Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 145 / Tuesday, July 29, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 43943 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2014–0119; FRL–9912–19– 

Region–5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; 

Latham Pool Adjusted Standard 

Correction 

In rule document 2014–16290 

appearing on pages 40673 through 

40675 in the issue of Monday, July 14, 

2014, make the following correction: 

1. On page 40673, in the second 

column, in the ‘‘DATES’’ section, the 

effective date listed on line two ‘‘August 

13, 2014’’ should read ‘‘September 12, 

2014’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2014–16290 Filed 7–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–05–D 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2013–0072; FRL–9913–62– 

OAR] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; Section 110(a)(2) 

Infrastructure Requirements for the 

2008 Lead National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards 

Correction 

In rule document 2014–16556 

appearing on pages 41437 through 

41438 in the issue of Wednesday, July 

16, 2014 the subject line is corrected to 

appear as set forth above. 

[FR Doc. C1–2014–16556 Filed 7–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R02–OAR–2014–0238; FRL–9913–73- 

Region–2] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; New 

York State; Transportation Conformity 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to approve a revision to the New 

York State Implementation Plan (SIP). 

The revision establishes transportation 

conformity regulations for the State of 

New York. EPA is approving this 

revision in accordance with the 

requirements of the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

September 29, 2014 without further 

notice, unless EPA receives adverse 

written comment by August 28, 2014. If 

EPA receives such comments, it will 

publish a timely withdrawal of the 

direct final rule in the Federal Register 

and inform the public that the rule will 

not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R02–OAR–2014–0238 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Email: Ruvo.Richard@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0238, 

Richard Ruvo, Air Programs Branch, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 

10007. 

D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region II address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R02–OAR–2014– 

0238. 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 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 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, 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 EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

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 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., 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 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours at the Clean Air and 

Sustainability Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 

10007. Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the New York State 

Department of the Environmental 

Conservation, Division of Air Resources, 

625 Broadway, Albany, New York 

12233. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melanie Zeman, (212) 637–4022, or by 

email at zeman.melanie@epa.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

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

EPA. 

I. What Is Transportation Conformity? 

Transportation conformity is required 

under section 176(c) of the Clean Air 

Act to ensure that Federally supported 

highway, transit projects, and other 

activities are consistent with (conform 

to) the purpose of the SIP. Conformity 

currently applies to areas that are 

designated nonattainment, and those 

redesignated to attainment after 1990 

(maintenance areas), with plans 

developed under section 175A of the 

Clean Air Act for the following 

transportation related criteria 

pollutants: Ozone, particulate matter 

(PM2.5 and PM10), carbon monoxide 

(CO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). 

Conformity for purposes of the SIP 

means that transportation activities will 

not cause new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the relevant 

national ambient air quality standards 

(NAAQS). The transportation 

conformity regulation is found in 40 

CFR part 93 (‘‘Federal conformity rule’’) 

and provisions related to conformity 

SIPs are found in 40 CFR 51.390. 


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