[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24944-24945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10684]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R05-OAR-2009-0730; FRL-9146-1]
Adequacy Status of the Milwaukee-Racine, Door County, Manitowoc
County, and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Areas Submitted 8-Hour Ozone
Redesignation and Maintenance Plans for Transportation Conformity
Purposes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found
that the motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) for volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in the
Milwaukee-Racine area, Door County, Manitowoc County, and Sheboygan
County, Wisconsin ozone nonattainment areas are adequate for use in
transportation conformity determinations. Wisconsin submitted a
redesignation request and maintenance plan for the Milwaukee-Racine
area, Door County, Manitowoc County, and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin on
September 11, 2009. As a result of our finding, these Wisconsin areas
must use the MVEBs from the submitted ozone maintenance plan for future
transportation conformity determinations.
DATES: This finding is effective May 21, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Leslie, Environmental
Engineer, Criteria Pollutant Section (AR-18J), Air Programs Branch, Air
and Radiation Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312)
353-6680, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ``we'',
``us'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.
Background
Today's notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have
already made. On April 7, 2010, EPA Region 5 sent a letter to the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources stating that the 2012 and
2020 MVEBs for the Milwaukee-Racine area, Door County, Manitowoc
County, and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin 8-hour ozone areas are
adequate. Receipt of these MVEBs was announced on EPA's transportation
conformity Web site, and no comments were submitted. The finding is
available at EPA's conformity Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
The adequate 2012 and 2020 MVEBs, in tons per day (tpd), for VOCs
and NOx for the Wisconsin areas are as follows:
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2012 2020
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NOx (tpd) VOCs (tpd) NOx (tpd) VOCs (tpd)
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Milwaukee-Racine.............. 47.27 22.66 20.41 14.91
Door County................... 1.55 0.78 0.74 0.53
Manitowoc County.............. 3.76 1.76 1.86 1.25
Sheboygan County.............. 4.15 2.01 1.79 1.32
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Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act. EPA's conformity rule requires that transportation
plans, programs, and projects conform to state air quality
implementation plans and establishes
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the criteria and procedures for determining whether or not they do
conform. Conformity to a State Implementation Plan (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 we determine whether a SIP's MVEBs are
adequate for transportation conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR
93.118(e)(4). We have described our process for determining the
adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in our July 1, 2004, preamble
starting at 69 FR 40038, and we used the information in these resources
while making our adequacy determination. Please note that an adequacy
review is separate from EPA's completeness review, and it also should
not be used to prejudge EPA's ultimate approval of the SIP. Even if we
find a budget adequate, the SIP could later be disapproved.
The finding and the response to comments are available at EPA's
transportation conformity Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671 q.
Dated: April 26, 2010.
Margaret Guerriero,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2010-10684 Filed 5-5-10; 8:45 am]
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