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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R03–OAR–2023–0219; FRL–8813–02–
R3]
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania;
Liberty Borough Area Second 10-Year
PM10 Limited Maintenance Plan
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving into the
Pennsylvania state implementation plan
(SIP), a limited maintenance plan (LMP)
submitted by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania’s Department of
Environmental Protection (PADEP or
Commonwealth) on behalf of the
Allegheny County Health Department
(ACHD). This plan addresses the second
10-year maintenance period after
redesignation for coarse particulate
matter, particulate matter with an
aerodynamic diameter less than or equal
to a nominal 10 micrometers (PM10). A
LMP is used to meet the Clean Air Act
(CAA or the Act) requirements for
formerly designated nonattainment
areas that meet certain qualification
criteria. EPA has determined that
ACHD’s second maintenance plan meets
applicable CAA requirements.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
October 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA–R03–OAR–2023–0219. All
documents in the docket are listed on
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Schmitt, Planning &
Implementation Branch (3AD30), Air &
Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III, 1600 John
F Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103. The telephone
number is (215) 814–5787. Ms. Schmitt
can also be reached via electronic mail
at schmitt.ellen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On July 21, 2021, EPA received from
PADEP, on behalf of ACHD, a revision
to the Commonwealth’s SIP for the
Liberty Borough area.1 The SIP revision
is a PM10 LMP for the Liberty Borough
area and fulfills the second 10-year
planning requirement of CAA section
175A to ensure the area is compliant
with the 1987 24-hour PM10 national
ambient air standard (NAAQS or
standard) through 2033.2
The LMP relies upon control
measures contained in the first 10-year
maintenance plan and the
determination that the Liberty Borough
area currently monitors PM10 levels
well-below the PM10 NAAQS. The
Liberty Borough area has been meeting
the PM10 standard for many years and
was redesignated to attainment on
September 11, 2003 (68 FR 53515) with
an approved 10-year PM10 maintenance
plan.
On July 12, 2023 (88 FR 44237), EPA
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM), approving the
Commonwealth’s July 2021 PM10 LMP
SIP submittal. The reasons for our
approval are included in our July 2023
proposal and will not be restated here.
The public comment period for our
proposed action closed on August 11,
2023. We received no public comments.
Therefore, we are finalizing our action
as proposed.
II. Final Action
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In this final action, EPA is approving
the second 10-year PM10 LMP for the
Liberty Borough area as a revision to the
Pennsylvania SIP, which the Agency
received as a submittal on July 21, 2021.
1 In its SIP submission, ACHD refers to the area
at issue as the Liberty-Clairton area. In this final
rule document as well as in the associated proposed
rulemaking action, EPA refers to this area as the
Liberty Borough area to distinguish it from the
Liberty-Clairton fine particulate matter (PM2.5)
nonattainment area and to be consistent with what
the Agency called the area in our approval of the
first 10-year maintenance plan and attainment plan.
See 63 FR 47493 (September 8, 1998) and 68 FR
53515 (September 11, 2003).
2 The first 10-year maintenance period for the
Liberty Borough area ended in 2013 and the second
10-year maintenance plan, which is the subject of
this final rule document, extends through 2023.
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EPA’s approval of the Liberty Borough
area LMP satisfies CAA section 175A
requirements for the 24-hour PM10
NAAQS for the second 10-year
maintenance period for the Liberty
Borough area.
III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
CAA and applicable Federal regulations.
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the CAA. Accordingly, this action
merely approves state law as meeting
Federal requirements and does not
impose additional requirements beyond
those imposed by state law. For that
reason, this action:
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
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); and
• 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 Clean Air Act.
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
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substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
Executive Order 12898 (Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994) directs Federal
agencies to identify and address
‘‘disproportionately high and adverse
human health or environmental effects’’
of their actions on minority populations
and low-income populations to the
greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law. EPA defines
environmental justice (EJ) as ‘‘the fair
treatment and meaningful involvement
of all people regardless of race, color,
national origin, or income with respect
to the development, implementation,
and enforcement of environmental laws,
regulations, and policies.’’ EPA further
defines the term fair treatment to mean
that ‘‘no group of people should bear a
disproportionate burden of
environmental harms and risks,
including those resulting from the
negative environmental consequences of
industrial, governmental, and
commercial operations or programs and
policies.’’
ACHD and PADEP did not evaluate
environmental justice considerations as
part of its SIP submittal; the CAA and
applicable implementing regulations
neither prohibit nor require such an
evaluation. EPA did not perform an EJ
analysis and did not consider EJ in this
action. Due to the nature of the action
being taken here, this action is expected
to have a neutral to positive impact on
the air quality of the affected area.
Consideration of EJ is not required as
part of this action, and there is no
information in the record inconsistent
with the stated goal of E.O. 12898 of
achieving environmental justice for
people of color, low-income
populations, and Indigenous peoples.
B. Submission to Congress and the
Comptroller General
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
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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).
C. Petitions for Judicial Review
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,
petitions for judicial review of this
action must be filed in the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit by November 13, 2023. 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
Name of non-regulatory
SIP revision
such rule or action. This action
finalizing the second 10-year
maintenance plan for the Liberty
Borough PM10 area may not be
challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section
307(b)(2).)
Adam Ortiz,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, EPA amends 40 CFR part 52
as follows:
Applicable geographic area
State
submittal
date
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9/14/02
7/21/21
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3. Section 52.2059 is amended by
adding paragraph (z) to read as follows:
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§ 52.2059
matter.
Control strategy: Particulate
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(z) EPA approves the limited
maintenance plan for the second 10-year
maintenance period for the PM10 Liberty
Borough area in Allegheny County.
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SECURITY
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46 CFR Part 175
RIN 1625–AC88
DUKW Amphibious Passenger Vessels
AGENCY:
Coast Guard, DHS.
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The Coast Guard issues this
interim rule as the first step to
implement the statutorily mandated
requirements for DUKW amphibious
passenger vessels. This statutory
mandate was enacted after the sinking
of the Stretch Duck 7 on July 19, 2018,
which resulted in the loss of 17 lives on
Table Rock Lake, Missouri. Section
11502 of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023 mandates additional safety
measures for DUKW amphibious
passenger vessels operating on
navigable waters subject to Coast Guard
jurisdiction. This interim final rule
codifies the statutorily mandated
requirements.
SUMMARY:
This interim rule is effective on
September 11, 2023. Interested persons
are invited to submit comments and
related material on or before December
11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by docket number USCG–
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2. In § 52.2020, the table in paragraph
©(1) is amended by revising the entry
for ‘‘PM10 Maintenance Plan’’ to read as
follows:
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(1) * * *
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Additional explanation
9/11/23, [Insert Federal Register Citation].
Interim final rule; request for
comments.
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9/11/03, 68 FR 53515 ............ 52.2063(c)(215).
ACTION:
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EPA approval date
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DATES:
[Docket No. USCG–2023–0243]
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Particulate matter, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
*
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PM10 Maintenance Plan ......... Allegheny County—Clairton
PM10 nonattainment area.
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PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
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Limited maintenance plan
covering the second 10year period through 2023.
‘‘Allegheny County’’ is the
designated name for this
area under 40 CFR 81.339,
but it has also been referred to as the ‘‘Liberty
Borough area’’ in numerous
regulatory actions.
*
*
2023–0243 using the Federal Decision
Making Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public
Participation and Request for
Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
further instructions on submitting
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about this document, email
Jaideep Sirkar, telephone (202) 372–
1366, email CGENG@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Public Participation and Request for
Comments
II. Abbreviations
III. Basis and Purpose, and Regulatory
History
IV. Background
V. Discussion of the Rule
VI. Preliminary Assessment
A. Regulatory Planning and Review
B. Small Entities
C. Collection of Information
D. Federalism
E. Unfunded Mandates
F. Taking of Private Property
G. Civil Justice Reform
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2023-0219; FRL-8813-02-R3]
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Liberty Borough Area Second 10-
Year PM10 Limited Maintenance Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving into
the Pennsylvania state implementation plan (SIP), a limited maintenance
plan (LMP) submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department
of Environmental Protection (PADEP or Commonwealth) on behalf of the
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD). This plan addresses the
second 10-year maintenance period after redesignation for coarse
particulate matter, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter
less than or equal to a nominal 10 micrometers (PM10). A LMP
is used to meet the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) requirements for
formerly designated nonattainment areas that meet certain qualification
criteria. EPA has determined that ACHD's second maintenance plan meets
applicable CAA requirements.
DATES: This final rule is effective on October 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA-R03-OAR-2023-0219. All documents in the docket are listed on
the 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
www.regulations.gov, or please contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for additional availability
information.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Schmitt, Planning &
Implementation Branch (3AD30), Air & Radiation Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1600 John F Kennedy
Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. The telephone number is
(215) 814-5787. Ms. Schmitt can also be reached via electronic mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On July 21, 2021, EPA received from PADEP, on behalf of ACHD, a
revision to the Commonwealth's SIP for the Liberty Borough area.\1\ The
SIP revision is a PM10 LMP for the Liberty Borough area and
fulfills the second 10-year planning requirement of CAA section 175A to
ensure the area is compliant with the 1987 24-hour PM10
national ambient air standard (NAAQS or standard) through 2033.\2\
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\1\ In its SIP submission, ACHD refers to the area at issue as
the Liberty-Clairton area. In this final rule document as well as in
the associated proposed rulemaking action, EPA refers to this area
as the Liberty Borough area to distinguish it from the Liberty-
Clairton fine particulate matter (PM2.5) nonattainment
area and to be consistent with what the Agency called the area in
our approval of the first 10-year maintenance plan and attainment
plan. See 63 FR 47493 (September 8, 1998) and 68 FR 53515 (September
11, 2003).
\2\ The first 10-year maintenance period for the Liberty Borough
area ended in 2013 and the second 10-year maintenance plan, which is
the subject of this final rule document, extends through 2023.
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The LMP relies upon control measures contained in the first 10-year
maintenance plan and the determination that the Liberty Borough area
currently monitors PM10 levels well-below the
PM10 NAAQS. The Liberty Borough area has been meeting the
PM10 standard for many years and was redesignated to
attainment on September 11, 2003 (68 FR 53515) with an approved 10-year
PM10 maintenance plan.
On July 12, 2023 (88 FR 44237), EPA published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM), approving the Commonwealth's July 2021
PM10 LMP SIP submittal. The reasons for our approval are
included in our July 2023 proposal and will not be restated here. The
public comment period for our proposed action closed on August 11,
2023. We received no public comments. Therefore, we are finalizing our
action as proposed.
II. Final Action
In this final action, EPA is approving the second 10-year
PM10 LMP for the Liberty Borough area as a revision to the
Pennsylvania SIP, which the Agency received as a submittal on July 21,
2021. EPA's approval of the Liberty Borough area LMP satisfies CAA
section 175A requirements for the 24-hour PM10 NAAQS for the
second 10-year maintenance period for the Liberty Borough area.
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and
does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state
law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to review
by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders 12866 (58
FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011);
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described 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); and
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 Clean Air Act.
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).
Executive Order 12898 (Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994) directs Federal agencies to identify and address
``disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental
effects'' of their actions on minority populations and low-income
populations to the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law.
EPA defines environmental justice (EJ) as ``the fair treatment and
meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color,
national origin, or income with respect to the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies.'' EPA further defines the term fair treatment to mean that
``no group of people should bear a disproportionate burden of
environmental harms and risks, including those resulting from the
negative environmental consequences of industrial, governmental, and
commercial operations or programs and policies.''
ACHD and PADEP did not evaluate environmental justice
considerations as part of its SIP submittal; the CAA and applicable
implementing regulations neither prohibit nor require such an
evaluation. EPA did not perform an EJ analysis and did not consider EJ
in this action. Due to the nature of the action being taken here, this
action is expected to have a neutral to positive impact on the air
quality of the affected area. Consideration of EJ is not required as
part of this action, and there is no information in the record
inconsistent with the stated goal of E.O. 12898 of achieving
environmental justice for people of color, low-income populations, and
Indigenous peoples.
B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General
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
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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).
C. Petitions for Judicial Review
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by November 13, 2023. 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 finalizing the second 10-year maintenance plan for
the Liberty Borough PM10 area may not be challenged later in
proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Adam Ortiz,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, EPA amends 40 CFR part 52
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 NN--Pennsylvania
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2. In Sec. 52.2020, the table in paragraph (copyright)(1) is amended
by revising the entry for ``PM10 Maintenance Plan'' to read
as follows:
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(e) * * *
(1) * * *
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State
Name of non-regulatory SIP Applicable submittal EPA approval date Additional
revision geographic area date explanation
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PM10 Maintenance Plan............ Allegheny County-- 9/14/02 9/11/03, 68 FR 52.2063(c)(215).
Clairton PM10 53515.
nonattainment area.
7/21/21 9/11/23, [Insert Limited maintenance
Federal Register plan covering the
Citation]. second 10-year
period through
2023.
``Allegheny
County'' is the
designated name
for this area
under 40 CFR
81.339, but it has
also been referred
to as the
``Liberty Borough
area'' in numerous
regulatory
actions.
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3. Section 52.2059 is amended by adding paragraph (z) to read as
follows:
Sec. 52.2059 Control strategy: Particulate matter.
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(z) EPA approves the limited maintenance plan for the second 10-
year maintenance period for the PM10 Liberty Borough area in
Allegheny County.
[FR Doc. 2023-19286 Filed 9-8-23; 8:45 am]
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