Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Post 96 Rate of Progress Plan, Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (MVEB) and Contingency Measures for the Houston/Galveston (HGA) Ozone Nonattainment Area
The EPA is taking direct final action on portions of the Texas Ozone State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Governor of Texas on May 19, 1998, to meet the reasonable further progress requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act (the Act). We are approving the Post-1996 Rate-of-Progress (ROP) Plan, the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (MVEB) established by the ROP Plan, revisions to the contingency measures, and revisions to the 1990 base year emissions inventory for the Houston/Galveston (HGA) 1-hour ozone nonattainment area.