along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
II. Summary of Petitioned-for Tolerance
In the Federal Register of December
17, 2014 (79 FR 75107) (FRL–9918–90),
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 81
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0359; FRL-9929-97-OAR]
RIN 2060-AR95
Air Quality Designations for the 2006 24-hour Fine Particle
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (2006 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS), 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS, and 1987 Annual Coarse
Particle (PM10) NAAQS; Technical Amendments to Inadvertent
Errors
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to its authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating this final action
to make technical amendments to address several minor, inadvertent and
nonsubstantive errors in the regulatory text establishing the air
quality designations for the 2006 24-hour fine particle
(PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), 1997
annual PM2.5 NAAQS, and 1987 annual coarse particle
(PM10) NAAQS. Consistent with the EPA's interpretation of
the good cause exemption provisions outlined in the Administrative
Procedure Act, this action is being taken without notice and comment.
The states to which these amendments apply are New York and West
Virginia.
DATES: The effective date of these technical amendments is August 28,
2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions concerning this
action, please contact Andy Chang, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Air Quality Planning Division, C539-04,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-2416, email at
chang.andy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
The following is an outline of the preamble.
I. What is the good cause exemption, and why is the EPA using it?
II. What is the purpose of this action?
III. What are the technical amendments to inadvertent errors in
prior designations?
A. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 2006 24-
hour PM2.5 NAAQS
B. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 1997
Annual PM2.5 NAAQS
C. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 1987
Annual PM10 NAAQS
IV. Environmental Justice Considerations
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and
Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children from
Environmental Health and Safety Risks
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations
K. Congressional Review Act
L. Judicial Review
I. What is the good cause exemption, and why is the EPA using it?
Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(B), provides that, when an agency for good cause finds that
public notice and comment procedures are impracticable, unnecessary, or
contrary to the public interest, the agency may issue a rule without
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. The EPA has
determined that there is good cause for making this rule final without
prior proposal and opportunity for comment because such notice and
opportunity for comment is unnecessary. In this action, we are amending
40 CFR part 81, which contains the tables of area designations and
boundaries for each NAAQS. Notice
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and comment is unnecessary because the corrections made in this
document were already the subject of prior notice and comment
rulemakings; this action merely makes corrections to the tables in
order to correctly align the information in the tables with those prior
rulemakings.
II. What is the purpose of this action?
Whenever the EPA establishes a new NAAQS, section 107(d) of the CAA
requires the EPA to designate all areas of the country as meeting or
not meeting the new NAAQS, or as unclassifiable where available
information does not support a determination whether an area is meeting
the NAAQS. The area designations and boundaries for each NAAQS are set
forth in tables at 40 CFR part 81.
This action makes technical amendments to minor, inadvertent and
nonsubstantive errors in the 40 CFR part 81 regulatory text concerning
the air quality designations for certain areas in two states for the
2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS, 1997 annual PM2.5
NAAQS, and 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS. The states to which these
technical amendments apply are New York and West Virginia.
Documents related to the affected designations are available in the
following dockets: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0562 (2006 24-hour
PM2.5 NAAQS), Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0061 (1997
annual PM2.5 NAAQS), and Public Docket No. A-92-22 (1987
annual PM10 NAAQS). All documents in the dockets except for
those for related to designations for the 1987 PM10 NAAQS,
i.e., Public Docket No. A-92-22, are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index. All materials for Public Docket No. A-92-22
are located at the EPA Docket Center. In addition, the EPA has
established a Web site for these rulemakings at: https://www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/ and https://www.epa.gov/airquality/greenbook/pindex.html. These Web sites include the EPA's final PM2.5
and PM10 designations, as well as state and tribal initial
recommendation letters, the EPA's modification letters, technical
support documents, responses to comments and other related technical
information.
A discussion of these inadvertent errors and associated corrections
follows in the next section. The revisions to the regulatory text,
specifically as codified in 40 CFR part 81, are provided at the end of
this preamble.
III. What are the technical amendments to inadvertent errors in prior
designations?
A. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 2006 24-hour
PM2.5 NAAQS
The EPA published its air quality designations for the 2006 24-hour
PM2.5 NAAQS on November 13, 2009 (74 FR 58688). In that
action, two areas in West Virginia were designated as nonattainment for
this NAAQS: Charleston, West Virginia (consisting of Kanawha County and
Putnam County) and the Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-West Virginia area
(consisting of Brooke County and Hancock County in West Virginia and
Jefferson County in Ohio). The EPA finalized approval of West
Virginia's request to redesignate the Charleston, West Virginia area to
attainment on March 31, 2014 (79 FR 17884), and finalized approval of
West Virginia's request to redesignate the state's portion of the
Steubenville-Weirton area to attainment on March 18, 2014 (79 FR
15019). Both of these final actions correctly revised West Virginia's
entries in 40 CFR 81.349 to reflect that the areas are in attainment
for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. However, a subsequent
rulemaking finalized in the Federal Register on June 2, 2014, by the
EPA titled, ``Identification of Nonattainment Classifications and
Deadlines for Submission of State Implementation Plan (SIP) Provisions
for the 1997 Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS) and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS'' (79 FR
31566) inadvertently and erroneously recodified the Charleston, West
Virginia area and the West Virginia portion of the Steubenville-
Weirton, Ohio-West Virginia area as nonattainment for the 2006 24-hour
PM2.5 NAAQS. In this rulemaking, the EPA is correcting the
40 CFR 81.349 table for West Virginia with respect to the 2006 24-hour
PM2.5 NAAQS to reflect that both areas within West Virginia
have been redesignated to attainment, consistent with our previous
March 18, 2014, and March 31, 2014, final rulemakings.
B. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 1997 Annual
PM2.5 NAAQS
The EPA published its air quality designations for the 1997 annual
PM2.5 NAAQS on January 5, 2005 (70 FR 944). In this action,
two areas in West Virginia were designated as nonattainment for this
NAAQS: Charleston, West Virginia (consisting of Kanawha County and
Putnam County) and the Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-West Virginia area
(consisting of Brooke County and Hancock County in West Virginia and
Jefferson County in Ohio). The EPA finalized approval of West
Virginia's request to redesignate the Charleston, West Virginia area to
attainment on March 31, 2014 (79 FR 17884), and finalized approval of
West Virginia's request to redesignate the state's portion of the
Steubenville-Weirton area to attainment on March 18, 2014 (79 FR
15019). Both of these final actions correctly revised West Virginia's
entries in 40 CFR 81.349 to reflect that the areas are in attainment
for the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. However, a subsequent
rulemaking finalized in the Federal Register on June 2, 2014, by the
EPA titled, ``Identification of Nonattainment Classifications and
Deadlines for Submission of State Implementation Plan (SIP) Provisions
for the 1997 Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS) and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS'' (79 FR
31566) inadvertently and erroneously recodified the Charleston, West
Virginia area and the West Virginia portion of the Steubenville-
Weirton, Ohio-West Virginia area as nonattainment for the 1997 annual
PM2.5 NAAQS. In this rulemaking, the EPA is correcting the
40 CFR 81.349 table for West Virginia with respect to the 1997 annual
PM2.5 NAAQS to reflect that both areas within West Virginia
have been redesignated to attainment consistent with our previous March
18, 2014, and March 31, 2014, final rulemakings.
C. Technical Amendments Concerning Designations for the 1987 Annual
PM10 NAAQS
The EPA redesignated New York County, New York as nonattainment for
the 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS on January 20, 1994 (58 FR
67334).\1\ However, the 40 CFR part 81 table for the state is unclear
as to which 1987 PM10 NAAQS the nonattainment designation
applies to, specifically because at the time of the January 20, 1994,
designation, there were two forms of the NAAQS. The 1987
PM10 NAAQS included an annual standard of 50 micrograms per
cubic meter (annual arithmetic mean averaged over 3 years) and a 24-
hour standard of 150 micrograms per cubic meter (not to be exceeded
more than once per year on average over a 3-year period). The 40 CFR
part 81 table for PM10 does not distinguish between the two
forms of the NAAQS, and therefore New York
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ambiguous form of the standard.
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The EPA has confirmed that the Madison Avenue monitor in New York
County (Air Quality Systems (AQS) Site ID 36-061-0077) recorded
violations of the 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS and was the basis
for the county's nonattainment designation for this NAAQS. This monitor
continued to serve as the county's design value monitor until 1998; at
this time the monitor underwent modifications that made it no longer
valid for comparison to the NAAQS, i.e., it no longer met the siting
criteria for a Federal Reference Method (FRM) monitor. As a result,
decisions regarding PM10 air quality since 1998 have been
informed by ambient air quality data collected at other FRM monitoring
sites in New York County, including the Post Office site (AQS ID 36-
061-0062). None of the monitors in New York County have recorded
violations of the annual PM10 NAAQS since 1998, and no
violations of the 24-hour PM10 NAAQS have ever been recorded
in the county. On December 2, 2013, the EPA finalized a clean data
determination in the Federal Register for New York County (78 FR
72032), which determined that even though the annual form of the 1987
PM10 NAAQS had been revoked on October 17, 2006 (71 FR
61144), ambient air quality data collected in New York County indicated
that this NAAQS had been attained. To clarify, New York County was
designated as nonattainment for the 1987 annual PM10 NAAQS
only; the area received a clean data determination from the EPA for the
1987 annual PM10 NAAQS; and the Agency has revoked the 1987
annual PM10 NAAQS. Therefore, the EPA is revising and
clarifying the table for the PM10 NAAQS for the state to
reflect the form of the standard, i.e., the annual PM10
NAAQS, for which New York County was designated as nonattainment, and
to reflect that that standard has been revoked.
IV. Environmental Justice Considerations
When the EPA establishes a new NAAQS, section 107(d) of the CAA
requires the EPA to designate all areas of the country as meeting or
not meeting the new NAAQS, or as unclassifiable where available
information does not support a determination whether an area is meeting
the NAAQS. The area designations and boundaries for each NAAQS are set
forth in tables at 40 CFR part 81.This action makes technical
amendments to minor, inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in the 40
CFR part 81 regulatory text concerning the air quality designations for
certain areas in two states for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS, 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS, and 1987 annual
PM10 NAAQS. The amendments apply to the states of New York
and West Virginia. This action continues to protect all those residing,
working, attending school or otherwise present in those areas
regardless of minority and economic status.
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
This action makes technical amendments to correct minor,
inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in prior area designations. This
type of action is exempt from review under Executive Orders 12866 (58
FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011).
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
This action does not impose an information collection burden under
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). This action corrects minor,
inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in prior area designations and
does not require any party to perform an information collection.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency
to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to
notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative
Procedure Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies that the
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses,
small organizations and small governmental jurisdictions. For purposes
of assessing the impacts of this rule on small entities, small entity
is defined as: (1) A small business as defined by the Small Business
Administration's regulations at 13 CFR 121.201; (2) a small
governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a city, county, town,
school district or special district with a population of less than
50,000; and (3) a small organization that is any not-for-profit
enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not
dominant in its field.
Because the EPA has made a good cause finding that this action is
not subject to notice and comment requirements under the Administrative
Procedure 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.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
This action contains no federal mandate under the provisions of
Title II of the UMRA of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538 for state, local or
tribal governments or the private sector. The action does not impose an
enforceable duty on any state, local or tribal governments or the
private sector. Therefore, this action is not subject to the
requirements of sections 202 and 205 of the UMRA.
This action is also not subject to the requirements of section 203
of UMRA because it contains no regulatory requirements that might
significantly or uniquely affect small governments. This action
corrects minor, inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in prior area
designations.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism implications. It will not 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 government, as
specified in Executive Order 13132. This action makes technical
amendments to correct minor, inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in
prior area designations. Thus, Executive Order 13132 does not apply to
this action.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
This action does not have tribal implications, as specified in
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This action only
makes technical amendments to correct minor, inadvertent and
nonsubstantive errors in prior area designations or redesignations.
None of these technical amendments has a substantial direct effect on
any tribal land; thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this
action.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health and Safety Risks
The EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23,
1997) as applying only to those regulatory
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actions that concern health or safety risks, such that the analysis
required under section 5-501 of the Executive Order has the potential
to influence the regulation. This action is not subject to Executive
Order 13045 because it does not establish an environmental standard
intended to mitigate health or safety risks.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution or Use
This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355
(May 22, 2001)), because it is not a significant regulatory action
under Executive Order 12866.
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)
Section 12(d) of the NTTAA of 1995, Public Law 104-113, section
12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note) directs the EPA to use voluntary consensus
standards (VCS) in its regulatory activities unless to do so would be
inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impracticable. VCS are
technical standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods,
sampling procedures and business practices) that are developed or
adopted by VCS bodies. The NTTAA directs the EPA to provide Congress,
through the Office of Management and Budget, explanations when the
agency decides not to use available and applicable VCS. This action
does not involve technical standards. Therefore, the EPA did not
consider the use of any VCS.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629 (Feb. 16, 1994)) establishes
federal executive policy on environmental justice. Its main provision
directs federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law, to make environmental justice part of their mission
by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs,
policies and activities on minority populations and low-income
populations in the U.S.
The EPA has determined that this rule will not have
disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental
effects on minority or low-income populations because it does not
affect the level of protection provided to human health or the
environment. This action makes technical amendments to correct minor,
inadvertent, nonsubstantive errors in the designations for certain
areas. The results are also contained in section IV titled,
``Environmental Justice Considerations'' of this preamble.
K. Congressional Review Act
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. The 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. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. However, 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, the EPA had made such a good cause finding, including the
reasons therefore, and established an effective date of August 28,
2015. These technical amendments to inadvertent errors do not
constitute a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
L. Judicial Review
In the final actions designating areas for the PM10
NAAQS, the EPA determined that the actions were ``nationally
applicable'' within the meaning of CAA section 307(b)(1). Likewise, the
EPA also determined that the final action identifying nonattainment
classifications and deadlines for SIP provisions for the 1997 annual
PM2.5 NAAQS and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS was
nationally applicable. Because this action is making corrections to
those nationally applicable rules, we are determining that this action
is also nationally applicable within the meaning of section 307(b)(1).
Thus, petitions for review of this final action must be filed in the
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Section
307(b)(1) requires such petitions to be filed within 60 days from the
date the final action is published in the Federal Register.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National parks,
Wilderness areas.
Dated: July 21, 2015.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 40 CFR part 81 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.
Subpart C--Section 107 Attainment Status Designations
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2. Section 81.333 is amended by revising the table titled ``New York--
PM-10'' to read as follows:
Sec. 81.333 New York.
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New York--PM-10
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Designation Classification
Designated area ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Type Date Type
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New York County............... 1/20/94 Nonattainment \1\...... 1/20/94 Moderate.
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\1\This designation applied only to the annual form of the PM10 NAAQS. The annual PM10 NAAQS was revoked for all
areas of the state on October 17, 2006.
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3. Section 81.349 is amended by revising the tables titled ``West
Virginia--1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS''
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and ``West Virginia--2006 24-Hour PM2.5 NAAQS'' to read as
follows:
Sec. 81.349 West Virginia.
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West Virginia--1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS
[Primary and secondary]
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Designation Classification
Designated area \a\ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date \1\ Type Date \2\ Type
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Charleston, WV:
Kanawha County.................... 3/31/14 Attainment.
Putnam County..................... 3/31/14 Attainment.
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH:
Cabell County..................... 12/28/12 Attainment.
Mason County (part)............... 12/28/12 Attainment.
Graham Tax District...........
Wayne County...................... 12/28/12 Attainment.
Martinsburg, WV-Hagerstown, MD:
Berkeley County................... 11/25/14 Attainment.
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH:
Pleasants County (part)........... 9/12/13 Attainment.
Tax District of Grant.........
Wood County....................... 9/12/13 Attainment.
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV:
Brooke County..................... 3/18/14 Attainment.
Hancock County.................... 3/18/14 Attainment.
Wheeling, WV-OH:
Marshall County................... 9/30/13 Attainment.
Ohio County....................... 9/30/13 Attainment.
Rest of State:
Barbour County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Boone County...................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Braxton County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Calhoun County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Clay County....................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Doddridge County.................. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Fayette County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Gilmer County..................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Grant County...................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Greenbrier County................. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Hampshire County.................. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Hardy County...................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Harrison County................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Jackson County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Jefferson County.................. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Lewis County...................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Lincoln County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Logan County...................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
McDowell County................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Marion County..................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Mason County (remainder).......... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Mercer County..................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Mineral County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Mingo County...................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Monongalia County................. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Monroe County..................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Morgan County..................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Nicholas County................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Pendleton County.................. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Pleasants County (remainder)...... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Pocahontas County................. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Preston County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Raleigh County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Randolph County................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Ritchie County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Roane County...................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Summers County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Taylor County..................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Tucker County..................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Tyler County...................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Upshur County..................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Webster County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Wetzel County..................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Wirt County....................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
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Wyoming County.................... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
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\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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West Virginia--2006 24-Hour PM2.5 NAAQS
[Primary and secondary]
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Designation Classification
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Designated area \a\ Date
Date \1\ Type \2\ Type
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Charleston, WV:
Kanawha County............. 3/31/14 Attainment.
Putnam County.............. 3/31/14 Attainment.
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV:
Brooke County.............. 3/18/14 Attainment.
Hancock County............. 3/18/14 Attainment.
Rest of State:
Barbour County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Berkeley County............ .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Boone County............... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Braxton County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Cabell County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Calhoun County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Clay County................ .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Doddridge County........... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Fayette County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Gilmer County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Grant County............... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Greenbrier County.......... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Hampshire County........... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Hardy County............... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Harrison County............ .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Jackson County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Jefferson County........... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Lewis County............... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Lincoln County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Logan County............... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
McDowell County............ .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Marion County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Marshall County............ .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Mason County............... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Mercer County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Mineral County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Mingo County............... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Monongalia County.......... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Monroe County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Morgan County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Nicholas County............ .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Ohio County................ .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Pendleton County........... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Pleasants County........... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Pocahontas County.......... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Preston County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Raleigh County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Randolph County............ .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Ritchie County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Roane County............... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Summers County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Taylor County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Tucker County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Tyler County............... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Upshur County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Wayne County............... .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
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Webster County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Wetzel County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Wirt County................ .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Wood County................ .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Wyoming County............. .............. Unclassifiable/Attainment.
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\a\ Includes Indian Country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified.
\1\ This date is 30 days after November 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted.
\2\ This date is July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted.
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