Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; One-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration for the Rhode Island Ozone Nonattainment Area

EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Rhode Island. This action approves Rhode Island's one-hour ozone attainment demonstration for the Rhode Island serious ozone nonattainment area, submitted by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) on March 24, 2003. This action is based on the requirements of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990, related to one-hour ozone attainment demonstrations. In addition, EPA is establishing an attainment date of November 15, 2007, for the area, and is approving the contingency measures SIP, the 2007 motor vehicle emissions budgets, and the reasonably available control measures analysis also submitted by Rhode Island on March 24, 2003. A notice of proposed rulemaking was published for this action on February 14, 2003. EPA received no comments on that proposal.