Adequacy Status of the Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, North Carolina 1997 PM2.5, 26750-26751 [2010-11304]
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www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/
transconf/adequacy.htm. The adequate
motor vehicle emissions budgets are
provided in the following table:
SJV PM2.5 PLAN MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS FOUND ADEQUATE
[Annual average, tons per day]
2009
NOX
PM2.5
Fresno ..............................................................................................................
Kern (SJV) .......................................................................................................
Kings ................................................................................................................
Madera .............................................................................................................
Merced .............................................................................................................
San Joaquin .....................................................................................................
Stanislaus ........................................................................................................
Tulare ...............................................................................................................
2.2
3.4
0.7
0.6
1.5
1.6
1.0
0.9
site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
Transportation conformity is required
by Clean Air Act section 176(c). EPA’s
conformity rule requires that
transportation plans, transportation
improvement programs, and projects
conform to SIPs and establishes the
criteria and procedures for determining
whether or not they do conform.
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 emission
budgets are adequate for conformity
purposes are outlined in 40 CFR
93.118(e)(4) which was promulgated in
our August 15, 1997 final rule (62 FR
43780, 43781–43783). We have further
described our process for determining
SJV PM2.5 PLAN MOTOR VEHICLE
EMISSIONS BUDGETS FOUND INAD- the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets
in our July 1, 2004 final rule (69 FR
EQUATE
40004, 40038), and we used the
[Annual average, tons per day]
information in these resources in
making our adequacy determination.
2014
Please note that an adequacy review is
NOX
PM2.5
separate from EPA’s completeness
review, and should not be used to
Fresno .......................
1.1
26.0
Kern (SJV) ................
1.4
41.6 prejudge EPA’s ultimate approval action
Kings .........................
0.3
8.1 for the SIP. Even if we find a budget
Madera ......................
0.3
6.7 adequate, the SIP could later be
Merced ......................
0.6
14.8 disapproved.
Our letter dated April 23, 2010 also
states that budgets for the attainment
year of 2014 are inadequate for
transportation conformity purpose. The
State has included additional on-road
mobile source emissions reductions in
the budgets for 2014 from the 2007 State
Strategy for the California State
Implementation Plan (SIP). The
adequate budgets include no such
reductions but rather reflect emissions
reductions from CARB rules that have
already been adopted. EPA has
determined that the 2014 budgets are
inadequate because they include new
emission reductions that do not result
from specific or enforceable control
measures. As a result, three of the
transportation conformity rule’s
adequacy criteria are not met (40 CFR
93.118(e)(4)(iii), (iv), and (v)) for these
budgets. The inadequate motor vehicle
emissions budgets are provided in the
following table:
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San Joaquin ..............
Stanislaus .................
Tulare ........................
0.9
0.5
0.5
20.3
12.4
12.2
Receipt of the motor vehicle
emissions budgets in the San Joaquin
Valley 2008 PM2.5 Plan was announced
on EPA’s transportation conformity Web
site on August 19, 2008. We received no
comments in response to the adequacy
review posting. The finding is available
at EPA’s transportation conformity Web
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PM2.5
56.5
87.7
17.9
14.1
33.6
39.1
25.8
23.3
NOX
1.9
3.0
0.6
0.5
1.2
1.4
0.9
0.8
44.2
74.2
14.6
11.4
26.7
32.8
20.8
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–R04–OAR–2009–0751–201022(c);
FRL–9150–4]
Adequacy Status of the HickoryMorganton-Lenoir, North Carolina 1997
PM2.5 Attainment; Demonstration
Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget for
Transportation Conformity Purposes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy; correcting
amendment.
SUMMARY: On March 1, 2010, EPA
published a notice in the Federal
Register to notify the public of an
adequacy determination that the Agency
made with regards to the motor vehicle
emissions budget (MVEB) for nitrogen
oxides (NOX) and for an insignificance
determination related to fine particulate
matter (PM2.5) for mobile sources’
overall contribution to the PM2.5
pollution in the Hickory-MorgantonLenoir area (hereafter referred to as the
Hickory Area). In that notice, EPA
identified the units of measure for the
NOX MVEB as kilograms per day (kgd).
EPA is publishing this amendment to
correctly identify the units of measure
for the NOX MVEB as kilograms per year
(kgy). Additionally, the March 1, 2010,
Federal Register notice included an
inadvertent error to the docket ID
number which is being corrected in this
action.
DATES: This action is effective May 12,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the
documentation used in the action being
corrected are available for inspection
during normal business hours at the
following location: U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–
8960. The Regional Office’s official
hours of business are Monday through
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Amanetta Somerville, Environmental
Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street,
SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Ms.
Somerville can be reached at 404–562–
9025, or via electronic mail at
somerville.amanetta@epa.gov.
On August
21, 2009, the State of North Carolina,
through the North Carolina Department
of Environment and Natural Resources
(NCDENR), submitted the attainment
demonstration for the 1997 PM2.5
nonattainment area for the Hickory
Area. The Hickory 1997 PM2.5
nonattainment area is comprised of
Catawba County, North Carolina. North
Carolina’s attainment demonstration
included a MVEB for NOX and an
insignificance finding for the overall
contribution of direct PM2.5 from mobile
sources to the PM2.5 pollution in
Catawba County.
EPA Region 4 sent a letter to NCDENR
on January 20, 2010, stating that the
2009 NOX MVEB in the 1997 PM2.5
attainment demonstration for the
Hickory Area was adequate for the
purposes of transportation conformity
purposes. The letter identified the NOX
MVEB as 2,887,955 kgd. Subsequently,
in response to North Carolina’s
submission, on March 1, 2010, EPA
notified the public of its finding of
adequacy for the NOX MVEB and also
identified the NOX MVEB as 2,887,955
kgd. The units of measure provided in
North Carolina’s submission for the
NOX MVEB are actually kgy and not kgd
so EPA is correcting this error. The
March 1, 2010, rulemaking also
contained an inadvertent error to the
docket ID number, published as EPA–
R04–OAR–2009–0561. The correct
docket ID number is EPA–R04–OAR–
2009–0751, which EPA is correcting
through this action.
On April 20, 2010, EPA sent a letter
to North Carolina noting this error and
announcing that a correcting
amendment (this notice) would be
published soon to alert the public to this
correction. Below identifies the correct
NOX MVEBs for the Hickory Area.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
HICKORY AREA NOX MVEB
[Kilograms per year]
2009
Catawba County .......................
2,887,995
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
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Dated: May 3, 2010.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0865; FRL–9150–6]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Internet Survey
Research for Improving Fuel Economy
Label Design and Content; EPA ICR
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NEW
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request for a new Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). Before
submitting the ICR to OMB for review
and approval, EPA is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 11, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2009–0865 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) 566–1741.
• Mail: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–
0865.
• Hand Delivery: Docket Center,
(EPA/DC) EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2009–0865. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. 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
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–
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0865. 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
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:
Roberts French, Compliance and
Innovative Strategies Division, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality,
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000
Traverwood Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105;
telephone number: (734) 214–4380; fax
number: (734) 214–4869; e-mail address:
French.Roberts@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
How can I access the Docket and/or
submit comments?
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OAR–2009–0865, which is
available for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket
and Information Center 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 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R04-OAR-2009-0751-201022(c); FRL-9150-4]
Adequacy Status of the Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, North Carolina
1997 PM2.5 Attainment; Demonstration Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget for
Transportation Conformity Purposes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy; correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: On March 1, 2010, EPA published a notice in the Federal
Register to notify the public of an adequacy determination that the
Agency made with regards to the motor vehicle emissions budget (MVEB)
for nitrogen oxides (NOX) and for an insignificance
determination related to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) for
mobile sources' overall contribution to the PM2.5 pollution
in the Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir area (hereafter referred to as the
Hickory Area). In that notice, EPA identified the units of measure for
the NOX MVEB as kilograms per day (kgd). EPA is publishing
this amendment to correctly identify the units of measure for the
NOX MVEB as kilograms per year (kgy). Additionally, the
March 1, 2010, Federal Register notice included an inadvertent error to
the docket ID number which is being corrected in this action.
DATES: This action is effective May 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the documentation used in the action being
corrected are available for inspection during normal business hours at
the following location: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4,
61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The Regional
Office's official hours of business are Monday through
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Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amanetta Somerville, Environmental
Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Ms. Somerville can be reached
at 404-562-9025, or via electronic mail at somerville.amanetta@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 21, 2009, the State of North
Carolina, through the North Carolina Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (NCDENR), submitted the attainment demonstration for
the 1997 PM2.5 nonattainment area for the Hickory Area. The
Hickory 1997 PM2.5 nonattainment area is comprised of
Catawba County, North Carolina. North Carolina's attainment
demonstration included a MVEB for NOX and an insignificance
finding for the overall contribution of direct PM2.5 from
mobile sources to the PM2.5 pollution in Catawba County.
EPA Region 4 sent a letter to NCDENR on January 20, 2010, stating
that the 2009 NOX MVEB in the 1997 PM2.5
attainment demonstration for the Hickory Area was adequate for the
purposes of transportation conformity purposes. The letter identified
the NOX MVEB as 2,887,955 kgd. Subsequently, in response to
North Carolina's submission, on March 1, 2010, EPA notified the public
of its finding of adequacy for the NOX MVEB and also
identified the NOX MVEB as 2,887,955 kgd. The units of
measure provided in North Carolina's submission for the NOX
MVEB are actually kgy and not kgd so EPA is correcting this error. The
March 1, 2010, rulemaking also contained an inadvertent error to the
docket ID number, published as EPA-R04-OAR-2009-0561. The correct
docket ID number is EPA-R04-OAR-2009-0751, which EPA is correcting
through this action.
On April 20, 2010, EPA sent a letter to North Carolina noting this
error and announcing that a correcting amendment (this notice) would be
published soon to alert the public to this correction. Below identifies
the correct NOX MVEBs for the Hickory Area.
Hickory Area NOX MVEB
[Kilograms per year]
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2009
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Catawba County............................................ 2,887,995
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: May 3, 2010.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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