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78310 Federal Register /Vol. 78, No. 248/Thursday, December 26, 2013/Proposed Rules
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R04–OAR–2013–0629; FRL–9904–42–
Region–4]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; North Carolina;
Transportation Conformity
Memorandum of Agreement Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a
revision to the North Carolina State
Implementation Plan submitted on July
12, 2013, through the North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources. This submission adopts a
memorandum of agreement establishing
transportation conformity criteria and
procedures related to interagency
consultation and enforceability of
certain transportation-related control
measures and mitigation measures. This
proposed action streamlines the
conformity process to allow direct
consultation among agencies at the
Federal, state and local levels. This
proposed action is being taken pursuant
to section 110 of the Clean Air Act.
In the Final Rules Section of this
Federal Register, EPA is approving the
State’s implementation plan revision as
a direct final rule without prior proposal
because the Agency views this as a
noncontroversial submittal and
anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for the approval is set
forth in the direct final rule. If no
adverse comments are received in
response to this rule, no further activity
is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse
comments, the direct final rule will be
withdrawn and all public comments
received will be addressed in a
subsequent final rule based on this
proposed rule. EPA will not institute a
second comment period on this
document. Any parties interested in
commenting on this document should
do so at this time.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before January 27, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R04–OAR–2013–0629 by one of the
following methods:
1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
2. Email: [e-mail].
3. Fax: [phone].
4. Mail: EPA–R04–OAR–2013–0629,
Regulatory Development Section, Air
Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and
Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960.
5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Ms.
Lynorae Benjamin, Chief, Regulatory
Development Section, Air Planning
Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics
Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
Regional Office’s normal hours of
operation. The Regional Office’s official
hours of business are Monday through
Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Sheckler of the Air Quality
Modeling and Transportation Section at
the Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides
and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Ms.
Sheckler’s telephone number is 404–
562–9222. She can also be reached via
electronic mail at Sheckler.Kelly@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For
additional information see the direct
final rule which is published in the
Rules Section of this Federal Register.
Dated: December 10, 2013.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R03–OAR–2013–0058; FRL–9904–48–
Region 3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Update of the Motor
Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the
Lancaster 1997 8-Hour Ozone
Maintenance Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
revisions to the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania’s (Pennsylvania) State
Implementation Plan (SIP). One revision
consists of an update to the SIP-
approved Motor Vehicle Emissions
Budgets (MVEBs) for nitrogen oxides
(NOX) and volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS) SIP for Lancaster County (also
referred to as the ‘‘Lancaster
Maintenance Area’’). The other SIP
revision updates the point source
inventory for NOX and VOCs. In the
Final Rules section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State’s
SIP submittal as a direct final rule
without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial
submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are
received in response to this action, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on this proposed rule. EPA will
not institute a second comment period.
Any parties interested in commenting
on this action should do so at this time.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing by January 27, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R03–OAR–2013–0058 by one of the
following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
B. Email: [e-mail].
C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2013–0058,
Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director,
Office of Air Program Planning,
Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III, 1650
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19103.
D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-
listed EPA Region III address. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket’s normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2013–
0058. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change, and may be
made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through www.regulations.gov
or email. The www.regulations.gov Web
site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system,
which means EPA will not know your
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