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1For the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS, the plan to 

demonstrate reasonable further progress is known 

as the RFP plan; whereas the plan to demonstrate 

reasonable further progress for the 1-hour ozone 

NAAQS is known as the Rate-of-Progress (ROP) 

plan. 

2 Georgia previously submitted an ROP plan (also 

referred to as the 15 Percent VOC Plan) for the 

portion of the Atlanta Area that was previously 

designated nonattainment for the former 1-hour 

ozone NAAQS. EPA approved Georgia’s ROP plan 

for the 1-hour ozone NAAQS for the Atlanta Area 

on April 26, 1999. See 64 FR 20196. 

3The 13-County portion is comprised of the 

counties designated nonattainment in the 1-hour 

ozone nonattainment area: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, 

Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, 

Gwinnett, Henry, Paulding, and Rockdale. See 56 

FR 56694, November 6, 1991. 

4Seven additional ‘‘ring’’ counties were added to 

the original 1-hour ozone nonattainment area for 

the 8-hour ozone nonattainment designations. 

These additional counties are: Barrow, Bartow, 

Carroll, Hall, Newton, Spalding, and Walton. See 69 

FR 23857, April 30, 2004. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2013–0147; FRL–9902–19- 

Region 4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Atlanta, Georgia 

1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment 

Area; Reasonable Further Progress 

Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action to 

approve a state implementation plan 

(SIP) revision, submitted by the State of 

Georgia, through the Georgia 

Environmental Protection Division (GA 

EPD), on October 21, 2009, to address 

the reasonable further progress (RFP) 

plan requirements for the Atlanta, 

Georgia 1997 8-hour ozone national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) 

nonattainment area (hereafter referred to 

as the ‘‘Atlanta Area’’ or ‘‘the Area’’). 

The Atlanta Area is comprised of 

Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, 

Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dekalb, Douglas, 

Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, 

Henry, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, 

Spalding and Walton Counties in 

Georgia. EPA is also finding adequate 

the motor vehicle emissions budgets 

(MVEB) for volatile organic compounds 

(VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) that 

were included in Georgia’s RFP plan. 

Further, EPA is approving these MVEB. 

EPA is also responding to comments 

received on the Agency’s May 29, 2013, 

direct final rulemaking to approve the 

RFP plan requirements for the Atlanta 

Area. 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

December 4, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2013–0147. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., Confidential Business 

Information 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 through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA 

requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sara Waterson of the Regulatory 

Development Section, in the Air 

Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The 

telephone number is (404) 562–9061. 

Ms. Sara Waterson can be reached via 

electronic mail at waterson.sara@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. This Action 

II. Background 

III. Response to Comments 

IV. Final Action 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. This Action 

EPA is taking final action to approve 

Georgia’s October 21, 2009, SIP revision 

to meet RFP plan 1 requirements of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) for the 

Atlanta Area.2 The RFP plan 

demonstrates that, during the period of 

2002 through 2008, NOX emissions will 

be reduced by at least 15 percent for the 

13-County portion 3 of the Atlanta Area 

(hereafter referred to as the ‘‘13-County 

Area’’) and VOC emissions will be 

reduced by at least 15 percent for the 

seven-county portion 4 of the Atlanta 

Area (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘7- 

County Area’’). As part of the RFP, EPA 

is approving the 2008 VOC MVEB and 

the 2008 NOX MVEB, which were 

included in the October 21, 2009, RFP 

plan for the Atlanta Area. EPA is taking 

this action because it is consistent with 

CAA requirements for RFP. The MVEB 

for the Atlanta Area, expressed in tons 

per day (tpd), are provided in Table 1 

below. Through this action, EPA is also 

finding adequate the MVEBs for 

transportation conformity purposes for 

the 1997 8-hour standard. 

TABLE 1—MVEB FOR THE 1997 

8-HOUR OZONE ATLANTA AREA

VOC NOX

2008 20-County MVEB (tpd) 

Total .......... 171.83 272.67 

For more detailed information on the 

RFP plan, please see the direct final 

rulemaking published on May 29, 2013, 

at 78 FR 32135. 

II. Background 

A. General Background 

The Atlanta Area was designated 

nonattainment for the 1997 8-hour 

ozone NAAQS on April 30, 2004 

(effective June 15, 2004), using 2001– 

2003 ambient air quality data. See 69 FR 

23857, April 30, 2004 (codified at 40 

CFR 81.311). The Atlanta Area is 

comprised of the 13 counties of the 

former 1-hour ozone nonattainment area 

plus seven additional ‘‘ring’’ counties. 

On June 23, 2011, EPA determined that 

the Atlanta Area attained the 1997 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS. See 76 FR 36873. 

As a result of the determination of 

attainment, the requirements for the 

Area to submit an attainment 

demonstration and associated 

reasonable available control measures 

(RACM), RFP plan, contingency 

measures, and other planning SIP 

revisions related to attainment of the 

1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS were 

suspended. Despite the determination of 

attainment, Georgia opted to leave its 

previously submitted SIP submission 

related to the RFP requirements for the 

1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS before EPA 

for action. Georgia submitted its RFP 

plan, as well as two additional SIP 

revisions under a separate cover letter, 

on October 21, 2009, related to 

attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS in the Atlanta Area. Today’s 

rulemaking is approving only the RFP 

plan submittal, including the associated 

MVEB. On May 29, 2013 (78 FR 32135), 

EPA published a direct final rule 

approving Georgia’s October 21, 2009, 

SIP submission addressing the RFP plan 

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5RFP regulations are at 40 CFR 51.910. 

6Pursuant to CAA section 172(c)(9), RFP plans 

must include contingency measures that will take 

effect without further action by the State or EPA, 

which includes additional controls that would be 

implemented if the Area fails to reach the RFP 

milestones. While the CAA does not specify the 

type of measures or quantity of emissions 

reductions required, EPA provided guidance 

interpreting the CAA that implementation of these 

contingency measures would provide additional 

emissions reductions of up to 3 percent of the 

adjusted base year inventory in the year following 

the RFP milestone year (i.e., in this case 2008). For 

more information on contingency measures please 

see the April 16, 1992, General Preamble (57 FR 

13498, 13510) and the November 29, 2005, Phase 

2 8-hour ozone standard implementation rule (70 

FR 71612, 71650). Finally, RFP plans must also 

include a MVEB for the precursors for which the 

plan is developed. 

MVEB, for the Atlanta Area. EPA 

published an accompanying proposed 

approval in the event that comments 

were received such that the direct final 

rule needed to be withdrawn. 

Specifically, in the direct final rule, EPA 

stated that if adverse comments were 

received by June 28, 2013, the rule 

would be withdrawn and not take effect, 

but that the proposed rule would still 

remain in effect and that an additional 

public comment period would not be 

instituted if EPA could sufficiently 

address any comments received on the 

direct final rulemaking. On June 28, 

2013, EPA received comments from a 

single commenter and, therefore, EPA 

withdrew the direct final rule. EPA is 

now taking action to approve Georgia’s 

October 21, 2009, SIP revision as it 

relates to the RFP plan requirements for 

the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 

B. Background for Rate-of-Progress 

(ROP) Requirements for the 1-Hour 

Ozone NAAQS 

Because Atlanta was classified as a 

‘‘serious’’ nonattainment area under the 

1-hour ozone NAAQS, Georgia was 

required to develop a SIP to reduce 

emissions of VOC in the 13-County 

Atlanta 1-hour ozone nonattainment 

area by 15 percent from 1990 to 1996. 

This plan, also known as Georgia’s ROP 

plan SIP or the 15 Percent VOC Plan, 

was approved on April 26, 1999. See 64 

FR 20186. 

For the 1-hour ozone NAAQS, the 

CAA also requires post-1996 emission 

reductions of VOC and/or NOX totaling 

3 percent per year, averaged over each 

consecutive three-year period beginning 

in 1996 and continuing through the 

attainment date. Georgia chose to rely 

solely on NOX emission reductions in 

its post-1996 ROP SIP (the 9 Percent 

Plan). This plan was required to 

describe how Georgia would achieve 

RFP towards attaining the 1-hour ozone 

NAAQS between 1996 and 1999, the 

attainment deadline for serious 

nonattainment areas. Georgia’s 9 Percent 

Plan was approved on March 19, 1999. 

See 64 FR 13348. 

On September 26, 2003, EPA reclassified the 13-county Atlanta 1-hour 

ozone nonattainment area to ‘‘severe.’’ 

See 68 FR 55469. Among other 

requirements, this reclassification 

required submission of a severe area 

post-1999 ROP SIP. Georgia submitted 

the post-1999 ROP SIP on December 24, 

2003. The Atlanta severe area post-1999 

ROP SIP contained a description of how 

the 3 percent per year reductions in 

ozone precursor emissions, required 

over the period from November 15, 

1999, through November 15, 2004, 

would be achieved. It also contained 

MVEB for the Atlanta 1-hour ozone 

nonattainment area. EPA approved 

Georgia’s post-1999 ROP SIP for the 

Atlanta Area on July 19, 2004 (69 FR 

42880). EPA’s approval of Georgia’s 

post-1999 ROP SIP for the Atlanta Area 

completed the State’s ROP obligation for 

the 1-hour ozone NAAQS. 

C. Background for RFP Requirements for 

the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS 

On November 29, 2005 (70 FR 71612), 

as revised on June 8, 2007 (72 FR 

31727), EPA published a rule entitled 

‘‘Final Rule To Implement the 8-Hour 

Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard—Phase 2; Final Rule To 

Implement Certain Aspects of the 1990 

Amendments Relating to New Source 

Review and Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration as They Apply in Carbon 

Monoxide, Particulate Matter and Ozone 

NAAQS; Final Rule for Reformulated 

Gasoline’’ (hereafter referred to as the 

Phase 2 Rule). Section 182(b)(1) of the 

CAA and EPA’s Phase 2 Rule 5 require 

a state, for each 1997 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area that is classified as 

moderate, to submit an emissions 

inventory and a RFP plan to show how 

the state will reduce emissions of VOC. 

Specifically, in ozone nonattainment 

areas with air quality classified as 

‘‘moderate’’ or worse for the 1997 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS, the RFP 6

requirement prescribes emission 

reductions from the baseline totaling 15 

percent within six years of the base year 

(i.e., by the end of 2008). Per 40 CFR 

part 51.910(a)(1)(iii), moderate and 

higher classification areas of which a 

portion has an approved 1-hour ozone 

15 Percent VOC Plan can choose to treat 

the nonattainment area as two parts, 

each with a separate RFP target, and 

may substitute reductions in NOX for 

VOC in the sub-area with the approved 

15 Percent Plan. The 15-percent 

reduction for the sub-area without an 

approved 1-hour ozone 15 Percent VOC 

Plan, however, must be achieved 

entirely through VOC reductions. As 

noted previously, seven additional 

‘‘ring’’ counties were added to the 

original 1-hour ozone nonattainment 

area for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment designations. Georgia 

relied solely on NOX emission 

reductions for the 13-County portion of 

the Atlanta Area with an approved 15 

Percent VOC Plan and relied solely on 

VOC reductions for the seven ‘‘ring’’ 

counties. 

III. Response to Comments 

As noted, EPA received comments 

from a single commenter. A summary of 

the comments received and EPA’s 

response is provided below. 

Comment 1: The Commenter contends 

that ‘‘EPA cannot approve Georgia’s RFP 

plan until the measures which it relies 

upon can provide measurable and 

creditable reductions.’’ Specifically, the 

Commenter asserts that Georgia Rule 

391–3–1-.02(2)(jjj) (‘‘Rule (jjj)’’) serves as 

the primary basis for achieving more 

stringent limits on the amount of NOX

emitted by coal-fired electrical power 

plants. The Commenter believes that 

because Rule (jjj) does not require 

maximum heat input for each subject 

unit, that the rule allows for significant 

variability in the legally-allowable total 

amount of NOX emitted, and as such, 

emissions reductions associated with 

this rule are not creditable. The 

Commenter also asserts that since each 

coal-fired power plant’s ‘‘source-specific 

alternative emission limits’’ were 

determined using only one point of 

reference, those limits may not be 

representative of the unit’s actual 

emissions at later points in time. 

Finally, the Commenter claims that title 

V permits for Georgia coal-fire electrical 

power plants do not contain enforceable 

heat input limits. 

Response 1: The Commenter’s 

assertion that the Rule (jjj) measures 

relied on as part of the Georgia RFP plan 

do not provide for measurable and 

creditable reductions is incorrect. EPA 

notes that the Rule (jjj) and the title V 

permit requirements cited by 

Commenter are specific to point 

sources, however, the RFP plan’s overall 

15 percent reduction from the 2008 

adjusted base year emissions inventory 

may come from any emission source 

sector (i.e., point, area, nonroad, or 

mobile emissions), and Georgia 

projected the majority of its reductions 

to be from on-road and non-road mobile 

emissions. Notwithstanding the 

relatively small contribution of the Rule 

(jjj) emission reductions to the RFP 

plan’s reductions, the emission 

reductions associated with Rule (jjj) are 

creditable in the RFP plan since the rule 


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8The maximum heat input is a measure of the 

maximum hourly capacity of a unit to burn fuel. 

Generally, this is the maximum rate for the design 

of the boiler, which typically represents the 

physical limitation of the boiler. 

9The General Preamble for the Implementation of 

Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 

describes in relevant part EPA’s basis for reliance 

upon the ‘‘typical summer day’’ approach for 

purposes of projecting expected actual emissions. 

See 57 FR 13498, 13507. 

is a legally enforceable SIP provision 

and, as described in the proposed rule, 

EPA finds the methodology used by GA 

EPD to estimate the emission reductions 

from Rule (jjj) to be appropriate. See 78 

FR 32135, 32138–142. Further, because 

the six-year RFP plan period has already 

occurred, EPA has been able to review 

the Agency’s Acid Rain database 7 and 

verify that the three sources subject to 

Rule (jjj) in the State did reduce 

emissions by the quantity estimated in 

the RFP plan submittal. The actual NOX

emission reductions from May through 

September 2002 to the comparable 

period in 2008 are consistent with these 

estimates. 

Finally, EPA notes that the 

commenter does not explain why a 

maximum heat input limit 8 would be 

relevant to this submittal. While the 

maximum heat input would be relevant 

in a calculation of allowable emissions, 

the emissions reductions estimates for 

purposes of an RFP plan may be based 

on the expected actual emissions from 

the facility on a typical summer day.9

There is no inherent connection 

between the necessary data used to 

prepare the RFP plan submittal and the 

maximum heat input allowed. The 

maximum heat input, which is a 

measure of the maximum hourly 

capacity of a unit to burn fuel, is not 

appropriate for calculating expected 

actual emissions because it fails to take 

into account the expected operation of 

the emission sources. For instance, 

many of the coal-fired power plants 

referenced by the commenter typically 

operate somewhat below their 

maximum heat input rate depending on 

age and condition of the boiler. Further, 

most units do not operate continuously, 

so utilization may also be relevant to an 

expected actual emission projection. 

Consequently, the typical summer day 

emission projections employed in 

Georgia’s RFP plan, which are a 

function of total summer heat input and 

projected actual operating hours, 

provide a more appropriate basis for the 

emissions calculations included with 

the RFP plan being approved through 

this notice. As noted above, EPA has 

also reviewed these projected emission 

reductions with the actual emission 

reductions achieved during the RFP 

plan period and found them to be 

consistent with the plan’s projected 

emissions. 

Comment 2: The Commenter stated 

‘‘[w]ith respect to the measures meant to 

address NOX emissions from EGU’s, 

EPA cannot approve Rule (jjj) unless 

there are maximum heat inputs 

incorporated into the rule.’’ 

Response 2: As the Commenter noted, 

EPA has already approved Rule (jjj). See 

64 FR 67491 and 74 FR 62249. This 

rulemaking does not contemplate action 

on Rule (jjj) and thus this comment 

regarding the approvability is outside of 

the scope of this rulemaking. 

IV. Final Action 

EPA is taking final action to approve 

an October 21, 2009, SIP revision to 

meet the RFP requirements for the 

Atlanta Area for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS. Additionally, EPA is 

approving the NOX and VOC MVEB for 

the Atlanta Area that were included in 

Georgia’s RFP plan. These budgets will 

be available for use by the 

transportation conformity partners on 

November 4, 2013. Furthermore, EPA is 

finding the budgets adequate. These 

actions are being taken pursuant to 

section 110 of the CAA. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

Act and applicable Federal regulations. 

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

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

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 

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 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 the SIP is 

not approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the state, and EPA notes that 

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. 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 January 3, 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. This action may not 

be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. See section 

307(b)(2). 


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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, and Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: October 21, 2013. 

Beverly H. Banister, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart II—Georgia 

■ 2. Section 52.570(e), is amended by 

revising the table in paragraph (e) to 

read as follows: 

§ 52.570 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED GEORGIA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS

Name of nonregulatory SIP 

provision 

Applicable geographic or nonattainment area State submittal date/ 

effective date EPA approval date Explanation 

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) 

lane on I–85 from ChambleeTucker Road to State Road 

316. High Occupancy Toll 

(HOT) lane on I–85 from 

Chamblee-Tucker Road to 

State Road 316.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 11/15/93 and amended on 6/17/96 and 

2/5/10.

3/18/99, 4/26/99 and 11/ 

5/09. 

Clean Fuel Vehicles Revolving 

Loan Program.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 6/17/96 ...................... 4/26/99. 

Regional Commute Options Program and HOV Marketing Program.Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 6/17/96 ...................... 4/26/99. 

HOV lanes on I–75 and I–85 ...... Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 6/17/96 ...................... 4/26/99. 

Two Park and Ride Lots: 

Rockdale County-Sigman at I– 

20 and Douglas County-Chapel Hill at I–20.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 6/17/96 ...................... 4/26/99. 

MARTA Express Bus routes (15 

buses).

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 6/17/96 ...................... 4/26/99. 

Signal preemption for MARTA 

routes #15 and #23.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 6/17/96 ...................... 4/26/99. 

Improve and expand service on 

MARTA’s existing routes in 

southeast DeKalb County.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 6/17/96 ...................... 4/26/99. 

Acquisition of clean fuel buses 

for MARTA and Cobb County 

Transit.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 6/17/96 ...................... 4/26/99. 

ATMS/Incident Management Program on I–75/I–85 inside I– 

285 and northern ARC of I– 

285 between I–75 and I–85.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 6/17/96 ...................... 4/26/99. 

Upgrading, coordination and 

computerizing intersections.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 6/17/96 ...................... 4/26/99. 

[Reserved] 

Atlantic Steel Transportation 

Control Measure.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 3/29/00 ...................... 8/28/00. 

Procedures for Testing and Monitoring Sources of Air Pollutants.Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 7/31/00 ...................... 7/10/01. 

Enhanced Inspection/Maintenance Test Equipment, Procedures and Specifications.Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 9/20/00 ...................... 7/10/01. 

Preemption Waiver Request for 

Low-RVP, Low-Sulfur Gasoline 

Under Air Quality Control Rule 

391–3–1–.02(2)(bbb).

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 5/31/00 ...................... 2/22/02. 

Technical Amendment to the 

Georgia Fuel Waiver Request 

of May 31, 2000.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 11/9/01 ...................... 2/22/02. 

Georgia’s State Implementation 

Plan for the Atlanta Ozone 

Nonattainment Area.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 7/17/01 ...................... 5/7/02. 

Post-1999 Rate of Progress Plan Atlanta Metropolitan Area .......... 12/24/03 .................... 7/19/04, 69 FR 42884. 

Severe Area Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT SIP) for the Atlanta 

1-hour severe ozone nonattainment area.

Atlanta 1-hour ozone severe 

nonattainment area.

6/30/04 ...................... 6/14/05, 70 FR 34358. 


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EPA-APPROVED GEORGIA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS—Continued 

Name of nonregulatory SIP 

provision 

Applicable geographic or nonattainment area State submittal date/ 

effective date EPA approval date Explanation 

Atlanta 1-hour ozone attainment 

area 2015 maintenance plan.

Atlanta severe 1-hour ozone 

maintenance area.

2/1/05 ........................ 6/14/05, 70 FR 34660. 

Attainment Demonstration for the 

Chattanooga Early Action Area.

Walker and Catoosa Counties ... 12/31/04 .................... 8/26/05, 70 FR 50199. 

Attainment Demonstration for the 

Lower Savannah-Augusta 

Early Action Compact Area.

Columbia and Richmond Counties.12/31/04 .................... 8/26/05, 70 FR 50195. 

Alternative Fuel Refueling Station/Park and Ride Transportation Center, Project DO–AR– 

211 is removed.

Douglas County, GA .................. 9/19/06 ...................... 11/28/06, 71 FR 68743. 

Macon 8-hour Ozone Maintenance Plan.Macon, GA encompassing a 

portion of Monroe County.

6/15/07 ...................... 9/19/07, 72 FR 53432. 

Murray County 8-hour Ozone 

Maintenance Plan.

Murray County ........................... 6/15/07 ...................... 10/16/07, 72 FR 58538. 

Atlanta Early Progress Plan ........ Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, 

DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, 

Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, 

Hall, Henry, Newton, 

Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding 

and Walton counties.

1/12/07 ...................... 2/20/08, 73 FR 9206. 

Rome; 1997 Fine Particulate 

Matter 2002 Base Year Emissions Inventory.

Floyd County .............................. 10/27/2009 ................ 1/12/12, 77 FR 1873. 

Chattanooga; Fine Particulate 

Matter 2002 Base Year Emissions Inventory.

Catoosa and Walker Counties ... 10/27/09 .................... 2/8/12; 77 FR 6467. 

110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure 

Requirements for the 1997 8- 

Hour Ozone National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards.

Georgia ...................................... 10/13/2007 ................ 2/6/2012, 77 FR 5706. 

Atlanta 1997 Fine Particulate 

Matter 2002 Base Year Emissions Inventory.

Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, 

DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, 

Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, 

Hall, Henry, Newton, 

Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding 

and Walton Counties in their 

entireties and portions of 

Heard and Putnam Counties.

07/06/2010 ................ 3/1/2012, 77 FR 12487. 

Macon 1997 Fine Particulate 

Matter 2002 Base Year Emissions Inventory.

Bibb County and Monroe County.8/17/2009 .................. 3/02/12, 77 FR 12724. 

Atlanta 1997 8-Hour Ozone 2002 

Base-Year Emissions Inventory.

Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, 

DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, 

Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, 

Hall, Henry, Newton, 

Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding 

and Walton Counties in their 

entireties.

10/21/2009 ................ 4/24/2012, 77 FR 24399. 

Regional Haze Plan .................... Statewide ................................... 2/11/10 ...................... 6/28/12, 77 FR 38501. 

Regional Haze Plan Supplement 

(including BART and Reasonable Progress emissions limits).

Statewide ................................... 11/19/10 .................... 6/28/12, 77 FR 38501. 

110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure 

Requirements for 1997 Fine 

Particulate Matter National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards.

Georgia ...................................... 7/23/2008 .................. 10/25/2012, 77 FR 65125 With the exception of 

110(a)(2)(D)(i). 

110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure 

Requirements for 2006 Fine 

Particulate Matter National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards.

Georgia ...................................... 10/21/2009 ................ 10/25/2012, 77 FR 65125 With the exception of 

110(a)(2)(D)(i). 

Negative Declaration for Control 

of VOC Emissions from Reactor Processes and Distillation 

Operations in Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing 

Industry (SOCMI) EPA–450/4– 

91–031, August 1993.

Atlanta 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area.

10/21/2009 ................ 09/28/2013. 


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EPA-APPROVED GEORGIA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS—Continued 

Name of nonregulatory SIP 

provision 

Applicable geographic or nonattainment area State submittal date/ 

effective date EPA approval date Explanation 

Negative Declaration for Control 

of VOC Emissions from Equipment Leaks from Natural Gas/ 

Gasoline Processing Plants 

EPA–450/3–83–007, December 1983.

Atlanta 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area.

10/21/2009 ................ 09/28/2013. 

Negative Declaration for Control 

of VOC Leaks from Synthetic 

Organic Chemical Polymer 

and Resin Manufacturing 

Equipment EPA–450/3–83– 

006, March 1984.

Atlanta 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area.

10/21/2009 ................ 09/28/2013. 

Negative Declaration for Control 

of VOC Emissions from Air 

Oxidation Processes in Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI), 

EPA–450/3–84–015, December 1984.

Atlanta 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area.

10/21/2009 ................ 09/28/2013. 

110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure 

Requirements for 1997 Fine 

Particulate Matter National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards.

Georgia ...................................... 7/23/2008 .................. 4/12/2013 ......................... Addressing element 

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) 

prong 3 only. 

110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure 

Requirements for 2006 Fine 

Particulate Matter National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards.

110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure 

Requirements for 1997 Fine 

Particulate Matter National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards.

10/21/2009 ................ 4/12/2013 ......................... Addressing element 

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) 

prong 3 only. 

1997 8-Hour Ozone Reasonable 

Further Progress Plan for the 

Atlanta Area.

Atlanta 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area.

10/21/2009 ................ 11/4/13. 

[FR Doc. 2013–25780 Filed 11–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 64 

[Docket ID FEMA–2013–0002; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–8305] 

Suspension of Community Eligibility 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule identifies 

communities where the sale of flood 

insurance has been authorized under 

the National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP) that are scheduled for 

suspension on the effective dates listed 

within this rule because of 

noncompliance with the floodplain 

management requirements of the 

program. If the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) receives 

documentation that the community has 

adopted the required floodplain 

management measures prior to the 

effective suspension date given in this 

rule, the suspension will not occur and 

a notice of this will be provided by 

publication in the Federal Register on a 

subsequent date. Also, information 

identifying the current participation 

status of a community can be obtained 

from FEMA’s Community Status Book 

(CSB). The CSB is available at http://

www.fema.gov/fema/csb.shtm. 

DATES: Effective Dates: The effective 

date of each community’s scheduled 

suspension is the third date (‘‘Susp.’’) 

listed in the third column of the 

following tables. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you want to determine whether a 

particular community was suspended 

on the suspension date or for further 

information, contact David Stearrett, 

Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administration, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2953. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP 

enables property owners to purchase 

Federal flood insurance that is not 

otherwise generally available from 

private insurers. In return, communities 

agree to adopt and administer local 

floodplain management measures aimed 

at protecting lives and new construction 

from future flooding. Section 1315 of 

the National Flood Insurance Act of 

1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4022, 

prohibits the sale of NFIP flood 

insurance unless an appropriate public 

body adopts adequate floodplain 

management measures with effective 

enforcement measures. The 

communities listed in this document no 

longer meet that statutory requirement 

for compliance with program 

regulations, 44 CFR Part 59. 

Accordingly, the communities will be 

suspended on the effective date in the 

third column. As of that date, flood 

insurance will no longer be available in 

the community. We recognize that some 

of these communities may adopt and 

submit the required documentation of 

legally enforceable floodplain 

management measures after this rule is 

published but prior to the actual 

suspension date. These communities 

will not be suspended and will continue 

to be eligible for the sale of NFIP flood 

insurance. A notice withdrawing the 

suspension of such communities will be 

published in the Federal Register. 

In addition, FEMA publishes a Flood 

Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) that 

identifies the Special Flood Hazard 

Areas (SFHAs) in these communities. 

The date of the FIRM, if one has been 

published, is indicated in the fourth 

column of the table. No direct Federal 

financial assistance (except assistance 

pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford 


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