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emissions inventory projections for 

PM2.5 and nitrogen oxides (NOX) in 2017 

and 2025. The Tier 2 MVEBs will 

become effective if it is determined that 

technical uncertainties primarily due to 

model changes and to vehicle fleet 

turnover, which may affect future motor 

vehicle emissions inventories, lead to 

motor vehicle emissions estimates above 

the Tier 1 MVEBs. The determination 

will be made through the interagency 

consultation process and fully 

documented within the first conformity 

analysis that uses the Tier 2 MVEBs. 

Receipt of the submittal was announced 

on EPA’s transportation conformity Web 

site. No comments were received. The 

findings letter is available at EPA’s 

conformity Web site: http://

www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/

transconf/adequacy.htm. The adequate 

direct particulate matter (PM) and NOX

MVEBs for Tier 1 and Tier 2 are 

provided in Table 1 and Table 2. 

TABLE 1—TIER 1 ON-ROAD MVEBS CONTAINED IN THE WASHINGTON AREA MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS 

Year 

Motor vehicle emissions 

budget for PM2.5 on-road 

emissions 

(tons per year) 

Mobile vehicle emissions 

budget for NOX on-road 

emissions 

(tons per year) 

2017 ..................................................................................................................... 1,787 41,709 

2025 ..................................................................................................................... 1,350 27,400 

TABLE 2—TIER 2 ON-ROAD MVEBS CONTAINED IN THE WASHINGTON AREA MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS 

Year 

Motor vehicle emissions 

budget for PM2.5 on-road 

emissions 

(tons per year) 

Mobile vehicle emissions 

budget for NOX on-road 

emissions 

(tons per year) 

2017 ..................................................................................................................... 2,144 50,051 

2025 ..................................................................................................................... 1,586 32,880 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). EPA’s conformity rule requires 

that transportation plans, transportation 

improvement programs, and projects 

conform to SIPs and establishes the 

criteria and procedures for determining 

whether or not they do. 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’s MVEBs are adequate for 

conformity purposes are outlined in 40 

CFR 93.118(e)(4). EPA described the 

process for determining the adequacy of 

submitted SIP budgets in a July 1, 2004 

preamble starting at 69 FR 40038 and 

used the information in these resources 

in making this adequacy determination. 

The District of Columbia did not 

provide emission budgets for sulfur 

dioxide (SO2), volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs), or ammonia for the 

Washington Area’s Maintenance Plan 

because it concluded that emissions of 

these precursors from motor vehicles are 

not significant contributors to the area’s 

PM2.5 air quality problem. The 

transportation conformity rule provision 

at 40 CFR 93.102(b)(2)(v) indicates that 

conformity does not apply for these 

precursors, due to the lack of motor 

vehicle emissions budgets for these 

precursors and state’s conclusion that 

motor vehicle emissions of SO2, VOCs, 

and ammonia do not contribute 

significantly to the area’s PM2.5

nonattainment problem. This provision 

of the transportation conformity rule 

predates and was not disturbed by the 

January 4, 2013 decision in the litigation 

on the PM2.5 implementation rule. 

EPA has preliminarily concluded that 

the District’s decision to not include 

budgets for SO2, VOCs, and ammonia is 

consistent with the requirements of the 

transportation conformity rule. That 

decision does not affect EPA’s adequacy 

finding for the submitted direct PM and 

NOX MVEBs for the Washington Area’s 

Maintenance Plan. 

Please note that an adequacy review 

is separate from EPA’s completeness 

review, and should not be used to 

prejudge EPA’s ultimate approval action 

for the SIP. Even if EPA finds the 

budgets for the Washington Area’s 

Maintenance Plan adequate, the SIP 

could later be disapproved. The finding 

and the response to comments are 

available at EPA’s conformity Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

Dated: April 11, 2014. 

W. C. Early, Acting 

Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R04–OW–2013–0728] 

Public Water System Supervision 

Program Revision for the State of 

North Carolina 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the State of North Carolina is revising its 

approved Public Water System 

Supervision Program. North Carolina 

has adopted the following rules: Long 

Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water 

Treatment Rule, Long Term 2 Enhanced 

Surface Water Treatment Rule, Stage 2 

Disinfectants and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule, Lead and Copper Rule 

Short-Term Regulatory Revisions and 

Clarifications, and Ground Water Rule. 

The EPA has determined that North 

Carolina’s rules are no less stringent 

than the corresponding federal 

regulations. Therefore, the EPA is 

tentatively approving this revision to 

the State of North Carolina’s Public 

Water System Supervision Program. 

DATES: Any interested person may 

request a public hearing. A request for 

a public hearing must be submitted by 

May 29, 2014, to the Regional 

Administrator at the EPA Region 4 

address shown below. The Regional 

Administrator may deny frivolous or 


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insubstantial requests for a hearing. 

However, if a substantial request for a 

public hearing is made by May 29, 2014, 

a public hearing will be held. If no 

timely and appropriate request for a 

hearing is received and the Regional 

Administrator does not elect to hold a 

hearing on her own motion, this 

tentative approval shall become final 

and effective on May 29, 2014. Any 

request for a public hearing shall 

include the following information: The 

name, address and telephone number of 

the individual, organization or other 

entity requesting a hearing; a brief 

statement of the requesting person’s 

interest in the Regional Administrator’s 

determination and a brief statement of 

the information that the requesting 

person intends to submit at such 

hearing; and the signature of the 

individual making the request or, if the 

request is made on behalf of an 

organization or other entity, the 

signature of a responsible official of the 

organization or other entity. 

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to 

this determination are available for 

inspection between the hours of 8:30 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, at the following offices: North 

Carolina Department of Environment 

and Natural Resources, Division of 

Water Resources, Public Water Supply 

Section, 512 North Salisbury Street, 

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601; and the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 4, Safe Drinking Water Branch, 

61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Lad, EPA Region 4, Safe Drinking Water 

Branch, by mail at the Atlanta address 

given above, by telephone at (404) 562– 

9458, or by email at lad.paul@epa.gov. 

EPA Analysis: On March 3, 2008, the 

State of North Carolina submitted a 

request that the Region approve 

revisions to the State’s Safe Drinking 

Water Act Public Water System 

Supervision Program to include the 

authority to implement and enforce the 

Lead and Copper Rule Short-Term 

Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications. 

On November 9, 2009, the State of North 

Carolina submitted a request that the 

Region approve revisions to the State’s 

Safe Drinking Water Act Public Water 

System Supervision Program to include 

the authority to implement and enforce 

the Stage 2 Disinfectants and 

Disinfection Byproducts Rule. On 

December 18, 2009, the State of North 

Carolina submitted a request that the 

Region approve revisions to the State’s 

Safe Drinking Water Act Public Water 

System Supervision Program to include 

the authority to implement and enforce 

the Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface 

Water Treatment Rule. On December 18, 

2009, the State of North Carolina 

submitted a request that the Region 

approve revisions to the State’s Safe 

Drinking Water Act Public Water 

System Supervision Program to include 

the authority to implement and enforce 

the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface 

Water Treatment Rule. On November 3, 

2010, the State of North Carolina 

submitted a request that the Region 

approve revisions to the State’s Safe 

Drinking Water Act Public Water 

System Supervision Program to include 

the authority to implement and enforce 

the Ground Water Rule. For the 

revisions to be approved, the EPA must 

find the State Rules 15A NCAC 18C 

.1507, 15A NCAC 18C .2008, 15A NCAC 

18C .2007, and 15A NCAC 18C .2202, to 

be no less stringent than the Federal 

Rules codified at 40 CFR part 141, 

Subpart I—Lead and Copper Rule ShortTerm Regulatory Revisions and 

Clarifications; 40 CFR part 141, Subpart 

V—Stage 2 Disinfectants and 

Disinfection Byproducts Rule; 40 CFR 

part 141, Subpart T—Long Term 1 

Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 

Rule; 40 CFR part 141, Subpart W— 

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water 

Treatment Rule; and 40 CFR part 141, 

Subpart S—Ground Water Rule. The 

EPA reviewed the applications using the 

Federal statutory provisions (Section 

1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act), 

Federal regulations (at 40 CFR part 142), 

State regulations, rule crosswalks, and 

EPA regulatory guidance to determine 

whether the requests for revisions are 

approvable. The EPA determined that 

the North Carolina revisions are no less 

stringent than the corresponding 

Federal regulations. 

EPA Action: The EPA is tentatively 

approving this revision. If the EPA does 

not receive a timely and appropriate 

request for a hearing and the Regional 

Administrator does not elect to hold a 

hearing on her own motion, this 

tentative approval will become final and 

effective on May 29, 2014. 

Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act, as amended (1996), and 

40 CFR part 142. 

Dated: April 10, 2014. 

Heather McTeer Toney, 

Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority, Comments Requested 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden(s) and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501— 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s). 

Comments are requested concerning: 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate(s); ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and further 

ways to reduce the information burden 

for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB Control 

Number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid OMB Control 

Number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before June 30, 2014. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments 

to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), via fax 

at: (202) 395–5167 or via the Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing 

Director (OMD), Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC), via 

the Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To 

submit your PRA comments by email, 

please send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. 


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