Adequacy Status of the Knoxville, TN 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes, 55977-55978 [2010-22973]

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[FR Doc. 2010–23009 Filed 9–14–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–04–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA–R04–OAR–2010–0666–201032; FRL– 9202–1] Adequacy Status of the Knoxville, TN 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of adequacy. AGENCY: EPA is notifying the public that it has found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) contained in the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the Knoxville, Tennessee 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. This revision was submitted on July 14, 2010, by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The Knoxville 1997 8-Hour ozone nonattainment area (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the Knoxville Area’’) for which MVEBs are established in today’s notice is comprised of the entire counties of Anderson, Blount, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier, and Loudon as well as the portion of Cocke County that falls within the boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On March 2, 1999, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) ruled that submitted SIPs cannot be used for transportation conformity determinations until EPA has affirmatively found them adequate. As a result of EPA’s finding, the Knoxville Area must use the MVEBs for future conformity determinations for the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). DATES: These MVEBs are effective September 30, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Sheckler, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Air Planning Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Ms. Sheckler can also be reached by telephone at (404) 562–9222, or via electronic mail at sheckler.kelly@epa.gov. The finding is available at EPA’s conformity Web site: SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\15SER1.SGM 15SER1 55978 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 178 / Wednesday, September 15, 2010 / Rules and Regulations https://www.epa.gov/otaq/ stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is simply an announcement of a finding that EPA has already made. EPA, Region 4, sent a letter to TDEC on July 20, 2010, stating that the MVEBs identified for Knoxville in Tennessee’s maintenance SIP revision, submitted on July 14, 2010, are adequate and must be used for transportation conformity determinations in the Knoxville Area. Originally, on June 11, 2010, TDEC submitted its maintenance plan for parallel processing which allowed EPA to initiate our public comment period for adequacy of the MVEBs contained in Tennessee’s maintenance plan. EPA posted the availability of the Knoxville Area MVEBs on EPA’s Web site on June 14, 2010, as part of the adequacy process, for the purpose of soliciting comments. The adequacy comment period ran from June 15, 2010, through July 14, 2010. During EPA’s adequacy comment period, no comments were received on the Knoxville Area MVEBs. Through this notice, EPA is informing the public that these MVEBs are adequate for transportation conformity. This finding has also been announced on EPA’s conformity Web site: https:// www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ transconf/pastsips.htm. The adequate MVEBs are provided in the following table: [Tons per day] 2024 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with RULES 36.32 25.19 Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. EPA’s conformity rule, 40 CFR Part 93, 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 so. Conformity to a SIP means that transportation activities will not produce new air quality violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely attainment of the NAAQS. The criteria by which EPA determines whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for transportation conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). We have also described the process for determining the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in our July 1, 2004, final rulemaking entitled, ‘‘Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments for the VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:17 Sep 14, 2010 Jkt 220001 Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: September 3, 2010. A. Stanley Meiburg, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. [FR Doc. 2010–22973 Filed 9–14–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA–R06–OAR–2010–0620; FRL–9199–8] Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; Revisions to the New Source Review (NSR) State Implementation Plan (SIP); Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 8-HOUR OZONE MVEBS NOX .................................. VOC .................................. 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). Please note that an adequacy review is separate from EPA’s completeness review, and it should not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate approval of Tennessee’s 1997 8-hour ozone SIP revision for the Knoxville Area. Even if EPA finds a budget adequate, the SIP revision could later be disapproved. Within 24 months from the effective date of this notice, the transportation partners will need to demonstrate conformity to the new MVEBs, if the demonstration has not already been made, pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e). See 73 FR 4419 (January 24, 2008). Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Direct final rule. AGENCY: EPA is taking direct final action approving revisions to the Texas PSD State Implementation Plan (SIP). EPA is approving a SIP revision submitted February 1, 2006, as amended by a SIP revision submitted July 16, 2010. This action makes no substantive changes to the Texas PSD SIP; it merely approves reorganization and renumbering of the Texas PSD SIP rules. Further, the July 16, 2010 submission corrects certain deficiencies identified in EPA’s September 23, 2009 proposed disapproval. The EPA is approving these revisions pursuant to section 110 and part C of the Federal Clean Air Act (Act or CAA). DATES: This direct final rule will be effective on November 15, 2010 without further notice, unless EPA receives relevant adverse comments by October SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 15, 2010. If EPA receives such comments, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register informing the public that this rule will not take effect. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R06– OAR–2010–0620, by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • U.S. EPA Region 6 ‘‘Contact Us’’ Web site: https://epa.gov/region6/ r6coment.htm Please click on ‘‘6PD’’ (Multimedia) and select ‘‘Air’’ before submitting comments. • E-mail: Mr. Stanley M. Spruiell at spruiell.stanley@epa.gov. Please also cc the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below. • Fax: Mr. Stanley M. 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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2010-0666-201032; FRL-9202-1]


Adequacy Status of the Knoxville, TN 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
Maintenance Plan Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation 
Conformity Purposes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

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SUMMARY: EPA is notifying the public that it has found that the motor 
vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) contained in the State Implementation 
Plan (SIP) revision for the Knoxville, Tennessee 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
Maintenance Plan are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. 
This revision was submitted on July 14, 2010, by the Tennessee 
Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The Knoxville 1997 
8-Hour ozone nonattainment area (hereafter referred to as ``the 
Knoxville Area'') for which MVEBs are established in today's notice is 
comprised of the entire counties of Anderson, Blount, Jefferson, Knox, 
Sevier, and Loudon as well as the portion of Cocke County that falls 
within the boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On 
March 2, 1999, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) ruled that submitted SIPs cannot be used 
for transportation conformity determinations until EPA has 
affirmatively found them adequate. As a result of EPA's finding, the 
Knoxville Area must use the MVEBs for future conformity determinations 
for the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards 
(NAAQS).

DATES: These MVEBs are effective September 30, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Sheckler, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, Air Planning Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, 
SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Ms. Sheckler can also be reached by 
telephone at (404) 562-9222, or via electronic mail at 
sheckler.kelly@epa.gov. The finding is available at EPA's conformity 
Web site:

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https://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is simply an announcement of a 
finding that EPA has already made. EPA, Region 4, sent a letter to TDEC 
on July 20, 2010, stating that the MVEBs identified for Knoxville in 
Tennessee's maintenance SIP revision, submitted on July 14, 2010, are 
adequate and must be used for transportation conformity determinations 
in the Knoxville Area. Originally, on June 11, 2010, TDEC submitted its 
maintenance plan for parallel processing which allowed EPA to initiate 
our public comment period for adequacy of the MVEBs contained in 
Tennessee's maintenance plan.
    EPA posted the availability of the Knoxville Area MVEBs on EPA's 
Web site on June 14, 2010, as part of the adequacy process, for the 
purpose of soliciting comments. The adequacy comment period ran from 
June 15, 2010, through July 14, 2010. During EPA's adequacy comment 
period, no comments were received on the Knoxville Area MVEBs. Through 
this notice, EPA is informing the public that these MVEBs are adequate 
for transportation conformity. This finding has also been announced on 
EPA's conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/pastsips.htm. The adequate MVEBs are provided in the 
following table:

                 Knoxville, Tennessee 8-Hour Ozone MVEBs
                             [Tons per day]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              2024
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NOX...................................................             36.32
VOC...................................................             25.19
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    Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the 
Clean Air Act. EPA's conformity rule, 40 CFR Part 93, 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 so. Conformity to a 
SIP means that transportation activities will not produce new air 
quality violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely 
attainment of the NAAQS.
    The criteria by which EPA determines whether a SIP's MVEBs are 
adequate for transportation conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 
93.118(e)(4). We have also described the process for determining the 
adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in our 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). Please note that an adequacy review is 
separate from EPA's completeness review, and it should not be used to 
prejudge EPA's ultimate approval of Tennessee's 1997 8-hour ozone SIP 
revision for the Knoxville Area. Even if EPA finds a budget adequate, 
the SIP revision could later be disapproved.
    Within 24 months from the effective date of this notice, the 
transportation partners will need to demonstrate conformity to the new 
MVEBs, if the demonstration has not already been made, pursuant to 40 
CFR 93.104(e). See 73 FR 4419 (January 24, 2008).

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

    Dated: September 3, 2010.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2010-22973 Filed 9-14-10; 8:45 am]
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