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conform. 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 transportation 

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 

transportation conformity Web site: 

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

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

Dated: January 13, 2010. 

Walter W. Kovalick Jr., 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1462 Filed 1–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2008–0682; FRL–9106–4] 

Adequacy Status of the Steubenville, 

OH and the Canton, OH Submitted 

Annual Fine Particulate Matter 

Attainment Demonstration 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 fine particulate 

matter (PM2.5) and oxides of nitrogen 

(NOx) as a precursor to fine particulate 

matter in Steubenville, Ohio (Jefferson 

County) and Canton, Ohio (Stark 

County) are adequate for use in 

transportation conformity 

determinations. Ohio submitted the 

Steubenville and Canton area budgets 

with the attainment demonstration 

submittal initially on July 16, 2008, and 

subsequently submitted the public 

hearing results on December 5, 2008. As 

a result of our finding, the Steubenville, 

Ohio area (Jefferson County) and the 

Canton, Ohio area (Stark County) must 

use the MVEBs from the submitted 

PM2.5 attainment demonstration plan for 

future transportation conformity 

determinations. 

DATES: This finding is effective February 

10, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Morris, Environmental 

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) 353–8656, 

morris.patricia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

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

EPA. 

Background 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. On December 7, 2009, 

EPA Region 5 sent a letter to the Ohio 

Environmental Protection Agency 

stating that the 2009 MVEBs for the 

Steubenville area, and also for the 

Canton area, which were submitted with 

the state’s PM2.5 attainment 

demonstration, are adequate. Receipt of 

these MVEBs was announced on EPA’s 

transportation conformity website, and 

no comments were submitted. The 

finding is available at EPA’s conformity 

web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

The adequate 2009 MVEBs, in tons 

per year (tpy), for PM2.5 and NOX for the 

Steubenville area and the Canton area 

are as follows: 

STEUBENVILLE (JEFFERSON COUNTY), 

OHIO

PM2.5 (tpy) NOX (tpy) 

2009 .......... 19.80 1208.81 

CANTON (STARK COUNTY), OHIO

PM2.5 (tpy) NOX (tpy) 

2009 .......... 88.38 5103.36 

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 

conform. 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 transportation 

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 

transportation conformity web site: 

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

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671 q. 

Dated: January 13, 2010. 

Walter W. Kovalick Jr., 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1461 Filed 1–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2006–0369; FRL–9107–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; National Estuary Program 

(Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1500.07, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0138 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before February 25, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2006–0369, to (1) EPA online using 

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