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Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans; West
Virginia; Redesignation of the West
Virginia Portion of the Wheeling, WVOH 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area
to Attainment and Approval of the
Area’s Maintenance Plan
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is approving a
redesignation request and a State
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Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the State of West Virginia.
The West Virginia Department of
Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is
requesting that the Marshall and Ohio
County, West Virginia (Wheeling)
portion of the Wheeling, WV-OH area
(herein referred to as the ‘‘Area’’) be
redesignated as attainment for the 8hour ozone national ambient air quality
standard (NAAQS). In conjunction with
its redesignation request, the State
submitted a SIP revision consisting of a
maintenance plan for Wheeling that
provides for continued attainment of the
8-hour ozone NAAQS for the next 12
years, until 2018. EPA is also approving
the adequacy determination for the
motor vehicle emission budgets
(MVEBs) that are identified in the
Wheeling 8-hour ozone maintenance
plan for purposes of transportation
conformity, and is approving those
MVEBs. EPA is approving the
redesignation request and the
maintenance plan revision to the West
Virginia SIP in accordance with the
requirements of the CAA.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule is
effective on June 14, 2007.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA–R03–OAR–2006–0682. All
documents in the docket are listed in
the www.regulations.gov Web site.
Although listed in the electronic docket,
some information is not publicly
available, i.e., confidential business
information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the Internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy for
public inspection during normal
business hours at the Air Protection
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Copies of the State submittal are
available at the West Virginia
Department of Environmental
Protection, Division of Air Quality, 601
57th Street, SE., Charleston, WV 25304.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Caprio, (215) 814–2156, or by
e-mail at caprio.amy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On October 2, 2006 (71 FR 57894),
EPA published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPR) for the State of West
Virginia. The NPR proposed approval of
West Virginia’s redesignation request
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and a SIP revision that establishes a
maintenance plan for Wheeling that sets
forth how Wheeling will maintain
attainment of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS
for the next 12 years. The formal SIP
revision was submitted by the WVDEP
on July 24, 2006. Other specific
requirements of West Virginia’s
redesignation request SIP revision for
the maintenance plan and the rationales
for EPA’s proposed actions are
explained in the NPR and will not be
restated here.
On October 20, 2006, EPA received a
comment, from the West Virginia
Division of Highways, in support of its
October 2, 2006 NPR. Also, on October
28, 2006, EPA received adverse
comments on the said October 2, 2006
NPR. A summary of the comments
submitted and EPA’s responses are
provided in Section II of this document.
II. Summary of Public Comments and
EPA Responses
Comment: The commenter stated that
on behalf of the West Virginia Division
of Highways, they would like to go on
record as supporting the redesignation
of the Wheeling, West Virginia portion
of the Wheeling, WV-OH interstate area
from nonattainment to attainment.
Response: EPA acknowledges the
comment of support for our final action.
Comment: The commenter states that
the Wheeling Area redesignation is
based on 2002–2004 air quality data,
and should instead be based on the most
recent three years of air quality data,
2004–2006.
Response: EPA disagrees that the 2006
data was available as a basis for
redesignating Wheeling to attainment,
and also disagrees with the comment
that the redesignation cannot be based
on the quality assured 2002–2004 air
quality data. EPA may redesignate an
area to attainment of the 8-hour ozone
NAAQS if three years of quality assured
data indicate that the area has attained
the standard and the most recent quality
assured air quality data indicate that the
area is still attaining the standard at the
time of the redesignation. EPA has
determined that the Wheeling, WV
portion of the Wheeling, WV-OH
nonattainment area has attained
compliance with the 8-hour ozone
NAAQS subsequent to the calendar year
2004 ozone season (April–October)
based on three years (2002–2004) of
quality assured data. It is also worth
noting that while our determination that
the Area has attained the standard is
based on the 2002–2004 data, the 2005
calendar year quality assured data and
the newly available quality assured data
from 2006, indicate that the Area
continues to attain the standard. The
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2005 and 2006 data support our
conclusion in the notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPR) on October 2, 2006
(71 FR 57894) that emissions reductions
in the Area can be attributed to
permanent and enforceable measures
throughout the Area and that air quality
monitoring date indicates that the Area
continues to attain the 8-hour ozone
NAAQS.1
Comment: The commenter asserts that
EPA should not approve the
redesignation of Wheeling because the
Wheeling monitor was twice relocated
during calendar years 2004 and 2005.
The commenter states that (at its current
location) the Wheeling ozone monitor
should operate for one additional year
in order to confirm attainment of the
NAAQS and that EPA should not act on
WVDEP’s redesignation request until
the air quality data for the additional
monitoring period have been evaluated.
Response: Since 1982, WVDEP has
operated and maintained an ozone
monitoring station for the West Virginia
portion of the Wheeling Area. The
commenter refers to the Wheeling
monitor as having been relocated from
‘‘Site 7’’ to ‘‘Site 9,’’ and finally to ‘‘Site
10.’’ The monitoring station was
originally located at WVDEP’s Northern
Panhandle Regional Office. The station
continued to operate at this location
(Site 7) until WVDEP had to discontinue
the operations at the site due to the
relocation of its Northern Panhandle
Regional Office prior to the calendar
year 2004 ozone season (April through
October). As a result, WVDEP installed
an interim ozone station in the
Wheeling Area which was located
approximately four miles south of the
station’s original location and collected
data for the 2004 ozone season (Site 9).
In anticipation of the 2005 season,
WVDEP established a new site for the
Wheeling ozone monitor which was
approximately three-tenths of a mile
south of the monitor’s original location
(Site 10). The new monitoring site is
similar in characteristics to the original
monitoring site. The sites are located in
the same river valley with no
obstructions between the sites and have
a similar distribution of surrounding
ozone sources. Both monitoring
locations are located within the City of
Wheeling, West Virginia and the
surrounding areas have comparable
population density, with no large
industrial sources, and no adjacent
1 The fourth highest 8-hour ozone monitoring
values at the Ohio County, West Virginia monitor
for 2006 were 0.085 ppm, 0.083 ppm, 0.079 ppm,
and 0.079 ppm. Thus the design value at the Area
monitor for monitoring years 2004–2006 are still
showing attainment of the 8-hour NAAQS with a
value of 0.077 ppm at the Wheeling monitor.
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highways. The current location of the
Wheeling ozone monitor is in an area
which has the infrastructure and
arranged access to operate for many
years.
The data from monitoring sites 7, 9,
and 10 were pooled for two three-year
periods: (1) 2002, 2003, and 2004 (Sites
7 and 9) and (2) 2003, 2004 and 2005
(Sites 7, 9, 10). In addition, the data
from monitoring sites 9 and 10 were
pooled for 2004–2006. See also, footnote
1. The commenter asserted that data
obtained from Site 9 was a ‘‘poor site’’
and that the data obtained from this site
in 2004 was of low value for purpose of
the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA
evaluated ozone statistics for the
Wheeling Area for 2004 (i.e., number of
days with eight-hour averages greater
than 0.0084 ppm and 4th highest eighthour average for the year), and found
them to be reasonable and consistent
when compared to ozone measurements
collected in Wheeling and at other
nearby monitoring stations in the Ohio
River Valley during the period
examined (1998 thru 2005).
Based on a review of ozone air quality
data from the Wheeling Area for this
period, the proximity and
characteristics of the monitoring sites,
and giving consideration to WVDEP’s
reasons for relocating the ozone
monitoring station during period of
2003–2005, EPA has concluded that the
integrity of ozone data submitted for
this Area was not affected by the fact
that the data was collected from three
different, and relatively close together,
monitoring locations. This data is
acceptable for purposes of redesignating
the Wheeling Area to attainment of the
8-hour ozone NAAQS.
Comment: The commenter asserts that
cold and wet summers, rather than
enforceable emissions reductions are a
significant cause of improvement of air
quality in Wheeling, although the
commenter also asserts based on the
number of days exceeding 84 ppb in
2005 that the air quality is actually not
improving.
Response: In accordance with
Appendix I to 40 CFR Part 50,
compliance with the 8-hour ozone
NAAQS is met at an ambient air
monitoring site when the 3-year average
of the annual fourth-highest daily
maximum 8-hour average ozone
concentration is less than or equal to
0.08 ppm; it is not based on the number
of days which exceed the 8-hour ozone
standard. Additionally, EPA uses the
three-year averaging period to minimize
year to year variations in the summer
(i.e., ozone season) weather. See
Redesignation of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, 66 FR 53094, 53100
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(October 19, 2001). Therefore, the
number of days exceeding 84 ppb are
not relevant to a determination of
whether an area (or portion thereof), has
attained the 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
Information relative to long term trends
of West Virginia summer temperatures
and rainfall-based data was obtained
from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)
National Climate Data Center (please see
attached). Based on EPA’s review, this
information shows that the summers
2000 through 2006 experienced year to
year variations in average summer
temperature and rainfall typical of the
summer seasons in the State of West
Virginia. Thus the improvement in air
quality is not due to unusually cold and
wet summers. Rather, the improvement
in air quality is due to the
implementation of permanent and
enforceable measures as explained in
the NPR. The permanent and
enforceable measures listed in the
Wheeling NPR include the National
Low Emissions Vehicle (NLEV), motor
vehicle fleet turnover with new vehicles
meeting the Tier 2 standards, and the
Clean Diesel Program. These federal
vehicle programs along with the NOX
SIP Call resulted in a 0.9 tons per year
(tpy) decrease in VOC emissions and a
69.8 tpy decrease in NOX emissions
throughout the Wheeling Area between
2002 and 2004. Therefore, EPA believes
that the improvement in 8-hour ozone
air quality is a result of identifiable,
permanent and enforceable reductions
in ozone precursor emissions, not
unusually cold and wet summers.
Comment: The commenter requests
air quality data for time periods outside
the time period be used for
redesignation, and for areas outside the
West Virginia portion of the Wheeling
Area which is the subject of this
rulemaking, and other air quality data
such as data provided by the Clean Air
Status and Trends Network (CASTNET)
and the National Atmospheric
Deposition Program (NADP) monitoring
networks, which has not been used to
support this rulemaking. The
commenter also insists that monitoring
data from a rural ozone monitoring site,
a CASTNET monitor, located in
adjacent Noble County, Ohio should
have been considered in this
rulemaking.
Response: As discussed previously,
the redesignation is demonstrated by the
quality assured 2002–2004 ozone
monitoring data, and continued
attainment of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS
is demonstrated by the quality assured
2005 and 2006 ozone monitoring data
for the Wheeling Area. Other air quality
data, from other monitoring networks or
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for time periods outside the years being
used to support the redesignation
request, or which are located outside the
Wheeling Area (i.e., Noble County, OH
CASTNET monitor), are not relevant to
the redesignation request. Furthermore,
CASTNET and NADP monitors are not
operated for purposes of the regional
ozone monitoring network nor do they
satisfy the quality assurance
requirements necessary to support
requests for redesignation.
Additionally, the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit recently vacated EPA’s April 30,
2004 ‘‘Final Rule To Implement the 8Hour Ozone National Ambient
Standard’’ (the Phase 1 implementation
rule). South Coast Air Quality
Management District v. EPA, 472 F.3d
882 (D.C. Cir. 2007). EPA issued a
supplemental proposed rulemaking that
set forth its views on the potential effect
of the Court’s ruling on this and other
proposed redesignation actions. 72 FR
13452 (March 22, 2007). EPA proposed
to find that the Court’s ruling does not
alter any requirements relevant to the
proposed redesignations that would
prevent EPA from finalizing these
redesignations, for the reasons fully
explained in the supplemental notice.
EPA provided a 15-day review and
comment period on this supplemental
proposed rulemaking. The public
comment period closed on April 6,
2007. EPA received six comments, all
supporting EPA’s supplemental
proposed rulemaking, and supporting
redesignation of the affected areas. EPA
recognizes the support provided in
these comments as well, but again, we
do not believe any specific response to
comments is necessary with respect to
these comments. In addition, several of
these comments included additional
rationale for proceeding with these
proposed redesignations. EPA had not
requested comment on any additional
rationale, does not believe any
additional rationale is necessary, and
similarly does not believe any specific
response to these comments is
necessary, and thus has not provided
any.
III. Final Action
EPA is approving the State of West
Virginia’s July 24, 2006 redesignation
request and maintenance plan because
the requirements for approval have been
satisfied. EPA has evaluated West
Virginia’s redesignation request,
submitted on July 24, 2006, and
determined that it meets the
redesignation criteria set forth in section
107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA. EPA believes
that the redesignation request and
monitoring data demonstrate that
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Wheeling has attained the 8-hour ozone
standard. The final approval of this
redesignation request will change the
designation of Wheeling from
nonattainment to attainment for the 8hour ozone standard. EPA is approving
the associated maintenance plan for
Wheeling, submitted on July 24, 2006,
as a revision to the West Virginia SIP.
EPA is approving the maintenance plan
for Wheeling because it meets the
requirements of section 175A.
EPA is also approving the MVEBs
submitted by West Virginia in
conjunction with its redesignation
request. In this final rulemaking, EPA is
notifying the public that we have found
that the MVEBs for NOX and VOCs in
the Wheeling 8-hour ozone maintenance
plan are adequate and approved for
conformity purposes. As a result of our
finding, Marshall and Ohio Counties
must use the MVEBs from the submitted
8-hour ozone maintenance plan for
future conformity determinations. The
adequate and approved MVEBs are
provided in the following table:
ADEQUATE AND APPROVED MOTOR
VEHICLE
EMISSIONS
BUDGETS
(MVEBS) IN TONS PER DAY (TPD)
Budget year
2009 ............
2018 ............
NOX
VOC
4.3
1.7
2.5
1.4
Wheeling is subject to the CAA’s
requirements for basic ozone
nonattainment areas until and unless it
is redesignated to attainment.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR
51735, October 4, 1993), this final 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 Fed. Reg.
28355 (May 22, 2001)). This action
approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and imposes no additional
requirements beyond those imposed by
state law. Redesignation of an area to
attainment under section 107(d)(3)(e) of
the Clean Air Act does not impose any
new requirements on small entities.
Redesignation is an action that affects
the status of a geographical area and
does not impose any new regulatory
requirements on sources. Accordingly,
the Administrator certifies that this final
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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 approves preexisting 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 in the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4).
This final rule also does 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), nor
will it 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), because it affects the
status of a geographical area, does not
impose any new requirements on
sources, or allow the state to avoid
adopting or implementing other
requirements, and does not alter the
relationship or the distribution of power
and responsibilities established in the
Clean Air Act. This final rule also is not
subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997), because it
approves a state rule implementing a
Federal standard. 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. Redesignation is an action that
affects the status of a geographical area
and does not impose any new
requirements on sources. 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. As required by
section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61
FR 4729, February 7, 1996), in issuing
this final rule, EPA has taken the
necessary steps to eliminate drafting
errors and ambiguity, minimize
potential litigation, and provide a clear
legal standard for affected conduct. EPA
has complied with Executive Order
12630 (53 FR 8859, March 15, 1988) by
examining the takings implications of
the rule in accordance with the
‘‘Attorney General’s Supplemental
Guidelines for the Evaluation of Risk
and Avoidance of Unanticipated
Takings’’ issued under the executive
order.
appropriate circuit by July 16, 2007.
Filing a petition for reconsideration by
the Administrator of this final rule does
not affect the finality of this rule for the
purposes of judicial review nor does it
extend the time within which a petition
for judicial review may be filed, and
shall not postpone the effectiveness of
such rule or action.
This action, to approve the
redesignation request, maintenance plan
and adequacy determination for MVEBs
for Wheeling, may not be challenged
later in proceedings to enforce its
requirements. (See section 307(b)(2)).
B. Submission to Congress and the
Comptroller General
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. EPA will submit a
report containing this rule and other
required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United
States prior to publication of the rule in
the Federal Register. This rule is not a
‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, National parks,
Wilderness areas.
C. Petitions for Judicial Review
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean
Air Act, petitions for judicial review of
this action must be filed in the United
States Court of Appeals for the
Applicable geographic area
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3. The authority citation for part 81
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Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Ozone, Nitrogen dioxide,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Volatile organic
compounds.
40 CFR Part 81
Dated: May 8, 2007.
William T. Wisniewski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
40 CFR parts 52 and 81 are amended
as follows:
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1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart XX—West Virginia
2. In § 52.2520, the table in paragraph
(e) is amended by adding an entry for
the 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan,
Wheeling, WV-OH Area at the end of
the table to read as follows:
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07/24/06
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05/15/07 [Insert page
number where the
document begins].
I 4. In § 81.349 the table entitled ‘‘West
Virginia—Ozone (8-Hour Standard)’’ is
amended by revising the entry for the
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WEST VIRGINIA—OZONE (8-HOUR STANDARD)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 060525140–6221–02]
RIN 0648–XA21
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper/
Grouper Resources of the South
Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason
adjustment.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: NMFS reduces the
commercial trip limit for golden tilefish
in the South Atlantic to 300 lb (136 kg)
per trip in or from the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ). This trip limit
reduction is necessary to protect the
South Atlantic golden tilefish resource.
DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m.,
local time, May 17, 2007, through
January 1, 2008, unless changed by
further notification in the Federal
Register.
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Jason Rueter, telephone 727–824–5305,
fax 727–824–5308, e-mail
jason.rueter@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
snapper-grouper fishery of the South
Atlantic is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Resources of the South Atlantic
(FMP). The FMP was prepared by the
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council and is implemented under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by
regulations at 50 CFR part 622.
Under 50 CFR 622.44(c)(2), NMFS is
required to reduce the trip limit in the
commercial fishery for golden tilefish
when 75 percent of the fishing year
quota is met to 300 lb (136 kg) per trip,
by filing a notification to that effect in
the Federal Register. Based on current
statistics, NMFS has determined that 75
percent of the available commercial
quota of 295,000 lb (133,810 kg), gutted
weight, for golden tilefish will be
reached on or before May 17, 2007.
Accordingly, NMFS is reducing the
commercial golden tilefish trip limit to
300 lb (136 kg) in the South Atlantic
EEZ from 12:01 a.m., local time, on May
17, 2007, until the fishery closes or
12:01 a.m., local time, on January 1,
2008, whichever occurs first.
Classification
This action responds to the best
available information recently obtained
from the fishery. The Assistant
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Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA,
(AA), finds good cause to waive the
requirement to provide prior notice and
opportunity for public comment
pursuant to the authority set forth at 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) as such prior notice
and opportunity for public comment is
unnecessary and contrary to the public
interest. Such procedures would be
unnecessary because the rule itself
already has been subject to notice and
comment, and all that remains is to
notify the public of the closure.
Allowing prior notice and opportunity
for public comment is contrary to the
public interest because of the need to
immediately implement this action in
order to protect the fishery since the
capacity of the fishing fleet allows for
rapid over harvest of the quota. Prior
notice and opportunity for public
comment would require additional time
and would likely result in a harvest well
in excess of the established quota. For
the aforementioned reasons, the AA also
finds good cause to waive the 30-day
delay in the effectiveness of this action
under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
This action is taken under 50 CFR
622.43(a) and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 10, 2007.
James P. Burgess,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA-R03-OAR-2006-0682; FRL-8314-6]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
West Virginia; Redesignation of the West Virginia Portion of the
Wheeling, WV-OH 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment and
Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is approving a redesignation request and a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of West
Virginia. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
(WVDEP) is requesting that the Marshall and Ohio County, West Virginia
(Wheeling) portion of the Wheeling, WV-OH area (herein referred to as
the ``Area'') be redesignated as attainment for the 8-hour ozone
national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). In conjunction with its
redesignation request, the State submitted a SIP revision consisting of
a maintenance plan for Wheeling that provides for continued attainment
of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS for the next 12 years, until 2018. EPA is
also approving the adequacy determination for the motor vehicle
emission budgets (MVEBs) that are identified in the Wheeling 8-hour
ozone maintenance plan for purposes of transportation conformity, and
is approving those MVEBs. EPA is approving the redesignation request
and the maintenance plan revision to the West Virginia SIP in
accordance with the requirements of the CAA.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule is effective on June 14, 2007.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA-R03-OAR-2006-0682. All documents in the docket are listed in
the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the electronic
docket, some information is not publicly available, i.e., confidential
business information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard
copy for public inspection during normal business hours at the Air
Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III,
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the State
submittal are available at the West Virginia Department of
Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, 601 57th Street,
SE., Charleston, WV 25304.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Caprio, (215) 814-2156, or by e-
mail at caprio.amy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On October 2, 2006 (71 FR 57894), EPA published a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPR) for the State of West Virginia. The NPR
proposed approval of West Virginia's redesignation request
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and a SIP revision that establishes a maintenance plan for Wheeling
that sets forth how Wheeling will maintain attainment of the 8-hour
ozone NAAQS for the next 12 years. The formal SIP revision was
submitted by the WVDEP on July 24, 2006. Other specific requirements of
West Virginia's redesignation request SIP revision for the maintenance
plan and the rationales for EPA's proposed actions are explained in the
NPR and will not be restated here.
On October 20, 2006, EPA received a comment, from the West Virginia
Division of Highways, in support of its October 2, 2006 NPR. Also, on
October 28, 2006, EPA received adverse comments on the said October 2,
2006 NPR. A summary of the comments submitted and EPA's responses are
provided in Section II of this document.
II. Summary of Public Comments and EPA Responses
Comment: The commenter stated that on behalf of the West Virginia
Division of Highways, they would like to go on record as supporting the
redesignation of the Wheeling, West Virginia portion of the Wheeling,
WV-OH interstate area from nonattainment to attainment.
Response: EPA acknowledges the comment of support for our final
action.
Comment: The commenter states that the Wheeling Area redesignation
is based on 2002-2004 air quality data, and should instead be based on
the most recent three years of air quality data, 2004-2006.
Response: EPA disagrees that the 2006 data was available as a basis
for redesignating Wheeling to attainment, and also disagrees with the
comment that the redesignation cannot be based on the quality assured
2002-2004 air quality data. EPA may redesignate an area to attainment
of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS if three years of quality assured data
indicate that the area has attained the standard and the most recent
quality assured air quality data indicate that the area is still
attaining the standard at the time of the redesignation. EPA has
determined that the Wheeling, WV portion of the Wheeling, WV-OH
nonattainment area has attained compliance with the 8-hour ozone NAAQS
subsequent to the calendar year 2004 ozone season (April-October) based
on three years (2002-2004) of quality assured data. It is also worth
noting that while our determination that the Area has attained the
standard is based on the 2002-2004 data, the 2005 calendar year quality
assured data and the newly available quality assured data from 2006,
indicate that the Area continues to attain the standard. The 2005 and
2006 data support our conclusion in the notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPR) on October 2, 2006 (71 FR 57894) that emissions reductions in the
Area can be attributed to permanent and enforceable measures throughout
the Area and that air quality monitoring date indicates that the Area
continues to attain the 8-hour ozone NAAQS.\1\
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\1\ The fourth highest 8-hour ozone monitoring values at the
Ohio County, West Virginia monitor for 2006 were 0.085 ppm, 0.083
ppm, 0.079 ppm, and 0.079 ppm. Thus the design value at the Area
monitor for monitoring years 2004-2006 are still showing attainment
of the 8-hour NAAQS with a value of 0.077 ppm at the Wheeling
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Comment: The commenter asserts that EPA should not approve the
redesignation of Wheeling because the Wheeling monitor was twice
relocated during calendar years 2004 and 2005. The commenter states
that (at its current location) the Wheeling ozone monitor should
operate for one additional year in order to confirm attainment of the
NAAQS and that EPA should not act on WVDEP's redesignation request
until the air quality data for the additional monitoring period have
been evaluated.
Response: Since 1982, WVDEP has operated and maintained an ozone
monitoring station for the West Virginia portion of the Wheeling Area.
The commenter refers to the Wheeling monitor as having been relocated
from ``Site 7'' to ``Site 9,'' and finally to ``Site 10.'' The
monitoring station was originally located at WVDEP's Northern Panhandle
Regional Office. The station continued to operate at this location
(Site 7) until WVDEP had to discontinue the operations at the site due
to the relocation of its Northern Panhandle Regional Office prior to
the calendar year 2004 ozone season (April through October). As a
result, WVDEP installed an interim ozone station in the Wheeling Area
which was located approximately four miles south of the station's
original location and collected data for the 2004 ozone season (Site
9). In anticipation of the 2005 season, WVDEP established a new site
for the Wheeling ozone monitor which was approximately three-tenths of
a mile south of the monitor's original location (Site 10). The new
monitoring site is similar in characteristics to the original
monitoring site. The sites are located in the same river valley with no
obstructions between the sites and have a similar distribution of
surrounding ozone sources. Both monitoring locations are located within
the City of Wheeling, West Virginia and the surrounding areas have
comparable population density, with no large industrial sources, and no
adjacent highways. The current location of the Wheeling ozone monitor
is in an area which has the infrastructure and arranged access to
operate for many years.
The data from monitoring sites 7, 9, and 10 were pooled for two
three-year periods: (1) 2002, 2003, and 2004 (Sites 7 and 9) and (2)
2003, 2004 and 2005 (Sites 7, 9, 10). In addition, the data from
monitoring sites 9 and 10 were pooled for 2004-2006. See also, footnote
1. The commenter asserted that data obtained from Site 9 was a ``poor
site'' and that the data obtained from this site in 2004 was of low
value for purpose of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA evaluated ozone
statistics for the Wheeling Area for 2004 (i.e., number of days with
eight-hour averages greater than 0.0084 ppm and 4th highest eight-hour
average for the year), and found them to be reasonable and consistent
when compared to ozone measurements collected in Wheeling and at other
nearby monitoring stations in the Ohio River Valley during the period
examined (1998 thru 2005).
Based on a review of ozone air quality data from the Wheeling Area
for this period, the proximity and characteristics of the monitoring
sites, and giving consideration to WVDEP's reasons for relocating the
ozone monitoring station during period of 2003-2005, EPA has concluded
that the integrity of ozone data submitted for this Area was not
affected by the fact that the data was collected from three different,
and relatively close together, monitoring locations. This data is
acceptable for purposes of redesignating the Wheeling Area to
attainment of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
Comment: The commenter asserts that cold and wet summers, rather
than enforceable emissions reductions are a significant cause of
improvement of air quality in Wheeling, although the commenter also
asserts based on the number of days exceeding 84 ppb in 2005 that the
air quality is actually not improving.
Response: In accordance with Appendix I to 40 CFR Part 50,
compliance with the 8-hour ozone NAAQS is met at an ambient air
monitoring site when the 3-year average of the annual fourth-highest
daily maximum 8-hour average ozone concentration is less than or equal
to 0.08 ppm; it is not based on the number of days which exceed the 8-
hour ozone standard. Additionally, EPA uses the three-year averaging
period to minimize year to year variations in the summer (i.e., ozone
season) weather. See Redesignation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 66 FR
53094, 53100
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(October 19, 2001). Therefore, the number of days exceeding 84 ppb are
not relevant to a determination of whether an area (or portion
thereof), has attained the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. Information relative to
long term trends of West Virginia summer temperatures and rainfall-
based data was obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's (NOAA) National Climate Data Center (please see
attached). Based on EPA's review, this information shows that the
summers 2000 through 2006 experienced year to year variations in
average summer temperature and rainfall typical of the summer seasons
in the State of West Virginia. Thus the improvement in air quality is
not due to unusually cold and wet summers. Rather, the improvement in
air quality is due to the implementation of permanent and enforceable
measures as explained in the NPR. The permanent and enforceable
measures listed in the Wheeling NPR include the National Low Emissions
Vehicle (NLEV), motor vehicle fleet turnover with new vehicles meeting
the Tier 2 standards, and the Clean Diesel Program. These federal
vehicle programs along with the NOX SIP Call resulted in a
0.9 tons per year (tpy) decrease in VOC emissions and a 69.8 tpy
decrease in NOX emissions throughout the Wheeling Area
between 2002 and 2004. Therefore, EPA believes that the improvement in
8-hour ozone air quality is a result of identifiable, permanent and
enforceable reductions in ozone precursor emissions, not unusually cold
and wet summers.
Comment: The commenter requests air quality data for time periods
outside the time period be used for redesignation, and for areas
outside the West Virginia portion of the Wheeling Area which is the
subject of this rulemaking, and other air quality data such as data
provided by the Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) and the
National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) monitoring networks,
which has not been used to support this rulemaking. The commenter also
insists that monitoring data from a rural ozone monitoring site, a
CASTNET monitor, located in adjacent Noble County, Ohio should have
been considered in this rulemaking.
Response: As discussed previously, the redesignation is
demonstrated by the quality assured 2002-2004 ozone monitoring data,
and continued attainment of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS is demonstrated by
the quality assured 2005 and 2006 ozone monitoring data for the
Wheeling Area. Other air quality data, from other monitoring networks
or for time periods outside the years being used to support the
redesignation request, or which are located outside the Wheeling Area
(i.e., Noble County, OH CASTNET monitor), are not relevant to the
redesignation request. Furthermore, CASTNET and NADP monitors are not
operated for purposes of the regional ozone monitoring network nor do
they satisfy the quality assurance requirements necessary to support
requests for redesignation.
Additionally, the United States Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit recently vacated EPA's April 30, 2004 ``Final Rule
To Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Standard'' (the Phase 1
implementation rule). South Coast Air Quality Management District v.
EPA, 472 F.3d 882 (D.C. Cir. 2007). EPA issued a supplemental proposed
rulemaking that set forth its views on the potential effect of the
Court's ruling on this and other proposed redesignation actions. 72 FR
13452 (March 22, 2007). EPA proposed to find that the Court's ruling
does not alter any requirements relevant to the proposed redesignations
that would prevent EPA from finalizing these redesignations, for the
reasons fully explained in the supplemental notice. EPA provided a 15-
day review and comment period on this supplemental proposed rulemaking.
The public comment period closed on April 6, 2007. EPA received six
comments, all supporting EPA's supplemental proposed rulemaking, and
supporting redesignation of the affected areas. EPA recognizes the
support provided in these comments as well, but again, we do not
believe any specific response to comments is necessary with respect to
these comments. In addition, several of these comments included
additional rationale for proceeding with these proposed redesignations.
EPA had not requested comment on any additional rationale, does not
believe any additional rationale is necessary, and similarly does not
believe any specific response to these comments is necessary, and thus
has not provided any.
III. Final Action
EPA is approving the State of West Virginia's July 24, 2006
redesignation request and maintenance plan because the requirements for
approval have been satisfied. EPA has evaluated West Virginia's
redesignation request, submitted on July 24, 2006, and determined that
it meets the redesignation criteria set forth in section 107(d)(3)(E)
of the CAA. EPA believes that the redesignation request and monitoring
data demonstrate that Wheeling has attained the 8-hour ozone standard.
The final approval of this redesignation request will change the
designation of Wheeling from nonattainment to attainment for the 8-hour
ozone standard. EPA is approving the associated maintenance plan for
Wheeling, submitted on July 24, 2006, as a revision to the West
Virginia SIP. EPA is approving the maintenance plan for Wheeling
because it meets the requirements of section 175A.
EPA is also approving the MVEBs submitted by West Virginia in
conjunction with its redesignation request. In this final rulemaking,
EPA is notifying the public that we have found that the MVEBs for
NOX and VOCs in the Wheeling 8-hour ozone maintenance plan
are adequate and approved for conformity purposes. As a result of our
finding, Marshall and Ohio Counties must use the MVEBs from the
submitted 8-hour ozone maintenance plan for future conformity
determinations. The adequate and approved MVEBs are provided in the
following table:
Adequate and Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (MVEBs) in Tons
per Day (TPD)
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Budget year NOX VOC
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2009.......................................... 4.3 2.5
2018.......................................... 1.7 1.4
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Wheeling is subject to the CAA's requirements for basic ozone
nonattainment areas until and unless it is redesignated to attainment.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
final 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 Fed. Reg. 28355 (May 22, 2001)).
This action approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and
imposes no additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law.
Redesignation of an area to attainment under section 107(d)(3)(e) of
the Clean Air Act does not impose any new requirements on small
entities. Redesignation is an action that affects the status of a
geographical area and does not impose any new regulatory requirements
on sources. Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that this final
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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 approves 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 in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4).
This final rule also does 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), nor
will it 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), because it affects the status of a geographical area, does
not impose any new requirements on sources, or allow the state to avoid
adopting or implementing other requirements, and does not alter the
relationship or the distribution of power and responsibilities
established in the Clean Air Act. This final rule also is not subject
to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it
approves a state rule implementing a Federal standard. 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. Redesignation is an action that affects the status
of a geographical area and does not impose any new requirements on
sources. 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. As required by section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61 FR
4729, February 7, 1996), in issuing this final rule, EPA has taken the
necessary steps to eliminate drafting errors and ambiguity, minimize
potential litigation, and provide a clear legal standard for affected
conduct. EPA has complied with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR 8859, March
15, 1988) by examining the takings implications of the rule in
accordance with the ``Attorney General's Supplemental Guidelines for
the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of Unanticipated Takings'' issued
under the executive order.
B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This rule is not a
``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
C. Petitions for Judicial Review
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by July 16, 2007. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial
review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial
review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such
rule or action.
This action, to approve the redesignation request, maintenance plan
and adequacy determination for MVEBs for Wheeling, may not be
challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See
section 307(b)(2)).
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Ozone, Nitrogen dioxide, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National parks,
Wilderness areas.
Dated: May 8, 2007.
William T. Wisniewski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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40 CFR parts 52 and 81 are amended as follows:
PART 52--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart XX--West Virginia
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2. In Sec. 52.2520, the table in paragraph (e) is amended by adding an
entry for the 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan, Wheeling, WV-OH Area at
the end of the table to read as follows:
Sec. 52.2520 Identification of plan.
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Name of non-regulatory SIP Applicable geographic State
revision area submittal date EPA approval date Additional explanation
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8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan for Marshall and Ohio 07/24/06 05/15/07 [Insert page number where
the Wheeling, WV-OH Area. County. the document begins].
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PART 81--[AMENDED]
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3. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
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4. In Sec. 81.349 the table entitled ``West Virginia--Ozone (8-Hour
Standard)'' is amended by revising the entry for the Wheeling, WV-OH
Area to read as follows:
Sec. 81.349 West Virginia.
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West Virginia--Ozone (8-Hour Standard)
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Wheeling, WV-OH Area
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Marshall County................... 5/15/07 Attainment.
Ohio County....................... 5/15/07 Attainment.
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a Includes Indian country located in each county or area except otherwise noted.
\1\ This date is June 15, 2004, unless otherwise noted.
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