Adequacy Status of the Submitted Maintenance Plans for the Delaware Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey 1997 and 2006 Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standard Nonattainment Areas for Transportation Conformity Purposes, 62434-62435 [2014-24726]
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[FRL–9918–06–Region 3]
Adequacy Status of the Submitted
Maintenance Plans for the Delaware
Portion of the PhiladelphiaWilmington-New Jersey 1997 and 2006
Fine Particulate Matter National
Ambient Air Quality Standard
Nonattainment Areas for
Transportation Conformity Purposes
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
AGENCY:
In this notice, EPA is
notifying the public that EPA has found
that the Motor Vehicle Emissions
Budgets (MVEBs) in the Delaware
portion of the Philadelphia-WilmingtonNew Jersey 1997 and 2006 fine
particulate matter (PM2.5) National
Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)
Maintenance Plans, submitted as a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision by
the Delaware Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Control
(DNREC), are adequate for
transportation conformity purposes.
DATE: This is effective on November 3,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Asrah Khadr, Environmental Engineer,
Office of Air Program Planning (3AP30),
United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 814–
2071; khadr.asrah@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today’s
notice is simply an announcement of a
finding that EPA has already made. EPA
Region III sent a letter to the DNREC on
September 12, 2014 stating that EPA has
found that the MVEBs in the
Maintenance Plans for budget years
2017 and 2025, submitted on December
12, 2012, are adequate for transportation
conformity purposes. As a result of
EPA’s finding, the State of Delaware
must use the 2017 and 2025 MVEBs
from the December 12, 2012
Maintenance Plans for future conformity
determinations in the Delaware portion
of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-New
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Jersey 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS
nonattainment area. Receipt of the
submittal was announced on EPA’s
transportation conformity Web site. No
comments were received. The findings
letter is available at EPA’s conformity
Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
The adequate direct PM and nitrogen
oxides (NOX) MVEBs are provided in
Table 1.
TABLE 1—DELAWARE PORTION OF THE PHILADELPHIA-WILMINGTON-NEW JERSEY 1997 AND 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS
MAINTENANCE PLANS MVEBS FOR DIRECT PM AND NOX
Motor vehicle emissions budget for
direct PM-tons per year
Mobile vehicle emissions budget for
NOX-tons per year
2017 .................................................................................................
2025 .................................................................................................
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Budget years
199
199
6,273
6,273
Transportation conformity is required
by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA). 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. 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 MVEBs are adequate for
conformity purposes are outlined in 40
CFR 93.118(e)(4). EPA described the
process for determining the adequacy of
submitted SIP budgets in a July 1, 2004
preamble starting at 69 FR 40038 and
used the information in these resources
in making this adequacy determination.
Delaware did not provide emission
budgets for sulfur dioxide (SO2), volatile
organic compounds (VOCs), or ammonia
for the Delaware portion of the
Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey
nonattainment area because it
concluded that emissions of these
precursors from motor vehicles are not
significant contributors to the area’s
PM2.5 air quality problem. The
transportation conformity rule provision
at 40 CFR 93.102(b)(2)(v) indicates that
conformity does not apply for these
precursors, due to the lack of MVEBs for
these precursors and the State’s
conclusion that motor vehicle emissions
of SO2, VOCs, and ammonia do not
contribute significantly to the area’s
PM2.5 nonattainment problem. This
provision of the transportation
conformity rule predates and was not
disturbed by the January 4, 2013
decision in the litigation on the PM2.5
implementation rule.1 EPA has
1 EPA issued conformity regulations to implement
the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS in July 2004 and May 2005
(69 FR 40004, July 1, 2004 and 70 FR 24280, May
6, 2005, respectively). Those actions were not part
of the final rule recently remanded to EPA by the
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in
NRDC v. EPA, No. 08–1250 (Jan. 4, 2013), in which
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preliminarily concluded that the State’s
decision to not include budgets for SO2,
VOCs, and ammonia is consistent with
the requirements of the transportation
conformity rule. That decision does not
affect EPA’s adequacy finding for the
submitted direct PM and NOX MVEBs
for the Delaware portion of the
Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey
nonattainment area.
Please note that an adequacy review
is separate from EPA’s SIP review
process. The Maintenance Plans
containing the 2017 and 2025 MVEBs
were approved by EPA on August 5,
2014 (79 FR 45350). The MVEBs have
been approved as part of the Delaware
SIP, finding the MVEBs adequate makes
them available for use for transportation
conformity purposes.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.
Dated: October 1, 2014.
William C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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Clean Air Act Operating Permit
Program; Petition To Object to Title V
Permits for Mettiki Coal, LLC; Maryland
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
(CAA), the EPA Administrator signed an
Order, dated September 26, 2014,
granting a petition to object to a state
operating permit issued by the
Maryland Department of the
Environment (MDE). The Order
responds to a February 5, 2013 petition.
SUMMARY:
the Court remanded to EPA the implementation
rule for the PM2.5 NAAQS because it concluded that
EPA must implement that NAAQS pursuant to the
PM-specific implementation provisions of subpart 4
of Part D of Title I of the CAA, rather than solely
under the general provisions of subpart 1.
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The petition was submitted by the
Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), as
well as Benjamin Feldman, and Brenda
and Shayne Lambert (Petitioners). This
Order constitutes final action on that
petition requesting that the
Administrator object to the issuance of
the proposed CAA title V permit.
Copies of the final Order,
the petition, and all pertinent
information relating thereto are on file
at the following location: EPA, Region
III, Air Protection Division (APD), 1650
Arch St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19103. EPA requests that if at all
possible, you contact the individual
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to view copies of the
final Order, petition, and other
supporting information. You may view
the hard copies Monday through Friday,
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding Federal
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documents, you should make an
appointment at least 24 hours before the
visiting day. The final Order is also
available electronically at the following
Web site: https://www.epa.gov/region07/
air/title5/petitiondb/petitiondb.htm.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Talley, Air Protection Division,
EPA Region III, telephone (215) 814–
2117, or by email at talley.david@
epa.gov.
The CAA
affords EPA a 45-day period to review
and object to, as appropriate, operating
permits proposed by state permitting
authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the
CAA authorizes any person to petition
the EPA Administrator within 60 days
after the expiration of this review period
to object to a state operating permit if
EPA has not done so. Petitions must be
based only on objections raised with
reasonable specificity during the public
comment period, unless the petitioner
demonstrates that it was impracticable
to raise these issues during the comment
period or that the grounds for objection
or other issue arose after the comment
period.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9918-06-Region 3]
Adequacy Status of the Submitted Maintenance Plans for the
Delaware Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey 1997 and
2006 Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standard
Nonattainment Areas for Transportation Conformity Purposes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that EPA has found
that the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (MVEBs) in the Delaware
portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey 1997 and 2006 fine
particulate matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS) Maintenance Plans, submitted as a State Implementation
Plan (SIP) revision by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control (DNREC), are adequate for transportation
conformity purposes.
DATE: This is effective on November 3, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Asrah Khadr, Environmental Engineer,
Office of Air Program Planning (3AP30), United States Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
19103, (215) 814-2071; khadr.asrah@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today's notice is simply an announcement of
a finding that EPA has already made. EPA Region III sent a letter to
the DNREC on September 12, 2014 stating that EPA has found that the
MVEBs in the Maintenance Plans for budget years 2017 and 2025,
submitted on December 12, 2012, are adequate for transportation
conformity purposes. As a result of EPA's finding, the State of
Delaware must use the 2017 and 2025 MVEBs from the December 12, 2012
Maintenance Plans for future conformity determinations in the Delaware
portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-New
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Jersey 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS nonattainment area. Receipt of the
submittal was announced on EPA's transportation conformity Web site. No
comments were received. The findings letter is available at EPA's
conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. The adequate direct PM and nitrogen oxides
(NOX) MVEBs are provided in Table 1.
Table 1--Delaware Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS Maintenance Plans
MVEBs for Direct PM and NOX
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Motor vehicle emissions budget for Mobile vehicle emissions budget for
Budget years direct PM-tons per year NOX-tons per year
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2017.................................. 199 6,273
2025.................................. 199 6,273
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Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act (CAA). 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. 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 MVEBs are
adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4).
EPA described the process for determining the adequacy of submitted SIP
budgets in a July 1, 2004 preamble starting at 69 FR 40038 and used the
information in these resources in making this adequacy determination.
Delaware did not provide emission budgets for sulfur dioxide
(SO2), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), or ammonia for the
Delaware portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey
nonattainment area because it concluded that emissions of these
precursors from motor vehicles are not significant contributors to the
area's PM2.5 air quality problem. The transportation
conformity rule provision at 40 CFR 93.102(b)(2)(v) indicates that
conformity does not apply for these precursors, due to the lack of
MVEBs for these precursors and the State's conclusion that motor
vehicle emissions of SO2, VOCs, and ammonia do not
contribute significantly to the area's PM2.5 nonattainment
problem. This provision of the transportation conformity rule predates
and was not disturbed by the January 4, 2013 decision in the litigation
on the PM2.5 implementation rule.\1\ EPA has preliminarily
concluded that the State's decision to not include budgets for
SO2, VOCs, and ammonia is consistent with the requirements
of the transportation conformity rule. That decision does not affect
EPA's adequacy finding for the submitted direct PM and NOX
MVEBs for the Delaware portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-New
Jersey nonattainment area.
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\1\ EPA issued conformity regulations to implement the 1997
PM2.5 NAAQS in July 2004 and May 2005 (69 FR 40004, July
1, 2004 and 70 FR 24280, May 6, 2005, respectively). Those actions
were not part of the final rule recently remanded to EPA by the
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in NRDC v. EPA, No.
08-1250 (Jan. 4, 2013), in which the Court remanded to EPA the
implementation rule for the PM2.5 NAAQS because it
concluded that EPA must implement that NAAQS pursuant to the PM-
specific implementation provisions of subpart 4 of Part D of Title I
of the CAA, rather than solely under the general provisions of
subpart 1.
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Please note that an adequacy review is separate from EPA's SIP
review process. The Maintenance Plans containing the 2017 and 2025
MVEBs were approved by EPA on August 5, 2014 (79 FR 45350). The MVEBs
have been approved as part of the Delaware SIP, finding the MVEBs
adequate makes them available for use for transportation conformity
purposes.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
Dated: October 1, 2014.
William C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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