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RIN: 2060-AV32

Publication ID: Fall 2021

Title: Determinations of Attainment by the Attainment Date, Extensions of the Attainment Date, and Reclassification of Marginal Nonattainment Areas for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Abstract: This action relates to determinations of whether certain nonattainment areas for the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) attained by the attainment date, based on the areas’ design values as of the attainment date. Specifically, the action proposes determinations for 2015 ozone NAAQS nonattainment areas currently classified as Marginal. All Marginal areas must attain the ozone standard within 3 years of the effective date of the designation, or by August 3, 2021 (September 24, 2021 for the San Antonio, TX area), unless an area is granted a 1-year attainment date extension. If a Marginal area fails to attain the standard by the attainment date, the area will be reclassified to the higher of 1) the next higher classification for the area or 2) to the classification applicable to the area’s design value by operation law. In this notice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposes to find that certain Marginal nonattainment areas attained the standard by the attainment date, while others failed to attain and will be reclassified or qualify for a 1-year attainment date extension.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Routine and Frequent
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52 40 CFR 81
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 to 7671q

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	Mandatory duty under CAA 181(b)(2)(A)	02/03/2022

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	12/00/2021
Final Rule	02/00/2022

Additional Information: .
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: State
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Robert Lingard Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code C539-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Phone:919 541-5272 Email: lingard.robert@epa.gov Megan Brachtl Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code C539-014, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-2648 Fax:919 541-5315 Email: brachtl.megan@epa.gov