Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Montana; East Helena Lead Nonattainment Area Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request, 47895-47897 [2019-19541]
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General of the United States prior to
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Register. A major rule cannot take effect
until 60 days after it is published in the
Federal Register. This action is not a
‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
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action must be filed in the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit by November 12, 2019. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the
Administrator of this final rule does not
affect the finality of this action for the
purposes of judicial review nor does it
extend the time within which a petition
for judicial review may be filed, and
shall not postpone the effectiveness of
such rule or action. This action may not
be challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section
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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate matter,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides.
Dated: September 4, 2019.
Gregory Sopkin,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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Subpart TT—Utah
2. Section 52.2354 is amended by
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110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) prongs 1 and 2,
submitted to EPA on January 31, 2013,
June 2, 2013, December 22, 2015, and
May 8, 2018.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA–R08–OAR–2019–0320; FRL–9999–28–
Region 8]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans; State of
Montana; East Helena Lead
Nonattainment Area Maintenance Plan
and Redesignation Request
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving the
Maintenance Plan, submitted by the
State of Montana to the EPA on October
28, 2018, for the East Helena Lead (Pb)
nonattainment area (East Helena NAA)
and concurrently redesignating the East
Helena NAA to attainment of the 1978
Pb National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS). The EPA is taking
this action pursuant to the Clean Air Act
(CAA).
DATES: Effective October 11, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA–R08–OAR–EPA–R08–
OAR–2019–0320. All documents in the
docket are listed on the https://
www.regulations.gov website. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., confidential
business information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available through , or
please contact the person identified in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section for additional availability
information.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Hou, Air and Radiation Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8ARD–QP,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202–1129, (303) 312–6210,
hou.james@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
and ‘‘our’’ means the EPA.
I. Background
The East Helena NAA is in southern
Lewis and Clark County, and is defined
as a rectangle that includes both the
community of East Helena and
unincorporated portions of southern
Lewis and Clark County. On November
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6, 1991 (56 FR 56694), the East Helena
area was designated as nonattainment
for the 1978 Pb NAAQS (1.5 mg/m3).
This designation was effective on
January 6, 1992 and required the State
to submit a CAA, title I, part D Pb
nonattainment state implementation
plan (SIP) by July 6, 1993. On August
16, 1995, July 2, 1996 and October 20,
1998 the Governor of Montana
submitted SIP revisions to meet the part
D SIP requirements. The control plan
submitted as part of the East Helena Pb
attainment plan focused on limiting
emissions from the ASARCO lead
smelter, which comprised the majority
of lead emissions in the NAA, as well
as restricting emissions from the
American Chemet Copper Furnace.
These emission reductions were further
assisted through the complete removal
of lead in gasoline by 1995.
On April 4, 2001, ASARCO shut
down its lead smelter operations,
thereby eliminating 99.8 percent of all
stationary source Pb emissions in the
NAA. The facility’s three large smelter
stacks were dismantled in August 2009.
On April 15, 2007, ASARCO’s Title V
permit expired, and ASARCO’s
Montana Air Quality Permit was
revoked in September 2013. The former
ASARCO site is currently a Superfund
site, with institutional controls in the
form of land use restrictions and soil
removal ordinances in place to prevent
exposure to Pb contaminated soils.
On June 18, 2001 (66 FR 32760), the
EPA partially approved and partially
disapproved the State’s part D SIP
submittals, which satisfied the CAA’s
criteria for Pb nonattainment SIPs. In
the June 18, 2001 action, the EPA also
determined that the NAA had attained
the 1978 Pb NAAQS, based on air
monitoring data through the calendar
year 1999. The monitoring data used to
determine attainment of the NAAQS
included data while the ASARCO
facility was still operating.
The factual and legal background for
this action is discussed in detail in our
July 17, 2019 (84 FR 34102) proposed
approval of the East Helena Pb
Maintenance Plan and concurrent
redesignation of the East Helena Pb
NAA to attainment of the 1978 Pb
NAAQS.
II. Response to Comments
The public comment period on the
EPA’s proposed rule opened on July 17,
2019, the date of its publication in the
Federal Register, (84 FR 34102), and
closed on August 16, 2019. During this
time, the EPA received one comment
that is not addressed because it falls
outside the scope of our proposed
action.
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III. Final Action
The EPA is approving the East Helena
Pb Maintenance Plan and is
redesignating the East Helena Pb NAA
from nonattainment to attainment of the
1978 Pb NAAQS.
IV. Statutory and Executive Orders
Review
Under the Clean Air Act, the
Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the
provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP
submissions, the EPA’s role is to
approve state choices, provided that
they meet the criteria of the Clean Air
Act. Accordingly, this action merely
approves state law as meeting federal
requirements and does not impose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason,
this action:
• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
action’’ subject to review by the Office
of Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82
FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory
action because SIP approvals are
exempted under Executive Order 12866;
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, described in
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• Does not have federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
State
effective
date
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safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the CAA; and
• Does not provide the EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP is not approved to
apply on any Indian reservation land or
in any other area where the EPA or an
Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the rule does not have
tribal implications and will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
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 action
and other required information to the
U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller
General of the United States prior to
publication of the rule in the Federal
Register. A major rule cannot take effect
until 60 days after it is published in the
Federal Register. This action is not a
‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean
Air Act, petitions for judicial review of
this action must be filed in the United
States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit by November 12,
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2019. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of
this final rule does not affect the finality
of this action for the purposes of judicial
review nor does it extend the time
within which a petition for judicial
review may be filed, and shall not
postpone the effectiveness of such rule
or action. This action may not be
challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section
307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Particulate matter, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, National parks,
Wilderness areas.
Dated: September 4, 2019.
Gregory Sopkin,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 8.
40 CFR parts 52 and 81 are amended
as follows:
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart BB—Montana
2. Section 52.1370(e), under ‘‘(4)
Lewis and Clark County,’’ is amended
by adding the entry ‘‘East Helena 1978
Lead Maintenance Plan’’ after the entry
‘‘Total Suspended Particulate NAAQS—
East Helena, East Helena Section of
Chapter 5 of SIP, 4–6–79’’ to read as
follows:
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3. Section 52.1375 is revised to read
as follows:
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Control strategy: Lead.
(a) Determination—EPA has
determined that the East Helena Lead
nonattainment area has attained the lead
national ambient air quality standards
through calendar year 1999. This
determination is based on air quality
data currently in the AIRS database (as
of the date of our determination, June
18, 2001).
(b) Redesignation to attainment—The
EPA has determined that the East
Helena lead (Pb) nonattainment area has
met the criteria under CAA section
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107(d)(3)(E) for redesignation from
nonattainment to attainment for the
1978 Pb NAAQS. The EPA is therefore
redesignating the East Helena 1978 Pb
nonattainment area to attainment.
(c)Maintenance plan approval—The
EPA is approving the maintenance plan
for the East Helena nonattainment area
for the 1978 Pb NAAQS submitted by
the State of Montana on October 28,
2018.
PART 81—DESIGNATION OF AREAS
FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING
PURPOSES
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Subpart C—Section 107 Attainment
Status Designations
5. In § 81.327, the table entitled
‘‘Montana—1978 Lead NAAQS’’ is
amended by revising the ‘‘Date’’ and
Type’’ entries under ‘‘Designation’’ for
‘‘City of East Helena and vicinity’’ to
read as follows:
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Region 8]
Designation of Areas for Air Quality
Planning Purposes; Montana;
Redesignation Request and
Associated Maintenance Plan for East
Helena SO2 Nonattainment Area
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving the State of
Montana’s request to redesignate the
East Helena sulfur dioxide (SO2)
nonattainment area to attainment for the
1971 primary and secondary SO2
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS). The EPA is also approving
Montana’s maintenance plan which
provides for continued attainment of the
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Attainment.
1971 primary and secondary SO2
NAAQS in the East Helena area. The
EPA is taking these actions pursuant to
section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
This final rulemaking action includes
the EPA’s determination that the East
Helena SO2 nonattainment area attains
the 1971 primary and secondary SO2
NAAQS. The emissions offset and
highway funding sanctions were
imposed on the State of Montana for the
East Helena SO2 nonattainment area
because the State did not submit a
required attainment demonstration for
the 1971 secondary SO2 NAAQS.
Because the area is being redesignated
for this standard and is no longer
obligated to submit an attainment
demonstration, the sanctions will no
longer apply as of the effective date of
this final rule.
DATES: This rule is effective on October
11, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R08–OAR–2019–0340. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the https://www.regulations.gov website.
Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., CBI or other information whose
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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 through https://
www.regulations.gov, or please contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section for
additional availability information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Clark (303) 312–7104,
clark.adam@epa.gov, or Clayton Bean
(303) 312–6143, bean.clayton@epa.gov,
Air and Radiation Division, US EPA,
Region 8, Mail-code 8ARD–QP, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202–1129.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
and ‘‘our’’ means the EPA.
I. Background
The EPA designated a portion of East
Helena, Montana, as nonattainment for
the 1971 primary and secondary SO2
NAAQS on March 3, 1978, based on
monitored violations of the SO2 NAAQS
(see 43 FR 8962).
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA-R08-OAR-2019-0320; FRL-9999-28-Region 8]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
State of Montana; East Helena Lead Nonattainment Area Maintenance Plan
and Redesignation Request
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the
Maintenance Plan, submitted by the State of Montana to the EPA on
October 28, 2018, for the East Helena Lead (Pb) nonattainment area
(East Helena NAA) and concurrently redesignating the East Helena NAA to
attainment of the 1978 Pb National Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS). The EPA is taking this action pursuant to the Clean Air Act
(CAA).
DATES: Effective October 11, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID Number EPA-R08-OAR-EPA-R08-OAR-2019-0320. All documents in
the docket are listed on the https://www.regulations.gov website.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., confidential business information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly
available docket materials are available through , or please contact
the person identified in the For Further Information Contact section
for additional availability information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Hou, Air and Radiation Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8ARD-
QP, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, (303) 312-6210,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and
``our'' means the EPA.
I. Background
The East Helena NAA is in southern Lewis and Clark County, and is
defined as a rectangle that includes both the community of East Helena
and unincorporated portions of southern Lewis and Clark County. On
November 6, 1991 (56 FR 56694), the East Helena area was designated as
nonattainment for the 1978 Pb NAAQS (1.5 [mu]g/m3). This designation
was effective on January 6, 1992 and required the State to submit a
CAA, title I, part D Pb nonattainment state implementation plan (SIP)
by July 6, 1993. On August 16, 1995, July 2, 1996 and October 20, 1998
the Governor of Montana submitted SIP revisions to meet the part D SIP
requirements. The control plan submitted as part of the East Helena Pb
attainment plan focused on limiting emissions from the ASARCO lead
smelter, which comprised the majority of lead emissions in the NAA, as
well as restricting emissions from the American Chemet Copper Furnace.
These emission reductions were further assisted through the complete
removal of lead in gasoline by 1995.
On April 4, 2001, ASARCO shut down its lead smelter operations,
thereby eliminating 99.8 percent of all stationary source Pb emissions
in the NAA. The facility's three large smelter stacks were dismantled
in August 2009. On April 15, 2007, ASARCO's Title V permit expired, and
ASARCO's Montana Air Quality Permit was revoked in September 2013. The
former ASARCO site is currently a Superfund site, with institutional
controls in the form of land use restrictions and soil removal
ordinances in place to prevent exposure to Pb contaminated soils.
On June 18, 2001 (66 FR 32760), the EPA partially approved and
partially disapproved the State's part D SIP submittals, which
satisfied the CAA's criteria for Pb nonattainment SIPs. In the June 18,
2001 action, the EPA also determined that the NAA had attained the 1978
Pb NAAQS, based on air monitoring data through the calendar year 1999.
The monitoring data used to determine attainment of the NAAQS included
data while the ASARCO facility was still operating.
The factual and legal background for this action is discussed in
detail in our July 17, 2019 (84 FR 34102) proposed approval of the East
Helena Pb Maintenance Plan and concurrent redesignation of the East
Helena Pb NAA to attainment of the 1978 Pb NAAQS.
II. Response to Comments
The public comment period on the EPA's proposed rule opened on July
17, 2019, the date of its publication in the Federal Register, (84 FR
34102), and closed on August 16, 2019. During this time, the EPA
received one comment that is not addressed because it falls outside the
scope of our proposed action.
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III. Final Action
The EPA is approving the East Helena Pb Maintenance Plan and is
redesignating the East Helena Pb NAA from nonattainment to attainment
of the 1978 Pb NAAQS.
IV. Statutory and Executive Orders Review
Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and
applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21,
2011);
Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 FR 9339, February 2,
2017) regulatory action because SIP approvals are exempted under
Executive Order 12866;
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, described in the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
Does not have federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the CAA; and
Does not provide the EPA with the discretionary authority
to address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or
environmental effects, using practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian reservation
land or in any other area where the EPA or an Indian tribe has
demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
country, the rule does not have tribal implications and will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
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 action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by November 12, 2019. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this action for the purposes of
judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for
judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness
of such rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in
proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Particulate matter, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National parks,
Wilderness areas.
Dated: September 4, 2019.
Gregory Sopkin,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 8.
40 CFR parts 52 and 81 are amended as follows:
PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart BB--Montana
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2. Section 52.1370(e), under ``(4) Lewis and Clark County,'' is amended
by adding the entry ``East Helena 1978 Lead Maintenance Plan'' after
the entry ``Total Suspended Particulate NAAQS--East Helena, East Helena
Section of Chapter 5 of SIP, 4-6-79'' to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1370 Identification of plan.
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3. Section 52.1375 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1375 Control strategy: Lead.
(a) Determination--EPA has determined that the East Helena Lead
nonattainment area has attained the lead national ambient air quality
standards through calendar year 1999. This determination is based on
air quality data currently in the AIRS database (as of the date of our
determination, June 18, 2001).
(b) Redesignation to attainment--The EPA has determined that the
East Helena lead (Pb) nonattainment area has met the criteria under CAA
section 107(d)(3)(E) for redesignation from nonattainment to attainment
for the 1978 Pb NAAQS. The EPA is therefore redesignating the East
Helena 1978 Pb nonattainment area to attainment.
(c)Maintenance plan approval--The EPA is approving the maintenance
plan for the East Helena nonattainment area for the 1978 Pb NAAQS
submitted by the State of Montana on October 28, 2018.
PART 81--DESIGNATION OF AREAS FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING PURPOSES
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4. 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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5. In Sec. 81.327, the table entitled ``Montana--1978 Lead NAAQS'' is
amended by revising the ``Date'' and Type'' entries under
``Designation'' for ``City of East Helena and vicinity'' to read as
follows:
Sec. 81.327 Montana.
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Montana--1978 Lead NAAQS
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Designation Classification
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Date Type Date Type
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City of East Helena and October 11, 2019. Attainment.
vicinity.
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[FR Doc. 2019-19541 Filed 9-10-19; 8:45 am]
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