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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 51

[FRL-6542-9]
RIN 2060-AH10

Technical Amendment to the Finding of Significant Contribution
and Rulemaking for Certain States for Purposes of Reducing Regional
Transport of Ozone

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is revising the nitrogen oxides (NO_X)
statewide emissions budgets for the 22 States and the District of
Columbia which are required to submit State implementation plan (SIP)
revisions to address the regional transport of ozone (also referred to
as the NO_X SIP call) (63 FR 57356, October 27, 1998). These
revisions are mainly based on comments received for emissions inventory
revisions to 2007 baseline information used to establish each State's
budget during the comment periods for both the NO_X SIP call
and the ``Technical Amendment to the Finding of Significant
Contribution and Rulemaking for Certain States for Purposes of Reducing
Regional Transport of Ozone'' which was published on May 14, 1999. Some
revisions were made based on comments received after the comment
periods but deemed to be technically justified.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective April 3, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Dockets containing information relating to this rulemaking
(Docket Nos. A-96-56, A-97-43, and A-98-12) are available for public
inspection at the Office of Air and Radiation Docket and Information
Center (6102), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW,
Room M-1500, Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-7548, between
8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying. Docket materials
may be sent by electronic mail to A-and-R-Docket@epa.gov. Documents
related to this notice are available on EPA's website at http://
www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/otagsip.html, and http://www.epa.gov/ttn/rto/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General questions concerning today's
technical amendment should be addressed to Jan King, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Strategies and Standards
Division, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-
5665; e-mail: king.jan@epa.gov. Specific questions on the revised
NO_X emissions budgets should be directed to Gregory Stella,
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Emissions Monitoring and
Analysis Division, MD-14, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone
(919) 541-3649; e-mail: stella.greg@epa.gov. Specific questions on the
electric generating unit (EGU) sector should be directed to Kevin
Culligan, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Clean Air Markets Division,
401 M Street SW, 6204J, Washington, D.C., 20460, telephone (202) 564-
9172; e-mail; culligan.kevin@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By notice dated October 27, 1998, EPA
published the final NO_X SIP call. The final NO_X
SIP call provided the opportunity for comments on 2007 baseline sub-
inventory revisions. If data submitted by commenters were determined to
be technically justified, the State baseline inventory and budgets for
the NO_X SIP call would be revised to include the new data.
In response to the comments received during this comment period,
revised baseline inventories and budgets were published in the May 14,
1999 technical amendment (64 FR 26298).
The EPA is proceeding to final action now on a second technical
amendment based on further comments received from the public in
response to the SIP call and the request for comments on inventory
revisions as well as the May 14, 1999 technical amendment. The final
NO_X SIP call required that the SIPs be submitted by
September 30, 1999 and the controls be implemented by May 1, 2003. On
May 25, 1999, the courts granted a stay on the SIP submittal date of
September 30, 1999. However, we are moving forward with these
corrections because some States are voluntarily submitting SIPs as soon
as they can incorporate the new emissions inventory and statewide
budget numbers. Also, today's changes are necessary to make the
NO_X SIP Call inventory consistent with the inventory adopted
when EPA granted Section 126 petitions on December 17, 1999. The
NO_X SIP Call and the Section 126 petitions are to be based
on the same inventory. To the extent relevant, the corrections
contained in today's action have already been incorporated in the
section 126 inventory.
To the extent the Administrative Procedure Act might require
publication of an additional notice of proposed rulemaking for this
action, EPA finds good cause to dispense with such a proposal. The EPA
finds it would be contrary to the public interest, because a number of
States are proceeding with revisions to their SIPs that are dependent
upon finalization of these inventories. Any delay in finalizing these
inventories would require States to delay submitting their SIP
revisions and therefore could delay emissions reductions that would be
realized as a result of these SIP revisions. Furthermore, EPA has
already provided a sufficient opportunity for public comment on the
inventory issues (5

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U.S.C. 553(b)(B)) through the prior comment period on the SIP call and
the first technical amendment.

I. Changes to the Inventory

Subsequent to the publication of the May 14, 1999 technical
amendment revising the emission budgets for the NO_X SIP
call, a number of commenters raised concerns about EPA's interpretation
of their comments. In addition, new information was also submitted by
commenters after May 14, 1999. Further, EPA conducted a thorough review
of all the comments received regarding the May 14 technical amendment.
This was done in an attempt to identify other mistakes made in
incorporating the revision requests. The Agency modified the base
inventories and budget calculations in areas where these reviews
uncovered incorporation errors or where new data was found to be
technically valid.
As part of the above review, EPA became aware of an error common to
many stationary reciprocating internal combustion (IC) engines in
several States. The error generally occurred because the permits issued
to the sources used only one point and stack identification number for
each of several engines located at one site; i.e., individual engines
at one site that were permitted together received the same
identification number. Then, in calculating the total emissions from
that source, the inventory resulted in identifying the source
incorrectly as a large source instead of several small sources with
separate emission points.
In some cases, this common error was noted by individual companies
during the original comment period for the NO_X SIP call. In
the process of making the corrections described above, EPA also made
minor corrections to the IC engine inventory based on further
discussions with the industry and where concurrence of the relevant
State agency was obtained.
In addition, on August 9, 1999, (64 FR 43124) EPA issued a Notice
of Data Availability seeking comment on heat input and electrical
output data that could be used to allocate NO_X allowances
under a Federal NO_X Budget Trading Program. EPA received a
number of comments on that Notice that have also lead to review of
earlier comments submitted by those commenters. In some cases this
review has led to changes in the electricity generating unit (EGU) and
non-electricity generating unit (non-EGU) portions of the budget.

II. Changes to Statewide Sub-Inventory Sector NO_X
Emissions Budgets

Changes to the Statewide NO_X emissions budgets made in
this technical amendment are mainly in response to the comments
submitted during prior comment periods for the NO_X SIP call
and the May 14, 1999 technical amendment. Each of the sub-inventory
sectors of electricity generating unit (EGU), non-electricity
generating unit(non-EGU) point, area, nonroad mobile, and highway
mobile were commented on and affected to some extent by this EPA
action. The changes made in each sub-inventory sector are further
described below. The total emissions budget for all of the sub-
inventory sectors decreased less than 1 percent from the May 14, 1999
technical amendment to this action.
As a result of these revisions, EPA anticipates that full
implementation of the NO_X SIP call will reduce total
NO_X emissions by 1.111 million tons in the 2007 ozone
season. This is a slight decrease from the 1.157 million tons in total
NO_X reductions identified in the final NO_X SIP
call. The total overall percent reduction decreased slightly from 28
percent to 25 percent as a result of the smaller amount of emissions
reductions and an increase in the emissions inventory baseline. Even
though there was a slight increase in the overall NO_X
emissions inventory, EPA expects that the impact on air quality
benefits and cost effectiveness would be small because the emissions
changes are minor.
The EGU source budgets increased by less than 1 percent from the
final SIP call. A number of EGU point source units were reclassified to
the non-EGU source sector and some non-EGU sources were reclassified to
the EGU source sector. Further, in response to comments, the EGU budget
also adds previously unidentified EGUs. Overall, the emissions
reductions from this sector are similar to the emissions reductions of
the final NO_X SIP call.
On September 15, 1999, EPA took a direct final rulemaking (64 FR
49987) action modifying the EGU portions of the budget for the States
of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. On November 1, 1999,
after receiving adverse comment, EPA withdrew that final action (64 FR
58792).
Therefore, today's action does not include the modifications to the
budgets for those three States that were finalized on September 15,
1999. EPA is reviewing the comments received on that action and intends
to address them in a future rulemaking action. As explained in the
September 15, 1999 action, such an action would be a redistribution of
the budget among the three States and would have no affect on the
budget or compliance supplement pool for any other states.
The non-EGU source budgets increased by 13 percent from the final
NO_X SIP call for several reasons. First, many sources were
reclassified from large non-EGUs to small non-EGUs, thereby removing
them from the category of non-EGU sources requiring budget level
controls (i.e., 30 percent reduction from large cement kilns, 60
percent reduction from large industrial boilers and large gas turbines,
and 90 percent reduction from large IC engines). Second, some non-EGU
units for which EPA assumed controls were reclassified to categories
for which controls were not assumed; this reclassification results in
excluding them from budget level controls (e.g., large industrial
boiler reclassified as a glass manufacturer). Many State and local
agencies submitted revised non-EGU point source inventories which
replaced their final NO_X SIP call inventory for non-EGUs. A
number of non-EGU point source units were reclassified to the EGU
source sector and a number of EGU sources were reclassified to the non-
EGU source sector. The result of all of these reclassifications is that
fewer non-EGUs would be subject to EPA's assumed control strategy.
Finally, corrections to the growth rates of many non-EGU sources were
made to reflect the growth misapplied in the May 14, 1999 version of
the budget. Because the 2007 base budget increased, but the total
number of units that would be subject to controls under EPA's assumed
control strategy decreased, these changes lower the amount of emissions
expected to be reduced by the NO_X SIP call by 44,072 tons.
Changes in the stationary area source budgets resulted in an
increase of 10 percent from the final NO_X SIP call to that
portion of the budget. Some State and local agencies submitted revised
stationary area source inventories to replace their final
NO_X SIP call inventory. In addition, EPA is applying a more
consistent method for calculating ozone season emissions based on
typical ozone season daily emissions. To retain consistency in State
ozone season estimation methods, EPA is estimating seasonal emissions
budgets by multiplying the typical ozone season day emission value by
the number of days (153) in the ozone season. Since EPA does not apply
any controls to this source sector in calculating the reductions for
the final NO_X SIP call, there is no expected effect

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on the overall reduction due to these changes.
Changes in the nonroad mobile source budget resulted in an overall
increase of 15 percent to the nonroad mobile source budget from the
nonroad source budget in the final NO_X SIP call. The EPA
applied the same ozone season estimation methods change described above
for stationary area sources to the nonroad mobile source budget.
Several State and local agencies provided emissions growth and control
data for use in estimating the nonroad sector of the budgets. Since EPA
did not apply any controls to this source sector in calculating the
reductions for the final NO_X SIP call, there is no expected
affect on the overall reduction due to these changes.
Changes in the highway mobile source sector resulted in a 10
percent increase to the highway mobile source budget from the final
NO_X SIP call budget. Differences in the highway sector of
the State emissions budgets are in response to State and local agency
comments on vehicle miles traveled (VMT), VMT growth, vehicle mix
throughout the State, State-to-county level VMT allocations, speed
changes by vehicle and roadway type, and inspection and maintenance
program application, as well as EPA's inclusion of excess
NO_X emissions from the use of ``defeat devices'' on highway
heavy-duty diesel engines. This latter effect is discussed more fully
in the following section. Since EPA did not apply any controls to this
source sector in calculating the reductions for the final
NO_X SIP call, there is no expected effect on the overall
reduction due to these changes.
Neither overall size of the compliance supplement pool, nor the
methodology for distributing the compliance supplement pool has changed
as a result of this rulemaking. Consistent with the final SIP Call, EPA
has distributed the compliance supplement pool based on a State's share
of the overall emissions reductions required. Therefore, if the
inventory revisions contained in this final rule resulted in a decrease
in any State's share of the overall emission reductions required by the
SIP call, then there is a corresponding decrease in that State's
compliance supplement pool. Conversely, if any of the inventory
revisions resulted in an increase in a State's share of the overall
emissions reductions required, then the State would receive a larger
share of the 200,000 ton compliance supplement pool.

III. Heavy-Duty Diesel Emission Estimates

The final NO_X budget numbers EPA is presenting today,
include corrected estimates for the effects of excess NO_X
emissions from highway heavy-duty diesel engines with ``defeat
devices.'' These diesel engines use computer software that cause the
effectiveness of the engines' emission control systems to be reduced.
In essence, the computer software alters the fuel injection timing when
the engine operates in certain modes (such as highway driving), causing
the engine to emit higher levels of NO_X than indicated by
their certification standards or by EPA's existing emission models. The
EPA believes that the emissions impact of defeat devices peaked in the
late 1990s and subsequently will decline rapidly as newer engines
replace defeat device-equipped engines and as manufacturers undertake
the mitigation commitments required under the consent decrees reached
with the manufacturers of highway heavy-duty diesel engines equipped
with defeat devices.
As of July 1, 1999, these consent decrees have become final. The
consent decrees commit the manufacturers to reduce emissions from their
engines and cease equipping them with defeat devices according to an
agreed-upon schedule, and to take steps to mitigate the emissions
effects of existing engines equipped with defeat devices. These
mitigation commitments include the early introduction of heavy-duty
diesel engines that will meet the more stringent NO_X
standards scheduled to take effect in 2004, rebuilding existing diesel
engines to meet more stringent standards, and accelerating the
introduction of lower-emitting nonroad diesel engines. Additional
information regarding the defeat device consent decrees can be found in
``Notices of Filing of Consent Decree under the Clean Air Act'' (63 FR
59330-59334, November 3, 1998). Additional information about defeat
devices and their emissions effects can be obtained from the U.S. EPA's
Office of Mobile Sources by contacting the Engine Compliance Programs
Group at (202) 564-9240 and requesting document VPCD-98-13 (HD Engine),
dated October 15, 1998.
In the May 14, 1999 technical amendment, EPA presented updated
estimates of NO_X emissions from heavy-duty diesel engines
that included the added emissions due to defeat devices and also
accounted for the early introduction of engines that meet the 2004
highway heavy-duty diesel engine standards, as specified by the
proposed consent decrees reached with the manufacturers of diesel
engines equipped with these devices. Since the consent decrees became
final, we have improved our estimates of the impact of defeat devices
and the mitigation measures contained in the consent decrees. These
improved estimates reflect the rebuild provisions of the consent
decrees and more accurately account for the effects of defeat devices
and the early introduction of engines meeting the 2004 standards. The
final baseline NO_X emission projections and NO_X
budgets presented in this notice include these improved estimates.
The EPA is including revised estimates of the effects of defeat
devices in this technical amendment even though they were not available
at the time of our proposal, for the final NO_X SIP call, or
for the May 14, 1999 technical amendment (note that as explained above,
the May 14, 1999 technical amendment did include the best estimates
that EPA had at that time of the effect of the defeat devices). The EPA
finds good cause to use this information without prior proposal.
Comment would be unnecessary, since EPA will be including the effects
of the defeat devices in both the calculation of the baseline
inventories and the establishment of the SIP call budgets. Because the
effects of the defeat devices will be included in both the baseline and
the emission levels that must be achieved, inclusion of the effects
will not alter the obligations that the affected States must meet to
comply with the SIP call. The result of this change does not alter the
tons of NO_X reductions that the States must achieve, nor
does it change the type of controls States are expected to select to
reduce NO_X emissions. This change will more accurately
reflect EPA's current understanding of emissions from highway mobile
sources and the provisions of the final consent decrees. Therefore, EPA
finds good cause to include these effects in this final action.
As described above, including the emissions due to defeat devices
in the statewide NO_X emissions budgets will not, by itself,
alter the emissions reductions that will result from the final NO_X
SIP call, because the change in baseline and budget amounts is
identical. The change in NO_X budgets varies from State to
State but averages approximately 3.5 percent across the entire 37-State
Ozone Transport Assessment Group (OTAG) domain, which EPA believes
approximates the increase in the States covered by the final NO_X
SIP call. The EPA does not believe this change is sufficiently large to
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significant contribution or estimates of the overall benefits of the
rule, although it may alter the projected benefits of the rule in
specific locations.

IV. Revised Statewide NO_X Emissions Budgets

The final percent reductions from the final October 1999 base year
inventory to the final February 18, 2000 budget for each sub-inventory
sector are shown in Tables 1-5. The February 18, 2000 final statewide
emissions budgets are shown in Table 6. Table 7 shows the percent
change between the statewide NO_X emissions budgets
promulgated on May 14, 1999 and the revised final statewide NO_X
emissions budgets of February 18, 2000. Table 8 shows each State's
final compliance supplement pool.

Table 1.--Final NO_X Budget Components and Percent Reduction for
Electricity Generating Units
[Tons/season]
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February 18, February 18,
State 2000--final 2000--final Percent
base budget reduction
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Alabama..................... 76,926 29,022 62
Connecticut................. 5,636 2,652 53
Delaware.................... 5,838 5,250 10
District of Columbia........ 3 207 n/a
Georgia..................... 86,455 30,402 65
Illinois.................... 119,311 32,372 73
Indiana..................... 136,773 47,731 65
Kentucky.................... 107,829 36,503 66
Maryland.................... 32,603 14,656 55
Massachusetts............... 16,479 15,146 8
Michigan.................... 86,600 32,228 63
Missouri.................... 82,097 24,216 71
New Jersey.................. 18,352 10,250 44
New York.................... 39,199 31,036 21
North Carolina.............. 84,815 31,821 62
Ohio........................ 163,132 48,990 70
Pennsylvania................ 123,102 47,469 61
Rhode Island................ 1,082 997 8
South Carolina.............. 36,299 16,772 54
Tennessee................... 70,908 25,814 64
Virginia.................... 40,884 17,187 58
West Virginia............... 115,490 26,859 77
Wisconsin................... 51,962 17,381 67
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Total................... 1,501,775 544,961 64
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Table 2.--Final NO_X Budget Components and Percent Reduction for Non-
Electricity Generating Point Sources
[Tons/season]
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February 18, February 18,
State 2000--final 2000--final Percent
base budget reduction
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Alabama..................... 60,465 43,415 28
Connecticut................. 5,397 5,216 3
Delaware.................... 2,821 2,473 12
District of Columbia........ 300 282 6
Georgia..................... 37,245 29,716 20
Illinois.................... 70,948 59,577 16
Indiana..................... 69,011 47,363 31
Kentucky.................... 29,486 25,669 13
Maryland.................... 16,216 12,585 22
Massachusetts............... 11,210 10,298 8
Michigan.................... 68,801 60,055 13
Missouri.................... 25,964 21,602 17
New Jersey.................. 15,975 15,464 3
New York.................... 32,678 25,477 22
North Carolina.............. 33,114 26,434 20
Ohio........................ 50,001 40,194 20
Pennsylvania................ 82,107 70,132 15
Rhode Island................ 1,635 1,635 0
South Carolina.............. 37,960 27,787 27
Tennessee................... 53,262 39,636 26
Virginia.................... 42,108 35,216 16

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West Virginia............... 24,473 20,238 17
Wisconsin................... 23,734 19,853 16
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Total................... 794,911 640,317 19
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Table 3.--Final NO_X Budget Components for Stationary Area Sources
[Tons/season]
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February 18, February 18,
State 2000--final 2000--final Percent
base budget reduction
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Alabama..................... 28,762 28,762 0
Connecticut................. 4,821 4,821 0
Delaware.................... 1,129 1,129 0
District of Columbia........ 830 830 0
Georgia..................... 13,212 13,212 0
Illinois.................... 9,369 9,369 0
Indiana..................... 29,070 29,070 0
Kentucky.................... 31,807 31,807 0
Maryland.................... 4,448 4,448 0
Massachusetts............... 11,048 11,048 0
Michigan.................... 31,721 31,721 0
Missouri.................... 7,341 7,341 0
New Jersey.................. 12,431 12,431 0
New York.................... 17,423 17,423 0
North Carolina.............. 11,067 11,067 0
Ohio........................ 21,860 21,860 0
Pennsylvania................ 17,842 17,842 0
Rhode Island................ 448 448 0
South Carolina.............. 9,415 9,415 0
Tennessee................... 13,333 13,333 0
Virginia.................... 27,738 27,738 0
West Virginia............... 5,459 5,459 0
Wisconsin................... 11,253 11,253 0
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Total................... 321,827 321,827 0
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Table 4.--Final NO_X Budget Components for Nonroad Mobile Sources
[Tons/season]
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February 18, February 18,
State 2000--final 2000--final Percent
base budget reduction
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Alabama..................... 20,146 20,146 0
Connecticut................. 10,736 10,736 0
Delaware.................... 5,651 5,651 0
District of Columbia........ 3,135 3,135 0
Georgia..................... 26,467 26,467 0
Illinois.................... 56,724 56,724 0
Indiana..................... 26,494 26,494 0
Kentucky.................... 15,025 15,025 0
Maryland.................... 20,026 20,026 0
Massachusetts............... 20,166 20,166 0
Michigan.................... 26,935 26,935 0
Missouri.................... 20,829 20,829 0
New Jersey.................. 23,565 23,565 0
New York.................... 42,091 42,091 0
North Carolina.............. 22,005 22,005 0
Ohio........................ 43,380 43,380 0
Pennsylvania................ 30,571 30,571 0
Rhode Island................ 2,455 2,455 0
South Carolina.............. 14,637 14,637 0
Tennessee................... 52,920 52,920 0
Virginia.................... 27,859 27,859 0

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West Virginia............... 10,433 10,433 0
Wisconsin................... 17,965 17,965 0
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Total................... 540,215 540,215 0
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Table 5.--Final NO_X Budget Components for Highway Mobile Sources
[Tons/season]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
February 18, February 18,
State 2000--final 2000--final Percent
base budget reduction
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Alabama..................... 51,274 51,274 0
Connecticut................. 19,424 19,424 0
Delaware.................... 8,358 8,358 0
District of Columbia........ 2,204 2,204 0
Georgia..................... 88,775 88,775 0
Illinois.................... 112,518 112,518 0
Indiana..................... 79,307 79,307 0
Kentucky.................... 53,268 53,268 0
Maryland.................... 30,183 30,183 0
Massachusetts............... 28,190 28,190 0
Michigan.................... 78,763 78,763 0
Missouri.................... 51,615 51,615 0
New Jersey.................. 35,166 35,166 0
New York.................... 124,2611 124,261 0
North Carolina.............. 73,695 73,695 0
Ohio........................ 94,850 94,850 0
Pennsylvania................ 91,578 91,578 0
Rhode Island................ 3,843 3,843 0
South Carolina.............. 54,494 54,494 0
Tennessee................... 66,342 66,342 0
Virginia.................... 72,195 72,195 0
West Virginia............... 20,844 20,844 0
Wisconsin................... 69,319 69,319 0
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Total................... 1,310,466 1,310,466 0
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Table 6.--February 18, 2000 Final Statewide NO_X Budgets and Percent Reduction
[Tons/season]
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February 18, February 18,
State 2000--final 2000--final Tons reduced Percent
base budget reduction
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Alabama............................................. 237,573 172,619 64,954 27
Connecticut......................................... 46,015 42,849 3,166 7
Delaware............................................ 23,798 22,861 937 4
District of Columbia................................ 6,471 6,658 -187 -3
Georgia............................................. 252,154 188,572 63,582 25
Illinois............................................ 368,870 270,560 98,310 27
Indiana............................................. 340,654 229,965 110,689 32
Kentucky............................................ 237,415 162,272 75,143 32
Maryland............................................ 103,476 81,898 21,578 21
Massachusetts....................................... 87,092 84,848 2,244 3
Michigan............................................ 292,820 229,702 63,118 22
Missouri............................................ 187,845 125,603 62,242 33
New Jersey.......................................... 105,489 96,876 8,613 8
New York............................................ 255,653 240,288 15,365 6
North Carolina...................................... 224,697 165,022 59,675 27
Ohio................................................ 373,223 249,274 123,949 33
Pennsylvania........................................ 345,201 257,592 87,609 25
Rhode Island........................................ 9,463 9,378 85 1
South Carolina...................................... 152,805 123,105 29,700 19
Tennessee........................................... 256,765 198,045 58,720 23
Virginia............................................ 210,784 180,195 30,589 15
West Virginia....................................... 176,699 83,833 92,866 53
Wisconsin........................................... 174,234 135,771 38,463 22
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Total........................................... 4,469,196 3,357,786 1,111,410 25
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Table 7.--Percent Changes Between May 14, 1999 Budgets and February 18,
2000 Budgets
[Tons/season]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
5/14/99--total 2/18/00--total Percent
State 2007 budget 2007 budget change
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama..................... 172,037 172,619 0
Connecticut................. 43,081 42,849 -1
Delaware.................... 22,789 22,861 0
District of Columbia........ 6,672 6,658 0
Georgia..................... 189,634 188,572 -1
Illinois.................... 274,799 270,560 -2
Indiana..................... 238,970 229,965 -4
Kentucky.................... 155,619 162,272 4
Maryland.................... 81,625 81,898 0
Massachusetts............... 85,296 84,848 -1
Michigan.................... 224,582 229,702 2
Missouri.................... 128,146 125,603 -2
New Jersey.................. 100,133 96,876 -3
New York.................... 240,123 240,288 0
North Carolina.............. 168,373 165,022 -2
Ohio........................ 250,930 249,274 -1
Pennsylvania................ 257,441 257,592 0
Rhode Island................ 9,810 9,378 -4
South Carolina.............. 124,211 123,105 -1
Tennessee................... 197,664 198,045 0
Virginia.................... 185,027 180,195 -3
West Virginia............... 91,216 83,833 -8
Wisconsin................... 136,172 135,771 0
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Total................... 3,384,350 3,357,786 -1
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Table 8.--State Compliance Supplement Pool
[Tons]
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February 18, February 18, Compliance
State 2000--final 2000--final Tonnage supplement
base budget reduction pool
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Alabama............................................ 237,573 172,619 64,954 11,687
Connecticut........................................ 46,015 42,849 3,166 569
Delaware........................................... 23,798 22,861 937 168
District of Columbia............................... 6,471 6,658 (187) 0
Georgia............................................ 252,154 188,572 63,582 11,440
Illinois........................................... 368,870 270,560 98,310 17,688
Indiana............................................ 340,654 229,965 110,689 19,915
Kentucky........................................... 237,415 162,272 75,143 13,520
Maryland........................................... 103,476 81,898 21,578 3,882
Massachusetts...................................... 87,092 84,848 2,244 404
Michigan........................................... 292,820 229,702 63,118 11,356
Missouri........................................... 187,845 125,603 62,242 11,199
New Jersey......................................... 105,489 96,876 8,613 1,550
New York........................................... 255,653 240,288 15,365 2,764
North Carolina..................................... 224,697 165,022 59,675 10,737
Ohio............................................... 373,223 249,274 123,949 22,301
Pennsylvania....................................... 345,201 257,592 87,609 15,763
Rhode Island....................................... 9,463 9,378 85 15
South Carolina..................................... 152,805 123,105 29,700 5,344
Tennessee.......................................... 256,765 198,045 58,720 10,565
Virginia........................................... 210,784 180,195 30,589 5,504
West Virginia...................................... 176,699 83,833 92,866 16,709
Wisconsin.......................................... 174,234 135,771 38,463 6,920
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Total.......................................... 4,469,196 3,357,786 1,111,410 200,000
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V. Administrative Requirements

A. Congressional Review Act

The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 804 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. The 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 U.S. 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).

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B. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Impact Analysis

Under Executive Order 12866, (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
technical amendment is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is
therefore not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) because this action simply revises the emissions budget numbers
of the NO_X SIP call final rule. The final NO_X SIP
call was submitted to OMB for review. The EPA prepared a regulatory
impact analysis (RIA) for the final NO_X SIP call titled
``Regulatory Impact Analysis for the NO_X SIP Call, FIP, and
Section 126 Petitions.'' The RIA and any written comments from OMB to
EPA and any written EPA responses to those comments are included in the
docket. The docket is available for public inspection at the EPA's Air
Docket Section, which is listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
preamble. This technical amendment does not create any additional
impacts beyond what was promulgated in the final NO_X SIP
call, therefore, no additional RIA is needed.

C. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

This technical amendment also does not impose any additional
enforceable duty, contain any unfunded mandate, or impose any
significant or unique impact on small governments as described in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Public Law 104-4). The EPA
did not reach a final conclusion as to the applicability of the
requirements of the UMRA to the final NO_X SIP call. The EPA
prepared a statement that would be required by UMRA if its statutory
provisions applied and has consulted with governmental entities as
would be required by UMRA. Because today's technical amendment does not
create any additional mandates, no further UMRA analysis is needed.

D. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

Executive Order 13132, entitled ``Federalism'' (64 FR 43255, August
10, 1999), requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure
``meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the
development of regulatory policies that have federalism implications.''
``Policies that have federalism implications'' is defined in the
Executive Order to include regulations that have ``substantial direct
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government.''
Under Section 6 of Executive Order 13132, EPA may not issue a
regulation that has federalism implications, that imposes substantial
direct compliance costs, and that is not required by statute, unless
the Federal government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct
compliance costs incurred by State and local governments, or EPA
consults with State and local officials early in the process of
developing the proposed regulation. EPA also may not issue a regulation
that has federalism implications and that preempts State law, unless
the Agency consults with State and local officials early in the process
of developing the proposed regulation.
This final rule does not have federalism implications. It will not
have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship
between the national government and the States, or on the distribution
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government,
as specified in Executive Order 13132. Today's action does not impose
an enforceable duty on these entities. This action corrects the
emissions inventory and statewide budgets for the NO_X SIP
call and imposes no additional burdens beyond those imposed by the
final NO_X SIP call. These corrections were made in response
to comments received on the NO_X SIP call and the May 14,
1999 technical correction. Thus, the requirements of section 6 of the
Executive Order do not apply to this rule.

E. Executive Order 13084: Consultation and Coordination with Indian
Tribal Governments

Under Executive Order 13084, EPA may not issue a regulation that is
not required by statute, that significantly or uniquely affects the
communities of Indian tribal governments, and that imposes substantial
direct compliance costs on those communities, unless the Federal
government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct compliance
costs incurred by the tribal governments, or EPA consults with those
governments. If EPA complies by consulting, Executive Order 13084
requires EPA to provide to the Office of Management and Budget, in a
separately identified section of the preamble to the rule, a
description of the extent of EPA's prior consultation with
representatives of affected tribal governments, a summary of the nature
of their concerns, and a statement supporting the need to issue the
regulation. In addition, Executive Order 13084 requires EPA to develop
an effective process permitting elected officials and other
representatives of Indian tribal governments ``to provide meaningful
and timely input in the development of regulatory policies on matters
that significantly or uniquely affect their communities.''
Today's rule does not significantly or uniquely affect the
communities of Indian tribal governments. The EPA stated in the final
NO_X SIP call that Executive Order 13084 did not apply
because the final rule does not significantly or uniquely affect the
communities of Indian tribal governments or call on States to regulate
NO_X sources located on tribal lands. Accordingly, the
requirements of section 3(b) of Executive Order 13084 do not apply to
this rule.

F. Executive Order 12898: Environmental Justice

In addition, since today's action is only a technical amendment,
this action does not involve special consideration of environmental
justice related issues as required by Executive Order 12898 (59 FR
7629, February 16, 1994). For the final NO_X SIP call, the
Agency conducted a general analysis of the potential changes in ozone
and particulate matter levels that may be experienced by minority and
low-income populations as a result of the requirements of the rule.
These findings are presented in the RIA.

G. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as amended by the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.

The RFA generally requires an agency to prepare a regulatory
flexibility analysis of any rule subject to notice and comment
rulemaking requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any
other statute unless the agency certifies that the rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Small entities include small businesses, small organizations, and small
governmental jurisdictions.
For purposes of assessing the impacts of today's rule on small
entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A small business as defined
in the Small Business Administration's (SBA) regulations at 13 CFR
12.201; (2) a small governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a
city, county, town, school district or special district with a
population of less than 50,000; and (3) a small organization that is
any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated
and is not dominant in its field.
After considering the economic impacts of today's technical
amendment

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on small entities, I certify that this action will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
This technical amendment will not impose any requirements on small
entities. This action corrects the emissions inventory and statewide
budgets for the NO_X SIP call and does not itself establish
requirements applicable to small entities.

H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children from Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks

This technical amendment also is not subject to Executive Order
13045 (Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and
Safety Risks) (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) because EPA interprets
Executive Order 13045 as applying only to those regulatory actions that
are based on health or safety risks, such that the analysis required
under section 5-501 of the Order has the potential to influence the
regulation. This technical amendment is not subject to Executive Order
13045 because it does not establish an environmental standard intended
to mitigate health or safety risks and is not economically significant
under Executive Order 12866.

I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

In addition, the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
of 1997 does not apply because today's technical amendment does not
require the public to perform activities conducive to the use of
voluntary consensus standards under that Act. The EPA's compliance with
these statutes and Executive Orders for the underlying rule, the final
NO_X SIP call, is discussed in more detail in 63 FR 57477-
57481 (October 27, 1998).

J. Judicial Review

Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) indicates which
Federal Courts of Appeal have venue for petitions of review of final
actions by EPA. This section provides, in part, that petitions for
review must be filed in the Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit if (i) the agency action consists of ``nationally
applicable regulations promulgated, or final action taken, by the
Administrator,'' or (ii) such action is locally or regionally
applicable, if ``such action is based on a determination of nationwide
scope or effect and if in taking such action the Administrator finds
and publishes that such action is based on such a determination.''
Any final action related to the NO_X SIP call is
``nationally applicable'' within the meaning of section 307(b)(1). As
an initial matter, through this rule, EPA interprets section 110 of the
CAA in a way that could affect future actions regulating the transport
of pollutants. In addition, the NO_X SIP call requires 22
States and the District of Columbia to decrease emissions of
NO_X. The NO_X SIP call also is based on a common
core of factual findings and analyses concerning the transport of ozone
and its precursors between the different States subject to the
NO_X SIP call. Finally, EPA has established uniform
approvability criteria that would be applied to all States subject to
the NO_X SIP call. For these reasons, the Administrator has
also determined that any final action regarding the NO_X SIP
call is of nationwide scope and effect for purposes of section
307(b)(1). Thus, any petitions for review of final actions regarding
the NO_X SIP call must be filed in the Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit within 60 days from the date this
final action is published in the Federal Register.

K. Paperwork Reduction Act

The EPA stated in the final NO_X SIP call that an
information collection request was pending. Today's action imposes no
additional burdens beyond those imposed by the final NO_X SIP
call. Any issues relevant to satisfaction of the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act will be resolved during review and approval of
the pending information collection request for the NO_X SIP
call.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 51

Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, Intergovernmental relations,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, Transportation, Volatile
organic compounds.

Dated: February 18, 2000.
Carol M. Browner,
Administrator.
40 CFR part 51 is amended as follows:

PART 51--REQUIREMENTS FOR PREPARATION, ADOPTION, AND SUBMITTAL OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

1. The authority citation for part 51 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7410, 7414, 7421, 7470-7479, 7491, 7492,
7601, and 7602.

Subpart G--Control Strategy [Amended]

2. Section 51.121 is amended to revise paragraphs (e)(2),
(e)(3)(iii), and (g)(2)(ii) to read as follows:

Sec. 51.121 Findings and requirements for submission of State
implementation plan revisions relating to emissions of oxides of
nitrogen.

* * * * *
(e) * * *
(2) The State-by-State amounts of the NO_X budget,
expressed in tons per ozone season, are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Budget
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama..................................................... 172,619
Connecticut................................................. 42,849
Delaware.................................................... 22,861
District of Columbia........................................ 6,658
Georgia..................................................... 188,572
Illinois.................................................... 270,560
Indiana..................................................... 229,965
Kentucky.................................................... 162,272
Maryland.................................................... 81,898
Massachusetts............................................... 84,848
Michigan.................................................... 229,702
Missouri.................................................... 125,603
New Jersey.................................................. 96,876
New York.................................................... 240,288
North Carolina.............................................. 165,022
Ohio........................................................ 249,274
Pennsylvania................................................ 257,592
Rhode Island................................................ 9,378
South Carolina.............................................. 123,105
Tennessee................................................... 198,045
Virginia.................................................... 180,195
West Virginia............................................... 83,833
Wisconsin................................................... 135,771
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Total................................................... 3,357,786
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(3) * * *
(iii) The State-by-State amounts of the compliance supplement pool
are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compliance
supplement
State pool (tons
of NO_X)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama.................................................... 11,687
Connecticut................................................ 569
Delaware................................................... 168
District of Columbia....................................... 0
Georgia.................................................... 11,440
Illinois................................................... 17,688
Indiana.................................................... 19,915
Kentucky................................................... 13,520
Maryland................................................... 3,882
Massachusetts.............................................. 404
Michigan................................................... 11,356
Missouri................................................... 11,199
New Jersey................................................. 1,550
New York................................................... 2,764
North Carolina............................................. 10,737
Ohio....................................................... 22,301
Pennsylvania............................................... 15,763
Rhode Island............................................... 15
South Carolina............................................. 5,344
Tennessee.................................................. 10,565

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Virginia................................................... 5,504
West Virginia.............................................. 16,709
Wisconsin.................................................. 6,920
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Total.................................................. 200,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

* * * * *
(g) * * *
(2) * * *
(ii) The revised NO_X emissions sub-inventories for each
State, expressed in tons per ozone season, are as follows:

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State EGU Non-EGU Area Nonroad Highway Total
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama................................... 29,022 43,415 28,762 20,146 51,274 172,619
Connecticut............................... 2,652 5,216 4,821 10,736 19,424 42,849
Delaware.................................. 5,250 2,473 1,129 5,651 8,358 22,861
District of Columbia...................... 207 282 830 3,135 2,204 6,658
Georgia................................... 30,402 29,716 13,212 26,467 88,775 188,572
Illinois.................................. 32,372 59,577 9,369 56,724 112,518 270,560
Indiana................................... 47,731 47,363 29,070 26,494 79,307 229,965
Kentucky.................................. 36,503 25,669 31,807 15,025 53,268 162,272
Maryland.................................. 14,656 12,585 4,448 20,026 30,183 81,898
Massachusetts............................. 15,146 10,298 11,048 20,166 28,190 84,848
Michigan.................................. 32,228 60,055 31,721 26,935 78,763 229,702
Missouri.................................. 24,216 21,602 7,341 20,829 51,615 125,603
New Jersey................................ 10,250 15,464 12,431 23,565 35,166 96,876
New York.................................. 31,036 25,477 17,423 42,091 124,261 240,288
North Carolina............................ 31,821 26,434 11,067 22,005 73,695 165,022
Ohio...................................... 48,990 40,194 21,860 43,380 94,850 249,274
Pennsylvania.............................. 47,469 70,132 17,842 30,571 91,578 257,592
Rhode Island.............................. 997 1,635 448 2,455 3,843 9,378
South Carolina............................ 16,772 27,787 9,415 14,637 54,494 123,105
Tennessee................................. 25,814 39,636 13,333 52,920 66,342 198,045
Virginia.................................. 17,187 35,216 27,738 27,859 72,195 180,195
West Virginia............................. 26,859 20,238 5,459 10,433 20,844 83,833
Wisconsin................................. 17,381 19,853 11,253 17,965 69,319 135,771
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Total................................. 544,961 640,317 321,827 540,215 1,310,466 3,357,786
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Note to paragraph (g)(2)(ii): Totals may not sum due to rounding.

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