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www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ 

transconf/adequacy.htm. The adequate 

motor vehicle emissions budgets are 

provided in the following table: 

SJV PM2.5 PLAN MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS FOUND ADEQUATE

[Annual average, tons per day] 

2009 2012 

PM2.5 NOX PM2.5 NOX

Fresno .............................................................................................................. 2.2 56.5 1.9 44.2 

Kern (SJV) ....................................................................................................... 3.4 87.7 3.0 74.2 

Kings ................................................................................................................ 0.7 17.9 0.6 14.6 

Madera ............................................................................................................. 0.6 14.1 0.5 11.4 

Merced ............................................................................................................. 1.5 33.6 1.2 26.7 

San Joaquin ..................................................................................................... 1.6 39.1 1.4 32.8 

Stanislaus ........................................................................................................ 1.0 25.8 0.9 20.8 

Tulare ............................................................................................................... 0.9 23.3 0.8 19.5 

Our letter dated April 23, 2010 also 

states that budgets for the attainment 

year of 2014 are inadequate for 

transportation conformity purpose. The 

State has included additional on-road 

mobile source emissions reductions in 

the budgets for 2014 from the 2007 State 

Strategy for the California State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). The 

adequate budgets include no such 

reductions but rather reflect emissions 

reductions from CARB rules that have 

already been adopted. EPA has 

determined that the 2014 budgets are 

inadequate because they include new 

emission reductions that do not result 

from specific or enforceable control 

measures. As a result, three of the 

transportation conformity rule’s 

adequacy criteria are not met (40 CFR 

93.118(e)(4)(iii), (iv), and (v)) for these 

budgets. The inadequate motor vehicle 

emissions budgets are provided in the 

following table: 

SJV PM2.5 PLAN MOTOR VEHICLE

EMISSIONS BUDGETS FOUND INADEQUATE

[Annual average, tons per day] 

2014 

PM2.5 NOX

Fresno ....................... 1.1 26.0 

Kern (SJV) ................ 1.4 41.6 

Kings ......................... 0.3 8.1 

Madera ...................... 0.3 6.7 

Merced ...................... 0.6 14.8 

San Joaquin .............. 0.9 20.3 

Stanislaus ................. 0.5 12.4 

Tulare ........................ 0.5 12.2 

Receipt of the motor vehicle 

emissions budgets in the San Joaquin 

Valley 2008 PM2.5 Plan was announced 

on EPA’s transportation conformity Web 

site on August 19, 2008. We received no 

comments in response to the adequacy 

review posting. The finding is available 

at EPA’s transportation conformity Web 

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

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

Transportation conformity is required 

by Clean Air Act section 176(c). EPA’s 

conformity rule requires that 

transportation plans, transportation 

improvement programs, and projects 

conform to SIPs and establishes the 

criteria and procedures for determining 

whether or not they do 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 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) which was promulgated in 

our August 15, 1997 final rule (62 FR 

43780, 43781–43783). We have further 

described our process for determining 

the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets 

in our July 1, 2004 final rule (69 FR 

40004, 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. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: May 5, 2010. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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[EPA–R04–OAR–2009–0751–201022(c); 

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Adequacy Status of the HickoryMorganton-Lenoir, North Carolina 1997 

PM2.5 Attainment; Demonstration 

Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget for 

Transportation Conformity Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy; correcting 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: On March 1, 2010, EPA 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register to notify the public of an 

adequacy determination that the Agency 

made with regards to the motor vehicle 

emissions budget (MVEB) for nitrogen 

oxides (NOX) and for an insignificance 

determination related to fine particulate 

matter (PM2.5) for mobile sources’ 

overall contribution to the PM2.5

pollution in the Hickory-MorgantonLenoir area (hereafter referred to as the 

Hickory Area). In that notice, EPA 

identified the units of measure for the 

NOX MVEB as kilograms per day (kgd). 

EPA is publishing this amendment to 

correctly identify the units of measure 

for the NOX MVEB as kilograms per year 

(kgy). Additionally, the March 1, 2010, 

Federal Register notice included an 

inadvertent error to the docket ID 

number which is being corrected in this 

action. 

DATES: This action is effective May 12, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the 

documentation used in the action being 

corrected are available for inspection 

during normal business hours at the 

following location: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 

Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303– 

8960. The Regional Office’s official 

hours of business are Monday through 

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holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amanetta Somerville, Environmental 

Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, 

SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Ms. 

Somerville can be reached at 404–562– 

9025, or via electronic mail at 

somerville.amanetta@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

21, 2009, the State of North Carolina, 

through the North Carolina Department 

of Environment and Natural Resources 

(NCDENR), submitted the attainment 

demonstration for the 1997 PM2.5

nonattainment area for the Hickory 

Area. The Hickory 1997 PM2.5

nonattainment area is comprised of 

Catawba County, North Carolina. North 

Carolina’s attainment demonstration 

included a MVEB for NOX and an 

insignificance finding for the overall 

contribution of direct PM2.5 from mobile 

sources to the PM2.5 pollution in 

Catawba County. 

EPA Region 4 sent a letter to NCDENR 

on January 20, 2010, stating that the 

2009 NOX MVEB in the 1997 PM2.5

attainment demonstration for the 

Hickory Area was adequate for the 

purposes of transportation conformity 

purposes. The letter identified the NOX

MVEB as 2,887,955 kgd. Subsequently, 

in response to North Carolina’s 

submission, on March 1, 2010, EPA 

notified the public of its finding of 

adequacy for the NOX MVEB and also 

identified the NOX MVEB as 2,887,955 

kgd. The units of measure provided in 

North Carolina’s submission for the 

NOX MVEB are actually kgy and not kgd 

so EPA is correcting this error. The 

March 1, 2010, rulemaking also 

contained an inadvertent error to the 

docket ID number, published as EPA– 

R04–OAR–2009–0561. The correct 

docket ID number is EPA–R04–OAR– 

2009–0751, which EPA is correcting 

through this action. 

On April 20, 2010, EPA sent a letter 

to North Carolina noting this error and 

announcing that a correcting 

amendment (this notice) would be 

published soon to alert the public to this 

correction. Below identifies the correct 

NOX MVEBs for the Hickory Area. 

HICKORY AREA NOX MVEB 

[Kilograms per year] 

2009 

Catawba County ....................... 2,887,995 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: May 3, 2010. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0865; FRL–9150–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Internet Survey 

Research for Improving Fuel Economy 

Label Design and Content; EPA ICR 

No. 2390.01, OMB Control No. 2060– 

NEW 

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 EPA is planning to 

submit a request for a new Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). Before 

submitting the ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 11, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2009–0865 by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–1741. 

• Mail: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code 

2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2009– 

0865. 

• Hand Delivery: Docket Center, 

(EPA/DC) EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2009–0865. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2009– 

0865. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roberts French, Compliance and 

Innovative Strategies Division, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 

Traverwood Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105; 

telephone number: (734) 214–4380; fax 

number: (734) 214–4869; e-mail address: 

French.Roberts@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the Docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2009–0865, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

and Information Center 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 

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