[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 4, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 58498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16377]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 51, 52, and 80

[OAR 2003-0079; FRL-8227-6]
RIN 2060-AJ99


Final Rule To Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air 
Quality Standard--Phase 2; Final Rule To Implement Certain Aspects of 
the 1990 Amendments Relating to New Source Review and Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration as They Apply in Carbon Monoxide, Particulate 
Matter and Ozone NAAQS; Final Rule for Reformulated Gasoline; 
Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The EPA issued a final rule on November 29, 2005, which took 
action on elements of the program to implement the 8-hour ozone 
national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or standard)--Phase 2. The 
preamble contains a discussion of the Clean Air Act's (CAA's) 
reasonable further progress (RFP) requirements, and this document 
clarifies the correct citation in the CAA that should have been 
referenced. Finally, this document is modifying several incorrect 
citations in Appendix A of the preamble which addresses calculation of 
RFP targets. This action is needed so States will have the correct 
version of the Phase 2 rule. The intended effect is to correct the 
errors in the Phase 2 rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This document is effective on October 4, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Denise Gerth, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mail Code C539-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, phone number (919) 
541-5550, fax number (919) 541-0824 or by e-mail at 
[email protected]. or Mr. John Silvasi, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 
C539-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, phone number (919) 541-5666, 
fax number (919) 541-0824 or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA issued the Phase 2 Rule to Implement 
the 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS on November 29, 2005 (70 FR 71612). The purpose 
of this document is to correct four technical errors in the final rule.
    Section E.1.b. of the preamble (70 FR 71633; first column) provides 
information on the RFP requirements for areas classified under subpart 
2 as serious and above that had met the 15-percent VOC emission 
reduction requirement for the 1-hour standard. The preamble stated that 
such areas would be subject to the RFP requirements of section 172(e) 
of the CAA. The reference to section 172(e) was inaccurate so we are 
issuing this correction notice to clarify that such areas would be 
subject to the RFP requirements of section 172(c) of the CAA. The 
regulatory text promulgated at 40 CFR 51.910(a)(1)(ii)(A) (70 FR 71700) 
correctly references section 172(c)(2).
    The final set of corrections are being made to language in Method 
2, Method 3 and Method 4 of Appendix A (70 FR 71696-71697) which 
addresses calculation of RFP targets.
    The reference in Method 2 to areas covered under 40 CFR 
51.910(a)(1)(ii)(C) is incorrect and the correct citation is 40 CFR 
51.910(a)(1)(ii)(B). The following is the corrected language:

    ``For areas covered under 40 CFR 51.910(a)(1)(ii)(B) and that 
meet an 18-percent VOC emission reduction requirement by 2008 with 
NOX substitution allowed, following EPA's NOX 
Substitution Guidance:''.

    The references in Method 3 in paragraphs E and F (71697, column 1) 
to Steps C, D and E are incorrect. The following is the corrected 
language:

    (E) The target level of VOC and NOX emissions in 2011 
needed to meet the 2011 ROP requirement is any combination of VOC 
and NOX reductions from the adjusted inventories 
calculated in Step D that total nine percent. For example, the 
target level of VOC emissions in 2011 could be a four-percent 
reduction from the adjusted VOC inventory in Step D and a five-
percent reduction from the adjusted NOX inventory in Step 
D * * * [Emphasis Added].
    (F) For subsequent * * *. This value is subtracted from the 2011 
target level of NOX emissions calculated in Step E to get 
the adjusted NOX inventory to be used as the basis for 
calculating the target level of NOX emissions in 2014. 
[Emphasis Added].

    The reference Method 4 in paragraph D (71697, second column) to 
Step E is incorrect. The following is the corrected language:

    (D) The target level of VOC and NOX emissions in 2011 
needed to meet the 2011 ROP requirement is any combination of VOC 
and NOX reductions from the adjusted inventories 
calculated in Step C that total nine percent * * * [Emphasis Added].

    In addition, for all of Appendix A, the term ``ROP'' should read 
``RFP.'' This is consistent with the definition of RFP in the Phase 1 
rule (69 FR 23974, footnote 32).

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 51

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 
Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Particulate matter, Transportation, 
Volatile organic compounds.

40 CFR Part 52

    Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, Intergovernmental 
relations, Ozone, Particulate matter.

40 CFR Part 80

    Fuel additives, Gasoline, Motor vehicle pollution, Ozone.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7408; 47 U.S.C. 7410; 42 U.S.C. 7501-7511; 
42 U.S.C. 7601(a)(1); 42 U.S.C. 7401.

    Dated: September 28, 2006.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
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