[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 245 (Thursday, December 20, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 75384-75386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30439]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R05-OAR-2012-0537; FRL-9762-9]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Indiana; Delaware County (Muncie), Indiana Ozone Maintenance Plan
Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is approving Indiana's request to revise the Delaware
County (Muncie), Indiana 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance State
Implementation Plan (SIP) by replacing the previously approved motor
vehicle emissions budgets (budgets) with budgets developed using EPA's
Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES) emissions model. EPA proposed
approval on October 26, 2012, and did not receive any public comments
on the proposal.
DATES: This final rule is effective on January 22, 2013.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-R05-OAR-2012-0537. All documents in the docket are listed on
the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, i.e., Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is
not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard
copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division,
77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
Federal holidays. We recommend that you telephone Patricia Morris,
Environmental Scientist, at (312) 353-8656 before visiting the Region 5
office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Morris, Environmental
Scientist, Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J),
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-8656, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section is arranged as follows:
I. What is the background for this action?
II. What public comments were received?
III. What action is EPA taking?
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. What is the background for this action?
On June 15, 2012, Indiana submitted replacement budgets based on
MOVES2010a for Delaware County, Indiana. This SIP revision replaces
MOBILE6.2-based approved budgets in the 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance
plan for Delaware County, Indiana with MOVES2010a-based budgets.
Indiana supplemented the SIP revision request on August 17, 2012. The
August 17, 2012, submittal letter with the state public comment
documentation completed the requirements for the SIP submittal.
On October 26, 2012, EPA proposed to approve the Indiana SIP
revision (see 77 FR 65341). Additional information for today's action
is contained in EPA's October 26, 2012, proposal.
The MOVES model is EPA's state-of-the-art tool for estimating
highway emissions. The model is based on analyses of millions of
emission test results and considerable advances in the agency's
understanding of vehicle emissions. MOVES incorporates the latest
emissions data, more sophisticated calculation algorithms, increased
user flexibility, new software design, and significant new capabilities
relative to those reflected in MOBILE6.2.
Under section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), transportation
plans, Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs), and transportation
projects must ``conform'' to (i.e., be consistent with) the SIP before
they can be adopted or approved. Conformity to the SIP means that
transportation activities will not cause new air quality violations,
worsen existing air quality violations, or delay timely attainment of
the NAAQS or delay an interim milestone. The transportation conformity
regulations can be found at 40 CFR parts 51 and 93. The Delaware
County, Indiana area must use the updated budgets to demonstrate
transportation conformity.
States that revise their existing SIPs to include MOVES budgets
must show that the SIP continues to meet applicable requirements with
the new level of motor vehicle emissions contained in the budgets. The
transportation conformity rule (40 CFR 93.118(e)(4)(iv)) requires that
``the motor vehicle emissions budget(s), when considered together with
all other emissions sources, is consistent with applicable requirements
for reasonable further progress, attainment, or maintenance (whichever
is relevant to the given implementation plan submission).''
EPA has determined, based on its evaluation, that the area's
maintenance plan continues to serve its intended purpose with the
MOVES2010a-based budgets and that the budgets themselves meet the
adequacy criteria in the conformity rule at 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). The
basis for this conclusion is contained in the proposed approval (77 FR
65341).
On the effective date of EPA's approval of the submitted budgets,
the budgets must be used by local, state and Federal agencies in
determining whether transportation activities conform to the SIP as
required by section 176(c) of the CAA.
II. What public comments were received?
The State public comment period ended on July 18, 2012. The State
offered to hold a public hearing on request but one was not requested.
The State received no public comments during the comment period.
EPA also had a public comment period on the proposal. The public
comment period closed on November 26, 2012. EPA received no comments
during the public comment period.
III. What action is EPA taking?
EPA is approving new MOVES2010a-based budgets for the Delaware
County, Indiana 1997 ozone maintenance area because the submitted
budgets should continue to keep emissions below the attainment level
and maintain air quality. On the effective date of this rulemaking, the
submitted MOVES2010a-based budgets will replace the existing,
MOBILE6.2-based budgets in the State's 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance
plan and will be used in future transportation conformity analyses for
the area. The previously approved MOBILE6.2-based budgets will no
longer be applicable for transportation conformity purposes. The table
below shows the MOVES budgets for Delaware County, Indiana for the year
2015. These are the budgets that are being approved.
Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Delaware County, Indiana
[MOVES-Based Onroad Emissions]
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Year........................................................... 2015
Nitrogen oxides tons/day....................................... 7.02
Volatile organic compounds tons/day............................ 2.53
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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 CAA and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and
does not impose additional requirements beyond
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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 Order
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
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, as 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, this rule does not have tribal implications as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000),
because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in
the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by February 19, 2013. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect
the finality of this action for the purposes of judicial review nor
does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may
be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or
action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxides, Ozone,
Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: December 10, 2012.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
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2. The table in Sec. 52.770 paragraph (e) is amended by adding an
entry in alphabetical order for ``Muncie 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance
plan'' to read as follows:
Sec. 52.770 Identification of plan.
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(e) * * *
EPA-Approved Indiana Nonregulatory and Quasi-Regulatory Provisions
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Title Indiana date EPA approval Explanation
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Muncie 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance ........................ 12/20/12 [INSERT PAGE Revision to motor
plan. NUMBER WHERE THE vehicle emission
DOCUMENT BEGINS]. budgets.
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3. Section 52.777 is amended by redesignating the existing paragraph
(cc) as paragraph (cc)(1) and by adding paragraph (cc)(2) to read as
follows:
Sec. 52.777 Control Strategy: Photochemical oxidants (hydrocarbons).
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(cc) * * *
(2) Approval--On August 17, 2012, Indiana submitted a request to
revise the approved MOBILE6.2 motor vehicle emission budgets (budgets)
in the 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance plan for the Delaware County
(Muncie), Indiana area. The budgets are being revised with budgets
developed with the MOVES2010a model. The 2015 budgets for Delaware
County, Indiana are 2.53 tons per day volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
and 7.02 tons per day nitrogen oxides (NOX).
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