Adequacy Status of Greene County, IN, 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes, 61128-61129 [05-20979]
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Respondents/affected entities:
Companies that manufacture, import,
process, or distribute in commerce a
chemical substance or mixture and
which obtain information that
reasonably supports the conclusion that
such substance or mixture presents a
substantial risk of injury to health or the
environment.
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 230.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total/average number of
responses for each respondent: 1.5.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
6,750 hours.
Estimated total annual burden costs:
$364,500.
IV. Are There Changes in the Estimates
from the Last Approval?
There is an increase of 319 hours
(from 6,431 hours to 6,750 hours) in the
total estimated respondent burden
compared with that identified in the ICR
most recently approved by OMB. This
increase can be accounted for by a small
increase in TSCA section 8(e) reporting
compared to that estimated in the
previous ICR. This increase is an
adjustment.
V. What is the Next Step in the Process
for this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will
then be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal
Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the
submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional
comments to OMB. If you have any
questions about this ICR or the approval
process, please contact the technical
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: October 5, 2005.
Susan B. Hazen,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[IN–164–1; FRL–7986–4]
Adequacy Status of Jackson County,
IN, 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation and
Maintenance Plan for Transportation
Conformity Purposes
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is
notifying the public that EPA has found
that the motor vehicle emissions
budgets in the Jackson County, Indiana
8-hour ozone redesignation request and
maintenance plan are adequate for
conformity purposes. On March 2, 1999,
the DC Circuit Court ruled that
submitted State Implementation Plans
(SIPs) cannot be used for conformity
determinations until EPA has
affirmatively found them adequate. As a
result of our finding, Jackson County
can use the motor vehicle emissions
budgets from the submitted 8-hour
ozone redesignation request and
maintenance plan for future conformity
determinations. These budgets are
effective November 4, 2005. The finding
and the response to comments will be
available at EPA’s conformity Web site:
https://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp.htm,
(once there, click on the ‘‘Conformity’’
button, then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review
of SIP Submissions for Conformity’’).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen D’Agostino, Environmental
Engineer, Criteria Pollutant Section
(AR–18J), Air Programs Branch, Air and
Radiation Division, United States
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–1767,
dagostino.kathleen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA.
Background: Today’s notice is simply
an announcement of a finding that we
have already made. EPA Region 5 sent
a letter to the Indiana Department of
Environmental Management on
September 29, 2005, stating that the
motor vehicle emissions budgets for the
year 2015, submitted in the Jackson
County, Indiana 8-hour ozone
redesignation request and maintenance
plan, are adequate. This finding has
been announced on EPA’s conformity
Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
transp.htm, (once there, click on the
‘‘Conformity’’ button, then look for
‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP Submissions
for Conformity’’).
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Transportation conformity is required
by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.
EPA’s conformity rule requires that
transportation plans, programs, and
projects conform to state air quality
implementation plans and establishes
the criteria and procedures for
determining whether or not they do.
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 we determine
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 an
adequacy review is separate from EPA’s
completeness review, and it also 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.
We’ve described our process for
determining the adequacy of submitted
SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999
memo titled ‘‘Conformity Guidance on
Implementation of March 2, 1999
Conformity Court Decision’’). We
followed this guidance in making our
adequacy determination.
Dated: October 11, 2005.
Richard C. Karl,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[IN–163–1; FRL–7986–3]
Adequacy Status of Greene County, IN,
8-Hour Ozone Redesignation and
Maintenance Plan for Transportation
Conformity Purposes
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is
notifying the public that EPA has found
that the motor vehicle emissions
budgets in the Greene County, Indiana
8-hour ozone redesignation request and
maintenance plan are adequate for
conformity purposes. On March 2, 1999,
the DC Circuit Court ruled that
submitted State Implementation Plans
(SIPs) cannot be used for conformity
determinations until EPA has
affirmatively found them adequate. As a
result of our finding, Greene County can
use the motor vehicle emissions budgets
from the submitted 8-hour ozone
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redesignation request and maintenance
plan for future conformity
determinations. These budgets are
effective November 4, 2005. The finding
and the response to comments will be
available at EPA’s conformity Web site:
https://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp.htm,
(once there, click on the ‘‘Conformity’’
button, then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review
of SIP Submissions for Conformity’’).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen D’Agostino, Environmental
Engineer, Criteria Pollutant Section
(AR–18J), Air Programs Branch, Air and
Radiation Division, United States
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–1767,
dagostino.kathleen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA.
Background: Today’s notice is simply
an announcement of a finding that we
have already made. EPA Region 5 sent
a letter to the Indiana Department of
Environmental Management on
September 29, 2005, stating that the
motor vehicle emissions budgets for the
year 2015, submitted in the Greene
County, Indiana 8-hour ozone
redesignation request and maintenance
plan, are adequate. This finding has
been announced on EPA’s conformity
Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
transp.htm, (once there, click on the
‘‘Conformity’’ button, then look for
‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP Submissions
for Conformity’’).
Transportation conformity is required
by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.
EPA’s conformity rule requires that
transportation plans, programs, and
projects conform to state air quality
implementation plans and establishes
the criteria and procedures for
determining whether or not they do.
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 we determine
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 an
adequacy review is separate from EPA’s
completeness review, and it also 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.
We’ve described our process for
determining the adequacy of submitted
SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999
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memo titled ‘‘Conformity Guidance on
Implementation of March 2, 1999
Conformity Court Decision’’). We
followed this guidance in making our
adequacy determination.
Dated: October 11, 2005.
Richard C. Karl,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OPP–2005–0101; FRL–7743–3]
Pesticide Program Dialogue
Committee; Request for Nominations
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA’s Office of Pesticide
Programs is inviting nominations of
qualified candidates to be considered
for appointment to the Pesticide
Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC).
EPA’s current Charter for the PPDC will
expire in November 2005. EPA intends
to seek renewal of the PPDC Charter for
another 2–year term, November 2005 to
November 2007, in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATES: Nominations must be e-mailed or
postmarked no later than November 7,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be emailed or submitted in writing to
Margie Fehrenbach at the address listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margie Fehrenbach, Office of Pesticide
Programs (7501C), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 308–
4775; fax number: (703) 308–4776; email
address:fehrenbach.margie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of particular
interest to persons who work in
agricultural settings or persons who are
concerned about implementation of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); and
the amendments to both of these major
pesticide laws by the Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.
Potentially affected entities may
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include, but are not limited to:
Agricultural workers and farmers;
pesticide industry and trade
associations; environmental, consumer,
and farmworker groups; pesticide users
and growers; pest consultants; State,
local and Tribal governments; academia;
public health organizations; food
processors; and the public. If you have
questions regarding the applicability of
this action to a particular entity, consult
the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this
Document and Other Related
Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established an
official public docket for this action
under docket identification (ID) number
OPP–2005–0101. The official public
docket consists of the documents
specifically referenced in this action,
any public comments received, and
other information related to this action.
Although a part of the official docket,
the public docket does not include
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. The official public
docket is the collection of materials that
is available for public viewing at the
Public Information and Records
Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119,
Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St.,
Arlington, VA. This docket facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The docket telephone number
is (703) 305–5805.
2. Electronic access. You may access
this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet
under the‘‘Federal Register’’ listings
athttps://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
An electronic version of the public
docket is available through EPA’s
electronic public docket and comment
system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA
Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/edocket/
to view public comments, to access the
index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and to access
those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically.
Although not all docket materials may
be available electronically, you may still
access any of the publicly available
docket materials through the docket
facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in
the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in
the appropriate docket ID number.
II. Background
The Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) is entrusted with responsibility to
help ensure the safety of the American
food supply, the education and
protection from unreasonable risk of
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[IN-163-1; FRL-7986-3]
Adequacy Status of Greene County, IN, 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation
and Maintenance Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that EPA has found
that the motor vehicle emissions budgets in the Greene County, Indiana
8-hour ozone redesignation request and maintenance plan are adequate
for conformity purposes. On March 2, 1999, the DC Circuit Court ruled
that submitted State Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be used for
conformity determinations until EPA has affirmatively found them
adequate. As a result of our finding, Greene County can use the motor
vehicle emissions budgets from the submitted 8-hour ozone
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redesignation request and maintenance plan for future conformity
determinations. These budgets are effective November 4, 2005. The
finding and the response to comments will be available at EPA's
conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp.htm, (once there,
click on the ``Conformity'' button, then look for ``Adequacy Review of
SIP Submissions for Conformity'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen D'Agostino, Environmental
Engineer, Criteria Pollutant Section (AR-18J), Air Programs Branch, Air
and Radiation Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312)
886-1767, dagostino.kathleen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ``we,''
``us'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.
Background: Today's notice is simply an announcement of a finding
that we have already made. EPA Region 5 sent a letter to the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management on September 29, 2005, stating
that the motor vehicle emissions budgets for the year 2015, submitted
in the Greene County, Indiana 8-hour ozone redesignation request and
maintenance plan, are adequate. This finding has been announced on
EPA's conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp.htm, (once
there, click on the ``Conformity'' button, then look for ``Adequacy
Review of SIP Submissions for Conformity'').
Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act. EPA's conformity rule requires that transportation
plans, programs, and projects conform to state air quality
implementation plans and establishes the criteria and procedures for
determining whether or not they do. 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 we determine 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 an adequacy review is separate
from EPA's completeness review, and it also 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.
We've described our process for determining the adequacy of
submitted SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999 memo titled
``Conformity Guidance on Implementation of March 2, 1999 Conformity
Court Decision''). We followed this guidance in making our adequacy
determination.
Dated: October 11, 2005.
Richard C. Karl,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 05-20979 Filed 10-19-05; 8:45 am]
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