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1EPA issued conformity regulations to implement 

the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS in July 2004 and May 2005 

(69 FR 40004, July 1, 2004 and 70 FR 24280, May 

6, 2005, respectively). Those actions were not part 

of the final rule recently remanded to EPA by the 

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 

NRDC v. EPA, No. 08–1250 (Jan. 4, 2013), in which 

the Court remanded to EPA the implementation 

rule for the PM2.5 NAAQS because it concluded that 

EPA must implement that NAAQS pursuant to the 

PM-specific implementation provisions of subpart 4 

of Part D of Title I of the CAA, rather than solely 

under the general provisions of subpart 1. 

Jersey 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS 

nonattainment area. 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 PM and nitrogen 

oxides (NOX) MVEBs are provided in 

Table 1. 

TABLE 1—DELAWARE PORTION OF THE PHILADELPHIA-WILMINGTON-NEW JERSEY 1997 AND 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS 

MAINTENANCE PLANS MVEBS FOR DIRECT PM AND NOX

Budget years Motor vehicle emissions budget for 

direct PM-tons per year 

Mobile vehicle emissions budget for 

NOX-tons per year 

2017 ................................................................................................. 199 6,273 

2025 ................................................................................................. 199 6,273 

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. 

Delaware did not provide emission 

budgets for sulfur dioxide (SO2), volatile 

organic compounds (VOCs), or ammonia 

for the Delaware portion of the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey 

nonattainment area 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 MVEBs for 

these precursors and the 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.1 EPA has 

preliminarily concluded that the State’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 Delaware portion of the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey 

nonattainment area. 

Please note that an adequacy review 

is separate from EPA’s SIP review 

process. The Maintenance Plans 

containing the 2017 and 2025 MVEBs 

were approved by EPA on August 5, 

2014 (79 FR 45350). The MVEBs have 

been approved as part of the Delaware 

SIP, finding the MVEBs adequate makes 

them available for use for transportation 

conformity purposes. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

Dated: October 1, 2014. 

William C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24726 Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9918–07–Region 3] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petition To Object to Title V 

Permits for Mettiki Coal, LLC; Maryland 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final action. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Clean Air Act 

(CAA), the EPA Administrator signed an 

Order, dated September 26, 2014, 

granting a petition to object to a state 

operating permit issued by the 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment (MDE). The Order 

responds to a February 5, 2013 petition. 

The petition was submitted by the 

Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), as 

well as Benjamin Feldman, and Brenda 

and Shayne Lambert (Petitioners). This 

Order constitutes final action on that 

petition requesting that the 

Administrator object to the issuance of 

the proposed CAA title V permit. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final Order, 

the petition, and all pertinent 

information relating thereto are on file 

at the following location: EPA, Region 

III, Air Protection Division (APD), 1650 

Arch St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. EPA requests that if at all 

possible, you contact the individual 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section to view copies of the 

final Order, petition, and other 

supporting information. You may view 

the hard copies Monday through Friday, 

from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding Federal 

holidays. If you wish to examine these 

documents, you should make an 

appointment at least 24 hours before the 

visiting day. The final Order is also 

available electronically at the following 

Web site: http://www.epa.gov/region07/ 

air/title5/petitiondb/petitiondb.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Talley, Air Protection Division, 

EPA Region III, telephone (215) 814– 

2117, or by email at talley.david@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA 

affords EPA a 45-day period to review 

and object to, as appropriate, operating 

permits proposed by state permitting 

authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the 

CAA authorizes any person to petition 

the EPA Administrator within 60 days 

after the expiration of this review period 

to object to a state operating permit if 

EPA has not done so. Petitions must be 

based only on objections raised with 

reasonable specificity during the public 

comment period, unless the petitioner 

demonstrates that it was impracticable 

to raise these issues during the comment 

period or that the grounds for objection 

or other issue arose after the comment 

period. 

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The February 5, 2013 petition 

requested that the Administrator object 

to the proposed title V operating permit 

issued by MDE (Permit No. 24–023– 

0042), on the grounds that it did not 

contain testing and monitoring 

requirements sufficient to assure 

compliance with limits for sulfur 

dioxide (SO2) and particulate matter 

(PM) emissions from the facility’s 

thermal dryer. 

The Order explains the reasons 

behind EPA’s decision to grant the 

petition for objection. 

Dated: October 3, 2014. 

William C. Early, 

Acting, Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24728 Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9017–5] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly Receipt of Environmental 

Impact Statements 

Filed 10/06/2014 Through 10/10/2014 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ 

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20140301, Draft EIS, FHWA, FL, 

SR 87 Connector, Comment Period 

Ends: 12/01/2014, Contact: Joseph 

Sullivan 850–553–2248. 

EIS No. 20140302, Final EIS, FERC, TX, 

Corpus Christi LNG Project, Review 

Period Ends: 11/17/2014, Contact: 

Kandilarya Barakat 202–502–6365. 

EIS No. 20140303, Final EIS, EPA, FL, 

Designation of an Ocean Dredged 

Material Disposal Site Offshore of 

Jacksonville, Review Period Ends: 11/ 

17/2014, Contact: Christopher J. 

McArthur 404–562–9391. 

EIS No. 20140304, Final EIS, USACE, 

CA, Berths 212–224 (YTI) Container 

Terminal Improvements Project, 

Review Period Ends: 11/17/2014, 

Contact: Theresa Stevens 805–585– 

2146. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20140240, Draft Supplement, 

USACE, WA, Mount St. Helens LongTerm Sediment Management Plan, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/21/2014, 

Contact: Tina Teed 503–808–4960. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 09/26/ 

2014; 

Extending Comment Period from 10/06/ 

2014 to 10/21/2014. 

Dated: October 14, 2014. 

Dawn Roberts, 

Management Analyst, NEPA Compliance 

Division, Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24734 Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9917–99–OA] 

Notification of Two Public 

Teleconferences of the Science 

Advisory Board; Chemical Assessment 

Advisory Committee Augmented for 

the Review of EPA’s Draft 

Trimethylbenzenes Assessment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces two public 

teleconferences of the SAB Chemical 

Assessment Advisory Committee 

Augmented for the Review of the Draft 

Trimethylbenzenes Assessment (CAAC– 

TMB Panel) to discuss its draft report 

concerning EPA’s draft Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) Toxicological 

Review of Trimethylbenzenes (August 

2013 Revised External Review Draft). 

DATES: The public teleconferences will 

be held on Wednesday November 5, 

2014 and Friday November 7, 2014. The 

teleconferences will be held from 1:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard 

Time) on both days. 

Location: The teleconferences will be 

conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the 

teleconferences may contact Mr. 

Thomas Carpenter, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

via telephone/voice mail (202) 564– 

4885; fax (202) 565–2098; or email at 

carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the SAB can be 

found on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 

amended, 5 U.S.C., App., notice is 

hereby given that the SAB CAAC TMB 

Panel will hold public teleconferences 

to discuss its draft report regarding the 

draft IRIS Toxicological Review of 

Trimethylbenzenes (August 2013 

Revised External Review Draft) and 

enhancements the agency is 

implementing to the IRIS program. The 

EPA SAB Staff Office augmented the 

SAB CAAC with subject matter experts 

to provide advice through the chartered 

SAB regarding this IRIS assessment. 

The SAB was established pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent 

scientific and technical advice to the 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee 

chartered under FACA. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

The SAB CAAC TMB Panel held a 

public meeting on June 17–June 19, 

2014. The purpose of that meeting was 

to receive a briefing on the EPA’s 

enhancements to the IRIS Program and 

develop responses to the peer review 

charge on the agency’s draft IRIS 

Toxicological Review of 

Trimethylbenzenes (August 2013 

Revised External Review Draft). The 

purpose of these public teleconferences 

is for the Panel to discuss its draft report 

peer reviewing the agency’s draft 

toxicological review. The two public 

teleconferences will be conducted as 

one complete meeting, beginning on 

November 5, 2014 and continuing on 

November 7, 2014. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Additional background on this SAB 

activity, the teleconference agenda, draft 

report, and other materials for the 

teleconferences will be posted on the 

SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.

gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_

activites/IRIS%20Trimethylbenzenes

?OpenDocument. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to EPA. Members of 

the public can submit relevant 

comments pertaining to the group 

conducting this SAB activity or meeting 

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