Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Delaware; MOBILE6-based Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for the Delaware
Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area
[Federal Register: December 5, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 234)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67993-67995]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[DE072 1042b; FRL-7593-4]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Delaware; MOBILE6-based Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for the Delaware
Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve a revision to the Delaware State
Implementation Plan (SIP). Specifically, EPA is proposing approving
amendments to the 2005 highway (on road) motor vehicle emission
inventory for the Delaware portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-
Trenton area's (the Philadelphia area) 1-hour ozone attainment plan as
a revision to the Delaware SIP. This revision also serves to amend the
2005 motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) used for determining
transportation conformity under the Clean Air Act. The revised MVEBs
were developed using MOBILE6, the most recent version of EPA's mobile
source emission factor model. Revision of the MVEBs was a requirement
of EPA's prior approval of Delaware's 1-hour ozone attainment
demonstration plan for the Philadelphia severe ozone nonattainment
area. In the final rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is
approving Delaware's SIP submittal as a direct final rule without prior
proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal
and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments
are received in response to this action, no further activity is
contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule
will be withdrawn and public comments received will be addressed in a
subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not
institute a second comment period. Any parties interested in commenting
on this action should do so at this time.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing by January 5, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted either by mail or electronically.
Written comments should be mailed to Robert Kramer, Chief, Energy,
Radiation and Indoor Environment Branch, Mailcode 3AP23,
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Electronic comments should be sent
either to kramer.robert@epa.gov or to http://www.regulations.gov,
which is an alternative method for submitting electronic
comments to EPA. To submit comments, please follow the detailed
instructions described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. Copies
of the documents relevant to this action are available for public
inspection during normal business hours at the Air Protection Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103; and at the Delaware Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental Control, 156 South State Street,
Dover, Delaware 19901.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Budney, (215) 814-2184, or by
e-mail at budney.larry@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the
information provided in the direct final action, with the same title,
that is located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this
Federal Register publication. You may submit comments either
electronically or by mail. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify
the appropriate rulemaking identification number DE072-1042 in the
subject line on the first page of your comment. Please ensure that your
comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments
received after the close of the comment period will be marked ``late.''
EPA is not required to consider these late comments.
1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as
prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing
address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body
of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside
of any disk or CD ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying
the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further
information on the substance of your comment. EPA's policy is that EPA
will not edit your comment, and any identifying or contact information
provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the
comment that is placed in the official public docket. 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.
i. E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to
kramer.robert@epa.gov, attention DE072-1042. EPA's e-mail system is not
an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an e-mail comment directly
without going through Regulations.gov, EPA's e-mail system
automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail addresses that are
automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are included as part of
the comment that is placed in the official public docket.
ii. Regulations.gov. Your use of Regulation.gov is an alternative
method of submitting electronic comments to EPA. Go directly to
http://www.regulations.gov, then select ``Environmental
Protection Agency'' at the top of the page and use the ``go'' button. The
list of current EPA actions available for comment will be listed. Please
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. The system is an
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity,
e-mail address, or other contact information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment.
iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit comments on a disk or CD ROM
that you mail to the mailing address identified in the ADDRESSES
section of this document. These electronic submissions will be accepted
in WordPerfect, Word or ASCII file format. Avoid the use of special
characters and any form of encryption.
2. By Mail. Written comments should be addressed to the EPA
Regional office listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
For public commenters, it is important to note that EPA's policy is
that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public viewing at the EPA Regional Office,
as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in the official public rulemaking file. The entire printed
comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available at the
Regional Office for public inspection.
Submittal of CBI Comments
Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI
electronically to EPA. You may claim information that you submit to EPA
as CBI by marking any part or all of that information as CBI (if you
submit CBI on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the
specific information that is CBI). Information so marked will not be
disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part
2. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes any
information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain
the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the
official public regional rulemaking file. If you submit the copy that
does not contain CBI on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside of the disk or
CD ROM clearly that it does not contain CBI. Information not marked as
CBI will be included in the public file and available for public
inspection without prior notice. If you have any questions about CBI or
the procedures for claiming CBI, please consult the person identified
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Considerations When Preparing Comments to EPA
You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as possible.
2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
3. Provide any technical information and/or data you used that
support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you
arrived at your estimate.
5. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns.
6. Offer alternatives.
7. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline
identified.
8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate
regional file/rulemaking identification number in the subject line on
the first page of your response. It would also be helpful if you
provided the name, date, and Federal Register citation related to your
comments.
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.
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Dated: November 20, 2003.
Thomas Voltaggio,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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