Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in 2008 8-Hour Ozone Extreme Area and Reasonable Further Progress Plan for Coachella Valley; California, 18314-18315 [2023-06344]

Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 18314 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 59 / Tuesday, March 28, 2023 / Notices which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 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. Abstract: In 1995, EPA promulgated regulations at 40 CFR part 273 that govern the collection and management of widely generated hazardous wastes known as ‘‘Universal Wastes’’. Universal Wastes are generated in a variety of non-industrial settings and are present in non-hazardous waste management systems. Examples of Universal Wastes include certain batteries, pesticides, mercury-containing lamps, and thermostats. The part 273 regulations are designed to ensure facilities collect these wastes and properly manage them in an appropriate hazardous waste management system. EPA needs to collect notifications of Universal Waste management to obtain general information on these handlers and to facilitate enforcement of the part 273 regulations. EPA promulgated labeling and marking requirements and accumulation time limits to ensure that Universal Waste is being accumulated responsibly. EPA needs to collect information on illegal Universal Waste shipments to enforce compliance with applicable regulations. Finally, EPA requires tracking of Universal Waste shipments to help ensure that Universal Waste is being properly treated, recycled, or disposed. 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EPA believes these requirements will minimize potential mismanagement of used oils, while not discouraging recycling. Used oil transporters must comply with all applicable packaging, labeling, and placarding requirements of 49 CFR parts 173, 178, and 179. In addition, used oil transporters must report discharges of used oil according to existing 49 CFR part 171 and 33 CFR part 153 requirements. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Private sector and State, local, or Tribal governments. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 273), required to obtain or retain a benefit (40 CFR parts 266 and 279). Estimated number of respondents: 27,127 (total). Frequency of response: On occasion. Total estimated burden: 530,478 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b) Total estimated cost: $56,792,139 (per year), which includes $950 in annualized capital and $10,013,038 in annualized operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in the burden of 264,872 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease is a result of a significant downturn in the number of Universal Waste handlers (down to 25,343 from 131,898), likely due in part to the effects of the COVID pandemic. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2023–06392 Filed 3–27–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R09–OAR–2023–0182; FRL–10800– 01–R9] Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in 2008 8-Hour Ozone Extreme Area and Reasonable Further Progress Plan for Coachella Valley; California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of adequacy. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying the public that we have found motor vehicle emissions budgets (‘‘budgets’’) for the Coachella Valley adequate for transportation conformity purposes. Specifically, our finding relates to budgets in the ‘‘Request to Reclassify Coachella Valley for the 2008 8-hour Ozone Standard and the Updated Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets’’ (‘‘Coachella Valley Extreme RFP Plan’’), submitted to the EPA for inclusion in the California state implementation plan (SIP) by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on December 7, 2022. Upon the effective date of this notice of adequacy, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and the U.S. Department of Transportation must use these budgets in future transportation conformity analyses. DATES: This finding is effective April 12, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karina O’Connor, Planning Section (ARD–2–1), Air and Radiation Division, EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; (775) 434– 8176 or oconnor.karina@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. This notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have already made. By letter dated March 17, 2023, EPA Region IX notified CARB that the budgets in the Coachella Valley Plan for the reasonable further progress (RFP) years of 2023, 2026, 2029, and 2031 are adequate for transportation conformity purposes.1 The finding is available at the EPA’s conformity website.2 We announced the availability of the Coachella Valley Extreme RFP Plan and related RFP motor vehicle emissions budgets on the EPA’s transportation SUMMARY: 1 Letter dated March17, 2023, from Elizabeth Adams, Director, Air and Radiation Division, EPA Region IX, to Steven S. Cliff, Executive Officer, CARB. 2 https://www.epa.gov/state-and-local-trans portation/conformity-adequacy-review-region-9. E:\FR\FM\28MRN1.SGM 28MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 59 / Tuesday, March 28, 2023 / Notices conformity website on December 21, 2022 and requested comments by January 20, 2023. We received no comments in response to the adequacy review posting. The motor vehicle emissions budgets that we have found adequate are provided in the following table: ADEQUATE MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY FOR THE 2008 8-HOUR OZONE STANDARD [tpd] VOC lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 2023 2026 2029 2031 .................................. .................................. .................................. .................................. NOX 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.2 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.7 Transportation conformity is required by Clean Air Act section 176(c). The EPA’s conformity rule requires that transportation plans, transportation improvement programs, and transportation projects conform to a state’s SIP 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 national ambient air quality standards. The criteria we use to determine whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emissions budgets are adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4), promulgated on August 15, 1997.3 We further described our process for determining the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in our final rule dated July 1, 2004,4 and we used the information in these resources in making our adequacy determination. Please note that an adequacy review is separate from the EPA’s completeness review and does not prejudge the EPA’s ultimate action on the SIP submittal. Even if we find a budget adequate, the SIP submittal could later be disapproved. Pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e), SCAG and the U.S. Department of Transportation will need to demonstrate conformity to the new budgets within two years of the effective date of this notice.5 For demonstrating conformity to the new budgets, the onroad motor vehicle emissions from implementation of the transportation plan or program for the area should be 3 62 FR 43780, 43781–43783. FR 40004, 40038–40047. 5 See 73 FR 4420 (January 24, 2008). 4 69 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Mar 27, 2023 Jkt 259001 Dated: March 22, 2023. Martha Guzman Aceves, Regional Administrator, Region IX. [FR Doc. 2023–06344 Filed 3–27–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Ozone precursor Year projected consistent with the budgets, i.e., by taking the emissions results derived from CARB’s EMFAC model (short for EMission FACtor) and then rounding the emissions up to the nearest tenth of a ton per day. 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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18314-18315]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-06344]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R09-OAR-2023-0182; FRL-10800-01-R9]


Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in 2008 8-Hour 
Ozone Extreme Area and Reasonable Further Progress Plan for Coachella 
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 we have found motor vehicle emissions budgets (``budgets'') 
for the Coachella Valley adequate for transportation conformity 
purposes. Specifically, our finding relates to budgets in the ``Request 
to Reclassify Coachella Valley for the 2008 8-hour Ozone Standard and 
the Updated Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets'' (``Coachella Valley 
Extreme RFP Plan''), submitted to the EPA for inclusion in the 
California state implementation plan (SIP) by the California Air 
Resources Board (CARB) on December 7, 2022. Upon the effective date of 
this notice of adequacy, the Southern California Association of 
Governments (SCAG) and the U.S. Department of Transportation must use 
these budgets in future transportation conformity analyses.

DATES: This finding is effective April 12, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karina O'Connor, Planning Section 
(ARD-2-1), Air and Radiation Division, EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; (775) 434-8176 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us,'' or 
``our'' refer to the EPA.
    This notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have 
already made. By letter dated March 17, 2023, EPA Region IX notified 
CARB that the budgets in the Coachella Valley Plan for the reasonable 
further progress (RFP) years of 2023, 2026, 2029, and 2031 are adequate 
for transportation conformity purposes.\1\ The finding is available at 
the EPA's conformity website.\2\
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    \1\ Letter dated March17, 2023, from Elizabeth Adams, Director, 
Air and Radiation Division, EPA Region IX, to Steven S. Cliff, 
Executive Officer, CARB.
    \2\ https://www.epa.gov/state-and-local-transportation/conformity-adequacy-review-region-9.
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    We announced the availability of the Coachella Valley Extreme RFP 
Plan and related RFP motor vehicle emissions budgets on the EPA's 
transportation

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conformity website on December 21, 2022 and requested comments by 
January 20, 2023. We received no comments in response to the adequacy 
review posting. The motor vehicle emissions budgets that we have found 
adequate are provided in the following table:

  Adequate Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Coachella Valley for
                     the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard
                                  [tpd]
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                                                         Ozone precursor
                         Year                          -----------------
                                                          VOC      NOX
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2023..................................................      2.7      6.0
2026..................................................      2.5      5.8
2029..................................................      2.3      5.8
2031..................................................      2.2      5.7
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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 transportation projects 
conform to a state's SIP 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 national ambient air quality standards.
    The criteria we use to determine whether a SIP's motor vehicle 
emissions budgets are adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in 
40 CFR 93.118(e)(4), promulgated on August 15, 1997.\3\ We further 
described our process for determining the adequacy of submitted SIP 
budgets in our final rule dated July 1, 2004,\4\ and we used the 
information in these resources in making our adequacy determination. 
Please note that an adequacy review is separate from the EPA's 
completeness review and does not prejudge the EPA's ultimate action on 
the SIP submittal. Even if we find a budget adequate, the SIP submittal 
could later be disapproved. Pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e), SCAG and the 
U.S. Department of Transportation will need to demonstrate conformity 
to the new budgets within two years of the effective date of this 
notice.\5\ For demonstrating conformity to the new budgets, the on-road 
motor vehicle emissions from implementation of the transportation plan 
or program for the area should be projected consistent with the 
budgets, i.e., by taking the emissions results derived from CARB's 
EMFAC model (short for EMission FACtor) and then rounding the emissions 
up to the nearest tenth of a ton per day.
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    \3\ 62 FR 43780, 43781-43783.
    \4\ 69 FR 40004, 40038-40047.
    \5\ See 73 FR 4420 (January 24, 2008).
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    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: March 22, 2023.
Martha Guzman Aceves,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2023-06344 Filed 3-27-23; 8:45 am]
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