34174 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 103 / Friday, May 26, 2000 / Notices

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OH137–1a; FRL–6705–3]

Adequacy Status of Cincinnati, Ohio

Submitted Ozone Maintenance Plan

Budgets for Transportation Conformity

Purposes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

SUMMARY: In this document, EPA is

notifying the public that EPA has found

that the motor vehicle emissions

budgets in the Cincinnati, Ohio ozone

maintenance plan submitted on

December 22, 1999, are adequate for

conformity purposes. On March 2, 1999,

the D.C. Circuit Court ruled that

submitted State Implementation Plans

(SIPs) cannot be used for conformity

determinations until EPA has

affirmatively found them adequate. As a

result of our finding, Cincinnati can use

the motor vehicle emissions budgets for

the year 2010 from the submitted ozone

maintenance plan for future conformity

determinations. These budgets are

effective June 12, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

finding and the response to comments

already received will be available at

EPA’s conformity website: http://

www.epa.gov/oms/traq, (once there,

click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, then

look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

Patricia Morris, Environmental

Scientist, Regulation Development

Section (AR–18J), Air Programs Branch,

Air and Radiation Division, United

States Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604,

(312) 353–8656,

morris.patricia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Throughout this document, whenever

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

EPA. Today’s document is simply an

announcement of a finding that we have

already made. EPA Region 5 sent a letter

to the Ohio Environmental Protection

Agency on April 27, 2000, stating that

the motor vehicle emissions budgets in

the Cincinnati, Ohio submitted ozone

maintenance plan for 2010 are adequate.

This finding will also be announced on

EPA’s conformity website: http://

www.epa.gov/oms/traq, (once there,

click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, then

look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

Transportation conformity is required

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.

EPA’s conformity rule requires that

transportation plans, programs, and

projects conform to state air quality

implementation plans 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 motor vehicle emission

budgets are adequate for conformity

purposes are outlined in 40 CFR

93.118(e)(4). Please note that an

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s

completeness review, and it also should

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a

budget adequate, the SIP could later be

disapproved.

We’ve described our process for

determining the adequacy of submitted

SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999

memo titled ‘‘Conformity Guidance on

Implementation of March 2, 1999

Conformity Court Decision’’). We

followed this guidance in making our

adequacy determination.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: May 5, 2000.

Norman Niedergang,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–6607–5]

Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 or www.epa.gov/oeca/ofa.

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact

Statements

Filed May 15, 2000 Through May 19,

2000

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 000146, Final EIS, USA, HI,

Schofield Barracks Wastewater

Treatment Plant (WWTP), Effluent

Treatment and Disposal, NPDES

Permit and COE Section 404 Permit,

City of County of Honolulu, Oahu, HI,

Due: June 26, 2000, Contact: William

Eng (703) 428–7078.

EIS No. 000147, Draft EIS, AFS, ID, East

Beaver and Miner’s Creek Timber

Sales and Prescribed Burning Project,

Implementation, Caribou-Targhee

National Forest, Dubois Ranger

District, Clark County, ID, Due: July

10, 2000, Contact: John Councilman

(208) 374–5422.

EIS No. 000148, Draft EIS, FHW, MO,

US Route 65/US Route 36 in

Livingston County, Transportation

Improvements, Funding and COE

Section 404 Permit, Livingston

County, MO, Due: July 10, 2000,

Contact: Carole Hopkins (573) 526–

6680.

EIS No. 000149, Draft EIS, FHW, TX,

Grand Parkway (TX–99) Segment C,

Construction from US 59 to TX 288,

Funding and Right-of-Way

Requirements, City of Houston, Fort

Bend and Brazoria Counties, TX, Due:

July 13, 2000, Contact: John Mack

(512) 916–5516.

EIS No. 000150, Draft EIS, AFS, CA, 64-

Acre Tract Intermodal Transit Center,

Construction and Operation, Lake

Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Tahoe

City, Placer County, CA, Due: July 21,

2000, Contact: Joe Oden (530) 573–

2653.

EIS No. 000151, Final EIS, FHW, FL,

FL–423 (John Young Parking),

Improvements from FL–50 to FL–434,

City of Orlando, Orange County, FL,

Due: June 26, 2000, Contact: Mark

Bartlett (850) 942–9650.

EIS No. 000152, Draft EIS, RUS, KY,

Jackson County Lake Project,

Implementation, To Provide Adequate

Water Supplies for the Projected

Residential, Commercial and

Industrial Needs, Funding and

Possible COE Section 10 and 404

Permits, Jackson County, KY, Due:

July 10, 2000, Contact: Mark S. Plank

(202) 720–1649.

EIS No. 000153, Draft EIS, FTA, NY,

East Side Access Project, Improve

Access to Manhattan’s East Side for

Commuters in the Long Island

Transportation Corridor (LITC), MTA

Long Island Rail Road (LIRR),

Funding, Nassau, Suffolk, New York,

Queens and Bronx Counties, NY, Due:

July 12, 2000, Contact: Anthony G.

Carr (212) 668–2175.

EIS No. 000154, Draft EIS, GSA, MA,

U.S. Courthouse Springfield,

Construction, Hampden County, MA,

Due: July 11, 2000, Contact: Frank

Saviano (617) 565–5494.

EIS No. 000155, Draft EIS, AFS, MT,

Discovery Ski Area Expansion,

Implementation, Special-Use-Permit

and COE Section 404 Permit,

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National

Forest, Pintler Ranger District,

Rumsey Mountain, Granite County,

MT, Due: July 10, 2000, Contact: Bob

Gilman (406) 859–3211.

EIS No. 000156, Final EIS, AFS, WY, ID,

Targhee National Forest Plan Oil and

Gas Leasing Analysis,

Implementation, Bonneville, Butte,