Air programs: Findings rescission,

[Federal Register: November 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 222)]

[Proposed Rules]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 50

[FRL-6477-5]

Rescinding Findings That the 1-Hour Ozone Standard No Longer Applies in Certain Areas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; clarifications.

SUMMARY: This document clarifies the summary of the preamble to the proposed rule rescinding findings that the 1-hour ozone standard no longer applies in certain areas published on October 25, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annie Nikbakht, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Strategies and Standards Division, Ozone Policy and Strategies Group, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, (919) 541-5246.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 25, 1999, EPA published the preamble to the proposed rule, ``Rescinding Findings That the 1-Hour Ozone Standard No Longer Applies in Certain Areas' (64 FR 57424). Included in the published summary was the statement regarding our proposal to amend 40 CFR 50.9(b) to provide by rule that the 1-hour ozone standard will continue to apply to all areas notwithstanding promulgation of the 8-hour standard. Inadvertently, additional language, elaborating on the proposed amendment to 40 CFR 50.9(b), was not included in the published summary of the preamble to the proposed rule, although the full text of the preamble and the proposed regulatory language contained the additional explanation of our proposal. To provide clarification, we today add to that summary the following additional language: EPA is proposing that after the 8-hour standard has become fully enforceable under part D of title I of the CAA and subject to no further legal challenge, the 1-hour standards set forth in section 50.9 will no longer apply to an area once EPA determines that the area has air quality meeting the 1-hour standard.

Dated: November 12, 1999. Robert Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 99-30116Filed11-17-99; 8:45 am]

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