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Subchapter B—Copyright Claims Board and 

Procedures 

PART 229—RECORDS AND 

PUBLICATION 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 229 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702, 1510. 

■ 4. Revise § 229.2 to read as follows: 

§ 229.2 Final determination certification. 

Upon a party’s written request to the 

Board and payment of the appropriate 

fee pursuant to 37 CFR 201.3, the Board 

will provide a certified copy of a 

proceeding’s final or amended final 

determination. A party who wishes to 

engage in this service should contact the 

Board for further instructions on how to 

make this request. 

Dated: September 26, 2024. 

Shira Perlmutter, 

Register of Copyrights and Director of the 

U.S. Copyright Office. 

Approved by: 

Carla D. Hayden, 

Librarian of Congress. 

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BILLING CODE 1410–30–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2024–0162; FRL–11869– 

02–R3] 

Air Plan Approval; District of 

Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia; 

Update of the Motor Vehicle Emissions 

Budgets for the Washington-MD-VA 

2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard Maintenance Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving state 

implementation plan (SIP) revisions 

submitted by the District of Columbia 

(the District), State of Maryland (MD), 

and Commonwealth of Virginia (VA). 

The revisions update the motor vehicle 

emissions budgets (MVEBs) and the 

onroad and nonroad (except for marine, 

airport, and railroad) mobile emissions 

for volatile organic compounds (VOC) 

and nitrogen oxides (NOX) for the years 

2025 and 2030. EPA is approving the 

updated MVEBs and updates to the 

applicable onroad and nonroad mobile 

emissions for VOC and NOX for the 

years 2025 and 2030. EPA is also 

approving the allocation of a portion of 

the safety margins for VOC and NOX in 

the ozone maintenance plan to the 2025 

and 2030 MVEBs. The MVEBs will be 

available for transportation conformity 

purposes, in accordance with the 

requirements of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

November 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

Number EPA–R03–OAR–2024–0162. All 

documents in the docket are listed on 

the www.regulations.gov website. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., confidential business information 

(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 www.regulations.gov, 

or please contact the person identified 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section for additional 

availability information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Becoat, Planning & 

Implementation Branch (3AD30), Air & 

Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1600 John 

F Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania 19103. The telephone 

number is (215) 814–2053. Mr. Becoat 

can also be reached via electronic mail 

at Becoat.Gregory@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On November 14, 2023, September 6, 

2023, and October 11, 2023, the District, 

Maryland, and Virginia, respectively, 

formally submitted requests to update 

the 2008 8-Hour Ozone national 

ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) 

maintenance plan for the Washington, 

DC-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS 

Maintenance Area (hereafter ‘‘the 

Washington Area’’ or ‘‘the Area’’). These 

revisions update the Area’s maintenance 

plan to include revised onroad and 

nonroad MVEBs for VOCs and NOX that 

reflect the updated EPA Motor Vehicle 

Emission Simulator (MOVES3.04) 

model. 

On June 3, 2024 (89 FR 47474), EPA 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) for the Area. The 

Area submitted SIP revisions that 

included an update to the MVEBs for 

VOCs and NOX, that were initially 

developed using the MOVES2014a 

model, for the years 2025 and 2030. In 

the NPRM, EPA proposed approval of 

revisions to update the Area’s 

maintenance plan to include revised 

onroad and nonroad MVEBs for VOCs 

and NOX that reflect the updated EPA 

MOVES3.04 model and increased 

onroad vehicle emission rates. 

II. Summary of SIP Revision and EPA 

Analysis 

EPA’s analysis of the Area’s SIP 

submittal indicates that maintenance of 

the 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS will 

continue to be demonstrated for the 

Area, after updating the 2025 and 2030 

MVEBs, for NOX and VOC, using 

MOVES3.0.4 and updated planning 

assumptions. The details of the Area’s 

submittal and the rationale for EPA’s 

action are further explained in the 

NPRM and will not be restated here. 

Comments on the June 3, 2024 (89 FR 

47474) NPRM were due on or before 

July 3, 2024. EPA received one comment 

that was not relevant to this action and 

will not be addressed here. 

The updated 2025 and 2030 MVEBs, 

for NOX and VOC, will ensure that 

transportation emissions conform with 

each state’s SIP. Table 1 in this 

document, provides the newly revised 

MVEBs for 2025 and 2030 along with 

the retained 2014 MVEBs from the 2017 

plan (using MOVES2014a) in tons per 

day (tpd). The Area added only portions 

of the total available safety margins for 

VOC and NOX when developing the 

revised MVEBs for 2025 and 2030 for 

the projected onroad mobile VOC and 

NOX emissions. The allocation will add 

5.58 tpd of VOC and 9.30 tpd of NOX

from the safety margins to the 2025 

emission inventories, and 4.35 tpd of 

VOC and 6.85 tpd of NOX from the 

safety margins to the 2030 emission 

inventories. 

TABLE 1—REVISED ONROAD MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS USING MOVES3.0.4 

Year 

VOC onroad 

emissions 

(tpd) 

NOX onroad 

emissions 

(tpd) 

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TABLE 1—REVISED ONROAD MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS USING MOVES3.0.4—Continued 

Year 

VOC onroad 

emissions 

(tpd) 

NOX onroad 

emissions 

(tpd) 

2025 Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ................................................................................................... 27.92 46.52 

2025 Safety Margin ................................................................................................................................................. 5.58 9.30 

2025 Interim Budget with Safety Margin ................................................................................................................. 33.50 55.82 

2030 Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ................................................................................................... 21.75 34.26 

2030 Safety Margin ................................................................................................................................................. 4.35 6.85 

2030 Final Budget with Safety Margin .................................................................................................................... 26.10 41.11 

III. Final Action 

EPA has evaluated the Area’s 

submittal and has determined that the 

updated MVEBs and the allocation of 

the safety margins to the 2025 and 2030 

budgets for the Area meet the 

requirements of the transportation 

conformity regulations at 40 CFR part 93 

and are approvable. Therefore, EPA is 

approving the Washington Area’s SIP 

revision updating the MVEBs and the 

onroad and nonroad (except for marine, 

airport, and railroad) mobile emissions 

for VOC and NOX for the years 2025 and 

2030. Additionally, EPA is approving 

the allocation of a portion of the safety 

margins for VOC and NOX in the ozone 

maintenance plan to the 2025 and 2030 

budgets. 

IV. General Information Pertaining to 

SIP Submittals From the 

Commonwealth of Virginia 

In 1995, Virginia adopted legislation 

that provides, subject to certain 

conditions, for an environmental 

assessment (audit) ‘‘privilege’’ for 

voluntary compliance evaluations 

performed by a regulated entity. The 

legislation further addresses the relative 

burden of proof for parties either 

asserting the privilege or seeking 

disclosure of documents for which the 

privilege is claimed. Virginia’s 

legislation also provides, subject to 

certain conditions, for a penalty waiver 

for violations of environmental laws 

when a regulated entity discovers such 

violations pursuant to a voluntary 

compliance evaluation and voluntarily 

discloses such violations to the 

Commonwealth and takes prompt and 

appropriate measures to remedy the 

violations. Virginia’s Voluntary 

Environmental Assessment Privilege 

Law, Va. Code sec. 10.1198, provides a 

privilege that protects from disclosure 

documents and information about the 

content of those documents that are the 

product of a voluntary environmental 

assessment. The Privilege Law does not 

extend to documents or information 

that: (1) are generated or developed 

before the commencement of a 

voluntary environmental assessment; (2) 

are prepared independently of the 

assessment process; (3) demonstrate a 

clear, imminent, and substantial danger 

to the public health or environment; or 

(4) are required by law. 

On January 12, 1998, the 

Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the 

Attorney General provided a legal 

opinion that states that the Privilege 

Law, Va. Code sec. 10.1–1198, precludes 

granting a privilege to documents and 

information ‘‘required by law,’’ 

including documents and information 

‘‘required by Federal law to maintain 

program delegation, authorization or 

approval,’’ since Virginia must ‘‘enforce 

Federally authorized environmental 

programs in a manner that is no less 

stringent than their Federal 

counterparts. . . .’’ The opinion 

concludes that ‘‘[r]egarding § 10.1–1198, 

therefore, documents or other 

information needed for civil or criminal 

enforcement under one of these 

programs could not be privileged 

because such documents and 

information are essential to pursuing 

enforcement in a manner required by 

Federal law to maintain program 

delegation, authorization or approval.’’ 

Virginia’s Immunity Law, Va. Code 

sec. 10.1–1199, provides that ‘‘[t]o the 

extent consistent with requirements 

imposed by Federal law,’’ any person 

making a voluntary disclosure of 

information to a state agency regarding 

a violation of an environmental statute, 

regulation, permit, or administrative 

order is granted immunity from 

administrative or civil penalty. The 

Attorney General’s January 12, 1998 

opinion states that the quoted language 

renders this statute inapplicable to 

enforcement of any Federally authorized 

programs, since ‘‘no immunity could be 

afforded from administrative, civil, or 

criminal penalties because granting 

such immunity would not be consistent 

with Federal law, which is one of the 

criteria for immunity.’’ 

Therefore, the EPA has determined 

that Virginia’s Privilege and Immunity 

statutes will not preclude the 

Commonwealth from enforcing its 

program consistent with the Federal 

requirements. In any event, because the 

EPA has also determined that a state 

audit privilege and immunity law can 

affect only state enforcement and cannot 

have any impact on Federal 

enforcement authorities, the EPA may at 

any time invoke its authority under the 

CAA, including, for example, section 

113, 167, 205, 211 or 213, to enforce the 

requirements or prohibitions of the state 

plan, independently of any state 

enforcement effort. In addition, citizen 

enforcement under section 304 of the 

CAA is likewise unaffected by this, or 

any, state audit privilege or immunity 

law. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. General Requirements 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely approves state law as meeting 

Federal requirements and does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. For that 

reason, this action: 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to review by the Office of 

Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 


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• Does not have federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); and 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act; 

This action does not have tribal 

implications as specified by Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000), because this action is not 

approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the Commonwealth of 

Virginia, State of Maryland, or District 

of Columbia, and EPA notes that it will 

not impose substantial direct costs on 

tribal governments or preempt tribal 

law. 

Executive Order 12898 (Federal 

Actions to Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629, 

February 16, 1994) directs Federal 

agencies to identify and address 

‘‘disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects’’ 

of their actions on minority populations 

and low-income populations to the 

greatest extent practicable and 

permitted by law. The EPA defines 

environmental justice (EJ) as ‘‘the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of all people regardless of race, color, 

national origin, or income with respect 

to the development, implementation, 

and enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies.’’ The EPA 

further defines the term fair treatment to 

mean that ‘‘no group of people should 

bear a disproportionate burden of 

environmental harms and risks, 

including those resulting from the 

negative environmental consequences of 

industrial, governmental, and 

commercial operations or programs and 

policies.’’ 

The District of Columbia, State of 

Maryland, and Commonwealth of 

Virginia did not evaluate environmental 

justice considerations as part of the SIP 

submittals; the CAA and applicable 

implementing regulations neither 

prohibit nor require such an evaluation. 

The EPA did not perform an EJ analysis 

and did not consider EJ in this action. 

Consideration of EJ is not required as 

part of this action, and there is no 

information in the record inconsistent 

with the stated goal of E.O. 12898 of 

achieving environmental justice for 

people of color, low-income 

populations, and Indigenous peoples. 

B. Submission to Congress and the 

Comptroller General 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

C. Petitions for Judicial Review 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by December 3, 2024. Filing a 

petition for reconsideration by the 

Administrator of this final rule does not 

affect the finality of this action for the 

purposes of judicial review nor does it 

extend the time within which a petition 

for judicial review may be filed, and 

shall not postpone the effectiveness of 

such rule or action. This action, 

approving the West Virginia SIP 

revision updating its incorporation by 

reference of EPA’s NAAQS and 

associated ambient air monitoring 

reference methods and equivalent 

methods, may not be challenged later in 

proceedings to enforce its requirements. 

(See section 307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Adam Ortiz, 

Regional Administrator, Region III. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part 

52 as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart J—District of Columbia 

■ 2. In § 52.470, the table in paragraph 

(e) is amended by revising the entry for 

‘‘Maintenance plan for the District of 

Columbia portion of the Washington, 

DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the 

2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard’’ to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.470 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

Name of non-regulatory SIP revision 

Applicable 

geographic 

area 

State 

submittal 

date 

EPA approval date Additional 

explanation 

*******

Maintenance plan for the District of Columbia portion 

of the Washington, DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area 

for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard.

District of Columbia ....... 11/14/23 10/4/2024, [INSERT 

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION].

Added § 52.476(k). 

* * * * * * * 

■ 3. In § 52.476: 

■ a. Remove the heading from paragraph 

(g); and 

■ b. Add paragraph (k). 

The addition reads as follows: 

§ 52.476 Control strategy: ozone. 

* * * * * 


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(k) EPA approves updates to the 2008 

8-Hour Ozone national ambient air 

quality standard (NAAQS) maintenance 

plan for the District of Columbia portion 

of the Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 8- 

Hour Ozone NAAQS Maintenance Area. 

The updates include revised motor 

vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) and 

updates to the applicable onroad and 

nonroad mobile emissions for VOC and 

NOX for the years 2025 and 2030. EPA 

also approves the allocation of a portion 

of the safety margins for VOC and NOX

in the ozone maintenance plan to the 

2025 and 2030 MVEBs. The revised 

MVEBs for VOC and NOX applies to all 

future transportation conformity 

determinations and analyses for the 

entire Washington, DC-MD-VA 

Maintenance Area for the 2008 8-Hour 

Ozone NAAQS. 

TABLE 5 TO PARAGRAPH (k)—REVISED ONROAD MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS USING MOVES 3.0.4 

Year 

VOC onroad 

emissions 

(tpd) 

NOX onroad 

emissions 

(tpd) 

2014 Attainment Year .............................................................................................................................................. 61.25 136.84 

2025 Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ................................................................................................... 27.92 46.52 

2025 Safety Margin ................................................................................................................................................. 5.58 9.30 

2025 Interim Budget with Safety Margin ................................................................................................................. 33.50 55.82 

2030 Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ................................................................................................... 21.75 34.26 

2030 Safety Margin ................................................................................................................................................. 4.35 6.85 

2030 Final Budget with Safety Margin .................................................................................................................... 26.10 41.11 

Subpart V—Maryland 

■ 4. In § 52.1070, the table in paragraph 

(e) is amended by revising the entry for 

‘‘Maintenance plan for the Maryland 

portion of the Washington, DC-MD-VA 

Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8-hour 

ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.1070 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

Name of non-regulatory SIP revision Applicable geographic area 

State 

submittal 

date 

EPA approval date Additional 

explanation 

*******

Maintenance plan for the Maryland portion of the Washington, DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8- 

hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard.

Calvert, Charles, Frederick, 

Montgomery, and Prince 

George’s Counties.

09/06/23 [10/4/2024, INSERT 

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION].

§ 52.1076(hh). 

* * * * * * * 

■ 5. In § 52.1076: 

■ a. Remove the headings from 

paragraphs (w), (x), and (gg); and 

■ b. Add paragraph (hh). 

The addition reads as follows: 

§ 52.1076 Control strategy plans for 

attainment and rate-of-progress: Ozone. 

* * * * * 

(hh) EPA approves updates to the 

2008 8-Hour Ozone national ambient air 

quality standard (NAAQS) maintenance 

plan for the Maryland portion of the 

Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour 

Ozone NAAQS Maintenance Area. The 

updates include revised motor vehicle 

emissions budgets (MVEBs) and updates 

to the applicable onroad and nonroad 

mobile emissions for VOC and NOX for 

the years 2025 and 2030. EPA also 

approves the allocation of a portion of 

the safety margins for VOC and NOX in 

the ozone maintenance plan to the 2025 

and 2030 MVEBs. The revised MVEBs 

for VOC and NOX applies to all future 

transportation conformity 

determinations and analyses for the 

entire Washington, DC-MD-VA 

Maintenance Area for the 2008 8-Hour 

Ozone NAAQS. 

TABLE 11 TO PARAGRAPH (hh)—REVISED ONROAD MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS USING MOVES 3.0.4 

Year 

VOC onroad 

emissions 

(tpd) 

NOX onroad 

emissions 

(tpd) 

2014 Attainment Year .............................................................................................................................................. 61.25 136.84 

2025 Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ................................................................................................... 27.92 46.52 

2025 Safety Margin ................................................................................................................................................. 5.58 9.30 

2025 Interim Budget with Safety Margin ................................................................................................................. 33.50 55.82 

2030 Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ................................................................................................... 21.75 34.26 

2030 Safety Margin ................................................................................................................................................. 4.35 6.85 

2030 Final Budget with Safety Margin .................................................................................................................... 26.10 41.11 


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Subpart VV—Virginia 

■ 6. In § 52.2420, the table in paragraph 

(e)(1) is amended by revising the entry 

‘‘Maintenance plan for the Virginia 

portion of the Washington, DC-MD-VA 

Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8-hour 

ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.2420 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(1) * * * 

Name of non-regulatory SIP revision Applicable geographic area 

State 

submittal 

date 

EPA approval 

date 

Additional 

explanation 

*******

Maintenance plan for the Virginia portion 

of the Washington, DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the 2008 8-hour 

ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard.

Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince 

William Counties and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park.

10/11/23 10/4/2024, [INSERT FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION].Added § 52.2428(n). 

*******

* * * * * 

■ 7. In § 52.2428: 

■ a. Remove the heading from paragraph 

(h); and 

■ b. Add paragraph (n). 

The addition reads as follows: 

§ 52.2428 Control Strategy: Carbon 

monoxide and ozone. 

* * * * * 

(n) EPA approves updates to the 2008 

8-Hour Ozone national ambient air 

quality standard (NAAQS) maintenance 

plan for the Virginia portion of the 

Washington, DC-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour 

Ozone NAAQS Maintenance Area. The 

updates include revised motor vehicle 

emissions budgets (MVEBs) and updates 

to the applicable onroad and nonroad 

mobile emissions for VOC and NOX for 

the years 2025 and 2030. EPA also 

approves the allocation of a portion of 

the safety margins for VOC and NOX in 

the ozone maintenance plan to the 2025 

and 2030 MVEBs. The revised MVEBs 

for VOC and NOX applies to all future 

transportation conformity 

determinations and analyses for the 

entire Washington, DC-MD-VA 

Maintenance Area for the 2008 8-Hour 

Ozone NAAQS. 

TABLE 5 TO PARAGRAPH (n)—REVISED ONROAD MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS USING MOVES 3.0.4 

Year 

VOC onroad 

emissions 

(tpd) 

NOX onroad 

emissions 

(tpd) 

2014 Attainment Year .............................................................................................................................................. 61.25 136.84 

2025 Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ................................................................................................... 27.92 46.52 

2025 Safety Margin ................................................................................................................................................. 5.58 9.30 

2025 Interim Budget with Safety Margin ................................................................................................................. 33.50 55.82 

2030 Predicted Emissions without Safety Margin ................................................................................................... 21.75 34.26 

2030 Safety Margin ................................................................................................................................................. 4.35 6.85 

2030 Final Budget with Safety Margin .................................................................................................................... 26.10 41.11 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2023–0477; FRL–11532– 

03–R9] 

Clean Air Plans; Contingency 

Measures for the Fine Particulate 

Matter Standards; San Joaquin Valley, 

California 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve two state implementation plan 

(SIP) submissions under the Clean Air 

Act (CAA) that address the contingency 

measure requirements for the 1997 

annual, 2006 24-hour, and 2012 annual 

fine particulate matter (PM2.5) national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS 

or ‘‘standards’’) for the San Joaquin 

Valley PM2.5 nonattainment area in 

California. The two SIP submissions 

include the area’s contingency measure 

plan element and two specific 

contingency measures that would apply 

to residential wood burning heaters and 

fireplaces and to non-agricultural, rural 

open areas. A third contingency 

measure, applicable to light-duty onroad motor vehicles, has been approved 

into the California SIP in a separate 

action by the EPA, and the related 

emission reductions from the third 

measure are accounted for in this final 

rule. The EPA is finalizing approval of 

the SIP submissions because the Agency 

has determined that they are in 

accordance with the applicable 

requirements for such SIP submissions 

under the CAA and the EPA’s 

implementing regulations for the PM2.5

NAAQS. 

DATES: This rule is effective November 

4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–R09–OAR–2023–0477. 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, e.g., Confidential Business 

Information (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. 

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