[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 22025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08509]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0098; FRL-9944-88-OAR]
Findings of Failure To Submit State Implementation Plans Required
for Attainment of the 2010 1-Hour Primary Sulfur Dioxide National
Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS); Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting a
final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on March 18, 2016 (81
FR 14736). The document included a listing of areas for which states
had not submitted State Implementation Plans (SIPs) addressing
nonattainment area SIP requirements for the 2010 1-hour primary sulfur
dioxide (SO2) NAAQS. This action corrects that listing to
clarify that the Indiana, Pennsylvania nonattainment area for the 2010
SO2 NAAQS consists of the entirety of Indiana County and
part of Armstrong County.
DATES: The effective date of this document is April 18, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions regarding this
correction, contact Dr. Larry Wallace, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail Code C539-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, phone number (919) 541-0906 or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The EPA issued the final rule, in FR Doc 2016-06063 on March 18,
2016 (81 FR 14736). That final rule establishes certain Clean Air Act
deadlines for the EPA to impose sanctions if a state does not submit a
SIP addressing nonattainment area SIP requirements to bring the
affected areas into attainment of the 2010 1-hour primary
SO2 NAAQS and for the EPA to promulgate a Federal
Implementation Plan to address any outstanding SIP requirements.
Need for Correction
As published, the final preamble contains an error in a table
identifying areas subject to the findings of failure to submit related
to the Indiana, Pennsylvania nonattainment area. The Indiana,
Pennsylvania nonattainment area consists of the entirety of Indiana
County and part of Armstrong County. See 78 FR 47191, August 5, 2013
codified at 40 CFR part 81, subpart C. The preamble table mistakenly
lists Indiana County as a ``partial'' county that is part of the
Indiana, Pennsylvania nonattainment area subject to a finding of
failure to submit, when the full county should have been listed as
subject to the finding. Additional notice and comment for this minor
technical correction is unnecessary under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), and
the EPA finds that good cause exists for this minor technical
correction to become effective at the same time as the final rule.
Accordingly, this correction is incorporated into the final rule and
also becomes effective on April 18, 2016.
Correction of Publication
In FR Doc 2016-06063 appearing on page 14736 in the Federal
Register of Friday, March 18, 2016, the following correction is made:
On page 14737, table entitled ``STATES AND SO2
NONATTAINMENT AREAS AFFECTED BY THESE FINDINGS OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT,''
remove from the end of the fourth entry, under the column titled
``Nonattainment area'' the text ``(p)''.
Dated: April 4, 2016.
Janet G. McCabe,
Acting Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016-08509 Filed 4-13-16; 8:45 am]
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