Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Arizona; Correction of Redesignation of Phoenix To Attainment for the Carbon Monoxide Standard, 52960-52961 [05-17540]
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implementation of that transportation
plan are less than or equal to the motor
vehicle emission level established in the
SIP for the maintenance year and other
analysis years.
In this maintenance plan, procedures
for estimating motor vehicle emissions
are well documented. The regional
motor vehicle emissions calculated by
MOBILE6.2 were used in the
probabilistic rollback method to
compute a threshold level of regional
emissions inventory that would provide
maintenance of the CO standard with
99% certainty and confidence through
the second 10-year maintenance period.
The computed attainment threshold of
regional motor vehicle emissions can be
used to assess the long term attainment
prospects. The total on-road motor
vehicle CO emissions in the Portland
area for 2005, 2010 and 2017 are shown
in Table 2.
TABLE 2.—PORTLAND MAINTENANCE AREA CO MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS
[Pounds per winter day]
Year
2005
2010
2017
Budget ......................................................................................................................................................
1,238,575
1,033,578
1,181,341
For the purpose of demonstrating
transportation conformity in the
timeframe of the area’s transportation
plan for all years beyond 2017, motor
vehicle emissions must be less than or
equal to the maintenance plan’s motor
vehicle emissions budget for 2017.
XI. In Conclusion, How Would This
EPA Approval Affect the General
Public and Citizens of the Portland
Area?
This action proposes to approve
measures adopted by ODEQ to ensure
maintenance of the Federal air quality
standards for CO in the Portland area for
a second 10-year period and protect the
health and welfare of the area citizens
from adverse effects of degraded air
quality levels.
XII. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR
51735, October 4, 1993), this proposed
action is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
action’’ and therefore is not subject to
review by the Office of Management and
Budget. For this reason, this action is
also not subject to Executive Order
13211, ‘‘Actions Concerning Regulations
That Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355, May
22, 2001). This proposed action merely
proposes to approve state law as
meeting Federal requirements and
imposes no additional requirements
beyond those imposed by state law.
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies
that this proposed rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because this rule
proposes to approve pre-existing
requirements under state law and does
not impose any additional enforceable
duty beyond that required by state law,
it does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
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in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4).
This proposed rule also does not have
tribal implications because it will not
have a substantial direct effect on one or
more Indian tribes, on the relationship
between the Federal Government and
Indian tribes, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities between the
Federal Government and Indian tribes,
as specified by Executive Order 13175
(65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This
action also does not have Federalism
implications because it does not have
substantial direct effects on the States,
on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government, as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255,
August 10, 1999). This action merely
proposes to approve a state rule
implementing a Federal standard, and
does not alter the relationship or the
distribution of power and
responsibilities established in the Clean
Air Act. This proposed rule also is not
subject to Executive Order 13045
‘‘Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks’’ (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997),
because it is not economically
significant.
In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA’s
role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the
absence of a prior existing requirement
for the State to use voluntary consensus
standards (VCS), EPA has no authority
to disapprove a SIP submission for
failure to use VCS. It would thus be
inconsistent with applicable law for
EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission,
to use VCS in place of a SIP submission
that otherwise satisfies the provisions of
the Clean Air Act. Thus, the
requirements of section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C.
272 note) do not apply. This proposed
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rule does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Intergovernmental relations, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: August 23, 2005.
Julie M. Hagensen,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region
10.
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40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[R09–OAR–2005–AZ–0003; FRL–7960–9]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans and Designation
of Areas for Air Quality Planning
Purposes; Arizona; Correction of
Redesignation of Phoenix To
Attainment for the Carbon Monoxide
Standard
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to amend
the regulations that identify revisions to
the Arizona state implementation plan
and the regulations that identify area
designations within Arizona. In so
doing, EPA is acting pursuant to the
Agency’s authority under the Clean Air
Act to correct errors made in approving
plan revisions and area redesignations.
The purpose of this proposed rule is to
correct an error in the adoption and
submittal date shown for a revision to
the implementation plan that EPA
recently approved and to correct a
transcription error in, and to make a
more general correction to, the
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boundary description of the
metropolitan Phoenix carbon monoxide
area that EPA recently redesignated to
attainment.
Any comments on this proposal
must arrive by October 6, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments,
identified by docket number R09–OAR–
2005–AZ–0003 by one of the following
methods:
1. Agency Web site: https://
docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. EPA prefers
receiving comments through this
electronic public docket and comment
system. Follow the on-line instructions
to submit comments.
2. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions.
3. E-mail: tax.wienke@epa.gov.
4. Mail or deliver: Wienke Tax, Office
of Air Planning (AIR–2), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, CA 94105–3901.
Instructions: All comments will be
included in the public docket without
change and may be made available
online at
https://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/,
including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Information that
you consider CBI or otherwise protected
should be clearly identified as such and
should not be submitted through the
agency Web site, eRulemaking portal, or
e-mail. The agency Web site and
eRulemaking portal are ‘‘anonymous
access’’ systems, and EPA will not know
your identify or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send e-mail
directly to EPA, your e-mail address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the public comment.
If EPA cannot read your comment due
to technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, EPA may
not be able to consider your comment.
Docket: The index to the docket for
this action is available electronically at
https://docket.epa.gov/rmepub and in
hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,
California. While all documents in the
docket are listed in the index, some
information may be publicly available
only at the hard copy location (e.g.,
copyrighted material), and some may
not be publicly available in either
location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard
copy materials, please schedule an
appointment during normal business
hours with the contact listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wienke Tax, Air Planning Office (AIR–
2), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 9, (520) 622–1622 or email to tax.wienke@epa.gov, or check
https://www.epa.gov/region09/air.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
proposal addresses the correction of a
final rule EPA promulgated on March 9,
2005 (at 70 FR 11553) approving two
submittals of revisions to the Arizona
state implementation plan,
redesignating the metropolitan Phoenix
carbon monoxide area to attainment,
and redesignating the boundary of the
metropolitan Phoenix carbon monoxide
area to exclude the Gila River Indian
Reservation. In the Rules section of this
Federal Register, we are taking direct
final action to correct the State of
Arizona’s adoption and submittal date
for one of the plan revisions that we
approved in our March 9, 2005 final
rule, to correct a transcription error in
the description of the boundary of the
metropolitan Phoenix carbon monoxide
area, and to correct the description of
the boundary of the metropolitan
Phoenix carbon monoxide area
promulgated in our March 9, 2005 final
rule without prior proposal because we
believe this correction action is not
controversial. If we receive adverse
comments, however, we will publish a
timely withdrawal of the direct final
rule and address the comments in
subsequent action based on this
proposed rule. We do not plan to open
a second comment period, so anyone
interested in commenting should do so
at this time. If we do not receive
comments, no further activity is
planned. For further information, please
see the direct final action.
Dated: July 15, 2005.
Laura Yoshii,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
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44 CFR Part 67
[Docket No. FEMA–D–7632]
Proposed Flood Elevation
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA),
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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Proposed rule.
SUMMARY: Technical information or
comments are requested on the
proposed Base (1% annual chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed
BFE modifications for the communities
listed below. The BFEs are the basis for
the floodplain management measures
that the community is required either to
adopt or to show evidence of being
already in effect in order to qualify or
remain qualified for participation in the
National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP).
DATES: The comment period is ninety
(90) days following the second
publication of this proposed rule in a
newspaper of local circulation in each
community.
ADDRESSES: The proposed BFEs for each
community are available for inspection
at the office of the Chief Executive
Officer of each community. The
respective addresses are listed in the
table below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doug Bellomo, P.E., Hazard
Identification Section, Emergency
Preparedness and Response Directorate,
FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Washington,
DC 20472, (202) 646–2903.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA
proposes to make determinations of
BFEs and modified BFEs for each
community listed below, in accordance
with Section 110 of the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104,
and 44 CFR 67.4(a).
These proposed base flood elevations
and modified BFEs, together with the
floodplain management criteria required
by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that
are required. They should not be
construed to mean that the community
must change any existing ordinances
that are more stringent in their
floodplain management requirements.
The community may at any time enact
stricter requirements of its own, or
pursuant to policies established by other
Federal, state or regional entities. These
proposed elevations are used to meet
the floodplain management
requirements of the NFIP and are also
used to calculate the appropriate flood
insurance premium rates for new
buildings built after these elevations are
made final, and for the contents in these
buildings.
National Environmental Policy Act.
This proposed rule is categorically
excluded from the requirements of 44
CFR part 10, Environmental
Consideration. No environmental
impact assessment has been prepared.
Regulatory Flexibility Act. The
Mitigation Division Director of the
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[R09-OAR-2005-AZ-0003; FRL-7960-9]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation
of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Arizona; Correction of
Redesignation of Phoenix To Attainment for the Carbon Monoxide Standard
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to amend the regulations that identify
revisions to the Arizona state implementation plan and the regulations
that identify area designations within Arizona. In so doing, EPA is
acting pursuant to the Agency's authority under the Clean Air Act to
correct errors made in approving plan revisions and area
redesignations. The purpose of this proposed rule is to correct an
error in the adoption and submittal date shown for a revision to the
implementation plan that EPA recently approved and to correct a
transcription error in, and to make a more general correction to, the
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boundary description of the metropolitan Phoenix carbon monoxide area
that EPA recently redesignated to attainment.
DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by October 6, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number R09-OAR-2005-
AZ-0003 by one of the following methods:
1. Agency Web site: https://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. EPA prefers
receiving comments through this electronic public docket and comment
system. Follow the on-line instructions to submit comments.
2. Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions.
3. E-mail: tax.wienke@epa.gov.
4. Mail or deliver: Wienke Tax, Office of Air Planning (AIR-2),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket
without change and may be made available online at https://
docket.epa.gov/rmepub/, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes Confidential Business Information (CBI) or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Information that you consider CBI or otherwise protected should be
clearly identified as such and should not be submitted through the
agency Web site, eRulemaking portal, or e-mail. The agency Web site and
eRulemaking portal are ``anonymous access'' systems, and EPA will not
know your identify or contact information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send e-mail directly to EPA, your e-mail
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
public comment. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available
electronically at https://docket.epa.gov/rmepub and in hard copy at EPA
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. While all
documents in the docket are listed in the index, some information may
be publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted
material), and some may not be publicly available in either location
(e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an
appointment during normal business hours with the contact listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wienke Tax, Air Planning Office (AIR-
2), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, (520) 622-1622 or
e-mail to tax.wienke@epa.gov, or check https://www.epa.gov/region09/air.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the correction of a
final rule EPA promulgated on March 9, 2005 (at 70 FR 11553) approving
two submittals of revisions to the Arizona state implementation plan,
redesignating the metropolitan Phoenix carbon monoxide area to
attainment, and redesignating the boundary of the metropolitan Phoenix
carbon monoxide area to exclude the Gila River Indian Reservation. In
the Rules section of this Federal Register, we are taking direct final
action to correct the State of Arizona's adoption and submittal date
for one of the plan revisions that we approved in our March 9, 2005
final rule, to correct a transcription error in the description of the
boundary of the metropolitan Phoenix carbon monoxide area, and to
correct the description of the boundary of the metropolitan Phoenix
carbon monoxide area promulgated in our March 9, 2005 final rule
without prior proposal because we believe this correction action is not
controversial. If we receive adverse comments, however, we will publish
a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments
in subsequent action based on this proposed rule. We do not plan to
open a second comment period, so anyone interested in commenting should
do so at this time. If we do not receive comments, no further activity
is planned. For further information, please see the direct final
action.
Dated: July 15, 2005.
Laura Yoshii,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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