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Air Quality Designations for the 2012
Primary Annual Fine Particle (PM2.5)
National Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS) for Areas in Georgia and
Florida
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is establishing air quality
designations in the United States (U.S.)
for the 2012 primary annual fine
particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS) for three
areas in Georgia and 62 counties in
Florida. When the EPA designated the
majority of areas in the country in
December 2014, and March 2015, the
EPA deferred initial area designations
for several locations, including these
areas, because the EPA could not
determine using available data whether
the areas were meeting or not meeting
the NAAQS, but we believed that
forthcoming data in 2015 would allow
the EPA to make that determination.
Georgia and Florida have recently
submitted complete, quality-assured,
and certified air quality monitoring data
for 2015 for the areas identified in this
notice, and based on these data, the EPA
is designating these areas as
unclassifiable/attainment for the 2012
primary annual PM2.5 NAAQS.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
October 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0918. All
documents in the docket are listed in
the https://www.regulations.gov Web
site. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
i.e., Confidential Business Information
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
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materials are available either
electronically in https://
www.regulations.gov.
In addition, the EPA has established
a Web site for the rulemakings to
initially designate areas for the 2012
primary annual PM2.5 NAAQS at:
https://www3.epa.gov/pmdesignations/
2012standards/index.htm. This Web
site includes the EPA’s final area
designations for the PM2.5 NAAQS, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions concerning this
action, please contact Carla Oldham,
U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, Air Quality Planning
Division, C539–04, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina 27711, telephone
(919) 541–3347, email at oldham.carla@
epa.gov. The Region 4 contact is
Madolyn Sanchez, U.S. EPA, Air
Regulatory Management Section, Air
Planning and Implementation Branch,
Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management
Division, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta,
Georgia 30303–8960, telephone (404)
562–9644, email at sanchez.madolyn@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On December 14, 2012, the EPA
promulgated a revised primary annual
PM2.5 NAAQS to provide increased
protection of public health from fine
particle pollution (78 FR 3086; January
15, 2013). In that action, the EPA
strengthened the primary annual PM2.5
standard from 15.0 micrograms per
cubic meter (mg/m3) to 12.0 mg/m3,
which is attained when the 3-year
average of the annual arithmetic means
does not exceed 12.0 mg/m3.
Section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7407(d), governs the
process for initial area designations after
the EPA establishes a new or revised
NAAQS. Under CAA section 107(d),
each governor is required to, and each
tribal leader may, if they so choose,
recommend air quality designations,
including the appropriate boundaries
for ‘‘nonattainment’’ areas, to the EPA
by a date which cannot be later than 1
year after the promulgation of a new or
revised NAAQS. The EPA considers
these recommendations as part of its
duty to promulgate the area
designations and boundaries for the new
or revised NAAQS. If, after careful
consideration of these
recommendations, the EPA believes that
it is necessary to modify a state’s
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recommendation and intends to
promulgate a designation different from
a state’s recommendation, the EPA must
notify the state at least 120 days prior
to promulgating the final designation
and the EPA must provide the state an
opportunity to demonstrate why any
proposed modification is inappropriate.
These modifications may relate either to
an area’s designation or boundaries.
On December 18, 2014, the
Administrator of the EPA signed a final
action promulgating initial designations
for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS for the
majority of the U.S., including areas of
Indian country (80 FR 2206 FR; January
15, 2015). That action designated 14
areas in six states, including two multistate areas, as nonattainment for the
2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. The EPA also
designated three areas, including the
entire state of Illinois, as
‘‘unclassifiable’’ because the ambient air
quality monitoring sites in these areas
lacked complete data for the relevant
period from 2011–2013. In the absence
of complete monitoring data, the EPA
could not determine, based on available
information, whether these areas meet
or do not meet the NAAQS, and also
could not determine whether these areas
contribute to a nearby violation.
Consistent with the EPA’s ‘‘Policy for
Establishing Separate Air Quality
Designations for Areas of Indian
Country’’ (December 20, 2011), the EPA
designated the lands of the Pechanga
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Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in
Southern California as an unclassifiable/
attainment area separate from its
adjacent/surrounding state areas. Except
for the 10 areas discussed in the next
paragraph, the EPA designated all the
remaining state areas and areas of
Indian country as unclassifiable/
attainment.
The EPA deferred initial area
designations for 10 areas where
available data, including air quality
monitoring data, were insufficient to
determine whether the areas met or did
not meet the NAAQS, but where
forthcoming data were likely to result in
complete and valid air quality data
sufficient to determine whether these
areas meet the NAAQS. Accordingly,
the EPA stated that it would use the
additional time available as provided
under section 107(d)(1)(B) of the CAA to
assess relevant information and
subsequently promulgate initial
designations for the identified areas
through a separate rulemaking action or
actions. The 10 deferred areas included:
Eight areas in the state of Georgia,
including two neighboring counties in
the bordering states of Alabama and
South Carolina; the entire state of
Tennessee, excluding three counties in
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the Chattanooga area; the entire state of
Florida; and areas of Indian country
located in these areas.
In the action published on January 15,
2015, the EPA also described a process
by which we would evaluate any
complete, quality-assured, certified air
quality monitoring data from 2014 that
a state submitted for consideration
before February 27, 2015 (80 FR 2209).
The EPA stated that it would evaluate
whether, with the inclusion of certified
2014 data, the 3-year design value for
2012–2014 suggests that a change in the
initial designation would be appropriate
for an area. If the EPA agreed that a
change in the initial designation would
be appropriate, the EPA would
withdraw the designation announced in
the January 15, 2015, action for such
area before the effective date and issue
another designation reflecting the
inclusion of 2014 data (80 FR 2209).
In the follow-up designation action,
published on April 15, 2015 (80 FR
18535), the EPA designated five areas in
the state of Georgia, including two
neighboring counties in the bordering
states of Alabama and South Carolina,
that were initially deferred in the EPA’s
January 15, 2015, rulemaking. In the
same action, the EPA changed the
designation of one area in Ohio, two
areas in Pennsylvania, one area shared
between Indiana and Kentucky, and one
area shared between Kentucky and
Ohio. Following that action,
designations remained deferred for three
areas (covering 14 counties) in Georgia,
the entire state of Tennessee (covering
92 counties, excluding three counties in
the Chattanooga area), the entire state of
Florida (covering 67 counties), and areas
of Indian country located in those areas.
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II. Purpose and Designation Decisions
Based on 2013–2015 Data
The purpose of this action is to
announce and promulgate initial area
designations of unclassifiable/
attainment for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS
for three areas in Georgia,1 62 counties
in Florida, and Indian country located at
least partially in these areas. All of these
areas were initially deferred in the
EPA’s January 15, 2015, rulemaking.2
Since then, the states of Georgia and
Florida submitted to the EPA complete,
1 The areas in Georgia are Albany (Dougherty
County); Atlanta (Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb,
Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton,
Gwinnett, Henry, and Paulding Counties); and
Brunswick (Glynn County).
2 See also the technical support documents for the
deferred Georgia and Florida areas in the
rulemaking docket, documents numbered EPA–
HQ–OAR–2012–0918–0324 and EPA–HQ–OAR–
2012–0918–0156 (Georgia); and EPA–HQ–OAR–
2012–0918–0323 and EPA–HQ–2012–0918–0332
(Florida).
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quality-assured, and certified air quality
monitoring data from 2013–2015 for
these deferred areas. These data provide
the EPA with sufficient information to
promulgate initial designations for the
three areas in Georgia, 62 counties in
Florida, and the associated areas of
Indian country at issue in this action.
Air quality data collected and submitted
to the EPA for 2013–2015 for these areas
indicate that the areas are attaining the
2012 PM2.5 NAAQS and are not causing
or contributing to a violation of the
NAAQS in a nearby area. Therefore, the
EPA is designating the three areas in
Georgia as unclassifiable/attainment.
Also, consistent with the EPA’s practice
in prior rounds of initial area
designations for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS,
EPA is designating 62 counties in
Florida as unclassifiable/attainment.3
Areas of Indian country located in these
areas are also being designated as
unclassifiable/attainment. These
designations are consistent with
Georgia’s and Florida’s recommended
area designations and boundaries for
these areas for the 2012 PM2.5 standard.
The tables at the end of this final rule
(amendments to 40 CFR 81.310—Florida
and 40 CFR 81.311—Georgia) list all
areas for which the EPA has
promulgated an initial designation in
each of these two states. Areas of Indian
country located in the listed areas are
included in the designated area.
III. Environmental Justice
Considerations
The CAA requires the EPA to
determine through a designation process
whether an area meets or does not meet
any new or revised national primary or
secondary ambient air quality standard.
This action includes initial designation
determinations for several areas of the
U.S. for the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS.
Area designations ensure that the public
is properly informed about the air
quality in an area and that, in locations
where air quality does not meet the
NAAQS, the relevant state authorities
are required to initiate appropriate air
quality management actions under the
CAA to ensure that all those residing,
working, attending school or otherwise
present in those areas are protected,
regardless of minority and economic
status.
3 The EPA has used a weight-of-evidence
evaluation to determine an appropriate designation
for counties that are adjacent to areas that remain
undesignated. See Docket No. EPA–HQ–OAR–
2012–0918–0324, Georgia Deferred Area
Memorandum, discussing certain types of counties
‘‘most likely to contribute to a violation of the
NAAQS’’.
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IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
This action is exempt from review by
the Office of Management and Budget
because it responds to the CAA
requirement to promulgate air quality
designations after promulgation of a
new or revised NAAQS.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This action does not impose an
information collection burden under the
PRA. This action fulfills the nondiscretionary duty for the EPA to
promulgate air quality designations after
promulgation of a new or revised
NAAQS and does not contain any
information collection activities.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
This designation action under CAA
107(d) is not subject to the RFA. The
RFA applies only to rules subject to
notice and comment rulemaking
requirements under the Administrative
Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 553, or
any other statute. Section 107(d)(2)(B) of
the CAA explicitly provides that
designations are exempt from the notice
and comment provisions of the APA. In
addition, designations under section
107(d) are not among the list of actions
that are subject to the notice and
comment procedures of CAA section
307(d).
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
This action does not contain any
unfunded mandate as described in
UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538 and does
not significantly or uniquely affect small
governments. The action implements
mandates specifically and explicitly set
forth in the CAA for the 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS (40 CFR 50.18). The CAA
establishes the process whereby states
take primary responsibility for
developing plans to meet the 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism
implications. It will not have a
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.
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F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments
This action has tribal implications.
However, it will neither impose
substantial direct compliance costs on
federally recognized tribal governments,
nor preempt tribal law. Areas of Indian
country are being designated
unclassifiable/attainment as part of this
action.
The EPA offered consultation to tribal
officials under the EPA Policy on
Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribes early in the process to
designate areas for the 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS to permit them to have
meaningful and timely input. In letters
dated May 29, 2014, the EPA
encouraged tribes to participate in the
designations process, request
consultation, and submit
recommendations. The EPA again
offered the opportunity for consultation
in letters sent on August 19, 2014. The
Seminole Tribe of Florida, which has
areas of Indian country affected by this
designation action, did not request
consultation, nor did they provide a
recommendation for designations.
Therefore, the EPA did not initiate the
consultation process with the tribe for
this designation action.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks
The EPA interprets Executive Order
13045 as applying to those regulatory
actions that concern environmental
health or safety risks that the EPA has
reason to believe may
disproportionately affect children, per
the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory
action’’ in section 2–202 of the
Executive Order. 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
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This action is not subject to Executive
Order 13211, because it is not a
significant regulatory action under
Executive Order 12866.
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I. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act (NTTAA)
This rulemaking does not involve
technical standards.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations
The EPA believes the human health or
environmental risk addressed by this
action will not have potential
disproportionately high and adverse
human health or environmental effects
on any population, including any
minority, low-income or indigenous
populations because it does not affect
the level of protection provided to
human health or the environment. The
results of this evaluation of
environmental justice considerations is
contained in Section III of this preamble
titled, ‘‘Environmental Justice
Considerations.’’
K. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
This action is subject to the CRA, and
the EPA will submit a rule report to
each House of the Congress and to the
Comptroller General of the U.S. This
action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined
by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
L. Judicial Review
Section 307(b)(1) of the CAA indicates
which Federal Courts of Appeal have
venue for petitions of review of final
actions by the EPA. This section
provides, in part, that petitions for
review must be filed in the Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit: (i) When the agency action
consists of ‘‘nationally applicable
regulations promulgated, or final actions
taken by the Administrator,’’ or (ii)
when such action is locally or regionally
applicable, if ‘‘such action is based on
a determination of nationwide scope or
effect and if in taking such action the
Administrator finds and publishes that
such action is based on such a
determination.’’
This final action designating areas
across the U.S. for the 2012 annual
PM2.5 NAAQS is ‘‘nationally
applicable’’ within the meaning of CAA
section 307(b)(1). At the core of this
final action is the EPA’s interpretations
of the definitions of nonattainment,
attainment and unclassifiable under
section 107(d)(1) of the CAA, and its
application of those interpretations to
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areas across the country. For the same
reasons, the Administrator is also
determining that the final designations
are of nationwide scope and effect for
the purposes of CAA section 307(b)(1).
This is particularly appropriate because,
in the report on the 1977 Amendments
that revised section 307(b)(1) of the
CAA, Congress noted that the
Administrator’s determination that an
action is of ‘‘nationwide scope or effect’’
would be appropriate for any action that
has a scope or effect beyond a single
judicial circuit. H.R. Rep. No. 95–294 at
323, 324, reprinted in 1977 U.S.C.C.A.N.
1402–03. Here, the scope and effect of
this final action extends to numerous
judicial circuits since the designations
apply to areas across the country. In
these circumstances, CAA section
307(b)(1) and its legislative history calls
for the Administrator to find the action
to be of ‘‘nationwide scope or effect’’
and for venue to be in the D.C. Circuit.
Thus, any petitions for review of final
designations must be filed in the Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit within 60 days from the date
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: August 30, 2016.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, 40 CFR part 81 is amended as
follows:
PART 81—DESIGNATIONS 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 81.310 is amended by
revising the table entitled ‘‘Florida—
2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS (Primary)’’
to read as follows:
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FLORIDA—2012 ANNUAL PM2.5 NAAQS
[Primary]
Designation
Classification
Designated area 1
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Statewide:
Alachua County.
Baker County ...........................
Bay County ..............................
Bradford County ......................
Brevard County .......................
Broward County.
Calhoun County .......................
Charlotte County .....................
Citrus County ...........................
Clay County .............................
Collier County ..........................
Columbia County .....................
DeSoto County ........................
Dixie County ............................
Duval County ...........................
Escambia County ....................
Flagler County .........................
Franklin County .......................
Gadsden County .....................
Gilchrist County.
Glades County .........................
Gulf County .............................
Hamilton County ......................
Hardee County ........................
Hendry County 3 ......................
Hernando County ....................
Highlands County ....................
Hillsborough County ................
Holmes County ........................
Indian River County .................
Jackson County .......................
Jefferson County .....................
Lafayette County .....................
Lake County ............................
Lee County ..............................
Leon County ............................
Levy County ............................
Liberty County .........................
Madison County ......................
Manatee County ......................
Marion County .........................
Martin County ..........................
Miami-Dade County.
Monroe County ........................
Nassau County ........................
Okaloosa County .....................
Okeechobee County ................
Orange County ........................
Osceola County .......................
Palm Beach County.
Pasco County ..........................
Pinellas County .......................
Polk County .............................
Putnam County ........................
St. Johns County .....................
St. Lucie County ......................
Santa Rosa County .................
Sarasota County ......................
Seminole County .....................
Sumter County ........................
Suwanee County .....................
Taylor County ..........................
Union County ...........................
Volusia County ........................
Wakulla County .......................
Walton County .........................
Washington County .................
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Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
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Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
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Unclassifiable/Attainment.
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Date 2
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
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Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
Unclassifiable/Attainment.
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areas of Indian country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified.
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date is October 6, 2016, unless otherwise noted.
the Seminole Tribe of Florida Big Cypress Indian Reservation in its entirety.
3 Includes
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3. Section 81.311 is amended by
revising the table entitled ‘‘Georgia—
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2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS (Primary)’’
to read as follows:
§ 81.311
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GEORGIA—2012 ANNUAL PM2.5 NAAQS
[Primary]
Designation
Classification
Designated area 1
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Statewide:
Appling County .....................
Atkinson County ...................
Bacon County .......................
Baker County ........................
Baldwin County ....................
Banks County .......................
Barrow County ......................
Bartow County ......................
Ben Hill County ....................
Berrien County .....................
Bibb County ..........................
Bleckley County ....................
Brantley County ....................
Brooks County ......................
Bryan County ........................
Bulloch County .....................
Burke County ........................
Butts County .........................
Calhoun County ....................
Camden County ...................
Candler County ....................
Carroll County ......................
Catoosa County ....................
Charlton County ...................
Chatham County ..................
Chattahoochee County .........
Chattooga County ................
Cherokee County .................
Clarke County .......................
Clay County ..........................
Clayton County .....................
Clinch County .......................
Cobb County ........................
Coffee County ......................
Colquitt County .....................
Columbia County ..................
Cook County .........................
Coweta County .....................
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 150818742–6210–02]
RIN 0648–XE854
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by
Catcher/Processors Using Trawl Gear
in the Central Regulatory Area of the
Gulf of Alaska
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; modification of
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AGENCY:
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Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of
Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary
to fully use the 2016 total allowable
catch apportioned to catcher/processors
using trawl gear in the Central
Regulatory Area of the GOA.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska
local time (A.l.t.), September 1, 2016,
through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31,
2016. Comments must be received at the
following address no later than 4:30
p.m., A.l.t., September 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this document, identified by NOAA–
NMFS–2015–0110, by any of the
following methods:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20150110, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
Glenn Merrill, Assistant Regional
Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries
Division, Alaska Region NMFS, Attn:
Ellen Sebastian. Mail comments to P.O.
Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.
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other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter
‘‘N/A’’ in the required fields if you wish
to remain anonymous). Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Obren Davis, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
GOA exclusive economic zone
according to the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of
Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 81
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0918; FRL-9951-91-OAR]
Air Quality Designations for the 2012 Primary Annual Fine
Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS) for Areas in Georgia and Florida
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is establishing air
quality designations in the United States (U.S.) for the 2012 primary
annual fine particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS) for three areas in Georgia and 62 counties in Florida.
When the EPA designated the majority of areas in the country in
December 2014, and March 2015, the EPA deferred initial area
designations for several locations, including these areas, because the
EPA could not determine using available data whether the areas were
meeting or not meeting the NAAQS, but we believed that forthcoming data
in 2015 would allow the EPA to make that determination. Georgia and
Florida have recently submitted complete, quality-assured, and
certified air quality monitoring data for 2015 for the areas identified
in this notice, and based on these data, the EPA is designating these
areas as unclassifiable/attainment for the 2012 primary annual
PM2.5 NAAQS.
DATES: This final rule is effective on October 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0918. All documents in the docket are
listed in the https://www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in
the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e.,
Confidential Business Information or other information whose disclosure
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically in https://www.regulations.gov.
In addition, the EPA has established a Web site for the rulemakings
to initially designate areas for the 2012 primary annual
PM2.5 NAAQS at: https://www3.epa.gov/pmdesignations/2012standards/index.htm. This Web site includes the EPA's final area
designations for the PM2.5 NAAQS, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions concerning this
action, please contact Carla Oldham, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Air Quality Planning Division, C539-04,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, telephone (919) 541-3347,
email at oldham.carla@epa.gov. The Region 4 contact is Madolyn Sanchez,
U.S. EPA, Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division,
61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960, telephone (404)
562-9644, email at sanchez.madolyn@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On December 14, 2012, the EPA promulgated a revised primary annual
PM2.5 NAAQS to provide increased protection of public health
from fine particle pollution (78 FR 3086; January 15, 2013). In that
action, the EPA strengthened the primary annual PM2.5
standard from 15.0 micrograms per cubic meter ([mu]g/m\3\) to 12.0
[mu]g/m\3\, which is attained when the 3-year average of the annual
arithmetic means does not exceed 12.0 [mu]g/m\3\.
Section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7407(d),
governs the process for initial area designations after the EPA
establishes a new or revised NAAQS. Under CAA section 107(d), each
governor is required to, and each tribal leader may, if they so choose,
recommend air quality designations, including the appropriate
boundaries for ``nonattainment'' areas, to the EPA by a date which
cannot be later than 1 year after the promulgation of a new or revised
NAAQS. The EPA considers these recommendations as part of its duty to
promulgate the area designations and boundaries for the new or revised
NAAQS. If, after careful consideration of these recommendations, the
EPA believes that it is necessary to modify a state's recommendation
and intends to promulgate a designation different from a state's
recommendation, the EPA must notify the state at least 120 days prior
to promulgating the final designation and the EPA must provide the
state an opportunity to demonstrate why any proposed modification is
inappropriate. These modifications may relate either to an area's
designation or boundaries.
On December 18, 2014, the Administrator of the EPA signed a final
action promulgating initial designations for the 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS for the majority of the U.S., including areas of Indian country
(80 FR 2206 FR; January 15, 2015). That action designated 14 areas in
six states, including two multi-state areas, as nonattainment for the
2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. The EPA also designated three areas,
including the entire state of Illinois, as ``unclassifiable'' because
the ambient air quality monitoring sites in these areas lacked complete
data for the relevant period from 2011-2013. In the absence of complete
monitoring data, the EPA could not determine, based on available
information, whether these areas meet or do not meet the NAAQS, and
also could not determine whether these areas contribute to a nearby
violation. Consistent with the EPA's ``Policy for Establishing Separate
Air Quality Designations for Areas of Indian Country'' (December 20,
2011), the EPA designated the lands of the Pechanga Band of
Luise[ntilde]o Mission Indians in Southern California as an
unclassifiable/attainment area separate from its adjacent/surrounding
state areas. Except for the 10 areas discussed in the next paragraph,
the EPA designated all the remaining state areas and areas of Indian
country as unclassifiable/attainment.
The EPA deferred initial area designations for 10 areas where
available data, including air quality monitoring data, were
insufficient to determine whether the areas met or did not meet the
NAAQS, but where forthcoming data were likely to result in complete and
valid air quality data sufficient to determine whether these areas meet
the NAAQS. Accordingly, the EPA stated that it would use the additional
time available as provided under section 107(d)(1)(B) of the CAA to
assess relevant information and subsequently promulgate initial
designations for the identified areas through a separate rulemaking
action or actions. The 10 deferred areas included: Eight areas in the
state of Georgia, including two neighboring counties in the bordering
states of Alabama and South Carolina; the entire state of Tennessee,
excluding three counties in
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the Chattanooga area; the entire state of Florida; and areas of Indian
country located in these areas.
In the action published on January 15, 2015, the EPA also described
a process by which we would evaluate any complete, quality-assured,
certified air quality monitoring data from 2014 that a state submitted
for consideration before February 27, 2015 (80 FR 2209). The EPA stated
that it would evaluate whether, with the inclusion of certified 2014
data, the 3-year design value for 2012-2014 suggests that a change in
the initial designation would be appropriate for an area. If the EPA
agreed that a change in the initial designation would be appropriate,
the EPA would withdraw the designation announced in the January 15,
2015, action for such area before the effective date and issue another
designation reflecting the inclusion of 2014 data (80 FR 2209).
In the follow-up designation action, published on April 15, 2015
(80 FR 18535), the EPA designated five areas in the state of Georgia,
including two neighboring counties in the bordering states of Alabama
and South Carolina, that were initially deferred in the EPA's January
15, 2015, rulemaking. In the same action, the EPA changed the
designation of one area in Ohio, two areas in Pennsylvania, one area
shared between Indiana and Kentucky, and one area shared between
Kentucky and Ohio. Following that action, designations remained
deferred for three areas (covering 14 counties) in Georgia, the entire
state of Tennessee (covering 92 counties, excluding three counties in
the Chattanooga area), the entire state of Florida (covering 67
counties), and areas of Indian country located in those areas.
II. Purpose and Designation Decisions Based on 2013-2015 Data
The purpose of this action is to announce and promulgate initial
area designations of unclassifiable/attainment for the 2012
PM2.5 NAAQS for three areas in Georgia,\1\ 62 counties in
Florida, and Indian country located at least partially in these areas.
All of these areas were initially deferred in the EPA's January 15,
2015, rulemaking.\2\ Since then, the states of Georgia and Florida
submitted to the EPA complete, quality-assured, and certified air
quality monitoring data from 2013-2015 for these deferred areas. These
data provide the EPA with sufficient information to promulgate initial
designations for the three areas in Georgia, 62 counties in Florida,
and the associated areas of Indian country at issue in this action. Air
quality data collected and submitted to the EPA for 2013-2015 for these
areas indicate that the areas are attaining the 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS and are not causing or contributing to a violation of the NAAQS
in a nearby area. Therefore, the EPA is designating the three areas in
Georgia as unclassifiable/attainment. Also, consistent with the EPA's
practice in prior rounds of initial area designations for the 2012
PM2.5 NAAQS, EPA is designating 62 counties in Florida as
unclassifiable/attainment.\3\ Areas of Indian country located in these
areas are also being designated as unclassifiable/attainment. These
designations are consistent with Georgia's and Florida's recommended
area designations and boundaries for these areas for the 2012
PM2.5 standard. The tables at the end of this final rule
(amendments to 40 CFR 81.310--Florida and 40 CFR 81.311--Georgia) list
all areas for which the EPA has promulgated an initial designation in
each of these two states. Areas of Indian country located in the listed
areas are included in the designated area.
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\1\ The areas in Georgia are Albany (Dougherty County); Atlanta
(Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth,
Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Paulding Counties); and Brunswick
(Glynn County).
\2\ See also the technical support documents for the deferred
Georgia and Florida areas in the rulemaking docket, documents
numbered EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0918-0324 and EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0918-0156
(Georgia); and EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0918-0323 and EPA-HQ-2012-0918-0332
(Florida).
\3\ The EPA has used a weight-of-evidence evaluation to
determine an appropriate designation for counties that are adjacent
to areas that remain undesignated. See Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-
0918-0324, Georgia Deferred Area Memorandum, discussing certain
types of counties ``most likely to contribute to a violation of the
NAAQS''.
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III. Environmental Justice Considerations
The CAA requires the EPA to determine through a designation process
whether an area meets or does not meet any new or revised national
primary or secondary ambient air quality standard. This action includes
initial designation determinations for several areas of the U.S. for
the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. Area designations ensure that
the public is properly informed about the air quality in an area and
that, in locations where air quality does not meet the NAAQS, the
relevant state authorities are required to initiate appropriate air
quality management actions under the CAA to ensure that all those
residing, working, attending school or otherwise present in those areas
are protected, regardless of minority and economic status.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
This action is exempt from review by the Office of Management and
Budget because it responds to the CAA requirement to promulgate air
quality designations after promulgation of a new or revised NAAQS.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This action does not impose an information collection burden under
the PRA. This action fulfills the non-discretionary duty for the EPA to
promulgate air quality designations after promulgation of a new or
revised NAAQS and does not contain any information collection
activities.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
This designation action under CAA 107(d) is not subject to the RFA.
The RFA applies only to rules subject to notice and comment rulemaking
requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C.
553, or any other statute. Section 107(d)(2)(B) of the CAA explicitly
provides that designations are exempt from the notice and comment
provisions of the APA. In addition, designations under section 107(d)
are not among the list of actions that are subject to the notice and
comment procedures of CAA section 307(d).
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
This action does not contain any unfunded mandate as described in
UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538 and does not significantly or uniquely affect
small governments. The action implements mandates specifically and
explicitly set forth in the CAA for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS (40
CFR 50.18). The CAA establishes the process whereby states take primary
responsibility for developing plans to meet the 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have
a 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.
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F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
This action has tribal implications. However, it will neither
impose substantial direct compliance costs on federally recognized
tribal governments, nor preempt tribal law. Areas of Indian country are
being designated unclassifiable/attainment as part of this action.
The EPA offered consultation to tribal officials under the EPA
Policy on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribes early in the
process to designate areas for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS to
permit them to have meaningful and timely input. In letters dated May
29, 2014, the EPA encouraged tribes to participate in the designations
process, request consultation, and submit recommendations. The EPA
again offered the opportunity for consultation in letters sent on
August 19, 2014. The Seminole Tribe of Florida, which has areas of
Indian country affected by this designation action, did not request
consultation, nor did they provide a recommendation for designations.
Therefore, the EPA did not initiate the consultation process with the
tribe for this designation action.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health and Safety Risks
The EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 as applying to those
regulatory actions that concern environmental health or safety risks
that the EPA has reason to believe may disproportionately affect
children, per the definition of ``covered regulatory action'' in
section 2-202 of the Executive Order. 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, because it is
not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)
This rulemaking does not involve technical standards.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
The EPA believes the human health or environmental risk addressed
by this action will not have potential disproportionately high and
adverse human health or environmental effects on any population,
including any minority, low-income or indigenous populations because it
does not affect the level of protection provided to human health or the
environment. The results of this evaluation of environmental justice
considerations is contained in Section III of this preamble titled,
``Environmental Justice Considerations.''
K. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
This action is subject to the CRA, and the EPA will submit a rule
report to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of
the U.S. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
L. Judicial Review
Section 307(b)(1) of the CAA indicates which Federal Courts of
Appeal have venue for petitions of review of final actions by the EPA.
This section provides, in part, that petitions for review must be filed
in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: (i) When
the agency action consists of ``nationally applicable regulations
promulgated, or final actions taken by the Administrator,'' or (ii)
when such action is locally or regionally applicable, if ``such action
is based on a determination of nationwide scope or effect and if in
taking such action the Administrator finds and publishes that such
action is based on such a determination.''
This final action designating areas across the U.S. for the 2012
annual PM2.5 NAAQS is ``nationally applicable'' within the
meaning of CAA section 307(b)(1). At the core of this final action is
the EPA's interpretations of the definitions of nonattainment,
attainment and unclassifiable under section 107(d)(1) of the CAA, and
its application of those interpretations to areas across the country.
For the same reasons, the Administrator is also determining that the
final designations are of nationwide scope and effect for the purposes
of CAA section 307(b)(1). This is particularly appropriate because, in
the report on the 1977 Amendments that revised section 307(b)(1) of the
CAA, Congress noted that the Administrator's determination that an
action is of ``nationwide scope or effect'' would be appropriate for
any action that has a scope or effect beyond a single judicial circuit.
H.R. Rep. No. 95-294 at 323, 324, reprinted in 1977 U.S.C.C.A.N. 1402-
03. Here, the scope and effect of this final action extends to numerous
judicial circuits since the designations apply to areas across the
country. In these circumstances, CAA section 307(b)(1) and its
legislative history calls for the Administrator to find the action to
be of ``nationwide scope or effect'' and for venue to be in the D.C.
Circuit.
Thus, any petitions for review of final designations must be filed
in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit within 60
days from the date 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: August 30, 2016.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 40 CFR part 81 is
amended as follows:
PART 81--DESIGNATIONS 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 81.310 is amended by revising the table entitled ``Florida--
2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS (Primary)'' to read as follows:
Sec. 81.310 Florida.
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Florida--2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS
[Primary]
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Designation Classification
Designated area \1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date \2\ Type Date \2\ Type
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Statewide:
Alachua County.............
Baker County............... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Bay County................. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Bradford County............ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Brevard County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Broward County.............
Calhoun County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Charlotte County........... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Citrus County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Clay County................ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Collier County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Columbia County............ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
DeSoto County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Dixie County............... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Duval County............... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Escambia County............ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Flagler County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Franklin County............ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Gadsden County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Gilchrist County...........
Glades County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Gulf County................ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Hamilton County............ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Hardee County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Hendry County \3\.......... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Hernando County............ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Highlands County........... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Hillsborough County........ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Holmes County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Indian River County........ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Jackson County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Jefferson County........... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Lafayette County........... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Lake County................ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Lee County................. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Leon County................ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Levy County................ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Liberty County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Madison County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Manatee County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Marion County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Martin County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Miami-Dade County..........
Monroe County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Nassau County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Okaloosa County............ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Okeechobee County.......... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Orange County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Osceola County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Palm Beach County..........
Pasco County............... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Pinellas County............ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Polk County................ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Putnam County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
St. Johns County........... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
St. Lucie County........... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Santa Rosa County.......... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Sarasota County............ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Seminole County............ .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Sumter County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Suwanee County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Taylor County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Union County............... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Volusia County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Wakulla County............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Walton County.............. .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
Washington County.......... .............. Unclassifiable/
Attainment.
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\1\ Includes areas of Indian country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified.
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\2\ This date is October 6, 2016, unless otherwise noted.
\3\ Includes the Seminole Tribe of Florida Big Cypress Indian Reservation in its entirety.
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3. Section 81.311 is amended by revising the table entitled ``Georgia--
2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS (Primary)'' to read as follows:
Sec. 81.311 Georgia.
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Georgia--2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS
[Primary]
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Designation Classification
Designated area \1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date \2\ Type Date \2\ Type
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Statewide:
Appling County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Atkinson County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Bacon County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Baker County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Baldwin County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Banks County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Barrow County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Bartow County.................... October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Ben Hill County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Berrien County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Bibb County...................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Bleckley County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Brantley County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Brooks County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Bryan County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Bulloch County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Burke County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Butts County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Calhoun County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Camden County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Candler County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Carroll County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Catoosa County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Charlton County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Chatham County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Chattahoochee County............. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Chattooga County................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Cherokee County.................. October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Clarke County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Clay County...................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Clayton County................... October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Clinch County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Cobb County...................... October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Coffee County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Colquitt County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Columbia County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Cook County...................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Coweta County.................... October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Crawford County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Crisp County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Dade County...................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Dawson County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Decatur County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
DeKalb County.................... October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Dodge County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Dooly County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Dougherty County................. October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Douglas County................... October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Early County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Echols County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Effingham County................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Elbert County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Emanuel County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Evans County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Fannin County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Fayette County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Floyd County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Forsyth County................... October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Franklin County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Fulton County.................... October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
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Gilmer County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Glascock County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Glynn County..................... October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Gordon County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Grady County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Greene County....................
Gwinnett County.................. October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Habersham County................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Hall County...................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Hancock County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Haralson County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Harris County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Hart County...................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Heard County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Henry County..................... October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Houston County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Irwin County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Jackson County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Jasper County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Jeff Davis County................ Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Jefferson County................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Jenkins County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Johnson County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Jones County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Lamar County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Lanier County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Laurens County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Lee County....................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Liberty County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Lincoln County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Long County...................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Lowndes County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Lumpkin County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
McDuffie County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
McIntosh County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Macon County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Madison County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Marion County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Meriwether County................ Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Miller County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Mitchell County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Monroe County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Montgomery County................ Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Morgan County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Murray County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Muscogee County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Newton County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Oconee County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Oglethorpe County................ Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Paulding County.................. October 6, 2016.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Peach County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Pickens County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Pierce County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Pike County...................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Polk County...................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Pulaski County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Putnam County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Quitman County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Rabun County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Randolph County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Richmond County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Rockdale County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Schley County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Screven County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Seminole County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Spalding County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Stephens County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Stewart County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Sumter County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
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Talbot County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Taliaferro County................ Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Tattnall County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Taylor County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Telfair County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Terrell County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Thomas County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Tift County...................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Toombs County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Towns County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Treutlen County.................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Troup County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Turner County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Twiggs County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Union County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Upson County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Walker County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Walton County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Ware County...................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Warren County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Washington County................ Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Wayne County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Webster County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Wheeler County................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
White County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Whitfield County................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Wilcox County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Wilkes County.................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Wilkinson County................. Unclassifiable/Attainment....
Worth County..................... Unclassifiable/Attainment....
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\1\ Includes areas of Indian country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified.
\2\ This date is April 15, 2015, unless otherwise noted.
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