Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 34 / Monday, February 22, 2016 / Notices 8711 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9942–60–Region 3] 

Adequacy Status of the Baltimore 1997 

8-Hour Ozone Standard Reasonable 

Further Progress Budgets for Volatile 

Organic Compounds and Nitrogen 

Oxides for 2012 for Transportation 

Conformity Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

is notifying the public that EPA has 

found that the Baltimore 1997 8-hour 

ozone standard reasonable further 

progress budgets for volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides 

(NOX) for 2012 are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. As 

a result of EPA’s finding, the Baltimore 

1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area 

must use these budgets for future 

conformity determinations. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

March 8, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Becoat, Physical Scientist, 

Office of Air Program Planning (3AP30), 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 814– 

2036; becoat.gregory@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

22, 2013, EPA received a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision from 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment (MDE). This revision 

consisted of 2012 reasonable further 

progress (RFP) motor vehicle emission 

budgets (MVEBs) for the Baltimore 1997 

8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area. This 

submission established MVEBs for the 

Baltimore 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area for the year 2012. 

The MVEBs are the amount of emissions 

allowed in the SIP for on-road motor 

vehicles; it establishes an emissions 

ceiling for the regional transportation 

network. The MVEBs are provided in 

Table 1: 

TABLE 1—2012 RFP MOBILE BUDGETS FOR THE BALTIMORE NONATTAINMENT AREA

Year 

Motor vehicle 

emissions 

budgets for 

NOX in tons 

per day 

Motor vehicle 

emissions 

budgets for 

VOCs in tons 

per day 

2012 .......... 93.5 40.2 

On November 23, 2015, EPA posted 

the availability of the Baltimore 1997 8- 

Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area 

MVEBs on EPA’s Web site for the 

purpose of soliciting public comments 

as part of the adequacy process. The 

comment period closed on November 

23, 2015 and EPA received no 

comments. 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that EPA has 

already made. EPA Region III sent a 

letter to MDE on January 14, 2016, 

finding that the 2012 RFP MVEBs in the 

Baltimore 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area SIP, submitted on 

July 22, 2013 by MDE, are adequate and 

must be used for transportation 

conformity determinations in the 

Baltimore 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area. The finding and 

associated letter is available at EPA’s 

conformity Web site: http://www.epa.

gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/

adequacy.htm. 

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 EPA determines 

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. 

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 Baltimore 1997 8-Hour 

Ozone Nonattainment Area 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/state

resources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

Dated: February 4, 2016. 

Shawn M. Garvin, 

Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03609 Filed 2–19–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[9940–91–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Arizona 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Arizona’s 

request to revise/modify certain of its 

EPA-authorized programs to allow 

electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

February 22, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

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8712 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 34 / Monday, February 22, 2016 / Notices 

On October 29, 2015, the Arizona 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(ADEQ) submitted an application titled 

State and Local Emissions Inventory 

System for revisions/modifications to 

two of its EPA-approved air programs 

under title 40 CFR to allow new 

electronic reporting. EPA reviewed 

ADEQ’s request to revise/modify its 

EPA-authorized programs and, based on 

this review, EPA determined that the 

application met the standards for 

approval of authorized program 

revisions/modifications set out in 40 

CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance 

with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of 

EPA’s decision to approve Arizona’s 

request to revise/modify its following 

EPA-authorized air programs to allow 

electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 

51 and 70, is being published in the 

Federal Register: 

Part 52—Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; and 

Part 70—State Operating Permit 

Programs. 

ADEQ was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized programs 

listed above. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03545 Filed 2–19–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9931–86–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Hawaii 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Hawaii’s request 

to revise/modify certain of its EPAauthorized programs to allow electronic 

reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

February 22, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On September 8, 2015, the Hawaii 

Department of Health (HI DOH) 

submitted an application titled 

‘‘Electronic Permitting Portal’’ for 

revisions/modifications to its EPAapproved programs under title 40 CFR 

to allow new electronic reporting. EPA 

reviewed HI DOH’s request to revise/

modify its EPA-authorized programs 

and, based on this review, EPA 

determined that the application met the 

standards for approval of authorized 

program revisions/modifications set out 

in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In 

accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this 

notice of EPA’s decision to approve 

Hawaii’s request to revise/modify its 

following EPA-authorized programs to 

allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR 

parts 51–52, 61–63, 65, 70, 122, 144, 

146, 240–259, 262, 264–265, 270–271, 

279, 280, 403–471, 745, and 763 is being 

published in the Federal Register: 

Part 52—Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; 

Part 62—Approval and Promulgation of State 

Plans for Designated Facilities and 

Pollutants; 

Part 63—National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source 

Categories 

Part 70—State Operating Permit Programs; 

Part 123—EPA Administered Permit 

Programs: The National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System; 

Part 145—State Underground Injection 

Control Programs; 

Part 239—Requirements for State Permit 

Program Determination of Adequacy; 

Part 271—Approved State Hazardous Waste 

Management Programs; 

Part 281—Technical Standards and 

Corrective Action Requirements for 

Owners and Operators of Underground 

Storage Tanks; 

Part 403—General Pretreatment Regulations 

For Existing And New Source Of Pollution; 

Part 745—Lead-based Paint Poisoning 

Prevention in Certain Residential 

Structures; and 

Part 763—Asbestos. 

HI DOH was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized programs 

listed above. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03558 Filed 2–19–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0789; FRL–9942–66] 

Chlorinated Paraffins; Request for 

Available Information on PMN Risk 

Assessments; Extension of Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register of December 23, 2015, 

requesting new available data on certain 

chlorinated paraffins in different 

industries and for different uses, to 

inform the risk assessments for 

chlorinated paraffins submitted as Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) 

Premanufacture Notices (PMNs). This 

document extends the comment period 

for 30 days, from February 22, 2016 to 

March 23, 2016. 

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2015–0789, must be received on 

or before March 23, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed 

instructions provided under ADDRESSES

in the Federal Register document of 

December 23, 2015 (80 FR 79886) (FRL– 

9940–13). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Kenneth 

Moss, Chemical Control Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

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