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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AP68 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Implementing the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS: Section 185 Penalty Fee Provisions 
Abstract: In December 2006, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion determining that EPA improperly waived the application of the section 185 penalty provision for severe and extreme nonattainment areas that failed to attain the 1-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or standard) by their attainment date. South Coast Air Quality Management District v. EPA, 472 F.3d 882 (D.C. Cir. 2006) (SCAQMD). EPA issued on January 5, 2010, a memorandum to provide guidance on the section 185 state implementation plan (SIP) and the revisions required of severe and extreme 1-hour ozone nonattainment areas under EPA’s anti-backsliding rules for the transition to the 8-hour ozone NAAQS and to provide guidance on alternative programs that may be acceptable consistent with section 172(e) of the CAA, which allows EPA through rulemaking to accept alternative programs that are “no less stringent.” Section 185 fee SIP revisions for 1-hour ozone nonattainment areas were due to be submitted to EPA by December 31, 2000 [see section 182(d)(3)]. This guidance has been challenged in court for a review and reconsideration. This action will establish a rulemaking that addresses how the Clean Air Act section 185 penalty fee provisions apply under the anti-backsliding provisions. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410    42 USC 7511 to 7511f    42 USC 7601(a)(1)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  To Be Determined    
Additional Information: Split from RIN 2060-AO96; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0956
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Undetermined 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Lynn Dail
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code C539-01,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-2363
Fax:919 541-0824
Email: dail.lynn@epamail.epa.gov

Kimber Scavo
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW,
RTP, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-3354
Fax:919 541-4028
Email: scavo.kimber@epamail.epa.gov