FEDERAL REGISTER
Vol. 60, No. 79
Rules and Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)

40 CFR Part 81
[CA132-1-6898; 5159-6]

California, Sacramento Ozone Nonattainment Area, Reclassification to Severe

60 FR 20237

DATE: Tuesday, April 25, 1995
ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: On November 6, 1991, the Sacramento Metro ozone nonattainment area was classified under the Clean Air Act (CAA) as "Serious" with an attainment date of no later than 1999. On November 15, 1994, California submitted the State implementation plan (SIP) for ozone attainment. For the Sacramento Metro ozone nonattainment area, the SIP relied on an attainment date of 2005. On December 29, 1994, the State submitted a revision to the SIP which reaffirmed the 2005 attainment date. EPA construes these submittals to be a voluntary request for a reclassification of the Sacramento Metro area from a "Serious" to a "Severe" ozone nonattainment area pursuant to section 181(b)(3) of the CAA. EPA is granting California's request for reclassification of the Sacramento Metro area to "Severe" in today's document.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Materials relevant to this document can be found in the following locations: EPA Air Docket Section, Attn: Docket No. A-94-09, Environmental Protection Agency (Mail Code-6102), Waterside Mall, Room M-1500, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460, (phone 202-260-7549).

The docket is available for public inspection between 8:30 a.m. and 12 noon, and between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. EPA may charge a reasonable fee for copying.

A copy of the docket is also available for review at: Regional Administrator, Attention: Office of Federal Planning (A-1-2), Air and Toxics Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.

Interested persons may make an appointment with Ms. Virginia Petersen at (415) 744-1265, to inspect the docket at EPA's San Francisco office on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Copies of this document and associated documents are also available for inspection at the addresses listed below:

California Air Resources Board, 2020 L Street, Sacramento, California

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 8411 Jackson Road, Sacramento, California

Sacramento Area Council of Governments, 3000 S Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, California

El Dorado County Air Pollution Control District, 2850 Fair Lane Court, Bldg. C, Placerville, California

Feather River Air Quality Management District, 463 Palora Avenue, Yuba City, California

Placer County Air Pollution Control District, 11464 B Avenue, Auburn, California

Yolo-Solano County Air Pollution Control District, 1947 Galileo Court, Suite 103, Davis, California

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Barrow (415) 744-2434, at the Office of Federal Planning (A-1-2), Air and Toxics Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California, 94105-3901.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 6, 1991 (40 CFR 81.305, 56 FR 56694) the Sacramento Metro area was classified as a "Serious" ozone nonattainment area under the Clean Air Act (CAA). A "Serious" ozone classification requires that the area attain the ozone standard as expeditiously as practicable, but not later than 1999.

On November 15, 1994, California submitted the Statewide SIP for ozone attainment. For the Sacramento Metro ozone nonattainment area, the SIP relied on an ozone attainment date of 2005. On December 29, 1994, the State submitted a revision to the SIP which reaffirmed the 2005 attainment date request for a reclassification of the Sacramento Metro area from a "Serious" to a "Severe" ozone nonattainment area pursuant to section 181(b)(3) of the CAA.

Section 181(b)(3) of the CAA provides for "voluntary reclassification" and states that "* * * [t]he Administrator shall grant the request of any State to reclassify a nonattainment area in that State * * * to a higher classification" and that "* * * [t]he Adminstrator shall publish a notice in the Federal Register of any such request and of action by the Administrator granting the request." EPA is granting California's request for voluntary reclassification under section 181(b)(3) of the Sacramento Metro area to "Severe" in today's document.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81

Environmental Protection, Air pollution control, Hydrocarbons, Intergovernmental relations, Oxides of nitrogen, Ozone, Volatile organic compounds.

Dated: February 14, 1995.

Carol M. Browner, Administrator.

40 CFR part 81 is amended as follows:

PART 81--[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:

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

2. Section 81.305 is amended in the table for California-Ozone by revising the entry for "Sacramento Metro Area" to read as follows:

@ 81.305 -- California. 

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                             California--Ozone 

                        Designation                   Classification 
Designated      Date fn 1         Type             Date fn 1     Type 
   area 
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Sacramento      May 25, 1995   Non-attainment     May 25, 1995    Severe. 
Metro Area 
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fn 1 This date is November 15, 1990, unless otherwise noted. 

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[FR Doc. 95-10099 Filed 4-24-95; 8:45 am]

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