[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15219-15221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6559]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[EPA-R09-OAR-2008-0306; FRL-9284-3]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of 
Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM-10; 
Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: EPA is making a technical amendment to the Code of Federal 
Regulations to reflect the final actions published by the Agency on 
November 12, 2008 in connection with the designations of the San 
Joaquin Valley Air Basin and East Kern areas for particulate matter of 
ten microns or less (PM-10).

DATES: This technical amendment is effective on March 21, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lo, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-
3959, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 12, 2008, among other actions, 
EPA approved the State of California's request under the Clean Air Act 
(CAA or the Act) to revise the designation for the San Joaquin Valley 
serious nonattainment area for particulate matter of ten microns or 
less (PM-10) by splitting the area into two separate nonattainment 
areas: The San Joaquin Valley Air Basin (SJVAB) serious nonattainment 
area and the East Kern serious nonattainment area. See 73 FR 66759 
(November 12, 2008). In the November 12, 2008 final rule, EPA also 
redesignated the SJVAB to attainment for the PM-10 national ambient air 
quality standard (NAAQS).
    In relevant part, the amendatory language on page 66773 of the 
November 12, 2008 final rule states: ``In Sec.  81.305 the 
``California--PM-10'' table is amended under Fresno, Kern, Kings,

[[Page 15220]]

Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare Counties by revising 
the entry for the ``San Joaquin Valley planning area'' to read as 
follows.'' Following this amendatory language, in the PM-10 table 
itself, the final rule retains the entry for the Indian Wells Valley 
planning area (which was unaffected by EPA's November 12, 2008 final 
rule) by use of asterisks and identifies the two areas, East Kern and 
San Joaquin Valley Air Basin, and their respective designations and 
classifications for the PM-10 NAAQS consistent with the final Agency 
actions published in the November 12, 2008 final rule, that EPA 
intended as a replacement for the then-existing entry for the ``San 
Joaquin Valley planning area.''
    With one exception, the descriptions of the areas and their 
designations and classifications are correct as set forth in the final 
rule; however, the amendatory language introducing the change to part 
81 and referring to a revision of the entry for the ``San Joaquin 
Valley planning area'' was unclear to the Office of the Federal 
Register, and as a result, the electronic version of the CFR (``e-
CFR'') and hard-copy publication of ``Parts 81 and 84'' of title 40 in 
years 2009 and 2010 do not identify East Kern as a PM-10 nonttainment 
area.\1\ EPA is today issuing a technical amendment to reconcile the 
CFR with the Agency's November 12, 2008 final rule, and to do so, EPA 
is adding East Kern as a PM-10 area under the entry ``Fresno, Kern, 
Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare Counties'' in 
the ``California--PM-10'' table in 40 CFR 81.305. Today's technical 
amendment makes no changes to the substance of the November 12, 2008 
final rule.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ The one exception is the entry of ``11/15/90'' as the date 
for East Kern's classification as a ``serious'' PM-10 nonattainment 
area. 73 FR 66759, at 66774 (November 12, 2008). The correct date is 
``02/08/93.'' See 58 FR 3334 (January 8, 1993). Today's technical 
amendment includes the correct date for East Kern's classification 
as a ``serious'' PM-10 nonattainment.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81

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

    Dated: March 11, 2011.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.

    Part 81, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is 
amended as follows:

PART 81--[AMENDED]

0
1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.


0
2. Section 81.305 of the ``California-PM-10'' table is amended under 
Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare 
Counties by revising the entries for ``Indian Wells Valley planning'' 
and ``San Joaquin Valley Air Basin'' and by adding ``East Kern'' to 
read as follows:


Sec.  81.305  California.

* * * * *

                                                California--PM-10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Designation                     Classification
               Designated Area                ------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Date                    Type                   Date      Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                                                  * * * * * * *
Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San
 Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare Counties:
    Indian Wells Valley planning area: That      6/6/03  Attainment
     portion of Kern County contained within
     Hydrologic Unit 18090205.
    San Joaquin Valley Air Basin; Fresno       12/12/08  Attainment
     County, Kings County, Madera County,
     Merced County, San Joaquin County,
     Stanislaus County, Tulare County, and
     that portion of Kern County which lies
     west and north of a line described as
     follows: Beginning at the Kern-Los
     Angeles County boundary and running
     north and east along the northwest
     boundary of the Rancho La Libre Land
     Grant to the point of intersection with
     the range line common to R. 16 W. and R.
     17 W., San Bernardino Base and Meridian;
     north along the range line to the point
     of intersection with the Rancho El Tejon
     Land Grant boundary; then southeast,
     northeast, and northwest along the
     boundary of the Rancho El Tejon Land
     Grant to the northwest corner of S. 3,
     T. 11 N., R. 17 W.; then west 1.2 miles;
     then north to the Rancho El Tejon Land
     Grant boundary; then northwest along the
     Rancho El Tejon line to the southeast
     corner of S. 34, T. 32 S., R. 30 E.,
     Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; then
     north to the northwest corner of S. 35,
     T. 31 S., R. 30 E.; then northeast along
     the boundary of the Rancho El Tejon Land
     Grant to the southwest corner of S. 18,
     T. 31 S., R. 31 E.; then east to the
     southeast corner of S. 13, T. 31 S., R.
     31 E.; then north along the range line
     common to R. 31 E. and R. 32 E., Mount
     Diablo Base and Meridian, to the
     northwest corner of S. 6, T. 29 S., R.
     32 E.; then east to the southwest corner
     of S. 31, T. 28 S., R. 32 E.; then north
     along the range line common to R. 31 E.
     and R. 32 E. to the northwest corner of
     S. 6, T. 28 S., R. 32 E., then west to
     the southeast corner of S. 36, T. 27 S.,
     R. 31 E., then north along the range
     line common to R. 31 E. and R. 32 E. to
     the Kern-Tulare County boundary.
    East Kern: That portion of Kern County     11/15/90  Nonattainment......................  02/08/93  Serious.
     which lies between the following two
     lines (with the exception of that
     portion in Hydrologic Unit Number
     18090205--the Indian Wells Valley):

[[Page 15221]]

 
        (1) West and north of a line
         described as follows: Beginning at
         the southwest corner of section 31,
         T. 10 N 16 W and running east to the
         northwest boundary of the Rancho La
         Liebre Land Grant; then running
         north and east along the northwest
         boundary of the Rancho La Liebre
         Land Grant to the point of
         intersection with the range line
         common to R. 15 W. and R. 16 W., San
         Bernardino Base and Meridian; then
         north along the range line to the
         northwest corner of section 2, T. 32
         S., R. 32 E., Mount Diablo Base and
         Meridian; then east along the
         township line common to T. 32 S. and
         T. 31 S.; then north along the range
         line common to R. 35 E. and R. 34
         E.; then east along the township
         line common to T. 29 S. and T. 28
         S.; then north along the range line
         common to R. 36 E. and R. 35 E.;
         then east along the township line
         common to T. 28 S. and T. 27 S.;
         then north along the range line
         common to R. 37 E. and R. 36 E. to
         the Kern-Tulare County boundary.
        (2) East and south of a line of a
         line described as follows: Beginning
         at the southwest corner of section
         31, T. 10 N 16 W and running north
         along the range line common to R. 16
         W. and R. 17 W., San Bernardino Base
         and Meridian; north along the range
         line to the point of intersection
         with the Rancho El Tejon Land Grant
         boundary; then southeast, northeast,
         and northwest along the boundary of
         the Rancho El Tejon Land Grant to
         the northwest corner of S. 3, T. 11
         N., R. 17 W.; then west 1.2 miles;
         then north to the Rancho El Tejon
         Land Grant boundary; then northwest
         along the Rancho El Tejon line to
         the southeast corner of S. 34, T. 32
         S., R. 30 E., Mount Diablo Base and
         Meridian; then north to the
         northwest corner of S. 35, T. 31 S.,
         R. 30 E.; then northeast along the
         boundary of the Rancho El Tejon Land
         Grant to the southwest corner of S.
         18, T. 31 S., R. 31 E.; then east to
         the southeast corner of S. 13, T. 31
         S., R. 31 E.; then north along the
         range line common to R. 31 E. and R.
         32 E., Mount Diablo Base and
         Meridian, to the northwest corner of
         S. 6, T. 29 S., R. 32 E.; then east
         to the southwest corner of S. 31, T.
         28 S., R. 32 E.; then north along
         the range line common to R. 31 E.
         and R. 32 E. to the northwest corner
         of S. 6, T. 28 S., R. 32 E., then
         west to the southeast corner of S.
         36, T. 27 S., R. 31 E., then north
         along the range line common to R. 31
         E. and R. 32 E. to the Kern-Tulare
         County boundary.
 
                                                  * * * * * * *
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[FR Doc. 2011-6559 Filed 3-18-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P