[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 183 (Thursday, September 22, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55613-55614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18952]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[R04-OAR-2005-TN-0007-200527(b); FRL-7973-4]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation 
of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Tennessee; Redesignation of 
the Montgomery County, Tennessee Portion of the Clarksville-
Hopkinsville 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: On August 10, 2005, the State of Tennessee, through the 
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), Air 
Pollution Control Division, submitted a final request: To redesignate 
the Montgomery County, Tennessee portion of the Clarksville-
Hopkinsville 8-hour ozone nonattainment area to attainment for the 8-
hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS), and to 
approve a Tennessee State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision containing 
a 12-year maintenance plan for Montgomery County, Tennessee. The 
interstate Clarksville-Hopkinsville 8-hour ozone nonattainment area is 
comprised of two counties (i.e., Christian County, Kentucky and 
Montgomery County, Tennessee). EPA is approving the 8-hour ozone 
redesignation request for the Montgomery County, Tennessee portion of 
the Clarksville-Hopkinsville 8-hour ozone nonattainment area. 
Additionally, EPA is approving the 8-hour ozone maintenance plan for 
Montgomery County, Tennessee. This approval is based on EPA's 
determination that the

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State of Tennessee has demonstrated that Montgomery County, Tennessee 
has met the criteria for redesignation to attainment specified in the 
Clean Air Act (CAA), including the determination that the entire 
Clarksville-Hopkinsville 8-hour ozone nonattainment area has attained 
the 8-hour ozone standard. On March 21, 2005, the Commonwealth of 
Kentucky submitted a redesignation request and maintenance plan for the 
Christian County, Kentucky portion of this area for EPA parallel 
processing. In this action, EPA is also providing information on the 
status of its transportation conformity adequacy determination for the 
new motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) for the year 2016 that are 
contained in the 12-year 8-hour ozone maintenance plan for Montgomery 
County, Tennessee. EPA is approving such MVEBs.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Anne Marie Hoffman of the 
Regulatory Development Section or Amanetta Wood of the Air Quality 
Modeling and Transportation Section at the Air Planning Branch, Air, 
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960. Please follow the detailed instructions described in the 
direct final rule, ADDRESSES section which is published in the Rules 
Section of this Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Marie Hoffman may be reached by 
phone at (404) 562-9074 and via electronic mail at 
[email protected]. Amanetta Wood may be reached by phone at 
(404) 562-9025 and via electronic mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information on the approval 
of Tennessee's redesignation request and maintenance plan for the 
Montgomery County portion of the Clarksville-Hopkinsville 8-hour ozone 
nonattainment area, please see the direct final rule which is published 
in the Final Rules section of this Federal Register.

    Dated: September 13, 2005.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 05-18952 Filed 9-21-05; 8:45 am]
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