[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8703-8704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4049]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6540-2]


Guidance Memoranda Relating to the One-Hour Ozone Attainment 
Demonstrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the EPA has issued two guidance 
memoranda for public review on requirements for one-hour ozone 
attainment demonstration State implementation plans (SIPs). The 
guidance memoranda are entitled: ``Guidance on Motor Vehicle Emissions 
Budgets in One-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstrations'' dated November 3, 
1999, and ``Guidance on the Reasonably Available Control Measures 
(RACM) Requirement and Attainment Demonstration Submissions for Ozone 
Nonattainment Areas'' dated November 30, 1999.

ADDRESSES: These documents are available for public inspection at EPA's 
website at: www.epa.gov/oms/traq (under conformity) and www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/ramain.html 

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respectively. Copies of these memoranda can also 
be obtained from the: Ozone Policy and Strategies Group, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards (MD-15), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on the memorandum 
``Guidance on the Reasonably Available Control Measures (RACM) 
Requirement and Attainment Demonstration Submissions for Ozone 
Nonattainment Areas,'' contact Ms. Sharon Reinders, U.S. EPA, MD-15, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-5284. For 
information on the memorandum ``Guidance on Motor Vehicle Emissions 
Budgets in One-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstrations,'' contact Ms. 
Kathryn Sargeant, U.S. EPA, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 
telephone, (734) 214-4441.
    While EPA intends to proceed under the guidance that it is setting 
out today, the Agency will finalize these interpretations only when 
they apply in the appropriate context of the individual actions 
addressing specific attainment demonstrations. At that time and in that 
context, judicial review of EPA's interpretations would be available.

    Dated: February 9, 2000.
Henry C. Thomas,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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