Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes Florida: Redesignation of the Duval County Sulfur Dioxide Unclassifiable Area to Attainment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[FL-75-1-9806b; FRL 6196]

Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes Florida:

Redesignation of the Duval County Sulfur Dioxide Unclassifiable Area to

Attainment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: On January 28, 1997, the Florida Department of Environmental

Protection (DEP) submitted a request for redesignation to attainment

for sulfur dioxide (SO2) in Duval County, Florida. The

redesignation request included five years of quality assured monitoring

data which showed no exceedances of the National Ambient Air Quality

Standards (NAAQS) for SO2. Duval County was originally

designated as an unclassifiable area in 1978 due to lack of adequate

monitoring data. Sufficient data have now been collected to make

affirmative declaration of attainment status. The EPA is redesignating

Duval County from unclassifiable to attainment for SO2 and

approving three permits that provide SO2 emission

reductions.

In the Final Rules Section of this Federal Register, EPA is

approving the Florida State Plan submittal as a direct final rule

without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a

noncontroversial submittal and anticipates that it will not receive any

significant, material, and adverse comments. A detailed rationale for

the approval is set forth in the direct final rule and incorporated

herein. If no significant, material, and adverse comments are received

in response, to this rule, no further activity is contemplated in

relation to this proposed rule. If EPA receives adverse comments, the

direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received

will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed

rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on this action.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by February 8, 1999.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be addressed to Scott Martin at the EPA

Regional Office listed below. Copies of the documents relevant to this

proposed rule are available for public inspection during normal

business hours at the following locations. The interested persons

wanting to examine these documents should make an appointment with the

appropriate office at least 24 hours before the day of the visit.

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Air Planning Branch, 61

Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Twin Towers Office

Building, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Martin at (404) 562-9036.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the Direct

Final action which is located in the Rules Section of this Federal

Register.

Dated: November 10, 1998.

A. Stanley Meiburg,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

[FR Doc. 99-230 Filed 1-6-99; 8:45 am]

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