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

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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