	UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

	REGION III

1650 Arch Street

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103-2029

April 27, 2007

SUBJECT:

Technical Support Document - Findings for Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets; 2009 and 2018 Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in the Maintenance Plan for the Cambria County (Johnstown), Pennsylvania 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area

      FROM: 	             /s/

Martin Kotsch, 3AP23

TO:

Administrative Record for Review of the 2009 and 2018 Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets in the Maintenance Plan for the Cambria County (Johnstown), Pennsylvania 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area

THRU:	             /s/

Carol Febbo, Chief

Energy, Radiation and Indoor Environment Branch (3AP23)

I.   Administrative Requirements For Making Adequacy Findings

The adequacy and approvability of the 2009 and 2018 Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets contained in the Maintenance Plan submitted by the Pennsylvania  Department of the Environment (PADEP) on March 27, 2007 for the Cambria County (Johnstown), Pennsylvania 8-Hour Non-attainment Area  was reviewed in accordance with the procedures and criteria of the Transportation Conformity Rule contained in 40 CFR Part 93, Sections 93.106(a)(1) 106(a)(2)(i), 93.110, 93.113(b) 118 (e) (4) through (5) and the following guidance:

-  January 18, 2002 EPA memorandum from John Seitz and Margo Oge entitled: (Policy Guidance on the Use of MOBILE6 for SIP Development and Transportation Conformity(, and

-  February 12, 2003 EPA memorandum from Tom Helms and Leila Cook entitled: (Clarification of Policy Guidance for MOBILE6 SIPs in Mid-course Review Areas(, and

- March 8, 2005 EPA memorandum from Suzanne Rudzinski and Lydia Wegman entitled  (Guidance for Determining the "Attainment Year" for Transportation Conformity in New 8-Hour Ozone and PM2.5 Nonattainment Areas(, and

- May 2005  Reference document entitled  (Complete Transportation Conformity Regulations that Incorporate Recent Conformity Final Rule Amendments (Through May 2005)(.

On March 27, 2007, the Pennsylvania Department of the Environmental Protection (PADEP) submitted its motor vehicle emission budgets to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a part of its State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision.  The Pennsylvania  public comment period on the SIP revision closed on March 9, 2007.

EPA will be issuing its own Notice of  Proposed Rule Making for a 30-day public comment period  soliciting public comment as to the approvability of the Pennsylvania SIP submission.  Concurrently with the EPA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, a notice will be  posted on EPA(s website at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm  for the purpose of opening EPA(s 30-day public comment period on the adequacy/approvability of the budgets in the SIP revision.  That notice will inform  the public of the availability of the Pennsylvania  SIP revision on its own website.  EPA(s  website notice will provide a link to the address for the  website where interested members of the public could access the SIP revision.  Following  EPA(s public comment period, responses to any comments received on the proposed mobile budgets in the Pennsylvania SIP will be addressed in an amendment to this TSD.

II.  Evaluation of the Budgets

Table 1 - The Budgets

Clean Air Act Requirement

Milestone Year

Mobile Vehicle Emissions Budget for NOx in Kilogram Per Day

Mobile Vehicle Emissions Budget for VOCs in Kilograms Per Day

Maintenance Plan

2009

5,104

3,410

2018

2,378

2,005

Table 2

Adequacy/Approvability of the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in the Maintenance Plan Submitted by PADEP on February 8,  2007 for the Cambria County (Johnstown), Pennsylvania  8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area

Transportation Conformity Rule

Review Criteria

Was the Criterion Satisfied?    If (Yes( How was this Criterion Satisfied?

93.106(a)(1)

Are the budget years correct?

Yes

93.106(a)(2)(i)

Does the plan quantify and document the demographic and employment factors influencing transportation demand?

Yes

93.110

Are the emissions budgets based upon the latest planning assumptions?

(a)   Are the emission budgets, with respect to all other applicable criteria in ((93.111 - 93.119, based upon the most recent planning assumptions in force at the time of the development of the budgets?

(b) Are the assumptions derived from the estimates of current and future population, employment, travel, and congestion most recently developed by the MPO or other designated agency and are the budgets based upon the latest assumptions about current and future background concentrations?

Yes

Yes

Yes

(e)  Do the budgets include the latest existing information regarding the effectiveness of TCMs and other implementation plan measures which have already been implemented.

(f) Are key assumptions specified and included in the draft documents and supporting materials used for the interagency and public consultation required by (93.105?

There are no previous TCMs.

Yes

 93.111

Are the budgets based upon the latest emissions model?

Yes, MOBILE6.2, the latest EPA emissions model was utilized.

93.113(b)

Have previously committed TCM's been implemented?

There were no TCMS in the previously approved SIP

Sec. 93.118(e)(4)(ii)

Before the control strategy implementation plan was submitted to EPA, did consultation between  federal, State and local agencies occur; was full implementation plan documentation provided to EPA, and were EPA(s stated concerns, if any, addressed?

Yes

Sec. 93.118(e)(4)(iii)

Were the motor vehicle emissions budgets clearly identified and precisely quantified?

Yes

Sec. 93.118(e)(4)(iv)

Is the motor vehicle emissions budget(s), when considered together with all other emission reductions, consistent with applicable  requirements for the control strategy implementation

plan?

Yes

Sec. 93.118(e)(4)(v)

Is the motor vehicle emissions budget(s) consistent with and clearly related to the emissions inventory and the control measures in the submitted control strategy? implementation plan?

Yes

Sec. 93.118(e)(4)(vi)

Revisions to previously submitted control strategy implementation plan:  explain and document any changes to previously submitted budgets and control measures; impacts on point and area source emissions; any changes to established safety margins (see Sec. 93.101 for definition); and reasons for the changes (including the basis for any changes related to emission factors or estimates of vehicle miles traveled).

The new budgets have been changed to reflect a new emissions inventory and a new baseyear which were required in the development of the new maintenance plan under the 8-hour ozone standard.

Sec. 93.118(e)(5)

Did they provide and did  we review the State(s responses to the public comments?

There were no comments submitted relevant to the mobile vehicle emissions budgets in the SIP during the State comment period.

III.  Recommendation

Based upon our review and evaluation of the motor vehicle emission budgets contained in the Maintenance Plan submitted by PADEP for the Cambria County (Johnstown), Pennsylvania 8-Hour Ozone Non-attainment Area submitted on March 27, 2007, we recommend that the mobile emission budgets be found adequate and approved.

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 52 (Friday, March 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15018-15019]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05720]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0202]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved
Information Collection Request: Motor Carrier Records Change Form

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA
announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its
review and approval and invites public comment. The purpose of this ICR
titled, ``Motor Carrier Records Change Form,'' is to collect
information required by the Office of Registration (MC-RS) to process
name changes, address changes, and reinstatements of operating
authority for motor carriers, freight forwarders, and brokers.

DATES: Please send your comments by April 19, 2021. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Secrist, Chief, Office of
Registration & Safety Information, West Building, 6th Floor, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
Email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Motor Carrier Records Change Form.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0060.
    Type of Request: Renewal and revision.
    Respondents: For-hire motor carriers, brokers, and freight
forwarders.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 27,122.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes per response.
    Expiration Date: August 31, 2021.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 6,781 hours [27,122 responses x 0.25
hours per response].

Background

    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) registers
for-hire motor carriers under 49 U.S.C. 13902, surface freight
forwarders under 49 U.S.C. 13903, and property brokers under 49 U.S.C.
13904. Each registration is effective from the date specified under 49
U.S.C. 13905(c). 49 CFR 365.413, ``Procedures for changing the name or
business form of a motor carrier, freight forwarder, or property
broker,'' states that motor carriers, forwarders, and brokers must
submit the required information to FMCSA's Office of Registration (MC-
RS) requesting the change. 49 CFR 360.3(f) mentions fees that FMCSA
collects for ``petition for reinstatement of revoked operating
authority,'' but does not provide any specifics for the content that
petition should take.
    Motor carriers, freight forwarders, and property brokers are
required to use Form MCSA-5889 to request a name or address change and
to request reinstatement of a revoked operating authority. Respondents
can submit the form online through the Licensing and Insurance (L&I)
website, by fax, or by mail. According to data collected between 2017
and 2019, annually, 1 percent of forms are submitted by mail; 32
percent are submitted by fax; and 67 percent are submitted online. The
information collected is then entered in the L&I database by FMCSA
staff.

    Form MCSA-5889 enables FMCSA to maintain up-to-date records so that
the Agency can recognize the entity in question in case of enforcement
actions or other procedures required to ensure that the carrier is fit,
willing, and able to provide for-hire transportation services, and so
that entities whose operating authority has been revoked can resume
operation if they are not otherwise blocked from doing so. This multi-
purpose form, filed by registrants on a voluntary, as-needed basis,
simplifies the process of gathering the information needed to process
the entities' requests in a timely manner, with the least amount of
effort for all parties involved.
    To reduce burden on respondents, increase consistency among FMCSA
forms, and to ensure regulatory compliance, FMCSA removed and added the
following questions from the currently approved Form MCSA-5889:
    1. Added a Yes/No question: ``Do you currently have, or have you
had within the last three years of the date of this application,
relationships involving common stock, common ownership, common
management, common control or familial relationships with any FMCSA-
regulated entities?'' The purpose of this is to close the affiliation
disclosure loophole. If the respondent answers ``Yes'', they must then
report the affiliate's USDOT number, MC/FF/MX number, legal name, doing
business as name (if applicable), and current safety rating.
    2. Added the Applicant's Oath. The applicant must read the oath,
print their name and title, and sign the form. The purpose of this
addition is to increase accountability and make Form MCSA-5889
consistent with similar FMCSA forms.
    3. Removed one question asking whether the applicant or its
representative completed the form. This was removed because the
information is not necessary.
    4. Removed three questions: name, title, and signature. This was
done because, with the addition of the Applicant's Oath, these
questions became redundant.
    The form prompts users to report the following data points
(whichever are relevant to their records change request):
     Requestor's fax number, email address, and applicant's
oath.
     Entity's legal/doing business as names, USDOT number,
docket MC/MX/FX number, current street address, and phone numbers.
     Affiliations with FMCSA-licensed entities.
     Requested changes to the entity's address.
     Requested changes to the entity's name and/or ownership,
management or control.
     Type(s) of operating authority the entity wishes to
reinstate.
     Credit card information (name, number, expiration date,
address, date) if filing a name change or reinstatement.
    FMCSA published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register on November
25, 2020, (85 FR 75402), announcing the Agency's intent to submit the
Motor Carrier Records Change Form to OMB for approval, and requesting
comments from the public. No comments we received.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
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the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the
quality of the collected information.

    Issued under the authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Registration.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R01-OAR-2016-0441; A-1-FRL-9952-10-Region I]

Air Plan Approval; VT; Prevention of Significant Deterioration,
PM2.5

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the
State of Vermont. The revision sets the amount of PM2.5
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Permits, Toxics, and Indoor Programs Unit, Office of Ecosystem
Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, (OEP05-2), Boston, MA
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    Dated: August 8, 2016.
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Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
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