Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; Dayton-Springfield, Steubenville-Weirton, Toledo, and Parkersburg-Marietta; 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets |
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Susan Hedman
Environmental Protection Agency
October 24, 2013
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63388-63394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24706]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0136, EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0215, EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0344,
EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0378; FRL-9901-61-Region5]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Ohio; Dayton-Springfield, Steubenville-Weirton, Toledo, and
Parkersburg-Marietta; 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to
Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA is approving requests by
Ohio to revise the 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance air quality state
implementation plan (SIP) for the Dayton-Springfield area, the Toledo
area, and the Ohio portions of the Parkersburg-Marietta and
Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia-Ohio areas, to replace onroad
emissions inventories and motor vehicle emissions budgets (budgets)
with inventories and budgets developed using EPA's Motor Vehicle
Emissions Simulator (MOVES) emissions model. The Dayton-Springfield
area consists of Clark, Greene, Miami, and Montgomery Counties. The
Ohio portion of the Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia-Ohio area
consists of Jefferson County, Ohio. The Toledo area consists of Lucas
and Wood Counties. The Ohio portion of the Parkersburg-Marietta, West
Virginia-Ohio area consists of Washington County. Ohio submitted the
SIP revision requests on the following dates: Dayton-Springfield on
February 11, 2013; Steubenville-Weirton on March 15, 2013; Toledo on
April 18, 2013; Parkersburg-Marietta on April 26, 2013.
DATES: This direct final rule will be effective December 23, 2013,
unless EPA receives adverse comments by November 25, 2013. If adverse
comments are received, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the
direct final rule in the Federal Register informing the public that the
rule will not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Nos. EPA-R05-
OAR-2013-0136 (Dayton-Springfield), EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0215
(Steubenville-Weirton), EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0344 (Toledo), EPA-R05-OAR-
2013-0378 (Parkersburg-Marietta), by one of the following methods:
1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
2. Email: blakley.pamela@epa.gov
3. Fax: (312) 692-2450.
4. Mail: Pamela Blakley, Chief, Control Strategies Section, Air
Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
5. Hand Delivery: Pamela Blakley, Chief, Control Strategies
Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information. The Regional Office official hours of business are
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal
holidays.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID Nos. EPA-R05-OAR-
2013-0136, EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0215, EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0344, EPA-R05-OAR-
2013-0378. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The
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means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov your email
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. Docket: All
documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
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material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only
in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically in 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 Anthony Maietta,
Environmental Protection Specialist, at (312) 353-8777 before visiting
the Region 5 office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Maietta, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch
(AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-8777,
maietta.anthony@epa.gov.
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 EPA approving?
II. What is the background for this action?
a. SIP Budgets and Transportation Conformity.
b. Prior Approval of Budgets.
c. The MOVES Emissions Model.
d. Submission of New Budgets Based on MOVES2010a.
III. What are the criteria for approval?
IV. What is EPA's analysis of the state's submittals?
a. The Revised Inventories.
b. Approvability of the MOVES2010a-based Budgets.
c. Applicability of MOBILE6.2-based Budgets.
V. What action is EPA taking?
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews.
I. What is EPA approving?
EPA is approving new MOVES2010a-based onroad emissions inventories
and budgets for the Dayton-Springfield and Toledo areas, and the Ohio
portions of the Steubenville-Weirton and Parkersburg-Marietta, West
Virginia-Ohio 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance areas, that will replace
MOBILE-based inventories and budgets in the SIP. These areas were
redesignated to attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone standard effective
June 15, 2007 (72 FR 26648, 44784, 27652, 27640), and MOBILE6.2-based
onroad emissions inventories and budgets were approved in those
actions. Upon effective date of approval of the MOVES-based budgets,
they must then be used in future transportation conformity analyses for
the area as required by section 176(c) of the CAA. See the official
release of the MOVES2010 emissions model (75 FR 9411-9414) for
background, and section II.(c) below for details.
II. What is the background for this action?
a. SIP Budgets and Transportation Conformity
Under the CAA, states are required to submit, at various times,
control strategy SIP revisions and maintenance plans for nonattainment
and maintenance areas for a given national ambient air quality standard
(NAAQS). These SIP revisions and maintenance plans include budgets of
onroad mobile source emissions for criteria pollutants and/or their
precursors. Transportation plans and projects ``conform'' to (i.e., are
consistent with) the SIP when they will not cause or contribute to air
quality violations, or delay timely attainment of the NAAQS or an
interim milestone.
b. Prior Approval of Budgets
EPA previously approved MOBILE6.2-based budgets for the Dayton-
Springfield and Toledo areas, and the Ohio portions of the Parkersburg-
Marietta and Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia-Ohio 8-hour ozone
maintenance areas, for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen
oxides (NOX). The Dayton-Springfield area's ozone
maintenance plan established 2005 and 2018 budgets. The Toledo area and
the Ohio portions of the Parkersburg-Marietta and Steubenville-Weirton
areas' ozone maintenance plans established 2009 and 2018 budgets. These
budgets demonstrated a reduction in emissions from the monitored
attainment year.
c. The MOVES Emissions Model
The MOVES model is EPA's state of the art tool for estimating
highway emissions. EPA announced the release of MOVES2010 in March 2010
(75 FR 9411). Use of the MOVES model is required for regional emissions
analyses for transportation conformity determinations outside of
California that begin after March 2, 2013.
MOVES2010a was used to estimate emissions in the areas for the same
milestone years as the original onroad emissions inventories and
budgets in the SIP. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) is
revising the onroad emissions inventories and budgets using the latest
planning assumptions, including population and employment updates. In
addition, newer vehicle registration data has been used to update the
age distribution of the vehicle fleet. Since future demonstrations of
conformity will use emissions estimates derived with MOVES, it is
appropriate to establish benchmarks based on MOVES. The interagency
consultation group has had extensive consultation on the requirements
and need for new budgets.
d. Submission of New Budgets Based on MOVES2010a
Ohio submitted final budgets based on MOVES2010a that cover the
Dayton-Springfield (submitted February 11, 2013) and Toledo (submitted
April 18, 2013) areas and the Ohio portions of the Parkersburg-Marietta
(submitted April 26, 2013) and Steubenville-Weirton (submitted March
15, 2013), West Virginia-Ohio areas. Ohio did not receive any comments
for the Toledo, Dayton-Springfield, or Parkersburg-Marietta submittals.
Ohio received comments requesting clarification on the Steubenville-
Weirton submittal from the West Virginia Division of Air Quality and
provided responses to the clarifications requested.
For the Dayton-Springfield area, the new MOVES2010a-based budgets
are for the years 2005 and 2018 for both VOCs and NOX. For
the Toledo area and the Ohio portions of the Parkersburg-Marietta and
Steubenville-Weirton areas, the new MOVES2010a-based budgets are for
the years 2009 and 2018 for both VOCs and NOX. The budgets
for these areas are detailed later in this notice. Ohio also provided
the areas' total emissions, including onroad mobile emissions
inventories based on MOVES2010a, for the attainment year, the interim
budget year, and the maintenance year. The combined emissions reduction
from all sectors between the attainment year and the maintenance year
is shown as well. Total emissions include point, area, nonroad mobile
and onroad mobile sources. The total emissions and combined emissions
reduction from all sectors from 2005 to 2018 for VOC and NOX
for the area is shown in tables 1 and 2. In tables 1 through 8, for
onroad emissions of both VOC and NOX for the years noted
with an asterisk, a 15% safety margin\1\ has been applied to reach the
values shown.
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\1\ The safety margin is achieved by adding a certain percentage
of emissions, in tons per day, onto the MOVES-based onroad emissions
budgets. In this case, Ohio chose to add a 15% safety margin to
their budgets. The safety margin cannot exceed the combined
emissions reduction for the area.
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Table 1--Total VOC Emissions With MOVES2010a Mobile Emissions in Dayton-Springfield-Springfield, Ohio (Clark,
Greene, Miami, and Montgomery Counties)
[tons per day]
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Combined
2005 2018* emissions
Sector Attainment 2009 Interim Maintenance reduction
(2005-2018)
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Point........................................... 3.45 3.47 3.72
Area............................................ 46.23 47.76 52.75
Onroad.......................................... 55.37 43.02 19.44
Nonroad......................................... 12.16 9.62 7.91
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Total....................................... 115.21 103.87 83.82 31.39
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Table 2--Total NOX Emissions With MOVES2010a Mobile Emissions in Dayton-Springfield-Springfield, Ohio (Clark,
Greene, Miami, and Montgomery Counties)
[tons per day]
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Combined
2005 2018* emissions
Sector Attainment 2009 Interim Maintenance reduction
(2005-2018)
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Point........................................... 36.64 36.24 37.93
Area............................................ 4.65 5.09 5.45
Onroad.......................................... 20.24 16.68 9.84
Nonroad......................................... 84.66 69 28.23
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Total....................................... 146.19 127.01 81.45 64.74
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Table 3--Total VOC Emissions With MOVES2010a Mobile Emissions in Toledo, Ohio (Lucas and Wood Counties)
[tons per day]
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Combined
2004 2018* emissions
Sector Attainment 2009* Interim Maintenance reduction
(2004-2018)
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Point........................................... 7.87 7.21 7.99
Area............................................ 30.55 30.40 32.60
Onroad.......................................... 26.86 18.79 8.14
Nonroad......................................... 10.31 7.78 0.57
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Total....................................... 75.59 64.18 49.30 26.29
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Table 4--Total NOX Emissions With MOVES2010a Mobile Emissions in Toledo, Ohio (Lucas and Wood Counties)
[tons per day]
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Combined
2004 2018* emissions
Sector Attainment 2009* Interim Maintenance reduction
(2004-2018)
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Point........................................... 35.54 27.22 12.90
Area............................................ 1.70 1.91 1.97
Onroad.......................................... 55.12 40.68 15.34
Nonroad......................................... 24.82 19.76 9.65
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Total....................................... 117.18 89.57 39.86 77.32
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Table 5--Total VOC Emissions With MOVES2010a Mobile Emissions in the Ohio Portion of Parkersburg-Marietta, West
Virginia-Ohio (Washington County, Ohio)
[tons per day]
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Combined
2004 2018* emissions
Sector Attainment 2009* Interim Maintenance reduction
(2004-2018)
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Point........................................... 2.06 2.28 2.70
Area............................................ 2.92 2.81 2.90
Onroad.......................................... 4.88 4.15 1.93
Nonroad......................................... 1.17 0.96 0.77
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Total....................................... 11.03 10.20 8.30 2.73
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Table 6--Total NOX Emissions With MOVES2010a Mobile Emissions in the Ohio Portion of Parkersburg-Marietta, West
Virginia-Ohio (Washington County, Ohio)
[tons per day]
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Combined
2004 2018* emissions
Sector Attainment 2009* Interim Maintenance reduction
(2004-2018)
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Point........................................... 71.87 15.07 21.96
Area............................................ 0.22 0.24 0.25
Onroad.......................................... 8.30 7.33 3.25
Nonroad......................................... 5.00 4.17 3.59
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Total....................................... 85.39 26.81 29.05 56.34
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Table 7--Total VOC Emissions With MOVES2010a Mobile Emissions in the Ohio Portion of Steubenville-Weirton, West
Virginia-Ohio (Jefferson County, Ohio)
[tons per day]
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Combined
2004 2018* emissions
Sector Attainment 2009* Interim Maintenance reduction
(2004-2018)
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Point........................................... 1.15 1.25 1.26
Area............................................ 3.06 2.91 2.91
Onroad.......................................... 5.62 4.83 2.14
Nonroad......................................... 0.93 0.87 0.60
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Total....................................... 10.76 9.86 6.91 3.85
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Table 8--Total NOX Emissions With MOVES2010a Mobile Emissions in the Ohio Portion of Steubenville-Weirton, West
Virginia-Ohio (Jefferson County, Ohio)
[tons per day]
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Combined
2004 2018* emissions
Sector Attainment 2009* Interim Maintenance reduction
(2004-2018)
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Point........................................... 154.73 66.40 46.38
Area............................................ 0.18 0.21 0.21
Onroad.......................................... 6.69 5.91 2.43
Nonroad......................................... 2.25 1.93 1.58
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Total....................................... 163.85 74.45 50.60 133.25
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The metropolitan planning organizations for these areas added only
a portion of the overall safety margin available for NOX and
VOCs to the budgets for the years indicated with an asterisk in tables
1 through 8. As shown in tables 1 through 8, the submittals demonstrate
how the areas' emissions decline from the attainment year to maintain
the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.
No additional control measures were needed to maintain the 1997 8-
hour ozone standard in the Dayton-Springfield and Toledo areas, and the
Ohio portions of the Parkersburg-Marietta and Steubenville-Weirton,
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West Virginia-Ohio areas. An appropriate safety margin for
NOX and VOCs was selected by the interagency consultation
groups for each area, which consist of representatives from the Federal
Highway Administration, OEPA, Ohio Department of Transportation, and
EPA. The submitted budgets for these areas are addressed later in this
notice.
III. What are the criteria for approval?
EPA requires that revisions to existing SIPs and budgets continue
to meet applicable requirements (e.g., reasonable further progress,
attainment, or maintenance). The SIP must also meet any applicable SIP
requirements under CAA section 110. In addition, adequacy criteria
found at 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4) must be satisfied before EPA can find
submitted budgets adequate and approve them for conformity purposes.
Areas can revise their budgets and inventories using MOVES without
revising their entire SIP if (1) the SIP continues to meet applicable
requirements when the previous motor vehicle emissions inventories are
replaced with MOVES base year and milestone, attainment, or maintenance
year inventories, and (2) the state can document that growth and
control strategy assumptions for non-motor vehicle sources continue to
be valid and any minor updates do not change the overall conclusions of
the SIP. The submittals meet this requirement as described below in the
next section.
For more information, see EPA's latest ``Policy Guidance on the Use
of MOVES2010 for SIP Development, Transportation Conformity, and Other
Purposes'' (April 2012), available online at: www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/policy.htm#models.
IV. What is EPA's analysis of the state's submittals?
a. The Revised Inventories
The SIP revision requests for these areas' 1997 ozone maintenance
plans seek to revise only the onroad mobile source inventories. OEPA
has certified that the control strategies for each area remain the same
as in the original SIP, and that no other control strategies are
necessary. OEPA finds that growth and control strategy assumptions for
non-mobile sources (i.e., area, nonroad, and point) have not changed
significantly from the original submittals. This is confirmed by the
monitoring data for the areas, which continue to monitor attainment for
the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.
OEPA's submittals confirm that the total emissions in the revised
SIP (which includes MOVES2010a emissions from mobile sources) as shown
in tables 1 through 8 demonstrate that emissions in the areas continue
to decline and remain below the attainment levels.
Ohio has submitted MOVES2010a-based budgets for the Dayton-
Springfield and Toledo areas, and the Ohio portions of the Parkersburg-
Marietta and Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia-Ohio areas that are
clearly identified in the submittals. The budgets are displayed in
tables 9 through 12.
Table 9--MOVES-Based Budgets for the Dayton-Springfield 1997 Ozone Area
(Clark, Greene, Miami, and Montgomery Counties, Ohio)
[tons per day]
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Year 2005 2018
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VOC..................................... 53.37 22.35
NOX..................................... 84.66 32.47
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Table 10--Motor MOVES-Based Budgets for the Toledo 1997 Ozone Area
(Lucas and Wood Counties)
[tons per day]
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Year 2009 2018
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VOC..................................... 21.61 9.36
NOX..................................... 46.78 17.64
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Table 11--Motor MOVES-Based Budgets for the Ohio Portion of the
Parkersburg-Marietta 1997 Ozone Area (Washington County, Ohio)
[tons per day]
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Year 2009 2018
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VOC..................................... 4.15 1.93
NOX..................................... 7.33 3.25
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Table 12--MOVES-Based Budgets for the Ohio Portion of the Steubenville-
Weirton 1997 Ozone Area (Jefferson County, Ohio)
[tons per day]
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Year 2009 2018
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VOC..................................... 4.83 2.14
NOX..................................... 5.91 2.43
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b. Approvability of the MOVES2010a-based Budgets
EPA is approving the MOVES2010a-based budgets submitted by Ohio for
use in determining transportation conformity in the Dayton-Springfield
and Toledo areas, and the Ohio portions of the Parkersburg-Marietta and
Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia-Ohio 1997 ozone maintenance areas.
EPA evaluated the MOVES-based budgets submitted using the adequacy
criteria found in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4) and our in-depth evaluation of
the state's submittals and SIP requirements.
Before submitting the revised budgets, OEPA followed all necessary
conformity procedures. The budgets are clearly identified and precisely
quantified in the submittals. The budgets, when considered with other
emissions sources, are consistent with continued maintenance of the
1997 ozone standard. The budgets are clearly related to the emissions
inventories and control measures in the SIP. The changes from the
previous budgets are clearly explained with the change in the model
from MOBILE6.2 to MOVES2010a and the revised and updated planning
assumptions. The inputs to the model are detailed in the Appendices to
the submittals. EPA has reviewed the inputs to the MOVES2010a modeling
and participated in the consultation process. The Federal Highway
Administration and the Ohio Department of Transportation have taken a
lead role in working with the areas' metropolitan planning
organizations to provide accurate, timely information and inputs to the
MOVES2010a model runs. The state has documented that growth and control
strategy assumptions for non-motor vehicle sources (i.e. area, nonroad,
and point) continue to be valid and any minor updates do not change the
overall conclusions of the SIP.
Ohio's submissions confirm that the SIP continues to demonstrate
maintenance of the 1997 ozone standard because the total emissions in
the revised SIP (including MOVES2010a emissions for onroad mobile
sources) continue to decrease from the attainment year to the final
year of the maintenance plans for these areas, as shown in tables 1
through 8. As tables 1 through 12 show, the submitted budgets include
an appropriate margin of safety while still maintaining total emissions
below the attainment level.
Based on our review of the SIP and the new budgets provided, EPA
has determined that the SIP will continue to meet the requirements if
the revised motor vehicle emissions inventories are
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replaced with MOVES2010a inventories.
c. Applicability of MOBILE6.2-based Budgets
Upon the effective date of the approval of the revised budgets, the
state's existing MOBILE6.2-based budgets for these areas will no longer
be applicable for transportation conformity purposes.
V. What action is EPA taking?
EPA is approving the submitted onroad mobile source emissions
inventories and the submitted budgets for the Dayton-Springfield
(submitted February 11, 2013) and Toledo (submitted April 18, 2013),
and the Ohio portions of the Parkersburg-Marietta (submitted April 26,
2013) and Steubenville-Weirton (submitted March 15, 2013), West
Virginia-Ohio 1997 ozone maintenance plans. We are publishing this
action without prior proposal because we view this as a
noncontroversial amendment and anticipate no adverse comments. However,
in the proposed rules section of this Federal Register publication, we
are publishing a separate document that will serve as the proposal to
approve the state plan if relevant adverse written comments are filed.
This rule will be effective December 23, 2013 without further notice
unless we receive relevant adverse written comments by November 25,
2013. If we receive such comments, we will withdraw this action before
the effective date by publishing a subsequent document that will
withdraw the final action. All public comments received will then be
addressed in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed action. EPA
will not institute a second comment period. Any parties interested in
commenting on this action should do so at this time. Please note that
if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section
of this rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of
the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are
not the subject of an adverse comment. If we do not receive any
comments, this action will be effective December 23, 2013.
VI. 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 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 December 23, 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. Parties with objections to this direct final rule are
encouraged to file a comment in response to the parallel notice of
proposed rulemaking for this action published in the proposed rules
section of today's Federal Register, rather than file an immediate
petition for judicial review of this direct final rule, so that EPA can
withdraw this direct final rule and address the comment in the proposed
rulemaking. 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 dioxide, Ozone,
Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: September 19, 2013.
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. Section 52.1885 is amended by adding paragraphs (ff)(17), (18),
(19), and (20) to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1885 Control strategy: Ozone.
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(ff) * * *
(17) Approval--On February 11, 2013, Ohio submitted a request to
revise the approved MOBILE6.2 onroad mobile source emissions
inventories and motor vehicle emission budgets (budgets) in the 1997 8-
hour ozone maintenance
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plan for the Dayton-Springfield, Ohio area. The inventories and budgets
are being revised with inventories and budgets developed with the
MOVES2010a model. The 2005 budgets for the Dayton-Springfield, Ohio
area are 53.37 tons per day (tpd) VOC and 84.66 tpd NOX. The
2018 budgets for the Dayton-Springfield, Ohio area are 22.35 tpd VOC
and 32.47 tpd NOX.
(18) Approval--On March 15, 2013, Ohio submitted a request to
revise the approved MOBILE6.2 onroad mobile source emissions
inventories and motor vehicle emission budgets (budgets) in the 1997 8-
hour ozone maintenance plan for the Ohio portion of the Steubenville-
Weirton, West Virginia-Ohio area. The inventories and budgets are being
revised with inventories and budgets developed with the MOVES2010a
model. The 2009 budgets for the Ohio portion of the Steubenville-
Weirton, West Virginia-Ohio area are 4.83 tons per day (tpd) VOC and
5.91 tpd NOX. The 2018 budgets for the Ohio portion of the
Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia-Ohio area are 2.14 tpd VOC and 2.43
tpd NOX.
(19) Approval--On April 18, 2013, Ohio submitted a request to
revise the approved MOBILE6.2 onroad inventories and motor vehicle
emission budgets (budgets) in the 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance plan
for the Toledo, Ohio area. The inventories and budgets are being
revised with budgets developed with the MOVES2010a model. The 2009
budgets for the Toledo, Ohio area are 21.61 tons per day (tpd) VOC and
46.78 tpd NOX. The 2018 budgets for the Toledo, Ohio area
are 9.36 tpd VOC and 17.64 tpd NOX.
(20) Approval--On April 26, 2013, Ohio submitted a request to
revise the approved MOBILE6.2 onroad mobile source emissions
inventories and motor vehicle emission budgets (budgets) in the 1997 8-
hour ozone maintenance plan for the Ohio portion of the Parkersburg-
Marietta, West Virginia-Ohio area. The inventories and budgets are
being revised with inventories and budgets developed with the
MOVES2010a model. The 2009 budgets for the Ohio portion of the
Parkersburg-Marietta, West Virginia-Ohio area are 4.15 tons per day
(tpd) VOC and 7.33 tpd NOX. The 2018 budgets for the Ohio
portion of the Parkersburg-Marietta, West Virginia-Ohio area are 1.93
tpd VOC and 3.25 tpd NOX.
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[FR Doc. 2013-24706 Filed 10-23-13; 8:45 am]
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