Clean Air Act Promulgation of Extension of Attainment Date for Ozone Nonattainment Area; Kentucky; Indiana

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[KY95-9722b; IN82b-1; FRL-5901-3]

Clean Air Act Promulgation of Extension of Attainment Date for

Ozone Nonattainment Area; Kentucky; Indiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is proposing

to extend the attainment date for the Louisville interstate moderate

ozone nonattainment area from November 15, 1996, to November 15, 1997.

This extension is based in part on monitored air quality readings for

the national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for ozone during

1996. In the final rules section of this Federal Register, the USEPA is

approving these actions as a direct final rule without prior proposal

because USEPA views these actions as noncontroversial and anticipates

no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth

in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in

response to that direct final rule, no further activity is contemplated

in relation to this proposed rule. If USEPA receives substantive

adverse comments which have not already been responded to, the direct

final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. USEPA

will not institute a second comment period on this action.

Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at

this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before

November 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Joseph M. LeVasseur at the USEPA

Region 4 address listed below or to J. Elmer Bortzer, Chief, Regulation

Development Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), Region 5 at the

address listed below. Copies of the material submitted by the Kentucky

Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet (KNREPC) may be

examined during normal business hours at the following locations:

Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, Region 4 Air

Planning Branch, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104.

Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, 803 Schenkel

Lane, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.

Copies of the materials submitted by the Indiana Department of

Environmental Management (IDEM) may be examined during normal business

hours at the following location: Regulation Development Section, Air

Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region

5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randolph O. Cano at (312) 886-6036 or

Joseph M. LeVasseur at (404) 562-9035.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the direct

final rule published in the rules section of this Federal Register.

Dated: August 20, 1997.

A. Stanley Meiburg,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

Dated: August 19, 1997.

Michelle D. Jordan,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 97-28142 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]

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