Adequacy Status of the Northern Kentucky Attainment Demonstration 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes, 22943 [E8-9244]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 82 / Monday, April 28, 2008 / Notices 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.), and the DOE Organization Act (Pub. L. 95–92, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). Issued in Washington, DC, April 22, 2008. Jay H. Casselberry, Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration. [FR Doc. E8–9221 Filed 4–25–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R04–OAR–2008–0216–200812; FRL– 8558–9] Adequacy Status of the Northern Kentucky Attainment Demonstration 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of adequacy. pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: EPA is notifying the public that it has found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) in the Northern Kentucky Attainment Demonstration State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision, submitted on December 7, 2007, by the Kentucky Division of Air Quality (KDAQ) are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of EPA’s finding, the Northern Kentucky Area (Boone, Campbell and Kenton Counties) must use the MVEBs from the December 7, 2007, Northern Kentucky Attainment Demonstration SIP for future conformity determinations for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. DATES: These MVEBs are effective May 13, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynorae Benjamin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Air Planning Branch, 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: This notice is simply an announcement of a finding that EPA has already made. EPA Region 4 sent a letter to KDAQ on March 14, 2008, stating that the MVEBs in the Northern Kentucky Attainment Demonstration SIP, submitted on December 7, 2007, are adequate. The tristate Cincinnati-Hamilton 8-hour ozone nonattainment area (Area) is comprised of the following counties: Boone, VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:22 Apr 25, 2008 Jkt 214001 Campbell and Kenton in Kentucky; Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton and Warren in Ohio; and a portion of Dearborn in Indiana. Kentucky’s Attainment Demonstration submittal addresses only MVEBs for the Kentucky portion of this Area. The MVEBs for the Ohio and Indiana portions of this Area are addressed in a separate submittal provided by Ohio and Indiana. In a separate letter, EPA made a similar determination for the MVEBs associated with the Ohio and Indiana portions of this Area. EPA is addressing the adequacy of the Ohio and Indiana MVEBs through a separate notice. EPA’s adequacy comment period for the Kentucky submittal ran from December 18, 2007, through January 17, 2008. 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: NORTHERN KENTUCKY 8-HOUR OZONE MVEBS [Tons per day] 2008 NOX ................................................ VOC ................................................ 21.36 9.91 Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. 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 (CFR) 93.118(e)(4). We have also 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 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 22943 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. Within 24 months from the effective date of this notice, the transportation partners will need to demonstrate conformity to the new MVEBs if the demonstration has not already been made, pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e). See, 73 FR 4419 (January 24, 2008). Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: April 17, 2008. Russell L. Wright, Jr., Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. [FR Doc. E8–9244 Filed 4–25–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8559–2] Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Webster-Gulf Nuclear Superfund Site, Gulf Nuclear Superfund Site, and the Tavenor-Gulf Nuclear Superfund Site, collectively known as the Gulf Nuclear Superfund Site (the Sites). The Sites are located in Webster, Harris County, Texas; Odessa, Ector County, Texas; and Houston, Harris County, Texas. The Settling Party, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has provided to EPA In-Kind Services valued at $124,592.40. A $102,000 portion of the value of the InKind Services already provided shall be valued as consideration in the Settlement Agreement. The remaining In-Kind Services value of $22,592.40 will be available to the Settling Party to use as credit for any expenditure of costs at the Sites that go beyond EPA’s estimated response costs of $29,864,194.82. The purpose of this Agreement is to settle the claims for past costs incurred by EPA against DSHS, a E:\FR\FM\28APN1.SGM 28APN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R04-OAR-2008-0216-200812; FRL-8558-9]


Adequacy Status of the Northern Kentucky Attainment Demonstration 
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: EPA is notifying the public that it has found that the motor 
vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) in the Northern Kentucky Attainment 
Demonstration State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision, submitted on 
December 7, 2007, by the Kentucky Division of Air Quality (KDAQ) are 
adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of EPA's 
finding, the Northern Kentucky Area (Boone, Campbell and Kenton 
Counties) must use the MVEBs from the December 7, 2007, Northern 
Kentucky Attainment Demonstration SIP for future conformity 
determinations for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.

DATES: These MVEBs are effective May 13, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynorae Benjamin, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, Air Planning Branch, 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: This notice is simply an announcement of a 
finding that EPA has already made. EPA Region 4 sent a letter to KDAQ 
on March 14, 2008, stating that the MVEBs in the Northern Kentucky 
Attainment Demonstration SIP, submitted on December 7, 2007, are 
adequate. The tri-state Cincinnati-Hamilton 8-hour ozone nonattainment 
area (Area) is comprised of the following counties: Boone, Campbell and 
Kenton in Kentucky; Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton and Warren in 
Ohio; and a portion of Dearborn in Indiana. Kentucky's Attainment 
Demonstration submittal addresses only MVEBs for the Kentucky portion 
of this Area. The MVEBs for the Ohio and Indiana portions of this Area 
are addressed in a separate submittal provided by Ohio and Indiana. In 
a separate letter, EPA made a similar determination for the MVEBs 
associated with the Ohio and Indiana portions of this Area. EPA is 
addressing the adequacy of the Ohio and Indiana MVEBs through a 
separate notice. EPA's adequacy comment period for the Kentucky 
submittal ran from December 18, 2007, through January 17, 2008. 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:

                  Northern Kentucky 8-Hour Ozone MVEBs
                             [Tons per day]
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                                                                  2008
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NOX...........................................................     21.36
VOC...........................................................      9.91
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    Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the 
Clean Air Act. 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 (CFR) 93.118(e)(4). We have also 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.
    Within 24 months from the effective date of this notice, the 
transportation partners will need to demonstrate conformity to the new 
MVEBs if the demonstration has not already been made, pursuant to 40 
CFR 93.104(e). See, 73 FR 4419 (January 24, 2008).

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

    Dated: April 17, 2008.
Russell L. Wright, Jr.,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
 [FR Doc. E8-9244 Filed 4-25-08; 8:45 am]
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