Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant an extension of the "Serious" area attainment date for the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin ("South Coast") nonattainment area for the 2012 annual fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS or "standards") from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2030, based on a proposed determination that the State has satisfied the statutory criteria for this extension. The EPA will accept comments on this proposed rule during a 30-day public comment period.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R09-OAR-2026-3664; FRL-13379-01-R9] AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant an extension of the “Serious” area attainment date for the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin (“South Coast”) nonattainment area for the 2012 annual fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS or “standards”) from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2030, based on a proposed determination that the State has satisfied the statutory criteria for ( printed page 35446) this extension. The EPA will accept comments on this proposed rule during a 30-day public comment period. DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 13, 2026. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2026-3664 at https://www.regulations.gov . For comments submitted at Regulations.gov , follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov . The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment …
Citation: 91 FR 35445
