Technical Amendments to Clean Air Act Reclassification; Arizona- Phoenix Nonattainment Area; Ozone; Correction of Effective Date Under Congressional Review Act (CRA)

On November 6, 1997 (62 FR 60001), the Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register a final rule finding that the Phoenix nonattainment area (Maricopa County, Arizona) has not attained the 1-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) by the applicable attainment date in the Clean Air Act (CAA) for moderate ozone nonattainment areas, which established an effective date of December 8, 1998. The rule stated that revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) are due by December 8, 1998. This document corrects the effective date of the rule to February 13, 1998 to be consistent with sections 801 and 808 of the Congressional Review Act (CRA), enacted as part of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 and 808. This document does not change the December 8, 1998, SIP revision submission date.