Adequacy Determination for the Denver Metro Area and North Front Range 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan's Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes; State of Colorado, 9893-9894 [2010-4551]

Download as PDF 9893 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 42 / Thursday, March 4, 2010 / Notices of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–4428 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [R08–CO–2010–0001; FRL–9121–8] Adequacy Determination for the Denver Metro Area and North Front Range 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan’s Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes; State of Colorado AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of adequacy. SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that the Agency has found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets for nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) contained in the Denver Metro Area and North Front Range 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan (hereafter ‘‘Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment Plan’’) are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. The Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment Plan was submitted to EPA as a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) on June 18, 2009, by James B. Martin, Director, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. As a result of our finding, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization (NFR MPO), the Colorado Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Transportation are required to use these motor vehicle emissions budgets for future transportation conformity determinations once this finding becomes effective. DATES: This finding is effective March 19, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Russ, Air Program (8P–AR), United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–1129, (303) 312–6479, or russ.tim@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our,’’ are used, we mean EPA. This notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have already made. EPA sent a letter to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) on January 21, 2010, stating that the motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEB) in the submitted Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment Plan are adequate. The MVEBs in the Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment Plan were posted for adequacy review on EPA’s transportation conformity Web site on October 15, 2009. The public comment period closed on November 16, 2009 and we did not receive any comments in response to the adequacy review posting (see https://www.epa.gov/otaq/ stateresources/transconf/ currsips.htm#denver-me). The MVEBs we found adequate are presented in the following table: 2010 NOX emissions (tons per day) 2010 VOC emissions (tons per day) Northern Subarea 1 .................................................................................................................................................. Southern Subarea 1 ................................................................................................................................................. 20.5 102.4 19.5 89.7 Total Nonattainment Area ................................................................................................................................ 122.9 109.2 Area of applicability mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES 1 The Subareas are defined in section VI of the Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment Plan. As we stated in our January 21, 2010 letter to CDPHE, the initial conformity determination must be done using the total nonattainment area MVEBs for NOX and VOCs. After the initial conformity determination, DRCOG and the NFR MPO may switch from using the total nonattainment area MVEBs to using the sub-area MVEBs for determining conformity. To switch to use of the sub-area MVEBs (or to subsequently switch back to use of the total nonattainment area MVEBs), DRCOG and the NFR MPO must use the process as described in the Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment Plan on pages VI–4 through VI–6. Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:39 Mar 03, 2010 Jkt 220001 The conformity rule provisions at 40 CFR part 93 require that transportation plans, programs, and projects conform to SIPs and establish 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 Standard (NAAQS). The criteria by which we determine whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4) which was promulgated August 15, 1997 (see 62 FR 43780). We described our process for determining the adequacy of submitted PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 SIP MVEBs in our July 1, 2004 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments (see 69 FR 40004). We used these resources in making our adequacy determination. Please note that our adequacy review is separate from our rulemaking action on the Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment Plan and should not be used to prejudge our ultimate approval or disapproval of the SIP revision. Even if we find a budget adequate, we may later disapprove the SIP. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. E:\FR\FM\04MRN1.SGM 04MRN1 9894 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 42 / Thursday, March 4, 2010 / Notices Dated: February 19, 2010. Carol Rushin, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8. [FR Doc. 2010–4551 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9121–6] Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of One New Equivalent Method AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice of the designation of one new equivalent method for monitoring ambient air quality. Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated, in accordance with 40 CFR part 53, one new equivalent method for measuring concentrations of lead (Pb) in total suspended particulate matter (TSP) in the ambient air. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Surender Kaushik, Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD–D205–03), National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711. Phone: (919) 541–5691, email: Kaushik.Surender@epa.gov. SUMMARY: In accordance with regulations at 40 CFR part 53, the EPA evaluates various methods for monitoring the concentrations of those ambient air pollutants for which EPA has established National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQSs) as set forth in 40 CFR part 50. Monitoring methods that are determined to meet specific requirements for adequacy are designated by the EPA as either reference methods or equivalent methods (as applicable), thereby permitting their use under 40 CFR part 58 by States and other agencies for determining compliance with the NAAQSs. The EPA hereby announces the designation of one new equivalent method for measuring lead (Pb) in total suspended particulate matter (TSP) in the ambient air. This designation is made under the provisions of 40 CFR part 53, as amended on November 12, 2008 (73 FR 67057–67059). The method is identified as follows: EQL–0310–189, ‘‘Procedure for Determination of Lead in Ambient Air mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:39 Mar 03, 2010 Jkt 220001 TSP by Hot Plate Acid Extraction and ICP–MS Analysis.’’ In this method, total suspended particulate matter (TSP) is collected according to 40 CFR Appendix B to part 50, EPA Reference Method for the Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter in the Atmosphere (High-Volume Method), extracted on a hot plate with 3M HNO3 according to 40 CFR Appendix G to part 50, EPA Reference Method for the Determination of Lead in Suspended Particulate Matter Collected from Ambient Air, and analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP–MS) based on EPA SW–846 Method 6020A. The application for an equivalent method determination for this method was submitted by Inter-Mountain Laboratories, Incorporated, 1673 Terra Avenue, Sheridan, WY 82801 and was received by the Office of Research and Development on December 16, 2009. The analytical procedure of this method has been tested in accordance with the applicable test procedures specified in 40 CFR part 53, as amended on November 12, 2008. After reviewing the results of those tests and other information submitted in the application, EPA has determined, in accordance with part 53, that this method should be designated as an equivalent method for lead. The information provided by the applicant will be kept on file, either at EPA’s National Exposure Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 or in an approved archive storage facility, and will be available for inspection (with advance notice) to the extent consistent with 40 CFR part 2 (EPA’s regulations implementing the Freedom of Information Act). As a designated equivalent method, this method is acceptable for use by states and other air monitoring agencies under the requirements of 40 CFR part 58, Ambient Air Quality Surveillance. For such purposes, the method must be used in strict accordance with the complete operating procedures (SOPs) associated with the method and subject to any specifications and limitations specified in the procedure. Use of the method should also be in general accordance with the guidance and recommendations of applicable sections of the ‘‘Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems, Volume I,’’ EPA/ 600/R–94/038a and ‘‘Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems, Volume II, Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program’’ EPA–454/B–08–003, December, 2008 (available at https:// www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/qabook.html). PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 Provisions concerning modification of such methods by users are specified under section 2.8 (Modifications of Methods by Users) of Appendix C to 40 CFR part 58. Repeated noncompliance with the method procedure/SOP should be reported to: Director, Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD–E205–01), National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711. Designation of this new equivalent method is intended to assist the States in establishing and operating their air quality surveillance systems under 40 CFR part 58. Questions concerning the technical aspects of the method should be directed to the applicant. Jewel F. Morris, Acting Director, National Exposure Research Laboratory. [FR Doc. 2010–4547 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9121–7] Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of Charter Renewal The Charter for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC) will be renewed for an additional two-year period, as a necessary committee which is in the public interest, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App.2. The purpose of the FRRCC is to provide advice to the Administrator of EPA on environmental issues and policies that are of importance to agriculture and rural communities. It is determined that the FRRCC is in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Agency by law. Inquiries may be directed to Alicia Kaiser, U.S. EPA, (mail code 1101–A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 564–7273, or kaiser.alicia@epa.gov. Dated: February 18, 2010. Lawrence Elworth, Agricultural Counselor to the Administrator. [FR Doc. 2010–4549 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P E:\FR\FM\04MRN1.SGM 04MRN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[R08-CO-2010-0001; FRL-9121-8]


Adequacy Determination for the Denver Metro Area and North Front 
Range 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan's Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets 
for Transportation Conformity Purposes; State of Colorado

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that the Agency 
has found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets for nitrogen oxides 
(NOX) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) contained in the 
Denver Metro Area and North Front Range 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan 
(hereafter ``Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment Plan'') are adequate for 
transportation conformity purposes. The Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment 
Plan was submitted to EPA as a revision to the State Implementation 
Plan (SIP) on June 18, 2009, by James B. Martin, Director, Colorado 
Department of Public Health and Environment. As a result of our 
finding, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), the North 
Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization (NFR MPO), the Colorado 
Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Transportation 
are required to use these motor vehicle emissions budgets for future 
transportation conformity determinations once this finding becomes 
effective.

DATES: This finding is effective March 19, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Russ, Air Program (8P-AR), United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, 
Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, (303) 312-6479, or russ.tim@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our,'' are used, we mean EPA.
    This notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have 
already made. EPA sent a letter to the Colorado Department of Public 
Health and Environment (CDPHE) on January 21, 2010, stating that the 
motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEB) in the submitted Denver/NFR 
Ozone Attainment Plan are adequate. The MVEBs in the Denver/NFR Ozone 
Attainment Plan were posted for adequacy review on EPA's transportation 
conformity Web site on October 15, 2009. The public comment period 
closed on November 16, 2009 and we did not receive any comments in 
response to the adequacy review posting (see https://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm#denver-me).
    The MVEBs we found adequate are presented in the following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             2010 NOX        2010 VOC
          Area of applicability              emissions       emissions
                                          (tons per day)  (tons per day)
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Northern Subarea \1\....................            20.5            19.5
Southern Subarea \1\....................           102.4            89.7
                                         -------------------------------
    Total Nonattainment Area............           122.9           109.2
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\1\ The Subareas are defined in section VI of the Denver/NFR Ozone
  Attainment Plan.

    As we stated in our January 21, 2010 letter to CDPHE, the initial 
conformity determination must be done using the total nonattainment 
area MVEBs for NOX and VOCs. After the initial conformity 
determination, DRCOG and the NFR MPO may switch from using the total 
nonattainment area MVEBs to using the sub-area MVEBs for determining 
conformity. To switch to use of the sub-area MVEBs (or to subsequently 
switch back to use of the total nonattainment area MVEBs), DRCOG and 
the NFR MPO must use the process as described in the Denver/NFR Ozone 
Attainment Plan on pages VI-4 through VI-6.
    Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the 
Clean Air Act. The conformity rule provisions at 40 CFR part 93 require 
that transportation plans, programs, and projects conform to SIPs and 
establish 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 Standard 
(NAAQS).
    The criteria by which we determine whether a SIP's MVEBs are 
adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4) 
which was promulgated August 15, 1997 (see 62 FR 43780). We described 
our process for determining the adequacy of submitted SIP MVEBs in our 
July 1, 2004 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments (see 69 FR 
40004). We used these resources in making our adequacy determination. 
Please note that our adequacy review is separate from our rulemaking 
action on the Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment Plan and should not be used 
to prejudge our ultimate approval or disapproval of the SIP revision. 
Even if we find a budget adequate, we may later disapprove the SIP.

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


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    Dated: February 19, 2010.
Carol Rushin,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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