Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program

Résumé

Elsewhere in today's Federal Register, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a rulemaking action proposing to find that the State of New Jersey will have implemented its enhanced inspection and maintenance (I/M) program when mandatory testing begins on December 13, 1999 and that EPA is reinstating the interim approval under section 348 of the National Highway Systems Designation Act (NHSDA). EPA is making an interim final determination that on December 13, 1999, it is more likely than not that the program will be implemented curing the deficiencies which caused sanctions to be imposed. Therefore, the application of the offset sanction that began on June 14, 1999 is stayed and the application of the highway sanction is deferred as of December 13, 1999.