Adequacy Status of the Atlanta Early Progress 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes, 17550-17551 [E7-6620]
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These MVEBs are effective April
24, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynorae Benjamin, Environmental
Engineer, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 4, Air Planning Branch,
Air Quality Modeling and
Transportation Section, 61 Forsyth
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Ms.
Benjamin can also be reached by
telephone at (404) 562–9040, or via
electronic mail at
benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov. The finding
is available at EPA’s conformity Web
site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[GA–78–200703; FRL–8296–1]
Adequacy Status of the Atlanta Early
Progress 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle
Emission Budgets for Transportation
Conformity Purposes
Background
Today’s notice is simply an
announcement of a finding that EPA has
already made. EPA Region 4 sent a letter
to GA EPD on January 24, 2007, stating
that the MVEBs in the Atlanta Early
Progress SIP, submitted on January 16,
2007, are adequate. The Atlanta 8-hour
ozone nonattainment area is comprised
of the following twenty counties:
Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee,
Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb,
Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton,
Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Newton,
Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding and
Walton. EPA’s adequacy comment
period ran from October 30, 2006,
through November 29, 2006. During
EPA’s adequacy comment period no
adverse comments were received. This
finding has also been announced on
EPA’s conformity Web site: https://
www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/
transconf/pastsips.htm. The adequate
MVEBs are provided in the following
table:
ATLANTA 8-HOUR OZONE MVEBS
[Tons per day]
2006
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 (MVEBs) in the Atlanta Early
Progress State Implementation Plan
(SIP), submitted on January 16, 2007, by
the Georgia Environmental Protection
Division (GA EPD) of the Georgia
Department of Natural Resources, are
adequate for transportation conformity
purposes. As a result of EPA’s finding,
the Atlanta area must use the MVEBs
from the January 16, 2007, Atlanta Early
Progress SIP for future conformity
determinations for the 8-hour ozone
standard.
Transportation conformity is required
by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act,
as amended in 1990. 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 EPA determines
whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for
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transportation conformity purposes are
outlined in 40 Code of Federal
Regulations 93.118(e)(4). We have
described the process for determining
the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets
in our July 1, 2004, final rulemaking
entitled, ‘‘ Transportation Conformity
Rule Amendments for the New 8-hour
Ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air
Quality Standards and Miscellaneous
Revisions for Existing Areas;
Transportation Conformity Rule
Amendments: Response to Court
Decision and Additional Rule Changes’’
(69 FR 40004). 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 EPA finds
the MVEBs adequate, the Agency may
later determine that the SIP itself is not
approvable.
On December 22, 2006, the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit issued a decision on EPA’s
Phase I rule implementing the 1997 8hour ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS) (D.C. Cir.
No. 04–1200). EPA is currently
analyzing the decision in detail. EPA’s
adequacy finding on the MVEBs in the
Early Progress SIP for the Atlanta 8-hour
nonattainment area is not affected by
the court’s decision and does not
address any other requirements that
may be affected by the decision. EPA’s
adequacy finding determines only that
the budgets are adequate for the specific
purpose submitted, and provides no
conclusions on what requirements may
ultimately apply in the area as a result
of the court decision.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: March 29, 2007.
J.I. Palmer, Jr.,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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Environmental Protection
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reimbursement of past response
concerning the Anaconda/Milgo
Superfund Site located in Miami, Dade
County, Florida.
DATES: The Agency will consider public
comments on the settlement until May
9, 2007. The Agency will consider all
comments received and may modify or
withdraw its consent to the settlement
if comments received disclose facts or
considerations which indicate that the
settlement is inappropriate, improper,
or inadequate.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the settlement are
available from Ms. Paula V. Batchelor.
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–RO4–SFUND–2007–
0263 or Site name Anaconda/Milgo
Superfund Site by one of the following
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comments.
• E-mail: Batchelor.Paula@epa.gov.
• Fax: 404/562–8842/Attn Paula V.
Batchelor.
Mail: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S.
EPA Region 4, WMD–SEIMB, 61 Forsyth
Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. ‘‘In
addition, please mail a copy of your
comments on the information collection
provisions to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Attn:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St. NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.’’
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R04–SFUND–2007–
0263. EPA’s policy is that all comments
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30303. Regional office is open from 7
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Friday, excluding legal holidays.
Written comments may be submitted
to Ms. Batchelor within 30 calendar
days of the date of this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paula V. Batchelor at 404/562–8887.
Dated: March 26, 2007.
Rosalind H. Brown,
Chief, Superfund Enforcement & Information
Management Branch, Superfund Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[GA-78-200703; FRL-8296-1]
Adequacy Status of the Atlanta Early Progress 8-Hour Ozone Motor
Vehicle Emission Budgets 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 we have found
that the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (MVEBs) in the Atlanta Early
Progress State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted on January 16,
2007, by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD) of the
Georgia Department of Natural Resources, are adequate for
transportation conformity purposes. As a result of EPA's finding, the
Atlanta area must use the MVEBs from the January 16, 2007, Atlanta
Early Progress SIP for future conformity determinations for the 8-hour
ozone standard.
DATES: These MVEBs are effective April 24, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynorae Benjamin, Environmental
Engineer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Air Planning
Branch, Air Quality Modeling and Transportation Section, 61 Forsyth
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Ms. Benjamin can also be reached
by telephone at (404) 562-9040, or via electronic mail at
benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov. The finding is available at EPA's conformity
Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/
currsips.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Today's notice is simply an announcement of a finding that EPA has
already made. EPA Region 4 sent a letter to GA EPD on January 24, 2007,
stating that the MVEBs in the Atlanta Early Progress SIP, submitted on
January 16, 2007, are adequate. The Atlanta 8-hour ozone nonattainment
area is comprised of the following twenty counties: Barrow, Bartow,
Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette,
Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale,
Spalding and Walton. EPA's adequacy comment period ran from October 30,
2006, through November 29, 2006. During EPA's adequacy comment period
no adverse comments were received. This finding has also been announced
on EPA's conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/
transconf/pastsips.htm. The adequate MVEBs are provided in the
following table:
Atlanta 8-Hour Ozone MVEBs
[Tons per day]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2006
------------------------------------------------------------------------
VOC.......................................................... 306.75
NOX.......................................................... 172.27
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Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990. 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 EPA determines whether a SIP's MVEBs are
adequate for
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transportation conformity purposes are outlined in 40 Code of Federal
Regulations 93.118(e)(4). We have described the process for determining
the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in our July 1, 2004, final
rulemaking entitled, `` Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments for
the New 8-hour Ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality
Standards and Miscellaneous Revisions for Existing Areas;
Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Response to Court Decision
and Additional Rule Changes'' (69 FR 40004). 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 EPA finds the MVEBs adequate, the Agency may later determine that
the SIP itself is not approvable.
On December 22, 2006, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit issued a decision on EPA's Phase I rule implementing
the 1997 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)
(D.C. Cir. No. 04-1200). EPA is currently analyzing the decision in
detail. EPA's adequacy finding on the MVEBs in the Early Progress SIP
for the Atlanta 8-hour nonattainment area is not affected by the
court's decision and does not address any other requirements that may
be affected by the decision. EPA's adequacy finding determines only
that the budgets are adequate for the specific purpose submitted, and
provides no conclusions on what requirements may ultimately apply in
the area as a result of the court decision.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: March 29, 2007.
J.I. Palmer, Jr.,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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