[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10897-10898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4387]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9271-7]


Status of Motor Vehicle Budgets in Submitted State Implementation 
Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes; Maricopa County (Phoenix) 
PM-10 Nonattainment Area, Arizona Notice of Withdrawal of Adequacy of 
Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal of adequacy; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects a notice published in the Federal 
Register on February 9, 2011 (76 FR 7204) announcing that EPA has 
withdrawn its May 30, 2008 adequacy finding of the 2010 particulate 
matter of ten microns or less (PM-10) motor vehicle emission budget 
(MVEB) for the Maricopa County (Phoenix) Nonattainment Area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Nudd, U.S. EPA Region 9, 415-
947-4107, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 31, 2011, EPA withdrew its May 
30, 2008 adequacy finding of the 2010 particulate matter of ten microns 
or less (PM-10) motor vehicle emission budget (MVEB) for the Maricopa 
County (Phoenix) Nonattainment Area, and on February 9, 2011, EPA 
announced the withdrawal of the MVEB in the Federal Register at 76 FR-
7204. EPA's February 9, 2011 notice contained a number of incorrect 
dates. EPA is making the corrections to the February 9, 2011 notice in 
today's document to avoid confusion regarding the date of the letters 
from EPA to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and 
the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) withdrawing the adequacy 
finding and the effective date of the withdrawal of the adequacy 
finding, which is one and the same, January 31, 2011.
    Today, EPA is making the following corrections to the February 9, 
2011 notice:
    1. The section DATES is corrected to read as follows: ``EPA's 
withdrawal of the May 30, 2008 adequacy finding was made in letters 
dated January 31, 2011 from EPA Region 9 to ADEQ and MAG. This 
withdrawal of the May 30, 2008 adequacy finding was effective on 
January 31, 2011.''
    2. Under the section SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, the final paragraph 
under subsection ``I. Background'' is corrected to read as follows: 
``EPA has withdrawn its May 30, 2008 adequacy finding without prior 
notice and comment because adequacy findings are not considered 
rulemakings subject to the procedural requirements of the 
Administrative Procedures Act. In addition, EPA does not believe notice 
through EPA's conformity Web site is necessary in advance because the 
withdrawn SIP is no longer pending before EPA for consideration. 
Consequently, further public comment would be unnecessary and not in 
the public interest. By sending the January 31, 2011 letters, EPA has 
also withdrawn all statements and comments previously made regarding 
its May 30, 2008 adequacy finding of the MVEBs budgets for 
transportation conformity purposes.''
    3. Under the section SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, the paragraph under 
subsection ``II. Notice of Withdrawal of MVEB Adequacy Determination'' 
is corrected to read as follows: ``This is an announcement of EPA's 
withdrawal of its May 30, 2008 adequacy finding. EPA withdrew this 
adequacy finding in letters dated January 31, 2011 from Deborah Jordan, 
Director, Air Division, EPA Region 9 to Eric C. Massey, Director, Air 
Quality Division, ADEQ and Dennis Smith, Executive Director, MAG. The 
effective date of this withdrawal is January 31, 2011 based on EPA's 
transportation conformity regulation at 40 CFR 93.118(f)(1)(vi). This 
announcement will also be made on EPA's Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/index.htm (once there, click on the 
`Adequacy Review of SIP Submissions' button and proceed to the Region 9 
page for SIP submissions that have already been found adequate or 
inadequate).''


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    Dated: February 15, 2011.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2011-4387 Filed 2-25-11; 8:45 am]
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