Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets in Submitted Ozone Attainment Plan for San Joaquin Valley, California, 29547-29548 [2017-13658]
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The EPA has established a
docket for this action, identified by
Docket ID Number EPA–R09–OAR–
2017–0345. The index to the docket is
available electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the EPA Region IX office, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, California. While
all documents in the docket are listed in
the index, some information may be
publicly available only at the hard copy
location (e.g., copyrighted material), and
some may not be publicly available in
either location (e.g., confidential
business information). To inspect the
hard copy materials, please schedule an
appointment during normal business
hours with the contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Lee, (415) 972–3958, or by email
at lee.anita@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
the EPA.
This notice is simply an
announcement of a finding that we have
already made. On June 13, 2017, the
Region IX office of the EPA sent a letter
to CARB stating that the MVEBs in the
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air
Pollution Control District’s 2016 Ozone
Plan for the reasonable further progress
milestone years of 2018, 2021, 2024,
2027, and 2030, and the attainment year
of 2031, are adequate.1
We announced the availability of the
budgets on the EPA’s adequacy review
Web page from February 23, 2017,
through March 27, 2017.2 We did not
receive any comments on the budgets.
The MVEBs are provided in the
following table:
ADDRESSES:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–R09–OAR–2017–0345; FRL–9964–02–
Region 9]
Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle
Emission Budgets in Submitted Ozone
Attainment Plan for San Joaquin
Valley, California
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Adequacy.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is notifying the public
that the Agency has found that the
motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs
or ‘‘budgets’’) for ozone for the years
2018, 2021, 2024, 2027, 2030, and 2031
in the San Joaquin Valley 2016 Plan for
the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard (‘‘2016
Ozone Plan’’) are adequate for
transportation conformity purposes for
the 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient
air quality standards (NAAQS). The
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
submitted the 2016 Ozone Plan to the
EPA on August 24, 2016, as a revision
to the California State Implementation
Plan (SIP). Upon the effective date of
this notice of adequacy, the previouslyapproved budgets for the 1997 8-hour
ozone standards will no longer be
applicable for transportation conformity
purposes, and the metropolitan
planning organizations in the San
Joaquin Valley and the U.S. Department
of Transportation must use these
budgets for future transportation
conformity determinations.
DATES: This rule is effective on July 14,
2017.
SUMMARY:
ADEQUATE MVEBS IN THE 2016 PLAN FOR THE 2008 8-HOUR OZONE STANDARD a
[Tons per summer planning day]
2018
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Madera
Merced
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2024
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2027
NOX
ROG
2030
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2031
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8.0
6.6
1.3
1.9
2.5
27.7
25.4
5.1
5.1
9.4
6.4
5.5
1.1
1.5
2.0
22.2
20.4
4.2
4.1
7.8
5.4
4.8
0.9
1.2
1.6
14.1
12.6
2.6
2.6
4.8
4.9
4.5
0.9
1.1
1.5
13.2
11.7
2.5
2.3
4.4
4.5
4.2
0.8
0.9
1.3
12.6
10.9
2.3
2.0
4.2
4.3
4.1
0.8
0.9
1.3
12.5
10.8
2.3
2.0
4.1
5.9
13.0
4.9
10.3
4.2
6.9
3.8
6.2
3.5
5.7
3.3
5.5
3.8
3.7
10.5
9.5
3.0
2.9
8.3
7.2
2.6
2.4
5.6
4.7
2.3
2.2
5.1
4.1
2.1
1.9
4.7
3.8
2.0
1.9
4.7
3.7
a CARB calculated the MVEBs by taking each county’s emissions results from EMFAC2014 (short for EMission FACtor 2014 version) and then
rounding each county’s emissions up to the nearest tenth of a ton. The EPA approved EMFAC2014 for use in SIP revisions and transportation
conformity at 80 FR 77337 (December 14, 2015).
b San Joaquin Valley portion.
1 See letter from Richard Corey, CARB, to Alexis
Strauss, EPA, dated August 24, 2016, and letter
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Transportation conformity is required
by Clean Air Act section 176(c). The
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 conform.
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 we determine
whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for
conformity purposes are outlined in the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40
CFR 93.118(e)(4), which was
promulgated on August 15, 1997.3 We
have further described our process for
determining the adequacy of submitted
SIP MVEBs in our final rule dated July
1, 2004, and we used the information in
these resources in making our adequacy
determination.4 Please note that an
adequacy review is separate from the
EPA’s completeness review and should
not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate
action on the SIP. Even if we find a
budget adequate, the SIP could later be
disapproved.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e), within
2 years of the effective date of this
notice, the metropolitan planning
organizations in the San Joaquin Valley
and the U.S. Department of
Transportation will need to demonstrate
conformity to the new MVEBs if the
demonstration has not already been
made.5 For demonstrating conformity to
the MVEBs in this plan, the motor
vehicle emissions from implementation
of the transportation plan should be
projected consistently with the budgets
in this plan, i.e., by taking each county’s
emissions results from EMFAC2014 and
then rounding each county’s emissions
up to the nearest tenth of a ton.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et. seq.
Dated: June 13, 2017.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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3 See
62 FR 43780 (August 15, 1997).
69 FR 40004 (July 1, 2004).
5 See 73 FR 4419 (January 24, 2008).
4 See
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0478; FRL–9962–14–
OAR]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel
Additives: Gasoline Volatility
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives:
Gasoline Volatility (EPA ICR No.
1367.11, OMB control No. 2060–0178),
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so,
EPA is soliciting public comments on
specific aspects of the proposed
information collection. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through August 31,
2017. An Agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2007–0478, online using https://
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-docket@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James W. Caldwell, Compliance
Division, Office of Transportation and
Air Quality, Mail Code 6405A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
343–9303; fax number: (202) 343–2802;
email address: caldwell.jim@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting are available in the
SUMMARY:
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public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at https://
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA specifically solicits
comments and information to enable it
to: (i) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, EPA
will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: Gasoline volatility, as
measured by Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP)
in pounds per square inch (psi), is
controlled during the summer ozone
season (June 1 to September 15) in order
to minimize evaporative hydrocarbon
emissions from motor vehicles. RVP is
subject to a federal standard of 7.8 psi
or 9.0 psi, depending on location. The
addition of ethanol to gasoline increases
the RVP by about 1 psi. Gasoline that
contains between nine and 10 volume
percent ethanol is provided a 1.0 psi
waiver such that the RVP may be up to
8.8 psi or 10.0 psi for a federal standard
of 7.8 psi or 9.0 psi respectively. As an
aid to industry compliance and EPA
enforcement, the product transfer
document (PTD), which is prepared by
the gasoline producer or importer and
which accompanies a shipment of
gasoline containing ethanol, is required
by regulation to contain a legible and
conspicuous statement that the gasoline
contains ethanol and the percentage
concentration of ethanol. This is
intended to deter the mixing within the
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R09-OAR-2017-0345; FRL-9964-02-Region 9]
Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets in Submitted
Ozone Attainment Plan for San Joaquin Valley, California
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Adequacy.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying the
public that the Agency has found that the motor vehicle emission
budgets (MVEBs or ``budgets'') for ozone for the years 2018, 2021,
2024, 2027, 2030, and 2031 in the San Joaquin Valley 2016 Plan for the
2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard (``2016 Ozone Plan'') are adequate for
transportation conformity purposes for the 2008 8-hour ozone national
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The California Air Resources
Board (CARB) submitted the 2016 Ozone Plan to the EPA on August 24,
2016, as a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP).
Upon the effective date of this notice of adequacy, the previously-
approved budgets for the 1997 8-hour ozone standards will no longer be
applicable for transportation conformity purposes, and the metropolitan
planning organizations in the San Joaquin Valley and the U.S.
Department of Transportation must use these budgets for future
transportation conformity determinations.
DATES: This rule is effective on July 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action, identified
by Docket ID Number EPA-R09-OAR-2017-0345. The index to the docket is
available electronically at https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy
at the EPA Region IX office, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,
California. While all documents in the docket are listed in the index,
some information may be publicly available only at the hard copy
location (e.g., copyrighted material), and some may not be publicly
available in either location (e.g., confidential business information).
To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an appointment
during normal business hours with the contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Lee, (415) 972-3958, or by email
at lee.anita@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA.
This notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have
already made. On June 13, 2017, the Region IX office of the EPA sent a
letter to CARB stating that the MVEBs in the San Joaquin Valley Unified
Air Pollution Control District's 2016 Ozone Plan for the reasonable
further progress milestone years of 2018, 2021, 2024, 2027, and 2030,
and the attainment year of 2031, are adequate.\1\
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\1\ See letter from Richard Corey, CARB, to Alexis Strauss, EPA,
dated August 24, 2016, and letter from Elizabeth Adams, EPA, to
Richard Corey, CARB dated June 13, 2017.
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We announced the availability of the budgets on the EPA's adequacy
review Web page from February 23, 2017, through March 27, 2017.\2\ We
did not receive any comments on the budgets. The MVEBs are provided in
the following table:
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\2\ See https://www.epa.gov/state-and-local-transportation/state-implementation-plans-sip-submissions-currently-under-epa#Sanjoquin2017.
Adequate MVEBs in the 2016 Plan for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard \a\
[Tons per summer planning day]
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2018 2021 2024 2027 2030 2031
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County ROG NOX ROG NOX ROG NOX ROG NOX ROG NOX ROG NOX
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Fresno...................................... 8.0 27.7 6.4 22.2 5.4 14.1 4.9 13.2 4.5 12.6 4.3 12.5
Kern \b\.................................... 6.6 25.4 5.5 20.4 4.8 12.6 4.5 11.7 4.2 10.9 4.1 10.8
Kings....................................... 1.3 5.1 1.1 4.2 0.9 2.6 0.9 2.5 0.8 2.3 0.8 2.3
Madera...................................... 1.9 5.1 1.5 4.1 1.2 2.6 1.1 2.3 0.9 2.0 0.9 2.0
Merced...................................... 2.5 9.4 2.0 7.8 1.6 4.8 1.5 4.4 1.3 4.2 1.3 4.1
San Joaquin................................. 5.9 13.0 4.9 10.3 4.2 6.9 3.8 6.2 3.5 5.7 3.3 5.5
Stanislaus.................................. 3.8 10.5 3.0 8.3 2.6 5.6 2.3 5.1 2.1 4.7 2.0 4.7
Tulare...................................... 3.7 9.5 2.9 7.2 2.4 4.7 2.2 4.1 1.9 3.8 1.9 3.7
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\a\ CARB calculated the MVEBs by taking each county's emissions results from EMFAC2014 (short for EMission FACtor 2014 version) and then rounding each
county's emissions up to the nearest tenth of a ton. The EPA approved EMFAC2014 for use in SIP revisions and transportation conformity at 80 FR 77337
(December 14, 2015).
\b\ San Joaquin Valley portion.
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Transportation conformity is required by Clean Air Act section
176(c). The 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 conform. 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 we determine whether a SIP's MVEBs are
adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4), which was promulgated on
August 15, 1997.\3\ We have further described our process for
determining the adequacy of submitted SIP MVEBs in our final rule dated
July 1, 2004, and we used the information in these resources in making
our adequacy determination.\4\ Please note that an adequacy review is
separate from the EPA's completeness review and should not be used to
prejudge EPA's ultimate action on the SIP. Even if we find a budget
adequate, the SIP could later be disapproved.
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\3\ See 62 FR 43780 (August 15, 1997).
\4\ See 69 FR 40004 (July 1, 2004).
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Pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e), within 2 years of the effective date
of this notice, the metropolitan planning organizations in the San
Joaquin Valley and the U.S. Department of Transportation will need to
demonstrate conformity to the new MVEBs if the demonstration has not
already been made.\5\ For demonstrating conformity to the MVEBs in this
plan, the motor vehicle emissions from implementation of the
transportation plan should be projected consistently with the budgets
in this plan, i.e., by taking each county's emissions results from
EMFAC2014 and then rounding each county's emissions up to the nearest
tenth of a ton.
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\5\ See 73 FR 4419 (January 24, 2008).
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et. seq.
Dated: June 13, 2017.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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