Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Connecticut; Approval of Maintenance Plan, Carbon Monoxide Redesignation Plan and Emissions Inventory for the Connecticut Portion of the New YorkN. New JerseyLong Island Area

摘要

EPA is proposing to approve a redesignation request, maintenance plan, and emissions inventory submitted by the State of Connecticut to redesignate the Connecticut portion of the New York--N. New Jersey--Long Island Area carbon monoxide nonattainment area (hereinafter the southwest Connecticut nonattainment area) to attainment for carbon monoxide (CO). Under the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 (CAA), designations can be revised if sufficient air quality data is available to warrant such revisions. This revision proposes to establish the area as attainment for carbon monoxide and require the state to implement their 10 year maintenance plan. In addition, EPA is proposing to approve the 1993 periodic emissions inventory for CO emissions. In the final rules portion of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the redesignation request as direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to that direct final rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this proposa