Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Ozone Transport Commission; Emission Vehicle Program for the Northeast Ozone Transport Region

Résumé

Pursuant to section 184 of the Clean Air Act, the Northeast Ozone Transport Commission recommended that EPA require all state members of the OTC to adopt an Ozone Transport Commission Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) program. In today's supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM), EPA is proposing to find that reduction of new motor vehicle emissions through OTC LEV or LEV-equivalent program is necessary to mitigate the effects of pollution transport and to bring nonattainment areas in the OTR into attainment and to avoid interference with maintenance. EPA believes an alternative federal low emission vehicle program can be developed that would achieve reductions equivalent to or greater than the OTC LEV program. EPA also believes there could be significant additional benefits from such a program and proposes in today's notice a process by which development of such a program could continue. The Agency intends to work with stakeholders in this effort. Given the absence of such a program, however, EPA is proposing under sections 184(c) and 110(k)(5) of the Act that the OTC LEV program is necessary throughout the OTR and is consistent with the Act. EPA is thus proposing a SIP call und