83 FR 26598 - Adequacy Determination for the St. Louis Area 2008 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance State Implementation Plan, Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes; State of Missouri
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 111 (June 8, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-12388 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2018)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 26598-26599] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-12388] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R07-OAR-2018-0319; FRL-9979-11--Region 7] Adequacy Determination for the St. Louis Area 2008 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance State Implementation Plan, Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes; State of Missouri AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notification of adequacy determination. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In this document, the EPA is notifying the public that the St. Louis area 2008 8-hour ozone redesignation request and maintenance plan motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOX ) are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result, these budgets must be used by the State of Missouri for future transportation conformity determinations for the St. Louis area. DATES: This finding is effective June 22, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Hamilton, at (913) 551-7039, by email at [email protected], or by mail at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' or ``our'' refer to EPA. The word ``budget(s)'' refers to the motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) for volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides. For the purposes of this document, ``SIP'' refers to the St. Louis Area 2008 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance State Implementation Plan, submitted by Missouri Department of Natural Resources to EPA as a SIP revision on September 12, 2016. The Plan was revised on February 16, 2018. This document is an announcement of a finding that EPA has already made. EPA Region 7 sent a letter to Missouri Department of Natural Resources on May 15, 2018, stating that the MVEBs contained in the Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of EPA's finding, the State of Missouri must use the MVEBs from the February 16, 2018, Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for [[Page 26599]] future transportation conformity determinations for the St. Louis area. The finding is available at EPA's conformity website: https://www.epa.gov/state-and-local-transportation. Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990. EPA's conformity rule requires that transportation plans, programs and projects conform to state air quality implementation plans and establishes the criteria and procedure for determining whether or not they do. Conformity to a 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 motor vehicle emission budgets are adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please note that an adequacy review is separate from EPA's completeness review, and it should not be used to prejudge EPA's ultimate approval of the SIP. EPA plans to take action on the SIP at a later date. We have described our process for determining the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in 40 CFR 93.118(f), and have followed this rule in making our adequacy determination. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q. Dated: May 25, 2018. James B. Gulliford, Regional Administrator, Region 7. [FR Doc. 2018-12388 Filed 6-7-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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conduct a public process and make an 5, 2018. We received no comments in ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
affirmative decision on the adequacy of response to the adequacy review AGENCY
these budgets before they can be used by posting.
metropolitan planning organizations in This finding will also be available at 40 CFR Part 52
conformity determinations. As a result the EPA’s conformity website: https:// [EPA–R07–OAR–2018–0319; FRL–9979–
of this finding, upon the effective date www.epa.gov/state-and-local- 11—Region 7]
of this notification of adequacy, the New transportation/conformity-adequacy-
York Metropolitan Transportation review-region-2. Adequacy Determination for the St.
Council must use these budgets in The motor vehicle emissions budgets Louis Area 2008 8-Hour Ozone
future transportation conformity are provided in Table 1 below. Redesignation Request and
determinations. The budgets are Maintenance State Implementation
contained in New York’s November 10, TABLE 1—2017 MOTOR VEHICLE Plan, Motor Vehicle Emissions
2017, state implementation plan EMISSIONS BUDGETS FOR NYMTC Budgets for Transportation Conformity
submittal for the 2008 ozone NAAQS Purposes; State of Missouri
[Tons per year]
and are associated with the reasonable
further progress milestone AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Year VOC NOX Agency (EPA).
demonstration.
DATES: This finding is effective June 25, 2017 65.69 117.21 ACTION: Notification of adequacy
2018. determination.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Transportation conformity is required
SUMMARY: In this document, the EPA is
Hannah Greenberg, Environmental by Clean Air Act section 176(c). The
notifying the public that the St. Louis
Protection Agency Region 2, Air EPA’s conformity rule requires that
area 2008 8-hour ozone redesignation
Programs Branch, 290 Broadway, 25th long-range transportation plans,
request and maintenance plan motor
Floor, New York, New York 10007– transportation improvement programs,
vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) for
1866; (212) 637–3829, and transportation projects conform to a
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and
greenberg.hannah@epa.gov. state’s air quality SIP and establishes the
nitrogen oxides (NOX) are adequate for
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: criteria and procedures for determining
transportation conformity purposes. As
Throughout this document, whenever whether or not they conform.
a result, these budgets must be used by
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean Conformity to a SIP means that
the State of Missouri for future
the EPA. transportation activities will not
transportation conformity
This document is simply an produce new air quality violations,
determinations for the St. Louis area.
announcement of a finding that we have worsen existing violations, or delay
timely attainment of the NAAQS. DATES: This finding is effective June 22,
already made. EPA Region 2 sent a letter
The criteria the EPA uses to 2018.
to the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation on April determine whether a SIP’s motor vehicle FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
19, 2018, stating that the 2017 motor emission budgets are adequate for Heather Hamilton, at (913) 551–7039, by
vehicle emissions budgets (‘‘budgets’’) conformity purposes are outlined in 40 email at Hamilton.heather@epa.gov, or
in the submitted state implementation CFR 93.118(e)(4). We have further by mail at U.S. Environmental
plan (‘‘SIP’’) for the 2008 national described our process for determining Protection Agency, Air Planning and
ambient air quality standard for ozone the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets Development Branch, 11201 Renner
for the New York portions of the New in 40 CFR 93.118(f), and we followed Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219.
York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island this rule in making our adequacy SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
8-hour ozone nonattainment area are determination. Please note that an Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
adequate for transportation conformity adequacy review is separate from the or ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. The word
purposes. These budgets are associated EPA’s completeness review and should ‘‘budget(s)’’ refers to the motor vehicle
with the SIP’s reasonable further not be used to prejudge the EPA’s emission budgets (MVEBs) for volatile
progress milestone demonstration and ultimate action on the SIP. Even if we organic compounds and nitrogen
must apply to future transportation find a budget adequate, the SIP could oxides. For the purposes of this
conformity determinations conducted later be disapproved. document, ‘‘SIP’’ refers to the St. Louis
by the New York Metropolitan Pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e), within Area 2008 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation
Transportation Council (‘‘NYMTC’’). 2 years of the effective date of this Request and Maintenance State
On November 10, 2017, the New York document, NYMTC and the U.S. Implementation Plan, submitted by
State Department of Environmental Department of Transportation will need Missouri Department of Natural
Conservation submitted a SIP revision to demonstrate conformity to the new Resources to EPA as a SIP revision on
for the New York portion of the New budgets. For demonstrating conformity September 12, 2016. The Plan was
York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, to the budgets in this plan, the on-road revised on February 16, 2018.
NY–NJ–CT, 2008 8-hour ozone motor vehicle emissions from This document is an announcement of
nonattainment area. This revision to the implementation of the long-range a finding that EPA has already made.
SIP included 2017 summer day volatile transportation plan should be projected EPA Region 7 sent a letter to Missouri
organic compound (‘‘VOC’’) and consistently with the budgets in this Department of Natural Resources on
nitrogen oxides (‘‘NOX’’) motor vehicle plan. May 15, 2018, stating that the MVEBs
emissions budgets associated with the contained in the Redesignation Request
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671 q.
SIP’s reasonable further progress and Maintenance Plan are adequate for
Dated: April 30, 2018.
demonstration. We announced transportation conformity purposes. As
availability of the plan and related Peter D. Lopez, a result of EPA’s finding, the State of
budgets on the EPA’s transportation Regional Administrator, Region 2. Missouri must use the MVEBs from the
conformity website on December 6, [FR Doc. 2018–12303 Filed 6–7–18; 8:45 am] February 16, 2018, Redesignation
2017, requesting comments by January BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Request and Maintenance Plan for
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future transportation conformity between the state and federally- 52667. This action is a final rule based
determinations for the St. Louis area. approved rules, and ensure Federal on the NPR. A detailed discussion of
The finding is available at EPA’s enforceability of the state’s revised air Iowa’s SIP revisions, the 111(d) plan
conformity website: https:// program rules. revision, and the Operating Permits
www.epa.gov/state-and-local- DATES: This final rule is effective on July Program revisions were provided in the
transportation. 9, 2018. DFR and will not be restated here,
Transportation conformity is required ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
except to the extent relevant to our
by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, docket for this action under Docket ID response to the public comment we
as amended in 1990. EPA’s conformity No. EPA–R07–OAR–2017–0470. All received.
rule requires that transportation plans, documents in the docket are listed on II. What is being addressed in this
programs and projects conform to state the https://www.regulations.gov document?
air quality implementation plans and website. Although listed in the index,
establishes the criteria and procedure some information is not publicly EPA is taking final action to approve
for determining whether or not they do. available, i.e., CBI or other information revisions to the Iowa SIP, the 111(d)
Conformity to a SIP means that whose disclosure is restricted by statute. plan, and the Operating Permits
transportation activities will not Certain other material, such as Program. These revisions update and
produce new air quality violations, copyrighted material, is not placed on clarify rules and make minor revisions
worsen existing violations, or delay the internet and will be publicly and corrections. Approval of these
timely attainment of the national available only in hard copy form. revisions will ensure consistency
ambient air quality standards. Publicly available docket materials are between the state and federally-
The criteria by which we determine available through https:// approved rules, and ensure Federal
whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission www.regulations.gov or please contact enforceability of the state’s revised air
budgets are adequate for conformity the person identified in the FOR FURTHER program rules. Chapters with revisions
purposes are outlined in 40 CFR INFORMATION CONTACT section for are as follows:
93.118(e)(4). Please note that an additional information. • Chapter 20—Scope of Title-
adequacy review is separate from EPA’s
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Definitions
completeness review, and it should not
be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate Heather Hamilton, Environmental • Chapter 21—Compliance
approval of the SIP. EPA plans to take Protection Agency, Air Planning and • Chapter 22—Controlling Pollution *
action on the SIP at a later date. We Development Branch, 11201 Renner • Chapter 23—Emission Standards for
have described our process for Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at Contaminants
determining the adequacy of submitted (913) 551–7039, or by email at • Chapter 25—Measurement of
SIP budgets in 40 CFR 93.118(f), and hamilton.heather@epa.gov. Emissions
have followed this rule in making our SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
• Chapter 26—Prevention of Emergency
adequacy determination. Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ Pollution Episodes
and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. This section
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. • Chapter 27—Certificate of Acceptance
provides additional information by
Dated: May 25, 2018. addressing the following: • Chapter 28—Ambient Air Quality
James B. Gulliford, Standards
I. Background
Regional Administrator, Region 7. II. What is being addressed in this document? • Chapter 31—Nonattainment Areas
[FR Doc. 2018–12388 Filed 6–7–18; 8:45 am] III. Have the requirements for approval of the • Chapter 33—Special Regulations and
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P SIP, 111(d) Plan, and Operating Permit Construction Permit Requirements for
Plan Revisions been met? Major Stationary Sources—Prevention
IV. EPA’s Response to Comments of Significant Deterioration (PSD) of
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION V. What action is EPA taking? Air Quality
AGENCY VI. Incorporation by Reference
VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews * Title V Operating Permit Program
40 CFR Parts 52, 62, and 70 rules are included in chapter 22 starting
I. Background at 22.100.
[EPA–R07–OAR–2017–0470; FRL 9979–10— On September 15, 2017, EPA
Region 7] III. Have the requirements for approval
proposed to approve revisions to the of the SIP, 111(d) Plan, and Operating
Iowa State Implementation Plan (SIP), Permit Plan Revisions been met?
State of Iowa; Approval and
the 111(d) plan, and the Operating
Promulgation of the State
Permits Program. See 82 FR 43315. In The state submittal has met the public
Implementation Plan, the 111(d) Plan
conjunction with the September 15, notice requirements for SIP submissions
and the Operating Permits Program
2017 notice of proposed rulemaking in accordance with 40 CFR 51.102. The
AGENCY: Environmental Protection (NPR), EPA issued a direct final rule submittal also satisfied the
Agency (EPA). (DFR) approving revisions to the Iowa completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 51,
ACTION: Final rule. SIP, the 111(d) plan, and the Operating appendix V. In addition, as explained
Permits Program. See 82 FR 43303. In above and in more detail in the TSD
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection the DFR, EPA stated that if adverse which is part of this docket, these
Agency (EPA) is taking final action to comments were submitted to EPA by revisions meet the substantive SIP
approve revisions to the Iowa State October 16, 2017, the action would be requirements of the CAA, including
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Implementation Plan (SIP), the 111(d) withdrawn and not take effect. section 110 and implementing
plan, and the Operating Permits EPA received three comments prior to regulations. These revisions are also
Program. These revisions update and the close of the comment period; one in consistent with applicable EPA
clarify rules and make minor revisions support of the rule revisions and two of requirements of the 111(d) plan
and corrections. Approval of these which were adverse. EPA withdrew the submission and Title V of the CAA and
revisions will ensure consistency DFR on November 14, 2017. See 82 FR 40 CFR part 70.
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| Action | Notification of adequacy determination. | |
| Dates | This finding is effective June 22, 2018. | |
| Contact | Heather Hamilton, at (913) 551-7039, by email at [email protected], or by mail at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 26598 |
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