Tom
Helms/
RTP/
USEPA/
US
Sent
by:
Joann
Allman
12/
09/
2005
10:
16
AM
To
Arthur_
G._
Fraas@
omb.
eop.
gov,
Amy_
E._
Flynn@
omb.
eop.
gov
cc
Jan
King/
RTP/
USEPA/
US@
EPA
Subject
Sign­
Off
or
Waive
of
review
on
a
notice
Art/
Amy:

This
message
was
sent
earlier,
but
due
to
a
glitch
in
our
system
here
at
EPA
our
records
do
not
show
that
you
received
the
message.
I
am
resending.
THANKS
This
note
is
to
ask
your
sign­
off
or
waive
of
review
on
a
notice
to
complete
a
"
lingering
NOx
SIP
call"
duty
....
securing
the
final
and
full
budgets
from
5
states.
We
have
a
Federal
Register
notice
that
describes
actions
that
our
regions
took
a
couple
of
months
ago
to
complete
our
SIP
call
program.
Here's
what
the
notice
does.

In
this
notice,
EPA
is
taking
final
action
making
findings,
under
the
Clean
Air
Act
(
CAA),
that
Indiana,
Illinois,
Kentucky,
Michigan,
and
Virginia
failed
to
make
complete
State
implementation
plan
(
SIP)
submittals
required
under
the
CAA.
Under
the
CAA
and
Phase
II
of
EPAs
nitrogen
oxides
(
NOx)
SIP
Call
regulations,
these
States
were
required
to
submit
SIP
measures
providing
for
reductions
in
the
emissions
of
NOx,
an
ozone
precursor.
Normally,
this
action
would
trigger
an
18­
month
sanctions
clock;
however,
since
the
1­
hour
ozone
standard
was
revoked
on
June
15,
2005,
sanctions
do
not
apply.
This
action
defines
the
start
of
a
FIP
clock
under
section
110(
c)
of
the
CAA.
Recently,
EPA
sent
letters
to
State
officials
of
the
affected
States
describing
the
status
of
the
States'
effort
in
completing
a
Phase
II
SIP.
The
letters
also
noted
that
we
would
be
publishing
findings
of
failure
to
submit
in
the
Federal
Register.
All
States
are
expected
to
submit
a
complete
SIP
well
within
the
CAA
deadline.

I
am
out
of
the
office
but
if
you
have
questions
please
contact
Jan
King
at
919/
541­
5665.
Thanks.

G.
Tom
Helms
Group
Leader,
OPSG
C
539­
02
RTP,
NC
27711
919/
541­
5527
919/
541­
0824
(
fax)
