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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R03–OAR–2024–0162; FRL–11869–
02–R3]
Air Plan Approval; District of
Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia;
Update of the Motor Vehicle Emissions
Budgets for the Washington-MD-VA
2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient
Air Quality Standard Maintenance Area
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving state
implementation plan (SIP) revisions
submitted by the District of Columbia
(the District), State of Maryland (MD),
and Commonwealth of Virginia (VA).
The revisions update the motor vehicle
emissions budgets (MVEBs) and the
onroad and nonroad (except for marine,
airport, and railroad) mobile emissions
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SUMMARY:
for volatile organic compounds (VOC)
and nitrogen oxides (NOX) for the years
2025 and 2030. EPA is approving the
updated MVEBs and updates to the
applicable onroad and nonroad mobile
emissions for VOC and NOX for the
years 2025 and 2030. EPA is also
approving the allocation of a portion of
the safety margins for VOC and NOX in
the ozone maintenance plan to the 2025
and 2030 MVEBs. The MVEBs will be
available for transportation conformity
purposes, in accordance with the
requirements of the Clean Air Act
(CAA).
DATES: This final rule is effective on
November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA–R03–OAR–2024–0162. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the www.regulations.gov website.
Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., confidential business information
(CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
available through www.regulations.gov,
or please contact the person identified
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section for additional
availability information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Becoat, Planning &
Implementation Branch (3AD30), Air &
Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III, 1600 John
F Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103. The telephone
number is (215) 814–2053. Mr. Becoat
can also be reached via electronic mail
at Becoat.Gregory@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On November 14, 2023, September 6,
2023, and October 11, 2023, the District,
Maryland, and Virginia, respectively,
formally submitted requests to update
the 2008 8-Hour Ozone national
ambient air quality standard (NAAQS)
maintenance plan for the Washington,
DC-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS
Maintenance Area (hereafter ‘‘the
Washington Area’’ or ‘‘the Area’’). These
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revisions update the Area’s maintenance
plan to include revised onroad and
nonroad MVEBs for VOCs and NOX that
reflect the updated EPA Motor Vehicle
Emission Simulator (MOVES3.04)
model.
On June 3, 2024 (89 FR 47474), EPA
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) for the Area. The
Area submitted SIP revisions that
included an update to the MVEBs for
VOCs and NOX, that were initially
developed using the MOVES2014a
model, for the years 2025 and 2030. In
the NPRM, EPA proposed approval of
revisions to update the Area’s
maintenance plan to include revised
onroad and nonroad MVEBs for VOCs
and NOX that reflect the updated EPA
MOVES3.04 model and increased
onroad vehicle emission rates.
II. Summary of SIP Revision and EPA
Analysis
EPA’s analysis of the Area’s SIP
submittal indicates that maintenance of
the 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS will
continue to be demonstrated for the
Area, after updating the 2025 and 2030
MVEBs, for NOX and VOC, using
MOVES3.0.4 and updated planning
assumptions. The details of the Area’s
submittal and the rationale for EPA’s
action are further explained in the
NPRM and will not be restated here.
Comments on the June 3, 2024 (89 FR
47474) NPRM were due on or before
July 3, 2024. EPA received one comment
that was not relevant to this action and
will not be addressed here.
The updated 2025 and 2030 MVEBs,
for NOX and VOC, will ensure that
transportation emissions conform with
each state’s SIP. Table 1 in this
document, provides the newly revised
MVEBs for 2025 and 2030 along with
the retained 2014 MVEBs from the 2017
plan (using MOVES2014a) in tons per
day (tpd). The Area added only portions
of the total available safety margins for
VOC and NOX when developing the
revised MVEBs for 2025 and 2030 for
the projected onroad mobile VOC and
NOX emissions. The allocation will add
5.58 tpd of VOC and 9.30 tpd of NOX
from the safety margins to the 2025
emission inventories, and 4.35 tpd of
VOC and 6.85 tpd of NOX from the
safety margins to the 2030 emission
inventories.
TABLE 1—REVISED ONROAD MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS USING MOVES3.0.4
VOC onroad
emissions
(tpd)
Year
2014 Attainment Year ..............................................................................................................................................
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VOC onroad
emissions
(tpd)
Year
2025
2025
2025
2030
2030
2030
Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ...................................................................................................
Safety Margin .................................................................................................................................................
Interim Budget with Safety Margin .................................................................................................................
Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ...................................................................................................
Safety Margin .................................................................................................................................................
Final Budget with Safety Margin ....................................................................................................................
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III. Final Action
EPA has evaluated the Area’s
submittal and has determined that the
updated MVEBs and the allocation of
the safety margins to the 2025 and 2030
budgets for the Area meet the
requirements of the transportation
conformity regulations at 40 CFR part 93
and are approvable. Therefore, EPA is
approving the Washington Area’s SIP
revision updating the MVEBs and the
onroad and nonroad (except for marine,
airport, and railroad) mobile emissions
for VOC and NOX for the years 2025 and
2030. Additionally, EPA is approving
the allocation of a portion of the safety
margins for VOC and NOX in the ozone
maintenance plan to the 2025 and 2030
budgets.
IV. General Information Pertaining to
SIP Submittals From the
Commonwealth of Virginia
In 1995, Virginia adopted legislation
that provides, subject to certain
conditions, for an environmental
assessment (audit) ‘‘privilege’’ for
voluntary compliance evaluations
performed by a regulated entity. The
legislation further addresses the relative
burden of proof for parties either
asserting the privilege or seeking
disclosure of documents for which the
privilege is claimed. Virginia’s
legislation also provides, subject to
certain conditions, for a penalty waiver
for violations of environmental laws
when a regulated entity discovers such
violations pursuant to a voluntary
compliance evaluation and voluntarily
discloses such violations to the
Commonwealth and takes prompt and
appropriate measures to remedy the
violations. Virginia’s Voluntary
Environmental Assessment Privilege
Law, Va. Code sec. 10.1198, provides a
privilege that protects from disclosure
documents and information about the
content of those documents that are the
product of a voluntary environmental
assessment. The Privilege Law does not
extend to documents or information
that: (1) are generated or developed
before the commencement of a
voluntary environmental assessment; (2)
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are prepared independently of the
assessment process; (3) demonstrate a
clear, imminent, and substantial danger
to the public health or environment; or
(4) are required by law.
On January 12, 1998, the
Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the
Attorney General provided a legal
opinion that states that the Privilege
Law, Va. Code sec. 10.1–1198, precludes
granting a privilege to documents and
information ‘‘required by law,’’
including documents and information
‘‘required by Federal law to maintain
program delegation, authorization or
approval,’’ since Virginia must ‘‘enforce
Federally authorized environmental
programs in a manner that is no less
stringent than their Federal
counterparts. . . .’’ The opinion
concludes that ‘‘[r]egarding § 10.1–1198,
therefore, documents or other
information needed for civil or criminal
enforcement under one of these
programs could not be privileged
because such documents and
information are essential to pursuing
enforcement in a manner required by
Federal law to maintain program
delegation, authorization or approval.’’
Virginia’s Immunity Law, Va. Code
sec. 10.1–1199, provides that ‘‘[t]o the
extent consistent with requirements
imposed by Federal law,’’ any person
making a voluntary disclosure of
information to a state agency regarding
a violation of an environmental statute,
regulation, permit, or administrative
order is granted immunity from
administrative or civil penalty. The
Attorney General’s January 12, 1998
opinion states that the quoted language
renders this statute inapplicable to
enforcement of any Federally authorized
programs, since ‘‘no immunity could be
afforded from administrative, civil, or
criminal penalties because granting
such immunity would not be consistent
with Federal law, which is one of the
criteria for immunity.’’
Therefore, the EPA has determined
that Virginia’s Privilege and Immunity
statutes will not preclude the
Commonwealth from enforcing its
program consistent with the Federal
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emissions
(tpd)
27.92
5.58
33.50
21.75
4.35
26.10
46.52
9.30
55.82
34.26
6.85
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requirements. In any event, because the
EPA has also determined that a state
audit privilege and immunity law can
affect only state enforcement and cannot
have any impact on Federal
enforcement authorities, the EPA may at
any time invoke its authority under the
CAA, including, for example, section
113, 167, 205, 211 or 213, to enforce the
requirements or prohibitions of the state
plan, independently of any state
enforcement effort. In addition, citizen
enforcement under section 304 of the
CAA is likewise unaffected by this, or
any, state audit privilege or immunity
law.
V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
CAA and applicable Federal regulations.
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the CAA. Accordingly, this action
merely approves state law as meeting
Federal requirements and does not
impose additional requirements beyond
those imposed by state law. For that
reason, this action:
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
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• Does not have federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001); and
• Is not subject to requirements of
section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act;
This action does not have tribal
implications as specified by Executive
Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9,
2000), because this action is not
approved to apply in Indian country
located in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, State of Maryland, or District
of Columbia, and EPA notes that it will
not impose substantial direct costs on
tribal governments or preempt tribal
law.
Executive Order 12898 (Federal
Actions to Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994) directs Federal
agencies to identify and address
‘‘disproportionately high and adverse
human health or environmental effects’’
of their actions on minority populations
and low-income populations to the
greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law. The EPA defines
environmental justice (EJ) as ‘‘the fair
treatment and meaningful involvement
of all people regardless of race, color,
national origin, or income with respect
to the development, implementation,
and enforcement of environmental laws,
regulations, and policies.’’ The EPA
further defines the term fair treatment to
mean that ‘‘no group of people should
bear a disproportionate burden of
environmental harms and risks,
including those resulting from the
negative environmental consequences of
industrial, governmental, and
commercial operations or programs and
policies.’’
The District of Columbia, State of
Maryland, and Commonwealth of
Virginia did not evaluate environmental
justice considerations as part of the SIP
submittals; the CAA and applicable
implementing regulations neither
prohibit nor require such an evaluation.
The EPA did not perform an EJ analysis
and did not consider EJ in this action.
Consideration of EJ is not required as
part of this action, and there is no
information in the record inconsistent
with the stated goal of E.O. 12898 of
achieving environmental justice for
people of color, low-income
populations, and Indigenous peoples.
B. Submission to Congress and the
Comptroller General
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. EPA will submit a
report containing this action and other
required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United
States prior to publication of the rule in
the Federal Register. A major rule
cannot take effect until 60 days after it
is published in the Federal Register.
This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
C. Petitions for Judicial Review
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,
petitions for judicial review of this
action must be filed in the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit by December 3, 2024. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the
Administrator of this final rule does not
Applicable
geographic
area
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Name of non-regulatory SIP revision
*
*
*
Maintenance plan for the District of Columbia portion
of the Washington, DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area
for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standard.
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3. In § 52.476:
a. Remove the heading from paragraph
(g); and
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Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Adam Ortiz,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part
52 as follows:
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart J—District of Columbia
2. In § 52.470, the table in paragraph
(e) is amended by revising the entry for
‘‘Maintenance plan for the District of
Columbia portion of the Washington,
DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the
2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient
Air Quality Standard’’ to read as
follows:
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§ 52.470
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Identification of plan.
*
*
(e) * * *
Sfmt 4700
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*
Additional
explanation
EPA approval date
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10/4/2024, [INSERT
FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION].
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b. Add paragraph (k).
The addition reads as follows:
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State
submittal
date
*
District of Columbia .......
*
affect the finality of this action for the
purposes of judicial review nor does it
extend the time within which a petition
for judicial review may be filed, and
shall not postpone the effectiveness of
such rule or action. This action,
approving the West Virginia SIP
revision updating its incorporation by
reference of EPA’s NAAQS and
associated ambient air monitoring
reference methods and equivalent
methods, may not be challenged later in
proceedings to enforce its requirements.
(See section 307(b)(2).)
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Added § 52.476(k).
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§ 52.476
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Control strategy: ozone.
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(k) EPA approves updates to the 2008
8-Hour Ozone national ambient air
quality standard (NAAQS) maintenance
plan for the District of Columbia portion
of the Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 8Hour Ozone NAAQS Maintenance Area.
The updates include revised motor
vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) and
updates to the applicable onroad and
nonroad mobile emissions for VOC and
NOX for the years 2025 and 2030. EPA
also approves the allocation of a portion
of the safety margins for VOC and NOX
in the ozone maintenance plan to the
2025 and 2030 MVEBs. The revised
MVEBs for VOC and NOX applies to all
future transportation conformity
determinations and analyses for the
entire Washington, DC-MD-VA
Maintenance Area for the 2008 8-Hour
Ozone NAAQS.
TABLE 5 TO PARAGRAPH (k)—REVISED ONROAD MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS USING MOVES 3.0.4
VOC onroad
emissions
(tpd)
Year
2014
2025
2025
2025
2030
2030
2030
Attainment Year ..............................................................................................................................................
Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ...................................................................................................
Safety Margin .................................................................................................................................................
Interim Budget with Safety Margin .................................................................................................................
Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ...................................................................................................
Safety Margin .................................................................................................................................................
Final Budget with Safety Margin ....................................................................................................................
Subpart V—Maryland
4. In § 52.1070, the table in paragraph
(e) is amended by revising the entry for
‘‘Maintenance plan for the Maryland
■
portion of the Washington, DC-MD-VA
Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8-hour
ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standard’’ to read as follows:
Name of non-regulatory SIP revision
Applicable geographic area
*
*
*
Maintenance plan for the Maryland portion of the Washington, DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard.
*
Calvert, Charles, Frederick,
Montgomery, and Prince
George’s Counties.
*
*
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5. In § 52.1076:
a. Remove the headings from
paragraphs (w), (x), and (gg); and
■ b. Add paragraph (hh).
The addition reads as follows:
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§ 52.1076 Control strategy plans for
attainment and rate-of-progress: Ozone.
*
*
*
*
*
(hh) EPA approves updates to the
2008 8-Hour Ozone national ambient air
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§ 52.1070
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33.50
21.75
4.35
26.10
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46.52
9.30
55.82
34.26
6.85
41.11
Identification of plan.
*
*
*
*
(e) * * *
State
submittal
date
*
09/06/23
EPA approval date
Additional
explanation
*
[10/4/2024, INSERT
FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION].
*
§ 52.1076(hh).
*
*
*
quality standard (NAAQS) maintenance
plan for the Maryland portion of the
Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour
Ozone NAAQS Maintenance Area. The
updates include revised motor vehicle
emissions budgets (MVEBs) and updates
to the applicable onroad and nonroad
mobile emissions for VOC and NOX for
the years 2025 and 2030. EPA also
approves the allocation of a portion of
NOX onroad
emissions
(tpd)
the safety margins for VOC and NOX in
the ozone maintenance plan to the 2025
and 2030 MVEBs. The revised MVEBs
for VOC and NOX applies to all future
transportation conformity
determinations and analyses for the
entire Washington, DC-MD-VA
Maintenance Area for the 2008 8-Hour
Ozone NAAQS.
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VOC onroad
emissions
(tpd)
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Year
2014
2025
2025
2025
2030
2030
2030
Attainment Year ..............................................................................................................................................
Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ...................................................................................................
Safety Margin .................................................................................................................................................
Interim Budget with Safety Margin .................................................................................................................
Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ...................................................................................................
Safety Margin .................................................................................................................................................
Final Budget with Safety Margin ....................................................................................................................
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21.75
4.35
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NOX onroad
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(tpd)
136.84
46.52
9.30
55.82
34.26
6.85
41.11
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portion of the Washington, DC-MD-VA
Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8-hour
ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standard’’ to read as follows:
Subpart VV—Virginia
6. In § 52.2420, the table in paragraph
(e)(1) is amended by revising the entry
‘‘Maintenance plan for the Virginia
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Name of non-regulatory SIP revision
*
*
*
*
*
Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince
William Counties and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park.
*
*
*
*
*
7. In § 52.2428:
a. Remove the heading from paragraph
(h); and
■ b. Add paragraph (n).
The addition reads as follows:
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§ 52.2428 Control Strategy: Carbon
monoxide and ozone.
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Identification of plan.
*
*
(e) * * *
(1) * * *
State
submittal
date
Applicable geographic area
*
*
Maintenance plan for the Virginia portion
of the Washington, DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8-hour
ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standard.
§ 52.2420
*
10/11/23
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EPA approval
date
*
10/4/2024, [INSERT FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION].
*
(n) EPA approves updates to the 2008
8-Hour Ozone national ambient air
quality standard (NAAQS) maintenance
plan for the Virginia portion of the
Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour
Ozone NAAQS Maintenance Area. The
updates include revised motor vehicle
emissions budgets (MVEBs) and updates
to the applicable onroad and nonroad
mobile emissions for VOC and NOX for
the years 2025 and 2030. EPA also
*
Additional
explanation
*
Added § 52.2428(n).
*
*
approves the allocation of a portion of
the safety margins for VOC and NOX in
the ozone maintenance plan to the 2025
and 2030 MVEBs. The revised MVEBs
for VOC and NOX applies to all future
transportation conformity
determinations and analyses for the
entire Washington, DC-MD-VA
Maintenance Area for the 2008 8-Hour
Ozone NAAQS.
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VOC onroad
emissions
(tpd)
Year
2014
2025
2025
2025
2030
2030
2030
Attainment Year ..............................................................................................................................................
Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ...................................................................................................
Safety Margin .................................................................................................................................................
Interim Budget with Safety Margin .................................................................................................................
Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ...................................................................................................
Safety Margin .................................................................................................................................................
Final Budget with Safety Margin ....................................................................................................................
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R09–OAR–2023–0477; FRL–11532–
03–R9]
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Clean Air Plans; Contingency
Measures for the Fine Particulate
Matter Standards; San Joaquin Valley,
California
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking final action to
approve two state implementation plan
(SIP) submissions under the Clean Air
SUMMARY:
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Act (CAA) that address the contingency
measure requirements for the 1997
annual, 2006 24-hour, and 2012 annual
fine particulate matter (PM2.5) national
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS
or ‘‘standards’’) for the San Joaquin
Valley PM2.5 nonattainment area in
California. The two SIP submissions
include the area’s contingency measure
plan element and two specific
contingency measures that would apply
to residential wood burning heaters and
fireplaces and to non-agricultural, rural
open areas. A third contingency
measure, applicable to light-duty onroad motor vehicles, has been approved
into the California SIP in a separate
action by the EPA, and the related
emission reductions from the third
measure are accounted for in this final
rule. The EPA is finalizing approval of
the SIP submissions because the Agency
has determined that they are in
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accordance with the applicable
requirements for such SIP submissions
under the CAA and the EPA’s
implementing regulations for the PM2.5
NAAQS.
This rule is effective November
4, 2024.
DATES:
The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R09–OAR–2023–0477. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the https://www.regulations.gov
website. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly
available, e.g., Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
ADDRESSES:
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 80745-80749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22535]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2024-0162; FRL-11869-02-R3]
Air Plan Approval; District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia;
Update of the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Washington-MD-VA
2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Maintenance
Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving state
implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the District of
Columbia (the District), State of Maryland (MD), and Commonwealth of
Virginia (VA). The revisions update the motor vehicle emissions budgets
(MVEBs) and the onroad and nonroad (except for marine, airport, and
railroad) mobile emissions for volatile organic compounds (VOC) and
nitrogen oxides (NOX) for the years 2025 and 2030. EPA is
approving the updated MVEBs and updates to the applicable onroad and
nonroad mobile emissions for VOC and NOX for the years 2025
and 2030. EPA is also approving the allocation of a portion of the
safety margins for VOC and NOX in the ozone maintenance plan
to the 2025 and 2030 MVEBs. The MVEBs will be available for
transportation conformity purposes, in accordance with the requirements
of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
DATES: This final rule is effective on November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID Number EPA-R03-OAR-2024-0162. All documents in the docket are
listed on the www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the
index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., confidential
business information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available through www.regulations.gov, or please contact the person
identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for
additional availability information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Becoat, Planning &
Implementation Branch (3AD30), Air & Radiation Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1600 John F Kennedy
Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. The telephone number is
(215) 814-2053. Mr. Becoat can also be reached via electronic mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On November 14, 2023, September 6, 2023, and October 11, 2023, the
District, Maryland, and Virginia, respectively, formally submitted
requests to update the 2008 8-Hour Ozone national ambient air quality
standard (NAAQS) maintenance plan for the Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 8-
Hour Ozone NAAQS Maintenance Area (hereafter ``the Washington Area'' or
``the Area''). These revisions update the Area's maintenance plan to
include revised onroad and nonroad MVEBs for VOCs and NOX
that reflect the updated EPA Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator
(MOVES3.04) model.
On June 3, 2024 (89 FR 47474), EPA published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) for the Area. The Area submitted SIP revisions that
included an update to the MVEBs for VOCs and NOX, that were
initially developed using the MOVES2014a model, for the years 2025 and
2030. In the NPRM, EPA proposed approval of revisions to update the
Area's maintenance plan to include revised onroad and nonroad MVEBs for
VOCs and NOX that reflect the updated EPA MOVES3.04 model
and increased onroad vehicle emission rates.
II. Summary of SIP Revision and EPA Analysis
EPA's analysis of the Area's SIP submittal indicates that
maintenance of the 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS will continue to be
demonstrated for the Area, after updating the 2025 and 2030 MVEBs, for
NOX and VOC, using MOVES3.0.4 and updated planning
assumptions. The details of the Area's submittal and the rationale for
EPA's action are further explained in the NPRM and will not be restated
here. Comments on the June 3, 2024 (89 FR 47474) NPRM were due on or
before July 3, 2024. EPA received one comment that was not relevant to
this action and will not be addressed here.
The updated 2025 and 2030 MVEBs, for NOX and VOC, will
ensure that transportation emissions conform with each state's SIP.
Table 1 in this document, provides the newly revised MVEBs for 2025 and
2030 along with the retained 2014 MVEBs from the 2017 plan (using
MOVES2014a) in tons per day (tpd). The Area added only portions of the
total available safety margins for VOC and NOX when
developing the revised MVEBs for 2025 and 2030 for the projected onroad
mobile VOC and NOX emissions. The allocation will add 5.58
tpd of VOC and 9.30 tpd of NOX from the safety margins to
the 2025 emission inventories, and 4.35 tpd of VOC and 6.85 tpd of
NOX from the safety margins to the 2030 emission
inventories.
Table 1--Revised Onroad Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets using MOVES3.0.4
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VOC onroad NOX onroad
Year emissions emissions
(tpd) (tpd)
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2014 Attainment Year.................... 61.25 136.84
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2025 Predicted Emissions without Safety 27.92 46.52
Margin.................................
2025 Safety Margin...................... 5.58 9.30
2025 Interim Budget with Safety Margin.. 33.50 55.82
2030 Predicted Emissions without Safety 21.75 34.26
Margin.................................
2030 Safety Margin...................... 4.35 6.85
2030 Final Budget with Safety Margin.... 26.10 41.11
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III. Final Action
EPA has evaluated the Area's submittal and has determined that the
updated MVEBs and the allocation of the safety margins to the 2025 and
2030 budgets for the Area meet the requirements of the transportation
conformity regulations at 40 CFR part 93 and are approvable. Therefore,
EPA is approving the Washington Area's SIP revision updating the MVEBs
and the onroad and nonroad (except for marine, airport, and railroad)
mobile emissions for VOC and NOX for the years 2025 and
2030. Additionally, EPA is approving the allocation of a portion of the
safety margins for VOC and NOX in the ozone maintenance plan
to the 2025 and 2030 budgets.
IV. General Information Pertaining to SIP Submittals From the
Commonwealth of Virginia
In 1995, Virginia adopted legislation that provides, subject to
certain conditions, for an environmental assessment (audit)
``privilege'' for voluntary compliance evaluations performed by a
regulated entity. The legislation further addresses the relative burden
of proof for parties either asserting the privilege or seeking
disclosure of documents for which the privilege is claimed. Virginia's
legislation also provides, subject to certain conditions, for a penalty
waiver for violations of environmental laws when a regulated entity
discovers such violations pursuant to a voluntary compliance evaluation
and voluntarily discloses such violations to the Commonwealth and takes
prompt and appropriate measures to remedy the violations. Virginia's
Voluntary Environmental Assessment Privilege Law, Va. Code sec.
10.1198, provides a privilege that protects from disclosure documents
and information about the content of those documents that are the
product of a voluntary environmental assessment. The Privilege Law does
not extend to documents or information that: (1) are generated or
developed before the commencement of a voluntary environmental
assessment; (2) are prepared independently of the assessment process;
(3) demonstrate a clear, imminent, and substantial danger to the public
health or environment; or (4) are required by law.
On January 12, 1998, the Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the
Attorney General provided a legal opinion that states that the
Privilege Law, Va. Code sec. 10.1-1198, precludes granting a privilege
to documents and information ``required by law,'' including documents
and information ``required by Federal law to maintain program
delegation, authorization or approval,'' since Virginia must ``enforce
Federally authorized environmental programs in a manner that is no less
stringent than their Federal counterparts. . . .'' The opinion
concludes that ``[r]egarding Sec. 10.1-1198, therefore, documents or
other information needed for civil or criminal enforcement under one of
these programs could not be privileged because such documents and
information are essential to pursuing enforcement in a manner required
by Federal law to maintain program delegation, authorization or
approval.''
Virginia's Immunity Law, Va. Code sec. 10.1-1199, provides that
``[t]o the extent consistent with requirements imposed by Federal
law,'' any person making a voluntary disclosure of information to a
state agency regarding a violation of an environmental statute,
regulation, permit, or administrative order is granted immunity from
administrative or civil penalty. The Attorney General's January 12,
1998 opinion states that the quoted language renders this statute
inapplicable to enforcement of any Federally authorized programs, since
``no immunity could be afforded from administrative, civil, or criminal
penalties because granting such immunity would not be consistent with
Federal law, which is one of the criteria for immunity.''
Therefore, the EPA has determined that Virginia's Privilege and
Immunity statutes will not preclude the Commonwealth from enforcing its
program consistent with the Federal requirements. In any event, because
the EPA has also determined that a state audit privilege and immunity
law can affect only state enforcement and cannot have any impact on
Federal enforcement authorities, the EPA may at any time invoke its
authority under the CAA, including, for example, section 113, 167, 205,
211 or 213, to enforce the requirements or prohibitions of the state
plan, independently of any state enforcement effort. In addition,
citizen enforcement under section 304 of the CAA is likewise unaffected
by this, or any, state audit privilege or immunity law.
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, the EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and
does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state
law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to review
by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders 12866 (58
FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011);
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
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Does not have federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); and
Is not subject to requirements of section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the Clean Air Act;
This action does not have tribal implications as specified by
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because this
action is not approved to apply in Indian country located in the
Commonwealth of Virginia, State of Maryland, or District of Columbia,
and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct costs on
tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
Executive Order 12898 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994) directs Federal agencies to identify and address
``disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental
effects'' of their actions on minority populations and low-income
populations to the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law.
The EPA defines environmental justice (EJ) as ``the fair treatment and
meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color,
national origin, or income with respect to the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies.'' The EPA further defines the term fair treatment to mean
that ``no group of people should bear a disproportionate burden of
environmental harms and risks, including those resulting from the
negative environmental consequences of industrial, governmental, and
commercial operations or programs and policies.''
The District of Columbia, State of Maryland, and Commonwealth of
Virginia did not evaluate environmental justice considerations as part
of the SIP submittals; the CAA and applicable implementing regulations
neither prohibit nor require such an evaluation. The EPA did not
perform an EJ analysis and did not consider EJ in this action.
Consideration of EJ is not required as part of this action, and there
is no information in the record inconsistent with the stated goal of
E.O. 12898 of achieving environmental justice for people of color, low-
income populations, and Indigenous peoples.
B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
C. Petitions for Judicial Review
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by December 3, 2024. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect
the finality of this action for the purposes of judicial review nor
does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may
be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or
action. This action, approving the West Virginia SIP revision updating
its incorporation by reference of EPA's NAAQS and associated ambient
air monitoring reference methods and equivalent methods, may not be
challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See
section 307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Adam Ortiz,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part
52 as follows:
PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart J--District of Columbia
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2. In Sec. 52.470, the table in paragraph (e) is amended by revising
the entry for ``Maintenance plan for the District of Columbia portion
of the Washington, DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8-hour
ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard'' to read as follows:
Sec. 52.470 Identification of plan.
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(e) * * *
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State
Name of non-regulatory SIP revision Applicable geographic area submittal EPA approval date Additional explanation
date
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Maintenance plan for the District of District of Columbia................... 11/14/23 10/4/2024, [INSERT Added Sec. 52.476(k).
Columbia portion of the Washington, FEDERAL REGISTER
DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the CITATION].
2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient
Air Quality Standard.
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3. In Sec. 52.476:
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a. Remove the heading from paragraph (g); and
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b. Add paragraph (k).
The addition reads as follows:
Sec. 52.476 Control strategy: ozone.
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(k) EPA approves updates to the 2008 8-Hour Ozone national ambient
air quality standard (NAAQS) maintenance plan for the District of
Columbia portion of the Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS
Maintenance Area. The updates include revised motor vehicle emissions
budgets (MVEBs) and updates to the applicable onroad and nonroad mobile
emissions for VOC and NOX for the years 2025 and 2030. EPA
also approves the allocation of a portion of the safety margins for VOC
and NOX in the ozone maintenance plan to the 2025 and 2030
MVEBs. The revised MVEBs for VOC and NOX applies to all
future transportation conformity determinations and analyses for the
entire Washington, DC-MD-VA Maintenance Area for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone
NAAQS.
Table 5 to Paragraph (k)--Revised Onroad Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets
Using MOVES 3.0.4
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VOC onroad NOX onroad
Year emissions emissions
(tpd) (tpd)
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2014 Attainment Year.................... 61.25 136.84
2025 Predicted Emissions without Safety 27.92 46.52
Margin.................................
2025 Safety Margin...................... 5.58 9.30
2025 Interim Budget with Safety Margin.. 33.50 55.82
2030 Predicted Emissions without Safety 21.75 34.26
Margin.................................
2030 Safety Margin...................... 4.35 6.85
2030 Final Budget with Safety Margin.... 26.10 41.11
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Subpart V--Maryland
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4. In Sec. 52.1070, the table in paragraph (e) is amended by revising
the entry for ``Maintenance plan for the Maryland portion of the
Washington, DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8-hour ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standard'' to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1070 Identification of plan.
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State
Name of non-regulatory SIP revision Applicable geographic area submittal EPA approval date Additional explanation
date
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Maintenance plan for the Maryland Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, 09/06/23 [10/4/2024, INSERT Sec. 52.1076(hh).
portion of the Washington, DC-MD-VA and Prince George's Counties. FEDERAL REGISTER
Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8- CITATION].
hour ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standard.
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5. In Sec. 52.1076:
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a. Remove the headings from paragraphs (w), (x), and (gg); and
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b. Add paragraph (hh).
The addition reads as follows:
Sec. 52.1076 Control strategy plans for attainment and rate-of-
progress: Ozone.
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(hh) EPA approves updates to the 2008 8-Hour Ozone national ambient
air quality standard (NAAQS) maintenance plan for the Maryland portion
of the Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS Maintenance Area.
The updates include revised motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) and
updates to the applicable onroad and nonroad mobile emissions for VOC
and NOX for the years 2025 and 2030. EPA also approves the
allocation of a portion of the safety margins for VOC and
NOX in the ozone maintenance plan to the 2025 and 2030
MVEBs. The revised MVEBs for VOC and NOX applies to all
future transportation conformity determinations and analyses for the
entire Washington, DC-MD-VA Maintenance Area for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone
NAAQS.
Table 11 to Paragraph (hh)--Revised Onroad Motor Vehicle Emissions
Budgets Using MOVES 3.0.4
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VOC onroad NOX onroad
Year emissions emissions
(tpd) (tpd)
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2014 Attainment Year.................... 61.25 136.84
2025 Predicted Emissions without Safety 27.92 46.52
Margin.................................
2025 Safety Margin...................... 5.58 9.30
2025 Interim Budget with Safety Margin.. 33.50 55.82
2030 Predicted Emissions without Safety 21.75 34.26
Margin.................................
2030 Safety Margin...................... 4.35 6.85
2030 Final Budget with Safety Margin.... 26.10 41.11
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Subpart VV--Virginia
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6. In Sec. 52.2420, the table in paragraph (e)(1) is amended by
revising the entry ``Maintenance plan for the Virginia portion of the
Washington, DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8-hour ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standard'' to read as follows:
Sec. 52.2420 Identification of plan.
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State
Name of non-regulatory SIP Applicable submittal EPA approval date Additional explanation
revision geographic area date
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Maintenance plan for the Arlington, 10/11/23 10/4/2024, Added Sec. 52.2428(n).
Virginia portion of the Fairfax, Loudoun, [INSERT FEDERAL
Washington, DC-MD-VA and Prince REGISTER
Nonattainment Area for the William Counties CITATION].
2008 8-hour ozone National and the Cities of
Ambient Air Quality Standard. Alexandria,
Fairfax, Falls
Church, Manassas,
and Manassas Park.
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7. In Sec. 52.2428:
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a. Remove the heading from paragraph (h); and
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b. Add paragraph (n).
The addition reads as follows:
Sec. 52.2428 Control Strategy: Carbon monoxide and ozone.
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(n) EPA approves updates to the 2008 8-Hour Ozone national ambient
air quality standard (NAAQS) maintenance plan for the Virginia portion
of the Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS Maintenance Area.
The updates include revised motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) and
updates to the applicable onroad and nonroad mobile emissions for VOC
and NOX for the years 2025 and 2030. EPA also approves the
allocation of a portion of the safety margins for VOC and
NOX in the ozone maintenance plan to the 2025 and 2030
MVEBs. The revised MVEBs for VOC and NOX applies to all
future transportation conformity determinations and analyses for the
entire Washington, DC-MD-VA Maintenance Area for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone
NAAQS.
Table 5 to Paragraph (n)--Revised Onroad Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets
Using MOVES 3.0.4
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VOC onroad NOX onroad
Year emissions emissions
(tpd) (tpd)
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2014 Attainment Year.................... 61.25 136.84
2025 Predicted Emissions without Safety 27.92 46.52
Margin.................................
2025 Safety Margin...................... 5.58 9.30
2025 Interim Budget with Safety Margin.. 33.50 55.82
2030 Predicted Emissions without Safety 21.75 34.26
Margin.................................
2030 Safety Margin...................... 4.35 6.85
2030 Final Budget with Safety Margin.... 26.10 41.11
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