Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[IL80-3-6838; FRL-5170-4]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and

Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: On November 25, 1994, USEPA proposed to approve a State

Implementation Plan (SIP) request to redesignate the Jersey County,

Illinois marginal ozone nonattainment area to attainment of the public

health based ozone air quality standard. The USEPA also proposed

approval of the accompanying maintenance plan as a SIP revision. The

redesignation request and maintenance plan were submitted by the

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) on November 12, 1993.

[[Page 13635]] The State has met the requirements for redesignation

contained in the Clean Air Act (Act). The redesignation request is

based on ambient monitoring data that show no violations for the ozone

National Ambient Air Quality Standard during the three-year period from

1990 through 1992. Public comments were solicited on the redesignation

request, maintenance plan and on USEPA's proposed action. No public

comments were received.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule becomes effective on April 13, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the SIP revision relevant to this action are

available for public inspection during normal business hours at the

following location: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5,

Regulation Development Branch, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Doty, Regulation Development

Section (AR-18J), Regulation Development Branch, Air and Radiation

Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604 (312) 886-6057.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 12, 1993, the IEPA submitted a

redesignation and maintenance plan for Jersey County as a requested SIP

revisions. The IEPA has requested that Jersey County be redesignated to

attainment for ozone.

On November 6, 1991 (56 FR 56694), the USEPA formally designated

Jersey County as a marginal ozone nonattainment area. This

classification and designation was based on a monitored violation of

the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard in Jersey County in

1988.

Jersey County is a rural county located approximately 25 miles

north of St. Louis, Missouri. Based on the 1990 census, the population

of Jersey County is 20,539, with the largest urban population being

that of Jerseyville, with a population of approximately 8,000.

On November 25, 1994, (59 FR 60577) the USEPA proposed approval of

the SIP revision request to redesignate the Jersey County, Illinois

ozone nonattainment area to attainment and the accompany maintenance

plan. Please refer to the November 25, 1994, Federal Register (59 FR

60577) and the July 8, 1994, technical support document for additional

information on this final rule.

With respect to the requirement of section 172(c)(3), the USEPA

notes that the State of Illinois has developed and submitted the

required emissions inventory, which section 182(a)(1) required to be

submitted by November 15, 1992. On September 13, 1994, USEPA proposed

approval of the emissions inventory for Jersey County (59 FR 46920).

Elsewhere in this Federal Register, the USEPA has taken final action on

Illinois' Emissions Inventory SIP revision request, including that

portion for Jersey County.

Public Comments

The public comment period for the November 25, 1994 (59 FR 60577),

notice of proposed rulemaking to approve the redesignation request for

Jersey County closed on December 27, 1994, and no comments were

received.

Final Rulemaking Action

The USEPA is approving the redesignation of Jersey County to

attainment for ozone because the State of Illinois has met the

requirements of the Act revising the Illinois ozone SIP and is

approving the maintenance plan as a revision to the SIP.

This action has been classified as a Table 3 action by the Regional

Administrator under the procedures published in the Federal Register on

January 19, 1989 (54 FR 2214-2225), as revised by an October 4, 1993

memorandum from Michael H. Shapiro, Acting Assistant Administrator for

Air and Radiation. The OMB has exempted this regulatory action from

Executive Order 12866 review.

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,

Hydrocarbons, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Volatile organic compounds.

Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,

Hydrocarbons, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Volatile organic compounds.

Dated: February 23, 1995.

Robert Springer,

Acting Regional Administrator.

Chapter I, title 40 of the 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. 7401-7671q.

Subpart O--Illinois

2. Section 52.726 is amended by adding paragraph (h) to read as

follows:

Sec. 52.726 Control strategy: Ozone.

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(h) Approval--On November 12, 1993, the Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency submitted an ozone redesignation request and

maintenance plan for Jersey County ozone nonattainment area and

requested that Jersey County be redesignated to attainment for ozone.

The redesignation request and maintenance plan meet the redesignation

requirements in section 107(d)(3)(d) of the Act. The redesignation

meets the Federal requirements of section 182(a)(1) of the Clean Air

Act as a revision to the Illinois ozone State Implementation Plan for

Jersey County.

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PART 81--[AMENDED]

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

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7871q.

2. In Sec. 81.314 the ozone table is amended by revising the entry

``Jersey County Area'' to read as follows:

Sec. 81.314 Illinois.

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Illinois--Ozone

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Designation Classification

Designated areas ----------------------------------------------------------

Date\1\ Type Date\1\ Type

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Jersey County Area Jersey County..................... [*] Attainment........

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\1\This date is November 15, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

*April 13, 1995.

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