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25776 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2018 / Rules and Regulations ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DATE: The effective date of this rule is Planning and Standards, U.S. AGENCY August 3, 2018. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a Code C539–01, Research Triangle Park, 40 CFR Part 81 docket for this action under Docket ID NC 27711, phone number (919) 541– [EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0548; FRL–9977–72– NO. EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0548. All 4280 or by email at: scott.denise@ OAR] documents in the docket are listed in epa.gov. the index at http://www.regulations.gov. Regional Office Contacts RIN 2060–AT94 Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, Region I—Richard Burkhart, telephone Additional Air Quality Designations for i.e., Confidential Business Information (617) 918–1664, email at the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air or other information whose disclosure is [email protected]. Quality Standards restricted by statute. Certain other Region II—Omar Hammad, telephone AGENCY: Environmental Protection material, such as copyrighted material, (212) 637–3347, email at Agency (EPA). is not placed on the internet and will be [email protected]. ACTION: Final rule. publicly available only in hard copy Region III—Maria Pino, telephone (215) form. Publicly available docket 814–2181, email at pino.maria@ SUMMARY: This rule establishes initial materials are available either epa.gov. air quality designations for certain areas electronically in the docket or in hard Region IV—Jane Spann, telephone (404) in the United States, including areas of copy at the EPA Docket Center, EPA 562–9029, email at spann.jane@ Indian country, for the 2015 primary WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 epa.gov. and secondary national ambient air Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, Region V—Kathleen D’Agostino, quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone. DC. The Public Reading Room is open telephone (312) 886–1767, email at On November 6, 2017, the from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday [email protected]. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through Friday, excluding legal Region VI—Carrie Paige, telephone designated about 85 percent of the holidays. The telephone number for the (214) 665–6521, email at country as attainment/unclassifiable Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, [email protected]. and three counties as unclassifiable. In and the telephone number for the Office Region VII—Lachala Kemp. telephone this action, the EPA is designating all of Air and Radiation Docket and (913) 551–7214, email at remaining areas, except for eight Information Center is (202) 566–1742. [email protected]. In addition, the EPA has established counties in the San Antonio, Texas Region VIII—Chris Dresser, telephone a website for this rulemaking at https:// metropolitan area. Areas are being (303) 312–6385, email at www.epa.gov/ozone-designations. The designated as either nonattainment, [email protected]. website includes the EPA’s final attainment/unclassifiable, or Region IX—Ashley Graham, telephone designations, as well as designation unclassifiable. Areas designated as (415) 972–3877, email at recommendation letters from states and nonattainment are also being classified [email protected]. by operation of law according to the tribes, the EPA’s 120-letters notifying Region X—Karl Pepple, telephone (206) severity of their air quality problems. the states whether EPA intends to 553–1778, email at pepple.karl@ The classification categories are modify the state’s recommendation, epa.gov. Marginal, Moderate, Serious, Severe, technical support documents, responses and Extreme. In addition, five to comments and other related technical SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: nonattainment areas in California are information. The public may inspect the rule and being voluntarily reclassified to a higher FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: state-specific technical support classification. Denise Scott, Office of Air Quality information at the following locations: Regional offices States Dave Conroy, Chief, Air Programs Branch, EPA New England, 5 Post Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109–3912, (617) 918–1661. and Vermont. Richard Ruvo, Chief, Air Programs Branch, EPA Region II, 290 Broad- New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. way, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10007–1866, (212) 637–4014. Maria A. Pino, Acting Associate Director, Office of Air Program Plan- Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and ning, EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103– West Virginia. 2187, (215) 814–2181. R. Scott Davis, Chief, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, EPA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Region IV, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth, Street, South Carolina, and Tennessee. SW, 12th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 562–9127. John Mooney, Chief, Air Programs Branch, EPA Region V, 77 West Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Jackson Street, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886–6043. Mary Stanton, Chief, State Implementation Section B, EPA Region VI, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202, (214) 665–8377. Mike Jay, Chief, Air Programs Branch, EPA Region VII, 11201 Renner Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66129, (913) 551–7460. Monica Morales, Air Program Director, EPA Region VIII, 1595 Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202–1129, (303) 312–6936. Laura Lawrence, Acting Chief, Air Planning Office, EPA Region IX, 75 American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, and Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 972–3407. Northern Mariana Islands. Debra Suzuki, Manager, State and Tribal Air Programs, EPA Region X, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Office of Air, Waste, and Toxics, Mail Code OAQ–107, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553–0985. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:40 Jun 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\04JNR3.SGM 04JNR3 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with RULES3 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2018 / Rules and Regulations 25777 Table of Contents DC District of Columbia areas. The EPA is also designating one EPA Environmental Protection Agency area as unclassifiable. The EPA is The following is an outline of the FR Federal Register preamble. designating all the other areas addressed NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality in this final action, including both state I. Preamble Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Standards and tribal areas, as attainment/ NO Nitrogen Oxides II. What is the purpose of this action? X unclassifiable. With this action, the EPA III. What is ozone and how is it formed? NTTAA National Technology Transfer and IV. What are the 2015 ozone NAAQS and the Advancement Act has issued final designations for all health and welfare concerns they PPM Parts per million areas of the country with the exception address? RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act of eight counties in the San Antonio, V. What are the CAA requirements for air RTA Rural Transport Area Texas, metropolitan area. The EPA quality designations? UMRA Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of intends to issue final designations for VI. What is the chronology for this 1995 these eight counties by July 17, 2018. designations rule and what guidance did TAR Tribal Authority Rule The EPA is basing the designations on the EPA provide? U.S. United States the most recent 3 years of certified VII. What air quality data has the EPA used U.S.C. United States Code ozone air quality monitoring data and to designate areas for the 2015 ozone VCS Voluntary Consensus Standards NAAQS? VOC Volatile Organic Compounds on an evaluation of factors to assess VIII. What are the ozone air quality contributions to nonattainment in classifications? II. What is the purpose of this action? nearby areas. State areas designated as IX. What action is EPA taking to reclassify The purpose of this action is to nonattainment are subject to planning five California nonattainment areas? announce and promulgate initial area and emission reduction requirements as X. How can states request that an area within designations for certain areas of the specified in CAA part D. Requirements 5 percent of the upper or lower limit of country with respect to the 2015 vary according to an area’s a classification threshold be reclassified? classification. On November 17, 2016, A. Five Percent Reclassifications to a primary and secondary NAAQS for ozone, in accordance with the the EPA proposed an implementation Lower Classification rule to assist states in the development B. Five Percent Reclassifications to a requirements of Clean Air Act (CAA) Higher Classification section 107(d). The EPA is designating of state implementation plans for C. Timing of the 5 Percent Reclassifications areas as either nonattainment, attaining the ozone standards (81 FR XI. Determining Rural Transport Areas attainment/unclassifiable, or 81276). The EPA expects to finalize this XII. How do designations affect Indian unclassifiable. In addition, this action rule as soon as possible after finalizing country? announces the classification for the nonattainment area designations for XIII. Where can I find information forming nonattainment areas, which occurs by the 2015 ozone NAAQS. the basis for this rule and exchanges between the EPA, states, and tribes operation of law at the time of III. What is ozone and how is it formed? related to this rule? designation and is based on the severity Ground-level ozone is a gas that is XIV. Environmental Justice Concerns of each area’s ozone air quality formed by the reaction of volatile XV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews problems. This action also reclassifies organic compounds (VOCs) and oxides A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory five areas in California to a higher of nitrogen (NO ) in the atmosphere in Planning and Review and Executive X classification.