Air Plan Approval; West Virginia; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the West Virginia Portion of the Steubenville Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area
air-emissions · Rule · Published 2020-07-13 · Effective 2020-08-12 · VA · 85 FR 41925
Document
Document number
2020-13452
Federal Register citation
85 FR 41925
CFR reference
40 CFR 52
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
air-emissions
Publication date
2020-07-13
Effective date
2020-08-12
State
VA
EPA docket
EPA-R03-OAR-2019-0577
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the request from the State of West Virginia to redesignate to attainment its respective portion of the Steubenville, Ohio-West Virginia multi- state sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) nonattainment area (referred to as the "Steubenville Nonattainment Area" or the "Area") for the 2010 1-hour SO<INF>2</INF> primary national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) (also referred to as the "2010 SO<INF>2</INF> NAAQS"). EPA is also approving, as a revision to the West Virginia state implementation plan (SIP), West Virginia's maintenance plan for its portion of the Steubenville Nonattainment Area. Emissions of SO<INF>2</INF> in the Area have been reduced, and monitored ambient SO<INF>2</INF> readings in the nonattainment area are currently well below the 2010 SO<INF>2</INF> NAAQS.