Notice of Final Action on Petition From Sierra Club To Redesignate Newly Violating Ozone Areas as Nonattainment

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice that it has responded to a petition from the Sierra Club that requests the EPA to redesignate as nonattainment 57 areas with 2012 design values violating the 2008 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone. The petition also requests that the EPA set specific boundaries for the areas. The EPA Administrator denied the petition in letters to the signatories of the petition dated August 14, 2014. The letters explain the EPA's reasons for the denial and are available in the rulemaking docket.