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[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 26296]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 50

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0159; FRL-8165-9]
RIN 2060-AN40

 
Proposed Rule on the Treatment of Data Influenced by Exceptional 
Events; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document makes a minor correction to the regulatory 
language for the proposed rule entitled ``Treatment of Data Influenced 
by Exceptional Events.'' The proposed rule was initially published in 
the Federal Register on March 10, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions regarding the proposed 
rulemaking, contact Mr. Larry Wallace, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail Code C539-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, phone number (919) 541-0906 or by 
e-mail at: wallace.larry@epa.gov.

Correction

    This document corrects Sec.  50.1, paragraph (j) to remove the 
reference to 40 CFR 50.13 and replace it with a reference to 40 CFR 
50.14. In the proposed rule for ``The Treatment of Data Influenced by 
Exceptional Events'', 71 FR 12592, March 10, 2006, beginning on page 
12608, column two, make the following correction under the section 
entitled ``Part 50--National Primary And Secondary Ambient Air quality 
Standards.'' Under Sec.  50.1 entitled ``Definitions'', revise 
paragraph (j) to read as follows:

PART 50--NATIONAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AMBIENT AIR QUALITY 
STANDARDS

    1. The authority citation for part 50 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.

    2. Revise paragraph (j) to read as follows:


Sec.  50.1  Definitions.

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    (j) Exceptional event means an event that affects air quality; is 
not reasonably controllable or preventable; is a natural event or an 
event caused by human activity that is unlikely to recur at a 
particular location; and is determined by the Administrator in 
accordance with 40 CFR 50.14 to be an exceptional event; it does not 
include stagnation of air masses or meteorological inversions; a 
meteorological event involving high temperatures or lack of 
precipitation; or air pollution relating to source noncompliance.
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    Dated: April 26, 2006.
Jeffrey Clark,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. E6-6753 Filed 5-3-06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
