Adequacy Status of the Bi-State Louisville 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes, 40295-40296 [E7-14316]

Download as PDF mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 141 / Tuesday, July 24, 2007 / Notices to access those documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then key in the docket ID number identified above. Please note that EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov. Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements under EPA’s WasteWise Program. ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1698.07, OMB Control No. 2050–0139. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2007. 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The Endorser Registration Form identifies the organization, the principal contact, and the activities to which the Endorser commits. EPA’s WasteWise program uses the submitted information to (1) identify and recognize outstanding waste reduction achievements by individual organizations, (2) compile aggregate results that indicate overall accomplishments of WasteWise partners, (3) identify cost-effective waste reduction strategies to share with other organizations, and (4) identify topics on which to develop assistance and information efforts. Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is estimated to average 1 hour per response for the Partner Registration Form, 40 hours per response for the Annual Assessment Form, and 10 hours per response for the Endorser Registration Form. The estimated number of respondents is 1,775 in Year 1; 1,875 in Year 2; and 1,975 in Year 3. Estimated total annual burden on all respondents is 66,350 hours in Year 1; 70,350 hours in Year 2; and 74,350 hours in Year 3. 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; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 40295 information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: Private Sector; State, Local, or Tribal Governments; and the Federal Government. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,875. Frequency of Response: Once per year. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 70,350. Estimated Total Annual Cost: Includes $0 annualized capital or O&M costs, and $4,245,450 annual labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 13,650 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an adjustment stemming from the increased number of partners. Dated: July 18, 2007. Sara Hisel-McCoy, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E7–14263 Filed 7–23–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R04–OAR–2006–0584; FRL–8444–4] Adequacy Status of the Bi-State Louisville 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of adequacy. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found that the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (MVEBs) in Kentucky’s bi-state Louisville 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted on September 29, 2006, by the Kentucky Division of Air Quality (KDAQ), are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of EPA’s finding, the bi-state Louisville area must use the MVEBs from the September 29, 2006, bi-state Louisville 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance SIP for future conformity determinations for the 8-hour ozone standard. In a separate rulemaking, EPA has already approved these MVEBs. These MVEBs are identical to the MVEBs established for this area in the Indiana SIP. DATES: These MVEBs were effective the date of publication (July 5, 2007) for the final rulemaking. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynorae Benjamin, Environmental E:\FR\FM\24JYN1.SGM 24JYN1 40296 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 141 / Tuesday, July 24, 2007 / Notices 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 This notice is simply an announcement of a finding that EPA has already made. EPA Region 4 sent a letter to KDAQ on June 18, 2007, stating that the MVEBs in Kentucky’s SIP, submitted on September 29, 2006, are adequate. The bi-state Louisville 8-hour ozone nonattainment area is comprised of the following five counties: Bullitt, Oldham and Jefferson counties in Kentucky and Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana. EPA’s adequacy comment period for Kentucky’s SIP ran from April 27, 2007, through May 29, 2007. During EPA’s adequacy comment period no comments regarding the adequacy of the MVEBs 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: BI-STATE LOUISVILLE 8-HOUR OZONE MVEBS [Tons per day] 2003 mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES VOC .................. NOX .................. 2020 40.97 95.51 22.92 29.46 EPA has already approved these MVEBs in a separate rulemaking (72 FR 36601, July 5, 2007), and is providing this notice for informational purposes. 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 transportation conformity purposes are VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:50 Jul 23, 2007 Jkt 211001 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. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: June 25, 2007. Russell L. Wright, Jr., Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. [FR Doc. E7–14316 Filed 7–23–07; 8:45 am] from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 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The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40295-40296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14316]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R04-OAR-2006-0584; FRL-8444-4]


Adequacy Status of the Bi-State Louisville 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 Kentucky's bi-state 
Louisville 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance State Implementation Plan (SIP), 
submitted on September 29, 2006, by the Kentucky Division of Air 
Quality (KDAQ), are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As 
a result of EPA's finding, the bi-state Louisville area must use the 
MVEBs from the September 29, 2006, bi-state Louisville 8-Hour Ozone 
Maintenance SIP for future conformity determinations for the 8-hour 
ozone standard. In a separate rulemaking, EPA has already approved 
these MVEBs. These MVEBs are identical to the MVEBs established for 
this area in the Indiana SIP.

DATES: These MVEBs were effective the date of publication (July 5, 
2007) for the final rulemaking.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynorae Benjamin, Environmental

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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

    This notice is simply an announcement of a finding that EPA has 
already made. EPA Region 4 sent a letter to KDAQ on June 18, 2007, 
stating that the MVEBs in Kentucky's SIP, submitted on September 29, 
2006, are adequate. The bi-state Louisville 8-hour ozone nonattainment 
area is comprised of the following five counties: Bullitt, Oldham and 
Jefferson counties in Kentucky and Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana. 
EPA's adequacy comment period for Kentucky's SIP ran from April 27, 
2007, through May 29, 2007. During EPA's adequacy comment period no 
comments regarding the adequacy of the MVEBs 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:

                 Bi-State Louisville 8-Hour Ozone MVEBs
                             [Tons per day]
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                                                    2003         2020
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VOC...........................................        40.97        22.92
NOX...........................................        95.51        29.46
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EPA has already approved these MVEBs in a separate rulemaking (72 FR 
36601, July 5, 2007), and is providing this notice for informational 
purposes.

    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 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.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: June 25, 2007.
Russell L. Wright, Jr.,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
 [FR Doc. E7-14316 Filed 7-23-07; 8:45 am]
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