Proposed Determination. A. Area Characterization The Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx NAA is located in south central Louisiana, approximately sixty kilometers north of Lafayette, Louisiana; it encompasses a rectangular area (2150 meters by 3000 meters) approximately six kilometers north of the city of Ville Platte, bounded by the designated NAA coordinate vertices provided in table 1. The Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx NAA includes the Cabot carbon black plant within the extent of the modeled SO2 violation impacts from Cabot. Table 1—Boundary Corner Coordinates of the Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Rectangular Nonattainment Area UTM 8 Easting (m) UTM Northing (m) UTM Zone Datum 570250 ......................................................................................................................................... 3400300 15 NAD 83 570250 ......................................................................................................................................... 3403300 15 NAD 83 572400 ......................................................................................................................................... 3403300 15 NAD 83 572400 ......................................................................................................................................... 3400300 15 NAD 83 B. Evaluation of SO2 Emissions Data and Modeling As noted earlier, the EPA based the nonattainment designation on modeling submitted by LDEQ. In our review of that modeling, as documented in EPA’s TSD 9 accompanying the designation, we concluded that the source characterization, modeling parameters, and modeling techniques submitted by LDEQ for this designation conformed with the guidelines of the EPA’s modeling Technical Assistance Document (TAD).10 The EPA’s designation of the Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx area relied on the modeled SO2 emissions for the years 2013 through 2015. Cabot is the only major SO2 source in the parish. These SO2 emissions are generated from Cabot’s carbon black manufacturing facility through the process of converting carbonaceous feedstock materials into various grades of carbon black in a mostly continuous process, wherein Cabot’s feedstock inherently contains sulfur compounds that are combusted, oxidized, and emitted with the tail gas as SO2. Following the designation, Xxxxx has not completed the installation of controls to reduce emissions, and the State has not provided a demonstration that the area has attained the NAAQS. The EPA evaluated annual SO2 emissions trends for the only major...
Proposed Determination. The USTR proposes to determine, pursuant to section 306(b) of the Trade Act, that the measures the EC has undertaken to apply as of January 1, 1999 with respect to this banana regime fail to implement the WTO recommendations. Such a determination will require the USTR also to determine what further action to take under section 301(a) in the event that the EC has failed to implement the WTO recommendations by January 1, 1999. Permissible actions include: action to suspend, withdraw or prevent the application of benefits of trade agreement concessions to the EU; imposition of duties or other import restrictions on goods of the EU or fees or restrictions on services of the EU; and restriction or denial of service sector access authorizations with respect to services of the EU. The USTR intends to determine by December 15, 1998 what action to take. Written Comments—Requirements for Submissions Section 306(c) of the Trade Act provides that the USTR shall allow an opportunity for the presentation of views by interested parties prior to the issuance of a determination pursuant to section 306(b). Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on:
