The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a correction to a previous rule regarding Utah's State Implementation Plans (SIP) for the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Initially, the EPA mistakenly stated that no comments were received during the public comment period. However, it turned out they had overlooked one electronically submitted comment. The EPA clarified that they had temporarily stopped accepting mailed comments because of COVID-19, but they maintained the requirement to consider public feedback through electronic means. This rule is now effective as of February 23, 2021.
Simple Explanation
The EPA made a mistake earlier and said no one commented on a new air quality rule for Utah when actually someone did comment online. Because of COVID-19, they weren't accepting comments by mail, just online. Now, they've corrected this and will take the online comment into account.