2018-11835: Air Plan Approval and Air Quality Designation; AL; Redesignation of the Etowah County Unclassifiable Area
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On March 22, 2018, the State of Alabama, through the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), submitted a request for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to redesignate the Etowah County, Alabama fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) unclassifiable area (hereinafter referred to as the "Etowah County Area" or "Area") to attainment for the 2006 primary and secondary 24-hour PM<INF>2.5</INF> national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). EPA now has sufficient data to determine that the Etowah County Area is in attainment of the 2006 primary and secondary 24-hour PM<INF>2.5</INF> NAAQS. Therefore, EPA is proposing to approve the State's request and redesignate the Area to unclassifiable/ attainment for the 2006 primary and secondary 24-hour PM<INF>2.5</INF> NAAQS based upon valid, quality-assured, and certified ambient air monitoring data showing that the PM<INF>2.5</INF> monitor in the Area is in compliance with the 2006 primary and secondary 24-hour PM<INF>2.5</INF> NAAQS.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
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