Adequacy Status of the Rhode Island 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes; Rhode Island, 36862-36863 [E8-14798]
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Take notice that on June 17, 2008,
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CP08–424–000, a prior notice request
pursuant to sections 157.205(b) and
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CIG proposes to abandon in place a
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operational impacts on CIG, nor will it
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Comment Date: August 25, 2008.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–R01–OAR–2008–0445; A–1–FRL–
8686–5]
Adequacy Status of the Rhode Island
8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emissions
Budgets for Transportation Conformity
Purposes; Rhode Island
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is notifying the public
that EPA has found that the 2008 and
2009 motor vehicle emissions budgets
in the April 30, 2008 Rhode Island 8hour ozone State Implementation Plan
revision are adequate for transportation
conformity purposes. The submittal
includes 2008 and 2009 motor vehicle
emission budgets for the Providence
(All of RI), RI 8-hour ozone
nonattainment area. As a result of our
finding, Rhode Island must use these
motor vehicle emission budgets for
future conformity determinations.
DATES: This finding is effective July 15,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ariel Garcia, Environmental Engineer,
Air Quality Planning Unit, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, One
Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CAQ),
Boston, MA 02114–2023, (617) 918–
1660, garcia.ariel@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA.
Today’s action is simply an
announcement of a finding that we have
already made. EPA New England sent a
letter to the Rhode Island Department of
Environmental Management on June 16,
2008, stating that the 2008 and 2009
motor vehicle emissions budgets
(MVEBs) in the Providence (All of RI),
RI 8-hour ozone nonattainment area are
adequate. Rhode Island submitted the
budgets on April 30, 2008, as part of the
8-hour ozone attainment demonstration
and reasonable further progress plan for
Rhode Island. This submittal was
announced on EPA’s conformity Web
site, and received no comments. (See
https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
Once there, click on ’’What SIP
submissions are currently under EPA
adequacy review?’’)
The 2008 and 2009 MVEBs, in tons
per summer day (tpsd), for volatile
organic compounds (VOC) and oxides of
nitrogen (NOX) for Providence (All of
RI), RI, are as follows:
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ADEQUATE MOTOR VEHICLE
EMISSIONS BUDGETS
Providence (All of RI), RI
area
VOC (tpsd)
NOX (tpsd)
24.64
22.75
28.26
25.29
Year 2008 .........
Year 2009 .........
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 we determine
whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emissions
budgets are adequate for conformity
purposes are outlined in 40 CFR
93.118(e)(4). We have described our
process for determining the adequacy of
submitted SIP budgets in our July 1,
2004, preamble starting at 69 FR 40038,
and we used the information in these
resources while making our adequacy
determination. 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 we find a
budget adequate, the SIP could later be
disapproved.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671 q.
Dated: June 21, 2008.
Robert W. Varney,
Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0120–0003 and EPA–
HQ–OAR–2005–0121–0002, FRL–8686–3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collections;
Request for Comment on Two
Proposed Information Collection
Requests (ICRs)
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that EPA is planning to
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submit a request to renew two existing
approved Information Collection
Requests (ICRs) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). One of
these ICRs is scheduled to expire on
September 30, 2008. The second ICR is
scheduled to expire on February 28,
2009. Before submitting the ICRs to
OMB for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects
of the proposed information collection
as described below.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by the Docket ID numbers
provided for each item in the text, by
one of the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: (202) 566–9744
• Mail: Air Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
• Hand Delivery: Docket Center,
(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket’s normal
hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
the Docket ID Numbers identified for
each item in the text. EPA’s policy is
that all comments received 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
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit
information that you consider to be CBI
or otherwise protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The
https://www.regulations.gov Web site is
an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your e-mail
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
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you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nydia Yanira Reyes-Morales,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Mail Code
6403J, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–343–9264; fax
number: 202–343–2804; e-mail address:
reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
How Can I Access the Docket and/or
Submit Comments?
EPA has established a public docket
for each of the ICRs identified in this
document (see the Docket ID numbers
for each ICR that are provided in the
text), which is available for online
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov,
or in person viewing at the Air Docket
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room
is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is 202–566–1744, and the
telephone number for the Air Docket is
202–566–1742.
Use https://www.regulations.gov to
obtain a copy of the draft collection of
information, submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the docket, and to access
those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in
the Docket ID number identified in this
document.
What Information Is EPA Particularly
Interested In?
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA specifically solicits
comments and information to enable it
to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R01-OAR-2008-0445; A-1-FRL-8686-5]
Adequacy Status of the Rhode Island 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle
Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes; Rhode Island
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
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SUMMARY: EPA is notifying the public that EPA has found that the 2008
and 2009 motor vehicle emissions budgets in the April 30, 2008 Rhode
Island 8-hour ozone State Implementation Plan revision are adequate for
transportation conformity purposes. The submittal includes 2008 and
2009 motor vehicle emission budgets for the Providence (All of RI), RI
8-hour ozone nonattainment area. As a result of our finding, Rhode
Island must use these motor vehicle emission budgets for future
conformity determinations.
DATES: This finding is effective July 15, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ariel Garcia, Environmental Engineer,
Air Quality Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, One Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CAQ),
Boston, MA 02114-2023, (617) 918-1660, garcia.ariel@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ``we,''
``us'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.
Today's action is simply an announcement of a finding that we have
already made. EPA New England sent a letter to the Rhode Island
Department of Environmental Management on June 16, 2008, stating that
the 2008 and 2009 motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) in the
Providence (All of RI), RI 8-hour ozone nonattainment area are
adequate. Rhode Island submitted the budgets on April 30, 2008, as part
of the 8-hour ozone attainment demonstration and reasonable further
progress plan for Rhode Island. This submittal was announced on EPA's
conformity Web site, and received no comments. (See https://www.epa.gov/
otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. Once there, click on ''What
SIP submissions are currently under EPA adequacy review?'')
The 2008 and 2009 MVEBs, in tons per summer day (tpsd), for
volatile organic compounds (VOC) and oxides of nitrogen
(NOX) for Providence (All of RI), RI, are as follows:
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Adequate Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Providence (All of RI),
RI area
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VOC (tpsd) NOX (tpsd)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Year 2008..................................... 24.64 28.26
Year 2009..................................... 22.75 25.29
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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 we determine whether a SIP's motor vehicle
emissions budgets are adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in
40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). We have described our process for determining the
adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in our July 1, 2004, preamble
starting at 69 FR 40038, and we used the information in these resources
while making our adequacy determination. 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 we
find a budget adequate, the SIP could later be disapproved.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671 q.
Dated: June 21, 2008.
Robert W. Varney,
Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
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