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a proposed process plan and schedule) 

with the Commission, pursuant to 18 

CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

m. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

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link. Enter the docket number, 

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Support. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6102 Filed 4–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OH–164–1; FRL–8294–5] 

Adequacy Status of the DaytonSpringfield, OH, Submitted 8-Hour 

Ozone Redesignation and Maintenance 

Plan for Transportation Conformity 

Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that we have found 

that the motor vehicle emissions 

budgets (MVEBs) for 8-hour ozone in 

Dayton-Springfield (Clark, Greene, 

Miami, and Montgomery Counties), 

Ohio-which were submitted as part of a 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan for this area-are adequate for 

conformity purposes. As a result of our 

finding, Dayton-Springfield must use 

the MVEBs from the submitted 8-hour 

ozone redesignation and maintenance 

plan for future conformity 

determinations. 

DATES: This finding is effective April 18, 

2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Maietta, Life Scientist, Criteria 

Pollutant 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) 353–8777, 

Maietta.anthony@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

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

EPA. 

Background 

Today’s action 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 February 9, 2007, stating that 

the 2005 and 2018 MVEBs in the 

Dayton-Springfield area are adequate. 

Ohio submitted the budgets as part of 

the 8-hour ozone redesignation request 

and maintenance plan for this area. This 

submittal was announced on EPA’s 

conformity Web site, and received no 

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

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm, 

(once there, click on ‘‘What SIP 

submissions are currently under EPA 

adequacy review?’’). 

The 2005 and 2018 MVEBs, in tons 

per day (tpd), for volatile organic 

compounds (VOC) and oxides of 

nitrogen (NOX) for Dayton-Springfield 

are as follows: 

2005 MVEB 

(tpd) 

2018 MVEB 

(tpd) 

VOC .................. 29.19 14.73 

NOX .................. 63.88 21.42 

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 State Implementation 

Plan (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). We have described our 

process for determining the adequacy of 

submitted SIP budgets in our July 1, 

2004, preamble starting at 69 FR 40038, 

and we used the information in these 

resources while making our adequacy 

determination. 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. 

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: March 21, 2007. 

Gary Gulezian, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. E7–6148 Filed 4–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OH–165–1; FRL–8294–7] 

Adequacy Status of the Parkersburg, 

Steubenville-Weirton, Lima, Wheeling, 

and Canton, OH, Submitted 8-Hour 

Ozone Redesignation and Maintenance 

Plans for Transportation Conformity 

Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this action, EPA is 

notifying the public that EPA has found 

that the motor vehicle emissions 

budgets (MVEBs) for 8-hour ozone for 

five areas in the State of Ohio, 

submitted as part of the redesignation 

and maintenance plans for these areas, 

are adequate for conformity purposes. 

As a result of our finding, the 

Parkersburg (Washington County), 

Steubenville-Weirton (Jefferson County), 

Lima (Allen County), Wheeling 

(Belmont County), and Canton (Stark 

County) areas must use the MVEBs from 

the submitted 8-hour ozone 

redesignation and maintenance plans 

for future conformity determinations. 

DATES: This finding is effective April 18, 

2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Maietta, Life Scientist, Criteria 

Pollutant 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) 353–8777, 

Maietta.anthony@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

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

EPA. 

Background 

Today’s action is simply an 

announcement of findings that we have 

already made. On December 28, 2006, 


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