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Deborah A. Szaro,
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AGENCY
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Region 7]
Adequacy Determination for the St.
Louis Area 2008 8-Hour Ozone
Redesignation Request and
Maintenance State Implementation
Plan, Motor Vehicle Emissions
Budgets for Transportation Conformity
Purposes; State of Missouri
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy
determination.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is notifying the public
that the St. Louis area 2008 8-hour
ozone redesignation request and
maintenance plan motor vehicle
emission budgets (MVEBs) for volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) and
nitrogen oxides (NOX) are adequate for
transportation conformity purposes. As
a result, these budgets must be used by
the State of Missouri for future
transportation conformity
determinations for the St. Louis area.
DATES: This document is effective April
24, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Hamilton, at (913) 551–7039, by
email at Hamilton.heather@epa.gov, or
by mail at U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Air Planning and
Development Branch, 11201 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
or ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. The word
‘‘budget(s)’’ refers to the motor vehicle
emission budgets (MVEBs) for volatile
organic compounds and nitrogen
oxides. For the purposes of this
document, ‘‘SIP’’ refers to the St. Louis
Area 2008 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation
Request and Maintenance State
Implementation Plan, submitted by
Missouri Department of Natural
Resources to EPA as a SIP revision on
September 12, 2016.
This document is an announcement of
a finding that EPA has already made.
EPA Region 7 sent a letter to Missouri
Department of Natural Resources on
December 21, 2016, stating that the
MVEBs contained in the Redesignation
Request and Maintenance Plan are
adequate for transportation conformity
purposes. As a result of EPA’s finding,
the State of Missouri must use the
MVEBs from the September 12, 2016,
Redesignation Request and Maintenance
Plan or future transportation conformity
determinations for the St. Louis area.
SUMMARY:
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The finding is available at EPA’s
conformity Web site: https://
www.epa.gov/state-and-localtransportation.
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 procedure
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 motor vehicle emission
budgets are adequate for conformity
purposes are outlined in 40 CFR
93.118(e)(4). 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 the SIP. EPA plans to take
action on the SIP at a later date. We
have described our process for
determining the adequacy of submitted
SIP budgets in 40 CFR 93.118(f), and
have followed this rule in making our
adequacy determination.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.
Dated: March 20, 2017.
Edward H. Chu,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R07-OAR-2016-0779; FRL-9960-71-Region 7]
Adequacy Determination for the St. Louis Area 2008 8-Hour Ozone
Redesignation Request and Maintenance State Implementation Plan, Motor
Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes; State
of Missouri
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy determination.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying the
public that the St. Louis area 2008 8-hour ozone redesignation request
and maintenance plan motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) for
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOX)
are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result, these
budgets must be used by the State of Missouri for future transportation
conformity determinations for the St. Louis area.
DATES: This document is effective April 24, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Hamilton, at (913) 551-7039,
by email at Hamilton.heather@epa.gov, or by mail at U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' or
``our'' refer to EPA. The word ``budget(s)'' refers to the motor
vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) for volatile organic compounds and
nitrogen oxides. For the purposes of this document, ``SIP'' refers to
the St. Louis Area 2008 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation Request and
Maintenance State Implementation Plan, submitted by Missouri Department
of Natural Resources to EPA as a SIP revision on September 12, 2016.
This document is an announcement of a finding that EPA has already
made. EPA Region 7 sent a letter to Missouri Department of Natural
Resources on December 21, 2016, stating that the MVEBs contained in the
Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan are adequate for
transportation conformity purposes. As a result of EPA's finding, the
State of Missouri must use the MVEBs from the September 12, 2016,
Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan or future transportation
conformity determinations for the St. Louis area. The finding is
available at EPA's conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/state-and-local-transportation.
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 procedure
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 motor vehicle
emission budgets are adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in
40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). 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 the SIP. EPA plans to take action on the SIP
at a later date. We have described our process for determining the
adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in 40 CFR 93.118(f), and have
followed this rule in making our adequacy determination.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
Dated: March 20, 2017.
Edward H. Chu,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
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