Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 58 / Friday, March 27, 2009 / Notices 13433 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Foster, 1445 Ross Avenue, Ste. 

1200 (RC–S) Dallas, Texas 75202–2733 

or call (214) 665–2169. 

Dated: March 13, 2009. 

Lawrence E. Starfield, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

[FR Doc. E9–6881 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8787–3] 

Maryland; Adequacy Status of the 2008 

Reasonable Further Progress Plan for 

the Baltimore 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area Motor Vehicle 

Emission Budgets 

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) in the Reasonable 

Further Progress Plan (RFP) submitted 

as a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision on June 4, 2007 by the 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment, (MDE) are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. As 

a result of EPA’s finding, the State of 

Maryland must use the MVEBs from the 

June 4, 2007 RFP Plan for future 

conformity determinations for the 8- 

hour ozone standard. 

DATES: These MVEBs are effective April 

13, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martin Kotsch, U.S. EPA, Region III, 

1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 

19103 at (215) 814–3335 or by e-mail at: 

kotsch.martin@EPA.gov. The finding is 

available at EPA’s conformity Web site: 

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

stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ 

or ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. The word 

‘‘budgets’’ refers to the motor vehicle 

emission budgets for volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides 

(NOx). The word ‘‘SIP’’ in this 

document refers to the RFP Plans for the 

Baltimore 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment 

Area submitted to EPA as SIP revisions 

on June 4, 2007. 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that EPA has 

already made. EPA Region III sent a 

letter to MDE on January 15, 2009 

stating that the MVEBs in the RFP Plan 

are adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. As a result of 

EPA’s finding, the State of Maryland 

must use the MVEBs from the June 4, 

2007 RFP Plan for future conformity 

determinations for the 8-hour ozone 

standard. This finding has also been 

announced on EPA’s conformity Web 

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

stateresources/transconf/pastsips.htm. 

The adequate MVEBs are provided in 

the following table: 

TABLE 1—MARYLAND MOTOR VEHICLE

EMISSIONS BUDGETS

Nonattainment area 

2008 Reasonable further 

progress 

VOC (tpd) NOX (tpd) 

Baltimore ... 41.2 106.8 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, 

as amended in 1990. EPA’s conformity 

rule requires that transportation plans, 

programs and projects conform to state 

air quality implementation plans and 

establishes the criteria andprocedure 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 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). 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. We have described our 

process for determining the adequacy of 

submitted SIP budgets in 40 CFR 

93.118(f), and have followed this rule in 

making our adequacy determination. 

Dated: March 10, 2009. 

William T. Wisniewski, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. E9–6883 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8787–2] 

Maryland; Adequacy Status of the 2008 

Reasonable Further Progress Plan for 

the Maryland Portion of the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 

8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area 

Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets 

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) in the Reasonable 

Further Progress Plan (RFP) submitted 

as a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision on June 4, 2007 by the 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment, (MDE) are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. As 

a result of EPA’s finding, the State of 

Maryland must use the MVEBs from the 

June 4, 2007 RFP Plan for future 

conformity determinations for the 8- 

hour ozone standard. 

DATES: These MVEBs are effective April 

13, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martin Kotsch, U.S. EPA, Region III, 

1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 

19103 at (215) 814–3335 or by e-mail at: 

kotsch.martin@EPA.gov. The finding is 

available at EPA’s conformity Web site: 

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

stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ 

or ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. The word 

‘‘budgets’’ refers to the motor vehicle 

emission budgets for volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides 

(NOx). The word ‘‘SIP’’ in this 

document refers to the RFP Plans for the 

Maryland portion of the PhiladelphiaWilmington-Atlantic City Ozone 

Nonattainment Area submitted to EPA 

as SIP revisions on June 4, 2007. 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that EPA has 

already made. EPA Region III sent a 

letter to MDE on January 15, 2009 

stating that the MVEBs in the RFP Plan 

are adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. As a result of 

EPA’s finding, the State of Maryland 

must use the MVEBs from the June 4, 

2007 RFP Plan for future conformity 

determinations for the 8-hour ozone 

standard. This finding has also been 

announced on EPA’s conformity Web 

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

stateresources/transconf/pastsips.htm. 

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13434 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 58 / Friday, March 27, 2009 / Notices 

The adequate MVEBs are provided in 

the following table: 

TABLE 1—MARYLAND MOTOR VEHICLE

EMISSIONS BUDGETS

Nonattainment area 

2008 Reasonable further 

progress 

VOC (tpd) NOX (tpd) 

Cecil County ........... 2.3 7.9 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, 

as amended in 1990. EPA’s conformity 

rule requires that transportation plans, 

programs and projects conform to state 

air quality implementation plans and 

establishes the criteria and 

procedure 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 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). 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. We have described our 

process for determining the adequacy of 

submitted SIP budgets in 40 CFR 

93.118(f), and have followed this rule in 

making our adequacy determination. 

Dated: March 10, 2009. 

William T. Wisniewski, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. E9–6878 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 

ADVISORY BOARD 

Staff Implementation Guidance 

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board. 

ACTION: Notice of Statement of Federal 

Financial Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board Staff Implementation 

Guidance 31.1: Guidance for 

Implementation of Statement of Federal 

Financial Accounting Standards 31, 

Accounting for Fiduciary Activities. 

SUMMARY: Board Action: Pursuant to the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463), as amended, section 

10(a)(2), and the FASAB Rules Of 

Procedure, as amended in April, 2004, 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Financial Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board (FASAB) staff has 

issued Staff Implementation Guidance 

(SIG) 31.1: Guidance for Implementation 

of Statement of Federal Financial 

Accounting Standards 31, Accounting 

for Fiduciary Activities. 

The SIG will be available at http:// 

www.fasab.gov/codifica.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Payne, Executive Director, 441 G 

St., NW., Mail Stop 6K17V, Washington, 

DC 20548, or call (202) 512–7350. 

Authority: Federal Advisory Committee 

Act. Pub. L. No. 92463. 

Dated: March 19, 2009. 

Charles Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. E9–6389 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1610–01–M 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection 

Renewal (3064–0151); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on a continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

following collection of information 

titled: ‘‘Notice Regarding Assessment 

Credits.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments by 

any of the following methods. All 

comments should refer to the name and 

number of the collection: 

• http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/ 

laws/federal/notices.html. 

• E-mail: comments@fdic.gov. 

Include the name and number of the 

collection in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Leneta G. Gregorie 

(202.898.3719), Counsel, Federal 

Deposit Insurance Corporation, F–1064, 

550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20429. 

• Hand Delivery: Comments may be 

hand-delivered to the guard station at 

the rear of the 550 17th Street Building 

(located on F Street), on business days 

between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

A copy of the comments may also be 

submitted to the OMB Desk Officer for 

the FDIC: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leneta G. Gregorie, at the address 

identified above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal 

to renew the following currently 

approved collection of information: 

Title: Notice Regarding Assessment 

Credits. 

OMB Number: 3064–0151. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: FDIC-insured 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

15. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Total Annual Burden: 30 hours. 

General Description of Collection: 

FDIC-insured institutions must notify 

the FDIC if deposit insurance 

assessment credits are transferred, e.g., 

through a sale of the credits or through 

a merger, in order to obtain recognition 

of the transfer. 

Request for Comment: Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the FDIC’s functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimate of the burden of the 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

At the end of the comment period, the 

comments and recommendations 

received will be analyzed to determine 

the extent to which the collection 

should be modified prior to submission 

to OMB for review and approval. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice also will be summarized or 

included in the FDIC’s requests to OMB 

for renewal of this collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated at Washington, DC, dated this 24th 

day of March, 2009. 

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