Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Washington; Redesignation to Attainment for the Tacoma-Pierce County Nonattainment Area and Approval of Associated Maintenance Plan for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Standard
air-emissions · Rule · Published 2015-02-10 · Effective 2015-03-12 · WA · 80 FR 7347
Document
Document number
2015-02619
Federal Register citation
80 FR 7347
CFR reference
40 CFR 52
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
air-emissions
Publication date
2015-02-10
Effective date
2015-03-12
State
WA
EPA docket
EPA-R10-OAR-2014-0808
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is redesignating to attainment the entire Tacoma-Pierce County nonattainment area (hereafter "the Tacoma area" or "the area") for the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). The EPA is also approving as a revision to the Washington State Implementation Plan (SIP), the associated maintenance plan that provides for continued compliance of the 2006 24-hour PM<INF>2.5</INF> NAAQS. Additionally, the EPA is approving the 2017 and 2026 motor vehicle emissions budgets included in Washington's maintenance plan for PM<INF>2.5</INF> and nitrogen oxides.