Comment from California Air Resources Board 10-17-11 on 2011-0622 (SC) and 2011-0589 (SJV) dockets

Email submittal with attachment to Wienke Tax 10-17-11: Attached letter from Douglas Ito, Chief, Air Quality and Transportation Planning Branch stating: Consistent with actions U.S.EPA has taken since issuing its guidance memorandum entitled "Conformity Guidance on Implementation of the March 2, 1999, Conformity Court Decision" on May 14, 1999, I am writing to confirm that U.S. EPA limit the duration of approval of motor vehicle emissions budgets in the SIPs to last only until the effective date of U.S. EPA's adequacy finding for any subsequent budgets. In other words, the approval of the motor vehicle emissions budgets submitted on July 29, 2011, for the South Coast Air Basin and the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin would last only until the effective date of future U.S. EPA adequacy finding for budgets that replace the existing approved budgets.