[Federal Register: January 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 11)]
[Proposed Rules]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[FRL-5945-6]

 
Identification of Ozone Areas Attaining the 1-Hour Standard and 
to Which the 1-Hour Standard is No Longer Applicable

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The EPA proposes to approve the identification of ozone areas 
attaining the 1-hour standard and to which the 1-hour standard is no 
longer applicable. In the final rules section of this Federal Register, 
the EPA is approving the amendment to 40 CFR part 81 to reflect ozone 
areas where the 1-hour standard will cease to apply because they have 
not measured a current violation of the 1-hour standard. For all other 
areas, the 1-hour standard will continue to apply; such ozone areas 
will also be shown in 40 CFR part 81. Because the Agency views such 
action as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no adverse 
comments, the EPA is approving the amendment to 40 part 81 as a direct 
final rule without prior proposal. Today's regulation is being 
promulgated in direct response to the President's memorandum of July 
16, 1997 which directed the EPA to publish within 90 days this action. 
A detailed rationale for this action is set forth in the direct final 
rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to that direct 
final rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this 
proposed rule. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule 
will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in 
a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. The EPA will not 
institute a second comment period on this document.

DATES: To be considered, comments must be received on or before 
February 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Annie Nikbakht 
(policy) or Barry Gilbert (air quality data), Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Air Quality Strategies and Standards Division, 
Ozone Policy and Strategies Group, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27711. Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at: A-and-R-
Docket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic comments must be submitted as an 
ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of 
encryption. Comments and data will also be accepted on disks in 
WordPerfect in 5.1 file format or ASCII file format. All comments and 
data in electronic form must be identified by the docket number A-97-
42. Electronic comments on this proposed rule may be filed online at 
many Federal Depository Libraries.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the direct 
final rule which is published in the rules section of this Federal 
Register.

    Dated: December 29, 1997.
Carol M. Browner,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-934 Filed 1-15-98; 8:45 am]
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