Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Georgia: Approval of Revisions to the Georgia State Implementation Plan

EPA is granting final conditional interim approval of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Georgia through the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) on November 15, 1993, and amended on June 17, 1996, which included the 15 percent Rate-of-Progress Plan (15 percent plan). EPA is granting final conditional interim approval because achievement of the 15 percent reduction in emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is dependent upon implementation of the enhanced inspection and maintenance (I/M) plan and the condition pertaining to the implementation of a low Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) program of 7.0 psi. Full approval of Georgia's 15 percent plan will be granted after EPA reviews the State's demonstration that the enhanced I/M program actually achieved the emission reductions claimed as required by the National Highway Act, approves the Georgia enhanced I/M plan, and approves the low RVP program or other program that meets the same emission reduction requirements. In a Federal Register notice published on January 29, 1999, (64 FR 4568) EPA granted final interim approval to Georgia's I/M program. Full approval of the individual measures that comprise the 15 percent plan, except for the low RVP program, is being granted in this action. Additionally, EPA is approving Georgia's 1990 Baseline Emissions Inventory.