Environmental Protection Agency October 10, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

EPA is proposing to approve a redesignation request and a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the Kent and Queen Anne's, MD (herein referred to as the ``Kent and Queen Anne's area'') area from nonattainment to attainment of the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is requesting that Kent and Queen Anne's County, Maryland (herein known as ``Kent and Queen Anne's area'') be redesignated as attainment for the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. The Kent and Queen Anne's-8-hour ozone nonattainment area is comprised of two counties (Kent and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland). EPA is proposing to approve the ozone redesignation request for the Kent and Queen Anne's area. In conjunction with its redesignation request, the MDE submitted a SIP revision consisting of a maintenance plan for Kent and Queen Anne's that provides for continued attainment of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS for the next 12 years. EPA is proposing to make a determination that Kent and Queen Anne's has attained the 8-hour ozone NAAQS based upon three years of complete, quality-assured ambient air quality ozone monitoring data for 2003-2005. EPA's proposed approval of the 8-hour ozone redesignation request is based on its determination that Kent and Queen Anne's has met the criteria for redesignation to attainment specified in the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA is providing information on the status of its adequacy determination for the motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) that are identified in the Kent and Queen Anne's maintenance plan for purposes of transportation conformity, and is also proposing to approve those MVEBs. EPA is proposing approval of the redesignation request and of the maintenance plan revision to the Maryland SIP in accordance with the requirements of the CAA.

This notice announces final agency action on eighty TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Red River, Sabine River, and Terrebonne Basins, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Documents from the administrative record file for the eighty TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at https://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm. The administrative record file may be examined by calling or writing Ms. Diane Smith at the address below. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection.

Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, P.L. 92463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board. The Board meets three times each calendar year at different locations along the U.S.-Mexico border and in Washington, DC. It was created by the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative Act of 1992. An Executive Order delegates implementing authority to the Administrator of EPA. The Board is responsible for providing advice to the President and the Congress on environmental and infrastructure issues and needs within the States contiguous to Mexico in order to improve the quality of life of persons residing on the United States side of the border. The statute calls for the Board to have representatives from U.S. Government agencies; the governments of the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas; and private organizations with expertise on environmental and infrastructure problems along the southwest border. The purpose of the meeting is to hear presentations from local experts on the meeting theme: ``Big Bend/El Gran Recodo; `` hold a public comment session; and invite public input on the text of the Board's next report to the President and Congress. A copy of the meeting agenda is posted at https://www.epa.gov/ocem/gneb. For a copy of the draft report, contact Designated Federal Officer Elaine Koerner at the address below.