81_FR_66458 81 FR 66271 - Adequacy Status of the Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus, Ohio Areas and the Ohio and Indiana Portions of the Cincinnati Indiana-Ohio-Kentucky Area Submitted 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation Requests and Maintenance Plans for Transportation Conformity Purposes

81 FR 66271 - Adequacy Status of the Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus, Ohio Areas and the Ohio and Indiana Portions of the Cincinnati Indiana-Ohio-Kentucky Area Submitted 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation Requests and Maintenance Plans for Transportation Conformity Purposes

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 187 (September 27, 2016)

Page Range66271-66272
FR Document2016-23295

In this notice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying the public that we have found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) for volatile organic compounds (VOCs<INF></INF>) and oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) in the Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus, Ohio ozone nonattainment areas, and the Indiana and Ohio portions of the Cincinnati Indiana-Ohio- Kentucky ozone nonattainment area are adequate for use in transportation conformity determinations under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Ohio submitted redesignation requests and maintenance plans for the Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus areas on July 6, 2016 and June 16, 2016, respectively. Ohio submitted a redesignation request and maintenance plan for the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati area on April 21, 2016. Indiana submitted a redesignation request and maintenance plan for the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati area on February 23, 2016. As a result of our finding, these areas must use their submitted MVEBs for future transportation conformity determinations.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0135; EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0269; EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0372; 
EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0396; FRL-9953-10-Region 5]


Adequacy Status of the Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus, Ohio 
Areas and the Ohio and Indiana Portions of the Cincinnati Indiana-Ohio-
Kentucky Area Submitted 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation Requests and 
Maintenance Plans for Transportation Conformity Purposes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Environmental Protection Agency (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 
Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus, Ohio ozone nonattainment areas, 
and the Indiana and Ohio portions of the Cincinnati Indiana-Ohio-
Kentucky ozone nonattainment area are adequate for use in 
transportation conformity determinations under the Clean Air Act (CAA). 
Ohio submitted redesignation

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requests and maintenance plans for the Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and 
Columbus areas on July 6, 2016 and June 16, 2016, respectively. Ohio 
submitted a redesignation request and maintenance plan for the Ohio 
portion of the Cincinnati area on April 21, 2016. Indiana submitted a 
redesignation request and maintenance plan for the Indiana portion of 
the Cincinnati area on February 23, 2016. As a result of our finding, 
these areas must use their submitted MVEBs for future transportation 
conformity determinations.

DATES: This finding is effective October 12, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Maietta, Life Scientist, 
Control Strategies 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) 
353-8777, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ``we'', 
``us'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.

Background

    Today's notice is an announcement of a finding that we have already 
made. On August 23, 2016, EPA sent letters to the Indiana Department of 
Environmental Management and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 
transmitting our determination that the 2020 and 2030 MVEBs contained 
in the redesignations and maintenance plans for the Cleveland and 
Columbus, Ohio areas and Indiana and Ohio portions of the Cincinnati 
area are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. These MVEBs 
were announced on EPA's transportation conformity Web site, and no 
comments were submitted in response. The information is available at 
EPA's conformity Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
    The Cleveland-Akron-Lorain ozone nonattainment area consists of 
Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit 
Counties. The Columbus ozone nonattainment area consists of Delaware, 
Fairfield, Franklin, Knox, Licking, and Madison Counties. The Indiana 
portion of the Cincinnati ozone nonattainment area consists of 
Lawrenceburg Township (located within Dearborn County, Indiana). The 
Ohio portion of the Cincinnati area consists of Butler, Clermont, 
Clinton, Hamilton, and Warren Counties. For transportation conformity 
purposes, the MVEBs for the Indiana and Ohio portions of the Cincinnati 
area are combined. The 2020 and 2030 MVEBs, in tons per day (tpd), for 
VOCs and NOX for the Indiana and Ohio portions of 
Cincinnati, and the Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio areas are as follows:

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                                                                     2020 VOCs                       2030 VOCs
                      Area                        2020 NOX (tpd)       (tpd)      2030 NOX (tpd)       (tpd)
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Indiana and Ohio Portions of the Cincinnati--              30.79           30.00           16.22           18.22
 Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky Area.....................
Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, Ohio....................           61.56           38.85           43.82           30.80
Columbus, Ohio..................................           99.54           50.66           85.13           44.31
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    Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the CAA. 
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 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 the 
regulation at 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). As set forth above, EPA determined 
that these MVEBs are adequate under the applicable standards set forth 
in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). 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.

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

    Dated: September 19, 2016.
Robert Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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                                                    contact FERC Online Support at                          of the protest or intervention to the                    The Commission encourages
                                                    FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free                 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,                 electronic submission of protests and
                                                    at (866) 208–3676; for TTY, contact                     888 First Street NE., Washington, DC                  interventions in lieu of paper using the
                                                    (202) 502–8659.                                         20426.                                                ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
                                                       In addition, the Commission offers a                    This filing is accessible on-line at               Persons unable to file electronically
                                                    free service called eSubscription that                  http://www.ferc.gov, using the                        should submit an original and 5 copies
                                                    allows you to keep track of all formal                  ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for                of the protest or intervention to the
                                                    issuances and submittals in specific                    electronic review in the Commission’s                 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
                                                    dockets. This can reduce the amount of                  Public Reference Room in Washington,                  888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
                                                    time you spend researching proceedings                  DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on             20426.
                                                    by automatically providing you with                     the Web site that enables subscribers to                 This filing is accessible on-line at
                                                    notification of these filings, document                 receive email notification when a                     http://www.ferc.gov, using the
                                                    summaries, and direct links to the                      document is added to a subscribed                     ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
                                                    documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-                     docket(s). For assistance with any FERC               electronic review in the Commission’s
                                                    filing/esubscription.asp.                               Online service, please email                          Public Reference Room in Washington,
                                                      Dated: September 16, 2016.                            FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call                   DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on
                                                    Kimberly D. Bose,                                       (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call             the Web site that enables subscribers to
                                                    Secretary.
                                                                                                            (202) 502–8659.                                       receive email notification when a
                                                                                                               Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern                    document is added to a subscribed
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–23237 Filed 9–26–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            Time on October 11, 2016.                             docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
                                                    BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                              Dated: September 19, 2016.                          Online service, please email
                                                                                                            Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                                                                                                                                  FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
                                                                                                                                                                  (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                                  (202) 502–8659.
                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2016–23234 Filed 9–26–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    Federal Energy Regulatory                                                                                        Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
                                                                                                            BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                Time on October 11, 2016.
                                                    Commission
                                                                                                                                                                    Dated: September 19, 2016.
                                                    [Docket No. ID–8007–000]
                                                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                    Burke, John J., Jr.; Notice of Filing                                                                         Secretary.
                                                                                                            Federal Energy Regulatory                             [FR Doc. 2016–23236 Filed 9–26–16; 8:45 am]
                                                       Take notice that on September 19,                    Commission                                            BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                    2016, John J. Burke, Jr. submitted for
                                                    filing, an application for authority to                 [Docket No. ID–8009–000]
                                                    hold interlocking positions, pursuant to
                                                    section 305(b) of the Federal Power Act                 Williamson, Belvin, Jr.; Notice of Filing             ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                                    (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 825d(b), Part 45 of the                                                                      AGENCY
                                                    Federal Energy Regulatory                                 Take notice that on September 19,
                                                                                                                                                                  [EPA–R05–OAR–2016–0135; EPA–R05–
                                                    Commission’s (Commission) Rules of                      2016, Belvin Williamson, Jr. submitted                OAR–2016–0269; EPA–R05–OAR–2016–
                                                    Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR part 45,                 for filing, an application for authority to           0372; EPA–R05–OAR–2016–0396; FRL–
                                                    and Order No. 664.1                                     hold interlocking positions, pursuant to              9953–10–Region 5]
                                                       Any person desiring to intervene or to               section 305(b) of the Federal Power Act
                                                    protest this filing must file in                        (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 825d(b), Part 45 of the              Adequacy Status of the Cleveland-
                                                    accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of                    Federal Energy Regulatory                             Akron-Lorain and Columbus, Ohio
                                                    the Commission’s Rules of Practice and                  Commission’s (Commission) Rules of                    Areas and the Ohio and Indiana
                                                    Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).                    Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR part 45,               Portions of the Cincinnati Indiana-
                                                    Protests will be considered by the                      and Order No. 664.1                                   Ohio-Kentucky Area Submitted 8-Hour
                                                    Commission in determining the                             Any person desiring to intervene or to              Ozone Redesignation Requests and
                                                    appropriate action to be taken, but will                protest this filing must file in                      Maintenance Plans for Transportation
                                                    not serve to make protestants parties to                accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of                  Conformity Purposes
                                                    the proceeding. Any person wishing to                   the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
                                                                                                            Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).                  AGENCY: Environmental Protection
                                                    become a party must file a notice of                                                                          Agency (EPA).
                                                    intervention or motion to intervene, as                 Protests will be considered by the
                                                                                                            Commission in determining the                         ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
                                                    appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
                                                    protests must be filed on or before the                 appropriate action to be taken, but will
                                                                                                                                                                  SUMMARY:   In this notice, the
                                                    comment date. On or before the                          not serve to make protestants parties to
                                                                                                                                                                  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
                                                    comment date, it is not necessary to                    the proceeding. Any person wishing to
                                                                                                                                                                  is notifying the public that we have
                                                    serve motions to intervene or protests                  become a party must file a notice of
                                                                                                                                                                  found that the motor vehicle emissions
                                                    on persons other than the Applicant.                    intervention or motion to intervene, as
                                                                                                                                                                  budgets (MVEBs) for volatile organic
                                                       The Commission encourages                            appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
                                                                                                                                                                  compounds (VOCs) and oxides of
                                                    electronic submission of protests and                   protests must be filed on or before the
                                                                                                                                                                  nitrogen (NOX) in the Cleveland-Akron-
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                                                    interventions in lieu of paper using the                comment date. On or before the
                                                                                                                                                                  Lorain and Columbus, Ohio ozone
                                                    ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.                comment date, it is not necessary to
                                                                                                                                                                  nonattainment areas, and the Indiana
                                                    Persons unable to file electronically                   serve motions to intervene or protests
                                                                                                                                                                  and Ohio portions of the Cincinnati
                                                    should submit an original and 5 copies                  on persons other than the Applicant.
                                                                                                                                                                  Indiana-Ohio-Kentucky ozone
                                                      1 Commission Authorization to Hold Interlocking         1 Commission Authorization to Hold Interlocking
                                                                                                                                                                  nonattainment area are adequate for use
                                                    Positions, 112 FERC ¶ 61,298 (2005) (Order No.          Positions, 112 FERC ¶ 61,298 (2005) (Order No.
                                                                                                                                                                  in transportation conformity
                                                    664); order on reh’g, 114 FERC ¶ 61,142 (2006)          664); order on reh’g, 114 FERC ¶ 61,142 (2006)        determinations under the Clean Air Act
                                                    (Order No. 664–A).                                      (Order No. 664–A).                                    (CAA). Ohio submitted redesignation


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                                                    requests and maintenance plans for the                                 60604, (312) 353–8777,                                       http://www.epa.gov/otaq/
                                                    Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus                                    maietta.anthony@epa.gov.                                     stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
                                                    areas on July 6, 2016 and June 16, 2016,                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                      The Cleveland-Akron-Lorain ozone
                                                    respectively. Ohio submitted a                                         Throughout this document, whenever                           nonattainment area consists of
                                                    redesignation request and maintenance                                  ‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean                   Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake,
                                                    plan for the Ohio portion of the                                       EPA.                                                         Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit
                                                    Cincinnati area on April 21, 2016.                                     Background                                                   Counties. The Columbus ozone
                                                    Indiana submitted a redesignation                                                                                                   nonattainment area consists of
                                                    request and maintenance plan for the                                      Today’s notice is an announcement of
                                                                                                                           a finding that we have already made. On                      Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Knox,
                                                    Indiana portion of the Cincinnati area                                                                                              Licking, and Madison Counties. The
                                                    on February 23, 2016. As a result of our                               August 23, 2016, EPA sent letters to the
                                                                                                                           Indiana Department of Environmental                          Indiana portion of the Cincinnati ozone
                                                    finding, these areas must use their                                                                                                 nonattainment area consists of
                                                                                                                           Management and the Ohio
                                                    submitted MVEBs for future                                                                                                          Lawrenceburg Township (located
                                                                                                                           Environmental Protection Agency
                                                    transportation conformity                                                                                                           within Dearborn County, Indiana). The
                                                                                                                           transmitting our determination that the
                                                    determinations.                                                        2020 and 2030 MVEBs contained in the                         Ohio portion of the Cincinnati area
                                                                                                                           redesignations and maintenance plans                         consists of Butler, Clermont, Clinton,
                                                    DATES: This finding is effective October
                                                                                                                           for the Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio                         Hamilton, and Warren Counties. For
                                                    12, 2016.
                                                                                                                           areas and Indiana and Ohio portions of                       transportation conformity purposes, the
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                       the Cincinnati area are adequate for                         MVEBs for the Indiana and Ohio
                                                    Anthony Maietta, Life Scientist, Control                               transportation conformity purposes.                          portions of the Cincinnati area are
                                                    Strategies Section (AR–18J), Air                                       These MVEBs were announced on                                combined. The 2020 and 2030 MVEBs,
                                                    Programs Branch, Air and Radiation                                     EPA’s transportation conformity Web                          in tons per day (tpd), for VOCs and NOX
                                                    Division, United States Environmental                                  site, and no comments were submitted                         for the Indiana and Ohio portions of
                                                    Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West                                   in response. The information is                              Cincinnati, and the Cleveland and
                                                    Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois                                   available at EPA’s conformity Web site:                      Columbus, Ohio areas are as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                      2020 NOX         2020 VOCs          2030 NOX     2030 VOCs
                                                                                                       Area                                                             (tpd)             (tpd)             (tpd)         (tpd)

                                                    Indiana and Ohio Portions of the Cincinnati—Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky Area ...                                                30.79              30.00         16.22         18.22
                                                    Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, Ohio .........................................................................                    61.56              38.85         43.82         30.80
                                                    Columbus, Ohio ...............................................................................................            99.54              50.66         85.13         44.31



                                                       Transportation conformity is required                                Dated: September 19, 2016.                                  the new process. This new process only
                                                    by section 176(c) of the CAA. EPA’s                                    Robert Kaplan,                                               applies to SW–846 methods published
                                                    conformity rule requires that                                          Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.                     as guidance, where there are no changes
                                                    transportation plans, programs, and                                    [FR Doc. 2016–23295 Filed 9–26–16; 8:45 am]                  to the hazardous waste regulations
                                                    projects conform to state air quality                                  BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                                                                                                                                                                        under the Resource Conservation and
                                                    implementation plans and establishes                                                                                                Recovery Act (RCRA). The process for
                                                    the criteria and procedures for                                                                                                     updating or publishing SW–846
                                                    determining whether or not they                                        ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                     analytical methods that are required in
                                                    conform. Conformity to a State                                         AGENCY                                                       the RCRA regulations (referred to as
                                                    Implementation Plan (SIP) means that                                                                                                Method Defined Parameters or MDPs)
                                                                                                                           [FRL–9953–22–OLEM]
                                                    transportation activities will not                                                                                                  will not change. EPA is not requesting
                                                    produce new air quality violations,                                    Notice of New Streamlined Approval                           public comment on this notice.
                                                    worsen existing violations, or delay                                   Process for Non-Regulatory Methods                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    timely attainment of the national                                      in SW–846                                                    Christina Langlois-Miller, Office of
                                                    ambient air quality standards.                                                                                                      Resource Conservation and Recovery
                                                                                                                           AGENCY: Environmental Protection                             (5304P), Environmental Protection
                                                       The criteria by which we determine                                  Agency (EPA).                                                Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
                                                    whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for                                 ACTION: Notice.                                              NW., Washington, DC 20460–0002;
                                                    transportation conformity purposes are                                                                                              telephone number: 703–308–0744;
                                                    outlined in the regulation at 40 CFR                                   SUMMARY:   The Environmental Protection                      email address: Langlois-
                                                    93.118(e)(4). As set forth above, EPA                                  Agency (EPA or Agency) is providing                          Miller.Christina@epa.gov.
                                                    determined that these MVEBs are                                        notice of a new streamlined approval
                                                                                                                                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                    adequate under the applicable standards                                process for non-regulatory methods in
                                                    set forth in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please                               the ‘‘Test Methods for Evaluating Solid                      I. General Information
                                                    note that an adequacy review is separate                               Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods’’
                                                                                                                           manual, also known as SW–846. This                           A. Does this notice apply to me?
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                                                    from EPA’s completeness review, and it
                                                    also should not be used to prejudge                                    new process will employ the use of Web                         This notice is directed to the public
                                                    EPA’s ultimate approval of the SIP.                                    site postings and an extensive email list                    in general. It may, however, be of
                                                                                                                           to notify the SW–846 scientific                              particular interest to those conducting
                                                    Even if we find a budget adequate, the
                                                                                                                           community of methods being released                          waste sampling and analysis for RCRA-
                                                    SIP could later be disapproved.
                                                                                                                           for public comment, which differs from                       related activities. This universe might
                                                       Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.                                    the traditional Federal Register                             include any entity that generates, treats,
                                                                                                                           publication. All methods beginning                           stores, or disposes of hazardous or non-
                                                                                                                           with Update VI to SW–846 will utilize                        hazardous solid waste and might also


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of adequacy.
DatesThis finding is effective October 12, 2016.
ContactAnthony Maietta, Life Scientist, Control Strategies 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) 353-8777, [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 66271 

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