ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: UTAH; UINTA BASIN; 2015 8-HOUR OZONE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD; RECONSIDERATION AND REPEAL OF FINDING OF FAILURE TO ATTAIN AND RECLASSIFICATION TO A MODERATE NONATTAINMENT AREA; EXTENSION OF THE ATTAINMENT DATE AND DETERMINATION OF ATTAINMENT BY THE MARGINAL ATTAINMENT DATE

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule called: Utah; Uinta Basin; 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard; Reconsideration and Repeal of Finding of Failure To Attain and Reclassification to a Moderate Nonattainment Area; Extension of the Attainment Date and Determination of Attainment by the Marginal Attainment Date.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on April 23 by Cyrus M. Western, Regional Administrator, Region 8.

Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to repeal the December 16, 2024 final rule in which we denied a request by the State of Utah (State) and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (Ute ...