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conduct a public process and make an 

affirmative decision on the adequacy of 

these budgets before they can be used by 

metropolitan planning organizations in 

conformity determinations. As a result 

of this finding, upon the effective date 

of this notification of adequacy, the New 

York Metropolitan Transportation 

Council must use these budgets in 

future transportation conformity 

determinations. The budgets are 

contained in New York’s November 10, 

2017, state implementation plan 

submittal for the 2008 ozone NAAQS 

and are associated with the reasonable 

further progress milestone 

demonstration. 

DATES: This finding is effective June 25, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hannah Greenberg, Environmental 

Protection Agency Region 2, Air 

Programs Branch, 290 Broadway, 25th 

Floor, New York, New York 10007– 

1866; (212) 637–3829, 

greenberg.hannah@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

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

the EPA. 

This document is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. EPA Region 2 sent a letter 

to the New York State Department of 

Environmental Conservation on April 

19, 2018, stating that the 2017 motor 

vehicle emissions budgets (‘‘budgets’’) 

in the submitted state implementation 

plan (‘‘SIP’’) for the 2008 national 

ambient air quality standard for ozone 

for the New York portions of the New 

York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 

8-hour ozone nonattainment area are 

adequate for transportation conformity 

purposes. These budgets are associated 

with the SIP’s reasonable further 

progress milestone demonstration and 

must apply to future transportation 

conformity determinations conducted 

by the New York Metropolitan 

Transportation Council (‘‘NYMTC’’). 

On November 10, 2017, the New York 

State Department of Environmental 

Conservation submitted a SIP revision 

for the New York portion of the New 

York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, 

NY–NJ–CT, 2008 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area. This revision to the 

SIP included 2017 summer day volatile 

organic compound (‘‘VOC’’) and 

nitrogen oxides (‘‘NOX’’) motor vehicle 

emissions budgets associated with the 

SIP’s reasonable further progress 

demonstration. We announced 

availability of the plan and related 

budgets on the EPA’s transportation 

conformity website on December 6, 

2017, requesting comments by January 

5, 2018. We received no comments in 

response to the adequacy review 

posting. 

This finding will also be available at 

the EPA’s conformity website: https://

www.epa.gov/state-and-localtransportation/conformity-adequacyreview-region-2. 

The motor vehicle emissions budgets 

are provided in Table 1 below. 

TABLE 1—2017 MOTOR VEHICLE

EMISSIONS BUDGETS FOR NYMTC 

[Tons per year] 

Year VOC NOX

2017 65.69 117.21 

Transportation conformity is required 

by Clean Air Act section 176(c). The 

EPA’s conformity rule requires that 

long-range transportation plans, 

transportation improvement programs, 

and transportation projects conform to a 

state’s air quality SIP and establishes the 

criteria and procedures for determining 

whether or not they conform. 

Conformity to a SIP means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the NAAQS. 

The criteria the EPA uses to 

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 further 

described our process for determining 

the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets 

in 40 CFR 93.118(f), and we followed 

this rule in making our adequacy 

determination. Please note that an 

adequacy review is separate from the 

EPA’s completeness review and should 

not be used to prejudge the EPA’s 

ultimate action on the SIP. Even if we 

find a budget adequate, the SIP could 

later be disapproved. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e), within 

2 years of the effective date of this 

document, NYMTC and the U.S. 

Department of Transportation will need 

to demonstrate conformity to the new 

budgets. For demonstrating conformity 

to the budgets in this plan, the on-road 

motor vehicle emissions from 

implementation of the long-range 

transportation plan should be projected 

consistently with the budgets in this 

plan. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671 q. 

Dated: April 30, 2018. 

Peter D. Lopez, 

Regional Administrator, Region 2. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2018–0319; FRL–9979– 

11—Region 7] 

Adequacy Determination for the St. 

Louis Area 2008 8-Hour Ozone 

Redesignation Request and 

Maintenance State Implementation 

Plan, Motor Vehicle Emissions 

Budgets for Transportation Conformity 

Purposes; State of Missouri 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notification of adequacy 

determination. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the EPA is 

notifying the public that the St. Louis 

area 2008 8-hour ozone redesignation 

request and maintenance plan motor 

vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) for 

volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and 

nitrogen oxides (NOX) are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. As 

a result, these budgets must be used by 

the State of Missouri for future 

transportation conformity 

determinations for the St. Louis area. 

DATES: This finding is effective June 22, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Hamilton, at (913) 551–7039, by 

email at Hamilton.heather@epa.gov, or 

by mail at U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, 11201 Renner 

Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ 

or ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. The word 

‘‘budget(s)’’ refers to the motor vehicle 

emission budgets (MVEBs) for volatile 

organic compounds and nitrogen 

oxides. For the purposes of this 

document, ‘‘SIP’’ refers to the St. Louis 

Area 2008 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation 

Request and Maintenance State 

Implementation Plan, submitted by 

Missouri Department of Natural 

Resources to EPA as a SIP revision on 

September 12, 2016. The Plan was 

revised on February 16, 2018. 

This document is an announcement of 

a finding that EPA has already made. 

EPA Region 7 sent a letter to Missouri 

Department of Natural Resources on 

May 15, 2018, stating that the MVEBs 

contained in the Redesignation Request 

and Maintenance Plan are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. As 

a result of EPA’s finding, the State of 

Missouri must use the MVEBs from the 

February 16, 2018, Redesignation 

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future transportation conformity 

determinations for the St. Louis area. 

The finding is available at EPA’s 

conformity website: https://

www.epa.gov/state-and-localtransportation. 

Transportation conformity is required 

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

as amended in 1990. EPA’s conformity 

rule requires that transportation plans, 

programs and projects conform to state 

air quality implementation plans and 

establishes the criteria and procedure 

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 should not 

be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate 

approval of the SIP. EPA plans to take 

action on the SIP at a later date. We 

have described our process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP budgets in 40 CFR 93.118(f), and 

have followed this rule in making our 

adequacy determination. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

Dated: May 25, 2018. 

James B. Gulliford, 

Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12388 Filed 6–7–18; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 52, 62, and 70 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2017–0470; FRL 9979–10— 

Region 7] 

State of Iowa; Approval and 

Promulgation of the State 

Implementation Plan, the 111(d) Plan 

and the Operating Permits Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve revisions to the Iowa State 

Implementation Plan (SIP), the 111(d) 

plan, and the Operating Permits 

Program. These revisions update and 

clarify rules and make minor revisions 

and corrections. Approval of these 

revisions will ensure consistency 

between the state and federallyapproved rules, and ensure Federal 

enforceability of the state’s revised air 

program rules. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on July 

9, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–R07–OAR–2017–0470. All 

documents in the docket are listed on 

the https://www.regulations.gov 

website. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available through https://

www.regulations.gov or please contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section for 

additional information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Hamilton, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, 11201 Renner 

Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at 

(913) 551–7039, or by email at 

hamilton.heather@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. This section 

provides additional information by 

addressing the following: 

I. Background 

II. What is being addressed in this document? 

III. Have the requirements for approval of the 

SIP, 111(d) Plan, and Operating Permit 

Plan Revisions been met? 

IV. EPA’s Response to Comments 

V. What action is EPA taking? 

VI. Incorporation by Reference 

VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background 

On September 15, 2017, EPA 

proposed to approve revisions to the 

Iowa State Implementation Plan (SIP), 

the 111(d) plan, and the Operating 

Permits Program. See 82 FR 43315. In 

conjunction with the September 15, 

2017 notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPR), EPA issued a direct final rule 

(DFR) approving revisions to the Iowa 

SIP, the 111(d) plan, and the Operating 

Permits Program. See 82 FR 43303. In 

the DFR, EPA stated that if adverse 

comments were submitted to EPA by 

October 16, 2017, the action would be 

withdrawn and not take effect. 

EPA received three comments prior to 

the close of the comment period; one in 

support of the rule revisions and two of 

which were adverse. EPA withdrew the 

DFR on November 14, 2017. See 82 FR 

52667. This action is a final rule based 

on the NPR. A detailed discussion of 

Iowa’s SIP revisions, the 111(d) plan 

revision, and the Operating Permits 

Program revisions were provided in the 

DFR and will not be restated here, 

except to the extent relevant to our 

response to the public comment we 

received. 

II. What is being addressed in this 

document? 

EPA is taking final action to approve 

revisions to the Iowa SIP, the 111(d) 

plan, and the Operating Permits 

Program. These revisions update and 

clarify rules and make minor revisions 

and corrections. Approval of these 

revisions will ensure consistency 

between the state and federallyapproved rules, and ensure Federal 

enforceability of the state’s revised air 

program rules. Chapters with revisions 

are as follows: 

• Chapter 20—Scope of TitleDefinitions 

• Chapter 21—Compliance 

• Chapter 22—Controlling Pollution * 

• Chapter 23—Emission Standards for 

Contaminants 

• Chapter 25—Measurement of 

Emissions 

• Chapter 26—Prevention of Emergency 

Pollution Episodes 

• Chapter 27—Certificate of Acceptance 

• Chapter 28—Ambient Air Quality 

Standards 

• Chapter 31—Nonattainment Areas 

• Chapter 33—Special Regulations and 

Construction Permit Requirements for 

Major Stationary Sources—Prevention 

of Significant Deterioration (PSD) of 

Air Quality 

* Title V Operating Permit Program 

rules are included in chapter 22 starting 

at 22.100. 

III. Have the requirements for approval 

of the SIP, 111(d) Plan, and Operating 

Permit Plan Revisions been met? 

The state submittal has met the public 

notice requirements for SIP submissions 

in accordance with 40 CFR 51.102. The 

submittal also satisfied the 

completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 51, 

appendix V. In addition, as explained 

above and in more detail in the TSD 

which is part of this docket, these 

revisions meet the substantive SIP 

requirements of the CAA, including 

section 110 and implementing 

regulations. These revisions are also 

consistent with applicable EPA 

requirements of the 111(d) plan 

submission and Title V of the CAA and 

40 CFR part 70. 


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