Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Redesignation of the Huntington, WV Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan

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EPA is approving a redesignation request and a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of West Virginia. This SIP revision approves a maintenance plan for the Huntington area including contingency measures which provide for continued attainment of the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The intended effect of this action is to approve a redesignation request and maintenance plan for the Huntington area. This action will also remove any sanctions imposed on the Huntington area under section 179 of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (the Act). On November 12, 1992, the West Virginia Department of Commerce, Labor and Environmental Resources; Division of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) submitted a request to redesignate the Huntington portion (Cabell and Wayne counties) of the multi-state Huntington-Ashland moderate ozone nonattainment area from nonattainment to attainment. On November 12, 1992, the WVDEP also submitted a maintenance plan for the Huntington area as a revision to the West Virginia State Implementation Plan. On February 22, 1994, and August 10, 1994 WVDEP provided clarifying revisions to its maintenance plan. The Kentucky port