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2010 Federal Register Notices related to Transportation, Air Pollution, and Climate Change

Federal Register Notices for the current year.

December 2010

December 29, 2010: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles (PDF)(6 pp, 154 K)
December 27, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Alternative Affirmative Defense Requirements for Ultra-low Sulfur Diesel (Renewal); EPA ICR Renewal No. 2364.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0639 (PDF) (2 pp, 146 K)
December 27, 2010: Access by EPA Contractors to Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) Submitted Under the Clean Air Act and Related to the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Rule, 40 CFR Part 98, Subparts A, LL and MM (PDF) (2 pp, 140 K)
December 21, 2010: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Modifications to Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF) (15 pp, 196 K)
December 20, 2010: Official Release of the MOVES2010a and EMFAC2007 Motor Vehicle Emissions Models for Transportation Conformity Hot-Spot Analyses and Availability of Modeling Guidance (PDF) (5 pp, 79 K)
December 9, 2010: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2011 Renewable Fuel Standards (PDF) (42 pp, 2.7 MB)
December 8, 2010: Notice of Data Availability Regarding Two Studies of Ambient Lead Concentrations Near a General Aviation Airport (PDF) (2 pp, 142 K)
December 8, 2010: 2017 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle GHG Emissions and CAFE Standards (PDF) (9 pp, 178 K)

November 2010

November 30, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Gasoline Volatility (PDF) (2 pp, 56 K)
November 30, 2010: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles (PDF) (306 pp, 9.84 MB)
November 22, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: California; 2007 South Coast State Implementation Plan for 1997 Fine Particulate Matter Standards, etc. (PDF) (24 pp, 362 K)
November 17, 2010: California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; California Heavy-Duty On-Highway Otto-Cycle Engines and Incomplete Vehicle Regulations; Notice of Decision (PDF) (5 pp, 163 K)
November 16, 2010: Adequacy Status of the Submitted 2009 PM2.5 Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes for the New York Portions of New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT PM2.5 Nonattainment Area; New York (PDF) (2 pp, 174 K)
November 8, 2010: Revisions to In-Use Testing for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines and Vehicles; Emissions Measurement and Instrumentation; Not-to-Exceed Emission Standards; and Technical Amendments for Off-Highway Engines (PDF) (8 pp, 174 K)
November 8, 2010: Revisions to In-Use Testing for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines and Vehicles; Emissions Measurement and Instrumentation; Not-to-Exceed Emission Standards; and Technical Amendments for Off-Highway Engines (PDF) (20 pp, 359 K)
November 4, 2010: Partial Grant and Partial Denial of Clean Air Act Waiver Application Submitted by Growth Energy To Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent; Decision of the Administrator (PDF) (58 pp, 4.57 MB)
November 4, 2010: Regulation To Mitigate the Misfueling of Vehicles and Engines With Gasoline Containing Greater Than Ten Volume Percent Ethanol and Modifications to the Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Programs (PDF) (49 pp, 3.39 MB)
November 1, 2010: Public Hearings for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles (PDF) (2 pp, 53 K)

October 2010

October 14, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Production Outlook Reports for Un-Registered Renewable Fuel Producers; EPA ICR No. 2409.01 (PDF) (3 pp, 68 K)
October 14, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Alternative Affirmative Defense Requirements for Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel; EPA ICR No. 2364.03; OMB Control No. 2060-0639 (PDF) (3 pp, 65 K)
October 14, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; Request for Comment on Three Proposed Information Collection Requests (ICRs) (PDF) (3 pp, 62 K)
October 13, 2010: 2017 and Later Model Year Light Duty Vehicle GHG Emissions and CAFE Standards; Notice of Intent (PDF) (12 pp, 117 K)
October 7, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes: Tennessee; Redesignation of the Knoxville 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment for Ozone (PDF) (15 pp, 130 K)

September 2010

September 28, 2010: Supplemental Determination for Renewable Fuels Produced Under the Final RFS2 Program From Canola Oil (PDF) (13 pp, 157 K)
September 28, 2010: Public Hearing Locations for Proposed Fuel Economy Labels (PDF) (2 pp, 50 K)
September 23, 2010: Revisions and Additions to Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Label (PDF) (126 pp, 17.2 MB)
September 16, 2010: Technical Amendments for Marine Spark-Ignition Engines and Vessels (PDF)(7 pp, 78 K)
September 16, 2010: Technical Amendments for Marine Spark-Ignition Engines and Vessels (PDF)< (4 pp, 60 K)
September 15, 2010: Adequacy Status of the Knoxville, TN 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (2 pp, 60 K)

August 2010

August 25, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; EPA's Light-Duty In-Use Vehicle Testing Program (Renewal) (PDF) (3 pp, 62 K)
August 24, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Control System Performance Warranty Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification Program (Renewal) (PDF) (2 pp, 53 K)
August 13, 2010: Transportation Conformity Rule Restructuring Amendments (PDF) (13 pp, 119 K)
August 2, 2010: Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in Submitted Reasonable Further Progress and Attainment Demonstrations for New York Portions of New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and Poughkeepsie 8-hour Ozone Nonattainment areas for Transportation Conformity Purposes; NY (PDF) (2 pp, 51 K)

July 2010

June 2010

June 30, 2010: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Modifications to Renewable Fuel Standard (PDF) (1 pp, 45 K)
June 29, 2010: Engine-Testing Procedures (PDF) (1 pp, 47 K)
June 29, 2010: Control of Emissions From New and In-Use Nonroad Compression- Ignition Engines (PDF) (1 pp, 48 K)
June 28, 2010: Proposed Settlement Agreement (PDF) (3 pp, 60 K)
June 24, 2010: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Lead Emissions From Piston-Engine Aircraft Using Leaded Aviation Gasoline; Extension of Comment Period (PDF) (2 pp, 57 K)
June 23, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0010.12, OMB Control No. 2060-0095 (PDF) (2 pp, 55 K)
June 22, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission To OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0309.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0150 (PDF) (2 pp, 52 K)
June 22, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission To OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Control of Evaporative Emissions From New and In-Use Portable Gasoline Containers (Renewal), EPA ICR 2213.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0597 (PDF) (2 pp, 55 K)
June 22, 2010: Access by EPA Contractors To Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) Submitted Under Title II of the Clean Air Act and Related to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) and the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS) (PDF) (2 pp, 51 K)
June 18, 2010: Adequacy Status of the Kentucky Portion of the Huntington-Ashland Tri-State Area 1997 Annual PM2.5 Attainment Demonstration Insignificance Finding for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (2 pp, 55 K)
June 18, 2010: Engine-Testing Procedures (PDF) (1 pp, 43 K)
June 18, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Transportation Conformity Regulations (PDF) - Direct final rule (4 pp, 67 K)
June 18, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Transportation Conformity Regulations (PDF) - Proposed rule (2 pp, 57 K)
June 16, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program Fees (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2080.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0545 (PDF) (2 pp, 60 K)
June 14, 2010: Adequacy Status of the Submitted 2009 PM2.5 Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes for New Jersey (PDF) (2 pp, 55 K)

May 2010

May 28, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Transportation Conformity Regulations (PDF) (4 pp, 67 K)
May 27, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans: Florida; Approval of Section 110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan for the 1997 8- Hour Ozone Standards for the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida Areas (PDF) (7 pp, 73 K)
May 26, 2010: Draft Transportation Conformity Guidance for Quantitative Hot- spot Analyses in PM2.5 and PM10 Nonattainment and Maintenance Areas (PDF) (2 pp, 176 K)
May 26, 2010: Clean Alternative Fuel Vehicle and Engine Conversions (PDF) (41 pp, 591 K)
May 18, 2010: Adequacy Determination for the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in the Truckee Meadows PM10 Maintenance Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes; State of Nevada (PDF) (2 pp, 50 K)
May 17, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Texas; Beaumont/Port Arthur Ozone Nonattainment Area: Redesignation to Attainment for the 1997 8- Hour Ozone Standard and Determination of Attainment for the 1-Hour Ozone Standard (PDF) (22 pp, 142 K)
May 12, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Internet Survey Research for Improving Fuel Economy Label Design and Content; EPA ICR No. 2390.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW (PDF) (4 pp, 62 K)
May 12, 2010: Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets In Submitted San Joaquin Valley PM2.5 Reasonable Further Progress and Attainment Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes; CA (PDF) (2 pp, 51 K)
May 12, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Kentucky; Redesignation of the Kentucky Portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment (PDF) (17 pp, 189 K)
May 11, 2010: Adequacy Status of the Chicago, Illinois Area Submitted 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation and Maintenance Plans for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (2 pp, 51 K)
May 11, 2010: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Alternative Affirmative Defense Requirements for Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel and Gasoline Benzene Technical Amendment (PDF) (11 pp, 115 K)
May 11, 2010: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Alternative Affirmative Defense Requirements for Ultra-low Sulfur Diesel and Gasoline Benzene Technical Amendment (PDF) (2 pp, 50 K)
May 10, 2010: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Modifications to Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF) (5 pp, 54.2 K)
May 10, 2010: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Modifications to Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF) (24 pp, 221 K)
May 7, 2010: Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards (PDF) (406 pp, 5.61 MB)

April 2010

April 30, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Engine Emission Defect Information Reports and Voluntary Emission Recall Reports; EPA ICR No. 0282.15, OMB Control No. 2060-0048 (PDF) (3 pp, 56 K)
April 30, 2010: Control of Emissions From New Marine Compression-Ignition Engines at or Above 30 Liters per Cylinder (PDF) (171 pp, 3.59 MB)
April 28, 2010: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Lead Emissions From Piston- Engine Aircraft Using Leaded Aviation Gasoline (PDF) (30 pp, 702 K)
April 27, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Wisconsin; Redesignation of the Manitowoc County and Door County Areas to Attainment for Ozone (PDF) (17 pp, 502 K)
April 22, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Transportation Conformity Requirement for Bernalillo County (PDF) (4 pp, 65 K)
April 14, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information Collection Request for Control of Evaporative Emissions From New and In-Use Portable Gasoline Containers (Renewal), EPA ICR 2213.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0597 (PDF) (2 pp, 52 K)
April 7, 2010: Adequacy Status of the Knoxville, Tennessee 1997 PM2.5 Attainment Demonstration Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (2 pp, 51 K)
April 2, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline Under the Tier 2 Rule; EPA ICR No. 1907.05; OMB Control No. 2060-0437 (PDF) (2 pp, 51 K)
April 1, 2010: Meeting of the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (PDF) (1 pp, 48 K)
April 1, 2010: Adequacy Status of the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Maintenance Plan; 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (2 pp, 51 K)

March 2010

March 26, 2010: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF) (236 pp, 1.74 MB)
March 24, 2010: Transportation Conformity Rule PM2.5 and PM10 Amendments (PDF) (27 pp, 235 K)
March 22, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline Commingling Provisions (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2228.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0587 (PDF) (2 pp, 52 K)
March 12, 2010: California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; California Nonroad Compression Ignition Engines--In-Use Fleets; Authorization Request; Opportunity for Public Hearing and Comment (PDF) (2 pp, 52 K)
March 12, 2010: California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Amendments to the California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Regulation; Waiver Request; Opportunity for Public Hearing (PDF) (3 pp, 58 K)
March 12, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Indiana (PDF) (24 pp, 144 K)
March 4, 2010: Adequacy Determination for the Denver Metro Area and North Front Range 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan's Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes; State of Colorado (PDF) (50K)
March 2, 2010: <Official Release of the MOVES2010 Motor Vehicle Emissions Model for Emissions Inventories in SIPs and Transportation Conformity (PDF) (4 pp, 150 K)
March 1, 2010: Adequacy Status of the Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, North Carolina 1997 PM2.5 Attainment Demonstration Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (2 pp, 51 K)
March 1, 2010: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Federal Volatility Control Program in the Denver-Boulder-Greeley-Ft. Collins-Loveland, CO, 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area (PDF) (5 pp, 63 K)

February 2010

February 26, 2010: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio; Indiana; Redesignation of the Ohio and Indiana Portions of the Cincinnati- Hamilton Area to Attainment for Ozone (PDF) (18 pp, 126 K)
February 24, 2010: Adequacy Status of the Cincinnati, Ohio/Indiana Submitted 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation and Maintenance Plans for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (2 pp, 140 K)
February 23, 2010: California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; California New Nonroad Compression Ignition Engines; Notice of Decision (PDF) (6 pp, 158 K)
February 22, 2010: Access by EPA Contractors to Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) Submitted Under Title II of the Clean Air Act (PDF) (3 pp, 55 K)
February 19, 2010: Adequacy Status of the North Carolina Portion of the Charlotte- Gastonia-Rock Hill Bi-State Area Reasonable Further Progress Plan 8- Hour Ozone Sub-Area Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (2 pp, 52 K)
February 19, 2010: Tier 2 Light-Duty Vehicle and Light-Duty Truck Emission Standards and Gasoline Sulfur Control Requirements (Section 610 Review) (PDF) (3 pp, 58 K)
February 3, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives--Requirements for Manufacturers; EPA ICR No. 0309.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0150 (PDF) (2 pp, 50 K)

January 2010

January 26, 2010: Adequacy Status of the Steubenville, OH and the Canton, OH Submitted Annual Fine Particulate Matter Attainment Demonstration for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (1 pp, 45 K)
January 26, 2010: Adequacy Status of the Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Submitted Annual Fine Particulate Matter Attainment Demonstration for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (2 pp, 50 K)
January 22, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collections; Comment Requests; Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles; EPA ICR No. 0010.12, OMB Control No. 2060-0095; Emission Control System Performance Warranty Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification Program, EPA ICR No. 116.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0060; and Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program Fees, EPA ICR 2080.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0545 (PDF) (4 pp, 57 K)
January 14, 2010: a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-01-14/pdf/2010-586.pdf">Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Arkansas; Redesignation of the Crittenden County, Arkansas Portion of the Memphis, Tennessee- Arkansas 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment (PDF) (12 pp, 98 K)
January 8, 2010: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health- Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1696.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0297 (PDF) (3 pp, 179 K)