Środowisko i energia · 11/10/1994

Transportation Conformity; Petition for Exemption From Nitrogen Oxides Provisions, Victoria County, Texas

The EPA published without prior proposal a Federal Register notice approving a petition from the State of Texas requesting that Victoria County, an incomplete data ozone nonattainment area, be exempted from the requirement to perform the oxides of nitrogen (NOx) portion of the build/no-build test required by the Federal transportation conformity rule. This petition for exemption was submitted by the State of Texas on May 4, 1994. EPA's direct final approval was published on August 12, 1994 (59 FR 41416). The EPA subsequently received adverse comments on the action. Accordingly, the EPA is withdrawing its direct final approval. All public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule.