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Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Transition to the Control Strategy Period

 [Federal Register: February 8, 1995]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 51 and 93
[FRL-5149-9]

Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Transition to the 
Control Strategy Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.




SUMMARY: This action proposes to permanently align the timing of 
certain transportation conformity consequences with the imposition of 
Clean Air Act highway sanctions. For ozone nonattainment areas with an 
incomplete 15 2.121996e-313missions-reduction state implementation plan with a 
protective finding; incomplete ozone attainment/3rate-of-progress 
plan; or finding of failure to submit an ozone attainment/3rate-ofprogress 
plan, and areas whose control strategy implementation plan for 
ozone, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, or nitrogen dioxide is 
disapproved with a protective finding, the conformity status of the 
transportation plan and program would not lapse as a result of such 
failure until highway sanctions for such failure are effective under 
other Clean Air Act sections.

    This action would delay the lapse in conformity status, which would 
otherwise prevent approval of new highway and transit projects, and 
allow States more time to prevent the lapse by submitting complete 
ozone implementation plans.

    EPA has published in the final rule section of this Federal 
Register a similar interim final rule which takes effect immediately 
and applies for six months. This proposal would apply the provisions of 
the interim final rule permanently.

DATES: Comments on this action must be received by March 10, 1995. A 
public hearing will be held at 10:30 a.m. on February 22, 1995 in 
Washington, DC.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit written comments (in 
duplicate, if possible) to: Air and Radiation Docket and Information 
Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Attention: Docket No. A-
95-02, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. [[Page 7509]] 
    A public hearing will be held at the Ramada Inn, 10 Thomas Circle 
NW, Washington DC.

    Materials relevant to this proposal have been placed in Air and 
Radiation Docket A-95-02 by EPA. The docket is located at the above 
address in room M-1500 Waterside Mall (ground floor) and may be 
inspected from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, including all 
non-government holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Sargeant, Emission Control 
Strategies Branch, Emission Planning and Strategies Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 
48105. (313) 668-4441.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The terms and substance of the rule changes 
proposed in this document, and a description of the subjects and issues 
involved, are included in the document announcing the interim final 
rule published in the Final Rules Section of this Federal Register. 
This proposal is identical in substance to the interim final rule, 
except that the proposal would not limit the application of the 
proposed rule changes to a six-month period.

    Dated: January 31, 1995.

Carol M. Browner,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95-3002 Filed 2-7-95; 8:45 am]
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