Environmental Protection Agency Docket EPA-R05-OAR-2019-0394 Proposed Rule

2019-20196: Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio; Redesignation of the Ohio Portion of the Steubenville Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area

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Summary

In accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to redesignate the Ohio portion of the Steubenville Ohio-West Virginia interstate sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) nonattainment area (Steubenville nonattainment area) from nonattainment to attainment. EPA is also proposing to approve Ohio's maintenance plan. Emissions of SO<INF>2</INF> in the area have been reduced and the air quality in the nonattainment area is currently well below the SO<INF>2</INF> national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS).

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 2 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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