[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17551-17555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8944]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[GA-42-1-9908a; FRL-6321-1]


Implementation Plan and Redesignation Request for the Muscogee 
County, Georgia Lead Nonattainment Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is simultaneously approving the lead state implementation 
plan (SIP) and redesignation request for the Muscogee County, Georgia, 
lead nonattainment area. Both plans dated September 28, 1998, were 
submitted by the State of Georgia for the purpose of demonstrating that 
the Muscogee County area has attained the lead National Ambient Air 
Quality Standard (NAAQS).

DATES: This direct final rule is effective June 11, 1999 without 
further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by May 12, 1999. If 
adverse comment is received, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of 
the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public 
that the rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Kimberly Bingham at the EPA Region 
4 address listed below. Copies of the material submitted by Georgia 
Environmental Protection Division (EPD) may be examined during normal 
business hours at the following locations:
Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center (Air Docket 6102), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460.
Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, Region 4 Air 
Planning Branch, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104.
Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Air Protection Branch, 4244 
International Parkway, Suite 120, Atlanta, Georgia 30354.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Bingham, Regulatory Planning 
Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management 
Division, Region 4, Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal 
Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The telephone 
number is (404)562-9038.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background--Lead SIP

    Section 107(d)(5) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA) 
provides for areas to be designated as attainment, nonattainment, or 
unclassifiable with respect to the lead NAAQS. Governors are required 
to submit recommended designations for areas within their states. When 
an area is designated nonattainment, the state must prepare and submit 
a SIP pursuant to sections 110(a)(2) and 172(c) of the CAA showing how 
the area will be brought into attainment.
    On January 6, 1992, EPA designated the portion of Muscogee County 
around the GNB, Inc., lead smelter and battery production facility as 
nonattainment for lead. This nonattainment designation was based on 
lead NAAQS violations from monitors located near the GNB facility that 
were recorded the first, second, and fourth quarter of the calendar 
year 1991.
    On July 23, 1993, Georgia EPD submitted a lead SIP for attaining 
the NAAQS in the Muscogee County lead nonattainment area. EPA found the 
SIP to be inadequate because it did not meet the requirements of 
section 172(c) of the CAA and requested that Georgia EPD make the 
necessary corrections and submit supplemental information to address 
the deficiencies. To comply, Georgia EPD submitted a supplemental 
modeling demonstration for the base

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year 1996. Significant changes in the emission sources occurred at the 
GNB lead facility rendering the modeling inappropriate for the 1993 SIP 
submittal and inapplicable for the redesignation request. Specifically, 
the 1996 modeling showed a relaxation of the limits, the addition of 
new emission sources, revised stack heights, deleted sources, and 
relocated sources not addressed in the 1993 SIP submittal. Even though 
the total facility emissions and maximum modeling impacts decreased 
somewhat, the inventory was not reflective of the 1993 SIP inventory 
and the SIP emission limits were relaxed. As a result, Georgia EPD 
requested that the 1993 lead SIP be withdrawn and replaced with the new 
lead SIP submittal and redesignation request dated September 28, 1998.

II. Analysis of the State Submittal

    The 1998 SIP revision was reviewed using the criteria established 
by the CAA in section 110(a)(2). Section 172(c) of the CAA specifies 
the provisions applicable to areas designated as nonattainment for any 
of the NAAQS. EPA has also issued a General Preamble describing how EPA 
will review SIPs and SIP revisions submitted under Title I of the CAA, 
including those state submittals containing lead nonattainment area SIP 
requirements (see generally 57 FR 13498 (April 16, 1992) and 57 FR 
18070 (April 28, 1992)). Because the EPA is describing its 
interpretations here only in broad terms, the reader should refer to 
the General Preamble for a more detailed discussion of the 
interpretations of Title I advanced in today's approval and the 
supporting rationale (57 FR 13549, April 16, 1992).

A. Attainment Demonstration

    Section 192(a) of the CAA requires that SIPs must provide for 
attainment of the lead NAAQS as expeditiously as practicable but not 
later than five years from the date of an area's nonattainment 
designation. The lead nonattainment designation for the Muscogee County 
area was effective on January 6, 1992; therefore, the latest attainment 
date permissible by statute would be January 6, 1997. The Muscogee 
County area has air quality data showing attainment of the lead NAAQS 
for the years 1992 through 1998 and to date for 1999, which meets the 
statutory requirement.
    To demonstrate that the area will continue to be in attainment with 
the lead NAAQS, emission limits were obtained from the application of 
reasonable achievable control technologies (RACT) and workplace 
standards at the GNB facility. The emission limits were evaluated using 
air dispersion modeling. This modeling predicts the impact of emissions 
on the environment surrounding the facility and whether or not the area 
will attain the lead NAAQS. The modeling demonstration submitted by 
Georgia EPD for the GNB facility shows a predicted maximum ambient air 
lead concentration of 0.98 micro grams per cubic meter (g/
m3) which is below the NAAQS for lead of 1.5 (g/
m3)

B. Emissions Inventory

    Section 172(c)(3) of the CAA requires that nonattainment plan 
provisions include a comprehensive, accurate, current inventory of 
actual emissions from all sources of relevant pollutants in the 
nonattainment area. Because it is necessary to support an area's 
attainment demonstration, the emission inventory must be received with 
the SIP submission.
    Georgia EPD submitted an emissions inventory for the base year 
1996. The inventory identifies the secondary lead smelter owned and 
operated by GNB as the sole major source of lead emissions in the 
Muscogee County area when violations were recorded. The EPA is 
approving the emissions inventory because it is accurate and 
comprehensive, and provides a sufficient basis for determining the 
adequacy of the attainment demonstration for this area consistent with 
the requirements of the CAA.

C. Reasonably Available Control Measures (RACM) (Including Reasonably 
Available Control Technology (RACT))

    States with lead nonattainment areas must submit provisions to 
assure that RACM (including RACT) are implemented (see sections 
172(c)(1)). Control measures have already been implemented at the GNB 
facility and include baghouses on several emissions points, 
environmental controls on blast furnaces, and improved lead related 
work practices and controls to minimize fugitive lead dust emissions. 
The control measures employed at the GNB facility were evaluated for 
reasonableness and technological and economical feasibility. EPA has 
determined that requirements for RACM (including RACT) have been met.

D. Other Measures including Emission Limitations, and Timetables

    Pursuant to 172(c)(6) of the CAA, all nonattainment SIPs must 
contain enforceable emission limitations, other control measures, and 
schedules and timetables for compliance.
    The emission limits for the GNB facility were submitted as a part 
of the lead SIP and used in the modeling study. The facility-wide 
emissions of lead for GNB are limited to 1.612 pounds per hour (lbs/
hr). Any relaxation of the emission limits which results in a computer 
modeling prediction of a maximum quarterly lead concentration off the 
GNB plant property exceeding 0.98 g/m3 will require 
a revision of this lead SIP.
    The CAA also requires that nonattainment SIPs include other 
measures and schedules and timetables for compliance that may be needed 
to ensure the attainment of the relevant NAAQS by the applicable 
attainment date. Because the Muscogee County area has been attaining 
the lead NAAQS since 1992 and met the attainment date of January 6, 
1997, it was not necessary to require other control measures or a 
schedule and timetable for compliance with the NAAQS.

E. Computer Modeling

    Section 110(a)(2)(K) of the CAA requires the use of air quality 
modeling to predict the effect on ambient air quality from any 
emissions of an air pollutant for which a NAAQS has been established. 
Therefore, Georgia EPD was required to submit a modeling demonstration 
with the lead SIP. Georgia EPD used the current long-term ISCLT3 and 
short-term ISCST3 models. The 1996 modeling results reveal that the 
maximum quarterly lead concentration was 0.98 g/m3 
which is below the 1.5 g/m3 lead NAAQS. 
Furthermore, it is predicted that the maximum quarterly lead 
concentration in the year 2009, which is the required year for 
maintenance, shall be either at or below the 1996 value.

F. Reasonable Further Progress (RFP)

    The SIP must provide for RFP, defined in section 171(1) of the CAA 
as such reductions in emissions of the relevant air pollutant as are 
required by section 172(c)(2), or may reasonably be required by the 
Administrator for the purpose of ensuring attainment of the applicable 
NAAQS by the applicable date.
    The EPA reviewed the attainment demonstration for the area to 
determine whether annual incremental reductions different from those 
provided in the SIP should be required in order to ensure attainment of 
the lead NAAQS. The EPA found that the emission controls which have 
been implemented at the GNB facility in response to the 1991 NAAQS 
violations, have resulted in swift improvement in air quality in the 
Muscogee County nonattainment area. Furthermore, the air quality 
monitoring data indicates no exceedances of the

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lead NAAQS since 1991 and the modeling study predicts no future 
exceedances. Therefore, no additional incremental reductions in 
emissions are needed.

G. New Source Review (NSR)

    Section 172(c)(5)of the CAA requires that the submittal include a 
permit program for the construction and operation of new and modified 
major stationary sources. The federally approved Rule 391-3-1-.03--
subsection (8)(c) of the Georgia Rules for Air Quality Control 
identifies the current specific permitting requirements for 
nonattainment areas in the State of Georgia. The federally approved 
Rule 391-2-1-.02 subsection (7)--Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration of Air Quality will replace this rule once the Muscogee 
County lead nonattainment area is redesignated to attainment. An 
analysis of the redesignation request is discussed later in this 
document. This rule meets the requirements of the CAA.

H. Contingency Measures

    As provided in section 172(c)(9) of the CAA, all nonattainment area 
SIPs that demonstrate attainment must include contingency measures. 
Contingency measures should consist of other available measures that 
are not part of the area's control strategy. These measures must take 
effect without further action by the state or EPA, upon a determination 
that the area has failed to meet RFP or attain the lead NAAQS by the 
applicable attainment date.
    The Georgia lead SIP contains the following three contingency 
measures: (1) speed breaker control of truck speed and minimization of 
re-entrainment of fugitive dust on the roadway; (2) enclosure of the 
drum dump for the oxide vacuum system, smelter vacuum system, and 
fugitive baghouses to contain any lead dust generated during cleaning; 
and (3) connection of the discharge from both vacuum systems to 
baghouses to provide secondary filtration. The SIP provides that all 
three measures be implemented within 60 days after notification to GNB 
by Georgia EPD that the NAAQS has been violated in the Muscogee County 
area.
    The EPA is approving the lead SIP for Muscogee County, Georgia 
because it meets the requirements set forth in section 110(a)(2) and 
172(c) of the CAA.

III. Background and Analysis of the Redesignation Request

    On February 23, 1994, Georgia EPD submitted a request to 
redesignate the Muscogee County area to attainment for lead. The EPA 
could not approve this request because it did not meet the requirements 
sets forth in the CAA for redesignation requests. Subsequently, Georgia 
EPD requested that EPA withdraw the 1994 redesignation request and 
approve the new request dated September 28, 1998.
    Pursuant to section 107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA, five requirements must 
be met before a nonattainment area can be redesignated to attainment. 
The following describes how each of the five requirements has been 
achieved.

A. Attainment of the Lead NAAQS

    The EPA requires eight consecutive quarters or 2 calendar years of 
air quality monitoring data showing attainment to justify a 
redesignation to attainment. To demonstrate that the Muscogee County 
area is in attainment with the NAAQS for lead, Georgia EPD included air 
quality data for the years 1992-1998 in the submittal. The data has 
been quality assured, and can be found in EPA's Aerometric Information 
Retrieval System. This monitoring data which covers over 25 consecutive 
quarters without an exceedance, is adequate to demonstrate attainment 
of the lead NAAQS.
    Modeling is also required to redesignate an area to attainment. The 
EPA believes that the modeling analysis included in the 1998 lead SIP 
also being approved in this document satisfies this requirement. 
Georgia EPD will continue to monitor the air quality of the Muscogee 
County area to verify continued maintenance of the lead NAAQS.

B. Section 110(k) SIP Approval

    The SIP for the area must be fully approved under section 110(k) 
and must satisfy all requirements that apply to the area. Approval 
actions on SIP elements and the redesignation request may occur 
simultaneously as in the case of this lead SIP and redesignation 
request. The SIP elements for the lead SIP were discussed previously in 
the ``Analysis of the State Submittal'' section of this document. The 
EPA has determined that the approval of the lead SIP for the Muscogee 
County area meets the requirements of section 110(k).

C. Permanent and Enforceable Improvement in Air Quality

    A state must be able to reasonably attribute the improvement in air 
quality to permanent and enforceable emission reductions. The 
implementation of RACM (including RACT) by the GNB facility provides 
enforceable and permanent emission reductions needed to attain and 
maintain the lead NAAQS. This is evidenced by the area having more than 
25 consecutive quarters of clean air quality data. Furthermore, the 
modeling study shows that the area will remain in attainment through 
the year 2009. Subsequently, EPA has determined that there is a 
permanent and enforceable improvement in the air quality in Muscogee 
County.

D. Compliance With Sections 110(a)(2) and Part D of the CAA

    To be redesignated to attainment, section 107(d)(3)(E) requires 
that an area must have met all applicable requirements of section 
110(a)(2) and Part D of the CAA. The EPA has determined that the lead 
SIP for the Muscogee County area of Georgia meets the requirements of 
section 110(a)(2) and Part D of the CAA and is approving the submittal 
in this document. A detailed explanation of the requirements can be 
found in the ``Analysis of the State Submittal'' section of this 
document.

E. Maintenance Plan

    Section 175(A) of the CAA requires states that submit a 
redesignation request to include a maintenance plan to ensure that the 
attainment of NAAQS for any pollutant is maintained. The plan must 
demonstrate continued attainment of the applicable NAAQS for at least 
ten years after the approval of a redesignation to attainment. Eight 
years after the redesignation, states must submit a revised maintenance 
plan demonstrating attainment for the ten years following the initial 
ten year period. To provide for the possibility of future NAAQS 
violations, the maintenance plan must contain such contingency measures 
as the Administrator deems necessary to assure that a state will 
promptly correct any violation of the standard that occurs after 
redesignation. The contingency provisions are to include a requirement 
that a state will implement all measures for controlling the air 
pollutant concerned that were contained in the SIP prior to 
redesignation.
    Georgia EPD demonstrated that the lead SIP also being approved in 
this action is adequate to maintain compliance with the lead NAAQS for 
at least ten years. The EPA agrees that the lead SIP satisfies the 
requirements of section 175(A) of the CAA to show maintenance of the 
lead NAAQS. The control measures and lead emission limits included in 
the SIP have been implemented at the GNB facility to ensure the 
continued attainment of the lead NAAQS. The modeling demonstration 
supporting the lead SIP shows maintenance of the lead standard through 
2009, meeting the requirement to show maintenance for ten years. The 
lead SIP also includes contingency

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measures that will take effect if a violation of the lead NAAQS occurs. 
Since these measures were not implemented to attain the lead NAAQS, 
they can be used as contingency measure for maintenance. Georgia EPD 
has committed to submit a demonstration of maintenance for an 
additional ten years within eight years of approval of the 
redesignation request.

IV. Final action

    EPA is approving the lead SIP and redesignation of the Muscogee 
County lead nonattainment area to attainment because the submittal 
meets the requirements of the CAA as discussed in this document. The 
EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because the Agency 
views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse 
comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this Federal 
Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate document that will 
serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision should adverse 
comments be filed. This rule will be effective June 11, 1999 without 
further notice unless the Agency receives adverse comments by May 12, 
1999.
    If the EPA receives such comments, then EPA will publish a document 
withdrawing the final rule and informing the public that the rule will 
not take effect. All public comments received will then be addressed in 
a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. The EPA will not 
institute a second comment period. Parties interested in commenting 
should do so at this time. If no such comments are received, the public 
is advised that this rule will be effective on June 11, 1999 and no 
further action will be taken on the proposed rule.

V. Administrative Requirements

A. Executive Order 12866

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this 
regulatory action from Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, entitled 
``Regulatory Planning and Review.''

B. Executive Order 12875

    Under Executive Order 12875, EPA may not issue a regulation that is 
not required by statute and that creates a mandate upon a State, local 
or tribal government, unless the Federal government provides the funds 
necessary to pay the direct compliance costs incurred by those 
governments, or EPA consults with those governments. If EPA complies by 
consulting, Executive Order 12875 requires EPA to provide to the Office 
of Management and Budget a description of the extent of EPA's prior 
consultation with representatives of affected State, local and tribal 
governments, the nature of their concerns, copies of any written 
communications from the governments, and a statement supporting the 
need to issue the regulation. In addition, Executive Order 12875 
requires EPA to develop an effective process permitting elected 
officials and other representatives of State, local and tribal 
governments ``to provide meaningful and timely input in the development 
of regulatory proposals containing significant unfunded mandates.''
    Today's rule does not create a mandate on state, local or tribal 
governments. The rule does not impose any enforceable duties on these 
entities. Accordingly, the requirements of section 1(a) of E.O. 12875 
do not apply to this rule.

C. Executive Order 13045

    Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety 
Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), applies to any rule that: (1) is 
determined to be ``economically significant'' as defined under E.O. 
12866, and (2) concerns an environmental health or safety risk that EPA 
has reason to believe may have a disproportionate effect on children. 
If the regulatory action meets both criteria, the Agency must evaluate 
the environmental health or safety effects of the planned rule on 
children, and explain why the planned regulation is preferable to other 
potentially effective and reasonably feasible alternatives considered 
by the Agency.
    This rule is not subject to E.O. 13045 because it does not involve 
decisions intended to mitigate environmental health or safety risks.

D. Executive Order 13084

    Under Executive Order 13084, EPA may not issue a regulation that is 
not required by statute, that significantly or uniquely affects the 
communities of Indian tribal governments, and that imposes substantial 
direct compliance costs on those communities, unless the Federal 
government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct compliance 
costs incurred by the tribal governments, or EPA consults with those 
governments. If EPA complies by consulting, Executive Order 13084 
requires EPA to provide to the Office of Management and Budget, in a 
separately identified section of the preamble to the rule, a 
description of the extent of EPA's prior consultation with 
representatives of affected tribal governments, a summary of the nature 
of their concerns, and a statement supporting the need to issue the 
regulation. In addition, Executive Order 13084 requires EPA to develop 
an effective process permitting elected officials and other 
representatives of Indian tribal governments ``to provide meaningful 
and timely input in the development of regulatory policies on matters 
that significantly or uniquely affect their communities.''
    Today's rule does not significantly or uniquely affect the 
communities of Indian tribal governments. This action does not involve 
or impose any requirements that affect Indian Tribes. Accordingly, the 
requirements of section 3(b) of E.O. 13084 do not apply to this rule.

E. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency 
to conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to 
notice and comment rulemaking requirements unless the agency certifies 
that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities. Small entities include small 
businesses, small not-for-profit enterprises, and small governmental 
jurisdictions. This final rule will not have a significant impact on a 
substantial number of small entities because SIP approvals under 
section 110 and subchapter I, part D of the Clean Air Act do not create 
any new requirements but simply approve requirements that the State is 
already imposing. Therefore, because the Federal SIP approval does not 
create any new requirements, I certify that this action will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
Moreover, due to the nature of the Federal-State relationship under the 
Clean Air Act, preparation of flexibility analysis would constitute 
Federal inquiry into the economic reasonableness of state action. The 
Clean Air Act forbids EPA to base its actions concerning SIPs on such 
grounds. Union Electric Co. v. U.S. EPA, 427 U.S. 246, 255-66 (1976); 
42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(2).

F. Unfunded Mandates

    Under section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(``Unfunded Mandates Act''), signed into law on March 22, 1995, EPA 
must prepare a budgetary impact statement to accompany any proposed or 
final rule that includes a Federal mandate that may result in estimated 
annual costs to State, local, or tribal governments in the aggregate; 
or to private sector, of $100 million or more. Under section 205, EPA 
must select the most cost-effective

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and least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the 
rule and is consistent with statutory requirements. Section 203 
requires EPA to establish a plan for informing and advising any small 
governments that may be significantly or uniquely impacted by the rule.
    EPA has determined that the approval action promulgated does not 
include a Federal mandate that may result in estimated annual costs of 
$100 million or more to either State, local, or tribal governments in 
the aggregate, or to the private sector. This Federal action approves 
pre-existing requirements under State or local law, and imposes no new 
requirements. Accordingly, no additional costs to State, local, or 
tribal governments, or to the private sector, result from this action.

G. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other 
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This rule is not a 
``major'' rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

H. Petitions for Judicial Review

    Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for 
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court 
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by June 11, 1999. Filing a 
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule 
does not affect the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial 
review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial 
review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such 
rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings 
to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Lead, 
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relation, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

40 CFR Part 81

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National parks, 
Wilderness areas.

    Dated: March 18, 1999.
Michael V. Peyton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

    Chapter I, title 40, 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 et seq.

Subpart L--Georgia

    2. Section 52.570 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(45) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 52.570  Identification of plan.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (45) The State of Georgia submitted a lead SIP for the Muscogee 
County lead nonattainment area dated September 28, 1998.
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    State Implementation Plan for Lead Columbus, Georgia Muscogee 
County, Requirements for the GNB facility that were adopted on 
September 28, 1998.
    (ii) Other material. None.
* * * * *

PART 81--[AMENDED]

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

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

Subpart C--Section 107 Attainment Status Designations

    2. In Sec. 81.311, the attainment status table for lead is amended 
by revising the designation type and date entry for Muscogee County 
(part).


Sec. 81.311  [Amended]

                                                                      Georgia--Lead
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                                                             Designation                                             Classification
           Designated Area           -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Date                         Type                         Date                         Type
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Muscogee County (part)--That portion  June 11, 1999                Attainment
 of the county which includes a
 circle with a radius of 2.3
 kilometers with the GNB, Inc., lead
 smelting and battery production
 facility in the center.
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