[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 52071-52072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26440]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[TX-89-1-7359, FRL-5904-9]


Clean Air Act Reclassification, Texas; Dallas/Fort Worth 
Nonattainment Area; Ozone

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is extending the public comment period from October 2, 
1997, to December 1, 1997, on the proposed rule to reclassify the 
Dallas/Fort Worth ozone nonattainment area from moderate to serious. 
The extension to the public comment period is being granted by EPA in 
response to the area's Congressional delegation request to permit the 
area's constituents to have adequate time to assess the proposal and 
submit comments before a final decision is published. For additional 
information please refer to the proposed redesignation notice published 
in the Federal Register on September 2, 1997 (62 FR 46238).

DATES: Comments on the proposed redesignation must be received in 
writing by December 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Mr. Thomas H. Diggs, 
Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-L), at the EPA Regional Office listed 
below. Copies of the State ozone air quality monitoring data and EPA 
policy concerning attainment findings are contained in the docket for 
this rulemaking. The docket is available for inspection during normal 
business hours at the following locations:


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Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 
1200, Dallas, Texas 75202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kurt Sonderman, Air Planning 
Section (6PD-L), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas, 75202, telephone (214) 665-7205.

    Dated: September 29, 1997.
Myron O. Knudson,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-26440 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]
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