[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 23662-23666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10999]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[Region II Docket No. NJ58-254, FRL-7493-6]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; 
Revised Motor Vehicle Emissions Inventories for 1996, 2005, and 2007 
and Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for 2005 and 2007 Using MOBILE6

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the New Jersey State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) for the attainment and maintenance of the 1-
hour national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for ozone. 
Specifically, EPA is proposing approval of New Jersey's: revised 1996, 
2005, and 2007 motor vehicle emission inventories and 2005 and 2007 
motor vehicle emissions budgets recalculated using MOBILE6; modified 
date for submittal of the State's mid-course review; and updated 
general conformity emissions budgets for McGuire Air Force Base. The 
intended effect of this action is to approve a SIP revision that will 
help the State continue to plan for attainment of the 1-hour NAAQS for 
ozone in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island nonattainment 
area (NAA) and the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton NAA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 4, 2003. Public 
comments on this action are requested and will be considered before 
taking final action.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be addressed to Raymond Werner, Chief, 
Air Programs Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 
25th Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866.
    Copies of the documents relevant to this action are available for 
public inspection during normal business hours at the following 
locations: Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, Air 
Programs Branch, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, New York 10007-
1866, and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of 
Air Quality Planning, 401 East State Street, CN027, Trenton, New Jersey 
08625.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth M. Champagne, Air Programs 
Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New 
York, New York 10007-1866, (212) 637-4249.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is being proposed under a 
procedure called parallel processing. Under parallel processing, EPA 
proposes action on a state submission before it has been formally 
adopted and submitted to EPA, and will take final action on its 
proposal if the final submission is substantially unchanged from the 
submission on which the proposal is based, or if significant changes in 
the final submission are anticipated and adequately described in EPA's 
proposal as a basis for EPA's proposed action.
    New Jersey held a public hearing on its proposed SIP revision on 
March 14, 2003. If New Jersey's proposed SIP revision is substantially 
changed, EPA will evaluate those changes and may publish another notice 
of proposed rulemaking. If no substantial changes are made, EPA will 
take final action on the State's plan consistent with this proposal and 
any submitted comments. Before EPA can approve this SIP revision, New 
Jersey must adopt the SIP revision and submit it formally to EPA for 
incorporation into the SIP.

Table of Contents

1. Background
2. What is MOBILE6?
3. What is the purpose and content of New Jersey's submittal?
4. What are the revised MOBILE6 inventories?
5. Are the revised MOBILE6 inventories consistent with New Jersey's 
1-Hour Attainment Demonstration?
6. Are New Jersey's motor vehicle emissions budgets approvable?
7. When will New Jersey submit its mid-course review?
8. Summary of Conclusions and Proposed Action
9. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

1. Background

    In November of 1999, EPA issued two memoranda \1\ to articulate its 
policy regarding states that incorporated MOBILE5-based interim Tier 2 
standard \2\ benefits into their SIPs and motor vehicle emissions 
budgets (``budgets''). Although these memoranda primarily targeted 
certain serious and severe ozone NAAs, EPA has implemented this policy 
in all other areas that have made use of federal Tier 2 benefits in air 
quality plans from EPA's April 2000 MOBILE5 guidance, ``MOBILE5 
Information Sheet 8: Tier 2 Benefits Using MOBILE5.'' All 
states whose attainment demonstrations or maintenance plans include 
interim MOBILE5-based estimates of the Tier 2 standards were required 
to make a commitment to revise and resubmit their budgets within either 
1 or 2 years of the final release of MOBILE6 in order to gain SIP 
approval.
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    \1\ Memoranda, ``Guidance on Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in 
1-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstrations,'' issued November 3, 1999, 
and ``1-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstrations and Tier2/Sulfur 
Rulemaking,'' issued November 8, 1999. Copies of these memoranda can 
be found on EPA's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp/traqconf.htm.
    \2\ The final rule on Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards 
and Gasoline Sulfur Control Requirements (``Tier 2 standards'') for 
passenger cars, light trucks, and larger passenger vehicles was 
published on February 10, 2000 (65 FR 6698).
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    On April 26, 2000, New Jersey submitted a revision to the 1-hr 
Ozone Attainment Demonstration SIP for the New Jersey portions of the 
two severe ozone NAAs--the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 
Area and the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Area. For purposes of this 
action, these areas will be referred to as, respectively, the Northern 
New Jersey NAA and the Trenton NAA. This SIP revision included, among 
other things, revised budgets using interim MOBILE5-based estimates of 
the Tier 2 standards and an enforceable commitment to revise the 
attainment demonstration using the MOBILE6 model, including budgets, 
within one year of the release of the model. Additional information on 
EPA's final approval of New Jersey's April 26, 2000 submittal can be 
found in the February 4, 2002 Federal Register (67 FR 5152).
    EPA officially released the MOBILE6 motor vehicle emissions factor 
model on January 29, 2002 (67 FR 4254). Thus, the effective date of 
that Federal Register notice constituted the start of the 1 year time 
period for which New Jersey was required to revise its 1-Hour Ozone 
Attainment Demonstration SIP using the MOBILE6 model. New Jersey was 
required to submit this SIP revision to EPA by January 29, 2003.

2. What Is MOBILE6?

    MOBILE is an EPA emissions factor model for estimating pollution 
from on-road motor vehicles in states outside of California. MOBILE 
calculates emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), nitrogen 
oxides (NOX) and carbon monoxide (CO) from passenger cars, 
motorcycles, buses, and light-duty and heavy-duty trucks. The model 
accounts for the emission impacts of factors such as changes in vehicle 
emission standards, changes in vehicle populations and activity, and 
variation in local conditions such as temperature, humidity, fuel 
quality, and air quality programs.
    MOBILE is used to calculate current and future inventories of motor 
vehicle emissions at the national and local level. These inventories 
are used to make decisions about air pollution policies and programs at 
the local, state and national level. Inventories based on MOBILE are 
also used to meet the federal Clean Air Act's SIP and transportation 
conformity requirements.
    MOBILE6 is the first major update of the MOBILE model since 1993. 
The MOBILE model was first developed in 1978. It has been updated many 
times to reflect changes in the vehicle fleet and fuels, to incorporate 
EPA's growing understanding of vehicle emissions, and to cover new 
emissions regulations and modeling needs. Although some minor updates 
were made in 1996 with the release of MOBILE5b, MOBILE6 is the first 
major revision to MOBILE since MOBILE5a was released in 1993.

3. What Is the Purpose and Content of New Jersey's Submittal?

    To address its enforceable commitment made in the April 26, 2000 
Attainment Demonstration SIP revision, the State submitted a proposed 
SIP revision on January 31, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as the 
January 31, 2003 submittal) which revises the 1996, 2005, and 2007 
motor vehicle emissions inventories and the 2005 and 2007 motor vehicle 
emissions budgets using the MOBILE6 model. The January 31, 2003 
submittal demonstrates that the new levels of motor vehicle emissions 
calculated using MOBILE6 continue to support achievement of the rate of 
progress requirements and projected attainment of the 1-hour ozone 
NAAQS for the Northern New Jersey NAA and Trenton NAA.
    Also included as a part of the January 31, 2003 submittal, New 
Jersey proposes to modify the planned date for submitting its mid-
course review to December 31, 2004 and to update the general conformity 
emissions budgets for McGuire Air Force Base.

4. What Are the Revised MOBILE6 Inventories?

    Table 1 below summarizes the revised motor vehicle emissions 
inventories statewide and by nonattainment area in tons per summer day 
(tpd). These revised inventories were developed using the latest 
planning assumptions, including 1999 vehicle registration data, vehicle 
miles traveled (VMT), speeds, fleet mix, and SIP control measures. EPA 
is proposing to approve these revised 1996, 2005 and 2007 motor vehicle 
emissions inventories. While the primary focus of this proposed 
rulemaking is the Northern New Jersey and Trenton NAAs, New Jersey has 
also revised the motor vehicle emissions inventories for the Atlantic 
City ozone

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NAA and the New Jersey portion of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ozone 
NAA due to their inclusion in the overall motor vehicle emissions 
budgets. For the Atlantic City and Allentown NAAs, the most recent 
three years of data continue to demonstrate attainment of the 1-hour 
ozone standard. However, EPA has not yet received redesignation 
requests for these areas.

                       Table 1.--New Jersey's Revised Motor Vehicle Emissions Inventories
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                                                        1996                  2005                  2007
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                   NAA area                        VOC        NOX        VOC        NOX        VOC        NOX
                                                  (tpd)      (tpd)      (tpd)      (tpd)      (tpd)      (tpd)
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Atlantic City.................................      24.21      29.96      14.63      22.07        \1\        \1\
Northern New Jersey...........................     320.22     356.46     156.37     237.17     134.00     186.93
Trenton.......................................     102.69     130.47      50.48      77.72        \1\        \1\
Allentown.....................................       9.29      16.79       5.59      12.89       4.77      10.25
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    State Total...............................     456.42     533.67     227.08     349.85        \1\       \1\
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\1\ Not applicable.

5. Are the Revised MOBILE6 Inventories Consistent With New Jersey's 1-
Hour Attainment Demonstration?

    EPA has articulated its policy regarding the use of MOBILE6 in SIP 
development in its ``Policy Guidance on the Use of MOBILE6 for SIP 
Development and Transportation Conformity'' \3\ and ``Clarification of 
Policy Guidance for MOBILE6 in Mid-course Review Areas.'' \4\ 
Consistent with this policy guidance, New Jersey included in the 
January 31, 2003 submittal a relative reduction comparison to show that 
its 1-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration SIP continues to demonstrate 
attainment using revised MOBILE6 inventories for the Northern New 
Jersey NAA and the Trenton NAA. New Jersey's attainment demonstration 
used photochemical grid modeling supplemented with weight of evidence. 
As such, the State's methodology for the relative reduction comparison 
consisted of comparing the new MOBILE6 inventories with the previously 
approved (67 FR 5152) MOBILE5 inventories for the Northern New Jersey 
NAA and the Trenton NAA to determine if attainment will still be 
predicted by the established attainment dates. Specifically, the State 
calculated the relative reductions (expressed as percent reductions) in 
ozone precursors between the 1996 base year and attainment year 
inventory, both MOBILE5-based. These percent reductions were then 
compared to the percent reductions between the revised MOBILE6-based 
1996 base year and attainment year inventories. It should be noted that 
the latest planning assumptions were used in modeling for the State's 
relative reduction comparison.
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    \3\ Memorandum, ``Policy Guidance on the Use of MOBILE6 for SIP 
development and Transportation Conformity,'' issued January 18, 
2002. A copy of this memorandum can be found on EPA's Web site at 
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp/traqconf.htm.
    \4\ Memorandum, ``Clarification of Policy Guidance for MOBILE6 
SIPs in Mid-course Review Areas,'' issued February 12, 2003. A copy 
of this memorandum can be found on EPA's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp/traqconf.htm.
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    New Jersey's relative reduction comparison shows that for the 
Northern New Jersey NAA the percent reduction of VOC and NOX 
emissions achieved in the revised MOBILE6 inventories is higher than 
the percent reduction calculated with MOBILE5, thus the required 
emission reductions needed to attain the 1-hour ozone NAAQS are 
achieved, and the SIP continues to demonstrate attainment. For the 
Trenton NAA, the percent reduction of VOC emissions achieved in the 
revised MOBILE6 inventories is higher than the percent reduction 
calculated with MOBILE5, however the percent reduction of 
NOX emissions achieved in the revised MOBILE6 inventories is 
lower than the percent reduction calculated with MOBILE5, thus a slight 
NOX shortfall is indicated. New Jersey has previously 
demonstrated in its Phase I Ozone SIP, approved by EPA on April 23, 
1999 (64 FR 19913), that VOC or NOX emission reductions are 
equally valuable towards attaining the 1-hour ozone standard. 
Therefore, New Jersey substituted excess VOC emission reductions for 
NOX emission reductions, as allowed for under Section 
182(c)(2)(C) of the Clean Air Act. To make such an equivalency 
demonstration, the State converted the percentage changes for VOC and 
NOX to +2.46 and -1.44 tons per day, respectively. Based on 
the emission inventories, New Jersey has determined for the Trenton NAA 
that approximately 1.04 tons of VOC emissions equals 1 ton of 
NOX emissions, as the emissions relate to their potential to 
form ozone. Consistent with EPA's policy on substitution of ozone 
precursor emission reductions, New Jersey increased the NOX 
reductions and decreased VOC reductions by their equivalent amounts, 
resulting in offsetting effects with respect to ozone formation. Thus, 
the required emission reductions needed to attain the 1-hour ozone 
NAAQS are achieved for the Trenton NAA, and the SIP continues to 
demonstrate attainment.
    EPA's policy guidance also required the State to consider whether 
growth and control strategy assumptions for non-motor vehicle sources 
(i.e., point, area, and non-road mobile sources) were still accurate at 
the time the January 31, 2003 submittal was developed. New Jersey 
reviewed the growth and control strategy assumptions for non-motor 
vehicle sources, and concluded that these assumptions continue to be 
valid for the 1-hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration.
    New Jersey's January 31, 2003 submittal satisfies the conditions 
outlined in EPA's MOBILE6 Policy guidance, and demonstrates that the 
new levels of motor vehicle emissions calculated using MOBILE6 continue 
to support achievement of the projected attainment of the 1-Hour Ozone 
NAAQS by the attainment dates of 2007 for the Northern New Jersey NAA 
and 2005 for the Trenton NAA.

6. Are New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets Approvable?

    Table 2 below summarizes New Jersey's revised budgets contained in 
the January 31, 2003 submittal. These budgets were developed using the 
latest planning assumptions, including 1999 vehicle registration data, 
VMT, speeds, fleet mix, and SIP control measures. For the South Jersey 
Transportation Planning Organization (SJTPO) and Delaware Valley 
Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) the 2005 budgets are revised 
attainment year budgets. For

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the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) the 2005 
budgets are revised budgets based on the Reasonable Further Progress 
(RFP) Plans, while the 2007 budgets are revised attainment year 
budgets. EPA is proposing to approve all of these budgets.
    Concurrent with this notice of proposed rulemaking, EPA is 
completing the adequacy review process on the revised 2005 attainment 
budgets for SJTPO and DVRPC and the revised 2007 attainment budgets for 
NJTPA. EPA began the 30-day comment period for these budgets on March 
14, 2003 by posting a notice on EPA's conformity Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ transp/conform/adequacy.htm. In accordance with the 
``Conformity Guidance on Implementation of March 2, 1999 Conformity 
Court Decision,'' \5\ EPA will issue its adequacy determination, 
including a response to comments, by posting it on the conformity Web 
site, and will also subsequently announce the determination in the 
Federal Register. The revised 2005 and 2007 attainment budgets will 
apply for conformity purposes once EPA issues its adequacy 
determination. It should be noted that EPA's adequacy determination 
will only be for the revised attainment year budgets, and not for the 
revised RFP budgets. This is consistent with EPA's approval of the 
previous MOBILE5 budgets (67 FR 5152), which limited the adequacy 
process to only the revised attainment year budgets. The revised 2005 
RFP budgets for NJTPA will not be available for use in conformity 
determinations until after EPA publishes a final rulemaking on the 
January 31, 2003 submittal.
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    \5\ Memorandum, ``Conformity Guidance on Implementation of March 
2, 1999 Conformity Court Decision,'' issued May 14, 1999. A copy of 
this memorandum can be found on EPA's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp/traqconf.htm.

                              Table 2.--New Jersey Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets
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                    Transportation planning area                         VOC        NOX        VOC       (tpd)
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North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA)..............     161.97     250.05     138.77     197.19
South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization (SJTPO)...........      22.12      36.36        \1\        \1\
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)................      42.99      63.44        \1\       \1\
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\1\ Not applicable, since the attainment year is 2005.

    Also included as part of the January 31, 2003 submittal, New Jersey 
is proposing to update the general conformity emissions budgets for the 
McGuire Air Force Base, previously approved by EPA in the February 4, 
2002 Federal Register (67 FR 5152). Due to McGuire Air Force Base's 
vital status in the national defense and need to accommodate additional 
aircraft in 2005, New Jersey is proposing a change to the 2005 
emissions budgets. The year 2005 NOX budget is being 
increased by 200 tons per year and the VOC budget is being decreased by 
208 tons per year. New Jersey is proposing this change consistent with 
EPA's policy on substitution of ozone precursor emission reductions. 
Based on the emission inventories, New Jersey has determined for the 
Trenton NAA that approximately 1 ton per year of NOX 
emissions equals 1.04 tons per year of VOC emissions, as the emissions 
relate to their potential to form ozone. Thus, increasing 
NOX and decreasing VOC by their equivalent amounts results 
in offsetting effects with respect to ozone formation. Table 3 below 
summarizes the revised general conformity budgets. EPA is proposing to 
approve the revised 2005 general conformity emissions budgets.

                      Table 3.--McGuire Air Force Base General Conformity Emissions Budgets
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                                                               VOC  tons/   NOX  tons/   VOC  tons/   NOX  tons/
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1990 Baseline...............................................        1,112        1,038        1,112        1,038
1996........................................................        1,186        1,107        1,186        1,107
1999........................................................        1,223        1,142        1,223        1,142
2002........................................................        1,405          875        1,405          875
2005\1\.....................................................        1,406          884        1,198       1,084
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\1\ 2005 budgets updated such that the increase in NOX is offset by a decrease in VOC, resulting in no expected
  net increase in ozone formation.

7. When Will New Jersey Submit Its Mid-Course Review?

    On September 12, 2001, New Jersey submitted a mid-course review 
analysis which showed a continued downward trend in both the number of 
violations of the 1-hour ozone standard and the measured ozone 
concentrations. EPA found, however, that several more years of 
monitored data and implementation of the Regional NOX 
Program were needed before a true mid-course review of the attainment 
demonstration could be made. Therefore, on February 4, 2002 (67 FR 
5152), EPA approved New Jersey's further commitment to perform a mid-
course review and submit the results to EPA by December 31, 2003.
    Due to challenges by upwind states of EPA's Regional NOX 
Program, the benefit of these upwind NOX reductions will not 
be fully realized until late 2003. Therefore, EPA has allowed states to 
revise their mid-course commitments to provide for the review no later 
than December 31, 2004. In order to be consistent with surrounding 
states and to include the benefit of the Regional NOX 
Program in its mid-course review, New Jersey revised its commitment to

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perform a mid-course review to December 31, 2004. EPA proposes to 
approve this revised commitment.

8. Summary of Conclusions and Proposed Action

    This revision is being proposed under a procedure called parallel 
processing, whereby EPA proposes rulemaking action concurrently with 
the State's procedures for amending its regulations. If the proposed 
revision is substantially changed in areas other than those identified 
in this document, EPA will evaluate those changes and may publish 
another notice of proposed rulemaking. If no substantial changes are 
made other than those areas cited in this document, EPA will publish a 
final rulemaking on the revisions. The final rulemaking action by EPA 
will occur only after the SIP revision has been adopted by New Jersey 
and submitted formally to EPA for incorporation into the SIP.
    EPA is proposing to approve New Jersey's proposed SIP revision 
submitted on January 31, 2003. This submittal revises New Jersey's 
1996, 2005, and 2007 motor vehicle emission inventories and 2005 and 
2007 motor vehicle emissions budgets using MOBILE6, modifies the 
planned date to complete the State's mid-course review to December 31, 
2004, and updates the general conformity emissions budgets for McGuire 
Air Force Base. New Jersey has demonstrated that its revised 1-Hour 
Attainment Demonstration SIP for the Northern New Jersey NAA and the 
Trenton NAA continues to demonstrate attainment with the revised 
MOBILE6 inventories.

9. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this 
proposed action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and 
therefore is not subject to review by the Office of Management and 
Budget. For this reason, this action is also not subject to Executive 
Order 13211, ``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect 
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). This 
proposed action merely proposes to approve state law as meeting Federal 
requirements and imposes no additional requirements beyond those 
imposed by state law. Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that 
this proposed rule will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because this rule proposes to approve pre-
existing requirements under state law and does not impose any 
additional enforceable duty beyond that required by state law, it does 
not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or uniquely affect 
small governments, as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 
1995 (Public Law 104-4).
    This proposed rule also does not have tribal implications because 
it will not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian 
tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian 
tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between 
the Federal Government and Indian tribes, as specified by Executive 
Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This action also does not 
have Federalism implications because it does not have substantial 
direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national 
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified 
in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999). This action 
merely proposes to approve a state rule implementing a Federal 
standard, and does not alter the relationship or the distribution of 
power and responsibilities established in the Clean Air Act. This 
proposed rule also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 ``Protection 
of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997), because it is not economically significant.
    In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state 
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In 
this context, in the absence of a prior existing requirement for the 
State to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority 
to disapprove a SIP submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be 
inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP 
submission, to use VCS in place of a SIP submission that otherwise 
satisfies the provisions of the Clean Air Act. Thus, the requirements 
of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. This proposed rule does 
not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hydrocarbons, 
Intergovernmental relations, Oxides of Nitrogen, Ozone, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: April 22, 2003.
Jane M. Kenny,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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