Summary

Under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the “Act”), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a request from the State of California to reclassify the Coachella Valley ozone nonattainment area from “Severe-15” to “Extreme” for the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). This action does not reclassify any areas of Indian country within the boundaries of the Coachella Valley 1997 ozone nonattainment area.

Dates

This rule is effective on July 10, 2019.

Addresses

The EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2019-0840. All documents in the docket are listed on the www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., confidential business information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available through www.regulations.gov, or please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for additional information.

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For Further Information Contact

Tom Kelly (kelly.thomasp@epa.gov), EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105. By phone: (415) 972-3856.