Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Virginia; Withdrawal of Final Rule Pertaining to the Clean Air Act Promulgation of Reclassification of the Hampton Roads Ozone Nonattainment Area in Virginia and Attainment Determinations

On January 17, 1995, EPA published a final rule to reclassify the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News area (Hampton Roads) in Virginia from marginal to moderate nonattainment for ozone. The January 17, 1995 document also set forth the method that EPA will use henceforth to determine if areas have attained an air quality standard. These actions were published without prior proposal because EPA anticipated no adverse comment. Because EPA received adverse comments on these actions, EPA is withdrawing the January 17, 1995 final rule actions pertaining to the Hampton Roads reclassification and EPA's method to determine if areas attained an air quality standard.