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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. 

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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. 

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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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www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by e-mail to owdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Water Docket (Mail 

Code: 28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 

OMB by mail to: Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nell 

Orscheln, Oceans and Coastal Protection 

Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, 

and Watersheds, Mail Code 4504T, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

566–2102; fax number: (202) 566–1336; 

e-mail address: Orscheln.nell@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On October 8, 2009 (74 FR 51849), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2006–0369, which is available 

for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Reading Room 

is 202–566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Water Docket is 202– 

566–2426. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA 

receives them and without change, 

unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: National Estuary Program 

(Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1500.07, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0138. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on January 31, 2010. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. An Agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information, unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s 

regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: 

Annual Workplans: The National 

Estuary Program (NEP) involves 

collecting information from the state or 

local agency or nongovernmental 

organizations that receive funds under 

Sec. 320 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). 

The regulation requiring this 

information is found at 40 CFR Part 35. 

Prospective grant recipients seek 

funding to develop or oversee and 

coordinate implementation of 

Comprehensive Conservation 

Management Plans (CCMPs) for 

estuaries of national significance. In 

order to receive funds, grantees must 

submit an annual workplan to EPA. The 

workplan consists of two parts: (a) 

Progress on projects funded previously; 

and (b) new projects proposed with 

dollar amounts and completion dates. 

The workplan is reviewed by EPA and 

also serves as the scope of work for the 

grant agreement. EPA also uses these 

workplans to track performance of each 

of the 28 estuary programs currently in 

the NEP. 

Program Evaluations: EPA provides 

funding to NEPs to support long-term 

implementation of CCMPs if such 

programs pass a program evaluation 

process. The primary purpose of the 

program evaluation process is to help 

EPA determine whether the 28 programs 

included in the National Estuary 

Program (NEP) are making adequate 

progress implementing their CCMPs and 

therefore merit continued funding under 

Sec. 320 of the Clean Water Act. 

Continued funding for each NEP under 

Sec. 320 of the CWA is contingent upon 

Congress appropriating sufficient funds 

to the EPA for the purpose of 

implementing the NEP. The program 

evaluation process also is useful for 

highlighting environmental results; 

highlighting strengths and challenges in 

program management; demonstrating 

continued stakeholder commitment; 

assessing the progress of the NEP as a 

national program; and transferring 

lessons learned within EPA, among 

NEPs, and with other watershed 

programs. For this ICR cycle, program 

evaluations will be required for nine 

programs in FY2010, nine programs in 

FY2011, and ten programs in 2012. 

Government Performance Results Act: 

EPA requests that each of the 28 NEPs 

receiving Sec. 320 funds report 

information that can be used in the 

GPRA reporting process. This reporting 

is done on an annual basis and is used 

to show environmental results that are 

being achieved within the overall NEP 

Program. This information is ultimately 

submitted to Congress along with GPRA 

information from other EPA programs. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 100 hours per 

response for annual workplans, 250 

hours per response for program 

evaluations, and 25 hours per response 

for GPRA reporting. Burden means the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. 

This includes the time needed to review 

instructions; develop, acquire, install, 

and utilize technology and systems for 

the purposes of collecting, validating, 

and verifying information, processing 

and maintaining information, and 

disclosing and providing information; 

adjust the existing ways to comply with 

any previously applicable instructions 

and requirements which have 

subsequently changed; train personnel 

to be able to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: States 

with National Estuary Programs. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

28. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

5,833. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$241,558, this includes no annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

Dated: January 20, 2010. 

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John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R03–CPB–2009–0500; FRL–9106–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Chesapeake Registry; EPA 

ICR No. 2365.02, OMB Control No. 

2003–0001 

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 Number EPA– 

R03–CBP–2009–0500, to both EPA and 

OMB. For EPA use one of the following 

three methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method). Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting. 

• Mail: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket 

and Information Center, mail code 

28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• E-mail: docket.oeca@epa.gov. 

For OMB mail to: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marguerite Duffy, USEPA Region III— 

Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis 

City Marina, 410 Severn Avenue Suite 

109 (3CB10), Annapolis, MD 21403; 

telephone number: (410) 267–5764; fax 

number: (410) 267–5777; e-mail address: 

duffy.marguerite@epa.gov; or Doreen 

Vetter, telephone number (410) 267– 

5780; e-mail address: 

vetter.doreen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On October 23, 2009 (74 FR 54801), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d) and received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

R03–CBP–2009–0500, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ key 

in the docket ID number identified 

above, and hit the ‘‘Submit’’ icon. Please 

note that EPA’s policy is that public 

comments, whether submitted 

electronically or in paper, will be made 

available for public viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. For 

further information about the electronic 

docket, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Chesapeake Registry. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2365.02, 

OMB Control No. 2003–0001. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on February 28, 2010. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. An 

Agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information, unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the CFR, 

after appearing in the Federal Register 

when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: In 2008, EPA’s Region III 

Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) 

and its partners developed the 

Chesapeake Action Plan (CAP) to 

strengthen and expand partnerships in 

the watershed, enhance coordination of 

restoration activities, and increase the 

collective accountability for protecting 

the Chesapeake Bay. One component 

described in the CAP is a Web-enabled 

reporting system known as the Activity 

Integration Plan now titled Chesapeake 

Registry. Through this reporting system, 

participating organizations provide data 

about the activities in which they are 

currently engaged, or plan to be engaged 

in, to protect and restore the Chesapeake 

Bay and its watershed. The ability to 

capture and account for Bay-wide 

implementation activities was 

developed in response to 

recommendations by the Government 

Accountability Office and directives of 

the Explanatory Statement of the Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2008 Consolidated 

Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 110–161). 

CBPO conducted its first activity data 

call in 2008 that included 10 Federal 

agencies, 7 States, and 2 local 

organizations. 

The EPA, on behalf of the partnership, 

intends to expand the data call to more 

than 10 non-federal agencies and 

organizations to strengthen the 

information base on which to support 

implementation decisions and more 

recently, to support Executive Order 

(EO) 13508, signed by President Barack 

Obama on May 12, 2009. Section 203(d) 

of the EO directs EPA to identify the 

‘‘mechanisms that will assure that 

governmental and other activities, 

including data collection and 

distribution, are coordinated and 

effective, relying on existing 

mechanisms where appropriate.’’ 

Section 204 further directs that 

‘‘Federal actions to protect and restore 

the Chesapeake Bay are closely 

coordinated with actions by State and 

local agencies in the watershed and that 

the resources, authorities, and expertise 

of Federal, State, and local agencies are 

used as efficiently as possible.’’ The 

Chesapeake Registry and associated data 

calls provide a mechanism for 

coordinated data collections among 

federal and nonfederal entities 

protecting and restoring the Bay and its 

watershed, and the information 

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