LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets Replacement Update to the 

Indiana Portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Maintenance 

Area under the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard 

After December 1, 2012, legal notices for public hearings shall no longer be 

published in newspapers, but will be found on the Indiana Department of 

Environmental Management web site at: http://www.in.gov/idem/5474.htm. 

Notice is hereby given under 40 CFR 51.102 that the Indiana Department of 

Environmental Management (IDEM) is accepting written comment and providing an 

opportunity for public hearing regarding the Motor Vehicle Emission Budget (MVEB) 

replacement update to the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-KentuckyIndiana maintenance area under the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. Onroad emissions for 

the original submittal were calculated using the MOBILE6.2 mobile model and are now 

being replaced with the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA's) 

recently adopted Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES) mobile model. All 

interested persons are invited and will be given reasonable oppmtunity to express their 

views concerning the submittal of the proposed MVEB replacement update to the 

maintenance area oflndiana's portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-KentuckyIndiana. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit public comment on Indiana's proposed 

MVEB replacement update. The Indiana portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton, OhioKentucky-Indiana area was designated as nonattainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

standard and subject to the requirements ofSection 172 ofthe Clean Air Act (CAA). 

One ofthe compliance requirements mandated by Section 175A(b) ofthe CAA, is the 

development of a plan demonstrating that ozone maintenance areas will continue to meet 

the 8-hour ozone standard for the next ten years, which includes MVEBs for onroad 

sources, beyond the current maintenance period. This submittal of the proposed MVEB 

replacement update to the maintenance area oflndiana's pmtion of the CincinnatiHamilton, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana is being drafted and submitted consistent with U.S. 

EPA guidance. Upon completion ofthis public notice process, the MOBILE6.2-based to 

MOVES-based MVEB replacement updates will be submitted to U.S. EPA for approval 

into the State Implementation Plan. 

Copies of the draft documents will be available on or before October 19, 2012, to 

any person upon request and at the following locations: 

• Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, 

Indiana Government Center-North, 100 North Senate Avenue, 10111 Floor-East 

Wing, Indianapolis, Indiana 

• Lawrenceburg Public Library, 150 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana 

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The draft documents will also be available on the following web page: 

http://www.in.gov/idem/4658.htm 

An electronic version of all MOVES mobile model input and output files will be 

available at the public hearing or upon request. 

Any person may submit written comments on the MVEB replacement update to 

the maintenance area oflndiana's portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-KentuckyIndiana on or before November 30, 2012. Written comments should be directed to Mr. 

Shawn Seals, Mail Code 61-50, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Department of 

Environmental Management, 100 North Senate A venue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204; or 

fax (317) 233-5967; or email at SSeals@idem.in.gov. Interested parties may also present 

oral or written comments at the public hearing, if held. 

A public hearing on the MVEB replacement update to the maintenance area of 

Indiana portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana will be held if a 

public hearing request is received by November 20, 2012. A hearing has been scheduled 

for November 28, 2012. The meeting will convene at 6:00p.m. (local time) at the 

Lawrenceburg Public Library, Ewbank Meeting Room 1 and 2, 150 Mary Street, 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025. If a request for a public hearing is not received by 

November 20, 2012, the hearing will be cancelled. Interested parties can check the 

online IDEM calendar at http://www.in.gov/idem/calendar.html or contact Mr. Shawn 

Seals at the provided contact information after November 20, 2012, to see if the hearing 

has been cancelled. 

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Individuals requiring reasonable accommodations for participation in this hearing, if 

held, should contact the IDEM Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator at: 

Attn: ADA Coordinator 

Indiana Department of Environmental Management- Mail Code 50-10 

100 North Senate A venue 

Indianapolis, IN 46204-2251 

Or call (317) 233-1785 (voice) or (317) 232-6565 (TDD). Please provide a minimum of 

72 hours notification. 

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