[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20237-20238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10099]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 81

[CA132-1-6898; 5159-6]


California, Sacramento Ozone Nonattainment Area, Reclassification 
to Severe

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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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. [[Page 20238]] 
    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:


Sec. 81.305  California.

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                                                                    California--Ozone                                                                   
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                                                                                Designation                                   Classification            
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Sacramento Metro Area...................................  May 25, 1995............  Non-attainment..............  May 25, 1995............  Severe.     
                                                                                                                                                        
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\1\This date is November 15, 1990, unless otherwise noted.                                                                                              

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