(a) Determination of attainment by the attainment date. Effective December 12, 2019 the EPA has determined that the Phoenix-Mesa Moderate nonattainment area in Arizona attained the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) by the applicable attainment date of July 20, 2018, based upon complete, quality-assured, and certified data for the calendar years 2015-2017. The EPA has also determined that the requirement of section 172(c)(9) to provide for contingency measures to be implemented in the event the area fails to attain by its attainment date for the 2008 8-hour NAAQS does not apply to the area.

(b) [Reserved]

[84 FR 60927, Nov. 12, 2019]