Removal of the Approval of the Maintenance Plan, Carbon Monoxide Redesignation Plan and Emissions Inventory for the Connecticut Portion of the New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island Area

On November 2, 1998 (63 FR 58637), EPA published a direct final rule that approved the maintenance plan, carbon monoxide redesignation plan, and emissions inventory for the Connecticut portion of the New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island Area. EPA stated in that direct final rule that if we received adverse comment by December 2, 1998, the rule would not take effect and EPA would publish a timely notice withdrawing the rule. EPA subsequently received adverse comment on that direct final rule, but did not publish the withdrawal notice prior to the effective date of the direct final rule. In this action, EPA is removing the amendments that were published in the November 2, 1998, direct final rule. In today's Federal Register, EPA also is issuing a subsequent direct final rule and parallel proposal that addresses the adverse comment EPA received on the November 2, 1998 rule and approves the Connecticut portion of the New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island Area.