Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Budgets in Submitted State Implementation Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes; Washington, DC Metropolitan Area (DC-MD-VA)

EPA is announcing that the motor vehicle emission budgets (the budgets) for the Metropolitan Washington, DC One-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area (the Washington, DC area) identified in the revised 2005 Attainment Demonstration Plan (attainment plan) and the 2005 Rate of Progress (ROP) plan are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. This attainment plan was submitted to EPA by the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia as State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions on August 19, 2003, September 2, 2003, and September 5, 2003, respectively. These SIP revision submittals included ROP plans for 2002 and 2005 which also identified motor vehicle emissions budgets. EPA has made findings of adequacy for the budgets of the attainment plan and the 2005 ROP plan for transportation conformity purposes. EPA has taken no action on the budgets identified in the 2002 ROP plan.