Adequacy Status of the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas Reasonable Further Progress 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes, 26091-26092 [2017-11602]

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[FR Doc. 2017–11623 Filed 6–5–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9961–75–Region 6] Adequacy Status of the HoustonGalveston-Brazoria, Texas Reasonable Further Progress 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes 26091 These budgets are effective June 21, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The essential information in this notice will be available at EPA’s conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/state-andlocal-transportation/adequacy-reviewstate-implementation-plan-sipsubmissions-conformity. You may also contact Mr. Jeffrey Riley, State Implementation Section (6MM–AA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733, (214) 665–8542 or Riley.Jeffrey@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refers to EPA. The word ‘‘budget(s)’’ refers to the mobile source emissions budget for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the mobile source emissions budget for nitrogen oxides (NOX). On December 29, 2016, we received a SIP revision from the TCEQ. This revision consisted of an RFP SIP for the HGB 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS nonattainment area. This submission established MVEBs for the HGB 2008 ozone nonattainment area for the year 2017. The MVEB is the amount of emissions allowed in the SIP for on-road motor vehicles; it establishes an emissions ceiling for the HGB area regional transportation network, used to develop the 2017 on-road motor vehicle emissions projections contained in the RFP SIP. The MVEBs are provided in Table 1: DATES: TABLE 1—HOUSTON-GALVESTONBRAZORIA REASONABLE FURTHER PROGRESS NOX AND VOC MVEBS [Summer ozone season tons per day] Ozone Precursor 2017 MVEB AGENCY: NOX .......................................... VOC .......................................... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying the public that it has found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas (HGB) Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS), submitted on December 29, 2016 by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of EPA’s finding, the HGB area must use these budgets for future conformity determinations. On January 18, 2017, EPA posted the revised HGB area MVEBs on EPA’s Web site for the purpose of soliciting public comments, as part of the adequacy process. The comment period closed on February 17, 2017, and we received no comments. Today’s notice is simply an announcement of a finding that EPA has already made. EPA Region 6 sent a letter to TCEQ on April 28, 2017, finding that the MVEBs in the HGB RFP SIP, submitted on December 29, 2016 are adequate and must be used for transportation conformity determinations in the HGB area. This finding has also been announced on EPA’s conformity Web site: https:// Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of adequacy. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06JNN1.SGM 06JNN1 121.81 68.04 26092 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 107 / Tuesday, June 6, 2017 / Notices www.epa.gov/state-and-localtransportation/adequacy-review-stateimplementation-plan-sip-submissionsconformity. Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. EPA’s conformity rule, 40 Code of Federal Regulations (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 national ambient air quality standards. The criteria by which EPA determines whether a SIP’s MVEB is 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’’ See 69 FR 40004 (July 1, 2004). Please note that an adequacy review is separate from EPA’s SIP completeness review, and it should not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate action on the HGB 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS RFP SIP revision submittal. Even if EPA finds the budgets adequate in this action, we will undertake a separate review and action on the RFP SIP revision that will determine the approvability of the SIP revision. Within 24 months from the effective date of this notice, the HGB-area transportation partners, such as the Houston-Galveston Area Council, 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). mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: April 28, 2017. Samuel Coleman, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6. [FR Doc. 2017–11602 Filed 6–5–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:52 Jun 05, 2017 Jkt 241001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9961–85–OLEM] Thirty-First Update of the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. 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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9961-75-Region 6]


Adequacy Status of the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas 
Reasonable Further Progress 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets 
for Transportation Conformity Purposes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying the 
public that it has found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets 
(MVEBs) in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas (HGB) Reasonable 
Further Progress (RFP) State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the 
2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS), 
submitted on December 29, 2016 by the Texas Commission on Environmental 
Quality (TCEQ) are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As 
a result of EPA's finding, the HGB area must use these budgets for 
future conformity determinations.

DATES: These budgets are effective June 21, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The essential information in this 
notice will be available at EPA's conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/state-and-local-transportation/adequacy-review-state-implementation-plan-sip-submissions-conformity. You may also contact 
Mr. Jeffrey Riley, State Implementation Section (6MM-AA), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 
Texas 75202-2733, (214) 665-8542 or Riley.Jeffrey@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and 
``our'' refers to EPA. The word ``budget(s)'' refers to the mobile 
source emissions budget for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the 
mobile source emissions budget for nitrogen oxides (NOX).
    On December 29, 2016, we received a SIP revision from the TCEQ. 
This revision consisted of an RFP SIP for the HGB 2008 8-hour ozone 
NAAQS nonattainment area. This submission established MVEBs for the HGB 
2008 ozone nonattainment area for the year 2017. The MVEB is the amount 
of emissions allowed in the SIP for on-road motor vehicles; it 
establishes an emissions ceiling for the HGB area regional 
transportation network, used to develop the 2017 on-road motor vehicle 
emissions projections contained in the RFP SIP. The MVEBs are provided 
in Table 1:

 Table 1--Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Reasonable Further Progress NOX and
                                VOC MVEBS
                   [Summer ozone season tons per day]
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                      Ozone Precursor                         2017 MVEB
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NOX........................................................       121.81
VOC........................................................        68.04
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    On January 18, 2017, EPA posted the revised HGB area MVEBs on EPA's 
Web site for the purpose of soliciting public comments, as part of the 
adequacy process. The comment period closed on February 17, 2017, and 
we received no comments.
    Today's notice is simply an announcement of a finding that EPA has 
already made. EPA Region 6 sent a letter to TCEQ on April 28, 2017, 
finding that the MVEBs in the HGB RFP SIP, submitted on December 29, 
2016 are adequate and must be used for transportation conformity 
determinations in the HGB area. This finding has also been announced on 
EPA's conformity Web site: https://

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www.epa.gov/state-and-local-transportation/adequacy-review-state-
implementation-plan-sip-submissions-conformity.
    Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the 
Clean Air Act. EPA's conformity rule, 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(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 national ambient air 
quality standards.
    The criteria by which EPA determines whether a SIP's MVEB is 
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'' See 69 FR 40004 (July 1, 2004). Please note that an 
adequacy review is separate from EPA's SIP completeness review, and it 
should not be used to prejudge EPA's ultimate action on the HGB 2008 8-
hour ozone NAAQS RFP SIP revision submittal. Even if EPA finds the 
budgets adequate in this action, we will undertake a separate review 
and action on the RFP SIP revision that will determine the 
approvability of the SIP revision.
    Within 24 months from the effective date of this notice, the HGB-
area transportation partners, such as the Houston-Galveston Area 
Council, 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: April 28, 2017.
Samuel Coleman,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2017-11602 Filed 6-5-17; 8:45 am]
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