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includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

comments.html. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA has received an application to 

register a new use for a pesticide 

product containing a currently 

registered active ingredient. Pursuant to 

the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) 

(7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby 

providing notice of receipt and 

opportunity to comment on this 

application. Notice of receipt does not 

imply a decision by the Agency on this 

application. 

New Uses 

EPA registration numbers: 59639–107, 

59639–138, 59639–202. Docket ID 

number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0273. 

Applicant: The Interregional Research 

Project No. 4 (IR–4), Rutgers, The State 

University of New Jersey, 500 College 

Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 

08540. Active ingredient: etoxazole. 

Product type: insecticide. Proposed use: 

sweet corn. Contact: RD. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: July 24, 2018. 

Michael Goodis, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2018–0215; FRL–9981– 

71—Region 3] 

Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle 

Emission Budgets in Submitted State 

Implementation Plan for 

Transportation Conformity Purposes; 

District of Columbia, Maryland, and 

Virginia; Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 

8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard Nonattainment Area 

Maintenance Plan 2014, 2025, and 2030 

Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for 

Nitrogen Oxides and Volatile Organic 

Compounds 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 

or Agency) is notifying the public that 

the Agency has found that the 2014, 

2025, and 2030 motor vehicle emissions 

budgets (MVEBs) for the ozone 

precursors nitrogen oxides (NOX) and 

volatile organic compounds (VOC) 

contained in the maintenance plan for 

the Washington, DC–MD–VA 2008 

ozone national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) nonattainment area 

(hereafter ‘‘the Washington Area’’ or 

‘‘the Area’’) are adequate for conformity 

purposes. As a result of EPA’s finding, 

the Washington Area must use the NOX

and VOC MVEBs from the submitted 

maintenance plan for the Washington 

Area in future conformity 

determinations. 

DATES: This finding is effective August 

21, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Calcinore, (215) 814–2043, or by email 

at calcinore.sara@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On March 12, 2018, January 29, 2018, 

and January 3, 2018, the District of 

Columbia (the District), State of 

Maryland (Maryland), and 

Commonwealth of Virginia (Virginia), 

respectively, formally submitted, as 

revisions to their SIPs, a maintenance 

plan for the Washington Area. The 

maintenance plan includes NOX and 

VOC MVEBs for the Washington Area 

for the years 2014 (the attainment year), 

2025, and 2030. Under 40 CFR part 93, 

a MVEB for an area seeking 

redesignation to attainment must be 

established, at minimum, for the last 

year of the maintenance plan. A state 

may adopt MVEBs for other years as 

well. The MVEBs are the amount of 

emissions allowed in the SIP for on-road 

motor vehicles and establishes an 

emissions ceiling for the regional 

transportation network. The most 

recently approved MVEBs for the 

Washington Area originate from the 

attainment plan for the 1997 ozone 

NAAQS, which EPA found adequate on 

February 7, 2013 (78 FR 9044). The 

maintenance plan includes two sets of 

NOX and VOC MVEBs, shown in Table 

1 and Table 2. The MVEBs shown in 

Table 1 will be the applicable motor 

vehicle emissions budgets after the 

adequacy findings are effective. The 

MVEBs shown in Table 2 add a twenty 

percent (20%) transportation buffer to 

the mobile emissions inventory 

projections for NOX and VOC in 2025 

and 2030. The MVEBs shown in Table 

2 that include a transportation buffer 

will be used only as needed in 

situations where the conformity analysis 

must be based on different data, models, 

or planning assumptions, including, but 

not limited to, updates to demographic, 

land use, or project-related assumptions, 

than were used to create the first set of 

MVEBs in the maintenance plan (Table 

1). The technical analyses used to 

demonstrate compliance with the 

MVEBs and the need, if any, to use 

transportation buffers will be fully 

documented in the conformity analysis 

and follow the Transportation Planning 

Board’s (TPB) interagency consultation 

procedures. 

TABLE 1—WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA MAINTENANCE PLAN ON-ROAD MVEBS

Year 

MVEBs for NOX

on-road emissions 

(tons per day) 

MVEBs for VOC 

on-road emissions 

(tons per day) 

2014 (Attainment Year) ........................................................................................................... 136.8 61.3 

2025 ......................................................................................................................................... 40.7 33.2 

2030 ......................................................................................................................................... 27.4 24.1 


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1EPA originally informed the District, Maryland, 

and Virginia that the 2014, 2025, and 2030 MVEBs 

were adequate for use in transportation conformity 

analyses in letters dated July 18, 2018. EPA revised 

language in these letters and sent the revised letters 

to the District, Maryland, and Virginia on July 24, 

2018. The original and revised letters are available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov as well as 

EPA’s conformity website: https://www.epa.gov/ 

state-and-local-transportation. 

TABLE 2—WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA MAINTENANCE PLAN ON-ROAD MVEBS WITH TRANSPORTATION BUFFERS

Year 

MVEBs for NOX

on-road emissions 

(tons per day) 

MVEBs for VOC 

on-road emissions 

(tons per day) 

2014 (Attainment Year) ........................................................................................................... 136.8 61.3 

2025 ......................................................................................................................................... 48.8 39.8 

2030 ......................................................................................................................................... 32.9 28.9 

On May 21, 2018, EPA posted the 

availability of the 2014, 2025, and 2030 

NOX and VOC MVEBs for the 

Washington Area on EPA’s website for 

the purpose of soliciting public 

comments as part of the adequacy 

process. The comment period closed on 

June 20, 2018 and EPA received no 

comments. 

This document is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. EPA Region III sent 

letters to the District of Columbia 

Department of Energy and Environment 

(DOEE), Maryland Department of the 

Environment (DOE), and the Virginia 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(DEQ) on July 24, 2018 finding that the 

2014, 2025, and 2030 NOX and VOC 

MVEBs in the maintenance plan for the 

Washington Area submitted by the 

District, Maryland, and Virginia on 

March 12, 2018, January 29, 2018, and 

January 3, 2018, respectively, are 

adequate and must be used for 

transportation conformity 

determinations in the Washington 

Area.1 The finding and associated letters 

are available at EPA’s conformity 

website: https://www.epa.gov/state-andlocal-transportation. 

Transportation conformity is required 

by Clean Air Act (CAA) section 176(c). 

EPA’s conformity rule requires that 

transportation plans, transportation 

improvement programs, and projects 

conform to state air quality 

implementation plans (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 NAAQS. 

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). We’ve 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 in making our 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 we 

find a budget adequate, the SIP could 

later be disapproved. 

The finding for the 2014, 2025, and 

2030 NOX and VOC MVEBs contained 

in the maintenance plan for the 

Washington Area and the response to 

comments are available at EPA’s 

conformity website: https://

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

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

Dated: July 24, 2018. 

Cosmo Servidio, 

Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–OW–2018–0270; FRL–9981–86–OW] 

Announcement of the Per- and 

Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) 

North Carolina Community 

Engagement 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of an event. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) will host a Per- and 

Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) 

community engagement in Fayetteville, 

North Carolina. The goal of the event is 

to allow the EPA to hear directly from 

North Carolina communities to 

understand ways the Agency can best 

support the work that is being done at 

the state, local, and tribal level. For 

more information on the event, visit the 

EPA’s PFAS website: https://

www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-communityengagement. During the recent PFAS 

National Leadership Summit, the EPA 

announced plans to visit communities 

to hear directly from those impacted by 

PFAS. These engagements are the next 

step in the EPA’s commitment to 

address challenges with PFAS. The EPA 

anticipates that the community 

engagements will provide valuable 

insight for the Agency’s efforts moving 

forward. For more information, go to the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

DATES: The event will be held on August 

14, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., eastern 

time. The public listening session will 

begin at 3 p.m., eastern time. 

ADDRESSES: The event will be held at 

the Crown Ballroom, 1960 Coliseum 

Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina 

28306. If you are unable to attend the 

North Carolina Community Engagement 

event, you will be able to submit 

comments at http://

www.regulations.gov: Enter Docket ID 

No. EPA–OW–2018–0270. Citizens, 

including those that attend and provide 

oral statements, are encouraged to send 

written statements to the public docket. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. Once submitted, 

comments cannot be edited or 

withdrawn. The EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Davina Marraccini, USEPA Region 4, 61 

Forsyth Street SW (Mail Code 9T24), 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960; telephone 


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