81 FR 64372 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; Reasonable Further Progress Plan and Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Dallas/Fort Worth 2008 Ozone Nonattainment Area
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 182 (September 20, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 64372-64377] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-22564] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0495; FRL-9951-38-Region 6] Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; Reasonable Further Progress Plan and Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Dallas/Fort Worth 2008 Ozone Nonattainment Area AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Texas Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the DFW moderate nonattainment area for the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS or standard). The SIP revision was submitted to the EPA on July 10, 2015 and supplemented on April 22, 2016. We also are proposing to approve revisions to the 2011 base year emissions inventory for the DFW moderate nonattainment area for the 2008 ozone NAAQS standard, the 2017 transportation conformity motor vehicle emissions budgets, and the required contingency measures for failure to meet RFP. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA). DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 20, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. [EPA-R06-OAR- 2015-0495], at http://www.regulations.gov or via email to jacques.wendy@epa.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, please contact Ms. Wendy Jacques, (214) 665-7395, jacques.wendy@epa.gov. For the [[Page 64373]] full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at the EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all documents in the docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material), and some may not be publicly available at either location (e.g., CBI). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Jacques, (214) 665-7395, jacques.wendy@epa.gov. To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an appointment with Ms. Wendy Jacques or Mr. Bill Deese at (214) 665-7253. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' mean the EPA. I. Background The EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Texas SIP, submitted to EPA on July 10, 2015 and supplemented on April 22, 2016 to meet certain requirements under section 182(b) of the CAA for the DFW Moderate nonattainment area (NAA) under the 2008 ozone standard. We are proposing to approve the DFW RFP SIP that includes the RFP plan, contingency measures for failure to meet RFP milestone requirements, and the 2017 transportation conformity motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs). We are also proposing to approve the 2011 base year emissions inventory (EI). On March 12, 2008, the EPA promulgated a revised 8-hour ozone standard of 0.075 parts per million (ppm) \1\ and on April 30, 2012, the EPA designated and classified the DFW area (consisting of Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant and Wise counties) \2\ as a Moderate NAA under the 2008 ozone standard with an attainment date of July 20, 2018.\3\ Accordingly, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) was required to submit revisions to the DFW SIP to meet requirements under section 182(b) of the CAA for the Moderate NAA. A brief history of the DFW area under the prior 1-hour and 1997 8-hour ozone standards, as well as additional background information, is provided in the Technical Support Document (TSD), which is in the docket for this rulemaking. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See 73 FR 16436, published March 27, 2008. In this action we refer to the 2008 8-hour ozone standard as ``the 2008 ozone NAAQS'' or ``the 2008 ozone standard.'' \2\ See 77 FR 30088, published May 21, 2012. We refer to the DFW nonattainment area for the 2008 ozone standard as ``the 10-county NAA.'' \3\ See 80 FR 12264, published March 6, 2015. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. The Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) Plan The CAA requires that areas designated as nonattainment for ozone and classified as Moderate or worse demonstrate RFP in reducing emissions of ozone precursors (nitrogen oxides or NOX and volatile organic compounds or VOCs) \4\ over a specific period of time. The RFP plan generally is designed to achieve progress toward meeting the ozone NAAQS through annual reductions in emissions of NOX and/or VOCs. In our final rule to implement the 2008 ozone standard (referred to as the SIP Requirements Rule or SRR) we addressed, among other things, the RFP requirements as they apply to areas designated nonattainment and classified as Moderate for the 2008 ozone standard. For the purposes of the 2008 ozone NAAQS, the EPA in the SRR interpreted CAA section 182(b)(1)(A)(ii) to require such Moderate areas to obtain 15 percent ozone precursor emission reductions over the first 6 years after the baseline year for the 2008 ozone NAAQS (see 80 FR 12264, March 6, 2015 and 40 CFR 51.1110). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ For additional information on ozone, please see the TSD and visit www.epa.gov/groundlevelozone. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RFP plans must also include a MVEB, which provides the allowable on-road mobile emissions an area can produce and continue to demonstrate RFP. The State's RFP submittal included MVEBs for the DFW area for the year 2017 (see Chapter 5 of the State's submittal and page 13 of our TSD). The MVEBs are discussed in detail later in this rulemaking. Pursuant to section 172(c)(9) of the CAA, nonattainment plan provisions must also provide for the implementation of contingency measures, that is, specific measures to be undertaken if a nonattainment area fails to make reasonable further progress, or to attain the national primary ambient air quality standard by the applicable attainment date. Such contingency measures shall take effect without further action by the State or EPA, which include additional controls that would be implemented if the area fails to reach, in this case, its RFP milestones. While the CAA does not specify the type of measures or quantity of emissions reductions required, EPA has interpreted the CAA to mean that implementation of these contingency measures would provide additional emissions reductions of up to 3% of the adjusted base year inventory (or a lesser percentage that will make up the identified shortfall) in the year following the RFP milestone year. For more information on contingency measures, see the April 16, 1992 General Preamble (57 FR 13498, 13510) and the SRR (80 FR 12264, 12285). The State provided emissions reductions in excess of those needed for RFP as contingency measures (see Chapter 4, pages 15-17 of the State's submittal and Tables 6 and 7 in our TSD). The submitted contingency measures include, but are not limited to, (1) mobile source emission reductions addressing engine and fuel rules; and (2) fleet turnover. In addition, section 182(a)(1) of the CAA requires an inventory of actual emissions from all sources of relevant pollutants in the nonattainment area. Such emissions inventories are used, among other things, in the calculations concerning RFP in such areas. In the SRR, the EPA recommended using 2011 as the base year emission inventory. Texas submitted a revised 2011 base year inventory for area and mobile source emissions in the ten-county NAA to meet this requirement. II. The EPA's Evaluation The SIP revision submitted by the TCEQ on July 10, 2015 and supplemented on April 22, 2016 includes: (1) A revised 2011 base year EI for area and mobile sources; (2) the RFP plan (which must demonstrate NOX and/or VOC emissions reductions of at least fifteen percent through 2017 for nine of the ten counties and VOC-only emissions reductions for Wise County); (3) contingency measures to be implemented in 2018 if the 2017 RFP target is not met; and (4) the MVEBs for 2017.\5\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ A technical supplement to the RFP submittal was provided by the TCEQ on April 22, 2016, showing how Wise County meets the 15% emission reduction requirement described elsewhere in this proposal. The data provided in the technical supplement was included in the July 10, 2015 SIP submittal, but was not used in the State's calculations because the TCEQ calculated the 15% emission reduction using all 10 counties and did not realize the requirement for Wise County to meet a 15% emission reduction by itself. For more detail, see our TSD and the TCEQ's April 22, 2016 technical supplement in the docket for this rulemaking. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We reviewed the submittal for consistency with the requirements of the CAA, EPA regulations, and EPA guidance. A summary of our analysis and findings are provided below. For a more detailed discussion of our evaluation, please see our TSD. [[Page 64374]] A. The DFW Base Year Emissions Inventory An emissions inventory is a comprehensive, accurate, and current inventory of actual emission from all sources. It is required by sections 172(c)(3) and 182(b)(1) of the CAA that require that nonattainment plan provisions include an inventory of NOX and VOC emissions from all sources in the nonattainment area. The EPA previously approved the 2011 base year inventory (see 80 FR 9204, February 20, 2015). Since that submittal, several improvements have been made, including, but not limited to, improvements to the models used to calculate the mobile source categories within the inventory. Because of these refinements, revisions to more accurately reflect the EI were made by the TCEQ. We have determined that the revised inventory was developed in accordance with EPA guidance and regulations \6\ and therefore, we propose to approve the revised 2011 base year EI. For reference, the previously approved base year EI (80 FR 9204) is provided in Table 1, reported in tons per day (tpd), along with the revised 2011 base year EI, also reported in tpd. Details on how each of the emissions categories was revised and emissions totals for each county are included in the TSD. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ Under sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1) of the CAA, states are required to submit EI information for all relevant sources for areas that are designated nonattainment for any of the NAAQS. See also https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories for more information on air emission inventories, including regulations and EPA guidance. Table 1--Previously Approved (80 FR 9204) and Revised RFP Base Year EIs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOX VOC --------------------------------------------------------------- Source type Approved at 80 Submitted Approved at 80 Submitted FR 9204 revisions * FR 9204 revisions * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011 Base Year Inventory for the DFW Ten-County Nonattainment Area (tpd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Point........................................... 39.95 39.95 29.80 29.80 Area............................................ 42.64 50.98 292.49 291.31 Non-road Mobile................................. 120.61 116.95 55.00 54.63 On-road Mobile.................................. 238.87 241.13 98.36 104.12 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................................... 442.07 449.01 475.65 479.86 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Submitted to EPA by the TCEQ on July 10, 2015. B. The DFW RFP SIP Revision 1. The Adjusted Base Year Inventory and RFP Target Levels for 2017 and 2018 The 2011 base year EI is the starting point for calculating RFP. The ``adjusted'' emissions are what we would expect to see if the on- road fleet did not implement the low Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) gasoline and pre-1990 automobile emission controls. Such controls are not creditable under section 182(b)(1)(D) of the CAA, but are no longer required to be calculated for exclusion in RFP analyses because the Administrator determined that due to the passage of time the effect of these exclusions would be de minimis (40 CFR 51.1110). The State has chosen these non-creditable reductions to represent a more accurate accounting, which is acceptable. The result, after subtracting the non- creditable reductions, is known as the adjusted base year inventory. The RFP target levels and emissions reductions required to meet those targets are calculated from the adjusted base year inventory. To achieve the RFP target levels, section 182(c)(2)(B) of the CAA allows for substitution of NOX emission reductions for VOC emission reductions in certain circumstances. See 80 FR 12264, 12271 and 40 CFR 51.1110.\7\ For example, the DFW ten-county NAA includes nine counties that have already met the 15 percent emission reduction requirement for VOC under the 1-hour ozone NAAQS (Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant, see 70 FR 18993) and under the 1997 ozone NAAQS (Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker and Rockwall, see 73 FR 58475). Therefore, these nine counties may rely upon NOX and VOC emissions reductions to achieve the RFP target levels. Wise County however, must meet the 15 percent VOC emission reduction requirement because this is its first time to be covered under the ozone nonattainment SIP requirements. This also means that these VOC emission reductions are calculated separately from the other nine counties (see the TSD for a more detailed explanation). The RFP submittal provides emission reductions of NOX and VOC whose combined total is 15 percent for nine of the ten counties (all but Wise County). As explained in more detail in the State's April 22, 2016 ``Technical Supplement to the 2008 Ozone DFW RFP SIP Revision,'' the TCEQ provided a technical supplement to EPA to correct the 2017 RFP demonstration for Wise County as well as a corrected RFP spreadsheet that removed the transfer of VOC reductions to Wise County and credits emissions reductions from drilling rig controls that were available but not credited in its July 10, 2015 submittal. The technical supplement shows that Wise County meets the 15% VOC-only reduction requirement from the 2011 base year through the 2017 attainment year based solely on reductions from within Wise County. All the data used to meet this requirement within Wise County was included in the original submitted SIP RFP revision but was not used in the RFP calculations because TCEQ did not think it was needed at that time. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See also our December 1993 NOX Substitution Guidance at www.epa.gov/ttn/caaa/t1/memoranda/noxsubst.pdf and www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t1/memoranda/clarisub.pdf. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tables 2 and 3 provide an accounting of the emissions targets through 2017. Table 2 shows the calculations and reductions required for nine of the ten counties (all but Wise County) to achieve RFP and Table 3 provides the calculations and reductions required for Wise County to achieve RFP.\8\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ To cross-reference the calculations in these two tables, please see Tables 3, 4 and 5 in the TSD for this proposal. [[Page 64375]] Table 2--Calculation of NOX and VOC Reductions for Nine Counties (All but Wise County) Through 2017 [tpd] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Description NOX VOC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ a. 2011 Emissions Inventory............. 414.52 445.79 b. Non-creditable on-road reductions 2.87 -4.45 2011-2017.............................. c. 2017 Adjusted Base Year EI (row a 411.65 450.24 minus row b)........................... d. Percent of NOX and VOC to meet 15% 10.0% 5.0% reduction.............................. e. 15% NOX and VOC reduction, 2011-2017 41.17 22.51 [(row c) x (row d)].................... f. 2017 Target Level of Emission (row c 370.48 427.73 minus row e)........................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table 3--Calculation of NOX and VOC Reductions for Wise County Through 2017 [tpd] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Description NOX VOC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ a. 2011 Emissions Inventory............. 34.49 34.07 b. Non-creditable on-road reductions, 0.21 -0.08 2011-2017.............................. c. 2017 Adjusted Base Year EI (row a 34.28 34.15 minus row b)........................... d. Percent of NOX and VOC to meet 15% N/A 15.0% reduction.............................. e. 15% VOC reduction, through 2017 [(row N/A 5.12 d) x (row e)].......................... f. 2017 Target Level of Emissions (row c 34.28 29.03 minus row e)........................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We find the calculations are mathematically correct and approvable. 2. The Projected Emissions Inventories and How the Required Emissions Reductions Are Achieved Section 182(b)(1)(A) of the CAA requires that States provide sufficient control measures in their RFP plans to offset growth in emissions. To do this, the State must estimate the amount of growth that will occur between 2011 and the end of 2017. The State's approach is consistent with our guidelines in estimating the growth in emissions.\9\ The projections of growth are labeled as the ``Uncontrolled Emissions'' for 2017 under (b) in the table below and are described in greater detail in our TSD.\10\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ Our EI guidance documents are posted at https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/emissions-inventory-guidance-documents. \10\ See also Tables 8 and 9 in the TSD for this proposal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Texas then estimated emission reductions from State and federal control measures in place in 2011 and expected to continue through 2017. The list of State and federal control measures relied upon is provided in our TSD and includes, but is not limited to, on-road and non-road mobile source emission reductions from engine and fuel rules and fleet turnover.\11\ Texas appropriately estimated the emission reductions from controls in place in 2011 and appropriately projected the emission reductions out to 2017 (see more details in the TSD) that are found on line (c) in Table 4. Texas then applied these current and future estimated reductions to the appropriate uncontrolled inventories. The results are the projected emissions listed in line ``d'' in Tables 4 and 5 of this proposal. The total amount of VOC and NOX emissions in the controlled inventories for 2017 must be equal to or less than the corresponding RFP target inventories to demonstrate RFP. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ See Tables 6 and 7 in the TSD for this proposal. Table 4--Summary of RFP Demonstration for the DFW Area Through 2017 [tpd] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description NOX VOC NOX VOC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Counties Wise County --------------------------------------------------------------- a. 2017 Target.................................. 370.48 427.73 34.28 29.03 b. 2017 Uncontrolled Emissions.................. 1139.93 830.38 49.33 34.68 c. Projected Emission Reductions through 2017... 839.50 428.85 20.29 5.73 d. Projected Emissions after Reductions (b-c)... 300.43 401.53 29.04 28.95 2017 RFP Targets................................ 370.48 427.73 34.28 29.03 RFP Met?........................................ yes yes yes yes Surplus or (shortfall).......................... 70.05 26.20 5.24 0.08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As shown in Table 4, the projected emissions in line ``d'' for NOX and VOC for all counties in the DFW ten-county NAA are less than the RFP targets and therefore meet the RFP requirement (target or milestone) for 2017. Therefore, the EPA is proposing that the emissions reductions projected for 2017 are sufficient to meet the 2017 RFP targets. 3. The RFP Contingency Measures Section 172(c)(9) of the CAA requires that an RFP plan for a Moderate nonattainment area include contingency measures, which are additional controls to be implemented if the area fails to make reasonable further progress, i.e., fails to reach the 2017 RFP target. Contingency measures are intended to achieve reductions over and beyond those relied on in the RFP demonstration to achieve the 2017 milestones and could include federal [[Page 64376]] and State measures already scheduled for implementation. The CAA does not preclude a State from implementing such measures before they are triggered. Texas used federal and State measures expected to be implemented to meet the contingency measure requirement for the RFP. These measures provide reductions through 2018 that are in excess of those needed to achieve the 2017 RFP milestones. Tables 5 and 6 provide an accounting of the emissions targets through 2018. Table 5 shows the calculations and reductions required to meet the contingency requirement for nine of the ten counties (all but Wise County) and Table 6 provides the calculations and reductions required for Wise County to meet the contingency requirement. Regarding the content of the contingency measures, the 3 percent emissions reductions for contingency measures may be based entirely on NOX controls if the area has completed the initial 15 percent rate-of-progress VOC reduction required by CAA section 182(b)(1)(A)(i) \12\ and the State showed that NOX substitution would be most effective in bringing the area into attainment. The State demonstrated that the DFW rural and northwestern monitors located on the periphery of the DFW area have continued to measure NOX -limited conditions, meaning that ozone formation is more sensitive to the amount of NOX present in the atmosphere. The State also shows that the DFW monitors in the urban core measure more transitional conditions (not strongly limited by either NOX or VOC) and controlling either VOC or NOX emissions in these regions would reduce ozone concentrations.\13\ For the RFP contingency measures, the State chose a mix of NOX and VOC emission reductions for all but Wise County and chose just NOX emission reductions for Wise County. The State chose to separately account for contingency measures for Wise County and to be consistent, we have done the same. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \12\ See 80 FR 12264, 12285. \13\ The TCEQ established long ago that DFW area ozone levels are sensitive to NOX emissions and we are aware of the transition in the urban core. See Appendix D (the conceptual model) for the State's Attainment Demonstration for the DFW area under the 2008 ozone standard, which is posted on the TCEQ Web site at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/sip/dfw/dfw-latest-ozone. Table 5--Demonstration of 2018 Contingency Measures (tpd) for Nine Counties [All but Wise County] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Description NOX VOC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A. 2017 Adjusted Base Year EI........... 411.65 450.24 B. Percent of NOX and VOC to meet 3% 2% 1% contingency............................ C. Required reduction to provide 8.23 4.50 contingency (A x B).................... D. Reduction to meet RFP in 2017 (Table 41.17 22.51 2, line e)............................. E. 2018 on-road mobile non-creditable 0.58 0.23 reductions............................. F. 2018 Target Level of Emissions (line 361.67 423.00 A-C-D-E)............................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Excess reductions to meet contingency requirement ------------------------------------------------------------------------ G. 2018 Uncontrolled Emissions.......... 1157.47 833.75 H. Total Reductions Projected through 878.29 445.64 2018................................... J. Projected emissions after reductions 279.18 388.11 (line G minus line H).................. Add line C.............................. 8.23 4.50 K. Projected emissions, accounting for 287.41 392.61 contingency measures................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total surplus or shortfall ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Line K is less than line F. Subtract 74.26 30.39 line K from line F for surplus......... Is the contingency measure requirement Yes Yes met?................................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table 6--Demonstration of 2018 Contingency Measures for Wise County [tpd] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Description NOX VOC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A. 2017 Adjusted Base Year EI........... 34.28 34.15 B. Percent of NOX and VOC to meet 3% 3% .............. contingency............................ C. Required reduction to provide 1.03 .............. contingency (A x B).................... D. Reduction to meet RFP in 2017........ 0 5.12 E. 2018 on-road mobile non-creditable 0 0 reductions............................. F. 2018 Target Level of Emissions (line 33.25 29.03 A-C-D-E)............................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Excess reductions to meet contingency requirement ------------------------------------------------------------------------ G. 2018 Uncontrolled Emissions.......... 46.24 29.71 H. Total Reductions Projected through 20.95 5.97 2018................................... J. Projected emissions after reductions 25.29 23.74 (line G minus line H).................. Add line C.............................. 1.03 0 K. Projected emissions, accounting for 26.32 23.74 contingency measures................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total surplus or shortfall ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Line K is less than line F. Subtract 6.93 5.29 line K from line F for surplus......... Is the contingency measure requirement Yes .............. met?................................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 64377]] As shown in Tables 5 and 6, the NOX and VOC emission reductions through 2018 are sufficient to provide at least 3 percent emission reductions and thus we find that the contingency measures requirement are met for RFP. 4. The Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (MVEBs) According to the transportation conformity rule, an RFP plan must establish MVEBs for transportation conformity purposes. See 40 CFR 93.118(b)(1)(i). The MVEB is the mechanism to ensure that future transportation activities will not produce new air quality violations, worsen existing violations, delay reaching RFP milestones, or delay timely attainment of the NAAQS. A MVEB establishes the maximum amount of emissions allowed in the SIP for on-road motor vehicles. As part of the July 10, 2015, SIP revision submittal, the TCEQ included VOC and NOX MVEBs for 2017; these budgets are provided in Table 7. For the budgets to be approvable, they must meet, at a minimum, EPA's adequacy criteria (40 CFR 93.118(e)(4)). The availability of these budgets was posted on our Web site on August 25, 2015, for the purpose of soliciting public comments on their adequacy. The comment period closed on September 24, 2015, and we received no comments. On January 11, 2016, we published the Notice of Adequacy Determination for these MVEBs (81 FR 1184). As a result of such adequacy determination, these MVEBs must be used by state and Federal agencies in determining whether proposed transportation projects conform to the SIP as required by section 176(c) of the CAA. The adequacy determination represents a preliminary finding by EPA of the acceptability of the MVEBs. Today we are proposing that these MVEBs are fully consistent with RFP, as it sets the allowable on-road mobile emissions the DFW area can produce and continue to demonstrate RFP. Table 7--RFP Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for DFW (tpd) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year NOX VOC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2017........................................ 148.36 77.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ III. Proposed Action The EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Texas SIP to meet certain requirements under section 182(b) of the CAA for the DFW Moderate nonattainment area under the 2008 ozone standard that were submitted to EPA on July 10, 2015 and supplemented on April 22, 2016. We are proposing to approve the revised base year emission inventory, the RFP plan, the 2017 MVEBs; and RFP contingency measures. IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act 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 proposes to approve 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, described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4); 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); 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 CAA; and Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). In addition, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian reservation land or in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian country, the proposed rule does not have tribal implications and will not impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: September 14, 2016. Ron Curry, Regional Administrator, Region 6. [FR Doc. 2016-22564 Filed 9-19-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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supporting materials, and any electronic adding paragraphs (b)(8) through (10), Region 6]
or mailed comments that TTB receives revising paragraphs (c)(16) and (17),
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TTB’s information specialist at the (b) Approved maps. The appropriate SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
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453–2265 to schedule an appointment the Outer Coastal Plain viticultural area revisions to the Dallas/Fort Worth
or to request copies of comments or are 10 United States Geological Survey (DFW) Texas Reasonable Further
other materials. topographic maps. They are titled: Progress (RFP) State Implementation
Regulatory Flexibility Act * * * * * Plan (SIP) for the DFW moderate
nonattainment area for the 2008 ozone
TTB certifies that this proposed (8) Freehold, New Jersey, 2014, 1: National Ambient Air Quality Standard
regulation, if adopted, would not have 24,000 scale; (NAAQS or standard). The SIP revision
a significant economic impact on a (9) Marlboro, New Jersey, 2014, was submitted to the EPA on July 10,
substantial number of small entities. 1:24,000 scale; and 2015 and supplemented on April 22,
The proposed regulation imposes no (10) Keyport, New Jersey–New York, 2016. We also are proposing to approve
new reporting, recordkeeping, or other 2014, 1:24,000 scale. revisions to the 2011 base year
administrative requirement. Any benefit emissions inventory for the DFW
derived from the use of an AVA name (c) * * * moderate nonattainment area for the
would be the result of a proprietor’s (16) Continue northeasterly on CR 2008 ozone NAAQS standard, the 2017
efforts and consumer acceptance of 537, crossing onto the Freehold, New transportation conformity motor vehicle
wines from that area. Therefore, no Jersey, map, to the intersection of CR emissions budgets, and the required
regulatory flexibility analysis is 537 (known locally as W. Main Street) contingency measures for failure to meet
required. and State Route 79 (known locally as S. RFP. This action is being taken under
Main Street) in Freehold; then the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Executive Order 12866 DATES: Written comments must be
(17) Proceed northeasterly, then received on or before October 20, 2016.
It has been determined that this northerly, along State Route 79, crossing
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
proposed rule is not a significant onto the Marlboro, New Jersey, map to
identified by Docket No. [EPA–R06–
regulatory action as defined by the intersection of State Route 79 and OAR–2015–0495], at http://
Executive Order 12866 of September 30, Pleasant Valley Road in Wickatunk; www.regulations.gov or via email to
1993. Therefore, no regulatory then jacques.wendy@epa.gov. Follow the
assessment is required. (18) Proceed northeasterly, then online instructions for submitting
Drafting Information southeasterly along Pleasant Valley comments. Once submitted, comments
Road to the road’s intersection with cannot be edited or removed from
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and Rulings Division drafted this notice then any comment received to its public
of proposed rulemaking. docket. Do not submit electronically any
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Jersey–New York map, to the road’s accompanied by a written comment.
For the reasons discussed in the
intersection with the Garden State The written comment is considered the
preamble, TTB proposes to amend title
Parkway, north of Crawford Corners; official comment and should include
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then
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PART 9—AMERICAN VITICULTURAL Dated: September 14, 2016. contents located outside of the primary
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TABLE 2—CALCULATION OF NOX AND VOC REDUCTIONS FOR NINE COUNTIES (ALL BUT WISE COUNTY) THROUGH 2017
[tpd]
Description NOX VOC
a. 2011 Emissions Inventory ................................................................................................................................... 414.52 445.79
b. Non-creditable on-road reductions 2011–2017 ................................................................................................... 2.87 ¥4.45
c. 2017 Adjusted Base Year EI (row a minus row b) ............................................................................................. 411.65 450.24
d. Percent of NOX and VOC to meet 15% reduction .............................................................................................. 10.0% 5.0%
e. 15% NOX and VOC reduction, 2011–2017 [(row c) × (row d)] .......................................................................... 41.17 22.51
f. 2017 Target Level of Emission (row c minus row e) ........................................................................................... 370.48 427.73
TABLE 3—CALCULATION OF NOX AND VOC REDUCTIONS FOR WISE COUNTY THROUGH 2017
[tpd]
Description NOX VOC
a. 2011 Emissions Inventory ................................................................................................................................... 34.49 34.07
b. Non-creditable on-road reductions, 2011–2017 .................................................................................................. 0.21 ¥0.08
c. 2017 Adjusted Base Year EI (row a minus row b) ............................................................................................. 34.28 34.15
d. Percent of NOX and VOC to meet 15% reduction .............................................................................................. N/A 15.0%
e. 15% VOC reduction, through 2017 [(row d) × (row e)] ....................................................................................... N/A 5.12
f. 2017 Target Level of Emissions (row c minus row e) ......................................................................................... 34.28 29.03
We find the calculations are are labeled as the ‘‘Uncontrolled reductions from controls in place in
mathematically correct and approvable. Emissions’’ for 2017 under (b) in the 2011 and appropriately projected the
2. The Projected Emissions Inventories table below and are described in greater emission reductions out to 2017 (see
and How the Required Emissions detail in our TSD.10 more details in the TSD) that are found
Reductions Are Achieved Texas then estimated emission on line (c) in Table 4. Texas then
reductions from State and federal applied these current and future
Section 182(b)(1)(A) of the CAA
control measures in place in 2011 and estimated reductions to the appropriate
requires that States provide sufficient
expected to continue through 2017. The uncontrolled inventories. The results
control measures in their RFP plans to
offset growth in emissions. To do this, list of State and federal control are the projected emissions listed in line
the State must estimate the amount of measures relied upon is provided in our ‘‘d’’ in Tables 4 and 5 of this proposal.
growth that will occur between 2011 TSD and includes, but is not limited to, The total amount of VOC and NOX
and the end of 2017. The State’s on-road and non-road mobile source emissions in the controlled inventories
approach is consistent with our emission reductions from engine and for 2017 must be equal to or less than
guidelines in estimating the growth in fuel rules and fleet turnover.11 Texas the corresponding RFP target
emissions.9 The projections of growth appropriately estimated the emission inventories to demonstrate RFP.
TABLE 4—SUMMARY OF RFP DEMONSTRATION FOR THE DFW AREA THROUGH 2017
[tpd]
Description NOX VOC NOX VOC
9 Counties Wise County
a. 2017 Target ................................................................................................. 370.48 427.73 34.28 29.03
b. 2017 Uncontrolled Emissions ...................................................................... 1139.93 830.38 49.33 34.68
c. Projected Emission Reductions through 2017 ............................................ 839.50 428.85 20.29 5.73
d. Projected Emissions after Reductions (b–c) ............................................... 300.43 401.53 29.04 28.95
2017 RFP Targets ........................................................................................... 370.48 427.73 34.28 29.03
RFP Met? ......................................................................................................... yes yes yes yes
Surplus or (shortfall) ........................................................................................ 70.05 26.20 5.24 0.08
As shown in Table 4, the projected reductions projected for 2017 are to be implemented if the area fails to
emissions in line ‘‘d’’ for NOX and VOC sufficient to meet the 2017 RFP targets. make reasonable further progress, i.e.,
for all counties in the DFW ten-county fails to reach the 2017 RFP target.
3. The RFP Contingency Measures
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NAA are less than the RFP targets and Contingency measures are intended to
therefore meet the RFP requirement Section 172(c)(9) of the CAA requires achieve reductions over and beyond
(target or milestone) for 2017. Therefore, that an RFP plan for a Moderate those relied on in the RFP
the EPA is proposing that the emissions nonattainment area include contingency demonstration to achieve the 2017
measures, which are additional controls milestones and could include federal
9 Our EI guidance documents are posted at 10 See also Tables 8 and 9 in the TSD for this 11 See Tables 6 and 7 in the TSD for this proposal.
https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/ proposal.
emissions-inventory-guidance-documents.
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and State measures already scheduled calculations and reductions required for ozone formation is more sensitive to the
for implementation. The CAA does not Wise County to meet the contingency amount of NOX present in the
preclude a State from implementing requirement. Regarding the content of atmosphere. The State also shows that
such measures before they are triggered. the contingency measures, the 3 percent the DFW monitors in the urban core
Texas used federal and State measures emissions reductions for contingency measure more transitional conditions
expected to be implemented to meet the measures may be based entirely on NOX (not strongly limited by either NOX or
contingency measure requirement for controls if the area has completed the VOC) and controlling either VOC or
the RFP. These measures provide initial 15 percent rate-of-progress VOC NOX emissions in these regions would
reductions through 2018 that are in reduction required by CAA section reduce ozone concentrations.13 For the
excess of those needed to achieve the 182(b)(1)(A)(i) 12 and the State showed RFP contingency measures, the State
2017 RFP milestones. Tables 5 and 6 that NOX substitution would be most chose a mix of NOX and VOC emission
provide an accounting of the emissions effective in bringing the area into reductions for all but Wise County and
targets through 2018. Table 5 shows the attainment. The State demonstrated that chose just NOX emission reductions for
calculations and reductions required to the DFW rural and northwestern Wise County. The State chose to
meet the contingency requirement for monitors located on the periphery of the separately account for contingency
nine of the ten counties (all but Wise DFW area have continued to measure measures for Wise County and to be
County) and Table 6 provides the NOX-limited conditions, meaning that consistent, we have done the same.
TABLE 5—DEMONSTRATION OF 2018 CONTINGENCY MEASURES (TPD) FOR NINE COUNTIES
[All but Wise County]
Description NOX VOC
A. 2017 Adjusted Base Year EI .............................................................................................................................. 411.65 450.24
B. Percent of NOX and VOC to meet 3% contingency ........................................................................................... 2% 1%
C. Required reduction to provide contingency (A × B) ........................................................................................... 8.23 4.50
D. Reduction to meet RFP in 2017 (Table 2, line e) .............................................................................................. 41.17 22.51
E. 2018 on-road mobile non-creditable reductions ................................................................................................. 0.58 0.23
F. 2018 Target Level of Emissions (line A–C–D–E) ............................................................................................... 361.67 423.00
Excess reductions to meet contingency requirement
G. 2018 Uncontrolled Emissions ............................................................................................................................. 1157.47 833.75
H. Total Reductions Projected through 2018 .......................................................................................................... 878.29 445.64
J. Projected emissions after reductions (line G minus line H) ................................................................................ 279.18 388.11
Add line C ................................................................................................................................................................ 8.23 4.50
K. Projected emissions, accounting for contingency measures .............................................................................. 287.41 392.61
Total surplus or shortfall
Line K is less than line F. Subtract line K from line F for surplus .......................................................................... 74.26 30.39
Is the contingency measure requirement met? ....................................................................................................... Yes Yes
TABLE 6—DEMONSTRATION OF 2018 CONTINGENCY MEASURES FOR WISE COUNTY
[tpd]
Description NOX VOC
A. 2017 Adjusted Base Year EI .............................................................................................................................. 34.28 34.15
B. Percent of NOX and VOC to meet 3% contingency ........................................................................................... 3% ........................
C. Required reduction to provide contingency (A × B) ........................................................................................... 1.03 ........................
D. Reduction to meet RFP in 2017 ......................................................................................................................... 0 5.12
E. 2018 on-road mobile non-creditable reductions ................................................................................................. 0 0
F. 2018 Target Level of Emissions (line A–C–D–E) ............................................................................................... 33.25 29.03
Excess reductions to meet contingency requirement
G. 2018 Uncontrolled Emissions ............................................................................................................................. 46.24 29.71
H. Total Reductions Projected through 2018 .......................................................................................................... 20.95 5.97
J. Projected emissions after reductions (line G minus line H) ................................................................................ 25.29 23.74
Add line C ................................................................................................................................................................ 1.03 0
K. Projected emissions, accounting for contingency measures .............................................................................. 26.32 23.74
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Total surplus or shortfall
Line K is less than line F. Subtract line K from line F for surplus .......................................................................... 6.93 5.29
Is the contingency measure requirement met? ....................................................................................................... Yes ........................
12 See80 FR 12264, 12285. are aware of the transition in the urban core. See the 2008 ozone standard, which is posted on the
13 TheTCEQ established long ago that DFW area Appendix D (the conceptual model) for the State’s TCEQ Web site at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/
ozone levels are sensitive to NOX emissions and we Attainment Demonstration for the DFW area under airquality/sip/dfw/dfw-latest-ozone.
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As shown in Tables 5 and 6, the NOX submitted to EPA on July 10, 2015 and or in any other area where EPA or an
and VOC emission reductions through supplemented on April 22, 2016. We are Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
2018 are sufficient to provide at least 3 proposing to approve the revised base tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
percent emission reductions and thus year emission inventory, the RFP plan, Indian country, the proposed rule does
we find that the contingency measures the 2017 MVEBs; and RFP contingency not have tribal implications and will not
requirement are met for RFP. measures. impose substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law as
4. The Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets IV. Statutory and Executive Order
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
(MVEBs) Reviews
FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
According to the transportation Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
conformity rule, an RFP plan must
establish MVEBs for transportation that complies with the provisions of the Environmental protection, Air
conformity purposes. See 40 CFR Act and applicable Federal regulations. pollution control, Incorporation by
93.118(b)(1)(i). The MVEB is the 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). reference, Intergovernmental relations,
mechanism to ensure that future Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping
transportation activities will not EPA’s role is to approve state choices, requirements, Volatile organic
produce new air quality violations, provided that they meet the criteria of compounds.
worsen existing violations, delay the CAA. Accordingly, this action Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
reaching RFP milestones, or delay merely proposes to approve state law as
Dated: September 14, 2016.
timely attainment of the NAAQS. A meeting Federal requirements and does
not impose additional requirements Ron Curry,
MVEB establishes the maximum amount
of emissions allowed in the SIP for on- beyond those imposed by state law. For Regional Administrator, Region 6.
road motor vehicles. that reason, this action: [FR Doc. 2016–22564 Filed 9–19–16; 8:45 am]
As part of the July 10, 2015, SIP • Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
revision submittal, the TCEQ included action’’ subject to review by the Office
VOC and NOX MVEBs for 2017; these of Management and Budget under
budgets are provided in Table 7. For the Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
budgets to be approvable, they must October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, AGENCY
meet, at a minimum, EPA’s adequacy January 21, 2011);
• Does not impose an information 40 CFR Part 52
criteria (40 CFR 93.118(e)(4)). The
availability of these budgets was posted collection burden under the provisions [EPA–R06–OAR–2012–0812; FRL–9951–36–
on our Web site on August 25, 2015, for of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 Region 6]
the purpose of soliciting public U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
comments on their adequacy. The • Is certified as not having a Approval and Promulgation of Air
significant economic impact on a Quality Implementation Plans;
comment period closed on September
substantial number of small entities Oklahoma; Infrastructure for the Lead,
24, 2015, and we received no comments.
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur
On January 11, 2016, we published the
U.S.C. 601 et seq.); Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality
Notice of Adequacy Determination for
these MVEBs (81 FR 1184). As a result • Does not contain any unfunded Standards
of such adequacy determination, these mandate or significantly or uniquely AGENCY: Environmental Protection
MVEBs must be used by state and affect small governments, described in Agency (EPA).
Federal agencies in determining the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
ACTION: Proposed rule.
whether proposed transportation 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• Does not have Federalism SUMMARY: Under the Federal Clean Air
projects conform to the SIP as required
implications as specified in Executive Act (CAA or Act), the Environmental
by section 176(c) of the CAA. The
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
adequacy determination represents a
1999); approve State Implementation Plan
preliminary finding by EPA of the
• Is not an economically significant (SIP) submissions from the State of
acceptability of the MVEBs. Today we
regulatory action based on health or Oklahoma regarding the 2008 Lead (Pb),
are proposing that these MVEBs are
safety risks subject to Executive Order 2008 Ozone, 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide
fully consistent with RFP, as it sets the
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); (NO2), and 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
allowable on-road mobile emissions the • Is not a significant regulatory action
DFW area can produce and continue to National Ambient Air Quality Standards
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR (NAAQS or standards). The four
demonstrate RFP. 28355, May 22, 2001); submittals address how the existing SIP
• Is not subject to requirements of provides for implementation,
TABLE 7—RFP MOTOR VEHICLE section 12(d) of the National
EMISSIONS BUDGETS FOR DFW (tpd) maintenance, and enforcement of these
Technology Transfer and Advancement four NAAQS (infrastructure SIP or i-
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because SIP). These i-SIPs ensure that the
Year NOX VOC application of those requirements would Oklahoma SIP is adequate to meet the
2017 .................. 148.36 77.18 be inconsistent with the CAA; and State’s responsibilities under the Act,
• Does not provide EPA with the
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including the CAA requirements for
discretionary authority to address, as
III. Proposed Action interstate transport of Pb and NO2
appropriate, disproportionate human
The EPA is proposing to approve emissions.
health or environmental effects, using
revisions to the Texas SIP to meet practicable and legally permissible DATES: Written comments must be
certain requirements under section methods, under Executive Order 12898 received on or before October 20, 2016.
182(b) of the CAA for the DFW (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
Moderate nonattainment area under the In addition, the SIP is not approved identified by Docket No. EPA–R06–
2008 ozone standard that were to apply on any Indian reservation land OAR–2012–0812, at http://
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