Adequacy Determination for the Missoula, MT Carbon Monoxide Maintenance State Implementation Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes; State of Montana, 31181-31182 [E6-8464]
Download as PDF
wwhite on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 105 / Thursday, June 1, 2006 / Notices
as those offered by ENERGY STAR;
developing and implementing a plan to
improve energy performance in their
facilities and operations by following
the energy management strategy
provided by ENERGY STAR; and
educating staff and the public about
their Partnership with ENERGY STAR,
and highlighting achievements with the
ENERGY STAR, where available.
Partners also may be asked to
periodically submit information to EPA
as needed to assist in program
implementation. For example, EPA
maintains the Service and Product
Provider Directory to provide the public
with easy access to energy efficiency
services and products that can help
companies lower operating costs and
increase their bottom line. Businesses
wishing to appear in this directory are
asked to submit a completed profile that
details their services and products.
Partnership in ENERGY STAR is
voluntary and can be terminated by
Partners or EPA at any time. EPA does
not expect organizations to join the
program unless they expect
participation to be cost-effective and
otherwise beneficial for them.
In addition, Partners and any other
interested party can help EPA promote
energy-efficient technologies by
evaluating the efficiency of their
buildings using EPA’s on-line tools (e.g.,
Portfolio Manager) and applying for
recognition. EPA does not expect to
deem any information collected under
ENERGY STAR to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI).
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information will vary
depending on the type of participant,
the specific collection activity, and
other factors. The annual burden for
joining ENERGY STAR and conducting
related activities is estimated to range
from about 2 to 8 hours per respondent.
This includes time for preparing and
submitting the Partnership Letter or
Agreement and other information as
requested. The burden for applying for
an ENERGY STAR is estimated to range
from about 5.5 to 10.5 hours per
respondent. This includes time for
reading the instructions of the
benchmarking tool if needed, gathering
and entering information on building
characteristics and energy use into the
tool, printing a Statement of Energy
Performance, and preparing/submitting
the ENERGY STAR application
materials to EPA. The burden for
applying for an ENERGY STAR Award
is estimated to range from 4 to 26.5
hours per respondent. This includes
time for preparing and submitting the
awards application materials to EPA.
VerDate Aug<31>2005
19:10 May 31, 2006
Jkt 208001
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose
or provide information to or for a
Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop,
acquire, install, and utilize technology
and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 5,000.
Frequency of response: One-time,
annually, and/or periodically,
depending on the type of respondent
and collection.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
83,343.
Estimated total annual costs:
$6,594,941. This includes a cost of
$5,054,411 for labor and $1,540,530 for
operation and maintenance. There is no
capital/start-up cost to respondents.
Are There Changes in the Estimates
From the Last Approval?
The burden estimates presented in
this document are from the last
approval. EPA is currently evaluating
and updating these estimates as part of
the ICR renewal process. EPA will
discuss its updated estimates, as well as
changes from the last approval, in the
next Federal Register notice to be
issued for this renewal.
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. At that time, EPA will issue
another Federal Register notice
pursuant to 5 CFR 320.5(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.
PO 00000
Frm 00040
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
31181
Dated: May 24, 2006.
Kathleen Hogan,
Director, Climate Protection Partnerships
Division.
[FR Doc. E6–8473 Filed 5–31–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[R08–OAR–2006–MT–0163; FRL–8177–5]
Adequacy Determination for the
Missoula, MT Carbon Monoxide
Maintenance State Implementation
Plan for Transportation Conformity
Purposes; State of Montana
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this document, EPA is
notifying the public that we have found
that the motor vehicle emissions
budgets in the Missoula, Montana
Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan,
that was submitted by Montana
Governor Brian Schweitzer with a letter
signed May 27, 2005, are adequate for
transportation conformity purposes. 40
CFR 93.118(e)(2) requires that EPA
declare an implementation plan
submission’s motor vehicle emissions
budgets adequate for conformity
purposes prior to the budgets being used
to satisfy the conformity requirements of
40 CFR part 93. As a result of our
finding, the Missoula City-County, the
Montana Department of Transportation
and the U.S. Department of
Transportation are required to use the
motor vehicle emissions budgets from
this submitted maintenance plan for
future transportation conformity
determinations.
DATES:
This finding is effective June 16,
2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Kimes, Air & Radiation Program
(8P–AR), United States Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 8, 999 18th
Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado
80202–2466, (303) 312–6445,
kimes.jeffrey@epa.gov.
The letter documenting our finding is
available at EPA’s conformity Web site:
https://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp/
conform/adequacy.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document ‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’,
or ‘‘our’’ are used to mean EPA.
This action is simply an
announcement of a finding that we have
already made. We sent a letter to the
State of Montana, Department of
Environmental Quality on May 4, 2006,
stating that the motor vehicle emission
E:\FR\FM\01JNN1.SGM
01JNN1
31182
Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 105 / Thursday, June 1, 2006 / Notices
budgets in the submitted Missoula,
Montana Carbon Monoxide
Maintenance Plan are adequate. This
finding has also been announced on our
conformity Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/otaq/transp/conform/
adequacy.htm.
Transportation conformity is required
by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.
Our conformity rule requires that
transportation plans, programs, and
projects conform to SIPs and establishes
the criteria and procedures for
determining whether or not they
demonstrate conformity. 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 our
completeness review, and it also should
not be used to prejudge our ultimate
approval of the SIP. Even if we find a
budget adequate, the SIP could later be
disapproved, and vice versa.
The process for determining the
adequacy of a transportation conformity
budget is described at 40 CFR 93.118(f).
For the reader’s ease, we have
excerpted the motor vehicle emission
budget from the Missoula, Montana
Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan
and they are as follows:
Year
Emission budget
(ton per day)
2005 ..............................
2010 ..............................
2021 ..............................
44.86
43.22
42.67
40 CFR 93.118(e)(1) requires that
upon a finding of adequacy these
budgets must be used in transportation
conformity determinations unless the
maintenance plan is later disapproved
by EPA.
wwhite on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: May 18, 2006.
Robert E. Roberts,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. E6–8464 Filed 5–31–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
VerDate Aug<31>2005
19:10 May 31, 2006
Jkt 208001
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–8176–9]
Meeting of the National Drinking Water
Advisory Council—Notice of Public
Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Under Section 10(a)(2) of
Public Law 92–423, ‘‘The Federal
Advisory Committee Act,’’ notice is
hereby given of a meeting of the
National Drinking Water Advisory
Council (NDWAC), established under
the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.). The
primary purpose of this meeting is for
the Council to be briefed on and discuss
such national drinking water program
issues as: Public Education
Requirements for the Lead and Copper
Rule; Lead and Copper Rule Revisions;
Affordability Methodology for Small
Public Water Systems; Underground
Injection Control Program activities; and
updates on ongoing activities, if
sufficient time is available.
DATES: The Council meeting will be
held on June 20, 2006, from 1:30 a.m.–
5:15 p.m., June 21, 2006, from 9 a.m. to
5:30 p.m., and June 22, 2006, from 8:30
a.m.–11 a.m., Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
The Madison Hotel, located at 1177 15th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who would like
to attend the meeting, present an oral
statement, or submit a written
statement, should contact Daniel
Malloy, by e-mail at
malloy.daniel@epa.gov, by phone 202–
564–1724, or by regular mail at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water (MC 4601M), 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting is open to the public. The
Council encourages the public’s input
and will allocate one hour (4:30–5:30
p.m.) on June 21, 2006, for this purpose.
Oral statements will be limited to five
minutes. It is preferred that only one
person present the statement on behalf
of a group or organization. To ensure
adequate time for public involvement,
individuals or organizations interested
in presenting an oral statement should
notify Daniel Malloy by telephone at
202–564–1724 no later than June 9,
2006. Any person who wishes to file a
written statement can do so before or
after a Council meeting. Written
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00041
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
statements received by June 9, 2006,
will be distributed to all members of the
Council before any final discussion or
vote is completed. Any statements
received June 10, 2006, or after the
meeting will become part of the
permanent meeting file and will be
forwarded to the Council members for
their information.
Special Accomodations
For information on access or services
for individuals with disabilities, please
contact Dan Malloy at 202–564–1724 or
by e-mail at malloy.daniel@epa.gov. To
request accommodation of a disability,
please contact Dan Malloy, preferably at
least 10 days prior to the meeting to give
EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: May 25, 2006.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water.
[FR Doc. E6–8396 Filed 5–31–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–8175–9]
Notice of Proposed Administrative
Settlement Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; request for public
comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
122(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C.
9622(i), notice is hereby given of a
proposed administrative settlement
concerning the Many Diversified
Interest Superfund Site, OU1, in
Houston, Texas with the following
party: Clinton Gregg Investments, Ltd.
Under this Agreed Order, settling
parties agree to perform cleanup work
on an approximately 36 acre tract it is
purchasing known as Operable Unit
(‘‘OU’’) 1 of the Many Diversified
Interests, Inc. (‘‘MDI’’) Superfund Site.
The settlement includes a covenant not
to sue pursuant to sections 106 and 107
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607,
and section 7003 of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),
42 U.S.C. 6973. The settling parties also
agree to implement institutional
controls.
E:\FR\FM\01JNN1.SGM
01JNN1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31181-31182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8464]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[R08-OAR-2006-MT-0163; FRL-8177-5]
Adequacy Determination for the Missoula, MT Carbon Monoxide
Maintenance State Implementation Plan for Transportation Conformity
Purposes; State of Montana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In this document, EPA is notifying the public that we have
found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets in the Missoula, Montana
Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan, that was submitted by Montana
Governor Brian Schweitzer with a letter signed May 27, 2005, are
adequate for transportation conformity purposes. 40 CFR 93.118(e)(2)
requires that EPA declare an implementation plan submission's motor
vehicle emissions budgets adequate for conformity purposes prior to the
budgets being used to satisfy the conformity requirements of 40 CFR
part 93. As a result of our finding, the Missoula City-County, the
Montana Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of
Transportation are required to use the motor vehicle emissions budgets
from this submitted maintenance plan for future transportation
conformity determinations.
DATES: This finding is effective June 16, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Kimes, Air & Radiation Program
(8P-AR), United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, 999
18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466, (303) 312-6445,
kimes.jeffrey@epa.gov.
The letter documenting our finding is available at EPA's conformity
Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp/conform/adequacy.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we'', ``us'', or
``our'' are used to mean EPA.
This action is simply an announcement of a finding that we have
already made. We sent a letter to the State of Montana, Department of
Environmental Quality on May 4, 2006, stating that the motor vehicle
emission
[[Page 31182]]
budgets in the submitted Missoula, Montana Carbon Monoxide Maintenance
Plan are adequate. This finding has also been announced on our
conformity Web site at https://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp/conform/
adequacy.htm.
Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act. Our conformity rule requires that transportation plans,
programs, and projects conform to SIPs and establishes the criteria and
procedures for determining whether or not they demonstrate conformity.
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 our completeness review, and it also should not be used to
prejudge our ultimate approval of the SIP. Even if we find a budget
adequate, the SIP could later be disapproved, and vice versa.
The process for determining the adequacy of a transportation
conformity budget is described at 40 CFR 93.118(f).
For the reader's ease, we have excerpted the motor vehicle emission
budget from the Missoula, Montana Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan and
they are as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Emission budget
Year (ton per day)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2005............................................... 44.86
2010............................................... 43.22
2021............................................... 42.67
------------------------------------------------------------------------
40 CFR 93.118(e)(1) requires that upon a finding of adequacy these
budgets must be used in transportation conformity determinations unless
the maintenance plan is later disapproved by EPA.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: May 18, 2006.
Robert E. Roberts,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. E6-8464 Filed 5-31-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P