61 FR 3362

Federal Register Vol. 61, No. 21

Proposed Rules

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[OH66-1-6499b OH76-1-6900b; FRL-5405-7]

Approval of Maintenance Plan and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio

61 FR 3362

DATE: Wednesday, January 31, 1996

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The USEPA proposes to approve the redesignation to attainment requests and maintenance plans submitted by the State of Ohio for the Canton (Stark County), and Youngstown (Mahoning and Trumbull Counties), marginal ozone nonattainment areas as revisions to Ohio's State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone. In the final rules section of this Federal Register, USEPA is approving the State's SIP revision, as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision amendment and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. The "direct final" approval shall be effective on April 1, 1996, unless USEPA receives adverse or critical comments by March 1, 1996. If USEPA receives comments adverse to or critical of the approval discussed above, USEPA will withdraw this approval before its effective date by publishing a subsequent Federal Register document which withdraws this final action. All public comments received will then be addressed in a subsequent rulemaking document. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time. If no such comments are received, USEPA hereby advises the public that this action will be effective on April 1, 1996. The USEPA will not institute a second comment period on this document.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before March 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to: Jay Bortzer, Chief, Regulation Development Section, Regulation Development Branch (AR-18J), United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

Copies of the State submittal and USEPA's analysis of it are available for inspection at: Regulation Development Section, Regulation Development Branch (AR-18J), United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Jones, Environmental Engineer, Regulation Development Section, Regulation Development Branch (AR-18J), United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6058.

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

Dated: December 15, 1995.

Valdas V. Adamkus, Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-1849 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]

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