[Federal Register: July 22, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 141)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 37875]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[LA-34-1-7300b, FRL-5531-5]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Louisiana; Correction of Classification; Approval of the Maintenance Plan; Redesignation of Pointe Coupee Parish to Attainment for Ozone

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The EPA is today approving a request from the State of Louisiana to remove Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana from the Baton Rouge serious ozone nonattainment area and reclassify Pointe Coupee Parish from serious to marginal. In addition, the EPA is proposing approval of a request from the State of Louisiana to redesignate Pointe Coupee to attainment for ozone. On December 20, 1995, the State of Louisiana submitted a maintenance plan and request to redesignate the Pointe Coupee Parish ozone nonattainment area to attainment. Under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (the Act), nonattainment areas may be redesignated to attainment if sufficient data are available to warrant the redesignation and the area meets the other Act redesignation requirements. In this action, the EPA is proposing approval of Louisiana's redesignation request and maintenance plan because it meets the maintenance plan and redesignation requirements set forth in the Act, and the EPA is proposing approval of the 1993 base year emissions inventory. The approved maintenance plan will become a federally enforceable part of the State Implementation Plan for Louisiana. Please see the direct final notice of this action located elsewhere in today's Federal Register for a detailed description of the redesignation request and maintenance plan.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be postmarked by August 21, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed to Thomas H. Diggs, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-L), EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. Copies of the State's petition and other information relevant to this action are available for inspection during normal hours at the following locations:

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Air Planning Section (6PDL), 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Air Quality, 7290 Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810.

Anyone wishing to review this petition at the Region 6 EPA office is asked to contact the person below to schedule an appointment 24 hours in advance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lt. Mick Cote, Air Planning Section (6PD-L), EPA Region 6, telephone (214) 665-7219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the Direct Final rule which is located in the Rules Section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

Dated: June 27, 1996.

Carol M. Browner,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-18195 Filed 7-19-96; 8:45 am]

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