[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26225-26226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11140]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R05-OAR-2009-0666; FRL-9149-6]
Adequacy Status of the Chicago, Illinois Area 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
Chicago, Illinois ozone nonattainment area are adequate for use in
transportation conformity determinations. Illinois submitted a
redesignation request and maintenance plan for the Illinois portion of
the Chicago ozone nonattainment area on July 23, 2009. As a result of
our finding, this area must use the MVEBs from the submitted ozone
maintenance plan for future transportation conformity determinations.
DATES: This finding is effective May 26, 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 22, 2010, EPA
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Region 5 sent a letter to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
stating that the 2009 and 2020 MVEBs for the Chicago, Illinois 8-hour
ozone nonattainment area 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 2009 and 2020 MVEBs, in tons per day (tpd), for VOCs
and NOX for the Chicago, Illinois area are as follows:
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NOX VOCs
Chicago area (tpd) (tpd)
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2009.................................................. 284.65 133.78
2020.................................................. 88.17 73.68
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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 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. 7401-7671q.
Dated: April 29, 2010.
Walter W. Kovalick Jr.,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2010-11140 Filed 5-10-10; 8:45 am]
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