98-17971. Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland; 1990 Base Year Emission Inventory for the Metropolitan Washington, DC Ozone Nonattainment Area  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 36854-36858]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-17971]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    40 CFR Part 52
    
    [DC038-2009a, MD058-3026a, VA083-5035a; FRL-6120-6]
    
    
    Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
    District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland; 1990 Base Year Emission 
    Inventory for the Metropolitan Washington, DC Ozone Nonattainment Area
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    
    ACTION: Direct final rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to the District of Columbia (the 
    District), the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia State 
    Implementation Plans (SIP) which pertain to the 1990 base year ozone 
    emission inventory for the Washington, DC-MD-VA Consolidated 
    Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA). This area, commonly referred to 
    as the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area, is classified as a serious 
    ozone nonattainment area. These SIP revisions were prepared by the 
    District, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland with 
    the assistance of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments 
    and were submitted for the purpose of revising the 1990 baseline of 
    volatile organic compound (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions 
    that contribute to ozone nonattainment problems in the Metropolitan 
    Washington, D.C. area. The intended effect of this action is to approve 
    amendments to the 1990 base year ozone emission inventory for the 
    Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area in accordance with the Clean Air 
    Act.
    
    DATES: This direct final rule is effective on September 8, 1998 without 
    further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by August 7, 1998. 
    If adverse comment is received, EPA will publish a timely document 
    withdrawing this rule.
    
    ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to David L. Arnold, Chief, Ozone & 
    Mobile Sources Branch, Mailcode 3AP21, Environmental Protection Agency, 
    Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. 
    Copies of the documents relevant to this action are available for 
    public inspection during normal business hours at the Air Protection 
    Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch 
    Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103; the District of Columbia 
    Department of Health, Air Quality Division, 2100 Martin Luther King 
    Ave., S.E., Washington, DC 20020; the Maryland Department of the 
    Environment, 2500 Broening Highway, Baltimore, Maryland 21224; and the 
    Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, 
    Richmond, Virginia 23219.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Cripps, (215) 814-2179, at 
    EPA Region III address, or via e-mail at 
    cripps.christopher@epamail.epa.gov. While information may be requested 
    via e-mail, comments must be submitted in writing to the above Region 
    III address.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    I. Background
    
        Under the Clean Air Act (the Act), States have the responsibility 
    to inventory emissions contributing to national ambient air quality 
    standard nonattainment, to track these emissions over time, and to 
    ensure that control strategies are being implemented that reduce 
    emissions and move areas towards attainment. The 1990 base year 
    emissions inventory is the primary inventory from which the periodic 
    inventory, the rate-of-progress (ROP) target level and projection 
    inventories, and the modeling inventory are derived. The Act requires 
    ozone nonattainment areas designated as moderate, serious, severe, and 
    extreme to submit a plan within three years of 1990 to reduce VOC 
    emissions by 15 percent within six years after 1990 (15% ROP plan). The 
    baseline level of emissions, from which the 15 percent reduction is 
    calculated, is determined by adjusting the base year VOC inventory to 
    exclude biogenic emissions and to exclude certain emission reductions 
    not creditable towards the 15% plan. The Act further requires ozone 
    nonattainment areas designated as serious, severe, and extreme to 
    submit a plan within four years of 1990 to reduce VOC emissions by a 
    further nine percent in the period between six and nine years after 
    1990 (post-1996 ROP plan). The Act allows reductions in NOx emissions 
    after 1990 to be substituted for VOC reductions in the post-96 ROP 
    plan. When NOx reductions are substituted, the baseline level of 
    emissions, from which the NOx reduction percentage is calculated, is 
    determined by adjusting the base year NOx inventory to exclude certain 
    emission reductions not creditable towards the 15% plan. Further 
    information on these inventories and their purpose can be found in the 
    following documents issued by EPA:
    
    Emission Inventory Requirements for Ozone State Implementation Plans, 
    Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
    Standards, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, March 1991
    Guidance on the Adjusted Base Year Emissions Inventory and the 1996 
    Target for 15 Percent Rate of Progress Plans, Environmental Protection 
    Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle 
    Park, North Carolina, October 1992.
    Guidance on the Post '96 Rate-of-Progress Plan (RPP) and Attainment 
    Demonstration (Corrected version of February 18, 1994), Environmental 
    Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 
    Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, February 18, 1994.
    
    
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        The 1990 base year inventory may also serve as part of statewide 
    inventories for purposes of regional modeling in transport areas. The 
    1990 base year inventory plays an important role in modeling 
    demonstrations for areas classified as moderate and above that are 
    located outside transport regions. The air quality planning 
    requirements for marginal to extreme ozone nonattainment areas are set 
    out in section 182(a)-(e) of Title I of the Act. The EPA has issued a 
    General Preamble describing EPA's preliminary views on how EPA intends 
    to review SIP revisions submitted under Title I of the Act, including 
    requirements for the preparation of the 1990 base year inventory (see 
    57 FR 13502 April 16, 1992; and 57 FR 18070 April 28, 1992). Because 
    EPA is describing its interpretations here only in broad terms, the 
    reader should refer to the General Preamble for a more detailed 
    discussion of the interpretations of Title I and its supporting 
    rationale. In today's rulemaking action on the Metropolitan Washington, 
    DC ozone nonattainment area's 1990 base year emissions inventory, EPA 
    is applying its interpretations taking into consideration the specific 
    factual issues presented.
        Those states containing ozone nonattainment areas classified as 
    marginal to extreme are required under section 182(a)(1) of the Act to 
    submit a final, comprehensive, accurate, and current inventory of 
    actual ozone season, weekday emissions from all sources within 2 years 
    of enactment (November 15, 1992). This inventory is for calendar year 
    1990 and is denoted as the 1990 base year inventory. It includes both 
    anthropogenic and biogenic sources of VOC, NOX, and carbon 
    monoxide (CO) emissions. The inventory is to address actual VOC, 
    NOX, and CO emissions for the area during peak ozone season, 
    which is generally comprised of the summer months. All emissions from 
    stationary point and area sources, as well as highway and non-road 
    mobile sources, and biogenic emissions within the nonattainment area, 
    are to be included in the compilation.
        Air quality planning in the Washington, DC ozone nonattainment area 
    is done jointly by the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and the 
    Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee (MWAQC). The MWAQC, 
    composed of state and local elected officials, state air quality and 
    transportation planning directors and the Chair of the National Capital 
    Region Transportation Planning Board, ensures interstate air quality 
    planning consultation requirements of sections 182(j) and 174 are 
    fulfilled and has been certified under section 174 as the air quality 
    planning organization for the Washington, DC ozone nonattainment area 
    by the Governors of Maryland and Virginia and the Mayor of the District 
    of Columbia. The MWAQC recommends air quality planning measures and 
    approves ROP plans both of which the states adopt as SIP revisions. The 
    MWAQC relies upon the three air planning agencies including the 
    District of Columbia's Air Quality Division, Environmental Health 
    Division, Department of Health (formerly the Air Resources Management 
    Division of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs) and upon 
    the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) for 
    technical support. Each jurisdiction adopts the MWAQC-approved plan as 
    a revision to its SIP.
        In July 1996 the MWAQC and the Washington, DC ozone nonattainment 
    area states began revisions to their 15% ROP plans in conjunction with 
    the post-1996 ROP plans. At this time certain portions of the 1990 base 
    year inventory were refined to utilize better information such as that 
    relating to traffic demand modeling, updated information on point 
    source emissions, and to correct certain errors in the inventory found 
    while the states were auditing the inventory in preparation for the 
    attainment demonstration modeling.
        The update to the point source inventory reflects changes in 
    emission factors, replacement of emission factors with actual stack 
    testing results, correction of coding errors in boiler firing type and 
    correction in the associated emission factor, and improved reporting by 
    sources. The changes in area source emissions estimates are 
    attributable to changes in several categories, including, ``coal 
    consumption,'' which includes residential, commercial/institutional, 
    and industrial consumption. These changes resulted from the use of a 
    corrected emissions factor for under-fired stokers in the commercial/
    institutional and industrial categories and a corrected emissions 
    factor for the residential category. In addition, the spatial 
    allocation approach for commercial, institutional and non-point source 
    industrial fossil-fuel combustion categories was changed to use 
    employment as the activity surrogate, instead of population. Other 
    revisions in area source emissions result from use of better 1990 
    information available for the military airports, structure fires and 
    certain industrial surface coating categories.
        The changes in area source emissions estimates are attributable to 
    changes in estimates of activity split between the weekend and weekday 
    use of recreational boating and lawn and garden equipment and in the 
    Reid vapor pressure (RVP) of gasoline used in the area in 1990. The 
    1990 inventory was based upon an EPA supplied inventory that did not 
    accurately reflect the 1990 summer RVP of 8.3 psi nor the proper 
    activity split between the weekend and weekday use of recreational 
    boating and lawn and garden equipment.
        The mobile source inventory was developed by using a network-based 
    travel demand model which is the same network used for transportation 
    conformity purposes. The refinements to the 1990 mobile source 
    emissions inventory are attributable to refinements implemented in the 
    traffic modeling process. These refinements are designed to provide a 
    better feedback relationship between congested traffic speeds on the 
    network and the gravity model. Additionally, updated land use 
    assumptions, actual 1990 census data for households and population data 
    and the Regional Employment Census for employment data were used in the 
    refinements. These updated assumptions are slightly lower than the 
    ``projected'' 1990 assumptions used for the initial 1990 inventory 
    submittals.
    
    II. Criteria for Approval
    
        There are general and specific components of an acceptable emission 
    inventory. In general, a state must meet the minimum requirements for 
    reporting by source category. Specifically, the source requirements are 
    detailed below.
        The base year emission inventory is approvable if it passes Levels 
    I, II, and III of the review process. Detailed Level I and II review 
    procedures can be found in the following document; ``Quality Review 
    Guidelines for 1990 Base Year Emission Inventories,'' Environmental 
    Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 
    Research Triangle Park, NC, July 27, 1992. Level III review procedures 
    are specified in a memorandum from David Mobley and G.T. Helms to the 
    Regions ``1990 O3/CO SIP Emission Inventory Level III 
    Acceptance Criteria,'' October 7, 1992 and revised in a memorandum from 
    John Seitz to the Regional Air Directors dated June 24, 1993.
        The Levels I and II review process is used to determine that all 
    components of the base year inventory are present. The review also 
    evaluates the level of supporting documentation provided by the state 
    and assesses whether the emissions were developed according to current 
    EPA guidance. The data quality
    
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    is also evaluated. The Level III review process, as outlined here, 
    consists of 10 criteria. For a base year emission inventory to be 
    acceptable it must pass all of the following acceptable criteria:
        A. An approved Inventory Preparation Plan (IPP) must be provided 
    and the Quality Assurance (QA) program contained in the IPP must be 
    performed and its implementation documented.
        B. Adequate documentation must be provided that enables the 
    reviewer to determine the emission estimation procedures and the data 
    sources used to develop the inventory.
        C. The point source inventory must be complete.
        D. Point source emissions must be prepared or calculated according 
    to the current EPA guidance.
        E. The area source inventory must be complete.
        F. The area source emissions must be prepared or calculated 
    according to the current EPA guidance.
        G. Biogenic emissions must be prepared according to current EPA 
    guidance or another approved technique.
        H. The method (e.g., a network transportation planning model) used 
    to develop vehicle miles traveled (VMT) estimates must follow EPA 
    guidance, which is detailed in the document, ``Procedures for Emission 
    Inventory Preparation, Volume IV: Mobile Sources,'' Environmental 
    Protection Agency, Office of Mobile Sources and Office of Air Quality 
    Planning and Standards, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Research Triangle 
    Park, North Carolina, December 1992. The VMT development methods must 
    be adequately described and documented in the inventory report.
        I. The EPA's MOBILE emission factor model must be correctly used to 
    produce emission factors for each of the vehicle classes.
        J. Non-road mobile emissions must be prepared according to current 
    EPA guidance for all of the source categories.
    
    III. The District's, Virginia's and Maryland's Submittals
    
        On November 3, 1997, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory 
    Affairs (DCRA) for the District of Columbia submitted the revised 1990 
    base year emission inventories as a formal revision to the District's 
    State Implementation Plan (SIP). On December 24, 1997 the Maryland 
    Department of the Environment submitted the revised 1990 base year 
    emission inventories as a formal revision to the Maryland SIP, and on 
    December 17, 1997 the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality 
    submitted the revised 1990 base year emission inventories as a formal 
    revision to the Virginia SIP. EPA reviewed this submittal to determine 
    completeness shortly after submittal, in accordance with the 
    completeness criteria set out at 40 CFR Part 51, Appendix V (1991), as 
    amended by 57 FR 42216 (August 26, 1991). The submittals were 
    determined to be complete on December 10, 1997, January 13, 1998 and 
    January 12, 1998 for the District's, Maryland's and Virginia's 
    submittals, respectively.
    
    IV. EPA Analysis of the SIP Revisions
    
        Based on EPA's Level I, II, and III review findings, the District, 
    Maryland and Virginia have satisfied all of EPA's requirements for 
    providing a comprehensive and accurate 1990 base year inventory of 
    actual emissions for the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. ozone 
    nonattainment area.
        There were no deficiencies found during the Level I and II review. 
    The Level I and II checklists are contained in the TSD prepared for 
    this action.
        A summary of EPA's Level III findings is given below:
        A. The Inventory Preparation Plan (IPP) and Quality Assurance (QA) 
    program have been approved and implemented. These were approved on 
    March 27, 1992, August 11, 1992 and August 27, 1992 for the District, 
    Maryland and Virginia, respectively.
        B. The documentation was adequate for all emission types 
    (stationary point, area, highway mobile, on-road mobile and biogenic 
    sources) for the reviewer to determine the estimation procedures and 
    data sources used to develop the inventory.
        C. The point source inventory was found to be complete.
        D. The point source emissions were estimated according to EPA 
    guidance.
        E. The area source inventory was found to be complete.
        F. The area source emissions were estimated according to EPA 
    guidance.
        G. The biogenic source emissions were estimated using the Biogenic 
    Emission Inventory System (PC-BEIS) in accordance with EPA guidance.
        H. The method used to develop VMT estimates was adequately 
    described and documented.
        I. The mobile model was used correctly.
        J. The non-road mobile emission estimates were correctly prepared 
    in accordance with EPA guidance.
        Thus, EPA has determined that the District's, the State of 
    Maryland's and the Commonwealth of Virginia's submittals meet the 
    essential reporting and documentation requirements for a 1990 base year 
    emission inventory.
        A summary of the emission inventories broken down by point, area, 
    biogenic, on-road, and non-road mobile sources is presented for VOC, 
    NOX, and CO emissions in the tables below.
    
                   Metropolitan Washington, DC Ozone Season Emissions in Tons Per Day by Jurisdiction               
                                             [1990 Base-Year VOC Inventory]                                         
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                                                                  District of                                       
                                                                    Columbia     Maryland     Virginia    Area total
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    Point Source Emissions......................................          1.0          5.5          8.1         14.6
    Area Source Emissions.......................................         20.0         94.2         77.0        191.2
    Non-Road Mobile Emissions...................................          5.5         32.1         32.8         70.4
    On-Road Mobile Emissions....................................         32.6        108.4        110.1        251.1
    Biogenic Emissions..........................................          3.2        225.9        147.4        376.5
          Total.................................................         62.3        466.1        375.4        903.8
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                   Metropolitan Washington, DC Ozone Season Emissions in Tons Per Day by Jurisdiction               
                                             [1990 Base-Year NOX Inventory]                                         
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                                                                  District of                                       
                                                                    Columbia     Maryland     Virginia      Total   
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    Point Source Emissions......................................          7.6        267.4         59.8        334.8
    
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    Area Source Emissions.......................................          3.4         15.8         28.1         47.3
    Non-Road Mobile Emissions...................................          5.5         43.5         36.0         85.0
    On-Road Mobile Emissions....................................         25.8        129.1        106.8        261.7
    Biogenic Emissions..........................................           NA           NA           NA           NA
          Total.................................................         42.3        455.8        230.7        728.8
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                   Metropolitan Washington, DC Ozone Season Emissions in Tons Per Day by Jurisdiction               
                                     [1990 Base-Year Carbon Monoxide (CO) Inventory]                                
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                                                                  District of                                       
                                                                   Columbia      Maryland     Virginia      Total   
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    Point Source Emissions.....................................           4.3         51.8          3.6         59.7
    Area Source Emissions......................................           2.7          9.8         49.6         62.1
    Non-Road Mobile Emissions..................................         145          427.4          365        937.4
    On-Road Mobile Emissions...................................         248.3        901.5        909.1       2058.9
    Biogenic Emissions.........................................          NA             NA           NA           NA
          Total................................................         400.3       1390.5       1327.3       3118.1
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        EPA has determined that the submittals made by the District, 
    Maryland and Virginia satisfy the relevant requirements of the Act. 
    EPA's detailed review of the emission inventories is contained in a 
    Technical Support Document (TSD) which is available, upon request, from 
    the EPA Regional Office listed in the ADDRESSES section above.
        EPA is approving this rule without prior proposal because the 
    Agency views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no 
    adverse comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this 
    Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate document 
    that will serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision should 
    adverse or critical comments be filed. This rule will be effective 
    September 8, 1998 without further notice unless the Agency receives 
    adverse comments by August 7, 1998.
        Should EPA receive such comments, then EPA will publish a document 
    informing the public that this rule did not take effect. All public 
    comments received will then be addressed in a subsequent final rule 
    based on the proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment 
    period on this rule. Only parties interested in commenting on this 
    action should do so at this time. If no such comments are received, the 
    public is advised that this rule will be effective on September 8, 1998 
    and no further action will be taken on the proposed rule.
        If adverse comments are received that do not pertain to all 
    paragraphs in this rule, those paragraphs not affected by the adverse 
    comments will be finalized in the manner described here. Only those 
    paragraphs which receive adverse comments will be withdrawn in the 
    manner described here.
    
    V. Final Action
    
        EPA is approving the revised 1990 base year ozone emission 
    inventory for VOC and NOX submitted by the District of 
    Columbia, State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia for the 
    Metropolitan Washington, D.C. ozone nonattainment area. The inventory 
    revisions concern VOC, and NOX emissions from point, area, 
    highway mobile, and non-road mobile biogenic emissions.
        Nothing in this action should be construed as permitting or 
    allowing or establishing a precedent for any future request for 
    revision of any SIP. Each request for revision to a SIP shall be 
    considered separately in light of specific technical, economic, and 
    environmental factors and in relation to relevant statutory and 
    regulatory requirements.
    
    VI. Administrative Requirements
    
    A. Executive Order 12866
    
        The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this 
    regulatory action from E.O. 12866 review.
        The final rule is not subject to E.O. 13045, entitled ``Protection 
    of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks,'' because 
    it is not an ``economically significant'' action under E.O. 12866.
    
    B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
    
        Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 600 et seq., EPA 
    must prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis assessing the impact of 
    any proposed or final rule on small entities. 5 U.S.C. 603 and 604. 
    Alternatively, EPA may certify that the rule will not have a 
    significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. Small 
    entities include small businesses, small not-for-profit enterprises, 
    and government entities with jurisdiction over populations of less than 
    50,000. SIP approvals under section 110 and subchapter I, part D of the 
    Clean Air Act do not create any new requirements but simply approve 
    requirements that the State is already imposing. Therefore, because the 
    Federal SIP approval does not impose any new requirements, the 
    Administrator certifies that it does not have a significant impact on 
    any small entities affected. Moreover, due to the nature of the 
    Federal-State relationship under the CAA, preparation of a flexibility 
    analysis would constitute Federal inquiry into the economic 
    reasonableness of state action. The Clean Air Act forbids EPA to base 
    its actions concerning SIPs on such grounds. Union Electric Co. v. U.S. 
    EPA, 427 U.S. 246, 255-66 (1976); 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(2).
    
    C. Unfunded Mandates
    
        Under section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
    (``Unfunded Mandates Act''), signed into law on March 22, 1995, EPA 
    must prepare a budgetary impact statement to accompany any proposed or 
    final rule that includes a Federal mandate that may result in estimated 
    costs to State, local, or tribal governments in the aggregate; or to 
    private sector, of $100 million or more. Under section 205,
    
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    EPA must select the most cost-effective and least burdensome 
    alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule and is consistent 
    with statutory requirements. Section 203 requires EPA to establish a 
    plan for informing and advising any small governments that may be 
    significantly or uniquely impacted by the rule. EPA has determined that 
    the approval action promulgated does not include a Federal mandate that 
    may result in estimated costs of $100 million or more to either State, 
    local, or tribal governments in the aggregate, or to the private 
    sector. This Federal action approves pre-existing requirements under 
    State or local law, and imposes no new requirements. Accordingly, no 
    additional costs to State, local, or tribal governments, or to the 
    private sector, result from this action.
    
    D. Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office
    
        The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
    Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
    provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
    the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
    to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
    United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other 
    required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
    Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
    to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This rule is not a 
    ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
    
    E. Petitions for Judicial Review
    
        Under section 307(b)(1) of the Act, petitions for judicial review 
    of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for 
    the appropriate circuit by September 8, 1998. Filing a petition for 
    reconsideration by the Administrator of this rule does not affect the 
    finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial review nor does it 
    extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may be 
    filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or action. 
    This action, regarding the 1990 emission inventory for the Washington, 
    DC ozone nonattainment area submitted by the District of Columbia, 
    State of Maryland and Commonwealth of Virginia, may not be challenged 
    later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 
    307(b)(2).)
    
    List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
    
        Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hydrocarbons, 
    Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 
    record keeping requirements, and SIP requirements.
    
        Dated: June 23, 1998.
    Thomas Voltaggio,
    Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
    
        Part 52, Chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is 
    amended as follows:
    
    PART 52--[AMENDED]
    
        1. The authority citation for Part 52 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
    
    Subpart J--District of Columbia
    
        2. Section 52.474 is amended by adding paragraph (c) to read as 
    follows:
    
    
    Sec. 52.474   1990 Base Year Emission Inventory.
    
    * * * * *
        (c) EPA approves as a revision to the District of Columbia State 
    Implementation Plan an amendment to the 1990 base year emission 
    inventories for the District's portion of the Metropolitan Washington, 
    D.C. ozone nonattainment area submitted by the Director, Department of 
    Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, on November 3, 1997. This submittal 
    consists of amendments to the 1990 base year point, area, highway 
    mobile, and non-road source emission inventories in the area for the 
    following pollutants: volatile organic compounds (VOC), and oxides of 
    nitrogen (NOX).
    
    Subpart V--Maryland
    
        3. Section 52.1075 is amended by adding paragraph (f) to read as 
    follows:
    
    
    Sec. 52.1075   1990 Base Year Emission Inventory.
    
    * * * * *
        (f) EPA approves as a revision to the Maryland State Implementation 
    Plan an amendment to the 1990 base year emission inventories for the 
    Maryland portion of the Metropolitan Washington DC ozone nonattainment 
    area submitted by the Secretary of Maryland of the Department 
    Environment on December 24, 1997. This submittal consists of amendments 
    to the 1990 base year point, area, highway mobile, and non-road mobile 
    source emission inventories in the area for the following pollutants: 
    Volatile organic compounds (VOC), and oxides of nitrogen 
    (NOX).
    
    Subpart VV--Virginia
    
        4. Section 52.2425 is amended by adding paragraph (d) to read as 
    follows:
    
    
    Sec. 52.2425   1990 Base Year Emission Inventory.
    
    * * * * *
        (d) EPA approves as a revision to the Virginia State Implementation 
    Plan amendments to the 1990 base year emission inventories for the 
    Northern Virginia ozone nonattainment area submitted by the Director, 
    Virginia Department Environmental Quality, on December 17, 1997. This 
    submittal consists of amendments to the 1990 base year point, area, 
    non-road mobile, and on-road mobile source emission inventories for the 
    following pollutants: volatile organic compounds (VOC), and oxides of 
    nitrogen (NOX).
    
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Document Information

Effective Date:
9/8/1998
Published:
07/08/1998
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Direct final rule.
Document Number:
98-17971
Dates:
This direct final rule is effective on September 8, 1998 without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by August 7, 1998. If adverse comment is received, EPA will publish a timely document withdrawing this rule.
Pages:
36854-36858 (5 pages)
Docket Numbers:
DC038-2009a, MD058-3026a, VA083-5035a, FRL-6120-6
PDF File:
98-17971.pdf
CFR: (3)
40 CFR 52.474
40 CFR 52.1075
40 CFR 52.2425