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the Federal Register on July 2, 2014 (79 

FR 37644). In the direct final rule, EPA 

stated that if adverse comments were 

received by August 1, 2014, the direct 

final rule would be withdrawn and not 

take effect. EPA received adverse 

comments on that direct final rule. EPA 

will address those comments in any 

subsequent final action, based upon the 

proposed rulemaking action, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 2, 2014 (79 FR 37704). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 13 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Claims, Debt collection, Government 

employees, Garnishment of wages, 

Hearing and appeal procedures, 

Salaries, Wages. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 5512, and 5514; 

31 U.S.C. 3701; 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq. and 

3720A; 31 U.S.C. 3720D; 31 CFR 285.11; 31 

CFR parts 900–904. 

Dated: July 10, 2014. 

Jeanne Conklin, 

Acting Director Office of Financial 

Management. 

PART 13—CLAIMS COLLECTION 

STANDARDS 

Accordingly, the amendment to 

subpart I published in the Federal 

Register on July 2, 2014 (79 FR 37644) 

on page 37646 is withdrawn effective 

July 17, 2014. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R10–OAR–2014–0388 FRL–9913–84– 

Region 10] 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Implementation Plans; Idaho: Portneuf 

Valley PM10 Maintenance Plan 

Amendment to the Motor Vehicle 

Emissions Budgets 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to approve a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Idaho (Idaho 

or the State) on April 21, 2014, to 

amend the Portneuf Valley maintenance 

plan for particulate matter with an 

aerodynamic diameter less than or equal 

to a nominal 10 micrometers (PM10). 

The SIP revision updates the on-road 

motor vehicle emissions inventory and 

motor vehicle emissions budgets 

(MVEBs) using the EPA’s Motor Vehicle 

Emissions Simulator (MOVES2010b) 

and the most recent road dust emission 

factors. This rulemaking action 

approves the SIP revision and thereby 

makes the MVEBs available for 

transportation conformity purposes. The 

EPA is approving this SIP revision 

because it is consistent with the Clean 

Cir Act (CAA). 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

September 15, 2014, without further 

notice, unless the EPA receives adverse 

comment by August 18, 2014. If the EPA 

receives adverse comment, we will 

publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

OAR–2014–0388, by any of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: pepple.karl@epa.gov. 

• Mail: Karl Pepple, U.S. EPA Region 

10, Office of Air, Waste and Toxics 

(AWT–107), 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 

900, Seattle, WA 98101. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: U.S. EPA 

Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 

900, Seattle, WA 98101. Attention: Karl 

Pepple, Office of Air, Waste and Toxics, 

AWT–107. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R10–OAR–2014– 

0388. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means the EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, the EPA recommends that 

you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If the EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

the EPA may not be able to consider 

your comment. Electronic files should 

avoid the use of special characters, any 

form of encryption, and be free of any 

defects or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy 

during normal business hours at the 

Office of Air, Waste and Toxics, U.S. 

EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 

Seattle, WA 98101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl 

Pepple at telephone number: (206) 553– 

1778, email address: pepple.karl@

epa.gov, or the above EPA, Region 10 

address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

the EPA. 

I. Background for This Action 

In 2004, Idaho requested that the EPA 

redesignate the Portneuf Valley area 

from nonattainment to attainment for 

PM10 and submitted a maintenance plan 

(2004 maintenance plan) that 

demonstrated attainment of the PM10

NAAQS through 2020. The EPA 

approved Idaho’s submittal on July 13, 

2006 (71 FR 39574). The 2004 

maintenance plan included an on-road 

motor vehicle emissions inventory and 

MVEBs for PM10, volatile organic 

compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides 

(NOX). 

The MVEBs serve as a ceiling on 

emissions from an area’s planned 

transportation system. Under section 

176(c) of the CAA, transportation plans 

and projects must ‘‘conform’’ to (i.e., be 

consistent with) the SIP before they can 

be adopted or approved. Conformity to 

the SIP means that transportation 

activities will not cause new air quality 

violations, worsen existing air quality 

violations, or delay timely attainment of 

the NAAQS or delay an interim 

milestone. The MVEB is the mechanism 


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1For information on paved road dust emission 

factors, see AP–42, chapter 13, section 2.1, http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/index.html#toc. 

2 Idaho added a 3.1% safety margin to the on-road 

emissions estimates for the 2011 MVEB and a 

31.5% safety margin for the 2020 MVEB. 

the EPA has identified for carrying out 

the demonstration of consistency with 

the SIP. For more information about 

MVEBs see the preamble to the 

November 24, 1993, transportation 

conformity rule (58 FR 62188). 

In the 2004 maintenance plan, the onroad motor vehicle emissions inventory 

and MVEBs were developed using the 

EPA’s motor vehicle emission factor 

model, MOBILE6, and paved road dust 

emissions factors calculated with the 

1995 version of the EPA’s AP–42, 

Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission 

Factors (AP–42).1 Throughout this 

document, we refer to the on-road 

vehicle emissions inventory and MVEBs 

in the 2004 maintenance plan as the 

‘‘existing’’ on-road vehicle emissions 

inventory and MVEBs. 

On March 2, 2010 (75 FR 9411), the 

EPA published a notice of availability of 

the MOVES2010 model for use in 

developing MVEBs for SIPs and for 

conducting transportation conformity 

analyses. The MOVES2010 model is the 

EPA’s state of the art tool for estimating 

highway emissions. The EPA 

subsequently released two minor model 

revisions: MOVES2010a in September 

2010, and MOVES2010b in April 2012. 

On February 4, 2011 (76 FR 6328), the 

EPA announced an update to the AP–42 

method for estimating paved road dust 

emissions (2011 AP–42). MOVES2010 

and the 2011 AP–42 paved road dust 

emissions factors are required to be used 

in new regional emissions analyses for 

transportation conformity 

determinations in the Portneuf Valley 

PM10 maintenance area. Idaho and the 

Bannock Transportation Planning 

Organization examined how the new 

methods would affect future 

transportation conformity 

determinations. Idaho opted to submit a 

SIP revision to update the existing 

MVEBs with MOVES2010b, the 2011 

AP–42 paved road dust emission 

factors, and the latest planning 

assumptions. The EPA received Idaho’s 

SIP revision on April 21, 2014. 

II. The EPA’s Evaluation of Idaho’s SIP 

Revision 

Idaho’s SIP revision changed only the 

on-road motor vehicle emissions in the 

2004 maintenance plan. The SIP 

revision updated the on-road vehicle 

emissions inventory and the MVEBs 

using MOVES2010b and the 2011 AP– 

42 paved road dust emissions factors 

and used the latest planning 

assumptions. Idaho explained that the 

point and area source emissions in the 

2004 maintenance plan remained 

unchanged. The growth assumptions 

remained valid as did the control 

strategy assumptions for categories other 

than on-road vehicles. However, Idaho 

documented major changes in sand 

usage for wintertime antiskid treatments 

since the analysis used in the 2004 

maintenance plan and this change 

resulted in a significant reduction in 

paved road dust emissions estimates as 

calculated using the 2011 AP–42 paved 

road dust method. As a result of the 

updated modeling and planning 

assumptions, the on-road emissions 

inventory has lower estimates for direct 

PM10 emissions and higher estimates for 

NOX and VOC emissions than the 

existing on-road emissions inventory 

did. The EPA notes that the increases in 

emissions estimates for NOX and VOC 

are not due to increases in emissions 

from on-road motor vehicles, but rather 

because MOVES2010 provides more 

accurate emissions estimates than the 

MOBILE6 model did. 

To assess the maximum effect of the 

updated modeling and planning 

assumptions on net PM10 emissions in 

the airshed, Idaho used a 100% 

conversion rate for NOX to ammonium 

nitrate to compare the updated on-road 

emissions inventory to the existing 

MVEBs. Based on this analysis, the net 

PM10 calculated emissions were lower 

in the updated on-road emissions 

inventory than in the existing MVEBs. 

Although the results of the analysis 

showed greater PM10 emissions in the 

updated on-road emissions inventory 

from secondary particle formation than 

in the existing MVEBs, it showed lower 

PM10 emissions from directly emitted 

PM10. Thus, Idaho concluded that the 

reductions in paved road dust emissions 

estimates were greater than the 

increases that occurred from the 

MOBILE6 to MOVES2010b modeling 

changes. 

As provided for in the transportation 

conformity rule (40 CFR 93.124(a)), 

Idaho developed updated MVEBs by 

adding a safety margin to the updated 

on-road emissions inventory estimates. 

The safety margin was calculated from 

the difference in emissions between the 

updated on-road emissions inventory 

and the existing MVEBs.2 Idaho 

demonstrated that the net PM10

calculated emissions in the updated and 

existing MVEBs were equivalent. The 

updated MVEBs for the years 2011 and 

2020 are shown in the table below. 

UPDATED MVEBS FOR THE PORTNEUF

VALLEY PM10 AREA

[Tons per year] 

Year PM10 NOX VOC 

2011 .................. 415 1,364 903 

2020 .................. 498 856 651 

The EPA evaluated the updated onroad vehicle emission inventory and the 

MVEBs in Idaho’s SIP revision and 

concluded that the SIP continues to 

demonstrate its purpose of maintaining 

the PM10 NAAQS through the year 2020 

because the total PM10 emissions from 

on-road vehicles in the SIP revision are 

equivalent to the total PM10 emissions 

from on-road vehicles in the 2004 

maintenance plan. 

III. Final Action 

The EPA is taking direct final action 

to approve the SIP revision submitted 

on April 21, 2014, by the State of Idaho 

to the Portneuf Valley PM10

Maintenance Plan. The SIP revision 

includes MVEBs that were developed 

with the MOVES2010b model the 2011 

AP–42 paved road dust emission 

factors. Upon the effective date of our 

approval, the MOBILE6-based budgets 

in the existing SIP will no longer be 

applicable for transportation conformity 

purposes. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely approves state law as meeting 

Federal requirements and does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. For that 

reason, this action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 


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in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• does not provide the EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this rule does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because it will not 

impose substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law. 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801, et seq., as added by the 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. The EPA will 

submit a report containing this action 

and other required information to the 

U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to 

publication of the rule in the Federal 

Register. A major rule cannot take effect 

until 60 days after it is published in the 

Federal Register. This action is not a 

‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 

804(2). 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by September 15, 2014. Filing a 

petition for reconsideration by the 

Administrator of this final rule does not 

affect the finality of this action for the 

purposes of judicial review nor does it 

extend the time within which a petition 

for judicial review may be filed, and 

shall not postpone the effectiveness of 

such rule or action. Parties with 

objections to this direct final rule are 

encouraged to file a comment in 

response to the parallel notice of 

proposed rulemaking for this action 

published in the proposed rules section 

of today’s Federal Register, rather than 

file an immediate petition for judicial 

review of this direct final rule, so that 

the EPA can withdraw this direct final 

rule and address the comment in the 

proposed rulemaking. This action may 

not be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. (See CAA 

section 307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Nitrogen dioxides, Particulate 

Matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, and Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: July 2, 2014. 

Dennis J. McLerran, 

Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, title 40, chapter I of the Code 

of Federal Regulations is amended as 

follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart N—Idaho 

■ 2. Section 52.670 is amended in 

paragraph (e) by adding two entries to 

the end of the table to read as follows: 

§ 52.670 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED IDAHO NONREGULATORY PROVISIONS AND QUASI-REGULATORY MEASURES

Name of SIP 

provision 

Applicable 

geographic or 

nonattainment area 

State submittal 

date EPA approval date Comments 

*******

Portneuf Valley PM10 Nonattainment Area Plan 

and Maintenance Plan ................................................

Portneuf Valley .................. 7/13/06 71 FR 39574 .....................

Portneuf Valley PM10 Maintenance Plan—Revision ...... Portneuf Valley .................. 04/21/14 07/17/14 [Insert page number where the document 

begins].

■ 3. Section 52.672 is amended by 

adding paragraph (e)(2) to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.672 Approval of plans. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(2) The EPA approves as a revision to 

the Idaho State Implementation Plan, 

the Portneuf Valley PM10 Maintenance 

Plan Amendment submitted by the State 

on April 21, 2011, revising the Portneuf 

Valley PM10 Nonattainment Area Plan 

and Maintenance Plan that was 

approved at 71 FR 39574 (July 13, 2006). 

* * * * * 

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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION 

SAFETY BOARD 

49 CFR Part 821 

[Docket No. NTSB–GC–2011–0001] 

RIN 3147–AA00 

Rules of Practice in Air Safety 

Proceedings; Correction 

AGENCY: National Transportation Safety 

Board (NTSB or Board). 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: The NTSB is correcting a final 

rule published October 16, 2012, which 


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