Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Montana; Redesignation Request and Associated Maintenance Plan for East Helena SO2, 47897-47899 [2019-19576]
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3. Section 52.1375 is revised to read
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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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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
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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AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA–R08–OAR–2019–0340; FRL–9999–29–
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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On October 26, 2018, the State of
Montana submitted to the EPA a request
for redesignation of the East Helena
1971 SO2 nonattainment area to
attainment and a SIP revision
containing a maintenance plan for the
area.
On July 17, 2019, the EPA published
a notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM) which proposed to approve
Montana’s October 26, 2018 submittal
(see 84 FR 34090). Specifically, the EPA
proposed to take the following separate
but related actions: (1) Redesignate the
East Helena SO2 nonattainment area to
attainment for the primary and
secondary 1971 SO2 NAAQS, based on
our determination that the State’s
request meets the redesignation criteria
set forth in section 107(d)(3)(E) of the
CAA for these standards; and (2)
approve Montana’s plan for maintaining
these NAAQS in the East Helena area
for the first ten years following
redesignation to attainment, based on
our determination that this maintenance
plan meets the requirements of section
175A of the CAA. The details of
Montana’s submittal and the rationale
for the EPA’s proposed actions are
explained in detail in the NPRM and
will not be restated here. The EPA did
not receive any public comments on the
NPRM.
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II. Final Action
The EPA is taking final actions to
approve the redesignation request and
maintenance plan submitted by the
State of Montana on October 26, 2018
for the East Helena 1971 primary and
secondary SO2 NAAQS nonattainment
area. Approval of the redesignation
request will change the official
designation of the East Helena SO2
nonattainment area to attainment for the
1971 primary and secondary SO2
NAAQS.
The EPA’s redesignation of the East
Helena SO2 nonattainment area to
attainment also alleviates the
requirement that the State submit an
attainment SIP for the 1971 secondary
SO2 NAAQS. Because upon
redesignation the State is no longer
required to submit the plan
requirements that resulted in
application of the sanctions, the
sanctions will terminate as of the
effective date of this action.1
1 Due
to Montana not submitting an attainment
SIP for the 1971 secondary SO2 NAAQS, highway
sanctions and 2:1 emissions offset sanctions were
imposed on January 19, 1996 and July 19, 1995
respectively. For more information please see our
July 17, 2019 NPRM at 84 FR 34090.
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III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
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 EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP is not approved
to apply on any Indian reservation land
or in any other area where EPA or an
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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. 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, Carbon monoxide,
Greenhouse gases, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Particulate matter, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, National Parks,
Wilderness areas.
Dated: September 4, 2019.
Gregory Sopkin,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
40 CFR parts 52 and 81 are amended
as follows:
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PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
Subpart BB—Montana
2. Section 52.1370(e), under ‘‘(4)
Lewis and Clark County,’’ is amended
by adding the entry ‘‘East Helena 1971
SO2 Maintenance Plan’’ after the entry
‘‘Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS—Plan
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1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
State
effective
date
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Summary, Plan Summary, East Helena
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Attainment Plan’’
to read as follows:
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East Helena 1971 SO2 Maintenance Plan ..................................
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3. Section 52.1398 is amended by
adding paragraphs (c) and (d) to read as
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Control strategy: Sulfur dioxide.
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(c) Redesignation to attainment. The
EPA has determined that the East
Helena sulfur dioxide (SO2)
nonattainment area has met the criteria
under CAA section 107(d)(3)(E) for
redesignation from nonattainment to
attainment for the 1971 primary and
secondary SO2 NAAQS. The EPA is
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therefore redesignating the East Helena
1971 SO2 nonattainment area to
attainment.
(d) Maintenance plan. The EPA is
approving the maintenance plan for the
East Helena nonattainment area for the
1971 SO2 NAAQS submitted by the
State of Montana on October 26, 2018.
PART 81—DESIGNATION OF AREAS
FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING
PURPOSES
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
Subpart C—Section 107 Attainment
Status Designations
5. In § 81.327, the table entitled
‘‘Montana—1971 Sulfur Dioxide
NAAQS (Primary and Secondary)’’ is
amended by revising the entry for ‘‘East
Helena Area’’ to read as follows:
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§ 81.327
Montana.
4. The authority citation for part 81
continues to read as follows:
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MONTANA—1971 SULFUR DIOXIDE NAAQS
[Primary and Secondary]
Designated area
Does not meet
primary
standards
Does not meet
secondary
standards
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Plans for Designated Facilities and
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Albuquerque-Bernalillo County;
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Environmental Protection
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Pursuant to the Federal Clean
Air Act (CAA or the Act), the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is approving revisions to the section
111(d) Plan submitted by the New
Mexico Environment Department
(NMED) on May 25, 2017, to regulate
landfill gas and its components,
including methane, from existing
municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills.
The Plan provides for the
implementation and enforcement of the
Emissions Guidelines (EG) for existing
landfills in New Mexico, except
Albuquerque-Bernalillo County. We are
also approving revisions to the section
111(d) Plan submitted by the New
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA-R08-OAR-2019-0340; FRL-9999-29-Region 8]
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Montana;
Redesignation Request and Associated Maintenance Plan for East Helena
SO2 Nonattainment Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: 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 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 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,
[email protected], or Clayton Bean (303) 312-6143,
[email protected], 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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On October 26, 2018, the State of Montana submitted to the EPA a
request for redesignation of the East Helena 1971 SO2
nonattainment area to attainment and a SIP revision containing a
maintenance plan for the area.
On July 17, 2019, the EPA published a notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM) which proposed to approve Montana's October 26, 2018 submittal
(see 84 FR 34090). Specifically, the EPA proposed to take the following
separate but related actions: (1) Redesignate the East Helena
SO2 nonattainment area to attainment for the primary and
secondary 1971 SO2 NAAQS, based on our determination that
the State's request meets the redesignation criteria set forth in
section 107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA for these standards; and (2) approve
Montana's plan for maintaining these NAAQS in the East Helena area for
the first ten years following redesignation to attainment, based on our
determination that this maintenance plan meets the requirements of
section 175A of the CAA. The details of Montana's submittal and the
rationale for the EPA's proposed actions are explained in detail in the
NPRM and will not be restated here. The EPA did not receive any public
comments on the NPRM.
II. Final Action
The EPA is taking final actions to approve the redesignation
request and maintenance plan submitted by the State of Montana on
October 26, 2018 for the East Helena 1971 primary and secondary
SO2 NAAQS nonattainment area. Approval of the redesignation
request will change the official designation of the East Helena
SO2 nonattainment area to attainment for the 1971 primary
and secondary SO2 NAAQS.
The EPA's redesignation of the East Helena SO2
nonattainment area to attainment also alleviates the requirement that
the State submit an attainment SIP for the 1971 secondary
SO2 NAAQS. Because upon redesignation the State is no longer
required to submit the plan requirements that resulted in application
of the sanctions, the sanctions will terminate as of the effective date
of this action.\1\
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\1\ Due to Montana not submitting an attainment SIP for the 1971
secondary SO2 NAAQS, highway sanctions and 2:1 emissions
offset sanctions were imposed on January 19, 1996 and July 19, 1995
respectively. For more information please see our July 17, 2019 NPRM
at 84 FR 34090.
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III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
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 EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian
reservation land or in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has
demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
country, the rule does not have tribal implications 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. 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, Carbon monoxide,
Greenhouse gases, Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental
relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic
compounds.
40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National Parks,
Wilderness areas.
Dated: September 4, 2019.
Gregory Sopkin,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
40 CFR parts 52 and 81 are amended as follows:
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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 1971 SO2 Maintenance
Plan'' after the entry ``Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS--Plan Summary, Plan
Summary, East Helena Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Attainment Plan''
to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1370 Identification of plan.
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3. Section 52.1398 is amended by adding paragraphs (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
Sec. 52.1398 Control strategy: Sulfur dioxide.
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(c) Redesignation to attainment. The EPA has determined that the
East Helena sulfur dioxide (SO2) nonattainment area has met
the criteria under CAA section 107(d)(3)(E) for redesignation from
nonattainment to attainment for the 1971 primary and secondary
SO2 NAAQS. The EPA is therefore redesignating the East
Helena 1971 SO2 nonattainment area to attainment.
(d) Maintenance plan. The EPA is approving the maintenance plan for
the East Helena nonattainment area for the 1971 SO2 NAAQS
submitted by the State of Montana on October 26, 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
0
5. In Sec. 81.327, the table entitled ``Montana--1971 Sulfur Dioxide
NAAQS (Primary and Secondary)'' is amended by revising the entry for
``East Helena Area'' to read as follows:
Sec. 81.327 Montana.
Montana--1971 Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS
[Primary and Secondary]
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Does not meet
Designated area Does not meet secondary Cannot be Better than
primary standards standards classified national standards
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East Helena Area................... ................. ................. ................. X
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[FR Doc. 2019-19576 Filed 9-10-19; 8:45 am]
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