[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 77 (Thursday, April 23, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 18479-18490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9217]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[EPA-R05-OAR-2009-0219; FRL-8894-9]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation 
of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Michigan; Redesignation of 
the Detroit-Ann Arbor Area to Attainment for Ozone

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to make a determination under the Clean Air 
Act (CAA) that the Detroit-Ann Arbor nonattainment area has attained 
the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The 
Detroit-Ann Arbor area includes Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, 
Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties. This determination 
is based on quality-assured ambient air quality monitoring data for the 
2006-2008 ozone seasons that demonstrate that the 8-hour ozone NAAQS 
has been attained in the area.
    EPA is proposing to approve a request from the State of Michigan to 
redesignate the Detroit-Ann Arbor area to attainment of the 8-hour 
ozone NAAQS. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) 
submitted this request on March 6, 2009. In proposing to approve this 
request EPA is also proposing to approve, as a revision to the Michigan 
State Implementation Plan (SIP), the State's plan for maintaining the 
8-hour ozone NAAQS through 2020 in the area. EPA is proposing to 
approve the 2005 base year emissions inventory for the Detroit-Ann 
Arbor area as meeting the requirements of section 182(a)(1) of the CAA. 
EPA also finds adequate and is proposing to approve the State's 2020

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Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets (MVEBs) for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 26, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2009-0219, by one of the following methods:
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    3. Fax: (312) 692-2551.
    4. Mail: John M. Mooney, Chief, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air 
Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    5. Hand delivery: John M. Mooney, Chief, Criteria Pollutant 
Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 18th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office normal 
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Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R05-OAR-
2009-0219. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
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comments, go to Section I this document, ``What Should I Consider as I 
Prepare My Comments for EPA?''
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Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West 
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8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal 
holidays. We recommend that you telephone Kathleen D'Agostino, 
Environmental Engineer, at (312) 886-1767 before visiting the Region 5 
office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen D'Agostino, Environmental 
Engineer, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-1767, 
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information 
section is arranged as follows:

Table of Contents

I. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
II. What Action Is EPA Proposing To Take?
III. What Is the Background for These Actions?
    A. What Is the General Background Information?
    B. What Are the Impacts of the December 22, 2006 and June 8, 
2007 United States Court of Appeals Decisions Regarding EPA's Phase 
1 Implementation Rule?
IV. What Are the Criteria for Redesignation?
V. Why Is EPA Proposing To Take These Actions?
VI. What Is the Effect of These Actions?
VII. What Is EPA's Analysis of the Request?
    A. Attainment Determination and Redesignation
    B. Adequacy of Michigan's MVEBs
    C. 2005 Base Year Emissions Inventory
VIII. What Action Is EPA Taking?
IX. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    When submitting comments, remember to:
    1. Identify the rulemaking by docket number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
    2. Follow directions--EPA may ask you to respond to specific 
questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    3. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and 
substitute language for your requested changes.
    4. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information 
and/or data that you used.
    5. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you 
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
    6. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and 
suggest alternatives.
    7. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of 
profanity or personal threats.
    8. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline 
identified.

II. What Action Is EPA Proposing To Take?

    EPA is proposing to take several related actions. EPA is proposing 
to make a determination that the Detroit-Ann Arbor nonattainment area 
has attained the 8-hour ozone standard and that this area has met the 
requirements for redesignation under section 107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA. 
EPA is thus proposing to approve Michigan's request to change the legal 
designation of the Detroit-Ann Arbor area from nonattainment to 
attainment for the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA is also proposing to approve 
Michigan's maintenance plan SIP revision for Detroit-Ann Arbor (such 
approval being one of the CAA criteria for redesignation to attainment 
status). The maintenance plan is designed to keep the Detroit-Ann Arbor 
area in attainment of the ozone NAAQS through 2020. EPA is proposing to 
approve the 2005 base year emissions inventory for the Detroit-Ann 
Arbor area as meeting the requirements of section 182(a)(1) of the CAA. 
Additionally, EPA is proposing to approve the newly-established 2020 
MVEBs for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area. The adequacy comment period for 
the MVEBs began on March 12, 2009, with EPA's posting of the 
availability of the submittal on EPA's Adequacy Web site (at http://
www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/

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transconf/adequacy.htm). The adequacy comment period for these MVEBs 
ended on April 13, 2009. EPA will address any comments in the final 
rule. Please see section VII. B. of this rulemaking, ``Adequacy of 
Michigan's MVEBs,'' for further explanation on this process. We are 
proposing to find adequate and approve, the State's 2020 MVEBs for 
transportation conformity purposes.

III. What Is the Background for These Actions?

A. What Is the General Background Information?

    Ground-level ozone is not emitted directly by sources. Rather, 
emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) and volatile organic 
compounds (VOCs) react in the presence of sunlight to form ground-level 
ozone. NO<INF>X</INF> and VOCs are referred to as precursors of ozone.
    The CAA establishes a process for air quality management through 
the NAAQS. Before promulgation of the current 8-hour standard, the 
ozone NAAQS was based on a 1-hour standard. On November 6, 1991 (56 FR 
56693 and 56778), the Detroit-Ann Arbor area was designated as a 
moderate nonattainment area under the 1-hour ozone NAAQS. The area was 
subsequently redesignated to attainment of the 1-hour standard on March 
7, 1995 (60 FR 12459). At the time EPA revoked the 1-hour ozone NAAQS, 
on June 15, 2005, the Detroit-Ann Arbor area was designated as 
attainment under the 1-hour ozone NAAQS.
    On July 18, 1997 (62 FR 38856), EPA promulgated an 8-hour ozone 
standard of 0.08 parts per million (ppm). On April 30, 2004 (69 FR 
23857), EPA published a final rule designating and classifying areas 
under the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. These designations and classifications 
became effective June 15, 2004. EPA designated as nonattainment any 
area that was violating the 8-hour ozone NAAQS based on the three most 
recent years of air quality data, 2001-2003.
    The CAA contains two sets of provisions, subpart 1 and subpart 2, 
that address planning and control requirements for nonattainment areas. 
(Both are found in Title I, part D, 42 U.S.C. 7501-7509a and 7511-
7511f, respectively.) Subpart 1 contains general requirements for 
nonattainment areas for any pollutant, including ozone, governed by a 
NAAQS. Subpart 2 provides more specific requirements for ozone 
nonattainment areas.
    Under EPA's implementation rule for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard, 
(69 FR 23951 (April 30, 2004)), an area was classified under subpart 2 
based on its 8-hour ozone design value (i.e. the three-year average 
annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour average ozone 
concentration), if it had a 1-hour design value at the time of 
designation at or above 0.121 ppm (the lowest 1-hour design value in 
Table 1 of subpart 2) (69 FR 23954). All other areas were covered under 
subpart 1, based upon their 8-hour design values (69 FR 23958). The 
Detroit-Ann Arbor area was designated as a subpart 2, 8-hour ozone 
moderate nonattainment area by EPA on April 30, 2004 (69 FR 23857, 
23910-23911) based on air quality monitoring data from 2001-2003 (69 FR 
23860).
    Under section 181(a)(4) of the CAA, EPA may adjust the 
classification of an ozone nonattainment area to the next higher or 
lower classification if the design value for the area is within five 
percent of the cut off for that higher or lower classification. On 
September 22, 2004, EPA adjusted the classification of several 
nonattainment areas which had been designated and classified under 
subpart 2 on April 30, 2004. At that time, EPA adjusted the 
classification of the Detroit-Ann Arbor nonattainment area from 
moderate to marginal (69 FR 56697, 56708-56709).
    40 CFR 50.10 and 40 CFR part 50, appendix I provide that the 8-hour 
ozone standard is attained when the three-year average of the annual 
fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour average ozone concentration is less 
than or equal to 0.08 ppm, when rounded. The data completeness 
requirement is met when the average percent of days with valid ambient 
monitoring data is greater than 90%, and no single year has less than 
75% data completeness. See 40 CFR part 50, appendix I, 2.3.
    On March 6, 2009, MDEQ requested that EPA redesignate the Detroit-
Ann Arbor area to attainment for the 8-hour ozone standard. The 
redesignation request included three years of complete, quality-assured 
data for the period of 2006 through 2008, indicating the 8-hour NAAQS 
for ozone had been attained for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area. Under the 
CAA, nonattainment areas may be redesignated to attainment if 
sufficient complete, quality-assured data are available for the 
Administrator to determine that the area has attained the standard, and 
the area meets the other CAA redesignation requirements in section 
107(d)(3)(E).
    On March 27, 2008 (73 FR 16436), EPA promulgated a revised 8-hour 
ozone standard of 0.075. EPA has not yet promulgated area designations 
for this standard. While both the 1997 and 2008 8-hour ozone standards 
are currently in place, the actions addressed in this proposed 
rulemaking relate only to the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.

B. What Are the Impacts of the December 22, 2006, and June 8, 2007, 
United States Court of Appeals Decisions Regarding EPA's Phase 1 
Implementation Rule?

1. Summary of Court Decision
    On December 22, 2006, in South Coast Air Quality Management Dist. 
v. EPA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 
vacated EPA's Phase 1 Implementation Rule for the 8-hour ozone standard 
(69 FR 23951, April 30, 2004). 472 F.3d 882 (DC Cir. 2006). On June 8, 
2007, in response to several petitions for rehearing, the DC Circuit 
Court clarified that the Phase 1 Rule was vacated only with regard to 
those parts of the rule that had been successfully challenged. Id., 
Docket No. 04 1201. Therefore, several provisions of the Phase 1 Rule 
remain effective: Provisions related to classifications for areas 
currently classified under subpart 2 of Title I, part D, of the CAA as 
8-hour nonattainment areas; the 8-hour attainment dates; and, the 
timing for emissions reductions needed for attainment of the 8-hour 
ozone NAAQS. The June 8, 2007 decision also left intact the Court's 
rejection of EPA's reasons for implementing the 8-hour standard in 
certain nonattainment areas under subpart 1 in lieu of subpart 2. By 
limiting the vacatur, the Court let stand EPA's revocation of the 1-
hour standard and those anti-backsliding provisions of the Phase 1 Rule 
that had not been successfully challenged. The June 8, 2007 decision 
reaffirmed the December 22, 2006, decision that EPA had improperly 
failed to retain four measures required for 1-hour nonattainment areas 
under the anti-backsliding provisions of the regulations: (1) 
Nonattainment area New Source Review (NSR) requirements based on an 
area's 1-hour nonattainment classification; (2) section 185 penalty 
fees for 1-hour severe or extreme nonattainment areas; (3) measures to 
be implemented pursuant to section 172(c)(9) or 182(c)(9) of the CAA, 
on the contingency of an area not making reasonable further progress 
toward attainment of the 1-hour NAAQS, or for failure to attain that 
NAAQS; and (4) certain transportation conformity requirements for 
certain types of Federal actions. The June 8, 2007 decision clarified 
that the Court's reference to conformity requirements was limited to 
requiring the continued use of 1-hour motor vehicle emissions budgets 
until 8-hour budgets were available for 8-hour conformity 
determinations.

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    This section sets forth EPA's views on the potential effect of the 
Court's rulings on this proposed redesignation action. For the reasons 
set forth below, EPA does not believe that the Court's rulings alter 
any requirements relevant to this redesignation action so as to 
preclude redesignation or prevent EPA from proposing or ultimately 
finalizing this redesignation. EPA believes that the Court's December 
22, 2006, and June 8, 2007, decisions impose no impediment to moving 
forward with redesignation of this area to attainment, because even in 
light of the Court's decisions, redesignation is appropriate under the 
relevant redesignation provisions of the CAA and longstanding policies 
regarding redesignation requests.
2. Requirements Under the 8-Hour Standard
    With respect to the 8-hour standard, the Detroit-Ann Arbor area is 
classified under subpart 2. The June 8, 2007, opinion clarifies that 
the Court did not vacate the Phase 1 Rule's provisions with respect to 
classifications for areas under subpart 2. The Court's decision, 
therefore, upholds EPA's classifications for those areas classified 
under subpart 2 for the 8-hour ozone standard.
3. Requirements Under the 1-Hour Standard
    With respect to the 1-hour standard requirements, the Detroit-Ann 
Arbor area was an attainment area subject to a CAA section 175A 
maintenance plan under the 1-hour standard. The Court's decisions do 
not impact redesignation requests for these types of areas, except to 
the extent that the Court, in its June 8, 2007 decision, clarified that 
for those areas with 1-hour motor vehicle emissions budgets in their 
maintenance plans, anti-backsliding requires that those 1-hour budgets 
must be used for 8-hour conformity determinations until replaced by 8-
hour budgets. To meet this requirement, conformity determinations in 
such areas must comply with the applicable requirements of EPA's 
conformity regulations at 40 CFR part 93.
    With respect to the three other anti-backsliding provisions for the 
1-hour standard that the Court found were not properly retained, the 
Detroit-Ann Arbor area is an attainment area subject to a maintenance 
plan for the 1-hour standard, and the NSR, contingency measures 
(pursuant to section 172(c)(9) or 182(c)(9)), and fee provision 
requirements no longer apply to an area that has been redesignated to 
attainment of the 1-hour standard.
    Thus, the decision in South Coast should not alter requirements 
that would preclude EPA from proposing or finalizing the redesignation 
of this area.

IV. What Are the Criteria for Redesignation?

    The CAA provides the requirements for redesignating a nonattainment 
area to attainment. Specifically, section 107(d)(3)(E) allows for 
redesignation provided that: (1) The Administrator determines that the 
area has attained the applicable NAAQS; (2) the Administrator has fully 
approved the applicable implementation plan for the area under section 
110(k); (3) the Administrator determines that the improvement in air 
quality is due to permanent and enforceable reductions in emissions 
resulting from implementation of the applicable SIP and applicable 
Federal air pollutant control regulations and other permanent and 
enforceable reductions; (4) the Administrator has fully approved a 
maintenance plan for the area as meeting the requirements of section 
175A; and, (5) the state containing such area has met all requirements 
applicable to the area under section 110 and part D.
    EPA provided guidance on redesignation in the General Preamble for 
the Implementation of Title I of the CAA Amendments of 1990 on April 
16, 1992 (57 FR 13498), and supplemented this guidance on April 28, 
1992 (57 FR 18070). EPA has provided further guidance on processing 
redesignation requests in the following documents:
    ``Ozone and Carbon Monoxide Design Value Calculations,'' Memorandum 
from William G. Laxton, Director Technical Support Division, June 18, 
1990;
    ``Maintenance Plans for Redesignation of Ozone and Carbon Monoxide 
Nonattainment Areas,'' Memorandum from G. T. Helms, Chief, Ozone/Carbon 
Monoxide Programs Branch, April 30, 1992;
    ``Contingency Measures for Ozone and Carbon Monoxide (CO) 
Redesignations,'' Memorandum from G. T. Helms, Chief, Ozone/Carbon 
Monoxide Programs Branch, June 1, 1992;
    ``Procedures for Processing Requests to Redesignate Areas to 
Attainment,'' Memorandum from John Calcagni, Director, Air Quality 
Management Division, September 4, 1992;
    ``State Implementation Plan (SIP) Actions Submitted in Response to 
Clean Air Act (ACT) Deadlines,'' Memorandum from John Calcagni, 
Director, Air Quality Management Division, October 28, 1992;
    ``Technical Support Documents (TSD's) for Redesignation Ozone and 
Carbon Monoxide (CO) Nonattainment Areas,'' Memorandum from G. T. 
Helms, Chief, Ozone/Carbon Monoxide Programs Branch, August 17, 1993;
    ``State Implementation Plan (SIP) Requirements for Areas Submitting 
Requests for Redesignation to Attainment of the Ozone and Carbon 
Monoxide (CO) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) On or 
After November 15, 1992,'' Memorandum from Michael H. Shapiro, Acting 
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, September 17, 1993;
    ``Use of Actual Emissions in Maintenance Demonstrations for Ozone 
and CO Nonattainment Areas,'' Memorandum from D. Kent Berry, Acting 
Director, Air Quality Management Division, to Air Division Directors, 
Regions 1-10, November 30, 1993.
    ``Part D New Source Review (part D NSR) Requirements for Areas 
Requesting Redesignation to Attainment,'' Memorandum from Mary D. 
Nichols, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, October 14, 
1994; and,
    ``Reasonable Further Progress, Attainment Demonstration, and 
Related Requirements for Ozone Nonattainment Areas Meeting the Ozone 
National Ambient Air Quality Standard,'' Memorandum from John S. Seitz, 
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, May 10, 1995.

V. Why Is EPA Proposing To Take These Actions?

    On March 6, 2009, Michigan requested redesignation of the Detroit-
Ann Arbor area to attainment for the 8-hour ozone standard. EPA 
believes that the area has attained the standard and has met the 
requirements for redesignation set forth in section 107(d)(3)(E) of the 
CAA.

VI. What Is the Effect of These Actions?

    Approval of the redesignation request would change the official 
designation of the area for the 8-hour ozone NAAQS found at 40 CFR part 
81. It would also incorporate into the Michigan SIP a plan for 
maintaining the 8-hour ozone NAAQS through 2020. The maintenance plan 
includes contingency measures to remedy future violations of the 8-hour 
NAAQS. It also establishes MVEBs of 106 tons per day (tpd) VOC and 274 
tpd NO<INF>X</INF> for Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, 
Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties (SEMCOG Region) and 2.1 tpd VOC and 4.4 
tpd NO<INF>X</INF> for Lenawee County.

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VII. What Is EPA's Analysis of the Request?

A. Attainment Determination and Redesignation

    EPA is proposing to make a determination that the Detroit-Ann Arbor 
area has attained the 8-hour ozone standard and that the area has met 
all other applicable section 107(d)(3)(E) redesignation criteria. The 
basis for EPA's determination is as follows:
1. The Area Has Attained the 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS (Section 
107(d)(3)(E)(i))
    EPA is proposing to make a determination that the Detroit-Ann Arbor 
area has attained the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. For ozone, an area may be 
considered to be attaining the 8-hour ozone NAAQS if there are no 
violations, as determined in accordance with 40 CFR 50.10 and part 50, 
appendix I, based on three complete, consecutive calendar years of 
quality-assured air quality monitoring data. To attain this standard, 
the three-year average of the fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour 
average ozone concentrations measured at each monitor within an area 
over each year must not exceed 0.08 ppm. Based on the rounding 
convention described in 40 CFR part 50, appendix I, the standard is 
attained if the design value is 0.084 ppm or below. The data must be 
collected and quality-assured in accordance with 40 CFR part 58, and 
recorded in the Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS). The 
monitors generally should have remained at the same location for the 
duration of the monitoring period required for demonstrating 
attainment.
    MDEQ submitted ozone monitoring data for the 2006 to 2008 ozone 
seasons. MDEQ quality-assured the ambient monitoring data in accordance 
with 40 CFR 58.10, and recorded it in the AIRS database, thus making 
the data publicly available. The data meet the completeness criteria in 
40 CFR part 50, appendix I, which requires a minimum completeness of 75 
percent annually and 90 percent over each 3-year period. Monitoring 
data is presented in Table 1 below.

   Table 1--Annual 4th High Daily Maximum 8-Hour Ozone Concentration and Three-Year Averages of 4th High Daily
                                       Maximum 8-Hour Ozone Concentrations
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                                                   2006 4th high   2007 4th high   2008 4th high     2006-2008
            County                   Monitor           (ppm)           (ppm)           (ppm)       average (ppm)
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Lenawee.......................  Tecumseh                   0.074           0.081           0.072           0.076
                                 260910007.
Macomb........................  New Haven                  0.078           0.093           0.073           0.081
                                 260990009.
                                Warren 260991003           0.078           0.091           0.072           0.080
Oakland.......................  Oak Park                   0.072           0.086           0.074           0.077
                                 261250001.
St. Clair.....................  Port Huron                 0.078           0.089           0.067           0.078
                                 261470005.
Washtenaw.....................  Ypsilanti                  0.076           0.077           0.069           0.074
                                 261610008.
Wayne.........................  Allen Park                 0.068           0.079           0.067           0.071
                                 261630001.
                                E-7 Mile                   0.078           0.092           0.078           0.082
                                 261630019.
                                Linwood                    0.069  ..............  ..............  ..............
                                 261630016.
                                SW High School             0.067  ..............  ..............  ..............
                                 261630015.
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    In addition, as discussed below with respect to the maintenance 
plan, MDEQ has committed to continue to operate an EPA-approved 
monitoring network as necessary to demonstrate ongoing compliance with 
the NAAQS. MDEQ remains obligated to continue to quality assure 
monitoring data in accordance with 40 CFR part 58 and enter all data 
into the Air Quality System in accordance with Federal guidelines. In 
summary, EPA believes that the data submitted by Michigan provide an 
adequate demonstration that the Detroit-Ann Arbor area has attained the 
8-hour ozone NAAQS.
2. The Area Has Met All Applicable Requirements Under Section 110 and 
Part D; and the Area Has a Fully Approved SIP Under Section 110(k) 
(Sections 107(d)(3)(E)(v) and 107(d)(3)(E)(ii))
    We have determined that Michigan has met all currently applicable 
SIP requirements for purposes of redesignation for the Detroit-Ann 
Arbor area under section 110 of the CAA (general SIP requirements). We 
have also determined that the Michigan SIP meets all SIP requirements 
currently applicable for purposes of redesignation under part D of 
Title I of the CAA (requirements specific to marginal nonattainment 
areas), in accordance with section 107(d)(3)(E)(v). In addition, we 
have determined that the Michigan SIP is fully approved with respect to 
all applicable requirements for purposes of redesignation, in 
accordance with section 107(d)(3)(E)(ii). In making these 
determinations, we have ascertained what SIP requirements are 
applicable to the area for purposes of redesignation, and have 
determined that the portions of the SIP meeting these requirements are 
fully approved under section 110(k) of the CAA. As discussed more fully 
below, SIPs must be fully approved only with respect to currently 
applicable requirements of the CAA.
    The September 4, 1992, Calcagni memorandum (see ``Procedures for 
Processing Requests to Redesignate Areas to Attainment,'' Memorandum 
from John Calcagni, Director, Air Quality Management Division, 
September 4, 1992) describes EPA's interpretation of section 
107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA. Under this interpretation, a state and the 
area it wishes to redesignate must meet the relevant CAA requirements 
that are due prior to the state's submittal of a complete redesignation 
request for the area. See also the September 17, 1993, Michael Shapiro 
memorandum and 60 FR 12459, 12465-66 (March 7, 1995) (redesignation of 
Detroit-Ann Arbor, Michigan to attainment of the 1-hour ozone NAAQS). 
Applicable requirements of the CAA that come due subsequent to the 
state's submittal of a complete request remain applicable until a 
redesignation to attainment is approved, but are not required as a 
prerequisite to redesignation. See section 175A(c) of the CAA. Sierra 
Club v. EPA, 375 F.3d 537 (7th Cir. 2004). See also 68 FR 25424, 25427 
(May 12, 2003) (redesignation of the St. Louis/East St. Louis area to 
attainment of the 1-hour ozone NAAQS).
a. The Detroit-Ann Arbor Area Has Met All Applicable Requirements Under 
Section 110 and Part D of the CAA
i. Section 110 General SIP Requirements
    Section 110(a) of title I of the CAA contains the general 
requirements for a SIP. Section 110(a)(2) provides that the 
implementation plan submitted by a state must have been adopted by the

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state after reasonable public notice and hearing, and that, among other 
things, it: includes enforceable emission limitations and other control 
measures, means or techniques necessary to meet the requirements of the 
CAA; provides for establishment and operation of appropriate devices, 
methods, systems and procedures necessary to monitor ambient air 
quality; provides for implementation of a source permit program to 
regulate the modification and construction of any stationary source 
within the areas covered by the plan; includes provisions for the 
implementation of part C, Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) 
and part D, NSR permit programs; includes criteria for stationary 
source emission control measures, monitoring, and reporting; includes 
provisions for air quality modeling; and, provides for public and local 
agency participation in planning and emission control rule development.
    Section 110(a)(2)(D) of the CAA requires that SIPs contain measures 
to prevent sources in a state from significantly contributing to air 
quality problems in another state. To implement this provision, EPA has 
required certain states to establish programs to address transport of 
air pollutants (NO<INF>X</INF> SIP Call \1\ and Clean Air Interstate 
Rule (CAIR) (70 FR 25162)). However, the section 110(a)(2)(D) 
requirements for a state are not linked with a particular nonattainment 
area's designation and classification. EPA believes that the 
requirements linked with a particular nonattainment area's designation 
and classification are the relevant measures to evaluate in reviewing a 
redesignation request. The transport SIP submittal requirements, where 
applicable, continue to apply to a state regardless of the designation 
of any one particular area in the state. Thus, we believe that these 
requirements should not be construed to be applicable requirements for 
purposes of redesignation.
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    \1\ On October 27, 1998 (63 FR 57356), EPA issued a 
NO<INF>x</INF> SIP call requiring the District of Columbia and 22 
states to reduce emissions of NO<INF>X</INF> in order to reduce the 
transport of ozone and ozone precursors. In compliance with EPA's 
NO<INF>X</INF> SIP call, MDEQ has developed rules governing the 
control of NO<INF>X</INF> emissions from Electric Generating Units 
(EGUs), major non-EGU industrial boilers, and major cement kilns. 
EPA approved Michigan's rules as fulfilling Phase I of the 
NO<INF>X</INF> SIP Call on May 4, 2005 (70 FR 23029) and as 
fulfilling Phase II of the SIP Call on January 29, 2008 (73 FR 
5101).
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    Further, we believe that the other section 110 elements described 
above that are not connected with nonattainment plan submissions and 
not linked with an area's attainment status are also not applicable 
requirements for purposes of redesignation. A state remains subject to 
these requirements after an area is redesignated to attainment. We 
conclude that only the section 110 and part D requirements which are 
linked with a particular area's designation and classification are the 
relevant measures which we may consider in evaluating a redesignation 
request. This approach is consistent with EPA's existing policy on 
applicability of conformity and oxygenated fuels requirements for 
redesignation purposes, as well as with section 184 ozone transport 
requirements. See Reading, Pennsylvania, proposed and final rulemakings 
(61 FR 53174-53176, October 10, 1996), (62 FR 24826, May 7, 1997); 
Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, Ohio, final rulemaking (61 FR 20458, May 7, 
1996); and Tampa, Florida, final rulemaking (60 FR 62748, December 7, 
1995). See also the discussion on this issue in the Cincinnati, Ohio 
ozone redesignation (65 FR 37890, June 19, 2000), and in the 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ozone redesignation (66 FR 50399, October 19, 
2001).
    We have reviewed Michigan's SIP and have concluded that it meets 
the general SIP requirements under section 110 of the CAA. EPA has 
previously approved provisions of the Michigan SIP addressing section 
110 elements under the 1-hour ozone standard (40 CFR 52.1170). Further, 
in submittals dated December 6, 2007, and September 19, 2008, Michigan 
confirmed that the State continues to meet the section 110 requirements 
for the 8-hour ozone standard.
ii. Part D Requirements
    EPA has determined that, with the approval of the base year 
emissions inventory discussed in section VII.C. of this rulemaking, the 
Michigan SIP will meet the applicable SIP requirements under part D of 
the CAA for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area. Under part D of the CAA, an 
area's classification determines the requirements to which it will be 
subject. Subpart 1 of part D, found in sections 172-176 of the CAA, 
sets forth the basic nonattainment requirements applicable to all 
nonattainment areas. Subpart 2 of part D, which includes section 182 of 
the CAA, establishes additional specific requirements depending on the 
area's nonattainment classification.
    The Detroit-Ann Arbor area was classified as a marginal area under 
subpart 2, therefore the State must meet both the applicable 
requirements of subpart 1 and subpart 2 of part D. The applicable 
subpart 1 requirements are contained in sections 172(c)(1)-(9) and in 
section 176. The subpart 2 requirements applicable to the Detroit-Ann 
Arbor area are contained in section 182(a) (marginal nonattainment area 
requirements).
Subpart 1 Section 172 Requirements
    For purposes of evaluating this redesignation request, the 
applicable section 172 SIP requirements for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area 
are contained in sections 172(c)(1)-(9). A thorough discussion of the 
requirements contained in section 172 can be found in the General 
Preamble for Implementation of Title I (57 FR 13498, April 16, 1992).
    Section 172(c)(1) requires the plans for all nonattainment areas to 
provide for the implementation of all Reasonably Available Control 
Measures (RACM) as expeditiously as practicable. The EPA interprets 
this requirement to impose a duty on all nonattainment areas to 
consider all available control measures and to adopt and implement such 
measures as are reasonably available for implementation in the area as 
components of the areas attainment demonstration. Because attainment 
has been reached, no additional measures are needed to provide for 
attainment.
    The reasonable further progress (RFP) requirement under section 
172(c)(2) is defined as progress that must be made toward attainment. 
This requirement is not relevant because the Detroit-Ann Arbor area has 
demonstrated monitored attainment of the ozone NAAQS. (General 
Preamble, 57 FR 13564). In addition, because the Detroit-Ann Arbor area 
has attained the ozone NAAQS and is no longer subject to an RFP 
requirement, the section 172(c)(9) contingency measures are not 
applicable.
    Section 172(c)(3) requires submission and approval of a 
comprehensive, accurate and current inventory of actual emissions. This 
requirement was superseded by the inventory requirement in section 
182(a)(1).
    Section 172(c)(4) requires the identification and quantification of 
allowable emissions for major new and modified stationary sources to be 
allowed in an area, and section 172(c)(5) requires source permits for 
the construction and operation of new and modified major stationary 
sources anywhere in the nonattainment area. EPA has determined that, 
since PSD requirements will apply after redesignation, areas being 
redesignated need not comply with the requirement that a NSR program be 
approved prior to redesignation, provided that the area demonstrates 
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detailed rationale for this view is described in a memorandum from Mary 
Nichols, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, dated October 
14, 1994, entitled, ``Part D New Source Review Requirements for Areas 
Requesting Redesignation to Attainment.'' Michigan has demonstrated 
that the Detroit-Ann Arbor area will be able to maintain the standard 
without part D NSR in effect; therefore, EPA concludes that the State 
need not have a fully approved part D NSR program prior to approval of 
the redesignation request. The PSD program was delegated to the State 
of Michigan on September 10, 1979, and amended on November 7, 1983, and 
September 26, 1988. In addition, on December 21, 2006, MDEQ submitted, 
as a revision to its SIP, State rules to implement the PSD program. On 
September 16, 2008, EPA conditionally approved the majority of 
Michigan's PSD program, and partially disapproved the subsection of 
Michigan's rule corresponding to 40 CFR 51.166(p). On September 30, 
2008, MDEQ submitted a revision to the SIP correcting the deficiencies 
cited in the conditional approval. The Federal delegation of authority 
allows Michigan to continue to implement 40 CFR 51.166(p).
    The State's PSD program will become effective in the Detroit-Ann 
Arbor area upon redesignation to attainment. See rulemakings for 
Detroit, Michigan (60 FR 12467-12468, March 7, 1995); Cleveland-Akron-
Lorain, Ohio (61 FR 20458, 20469-20470, May 7, 1996); Louisville, 
Kentucky (66 FR 53665, October 23, 2001); and Grand Rapids, Michigan 
(61 FR 31834-31837, June 21, 1996).
    Section 172(c)(6) requires the SIP to contain control measures 
necessary to provide for attainment of the standard. Because attainment 
has been reached, no additional measures are needed to provide for 
attainment.
    Section 172(c)(7) requires the SIP to meet the applicable 
provisions of section 110(a)(2). As noted above, we believe the 
Michigan SIP meets the requirements of section 110(a)(2).
Subpart 1 Section 176 Conformity Requirements
    Section 176(c) of the CAA requires states to establish criteria and 
procedures to ensure that Federally-supported or funded activities, 
including highway projects, conform to the air quality planning goals 
in the applicable SIPs. The requirement to determine conformity applies 
to transportation plans, programs and projects developed, funded or 
approved under Title 23 of the U.S. Code and the Federal Transit Act 
(transportation conformity), as well as to all other Federally-
supported or funded projects (general conformity). State conformity 
revisions must be consistent with Federal conformity regulations 
relating to consultation, enforcement, and enforceability, which EPA 
promulgated pursuant to CAA requirements.
    EPA believes that it is reasonable to interpret the conformity SIP 
requirements as not applying for purposes of evaluating the 
redesignation request under section 107(d) for two reasons. First, the 
requirement to submit SIP revisions to comply with the conformity 
provisions of the CAA continues to apply to areas after redesignation 
to attainment since such areas would be subject to a section 175A 
maintenance plan. Second, EPA's Federal conformity rules require the 
performance of conformity analyses in the absence of Federally-approved 
state rules. Therefore, because areas are subject to the conformity 
requirements regardless of whether they are redesignated to attainment 
and, because they must implement conformity under Federal rules if 
state rules are not yet approved, EPA believes it is reasonable to view 
these requirements as not applying for purposes of evaluating a 
redesignation request. See Wall v. EPA, 265 F.3d 426 (6th Cir. 2001), 
upholding this interpretation. See also 60 FR 62748, 62749-62750 (Dec. 
7, 1995) (Tampa, Florida).
    EPA approved Michigan's general and transportation conformity SIPs 
on December 18, 1996 (61 FR 666079 and 61 FR 66609, respectively). 
Michigan has submitted onroad motor vehicle budgets for the SEMCOG 
portion of the Detroit-Ann Arbor area and Lenawee County of 106 tpd and 
2.1 tpd VOC and 274 tpd and 4.4 tpd NOx, respectively, for the year 
2020. The area must use the MVEBs from the maintenance plan in any 
conformity determination that is effective on or after the effective 
date of the maintenance plan approval.
Subpart 2 Section 182(a) Requirements
    As set forth in the September 4, 1992, and September 17, 1993, EPA 
guidance memoranda referenced in section IV of this action, ``What are 
the Criteria for Redesignation?,'' only those requirements which came 
due prior to Michigan's submittal of a request to designate the 
Detroit-Ann Arbor area must be fully approved into the SIP before or at 
the time EPA approves the redesignation of the area to attainment. 
These requirements are discussed below.
    Base year emissions inventory. Section 182(a)(1) requires the 
submission of a base year emissions inventory. As part of Michigan's 
redesignation request for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area, the State 
submitted a 2005 base year emissions inventory. EPA is proposing to 
approve the 2005 base year inventory Michigan submitted with the 
redesignation request as meeting the section 182(a)(1) emissions 
inventory requirement.
    Emissions statements. EPA approved Michigan's emission statement 
SIP, as required by section 182(a)(3)(B), on March 8, 1994 (59 FR 
10752).
    Thus, the Detroit-Ann Arbor area has satisfied all applicable 
requirements under section 110 and part D of the CAA.
b. The Detroit-Ann Arbor Area Has a Fully Approved Applicable SIP Under 
Section 110(k) of the CAA
    EPA has fully approved the Michigan SIP for the Detroit-Ann Arbor 
area under section 110(k) of the CAA for all requirements applicable 
for purposes of redesignation. EPA may rely on prior SIP approvals in 
approving a redesignation request (See page 3 of the September 4, 1992, 
John Calcagni memorandum; Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Alliance v. 
Browner, 144 F.3d 984, 989-990 (6th Cir. 1998); Wall v. EPA, 265 F.3d 
426 (6th Cir. 2001)) plus any additional measures it may approve in 
conjunction with a redesignation action. See 68 FR 25413, 25426 (May 
12, 2003). Since the passage of the CAA of 1970, Michigan has adopted 
and submitted, and EPA has fully approved, provisions addressing the 
various required SIP elements applicable to the Detroit-Ann Arbor 
County area under the 1-hour ozone standard. In this action, EPA is 
proposing to approve Michigan's 2005 base year emissions inventory for 
the Detroit-Ann Arbor area as meeting the requirement of section 
182(a)(1) of the CAA. With the exception of Michigan's PSD SIP, which 
is discussed above, no Detroit-Ann Arbor area SIP provisions are 
currently disapproved, conditionally approved, or partially approved.
3. The Improvement in Air Quality Is Due to Permanent and Enforceable 
Reductions in Emissions Resulting From Implementation of the SIP and 
Applicable Federal Air Pollution Control Regulations and Other 
Permanent and Enforceable Reductions (Section 107(d)(3)(E)(iii))
    EPA finds that Michigan has demonstrated that the observed air 
quality improvement in the Detroit-Ann Arbor area is due to permanent 
and enforceable reductions in emissions resulting from implementation 
of the

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SIP, Federal measures, and other State-adopted measures.
    In making this demonstration, the State has calculated the change 
in emissions between 2005 and 2007. Michigan used the 2005 
nonattainment area base year emissions inventory required under section 
182(a)(1) of the CAA as the nonattainment inventory for redesignation 
purposes. The State developed an attainment inventory for 2007, one of 
the years the Detroit-Ann Arbor area monitored attainment. The 
reduction in emissions and the corresponding improvement in air quality 
over this time period can be attributed to a number of regulatory 
control measures that Detroit-Ann Arbor and upwind areas have 
implemented in recent years.
a. Permanent and Enforceable Controls Implemented
    The following is a discussion of permanent and enforceable measures 
that have been implemented in the areas:
    i. VOC Controls. Michigan developed a rule to limit VOC emissions 
from consumer and commercial products. This rule was approved by EPA on 
October 26, 2007 (72 FR 60781). Michigan also adopted a lower Reid 
Vapor Pressure (RVP) fuel requirement for gasoline distributed in the 
Detroit-Ann Arbor area. EPA approved the SIP revision on January 31, 
2007 (72 FR 4432).
    ii. NO<INF>X</INF> rules. MDEQ developed rules governing the 
control of NO<INF>X</INF> emissions from Electric Generating Units 
(EGUs), major non-EGU industrial boilers, and major cement kilns. EPA 
approved Michigan's rules as fulfilling Phase I of the NO<INF>X</INF> 
SIP Call on May 4, 2005 (70 FR 23029), and as fulfilling Phase II of 
the SIP Call on January 29, 2008 (73 FR 5101).
    iii. Federal Emission Control Measures. Reductions in VOC and 
NO<INF>X</INF> emissions have occurred statewide and in upwind areas as 
a result of Federal emission control measures, with additional emission 
reductions expected to occur in the future. Federal emission control 
measures include: the National Low Emission Vehicle (NLEV) program, 
Tier 2 emission standards for vehicles, gasoline sulfur limits, low 
sulfur diesel fuel standards, and heavy-duty diesel engine standards. 
In addition, in 2004, EPA issued the Clean Air Non-road Diesel Rule (69 
FR 38958 (July 29, 2004)). EPA expects this rule to reduce off-road 
diesel emissions through 2010, with emission reductions starting in 
2008.
    iv. Control Measures in Upwind Areas. On October 27, 1998 (63 FR 
57356), EPA issued a NO<INF>X</INF> SIP call requiring the District of 
Columbia and 22 states to reduce emissions of NO<INF>X</INF>. The 
reduction in NO<INF>X</INF> emissions has resulted in lower 
concentrations of transported ozone entering the Detroit-Ann Arbor 
area. Emission reductions resulting from regulations developed in 
response to the NO<INF>X</INF> SIP call are permanent and enforceable.
b. Emission Reductions
    Michigan is using 2005 for the nonattainment inventory and 2007 for 
the attainment inventory. MDEQ provided a 2005 base year inventory to 
the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium (LADCO). The main purpose of 
LADCO is to provide technical assessments for and assistance to its 
member states on problems of air quality. LADCO's primary geographic 
focus is the area encompassed by its member states (Illinois, Indiana, 
Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin) and any areas which affect air quality 
in its member states. The base year inventory was processed by LADCO to 
develop summer day emissions for use in regional air quality analyses 
and attainment demonstration modeling. The point source data was 
obtained from the Michigan Air Emissions Reporting System. Area source 
emissions were taken from the 2005 emissions inventory developed by 
MDEQ to comply with the Consolidated Emission Reporting Rule for the 
EPA National Emissions Inventory (NEI). Nonroad mobile emissions were 
generated for LADCO using EPA's National Mobile Inventory Model (NMIM), 
with the following exceptions: recreational motorboat populations and 
spatial surrogates were updated; emissions estimates were developed for 
aircraft, commercial marine vessels, and railroads, three nonroad 
categories not included in NMIM; and, onroad mobile emissions were 
calculated by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) 
using the MOBILE6.2 emissions model.
    For the 2007 attainment year inventory, point source emissions were 
taken from the Michigan Air Emissions Reporting System. Onroad mobile 
emissions were calculated by SEMCOG using the MOBILE6.2 emissions 
model. For the remaining categories, MDEQ used the 2005 inventory 
described above along with 2002, 2009, and 2018 emissions inventories 
developed by LADCO to interpolate point, area, and nonroad mobile 
emissions for 2007. For each combination of county and pollutant, a 
linear regression analysis was performed using the values from the 
established inventories for 2002, 2005, 2009, and 2018. From the best-
fit line established by the regression analysis, values for 2007 were 
obtained.
    Using the inventories described above, Michigan's submittal 
documents changes in VOC and NO<INF>X</INF> emissions from 2005 to 2007 
for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area. Emissions data are shown in Tables 3 
through 5 below.

                                    TABLE 3--Detroit-Ann Arbor Area VOC and NOX Emissions for Nonattainment Year 2005
                                                                          [tpd]
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                                                             Point               Area               Onroad              Nonroad              Total
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                                                         VOC       NOX       VOC       NOX       VOC       NOX       VOC       NOX       VOC       NOX
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Livingston..........................................      0.66      1.89     11.92      1.00      5.00     16.20      9.61      4.38     27.19     23.47
Macomb..............................................      9.62      2.30     38.72      2.36     16.50     40.60     23.12     19.27     87.96     64.53
Monroe..............................................     11.16    104.83      9.85      0.93      5.20     16.40      9.56      7.69     35.77    129.85
Oakland.............................................      9.80      3.10     55.34      4.19     34.00     88.90     46.35     25.52    145.49    121.71
St. Clair...........................................      5.55     68.97      5.20      0.67      4.70     11.60     11.35      7.83     26.80     89.07
Washtenaw...........................................      1.42      3.82     17.23      0.97     10.30     30.90     12.47      9.99     41.42     45.68
Wayne...............................................     24.27     63.11     82.11      5.38     50.40    130.80     39.97     45.09    196.75    244.38
Lenawee.............................................      1.21      0.37      8.89      0.73      2.70      5.30      4.37      3.54     17.17      9.94
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Area Total......................................     63.69    248.39    229.26     16.23    128.80    340.70    156.80    123.31    578.55    728.63
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                                     Table 4--Detroit-Ann Arbor Area VOC and NOX Emissions for Attainment Year 2007
                                                                          [tpd]
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                                                             Point               Area               Onroad              Nonroad              Total
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                                                         VOC       NOX       VOC       NOX       VOC       NOX       VOC       NOX       VOC       NOX
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Livingston..........................................      0.86      2.55      8.94      0.79      4.40     13.50      9.07      3.97     23.27     20.81
Macomb..............................................     10.72      2.39     36.09      3.87     13.80     33.10     21.96     17.00     82.57     56.36
Monroe..............................................      9.41     65.79      9.92      0.73      4.50     13.60      9.02      6.91     32.85     87.03
Oakland.............................................      9.03      3.36     55.39      6.07     28.50     72.60     44.15     22.85    137.07    104.88
St. Clair...........................................      4.99     65.99      6.92      0.89      3.90      9.50     10.86      7.08     26.67     83.46
Washtenaw...........................................      1.82      3.55     16.70      1.47      8.80     25.60     11.88      8.93     39.20     39.55
Wayne...............................................     21.67     65.19     79.20      8.58     41.80    105.90     38.63     40.27    181.30    219.94
Lenawee.............................................      1.28      0.35      6.05      0.55      2.10      4.40      4.13      3.32     13.56      8.62
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Area Total......................................     59.78    209.17    219.21     22.95    107.80    278.20    149.70    110.33    536.49    620.65
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                                    Table 5--Comparison of Detroit-Ann Arbor Area 2005 and 2007 VOC and NOX Emissions
                                                                          [tpd]
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                                                                  VOC                                                      NOX
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                                                                              Net change  (2005-                                       Net change  (2005-
                                               2005               2007              2007)               2005               2007              2007)
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Point.................................              63.69              59.78              -3.91             248.39             209.17             -39.22
Area..................................             229.26             219.21             -10.05              16.23              22.95               6.72
Onroad................................             128.80             107.80             -21.00             340.70             278.20             -62.50
Nonroad...............................             156.80             149.70              -7.10             123.31             110.33             -12.98
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    Total.............................             578.55             536.49             -42.06             728.63             620.65            -107.98
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    Table 5 shows that the Detroit-Ann Arbor area reduced VOC emissions 
by 42.06 tpd and NO<INF>X</INF> emissions by 107.98 tpd between 2005 
and 2007. Based on the information summarized above, Michigan has 
adequately demonstrated that the improvement in air quality is due to 
permanent and enforceable emissions reductions.
4. The Area Has a Fully Approved Maintenance Plan Pursuant to Section 
175a of the CAA (Section 107(d)(3)(E)(iv))
    In conjunction with its request to redesignate the Detroit-Ann 
Arbor nonattainment area to attainment status, Michigan submitted a SIP 
revision to provide for the maintenance of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS in 
the area through 2020.
a. What Is Required in a Maintenance Plan?
    Section 175A of the CAA sets forth the required elements of a 
maintenance plan for areas seeking redesignation from nonattainment to 
attainment. Under section 175A, the plan must demonstrate continued 
attainment of the applicable NAAQS for at least ten years after the 
Administrator approves a redesignation to attainment. Eight years after 
the redesignation, the state must submit a revised maintenance plan 
which demonstrates that attainment will continue to be maintained for 
ten years following the initial ten-year maintenance period. To address 
the possibility of future NAAQS violations, the maintenance plan must 
contain contingency measures with a schedule for implementation as EPA 
deems necessary to assure prompt correction of any future 8-hour ozone 
violations.
    The September 4, 1992, John Calcagni memorandum provides additional 
guidance on the content of a maintenance plan. The memorandum clarifies 
that an ozone maintenance plan should address the following items: the 
attainment VOC and NO<INF>X</INF> emissions inventories, a maintenance 
demonstration showing maintenance for the ten years of the maintenance 
period, a commitment to maintain the existing monitoring network, 
factors and procedures to be used for verification of continued 
attainment of the NAAQS, and a contingency plan to prevent or correct 
future violations of the NAAQS.
b. Attainment Inventory
    The MDEQ developed an emissions inventory for 2007, one of the 
years Michigan used to demonstrate monitored attainment of the 8-hour 
NAAQS, as described above. The attainment level of emissions is 
summarized in Table 4, above.
c. Demonstration of Maintenance
    Along with the redesignation request, Michigan submitted a revision 
to the 8-hour ozone SIP to include a maintenance plan for the Detroit-
Ann Arbor area, in compliance with section 175A of the CAA. This 
demonstration shows maintenance of the 8-hour ozone standard through 
2020 by assuring that current and future emissions of VOC and 
NO<INF>X</INF> for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area remain at or below 
attainment year emission levels. A maintenance demonstration need not 
be based on modeling. See Wall v. EPA, 265 F.3d 426 (6th Cir. 2001), 
Sierra Club v. EPA, 375 F. 3d 537 (7th Cir. 2004). See also 66 FR 
53094, 53099-53100 (October 19, 2001), 68 FR 25413, 25430-25432 (May 
12, 2003).
    Michigan is using emissions inventories for the years 2009 and 2020 
to demonstrate maintenance. Onroad mobile source emissions were 
estimated by SEMCOG using MOBILE6.2. For the 2020 inventory, MDEQ used 
the 2005 inventory described above along with 2002, 2009, and 2018 
emissions inventories developed by LADCO to interpolate emissions 
estimates for the remaining source sectors. For each combination of 
county and pollutant, a linear regression analysis was performed using 
the values from the established inventories for 2002, 2005, 2009, and 
2018. From the best-fit line

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established by the regression analysis, values for 2020 were obtained. 
Emissions estimates are presented in Table 6 below.

                             Table 6--Comparison of 2007--2020 VOC and NOX Emissions
                                                      [tpd]
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                                                  VOC                                      NOX
                                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Net change                                Net change
                                   2007     2009     2020    2007-2020    2007     2009      2020      2007-2020
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Point..........................    59.78    52.48    59.37       -0.41   209.17   182.56      225.34       16.17
Area...........................   219.21   211.95   219.56        0.35    22.95    26.04       27.50        4.55
Onroad.........................   107.80    95.10    50.30      -57.50   278.20   226.40       69.30     -208.90
Nonroad........................   149.70   131.21   102.00      -47.70   110.33   100.80       62.29      -48.04
                                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total......................   536.49   490.74   431.23     -105.26   620.65   535.80      384.43     -236.22
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    The emission projections show that MDEQ does not expect emissions 
in the Detroit-Ann Arbor area to exceed the level of the 2007 
attainment year inventory during the maintenance period. In the 
Detroit-Ann Arbor area, MDEQ projects that VOC and NO<INF>X</INF> 
emissions will decrease by 105.26 tpd and 236.22 tpd, respectively.
    As part of its maintenance plan, the State elected to include a 
``safety margin'' for the area. A ``safety margin'' is the difference 
between the attainment level of emissions (from all sources) and the 
projected level of emissions (from all sources) in the maintenance plan 
which continues to demonstrate attainment of the standard. The 
attainment level of emissions is the level of emissions during one of 
the years in which the area met the NAAQS. The Detroit-Ann Arbor area 
attained the 8-hour ozone NAAQS during the 2006-2008 time period. 
Michigan used 2007 as the attainment level of emissions for the area. 
In the maintenance plan, MDEQ projected emission levels for 2020. For 
the Detroit-Ann Arbor area, the emissions from point, area, nonroad, 
and mobile sources in 2007 equaled 536.49 tpd of VOC. MDEQ projected 
VOC emissions for the year 2020 to be 431.23 tpd of VOC. The SIP 
submission demonstrates that the Detroit-Ann Arbor area will continue 
to maintain the standard with emissions at this level. The safety 
margin for VOC is calculated to be the difference between these amounts 
or, in this case, 105.26 tpd of VOC for 2020. By this same method, 
236.22 tpd (i.e., 620.65 tpd less 384.43 tpd) is the safety margin for 
NO<INF>X</INF> for 2020. The safety margin, or a portion thereof, can 
be allocated to any of the source categories, as long as the total 
attainment level of emissions is maintained.
d. Monitoring Network
    Michigan currently operates eight ozone monitors in the Detroit-Ann 
Arbor area. MDEQ has committed to continue to operate an EPA-approved 
monitoring network as necessary to demonstrate ongoing compliance with 
the NAAQS. MDEQ remains obligated to continue to quality assure 
monitoring data in accordance with 40 CFR part 58 and enter all data 
into the Air Quality System in accordance with Federal guidelines.
e. Verification of Continued Attainment
    Continued attainment of the ozone NAAQS in the Detroit-Ann Arbor 
area depends, in part, on the State's efforts toward tracking 
indicators of continued attainment during the maintenance period. 
Michigan's plan for verifying continued attainment of the 8-hour 
standard in the Detroit-Ann Arbor area consists of plans to continue 
ambient ozone monitoring in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 
part 58. MDEQ will also continue to develop and submit periodic 
emission inventories as required by the Federal Consolidated Emissions 
Reporting Rule (67 FR 39602) to track future levels of emissions.
f. Contingency Plan
    The contingency plan provisions are designed to promptly correct or 
prevent a violation of the NAAQS that might occur after redesignation 
of an area to attainment. Section 175A of the CAA requires that a 
maintenance plan include such contingency measures as EPA deems 
necessary to assure that the state will promptly correct a violation of 
the NAAQS that occurs after redesignation. The maintenance plan should 
identify the contingency measures to be adopted, a schedule and 
procedure for adoption and implementation of the contingency measures, 
and a time limit for action by the state. The state should also 
identify specific indicators to be used to determine when the 
contingency measures need to be adopted and implemented. The 
maintenance plan must include a requirement that the state will 
implement all measures with respect to control of the pollutant(s) that 
were contained in the SIP before redesignation of the area to 
attainment. See section 175A(d) of the CAA.
    As required by section 175A of the CAA, Michigan has adopted a 
contingency plan for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area to address possible 
future ozone air quality problems. The contingency plan adopted by 
Michigan has two levels of response, depending on whether a violation 
of the 8-hour ozone standard is only threatened (Action Level Response) 
or has occurred (Contingency Measure Response).
    An Action Level Response will be triggered when a two-year average 
fourth-high monitored daily peak 8-hour ozone concentration of 0.085 
ppm or higher is monitored within the maintenance area. An Action Level 
Response will consist of Michigan performing a review of the 
circumstances leading to the high monitored values. MDEQ will conduct 
this review within six months following the close of the ozone season. 
If MDEQ determines that contingency measure implementation is necessary 
to prevent a future violation of the NAAQS, MDEQ will select and 
implement a measure that can be implemented promptly.
    A Contingency Measure Response will be triggered by a violation of 
the standard (a three-year average of the annual fourth-highest daily 
maximum 8-hour average ozone concentration of 0.085 ppm or greater). 
When a Contingency Measure Response is triggered, Michigan will select 
one or more control measures for implementation. The timing for 
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measure is dependent on the process needed for legal adoption and 
source compliance, which varies for each measure. MDEQ will expedite 
the process of adopting and implementing the selected measures, with a 
goal of having measures in place as expeditiously as practicable and 
within 18 months. EPA is interpreting this commitment to mean that the 
measure will be in place within 18 months.
    MDEQ included the following list of potential contingency measures 
in the maintenance plan:
    i. Reduced VOC content in architectural, industrial, and 
maintenance (AIM) coatings rule;
    ii. Auto body refinisher self-certification audit program;
    iii. Reduced VOC degreasing/solvent cleaning rule;
    iv. Diesel retrofit program;
    v. Reduced idling program;
    vi. Portable fuel container replacement rule; and,
    vii. Food preparation flame broiler control rule.
g. Provisions for Future Updates of the Ozone Maintenance Plan
    As required by section 175A(b) of the CAA, Michigan commits to 
submit to the EPA an updated ozone maintenance plan eight years after 
redesignation of the Detroit-Ann Arbor area to cover an additional ten-
year period beyond the initial ten-year maintenance period. As required 
by section 175(A) of the CAA, Michigan has committed to retain the VOC 
and NO<INF>X</INF> control measures contained in the SIP prior to 
redesignation. Michigan also commits to submitting to EPA any 
contingency measures adopted under the section 175A maintenance plan.
    EPA has concluded that the maintenance plan adequately addresses 
the five basic components of a maintenance plan: attainment inventory, 
maintenance demonstration, monitoring network, verification of 
continued attainment, and a contingency plan. The maintenance plan SIP 
revision submitted by Michigan for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area meets the 
requirements of section 175A of the CAA.

B. Adequacy of Michigan's MVEBs

1. How Are MVEBs Developed and What Are the MVEBs for the Detroit-Ann 
Arbor Area?
    Under the CAA, states are required to submit, at various times, 
control strategy SIP revisions and ozone maintenance plans for ozone 
nonattainment areas and for areas seeking redesignations to attainment 
of the ozone standard. These emission control strategy SIP revisions 
(e.g., reasonable further progress SIP and attainment demonstration SIP 
revisions) and ozone maintenance plans create MVEBs based on onroad 
mobile source emissions for criteria pollutants and/or their precursors 
to address pollution from cars and trucks. The MVEBs are the portions 
of the total allowable emissions that are allocated to highway and 
transit vehicle use that, together with emissions from other sources in 
the area, will provide for attainment or maintenance.
    Under 40 CFR part 93, a MVEB for an area seeking a redesignation to 
attainment is established for the last year of the maintenance plan. 
The MVEB serves as a ceiling on emissions from an area's planned 
transportation system. The MVEB concept is further explained in the 
preamble to the November 24, 1993, transportation conformity rule (58 
FR 62188). The preamble also describes how to establish the MVEB in the 
SIP and how to revise the MVEB if needed.
    Under section 176(c) of the CAA, new transportation projects, such 
as the construction of new highways, must ``conform'' to (i.e., be 
consistent with) the part of the SIP that addresses emissions from cars 
and trucks. Conformity to the SIP means that transportation activities 
will not cause new air quality violations, worsen existing air quality 
violations, or delay timely attainment of the NAAQS. If a 
transportation plan does not conform, most new transportation projects 
that would expand the capacity of roadways cannot go forward. 
Regulations at 40 CFR part 93 set forth EPA policy, criteria, and 
procedures for demonstrating and assuring conformity of such 
transportation activities to a SIP.
    When reviewing SIP revisions containing MVEBs, including attainment 
strategies, rate-of-progress plans, and maintenance plans, EPA must 
affirmatively find that the MVEBs are ``adequate'' for use in 
determining transportation conformity. Once EPA affirmatively finds the 
submitted MVEBs to be adequate for transportation conformity purposes, 
the MVEBs are used by state and Federal agencies in determining whether 
proposed transportation projects conform to the SIP as required by 
section 176(c) of the CAA. EPA's substantive criteria for determining 
the adequacy of MVEBs are set out in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4).
    EPA's process for determining adequacy of a MVEB consists of three 
basic steps: (1) Providing public notification of a SIP submission; (2) 
providing the public the opportunity to comment on the MVEB during a 
public comment period; and, (3) EPA's finding of adequacy. The process 
of determining the adequacy of submitted SIP MVEBs was initially 
outlined in EPA's May 14, 1999, guidance, ``Conformity Guidance on 
Implementation of March 2, 1999, Conformity Court Decision.'' This 
guidance was codified in the Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments 
for the ``New 8-Hour Ozone and PM 2.5 National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards and Miscellaneous Revisions for Existing Areas; 
Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments--Response to Court Decision 
and Additional Rule Change,'' published on July 1, 2004 (69 FR 40004). 
EPA follows this guidance and rulemaking in making its adequacy 
determinations.
    The Detroit-Ann Arbor area's maintenance plan contains new VOC and 
NO<INF>X</INF> MVEBs for the year 2020. The availability of the SIP 
submission with these 2020 MVEBs was announced for public comment on 
EPA's Adequacy Web site on March 12, 2009, at: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm. The EPA public comment period on 
adequacy of the 2020 MVEBs for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area closed on 
April 13, 2009. EPA will address any comments in the final rule.
    EPA, through this rulemaking, is proposing to find adequate and 
approve the MVEBs for use to determine transportation conformity in the 
Detroit-Ann Arbor area because EPA has determined that the area can 
maintain attainment of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS for the relevant 
maintenance period with mobile source emissions at the levels of the 
MVEBs. In developing MVEBs for the Detroit-Ann Arbor Area, MDEQ has 
established separate MVEBS for the SEMCOG region (Livingston, Macomb, 
Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties) and for 
Lenawee County. MDEQ has determined the 2020 MVEBs for the SEMCOG 
region to be 106 tpd for VOC and 274 tpd for NO<INF>X</INF>. MDEQ has 
determined the 2020 MVEBs for Lenawee County to be 2.1 tpd for VOC and 
4.4 tpd for NO<INF>X</INF>. These MVEBs exceed the onroad mobile source 
VOC and NO<INF>X</INF> emissions projected by MDEQ for 2020, as 
summarized in Table 6 above (``onroad'' source sector). MDEQ decided to 
include safety margins (described further below) of 58.2 tpd for VOC 
(57 tpd and 1.2 tpd for the SEMCOG region and Lenawee County, 
respectively) and 211.1 tpd for NO<INF>X</INF> (208 tpd and 3.1 tpd for 
the SEMCOG region and Lenawee County, respectively) MVEBs to provide 
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demonstrated that the Detroit-Ann Arbor area can maintain the 8-hour 
ozone NAAQS with mobile source emissions of 108.1 tpd of VOC (the sum 
of 106 tpd for the SEMCOG region and 2.1 tpd for Lenawee County) and 
278.4 tpd for NO<INF>X</INF> (the sum of 274 tpd for the SEMCOG region 
and 4.4 tpd for Lenawee County), including the allocated safety 
margins, since emissions will still remain under attainment year 
emission levels.
2. What Is a Safety Margin?
    A ``safety margin'' is the difference between the attainment level 
of emissions (from all sources) and the projected level of emissions 
(from all sources) in the maintenance plan. As noted in Table 6, the 
Detroit-Ann Arbor area emissions are projected to have safety margins 
of 105.26 tpd for VOC and 236.22 tpd for NO<INF>X</INF> in 2020 (the 
difference between the attainment year, 2007, emissions and the 
projected 2020 emissions for all sources in the Detroit-Ann Arbor 
area). Even if emissions reached the full level of the safety margin, 
the counties would still demonstrate maintenance since emission levels 
would equal those in the attainment year.
    The MVEBs requested by MDEQ contain safety margins for mobile 
sources smaller than the allowable safety margins reflected in the 
total emissions for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area. The State is not 
requesting allocation of the entire available safety margins reflected 
in the demonstration of maintenance. Therefore, even though the State 
is requesting MVEBs that exceed the projected onroad mobile source 
emissions for 2020 contained in the demonstration of maintenance, the 
increase in onroad mobile source emissions that can be considered for 
transportation conformity purposes is well within the safety margins of 
the ozone maintenance demonstration. Further, once allocated to mobile 
sources, these safety margins will not be available for use by other 
sources.

C. 2005 Base Year Emissions Inventory

    As discussed above, section 182(a)(1) of the CAA requires areas 
classified as marginal and above to submit a base year emissions 
inventory. As part of Michigan's redesignation request for the Detroit-
Ann Arbor area, the State submitted a 2005 base year emissions 
inventory. This inventory is discussed above and summarized in Table 3. 
EPA is proposing to approve this 2005 base year inventory as meeting 
the section 182(a)(1) emissions inventory requirement.

VIII. What Action Is EPA Taking?

    EPA is proposing to make a determination that the Detroit-Ann Arbor 
area has attained the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA is also proposing to 
approve the maintenance plan SIP revision for the Detroit-Ann Arbor 
area. EPA's proposed approval of the maintenance plan is based on 
Michigan's demonstration that the plan meets the requirements of 
section 175A of the CAA, as described more fully above. After 
evaluating Michigan's redesignation request, EPA has determined that it 
meets the redesignation criteria set forth in section 107(d)(3)(E) of 
the CAA. Therefore, EPA is proposing to approve the redesignation of 
the Detroit-Ann Arbor area from nonattainment to attainment for the 8-
hour ozone NAAQS. The final approval of this redesignation request 
would change the official designation for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area 
from nonattainment to attainment for the 8-hour ozone standard. EPA is 
proposing to approve the 2005 base year emissions inventory for the 
Detroit-Ann Arbor area as meeting the requirements of section 182(a)(1) 
of the CAA. Finally, EPA also finds adequate and is proposing to 
approve the State's 2020 Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets (MVEBs) for the 
Detroit-Ann Arbor area.

IX. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the Clean Air Act, 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, 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:
    <bullet> Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to 
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
    <bullet> Does not impose an information collection burden under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
    <bullet> 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.);
    <bullet> 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);
    <bullet> Does not have Federalism implications as specified in 
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
    <bullet> Is not an economically significant regulatory action based 
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997);
    <bullet> Is not a significant regulatory action subject to 
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
    <bullet> 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 CAA; and
    <bullet> Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to 
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental 
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under 
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
    In addition, this rule does not have tribal implications as 
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), 
because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in 
the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct 
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental 
relations, Nitrogen oxides, Ozone, Volatile organic compounds.

40 CFR Part 81

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National parks, 
Wilderness areas.

    Dated: April 13, 2009.
Walter W. Kovalick Jr.,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. E9-9217 Filed 4-22-09; 8:45 am]
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