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AGENCY
[Docket No. EPA–R02–OAR–2006–0342;
FRL–8181–7]
Adequacy Status of the Submitted
2009 Early Progress Direct PM2.5 and
NOX Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets
for Transportation Conformity
Purposes for Northern New Jersey
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is
notifying the public that we have found
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that the motor vehicle emissions
budgets (‘‘budgets’’) for direct PM2.5 and
NOX in the submitted PM2.5 early
progress state implementation plan (SIP)
for the New Jersey portion of the New
York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY–NJ–CT PM2.5 nonattainment area to
be adequate for transportation
conformity purposes. The transportation
conformity rule requires that the EPA
conduct a public process and make an
affirmative decision on the adequacy of
budgets before they can be used by
metropolitan planning organizations
(MPOs) in conformity determinations.
As a result of our finding, the MPOs in
northern New Jersey, the North Jersey
Transportation Planning Authority
(NJTPA) and the Delaware Valley
Regional Planning Commission
(DVRPC), must use the new 2009 direct
PM2.5 and NOX budgets from the early
progress PM2.5 SIP for future conformity
determinations.
DATES: This finding is effective June 23,
2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt
Laurita, Air Programs Branch,
Environmental Protection Agency—
Region 2, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor,
New York, New York 10007–1866, (212)
637–3895, laurita.matthew@epa.gov.
The finding and the response to
comments will be available at EPA’s
conformity Web site: https://
www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/
transconf/adequacy.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Today’s notice is simply an
announcement of a finding that we have
already made. EPA Region 2 sent a letter
to the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection on May 31,
2006 stating that the 2009 direct PM2.5
and NOX budgets in the submitted early
progress SIP for Northern New Jersey
(dated May 18, 2006) are adequate for
conformity purposes. The purpose of
New Jersey’s May 18, 2006 submittal
was to establish budgets for the
metropolitan planning organizations in
northern New Jersey to use in making
conformity determinations. EPA’s
adequacy finding will also be
announced on EPA’s conformity Web
site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
Transportation conformity (40 CFR
part 93) is required by section 176(c) of
the Clean Air Act. EPA’s conformity
rule requires that transportation plans,
programs, and projects conform to SIPs
and establishes the criteria and
procedures for determining whether or
not they conform. Conformity to a SIP
means that transportation activities will
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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 have described our process for
determining the adequacy of submitted
SIP budgets in 40 CFR 93.118(f). We
have followed this rule in making our
adequacy determination.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.
Dated: May 26, 2006.
Alan J. Steinberg,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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Environmental Protection
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AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
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Air Quality Management subcommittee
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Gregory A. Green,
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Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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External Review Draft, Estimation of
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(BSAF) From Paired Observations of
Chemical Concentrations in Biota and
Sediment
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Docket No. EPA-R02-OAR-2006-0342; FRL-8181-7]
Adequacy Status of the Submitted 2009 Early Progress Direct PM2.5
and NOX Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity
Purposes for Northern New Jersey
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found
that the motor vehicle emissions budgets (``budgets'') for direct
PM2.5 and NOX in the submitted PM2.5
early progress state implementation plan (SIP) for the New Jersey
portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT
PM2.5 nonattainment area to be adequate for transportation
conformity purposes. The transportation conformity rule requires that
the EPA conduct a public process and make an affirmative decision on
the adequacy of budgets before they can be used by metropolitan
planning organizations (MPOs) in conformity determinations. As a result
of our finding, the MPOs in northern New Jersey, the North Jersey
Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) and the Delaware Valley
Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), must use the new 2009 direct
PM2.5 and NOX budgets from the early progress
PM2.5 SIP for future conformity determinations.
DATES: This finding is effective June 23, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Laurita, Air Programs Branch,
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 2, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor,
New York, New York 10007-1866, (212) 637-3895, laurita.matthew@epa.gov.
The finding and the response to comments will be available at EPA's
conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/
adequacy.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Today's notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have
already made. EPA Region 2 sent a letter to the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection on May 31, 2006 stating that the 2009
direct PM2.5 and NOX budgets in the submitted
early progress SIP for Northern New Jersey (dated May 18, 2006) are
adequate for conformity purposes. The purpose of New Jersey's May 18,
2006 submittal was to establish budgets for the metropolitan planning
organizations in northern New Jersey to use in making conformity
determinations. EPA's adequacy finding will also be announced on EPA's
conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/
adequacy.htm.
Transportation conformity (40 CFR part 93) is required by section
176(c) of the Clean Air Act. EPA's conformity rule requires that
transportation plans, programs, and projects conform to SIPs and
establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether or not
they conform. Conformity to a SIP means that transportation activities
will
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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 have described our process for determining the adequacy of
submitted SIP budgets in 40 CFR 93.118(f). We have followed this rule
in making our adequacy determination.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
Dated: May 26, 2006.
Alan J. Steinberg,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. E6-8936 Filed 6-7-06; 8:45 am]
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