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process for directly emitted fine
particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen
oxides (NOX) emissions as contained in
the 1997 PM2.5 attainment
demonstration for the Alabama portion
of the tri-state Chattanooga, Tennessee
nonattainment area (hereafter referred to
as the ‘‘Jackson County Area’’). On
October 14, 2009, the State of Alabama,
through the Alabama Department of
Environmental Management (ADEM),
submitted an attainment demonstration
plan for the 1997 annual PM2.5 standard
for Jackson County, Alabama as part of
the tri-state Chattanooga 1997 PM2.5
nonattainment area. The tri-state
Chattanooga 1997 annual PM2.5
nonattainment area is comprised of a
portion of Jackson County, Alabama;
Catoosa and Walker Counties, Georgia;
and Hamilton County, Tennessee. As a
result of EPA’s finding, the portion of
Jackson County within the tri-state
Chattanooga 1997 PM2.5 nonattainment
area is no longer required to perform a
regional emissions analysis for either
directly emitted PM2.5 or NOX as part of
future PM2.5 conformity determinations
for the 1997 annual PM2.5 standard. This
finding only relates to the Alabama
portion of this Area, and does not
relieve the Georgia or Tennessee
portions of the tri-state 1997 PM2.5
nonattainment area from the
requirement of performing the regional
emissions analyses for direct PM2.5 and
NOX. EPA will review the adequacy of
the Georgia and Tennessee submittals
with regard to the motor vehicle
emission budgets or insignificance
findings (if any and if appropriate) in
separate actions.
DATES: This insignificance finding for
direct PM2.5 and NOX is effective July 6,
2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dianna Smith, Environmental Scientist,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, Air Planning Branch, Air
Quality Modeling and Transportation
Section, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta,
Georgia 30303. Ms. Smith can also be
reached by telephone at (404) 562–9207,
or via electronic mail at
smith.dianna@epa.gov. The finding is
available at EPA’s conformity Web site:
https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is simply an announcement of a
finding that EPA has already made. EPA
Region 4 sent a letter to ADEM on
March 25, 2010, stating that regional
mobile source emissions of direct PM2.5
and NOX emissions are insignificant as
provided in the Alabama portion of the
1997 annual PM2.5 attainment
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Area submitted on October 14, 2009.
EPA posted the availability of the
insignificance finding on EPA’s Web
site on February 16, 2010, as part of the
adequacy process, for the purpose of
soliciting comments. The comment
period ran from February 16, 2010,
through March 18, 2010. During EPA’s
adequacy comment period, no
comments were received on the
insignificance finding for the Jackson
County Area. Through this notice, EPA
is informing the public of the
insignificance finding for direct PM2.5
and NOX for the purpose of
implementing transportation conformity
in the Jackson County Area for the 1997
PM2.5 standard. EPA’s findings have also
been announced on EPA’s conformity
Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
Transportation conformity is required
by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act,
as amended in 1990. 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. On March
2, 1999, the District of Columbia Circuit
Court ruled that submitted State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be
used for transportation conformity
determinations until EPA has
affirmatively found them adequate.
The criteria by which EPA determines
whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emissions
budget is adequate for transportation
conformity purposes are outlined in 40
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
93.118(e)(4). The Transportation
Conformity Rule in 40 CFR 93.109(k)
states that a regional emissions analysis
is no longer necessary if EPA finds
through the adequacy or approval
process that a SIP demonstrates that
regional motor vehicle emissions are an
insignificant contributor to the air
quality problem for that pollutant/
precursor. A finding of insignificance
does not change the requirement for a
regional analysis for other pollutants/
precursors and does not change the
requirement for hot-spot analysis. (See
73 FR 4419, January 24, 2008.) 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
attainment demonstration plan for the
Jackson County Area. Even if EPA finds
the insignificance determination
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adequate, the attainment demonstration
plan could later be disapproved.
Transportation partners should note
this insignificance finding in future
transportation conformity
determinations. Additionally, while this
insignificance finding waives the
requirements for regional emissions
analyses for direct PM2.5 and NOX for
the Jackson County Area for the 1997
PM2.5 standard, as mentioned above, it
does not waive other conformity
requirements for the 1997 PM2.5
standard for the Jackson County Area,
nor does it waive transportation
conformity requirements for other
pollutants/precursors for which the
Area may be designated nonattainment
or redesignated to attainment with a
maintenance plan.
EPA has described the process for
determining the adequacy of submitted
SIP budgets (which also applies to
insignificance determinations) in a May
14, 1999, memorandum entitled
‘‘Conformity Guidance on
Implementation of March 2, 1999,
Conformity Court Decision.’’ EPA has
followed this guidance in making this
adequacy determination. This guidance
is incorporated into EPA’s 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).
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: June 8, 2010.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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Draft FY 2011–2015 EPA Strategic Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Availability, request
for public comments.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
the availability of the Draft FY 2011–
2015 EPA Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan)
for public review and comment, as part
of the periodic update required by the
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA). The Agency’s final
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Strategic Plan will be submitted to
Congress by September 30, 2010. The
Strategic Plan provides the Agency’s
long-term direction and strategies to
improve environmental and human
health over the next five years. For this
notice, the EPA is seeking comment
from individual citizens, states, tribes,
local government, industry, the
academic community, nongovernmental organizations, and all
other interested parties. The Agency is
particularly interested in feedback
addressing the goal narratives, crosscutting fundamental strategies, and
strategic measures, with a focus on new
directions and strategies.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OA–2010–0486, by one of the following
methods (electronic submission
preferred):
Electronic: Federal eRulemaking
Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
Fax: ATTN: Vivian Daub, Director,
Planning Staff, Fax number: (202) 564–
1808.
Mail: ATTN: Vivian Daub, Director,
Planning Staff.
Office of Planning, Analysis, and
Accountability (Mail Code 2723A),
Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
Important: Please allow a minimum of
two weeks from date postmarked to
allow ample time for receipt.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vivian Daub, Director, Planning Staff,
Office of Planning, Analysis, and
Accountability, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer
Strategic_Plan@epa.gov.
Instructions: 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
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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/dockets/.
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measures by which the Agency will
hold itself accountable.
Dated: June 3, 2010.
Maryann Froehlich,
Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of the
Chief Financial Officer.
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Notice of Availability
Background
Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
Activities, General Information (202)
564–1399 or https://www.epa.gov/
compliance/nepa/.
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
Statements.
Filed 06/07/2010 Through 06/11/2010.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
The GPRA holds federal agencies
accountable for using resources wisely
and achieving program results.
Specifically, GPRA requires agencies to
develop: Strategic Plans, which include
a mission statement and set out longterm goals, objectives, and strategic
measures over a five-year time horizon;
Annual Performance Plans, which
provide annual performance measures
toward achieving the goals and
objectives set forth in the Strategic Plan;
and, Performance and Accountability
Reports, which evaluate an agency’s
success in achieving the annual
performance measures.
The Draft FY 2011–2015 EPA
Strategic Plan reflects the
Administrator’s priorities for advancing
environmental protection. The Plan
presents five strategic goals to accelerate
protection of the environment and
human health and five cross-cutting
fundamental strategies for changing the
way the Agency works. The five
strategic goals are: Taking Action on
Climate Change and Improving Air
Quality, Protecting America’s Waters,
Cleaning Up Our Communities,
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and
Preventing Pollution, and Enforcing
Environmental Laws. The five crosscutting fundamental strategies are:
Expanding the conversation on
environmentalism; working for
environmental justice and children’s
health; advancing science, research, and
technological innovation; strengthening
state, tribal, and international
partnerships; and strengthening EPA’s
workforce and capabilities. The Plan
also identifies a suite of strategic
Notice
In accordance with Section 309(a) of
the Clean Air Act, EPA is required to
make its comments on EISs issued by
other Federal agencies public.
Historically, EPA has met this mandate
by publishing weekly notices of
availability of EPA comments, which
includes a brief summary of EPA’s
comment letters, in the Federal
Register. Since February 2008, EPA has
been including its comment letters on
EISs on its Web site at: https://
www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/
eisdata.html. Including the entire EIS
comment letters on the Web site
satisfies the Section 309(a) requirement
to make EPA’s comments on EISs
available to the public. Accordingly, on
March 31, 2010, EPA discontinued the
publication of the notice of availability
of EPA comments in the Federal
Register.
EIS No. 20100217, Draft Supplement,
USFS, MT, Young Dodge Project,
Proposed Timber Harvest and
Associate Activities, Updated
Information on the First 3
Alternatives, Prescribed Burning,
Road and Recreation Management,
Kootenai National Forest, Rexford
Ranger District, Lincoln County, MT,
Comment Period Ends: 08/02/2010,
Contact: Ron Komac 406–296–2536.
EIS No. 20100218, Final EIS, BR, CA,
North Bay Water Recycling Program
(NBWRP), (Formerly North San Pablo
Bay Restoration and Reuse Project),
Proposed to Promote the Expanded
Beneficial Use of Recycled Water,
North Marin Water District, Napa
County, CA, Wait Period Ends: 07/19/
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Draft FY 2011-2015 EPA Strategic Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Availability, request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
the availability of the Draft FY 2011-2015 EPA Strategic Plan
(Strategic Plan) for public review and comment, as part of the periodic
update required by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).
The Agency's final
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Strategic Plan will be submitted to Congress by September 30, 2010. The
Strategic Plan provides the Agency's long-term direction and strategies
to improve environmental and human health over the next five years. For
this notice, the EPA is seeking comment from individual citizens,
states, tribes, local government, industry, the academic community,
non-governmental organizations, and all other interested parties. The
Agency is particularly interested in feedback addressing the goal
narratives, cross-cutting fundamental strategies, and strategic
measures, with a focus on new directions and strategies.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2010-0486, by one of the following methods (electronic submission
preferred):
Electronic: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: ATTN: Vivian Daub, Director, Planning Staff, Fax number: (202)
564-1808.
Mail: ATTN: Vivian Daub, Director, Planning Staff.
Office of Planning, Analysis, and Accountability (Mail Code 2723A),
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Important: Please allow a minimum of two weeks from date postmarked
to allow ample time for receipt.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vivian Daub, Director, Planning Staff,
Office of Planning, Analysis, and Accountability, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer Strategic_Plan@epa.gov.
Instructions: 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/dockets/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The GPRA holds federal agencies accountable for using resources
wisely and achieving program results. Specifically, GPRA requires
agencies to develop: Strategic Plans, which include a mission statement
and set out long-term goals, objectives, and strategic measures over a
five-year time horizon; Annual Performance Plans, which provide annual
performance measures toward achieving the goals and objectives set
forth in the Strategic Plan; and, Performance and Accountability
Reports, which evaluate an agency's success in achieving the annual
performance measures.
The Draft FY 2011-2015 EPA Strategic Plan reflects the
Administrator's priorities for advancing environmental protection. The
Plan presents five strategic goals to accelerate protection of the
environment and human health and five cross-cutting fundamental
strategies for changing the way the Agency works. The five strategic
goals are: Taking Action on Climate Change and Improving Air Quality,
Protecting America's Waters, Cleaning Up Our Communities, Ensuring the
Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution, and Enforcing
Environmental Laws. The five cross-cutting fundamental strategies are:
Expanding the conversation on environmentalism; working for
environmental justice and children's health; advancing science,
research, and technological innovation; strengthening state, tribal,
and international partnerships; and strengthening EPA's workforce and
capabilities. The Plan also identifies a suite of strategic measures by
which the Agency will hold itself accountable.
Dated: June 3, 2010.
Maryann Froehlich,
Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
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