Adequacy Status of Submitted State Implementation Plans (SIP) for Transportation Conformity Purposes: MOBILE6 Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 1-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area, 20899-20900 [05-8122]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 77 / Friday, April 22, 2005 / Notices www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above). Site Visit The Applicant and Commission staff will conduct a project site visit beginning at 9 a.m. on May 5, 2005. All interested individuals, NGOs, agencies, and tribes are invited to attend. All participants should meet at Schwarz Park, below the Dorena Lake dam. All participants are responsible for their own transportation to the site. Anyone with questions about the site visit should contact Dianne Rodman, Commission staff, at (202) 502–6077 or Brent Smith of Symbiotics at (208) 742– 0834. Objectives At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) solicit from the meeting participants all available information, especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that should be analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in support of, the staff(s preliminary views; (4) determine the resource issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not require a detailed analysis. Procedures The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and become part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project. Individuals, NGOs, agencies, and tribes with environmental expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the EA. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–1909 Filed 4–21–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [R06–OAR–2005–TX–0018; FRL–7902–7] Notice of FERC Commissioner and FERC Staff Attendance at Meeting of Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors and Members Committee, and Meeting of Southwest Power Pool Regional State Committee April 18, 2005. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hereby gives notice that Commissioners and members of its staff may attend the meeting of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Board of Directors and Members Committee noted below, and the meeting of the SPP Regional State Committee noted below. Their attendance is part of the Commission’s ongoing outreach efforts. SPP Regional State Committee Meeting—April 25, 2005, 1 p.m.–5 p.m. Crowne Plaza Austin Hotel, 500 North IH 35, Austin, TX 78701, 512–480– 8181. SPP Board of Directors and Members Committee Meeting—April 26, 2005, 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Crowne Plaza Austin Hotel, 500 North IH 35, Austin, TX 78701, 512–480– 8181. The discussions may address matters at issue in the following proceedings: Docket Nos. RT04–1–000 and ER04–48– 000, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Docket No. ER05–109–000, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Docket No. ER05–652–000, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Docket No. ER05–562, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Docket No. ER05–666, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Docket No. ER05–688, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Docket No. EL05–52–000, Entergy Services, Inc. Docket No. ER05–576–000, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. These meetings are open to the public. For more information, contact Tony Ingram, Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at (501) 614–4789 or tony.ingram@ferc.gov. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–1908 Filed 4–21–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate jul<14>2003 15:27 Apr 21, 2005 Jkt 205001 20899 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Adequacy Status of Submitted State Implementation Plans (SIP) for Transportation Conformity Purposes: MOBILE6 Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Houston-GalvestonBrazoria 1-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of adequacy determination. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found the on-road motor vehicle emissions budgets contained in the revision to the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria severe 1hour ozone nonattainment area attainment demonstration SIP adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of our finding, the budgets from the submitted attainment demonstration SIP revision must be used for future conformity determinations in the HoustonGalveston-Brazoria area. DATES: These budgets are effective May 9, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The essential information in this notice will be available at EPA’s conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/oms/transp/ conform/adequacy.htm. You may also contact Ms. Peggy Wade, Air Planning Section (6PD–L), U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202– 2733, telephone (214) 665–7247, E-mail address: Wade.Peggy@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refers to EPA. The word ‘‘budget(s)’’ refers to the mobile source emissions budget for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the mobile source emissions budget for nitrogen oxides (NOX). The word ‘‘SIP’’ in this document refers to the State Implementation Plan revision submitted to satisfy the commitment of the State of Texas to revise its mobile source budgets for the Houston-GalvestonBrazoria 1-hour ozone nonattainment area with MOBILE6. (MOBILE6 is the most recent emissions factor model, released by EPA on January 29, 2001.) In December 2004, we received the MOBILE6 SIP revision for the HoustonGalveston-Brazoria 8-county 1-hour ozone nonattainment area. There are two motor vehicle emissions budgets found in this plan for 2007. The emissions budget for VOCs is 89.99 tons/day; the NOX emissions budget is E:\FR\FM\22APN1.SGM 22APN1 20900 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 77 / Friday, April 22, 2005 / Notices 186.13 tons/day. On January 12, 2005, the availability of these budgets was posted on EPA’s Web site for the purpose of soliciting public comments. The comment period closed on February 11, 2005, and we received no comments. Today’s notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have already made. EPA Region 6 sent a letter to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on March 23, 2005, finding that the motor vehicle emissions budgets in the HoustonGalveston-Brazoria 8-county ozone nonattainment area are adequate and must be used for transportation conformity determinations. Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. EPA’s conformity rule, 40 CFR part 93, requires that transportation plans, programs and projects conform to SIPs and establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether or not they do so. Conformity to a SIP means that transportation activities will not produce new air quality violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The criteria by which EPA determines whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission budgets are adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please note that such an adequacy review is separate from EPA’s completeness review, and it should not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate approval of the SIP. Even if we find a budget adequate, the SIP could later be disapproved. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: April 14, 2005. Richard E. Greene, Regional Administrator, Region 6. [FR Doc. 05–8122 Filed 4–21–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–6662–6] Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 564–7167 or https://www.epa.gov/ compliance/nepa/. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements filed April 14, 2005, through April 15, 2005, pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. EIS No. 20050152, Final EIS, AFS, MT, Snow Talon Fire Salvage Project, Proposes to Salvage Harvest Trees Burned in the Fire, Helena National VerDate jul<14>2003 15:27 Apr 21, 2005 Jkt 205001 Forest, Lincoln Ranger District, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Wait Period Ends: 05/23/2005, Contact: Dan Seifert 406–362–4265. 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EIS No. 20050156, Final EIS, IBR, CA, Folsom Dam Road Access Restriction Project, Control Access to Folsom Dam, City of Folsom, CA, Wait Period Ends: 05/23/2005, Contact: Robert Schroeder 916–989–7274. EIS No. 20050157, Draft EIS, AFS, MT, Middle East Fork Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project, Implementation of Three Alternatives, Bitterroot National Forest, Sula Ranger District, Ravalli County, MT, Comment Period Ends: 06/06/2005, Contact: Tracy Hollingshead 406–821–3201. EIS No. 20050158, Draft EIS, AFS, ID, Aspen Range Timber Sale and Vegetation Treatment Project, Proposal to Treat Forested and Nonforested Vegetation, CaribouTarghee National Forest, Soda Springs Ranger District, Caribou County, ID, Comment Period Ends: 06/06/2005, Contact: Doug Heyrend 208–547– 4356. EIS No. 20050159, Final EIS, NIH, MD, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Master Plan 2003 Update, National Institutes of Health Main Campus— Bethesda, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Wait Period Ends: 05/23/2005, Contact: Ron Wilson 301–496–5037. EIS No. 20050160, Draft EIS, AFS, ID, Three Basins Timber Sale Project, Proposal to Treat 760 Acres of Mature PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Forest, Implementation, CaribouTarghee National Forest, Montpellier Ranger District, Bearlake and Caribou Counties, ID, Comment Period Ends: 06/06/2005, Contact: Ken Klingenberg 208–847–0375. EIS No. 20050161, Final EIS, AFS, OR, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Special Use Permits for Outfitter and Guide Operations on the Lower Rogue and Lower Rogue and Lower Illinois Rivers, Gold Beach Ranger District, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Curry County, OR, Wait Period Ends: 05/23/2005, John Borton 541–247– 3640. 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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 77 (Friday, April 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20899-20900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8122]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[R06-OAR-2005-TX-0018; FRL-7902-7]


Adequacy Status of Submitted State Implementation Plans (SIP) for 
Transportation Conformity Purposes: MOBILE6 Motor Vehicle Emissions 
Budgets for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 1-Hour Ozone Nonattainment 
Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy determination.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found 
the on-road motor vehicle emissions budgets contained in the revision 
to the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria severe 1-hour ozone nonattainment 
area attainment demonstration SIP adequate for transportation 
conformity purposes. As a result of our finding, the budgets from the 
submitted attainment demonstration SIP revision must be used for future 
conformity determinations in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area.

DATES: These budgets are effective May 9, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The essential information in this 
notice will be available at EPA's conformity Web site: https://
www.epa.gov/oms/transp/conform/adequacy.htm. You may also contact Ms. 
Peggy Wade, Air Planning Section (6PD-L), U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, telephone (214) 665-7247, E-mail 
address: Wade.Peggy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and 
``our'' refers to EPA. The word ``budget(s)'' refers to the mobile 
source emissions budget for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the 
mobile source emissions budget for nitrogen oxides (NOX). 
The word ``SIP'' in this document refers to the State Implementation 
Plan revision submitted to satisfy the commitment of the State of Texas 
to revise its mobile source budgets for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 
1-hour ozone nonattainment area with MOBILE6. (MOBILE6 is the most 
recent emissions factor model, released by EPA on January 29, 2001.)
    In December 2004, we received the MOBILE6 SIP revision for the 
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 8-county 1-hour ozone nonattainment area. 
There are two motor vehicle emissions budgets found in this plan for 
2007. The emissions budget for VOCs is 89.99 tons/day; the 
NOX emissions budget is

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186.13 tons/day. On January 12, 2005, the availability of these budgets 
was posted on EPA's Web site for the purpose of soliciting public 
comments. The comment period closed on February 11, 2005, and we 
received no comments.
    Today's notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have 
already made. EPA Region 6 sent a letter to the Texas Commission on 
Environmental Quality on March 23, 2005, finding that the motor vehicle 
emissions budgets in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 8-county ozone 
nonattainment area are adequate and must be used for transportation 
conformity determinations.
    Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the 
Clean Air Act. EPA's conformity rule, 40 CFR part 93, requires that 
transportation plans, programs and projects conform to SIPs and 
establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether or not 
they do so. Conformity to a SIP means that transportation activities 
will not produce new air quality violations, worsen existing 
violations, or delay timely attainment of the National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards. The criteria by which EPA determines whether a SIP's 
motor vehicle emission budgets are adequate for conformity purposes are 
outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please note that such an adequacy 
review is separate from EPA's completeness review, and it should not be 
used to prejudge EPA's ultimate approval of the SIP. Even if we find a 
budget adequate, the SIP could later be disapproved.

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

    Dated: April 14, 2005.
Richard E. Greene,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 05-8122 Filed 4-21-05; 8:45 am]
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