[Federal Register: August 8, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 152)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 44383-44384] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr08au07-8] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 81 [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0459; FRL-8450-3] Determination of Attainment, Approval of Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Indiana; Correction AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This document corrects errors in the final rule redesignating LaPorte County, Indiana (LaPorte CO., IN) to attainment for the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). In the final approval for the redesignation of this area, EPA inadvertently titled the designation codification table as ``OHIO OZONE'' instead of ``Indiana-Ozone'', and inadvertently specified the effective date of this action in the designation table as August 20, 2007, even though the effective date of the final rule was July 19, 2007, as specified in the DATES portion of the final rule. This technical correction to the final rule corrects these errors. DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is effective on August 8, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Doty, Environmental Scientist, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6057, doty.edward@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA published a notice of final rulemaking to redesignate LaPorte County, Indiana (LaPorte CO., IN) to attainment of the 8-hour ozone standard on July 19, 2007 (72 FR 39574). In the designation codification table used to revise the 8-hour ozone designation of this area, EPA incorrectly titled the table as ``OHIO OZONE.'' This should have read as ``Indiana-Ozone.'' In the same designation codification table, EPA incorrectly specified the effective date of the redesignation as August 20, 2007. This differed from the actual effective date of the final rule, July 19, 2007, as specified in the DATES section of the final rule. EPA intended to make the redesignation of this area effective upon the date of the publication of the final rule. Correction For LaPorte County in the final rule published in the Federal Register on July 19, 2007 (72 FR 39574), on page 39576 in the codification table, the table title: ``OHIO OZONE'' is corrected to read ``Indiana-Ozone''. In the second column of the same codification table, the Date: ``8/20/07'' is corrected to read ``7/19/07''. EPA is making changes in 40 CFR 81.315 in order to correct the codification of the 8-hour ozone designation for LaPorte County, Indiana. Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), provides that, when an agency for good cause finds that notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to the public interest, the agency may issue a rule without providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. We have determined that there is good cause for making today's rule final without prior proposal and opportunity for comment because we are merely correcting errors in a previous action. Thus, notice and public procedure are unnecessary. We find that this constitutes good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is, therefore, not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. For this reason, this action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211, ``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355 (May 22, 2001)). Because the agency has made a ``good cause'' finding that this action is not subject to notice-and-comment requirements under the Administrative Procedures Act or any other statute as indicated in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section above, it is not subject to the regulatory flexibility provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C 601 et seq.), or to sections 202 and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4). In addition, this action does not significantly or uniquely affect small governments or impose a significant intergovernmental mandate, as described in sections 203 and 204 of UMRA. This rule also does not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and [[Page 44384]] Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the National Government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of governments, as specified by Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999). This rule also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it is not economically significant. This technical correction action does not involve technical standards; thus the requirements of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. The rule also does not involve special consideration of environmental justice related issues as required by Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). In issuing this rule, EPA has taken the necessary steps to eliminate drafting errors and ambiguity, minimize potential litigation, and provide a clear legal standard for affected conduct, as required by section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61 FR 4729, February 7, 1996). EPA has complied with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR 8859, March 15, 1998) by examining the takings implications of the rule in accordance with the ``Attorney General's Supplemental Guidelines for the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of Unanticipated Takings'' issued under the executive order. This rule does not impose an information collection burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United States. Section 808 allows the issuing agency to make a rule effective sooner than otherwise provided by the CRA if the agency makes a good cause finding that notice and public procedure is impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to the public interest. This determination must be supported by a brief statement. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). As stated previously, EPA had made such a good cause finding, including the reasons therefore, and established an effective date of August 8, 2007. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This correction to 40 CFR part 81 for Indiana is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). Dated: July 26, 2007. Walter W. Kovalick Jr., Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 0 Part 81, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: PART 81--[AMENDED] 0 1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 0 2. Section 81.315 is amended by revising the entries for LaPorte County, Indiana: LaPorte County in the table entitled ``Indiana-Ozone (8-Hour Standard)'' to read as follows: Sec. 81.315 Indiana. * * * * * Indiana--Ozone (8-Hour Standard) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Designation \a\ Classification Designated area -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date \1\ Type Date \1\ Type -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * LaPorte CO., IN: LaPorte County................. 7/19/07 Attainment............ * * * * * * * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \a\ Includes Indian Country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified. \1\ This date is June 15, 2004, unless otherwise noted. [FR Doc. E7-15246 Filed 8-7-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P