Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; West Virginia; Rescission of Final Rule Pertaining to Redesignation of the Huntington West Virginia Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan

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On September 6, 1994, EPA published approval of a redesignation request and maintenance plan for the Huntington, West Virginia Ozone Nonattainment Area (59 FR 45980). This action approved a maintenance plan for the area to assist in maintaining the ozone standard and redesignated the Huntington, West Virginia area to attainment for ozone. The intended effect of the action was to provide for continued attainment of the ozone NAAQS by means of a maintenance plan and to reclassify the area to attainment. The effective data of this action was October 21, 1994. EPA approved this direct final rulemaking without prior proposal because the Agency viewed it as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipated no adverse comments. The final rule was published in the Federal Register with a provision for a 30 day comment period (59 FR 45980). At the same time, EPA announced that this final rule would convert to a notice of proposed rule (NPR) (59 FR 46019) in the event that adverse comments were submitted to EPA within 30 days of publication of the rule in the Federal Register. The effective date of this action has passed. Notice of intent to adversely comment was submitted to EPA within the presc