[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13634-13636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6160]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[IL80-3-6838; FRL-5170-4]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and 
Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: On November 25, 1994, USEPA proposed to approve a State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) request to redesignate the Jersey County, 
Illinois marginal ozone nonattainment area to attainment of the public 
health based ozone air quality standard. The USEPA also proposed 
approval of the accompanying maintenance plan as a SIP revision. The 
redesignation request and maintenance plan were submitted by the 
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) on November 12, 1993. 
[[Page 13635]] The State has met the requirements for redesignation 
contained in the Clean Air Act (Act). The redesignation request is 
based on ambient monitoring data that show no violations for the ozone 
National Ambient Air Quality Standard during the three-year period from 
1990 through 1992. Public comments were solicited on the redesignation 
request, maintenance plan and on USEPA's proposed action. No public 
comments were received.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule becomes effective on April 13, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the SIP revision relevant to this action are 
available for public inspection during normal business hours at the 
following location: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 
Regulation Development Branch, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Doty, Regulation Development 
Section (AR-18J), Regulation Development Branch, Air and Radiation 
Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604 (312) 886-6057.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 12, 1993, the IEPA submitted a 
redesignation and maintenance plan for Jersey County as a requested SIP 
revisions. The IEPA has requested that Jersey County be redesignated to 
attainment for ozone.
    On November 6, 1991 (56 FR 56694), the USEPA formally designated 
Jersey County as a marginal ozone nonattainment area. This 
classification and designation was based on a monitored violation of 
the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard in Jersey County in 
1988.
    Jersey County is a rural county located approximately 25 miles 
north of St. Louis, Missouri. Based on the 1990 census, the population 
of Jersey County is 20,539, with the largest urban population being 
that of Jerseyville, with a population of approximately 8,000.
    On November 25, 1994, (59 FR 60577) the USEPA proposed approval of 
the SIP revision request to redesignate the Jersey County, Illinois 
ozone nonattainment area to attainment and the accompany maintenance 
plan. Please refer to the November 25, 1994, Federal Register (59 FR 
60577) and the July 8, 1994, technical support document for additional 
information on this final rule.
    With respect to the requirement of section 172(c)(3), the USEPA 
notes that the State of Illinois has developed and submitted the 
required emissions inventory, which section 182(a)(1) required to be 
submitted by November 15, 1992. On September 13, 1994, USEPA proposed 
approval of the emissions inventory for Jersey County (59 FR 46920). 
Elsewhere in this Federal Register, the USEPA has taken final action on 
Illinois' Emissions Inventory SIP revision request, including that 
portion for Jersey County.

Public Comments

    The public comment period for the November 25, 1994 (59 FR 60577), 
notice of proposed rulemaking to approve the redesignation request for 
Jersey County closed on December 27, 1994, and no comments were 
received.

Final Rulemaking Action

    The USEPA is approving the redesignation of Jersey County to 
attainment for ozone because the State of Illinois has met the 
requirements of the Act revising the Illinois ozone SIP and is 
approving the maintenance plan as a revision to the SIP.
    This action has been classified as a Table 3 action by the Regional 
Administrator under the procedures published in the Federal Register on 
January 19, 1989 (54 FR 2214-2225), as revised by an October 4, 1993 
memorandum from Michael H. Shapiro, Acting Assistant Administrator for 
Air and Radiation. The OMB has exempted this regulatory action from 
Executive Order 12866 review.

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 
Hydrocarbons, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Volatile organic compounds.
    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 
Hydrocarbons, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: February 23, 1995.
Robert Springer,
Acting Regional Administrator.

    Chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
as follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart O--Illinois

    2. Section 52.726 is amended by adding paragraph (h) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 52.726  Control strategy: Ozone.

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    (h) Approval--On November 12, 1993, the Illinois Environmental 
Protection Agency submitted an ozone redesignation request and 
maintenance plan for Jersey County ozone nonattainment area and 
requested that Jersey County be redesignated to attainment for ozone. 
The redesignation request and maintenance plan meet the redesignation 
requirements in section 107(d)(3)(d) of the Act. The redesignation 
meets the Federal requirements of section 182(a)(1) of the Clean Air 
Act as a revision to the Illinois ozone State Implementation Plan for 
Jersey County.
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PART 81--[AMENDED]

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

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7871q.

    2. In Sec. 81.314 the ozone table is amended by revising the entry 
``Jersey County Area'' to read as follows:


Sec. 81.314  Illinois.

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                                                 Illinois--Ozone                                                
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                                                                 Designation                 Classification     
                   Designated areas                   ----------------------------------------------------------
                                                         Date\1\           Type           Date\1\        Type   
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Jersey County Area Jersey County.....................          [*]  Attainment........                          
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\1\This date is November 15, 1990, unless otherwise noted.                                                      
*April 13, 1995.                                                                                                

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