Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM-10; Revision of Designation; Redesignation of the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin PM-10 Nonattainment Area to Attainment; Approval of PM-10 Maintenance Plan for the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin; Approval of Commitments for the East Kern PM-10 Nonattainment Area; Extension of Public Comment Period, 30029-30030 [E8-11605]
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Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Designation of
Areas for Air Quality Planning
Purposes; State of California; PM–10;
Revision of Designation;
Redesignation of the San Joaquin
Valley Air Basin PM–10 Nonattainment
Area to Attainment; Approval of PM–10
Maintenance Plan for the San Joaquin
Valley Air Basin; Approval of
Commitments for the East Kern PM–10
Nonattainment Area; Extension of
Public Comment Period
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of
public comment period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is extending the public
comment period for the proposed rule
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entitled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Designation of
Areas for Air Quality Planning
Purposes; State of California; PM–10;
Revision of Designation; Redesignation
of the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin PM–
10 Nonattainment Area to Attainment;
Approval of PM–10 Maintenance Plan
for the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin;
Approval of Commitments for the East
Kern PM–10 Nonattainment Area.’’ The
proposed rule was published on April
25, 2008 (73 FR 22307). The State of
California has since provided technical
corrections to the motor vehicle
emissions budgets in the 2007 San
Joaquin Valley PM–10 Maintenance
Plan that EPA is proposing to approve.
EPA believes the technical corrections
are minor and do not impact other
aspects of the April 25, 2008 proposal.
EPA is extending the public comment
period for the proposed rule until June
10, 2008 in order to provide the public
with the opportunity to consider these
technical corrections.
DATES: The public comment period for
this proposed rule is extended until
June 10, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket number EPA–R09–
OAR–2006–0306, by one of the
following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov.
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(2) E-mail: lo.doris@epa.gov.
(3) Mail or deliver: Doris Lo (AIR–2),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, CA 94105–3901.
Instructions: All comments will be
included in the public docket without
change and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
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comment.
Docket: The index to the docket for
this action is available electronically at
https://www.regulations.gov and in hard
copy at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, California. While
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all documents in the docket are listed in
the index, some information may be
publicly available only at the hard copy
location (e.g., copyrighted material), and
some may not be publicly available in
either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the
hard copy materials, please schedule an
appointment during normal business
hours with the contact listed directly
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lo, EPA Region IX, (415) 972–
3959, lo.doris@epa.gov.
On April
21, 2008 the Regional Administrator
signed a proposed rule entitled
‘‘Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Designation of
Areas for Air Quality Planning
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purposes; State of California; PM–10;
Revision of Designation; Redesignation
of the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin PM–
10 Nonattainment Area to Attainment;
Approval of PM–10 Maintenance Plan
for the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin;
Approval of Commitments for the East
Kern PM–10 Nonattainment Area.’’ This
rule was published on April 25, 2008
(73 FR 22307) and, among other things,
proposed to approve county by county
subarea motor vehicle emissions
budgets (MVEB) in the 2007 San Joaquin
Valley PM–10 Maintenance Plan (2007
Plan) for the San Joaquin Valley Air
Basin (SJVAB) PM–10 nonattainment
area 1 for the years 2005 and 2020. See
73 FR 22307, 22315–22317, Table 4. The
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
used its mobile source emission model,
EMFAC2007, to estimate the direct
particulate matter of ten microns or less
(PM–10) emissions and oxides of
nitrogen (NOX) emissions for the
MVEBs.
CARB has provided EPA with
technical corrections to the 2020 MVEBs
for Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and
Tulare counties in the 2007 Plan. See
the May 13, 2008 letter to Mr. Wayne
Nastri from James N. Goldstene. As
discussed in the letter, the MVEBs for
these four counties were incorrectly
calculated because the input processor
for the EMFAC2007 emissions model
used the wrong travel activity data for
2020. The correct MVEBs are shown in
revised Table 4 below, which replaces
Table 4 in the proposed rule at 73 FR
22316–22317:
TABLE 4.—MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS SUBAREA BUDGETS (TONS PER DAY) SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR BASIN 2007
PLAN *
2005
2020
County
PM–10
NOX
PM–10
NOX
Fresno ..............................................................................................................
Kern ** ..............................................................................................................
Kings ................................................................................................................
Madera .............................................................................................................
Merced .............................................................................................................
San Joaquin .....................................................................................................
Stanislaus ........................................................................................................
Tulare ...............................................................................................................
13.5
12.1
3.1
3.6
6.2
9.1
5.6
7.3
59.2
88.3
16.7
13.9
39.2
42.6
29.7
25.1
16.1
14.7
3.6
4.7
6.4
10.6
6.7
9.4
23.2
39.5
6.8
6.5
12.9
17.0
10.8
10.9
Total ..........................................................................................................
60.5
314.7
72.2
127.6
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* The budgets are based on attainment and maintenance of the 24-hour PM–10 NAAQS. The annual standard was revoked on December 18,
2006. See 71 FR 61144.
** MVEBs in Table 4 are only for the SJVAB portion of Kern County.
The difference between the 2020
budgets found in the 2007 Plan and the
2020 budgets provided in the May 13,
2008 letter are small and Valley-wide
result in no change in total PM–10
emissions and an increase of only 0.2
tons per day in NOX emissions. EPA
believes that the changes in the budgets
do not impact the maintenance
demonstration in the 2007 Plan because
they are small. Therefore these technical
corrections have no effect on EPA’s
preliminary conclusion that the subarea
2020 MVEBs for Merced, San Joaquin,
Stanislaus and Tulare counties are
approvable (73 FR 22316–22317) or on
any other aspects of the proposed rule.
EPA is extending the public comment
period for the proposed rule until June
10, 2008 in order to provide the public
with the opportunity to consider these
technical corrections.
Dated: May 15, 2008.
Wayne Nastri,
Regional Administrator, Region 9.
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counties of San Joaquin, Fresno, Kings, Madera,
Merced, Stanislaus and Tulare and part of Kern
County.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA-R09-OAR-2006-0306; FRL-8570-7]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of
Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM-10;
Revision of Designation; Redesignation of the San Joaquin Valley Air
Basin PM-10 Nonattainment Area to Attainment; Approval of PM-10
Maintenance Plan for the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin; Approval of
Commitments for the East Kern PM-10 Nonattainment Area; Extension of
Public Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the public comment period for the proposed
rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans;
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of
California; PM-10; Revision of Designation; Redesignation of the San
Joaquin Valley Air Basin PM-10 Nonattainment Area to Attainment;
Approval of PM-10 Maintenance Plan for the San Joaquin Valley Air
Basin; Approval of Commitments for the East Kern PM-10 Nonattainment
Area.'' The proposed rule was published on April 25, 2008 (73 FR
22307). The State of California has since provided technical
corrections to the motor vehicle emissions budgets in the 2007 San
Joaquin Valley PM-10 Maintenance Plan that EPA is proposing to approve.
EPA believes the technical corrections are minor and do not impact
other aspects of the April 25, 2008 proposal. EPA is extending the
public comment period for the proposed rule until June 10, 2008 in
order to provide the public with the opportunity to consider these
technical corrections.
DATES: The public comment period for this proposed rule is extended
until June 10, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-
OAR-2006-0306, by one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
(2) E-mail: lo.doris@epa.gov.
(3) Mail or deliver: Doris Lo (AIR-2), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105-3901.
Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket
without change and may be made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes Confidential Business Information (CBI) or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Information that you consider CBI or otherwise protected should be
clearly identified as such and should not be submitted through the
https://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. https://www.regulations.gov is an
anonymous access system, and EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send e-mail directly to EPA, your e-mail address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the public comment. If EPA cannot read
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available
electronically at https://www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. While
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all documents in the docket are listed in the index, some information
may be publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g.,
copyrighted material), and some may not be publicly available in either
location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials, please
schedule an appointment during normal business hours with the contact
listed directly below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lo, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-
3959, lo.doris@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 21, 2008 the Regional Administrator
signed a proposed rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning
Purposes; State of California; PM-10; Revision of Designation;
Redesignation of the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin PM-10 Nonattainment
Area to Attainment; Approval of PM-10 Maintenance Plan for the San
Joaquin Valley Air Basin; Approval of Commitments for the East Kern PM-
10 Nonattainment Area.'' This rule was published on April 25, 2008 (73
FR 22307) and, among other things, proposed to approve county by county
subarea motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEB) in the 2007 San Joaquin
Valley PM-10 Maintenance Plan (2007 Plan) for the San Joaquin Valley
Air Basin (SJVAB) PM-10 nonattainment area \1\ for the years 2005 and
2020. See 73 FR 22307, 22315-22317, Table 4. The California Air
Resources Board (CARB) used its mobile source emission model,
EMFAC2007, to estimate the direct particulate matter of ten microns or
less (PM-10) emissions and oxides of nitrogen (NOX)
emissions for the MVEBs.
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\1\ The nonattainment area includes the entire counties of San
Joaquin, Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus and Tulare and
part of Kern County.
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CARB has provided EPA with technical corrections to the 2020 MVEBs
for Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare counties in the 2007
Plan. See the May 13, 2008 letter to Mr. Wayne Nastri from James N.
Goldstene. As discussed in the letter, the MVEBs for these four
counties were incorrectly calculated because the input processor for
the EMFAC2007 emissions model used the wrong travel activity data for
2020. The correct MVEBs are shown in revised Table 4 below, which
replaces Table 4 in the proposed rule at 73 FR 22316-22317:
Table 4.--Motor Vehicle Emissions Subarea Budgets (Tons per Day) San Joaquin Valley Air Basin 2007 Plan *
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2005 2020
County ---------------------------------------------------------------
PM-10 NOX PM-10 NOX
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Fresno.......................................... 13.5 59.2 16.1 23.2
Kern **......................................... 12.1 88.3 14.7 39.5
Kings........................................... 3.1 16.7 3.6 6.8
Madera.......................................... 3.6 13.9 4.7 6.5
Merced.......................................... 6.2 39.2 6.4 12.9
San Joaquin..................................... 9.1 42.6 10.6 17.0
Stanislaus...................................... 5.6 29.7 6.7 10.8
Tulare.......................................... 7.3 25.1 9.4 10.9
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Total....................................... 60.5 314.7 72.2 127.6
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* The budgets are based on attainment and maintenance of the 24-hour PM-10 NAAQS. The annual standard was
revoked on December 18, 2006. See 71 FR 61144.
** MVEBs in Table 4 are only for the SJVAB portion of Kern County.
The difference between the 2020 budgets found in the 2007 Plan and
the 2020 budgets provided in the May 13, 2008 letter are small and
Valley-wide result in no change in total PM-10 emissions and an
increase of only 0.2 tons per day in NOX emissions. EPA
believes that the changes in the budgets do not impact the maintenance
demonstration in the 2007 Plan because they are small. Therefore these
technical corrections have no effect on EPA's preliminary conclusion
that the subarea 2020 MVEBs for Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and
Tulare counties are approvable (73 FR 22316-22317) or on any other
aspects of the proposed rule.
EPA is extending the public comment period for the proposed rule
until June 10, 2008 in order to provide the public with the opportunity
to consider these technical corrections.
Dated: May 15, 2008.
Wayne Nastri,
Regional Administrator, Region 9.
[FR Doc. E8-11605 Filed 5-22-08; 8:45 am]
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