Adequacy Status of the Raleigh/Durham and Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point, NC 1-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Updates for Transportation Conformity Purposes

Zusammenfassung

In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that EPA has found that the motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEB) in the Raleigh/Durham area (Durham and Wake Counties and a portion of Granville County) and Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point area (Davidson, Forsyth, and Guilford Counties, and a portion of Davie County) 1-hour ozone maintenance plan updates, submitted June 4, 2004, by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR), are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. On March 2, 1999, the DC Circuit Court ruled that submitted State Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be used for transportation conformity determinations until EPA has affirmatively found them adequate. As a result of EPA's finding, the Raleigh/Durham and Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point areas can use the MVEB from the submitted Raleigh/Durham area and Greensboro/ Winston-Salem/High Point area 1-hour ozone maintenance plan updates, respectively, for future conformity determinations.