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Adequacy Status of the Vancouver, WA, Carbon Monoxide, Second 10- year Limited Maintenance Plan (2006-2016) 

[Federal Register: November 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 222)]
[Notices]
[Page 65019]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Docket #: EPA-R10-OAR-2007-0112; FRL-8497-2]

Adequacy Status of the Vancouver, WA, Carbon Monoxide, Second 10-
year Limited Maintenance Plan (2006-2016)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found
the Vancouver, Washington, carbon monoxide, second 10-year limited
maintenance plan (2006-2016) adequate for transportation conformity
purposes. On March 2, 1999, the DC Circuit Court ruled that submitted
State Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be used for conformity
determinations until EPA has found them adequate. As a result of this
adequacy finding, the area automatically meets the budget test for
future transportation conformity. This affects future transportation
conformity determinations prepared, reviewed and approved by the
Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council, Washington State
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration and the
Federal Transit Administration.

DATES: This finding is effective December 4, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The finding is available at EPA's
conformity Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/, (once
there, click on the ``Transportation Conformity'' button, then look for
``Adequacy Review of SIP Submissions''). You may also contact Wayne
Elson, U.S. EPA, Region 10, Office of Air, Waste, and Toxics (AWT-107),
1200 Sixth Ave, Suite 900, Seattle WA 98101; (206) 553-1463 or
elson.wayne@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Today's notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have
already made. EPA Region 10 sent a letter to the Washington Department
of Ecology November 7, 2007, stating that the SIP is adequate for
transportation conformity purposes.
    Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act. EPA's conformity rule requires that transportation
plans, programs, and projects conform to SIPs. Conformity to a SIP
means that transportation activities will not produce new air quality
violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely attainment of
the national ambient air quality standards.
    The criteria by which we determine whether a SIP is adequate for
conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please note
that an adequacy review is separate from EPA's completeness review and
it also should not be used to prejudge our ultimate approval of the
SIP. Even if we find a SIP adequate for conformity, the SIP could later
be disapproved.
    We have described our process for determining the adequacy in SIPs
in guidance dated May 14, 1999. This guidance is reflected in the
amended transportation conformity rule, July 1, 2004 (69 FR 40004). We
followed this process in making our adequacy determination.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

    Dated: November 8, 2007.
Ronald A. Kreizenbeck,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. E7-22589 Filed 11-16-07; 8:45 am]
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