Interim Final Determination That State Has Corrected a Deficiency Leading to Sanctions; State of New York

In the proposed rules section of this Federal Register, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to approve the State Implementation Plan revision submitted by the State of New York for the purpose of meeting the requirement to submit the heavy duty vehicle portion of the Clean Fuel Fleet program (CFFP), part of the CFFP requirements mandated by the Clean Air Act. Based on the proposed conditional approval, EPA is making an interim final determination by this action that New York has corrected the deficiency for which a sanctions clock began on March 7, 1995. By this action EPA defers application of the emission offset sanction previously scheduled to be imposed on September 7, 1996 and defer the application of the highway funds sanction, scheduled to be imposed on March 7, 1997. Although this action is effective upon signature, EPA will take comment and will publish a final determination, taking into consideration any comments received on this interim final determination and the related proposed SIP approval.