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Designations of Areas for Air Quality
Planning Purposes; Maryland;
Baltimore, MD 2015 8-Hour Ozone
Nonattainment Area; Reclassification
to Serious
1. The authority citation for part 78
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 38 U.S.C. 1720F
(note), sec. 201, Pub. L. 116–171, and as
noted in specific sections.
2. Amend part 78 by removing the
term ‘‘2900–TBD’’ wherever it appears
and adding in its place ‘‘2900–0904’’.
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§ 78.50
Denis McDonough, Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on July 23, 2024, and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication
electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Consuela Benjamin,
Regulations Development Coordinator, Office
of Regulation Policy & Management, Office
of General Counsel, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
[Amended]
3. Amend § 78.50 by:
■ a. In paragraph (a), removing the term
‘‘participants’’ and in adding its place
‘‘eligible individuals’’.
■ b. Removing paragraph (c) and
redesignating paragraph (d) as
paragraph (c).
■ c. In newly redesignated paragraph
(c), removing the term ‘‘participants’’
and adding in its place ‘‘eligible
individuals’’.
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§ 78.95
[Amended]
4. Amend § 78.95(b) by removing the
term ‘‘participants’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘eligible individuals’’.
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5. Revise § 78.130 to read as follows:
§ 78.130
Administrative practice and
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Grant programs—veterans, Grant
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and recordkeeping requirements,
Suicide prevention, Veterans.
Faith-based organizations.
Organizations that are faith-based are
eligible, on the same basis as any other
organization, to participate in SSG Fox
SPGP under this part in accordance
with 38 CFR part 50.
6. Amend § 78.140 by revising the first
sentence of paragraph (d) to read as
follows:
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§ 78.140 Financial management and
administrative costs.
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(d) Costs for administration by a
grantee will be consistent with 2 CFR
part 200. * * *
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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
Under the Clean Air Act
(CAA or the ‘‘Act’’), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a
request from the State of Maryland to
reclassify the Baltimore, Maryland
ozone nonattainment area from
‘‘Moderate’’ to ‘‘Serious’’ for the 2015 8hour ozone national ambient air quality
standards (2015 ozone NAAQS).
DATES: This final rule is effective on
August 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA–R03–OAR–2024–0352. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian
Neiswinter, Planning and
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) 814–2011. Mr.
Neiswinter can also be reached via
electronic mail at neiswinter.ian@
epa.gov.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Reclassification of the Baltimore, Maryland
Area to Serious Ozone Nonattainment
II. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the interim final rule
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I. Reclassification of the Baltimore,
Maryland Area to Serious Ozone
Nonattainment
Effective August 3, 2018 (83 FR
25776), the EPA classified the
Baltimore, Maryland area (the Baltimore
Area 1) under the CAA as ‘‘Marginal’’ for
the 2015 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
Classification of this area as a Marginal
ozone nonattainment area established a
requirement that the area attain the 2015
ozone NAAQS as expeditiously as
practicable, but no later than three years
from designation, i.e., August 3, 2021.
Effective November 7, 2022 (87 FR
60897), the EPA determined that the
Baltimore Area failed to attain by the
applicable Marginal attainment date. In
that action, the EPA reclassified the
Baltimore Area as Moderate
nonattainment for the 2015 ozone
NAAQS and established the Moderate
attainment date as August 3, 2024. On
July 18, 2024, the State of Maryland
requested that the EPA reclassify the
Baltimore Area from Moderate to
Serious. The request letter from the
State of Maryland is also provided in
the docket of this rulemaking.
We are approving this State’s
reclassification request under section
181(b)(3) of the Act, which provides for
‘‘voluntary reclassification.’’ Because
the plain language of section 181(b)(3)
mandates that we approve such a
request, the EPA is granting the State’s
request for voluntary reclassification
under section 181(b)(3) for the
Baltimore Area for the 2015 ozone
NAAQS, and the EPA is reclassifying
the area from Moderate to Serious.
Because of this action, the Baltimore
Area must now attain the 2015 ozone
NAAQS as expeditiously as practicable,
but no later than nine years from the
date of the initial designation as
nonattainment, i.e., August 3, 2027.
Applicable SIP requirements and
deadlines associated with the
reclassification will be addressed in a
separate notification.
The EPA has determined that this
action falls under the ‘‘good cause’’
exemption in section 553(b)(B) of the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
which, upon finding ‘‘good cause,’’
authorizes agencies to dispense with
public participation where public notice
and comment procedures are
‘‘impracticable, unnecessary or contrary
to the public interest.’’ The EPA has
determined that public notice and
comment for this action is unnecessary
1 The Baltimore Area consists of the following
counties/cities: Anne Arundel County, Baltimore
County, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard
County, and the City of Baltimore in Maryland. See
40 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 81.321.
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because our action to approve voluntary
reclassification requests under CAA
section 181(b)(3) is nondiscretionary
both in its issuance and in its content.
As such, notice and comment
rulemaking procedures would serve no
useful purpose.
The EPA also finds that there is good
cause under APA section 553(d)(3) for
this reclassification to become effective
on the date of publication. Section
553(d)(3) of the APA allows an effective
date of less than 30 days after
publication ‘‘as otherwise provided by
the agency for good cause found and
published with the rule.’’ See 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3). The purpose of the 30-day
waiting period prescribed in APA
section 553(d)(3) is to give affected
parties a reasonable time to adjust their
behavior and prepare before the final
rule takes effect. This rule, however,
does not create any new regulatory
requirements such that affected parties
would need time to prepare before the
rule takes effect. The schedule for
required plan submittals for the
Baltimore Area under the new
classification will be proposed in a
separate action. For this reason, the EPA
finds good cause under APA section
553(d)(3) for this reclassification to
become effective on the date of
publication.
II. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under the Clean Air Act 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);
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• 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, this action 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 (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994) establishes Federal
executive policy on environmental
justice. Its main provision directs
Federal agencies, to the greatest extent
practicable and permitted by law, to
make environmental justice part of their
mission by identifying and addressing,
as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or
environmental effects of their programs,
policies, and activities on minority
populations and low-income
populations in the United States. This
reclassification action relates to ozone, a
pollutant that is regional in nature, and
is not the type of action that could result
in the types of local impacts addressed
in Executive Order 12898.
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
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 September 30, 2024. 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
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for judicial review may be filed, and
shall not postpone the effectiveness of
such rule or action. This action
reclassifying the Baltimore Area from
Moderate to Serious for the 2015 ozone
NAAQS may not be challenged later in
proceedings to enforce its requirements.
(See section 307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81
Air pollution control, National parks,
Wilderness areas.
PART 81—DESIGNATION OF AREAS
FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING
PURPOSES
1. The authority citation for part 81
continues to read as follows:
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Adam Ortiz,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
Part 81 of chapter I, title 40 of the
Code of Federal Regulations is amended
as follows:
2. In § 81.321 the table titled
‘‘Maryland—2015 8-Hour Ozone
NAAQS’’ is amended by revising the
entry for ‘‘Baltimore, MD’’ to read as
follows:
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§ 81.321
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Maryland.
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MARYLAND—2015 8-HOUR OZONE NAAQS
[Primary and secondary]
Designation
Classification
Designated area 2
Baltimore, MD ..........................................................................................
Anne Arundel County.
Baltimore County.
Carroll County.
Harford County.
Howard County.
City of Baltimore.
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Date 3
Type
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Nonattainment .......
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This correction makes an update to the
reference to ‘‘commercial Services’’.
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DATES:
Effective: August 2, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryon Boyer, Bryon.Boyer@gsa.gov or
call 817–850–5580. Please cite GSAR
Case 2022–G506, Correction.
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Part 512
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[GSAR Case 2022–G506, Docket No. 2022–
0020; Sequence No. 1]
Correction
RIN 3090–AK57
■
General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation; Standardizing
the Identification of Deviations in the
General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation; Correction
Office of Acquisition Policy,
General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
GSA is issuing a correction to
GSAR Case 2022–G506; Standardizing
the Identification of Deviations in the
General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation; which
published in the Federal Register on Jul
3, 2024, and is effective August 2, 2024.
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SUMMARY:
2 Includes any Indian country in each county or
area, unless otherwise specified. EPA is not
determining the boundaries of any area of Indian
country in this table, including any area of Indian
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In rule FR Doc. 2024–14416,
published in the Federal Register at 89
FR 55085, on July 3, 2024, on page
55086, in the first column, in section
512.301, amendatory instruction ‘‘3a.’’
is corrected to read ‘‘a. Amending the
section heading by removing
‘‘commercial services’’ and adding
‘‘commercial services (FAR
DEVIATION)’’ in its place; and’’
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration.
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country located in the larger designation area. The
inclusion of any Indian country in the designation
area is not a determination that the state has
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Type
Serious.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
49 CFR Part 40
[Docket DOT–OST–2021–0093]
RIN 2105–AE94
Procedures for Transportation
Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing
Programs; Withdrawal of Direct Final
Rule
Office of the Secretary,
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.
AGENCY:
Due to the receipt of adverse
comments, the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) is withdrawing
the direct final rule ‘‘Procedures for
Transportation Workplace Drug and
Alcohol Testing Programs,’’ published
on June 21, 2024.
DATES: Effective August 1, 2024, DOT
withdraws the direct final rule
published at 89 FR 51984, on June 21,
2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bohdan Baczara, Deputy Director, Office
SUMMARY:
regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act for
such Indian country.
3 This date is August 3, 2018, unless otherwise
noted.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 81
[EPA-R03-OAR-2024-0352; FRL-12131-01-R3]
Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes;
Maryland; Baltimore, MD 2015 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area;
Reclassification to Serious
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: Under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the ``Act''), the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a request from the
State of Maryland to reclassify the Baltimore, Maryland ozone
nonattainment area from ``Moderate'' to ``Serious'' for the 2015 8-hour
ozone national ambient air quality standards (2015 ozone NAAQS).
DATES: This final rule is effective on August 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA-R03-OAR-2024-0352. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Neiswinter, Planning and
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) 814-2011. Mr. Neiswinter can also be reached via electronic mail
at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Reclassification of the Baltimore, Maryland Area to Serious Ozone
Nonattainment
II. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
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I. Reclassification of the Baltimore, Maryland Area to Serious Ozone
Nonattainment
Effective August 3, 2018 (83 FR 25776), the EPA classified the
Baltimore, Maryland area (the Baltimore Area \1\) under the CAA as
``Marginal'' for the 2015 8-hour ozone NAAQS. Classification of this
area as a Marginal ozone nonattainment area established a requirement
that the area attain the 2015 ozone NAAQS as expeditiously as
practicable, but no later than three years from designation, i.e.,
August 3, 2021. Effective November 7, 2022 (87 FR 60897), the EPA
determined that the Baltimore Area failed to attain by the applicable
Marginal attainment date. In that action, the EPA reclassified the
Baltimore Area as Moderate nonattainment for the 2015 ozone NAAQS and
established the Moderate attainment date as August 3, 2024. On July 18,
2024, the State of Maryland requested that the EPA reclassify the
Baltimore Area from Moderate to Serious. The request letter from the
State of Maryland is also provided in the docket of this rulemaking.
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\1\ The Baltimore Area consists of the following counties/
cities: Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Carroll County,
Harford County, Howard County, and the City of Baltimore in
Maryland. See 40 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 81.321.
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We are approving this State's reclassification request under
section 181(b)(3) of the Act, which provides for ``voluntary
reclassification.'' Because the plain language of section 181(b)(3)
mandates that we approve such a request, the EPA is granting the
State's request for voluntary reclassification under section 181(b)(3)
for the Baltimore Area for the 2015 ozone NAAQS, and the EPA is
reclassifying the area from Moderate to Serious. Because of this
action, the Baltimore Area must now attain the 2015 ozone NAAQS as
expeditiously as practicable, but no later than nine years from the
date of the initial designation as nonattainment, i.e., August 3, 2027.
Applicable SIP requirements and deadlines associated with the
reclassification will be addressed in a separate notification.
The EPA has determined that this action falls under the ``good
cause'' exemption in section 553(b)(B) of the Administrative Procedure
Act (APA) which, upon finding ``good cause,'' authorizes agencies to
dispense with public participation where public notice and comment
procedures are ``impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to the public
interest.'' The EPA has determined that public notice and comment for
this action is unnecessary because our action to approve voluntary
reclassification requests under CAA section 181(b)(3) is
nondiscretionary both in its issuance and in its content. As such,
notice and comment rulemaking procedures would serve no useful purpose.
The EPA also finds that there is good cause under APA section
553(d)(3) for this reclassification to become effective on the date of
publication. Section 553(d)(3) of the APA allows an effective date of
less than 30 days after publication ``as otherwise provided by the
agency for good cause found and published with the rule.'' See 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3). The purpose of the 30-day waiting period prescribed in APA
section 553(d)(3) is to give affected parties a reasonable time to
adjust their behavior and prepare before the final rule takes effect.
This rule, however, does not create any new regulatory requirements
such that affected parties would need time to prepare before the rule
takes effect. The schedule for required plan submittals for the
Baltimore Area under the new classification will be proposed in a
separate action. For this reason, the EPA finds good cause under APA
section 553(d)(3) for this reclassification to become effective on the
date of publication.
II. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under the Clean Air Act 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, this action 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 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994) establishes
Federal executive policy on environmental justice. Its main provision
directs Federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law, to make environmental justice part of their mission
by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs,
policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income
populations in the United States. This reclassification action relates
to ozone, a pollutant that is regional in nature, and is not the type
of action that could result in the types of local impacts addressed in
Executive Order 12898.
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 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 September 30, 2024. 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
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for judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the
effectiveness of such rule or action. This action reclassifying the
Baltimore Area from Moderate to Serious for the 2015 ozone NAAQS may
not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements.
(See section 307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81
Air pollution control, National parks, Wilderness areas.
Adam Ortiz,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
Part 81 of chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
is amended as follows:
PART 81--DESIGNATION OF AREAS FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING PURPOSES
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1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
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2. In Sec. 81.321 the table titled ``Maryland--2015 8-Hour Ozone
NAAQS'' is amended by revising the entry for ``Baltimore, MD'' to read
as follows:
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\2\ Includes any Indian country in each county or area, unless
otherwise specified. EPA is not determining the boundaries of any
area of Indian country in this table, including any area of Indian
country located in the larger designation area. The inclusion of any
Indian country in the designation area is not a determination that
the state has regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act for such
Indian country.
\3\ This date is August 3, 2018, unless otherwise noted.
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Sec. 81.321 Maryland.
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Maryland--2015 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS
[Primary and secondary]
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Designation Classification
Designated area \2\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date \3\ Type Date \2\ Type
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Baltimore, MD................ ................... Nonattainment........... 8/1/2024 Serious.
Anne Arundel County.
Baltimore County.
Carroll County.
Harford County.
Howard County.
City of Baltimore.
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