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[65 FR 68898, Nov. 15, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 693, Jan. 3, 2001; 67 FR 55125, Aug. 28, 2002; 67 FR 72579, Dec. 6, 2002]

§ 52.1130 [Reserved]
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§ 52.1131 Control strategy: Particulate matter.
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(a) Revisions to the following regulations submitted on March 30, 1979 are disapproved:

(1) Regulation 310 CMR 7.02(8), Table 2, new facilities greater than 250 million Btu/hr input burning solid fuel.

(2) Regulation 310 CMR 7.02(9), Table 5.

[45 FR 2044, Jan. 10, 1980]

§ 52.1132 Control strategy: Carbon Monoxide.
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(a) Approval—On November 13, 1992, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection submitted a revision to the carbon monoxide State Implementation Plan for the 1990 base year emission inventory. The inventory was submitted by the State of Massachusetts to satisfy Federal requirements under section 182(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990, as a revision to the carbon monoxide State Implementation Plan.

(b) Approval—On December 12, 1994, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection submitted a request to redesignate the Boston Area carbon monoxide nonattainment area to attainment for carbon monoxide. As part of the redesignation request, the State submitted a maintenance plan as required by 175A of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990. Elements of the section 175A maintenance plan include a base year (1993 attainment year) emission inventory for carbon monoxide, a demonstration of maintenance of the carbon monoxide NAAQS with projected emission inventories to the year 2010 for carbon monoxide, a plan to verify continued attainment, a contingency plan, and an obligation to submit a subsequent maintenance plan revision in 8 years as required by the Clean Air Act. If the area records a violation of the carbon monoxide NAAQS (which must be confirmed by the State), Massachusetts will implement one or more appropriate contingency measure(s) which are contained in the contingency plan. The menu of contingency measures includes an enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program and implementation of the oxygenated fuels program. The redesignation request and maintenance plan meet the redesignation requirements in sections 107(d)(3)(E) and 175A of the Act as amended in 1990, respectively. The redesignation meets the Federal requirements of section 182(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act as a revision to the Massachusetts Carbon Monoxide State Implementation Plan for the above mentioned area.

(c) Approval—On May 25, 2001, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection submitted a revision to the carbon monoxide State Implementation Plan for the 1996 base year emission inventory. The inventory was submitted by the State of Massachusetts to satisfy Federal requirements under section 172(c) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990, as a revision to the carbon monoxide State Implementation Plan.

(d) Approval—On May 25, 2001, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP) submitted a request to redesignate the cities of Lowell, Springfield, Waltham, and Worcester from nonattainment area to attainment for carbon monoxide. As part of the redesignation request, the State submitted a maintenance plan as required by 175A of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990. Elements of the section 175A maintenance plan include a 1996 emission inventory for carbon monoxide, a demonstration of maintenance of the carbon monoxide NAAQS with projected emission inventories to the year 2012 for carbon monoxide, a plan to verify continued attainment, a contingency plan, and an obligation to submit a subsequent maintenance plan revision in 8 years as required by the Clean Air Act. If an area records an exceedance or violation of the carbon monoxide NAAQS (which must be confirmed by the MADEP), Massachusetts will implement one or more appropriate contingency measure(s) which are contained in the contingency plan. The redesignation request and maintenance plan meet the redesignation requirements in sections 107(d)(3)(E) and 175A of the Act as amended in 1990, respectively.

[61 FR 2923, Jan. 30, 1996, as amended at 67 FR 7278, Feb. 19, 2002]

§ 52.1133 [Reserved]
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§ 52.1134 Regulation limiting on-street parking by commuters.
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(a) On-street parking means parking a motor vehicle on any street, highway, or roadway, except for legal stops within designated loading zones or areas defined for loading purposes, at or before intersections, as caution, safety and emergencies require, whether or not a person remains in the vehicle.

(b) Commencing on or before June 30, 1974, the Commonwealth, the City of Boston, the City of Cambridge, and administrative bodies of any of them having jurisdiction over any streets, highways, or roadways within the City of Cambridge or Boston proper, and the principal officials and administrative bodies thereof having responsibility over parking on such streets, highways, or roadways, shall adopt all necessary administrative and enforcement procedures and regulations to effect a prohibition of on-street parking within Boston proper between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., and within the City of Cambridge between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 a.m., except Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. The regulations shall state that violation of the prohibition shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $15. The City of Boston shall at a minimum eliminate 50 percent of on-street parking during the hours specified by January 1, 1976; 66 2/3 percent by September 1, 1976; and 100 percent by March 1, 1977. The City of Cambridge shall at a minimum eliminate 33 1/3 percent of on-street parking during the hours specified by September 30, 1974; 66 2/3 percent by July 1, 1975; and 100 percent by March 1, 1977. Any other affected entity shall at a minimum eliminate 33 1/3 percent of such parking during the hours of 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. by January 1, 1976; 66 2/3 percent by September 1, 1976, and 100 percent by March 1, 1977.

(c) The following classes of vehicles shall be exempt from the requirements of this section, provided that on-street parking by such vehicles is in compliance with local and state regulations:

(1) Vehicles owned by residents of that portion of Boston included within Boston proper that are registered in Boston and display a resident parking sticker for that area issued by the City of Boston;

(2) Vehicles owned by residents of Cambridge that are registered in and parked within Cambridge and display an appropriate parking sticker issued by the City of Cambridge;

(3) Vehicles owned and operated by handicapped persons with HP license plates; and

(4) Vehicles registered as “commercial vehicles” by the Commonwealth and displaying appropriate license plates.

(d) On or before June 30, 1974, no owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall park, or permit the on-street parking of, said vehicle within Cambridge or Boston proper except in conformity with the provisions of this section and the measures implementing it.

(e) The Governor and the chief executive of any other governmental entity on which obligations are imposed by paragraph (b) of this section should, on or before April 15, 1974, submit to the Regional Administrator for his approval a detailed statement of the legal and administrative steps selected to effect the prohibition provided for in paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section, and a schedule of implementation consistent with the requirements of this section. Such schedule shall include as a minimum the following:

(1) Designation of one or more agencies responsible for the administration and enforcement of the program;

(2) The procedures by which the designated agency will enforce the prohibition provided for in paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section;

(3) The procedures by which vehicles exempt from the requirements of this section will be marked; and

(4) A map showing which streets will be subject to the ban according to the schedule of implementation.

(f) Upon a finding that substantial hardship would otherwise be experienced by employees of employment facilities located in Cambridge, the Director of Traffic and Parking of the City of Cambridge may issue special parking stickers to such employees which shall entitle vehicles to park during the hours of the ban. Such stickers shall be valid only for those streets and areas of streets clearly identified on the face of such stickers, shall be issued with preference being given to carpools and vanpools and shall be subject to immediate revocation if the vehicle is cited for a parking violation on a street or area other than those designated. A list of all persons receiving such stickers shall be sent to the Regional Administrator on or before July 1 of each year.

(g) The ban shall not apply to any street space which is subject to metered parking with a maximum allowable time limit of one hour.

[40 FR 25162, June 12, 1975]

§ 52.1135 Regulation for parking freeze.
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(a) Definitions:

(1) The phrase to commence construction means to engage in a continuous program of on-site construction including site clearance, grading, dredging, or land filling specifically designed for a parking facility in preparation for the fabrication, erection, or installation of the building components of the facility. For the purpose of this paragraph, interruptions resulting from acts of God, strikes, litigation, or other matters beyond the control of the owner shall be disregarded in determining whether a construction or modification program is continuous.

(2) The phrase to commence modification means to engage in a continuous program of on-site modification including site clearance, grading, dredging, or land filling in preparation for a specific modification of the parking facility.

(3) The phrase commercial parking space means a space used for parking a vehicle in a commercial parking facility.

(4) [Reserved]

(5) Commercial parking facility (also called facility) means any lot, garage, building or structure, or combination or portion thereof, on or in which motor vehicles are temporarily parked for a fee, excluding (i) a parking facility, the use of which is limited exclusively to residents (and guests of residents) of a residential building or group of buildings under common control, and (ii) parking on public streets.

(6) Freeze means to maintain at all times after October 15, 1973, the total quantity of commercial parking spaces available for use at the same amounts as were available for use prior to said date; Provided, That such quantity may be increased by spaces the construction of which commenced prior to October 15, 1973, or as specifically permitted by paragraphs (n), (p) and (q) of this section; provided further that such additional spaces do not result in an increase of more than 10 percent in the total commercial parking spaces available for use on October 15, 1973, in any municipality within the freeze area or at Logan International Airport (“Logan Airport”). For purposes of the last clause of the previous sentence, the 10 percent limit shall apply to each municipality and Logan Airport separately.

(b) [Reserved]

(c) There is hereby established a freeze, as defined by paragraph (a)(6) of this section, on the availability of commercial parking facilities in the freeze area effective October 15, 1973. In the event construction in any municipality, commenced prior to October 15, 1973, results in a number of spaces which exceeds the 10 percent limit prescribed by paragraph (a)(6) of this section, then the Governor shall immediately take all necessary steps to assure that the available commercial spaces within such municipality shall be reduced to comply with the freeze. In the event that such limit is exceeded at Logan Airport, then the provisions of paragraph (m) of this section shall apply.

(d) [Reserved]

(e) After August 15, 1973, no person shall commence construction of any commercial parking facility or modification of any such existing facility in the freeze area unless and until he has obtained from the Governor or from an agency approved by the Governor a permit stating that construction or modification of such facility will be in compliance with the parking freeze established by paragraph (c) of this section. This paragraph shall not apply to any proposed parking facility for which a general construction contract was finally executed by all appropriate parties on or before August 15, 1973.

(f) The Governor shall notify the Regional Administrator in writing within 10 days of approval of any agency pursuant to paragraph (e) of this section. In order for any agency to be approved by the Governor for purposes of issuing permits pursuant to paragraph (e) of this section, such agency shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Governor that:

(1) Requirements for permit application and issuance have been established. Such requirements shall include but not be limited to a condition that before a permit may be issued the following findings of fact or factually supported projections must be made:

(i) The location of the facility; and

(ii) The total motor vehicle capacity before and after the proposed construction or modification of the facility.

(2) Criteria for issuance of permits have been established and published. Such criteria shall include, but not be limited to:

(i) Full consideration of all facts contained in the application.

(ii) Provisions that no permit will be issued if construction or modification of the facility will not comply with the requirements of paragraph (c) of this section.

(3) Agency procedures provide that no permit for the construction or modification of a facility covered by this section shall be issued without notice and opportunity for public hearing. The public hearing may be of a legislative type; the notice shall conform to the requirements of 40 CFR 51.4(b); and the agency rules or procedures may provide that if no notice of intent to participate in the hearing is received from any member of the public (other than the applicant) prior to 7 days before the scheduled hearing date, no hearing need be held. If notice of intent to participate is required, the fact shall be noted prominently in the required hearing notice.

(g)–(l) [Reserved]

(m) On or before January 30, 1975, the Massachusetts Port Authority (“Massport”) shall prepare and submit to the Governor for his approval a plan showing the manner in which the number of commercial parking spaces at Logan Airport which exceeds the number of such spaces permitted under the freeze shall be removed from use. The Governor shall approve such plan if he determines that (1) implementation of such plan would result in reducing the aggregate number of commercial parking spaces to the level of such spaces permitted by this section, (2) Massport has adequate legal authority to implement such plan and (3) adequate commitments have been made by Massport to assure the Governor that such plan will be fully implemented and maintained on and after May 1, 1976. In the event that the Governor does not approve such plan by April 1, 1976, then the owner or operator of each commercial parking facility located at Logan Airport shall, on or before July 1, 1976, reduce the number of commercial parking spaces available for use at each such facility by an amount which bears the same proportion to the number of spaces exceeding the limit imposed by this section as the number of spaces available at such facility bears the total number of such spaces which were available for use at Logan Airport on April 1, 1976.

(n) Where an agency approved by the Governor under paragraph (e) of this section to issue permits for new construction in the City of Cambridge demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Governor that (1) specific on-street parking spaces in use as of October 15, 1973, were being legally and regularly used as of such date for parking by commuters (as that term is defined in §52.1161(a)(6)) who are not residents of Cambridge and that (2) effective measures have been implemented (including adequate enforcement) to prevent such spaces from being used by such commuters, then such approved agency may issue permits for construction of additional new commercial parking spaces equal to one-half of the number of spaces removed from regular use by such commuters and the total quantity of commercial parking spaces allowable in Cambridge under this section shall be raised accordingly.

(o) On or before July 31, 1976, and on or before each succeeding July 31, the Governor and the chief executive officer of any agency approved by the Governor under paragraph (e) of this section shall submit a report to the Regional Administrator setting forth:

(1) The names and addresses of all persons who received permits during the previous twelve-month period ending June 30 and number of spaces allocated to each such person;

(2) The number of commercial parking spaces available for use as of the June 30 prior to the date of the report;

(3) The number of commercial parking spaces which remain available for allocation by the Governor or such agency as of the June 30 prior to the date of the report, including those spaces made available because of retirement of existing commercial parking spaces as well as those spaces made available because of the effects of paragraphs (n), (p) and (q) of this section; and

(4) The location and capacity of any park-and-ride facility designated under paragraph (p) of this section.

(p) The Governor and any approved agency may issue a permit to construct a commercial parking facility which is designated by the Governor as a park-and-ride facility to be operated in conjunction with mass transit service without regard to the limitations on number of spaces imposed by this section.

(q) Where an agency approved by the Governor can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Governor that there have been physically eliminated through permanent modification or demolition any legal on-street parking spaces within a municipality then such agency may issue permits for construction within that municipality of additional new commercial parking spaces equal to the number of spaces thus eliminated and the total quantity of commercial parking spaces allowable for such municipality under this section shall be increased accordingly.

(r) The provisions of this regulation shall cease to be effective as to that portion of the freeze area lying within the City of Boston and not included within Boston proper or Logan Airport at such time as the City of Boston implements a program, approved by the Governor, which shall include effective measures to control the construction of additional commercial parking spaces within that area, including procedures for issuance of conditional use permits under applicable zoning regulations and for assuring compliance with all air quality requirements under state and Federal law.

[40 FR 25162, June 12, 1975, as amended at 40 FR 39863, Aug. 29, 1975]

§§ 52.1136-52.1144 [Reserved]
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§ 52.1145 Regulation on organic solvent use.
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(a) Definitions:

(1) Organic solvents include diluents and thinners and are defined as organic materials which are liquids at standard conditions and which are used as dissolvers, viscosity reducers, or cleaning agents, except that such materials which exhibit a boiling point higher than 220 °F. at 0.5 millimeters of mercury absolute pressure or having an equivalent vapor pressure shall not be considered to be solvents unless exposed to temperatures exceeding 220 °F.

(2) Solvent of high photochemical reactivity means any solvent with an aggregate of more than 20 percent of its total volume composed of the chemical compounds classified below or which exceeds any of the following individual percentage composition limitations in reference to the total volume of solvent:

(i) A combination of hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, esters, ethers, or ketones having an olefinic or cycloolefinic type of unsaturation: 5 percent;

(ii) A combination of aromatic compounds with eight or more carbon atoms to the molecule except ethylbenzene: 8 percent;

(iii) A combination of ethylbenzene, ketones having branched hydrocarbon structures, trichloroethylene or toluene: 20 percent. Whenever any organic solvent or any constituent of an organic solvent may be classified from its chemical structure into more than one of the above groups of organic compounds, it shall be considered as a member of the most reactive chemical group, that is, that group having the least allowable percentage of total volume of solvents.

(3) Organic materials are chemical compounds of carbon excluding carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides, metallic carbonates, and ammonium carbonate.

(b) This section is applicable throughout the Boston Intrastate Region. The requirements of this section shall be in effect in accordance with §52.1147.

(c) No person shall cause, allow, suffer, or permit the discharge into the atmosphere of more than 15 pounds of organic materials in any 1 day, nor more than 3 pounds of organic materials in any 1 hour, from any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance, in which any organic solvent or any material containing organic solvent comes into contact with flame or is baked, heat-cured, or heat-polymerized, in the presence of oxygen, unless said discharge has been reduced as a result of the installation of abatement controls by at least 85 percent. Those portions of any series of articles, machines, equipment, or other contrivances designed for processing a continuous web, strip, or wire that emit organic materials and use operations described in this section shall be collectively subject to compliance with this section.

(d) No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the discharge into the atmosphere of more than 40 pounds of organic materials in any 1 day, nor more than 8 pounds in any 1 hour, from any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance used under conditions other than described in paragraph (c) of this section for employing, or applying any solvent of high photochemical reactivity or material containing such photochemically reactive solvent, unless said discharge has been reduced as a result of the installation of abatement controls by at least 85 percent. Emissions of organic materials into the atmosphere resulting from air or heated drying of products for the first 12 hours after their removal from any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described in this section shall be included in determining compliance with this section. Emissions resulting from baking, heat-curing, or heat-polymerizing as described in paragraph (c) of this section shall be excluded from determination of compliance with this section. Those portions of any series of articles, machines, equipment, or other contrivances designed for processing a continuous web, strip, or wire that emit organic materials and use operations described in this section shall be collectively subject to compliance with this section.

(e) Emissions of organic materials to the atmosphere from the clean-up with a solvent of high photochemical reactivity, or any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance described in paragraph (c) or (d) of this section or in this paragraph, shall be included with the other emissions of organic materials from that article, machine, equipment or other contrivance for determining compliance with this section.

(f) No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit during any one day disposal of a total of more than 1.5 gallons of any solvent of high photochemical reactivity, or of any material containing more than 1.5 gallons of any such photochemically reactive solvent by any means that will permit the evaporation of such solvent into the atmosphere.

(g) Emissions of organic materials into the atmosphere required to be controlled by paragraph (c) or (d) of this section shall be reduced by:

(1) Incineration, provided that 90 percent or more of the carbon in the organic material being incinerated is converted to carbon dioxide, or

(2) Adsorption, or

(3) The use of other abatement control equipment determined by the Regional Administrator to be no less effective than either of the above methods.

(h) A person incinerating, adsorbing, or otherwise processing organic materials pursuant to this section shall provide, properly install and maintain in calibration, in good working order, and in operation, devices as specified in the authority to construct, or as specified by the Regional Administrator, for indicating temperatures, pressures, rates of flow, or other operating conditions necessary to determine the degree and effectiveness of air pollution control.

(i) Any person using organic solvents or any materials containing organic solvents shall supply the Regional Administrator upon request and in the manner and form prescribed by him, written evidence of the chemical composition, physical properties, and amount consumed for each organic solvent used.

(j) The provisions of this rule shall not apply to:

(1) The manufacture of organic solvents, or the transport or storage of organic solvents or materials containing organic solvents.

(2) The spraying or other use of insecticides, pesticides, or herbicides.

(3) The employment, application, evaporation, or drying of saturated halogenated hydrocarbons or perchloroethylene.

(4) The use of any material, in any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described in paragraph (c), (d), or (e) of this section if:

(i) The volatile content of such material consists only of water, and organic solvents;

(ii) The organic solvents comprise not more than 30 percent by volume of said volatile content;

(iii) The volatile content is not a solvent of high photochemical reactivity as defined in paragraph (a) of this section; and

(iv) The organic solvent or any material containing organic solvent does not come into contact with flame. This last stipulation applies only for those articles, machines, equipment or other contrivances that are constructed or modified after November 8, 1973.

(5) The use of any material, in any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described in paragraph (c), (d), or (e) of this section if:

(i) The organic solvent content of such material does not exceed 30 percent by volume of said material;

(ii) The volatile content is not a solvent of high photochemical reactivity; and

(iii) [Reserved]

(iv) The organic solvent or any material containing organic solvent does not come into contact with flame. This last stipulation applies only for those articles, machines, equipment or other contrivances that are constructed or modified after November 8, 1973.

(6) [Reserved]

(7) An article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described in paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of this section used exclusively for chemical or physical analyses or determination of product quality and commercial acceptance provided that—

(i) The exemption is approved in writing by the Regional Administrator;

(ii) The operator of said article, machine, equipment or contrivance is not an integral part of the production process; and

(iii) The emissions from said article, machine, equipment or other contrivance do not exceed 800 lbs. in any calendar month.

(8) Sources subject to the provisions of Massachusetts Regulation 310 CMR 7.18 which has been federally approved.

(k) [Reserved]

(l) All determinations of emission rates shall be conducted in a manner approved in writing by the Regional Administrator.

[40 FR 25165, June 12, 1975, as amended at 47 FR 28373, June 30, 1982]

§ 52.1146 [Reserved]
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§ 52.1147 Federal compliance schedules.
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(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, the owner or operator of a source subject to regulation under paragraph (c)(1) of §52.1144 and §52.1145 shall comply with the increments of progress contained in the following schedule:

(1) Final control plans for emission control systems or process modifications must be submitted on or before June 1, 1974, for sources subject to §52.1144(c)(1) and on or before May 1, 1974 for sources subject to §52.1145.

(2) Contracts for emission control systems or process modifications must be awarded or orders must be issued for the purchase of component parts to accomplish emission control or process modifications on or before March 1, 1975, for sources subject to §52.1144(c)(1) and on or before July 1, 1974, for sources subject to §52.1145.

(3) Initiation of on-site construction or installation of emission control equipment or process modification must begin on or before May 1, 1975, for sources subject to §52.1144(c)(1) and on or before August 15, 1974, for sources subject to §52.1145.

(4) On-site construction or installation of emission control equipment or process modification must be completed prior to April 15, 1975, except for purposes of paragraph (c)(1) of §52.1144, the applicable date shall be February 1, 1976.

(5) Final compliance is to be achieved prior to May 31, 1975, except for sources subject to paragraph (c)(1) of §52.1144 of this subpart. Final compliance for sources subject to paragraph (c)(1) of §52.1144 is to be achieved by June 1, 1976.

(i) Facilities subject to paragraph (c)(1)(iii) of §52.1144 of this subpart which have a daily throughput of 20,000 gallons of gasoline or less are required to have a vapor recovery system in operation no later than May 31, 1977. Delivery vessels and storage containers served exclusively by facilities required to have a vapor recovery system in operation no later than May 31, 1977, also are required to meet the provisions of this section no later than May 31, 1977.

(6) Any owner or operator of stationary sources subject to compliance schedule in this paragraph shall certify to the Administrator within 5 days after the deadline for each increment of progress, whether or not the required increment of progress has been met.

(7) Any gasoline dispensing facility subject to paragraph (c)(1) of §52.1144 which installs a storage tank after October 15, 1973, shall comply with such paragraph by March 1, 1976. Any facility subject to such paragraph which installs a storage tank after March 1, 1976 shall comply with such paragraph at the time of installation.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, the owner or operator of a source subject to paragraph (d)(1) of §52.1144 shall comply with the increments of progress contained in the following compliance schedule:

(1) Final control plans for emission control systems or process modifications must be submitted prior to January 1, 1975.

(2) Contracts for emission control systems or process modifications must be awarded or orders must be issued for the purchase of component parts to accomplish emission control or process modification prior to March 1, 1975.

(3) Initiation of on-site construction or installation of emission control equipment or process modification must begin not later than May 1, 1975.

(4) On-site construction or installation of emission control equipment or process modification must be completed prior to May 1, 1977.

(5) Federal compliance is to be achieved prior to May 31, 1977.

(6) Any owner or operator of stationary sources subject to the compliance schedule in this paragraph shall certify to the Administrator, within 5 days after the deadline for each increment of progress, whether or not the required increment of progress has been met.

(7) Any gasoline dispensing facility subject to paragraph (d)(1) of §52.1144 which installs a gasoline dispensing system after the effective date of this regulation shall comply with the requirements of such paragraph by May 31, 1977. Any facility subject to such paragraph which installs a gasoline dispensing system after May 31, 1977, shall comply with such paragraph at the time of installation.

(c) Paragraph (a) of this section shall not apply:

(1) To a source which is presently in compliance with all requirements of paragraph (c)(1) of §52.1144 and §52.1145 and which has certified such compliance to the Administrator by June 1, 1974. The Administrator may request whatever supporting information he considers necessary for proper certification.

(2) To a source for which a compliance schedule is adopted by the Commonwealth and approved by the Administrator.

(3) To a source subject to §52.1144(c)(1) whose owner or operator submits to the Administrator by June 1, 1974, a proposed alternative compliance schedule. No such schedule may provide for compliance after March 1, 1976. If promulgated by the Administrator, such schedule shall satisfy the requirements of this paragraph for the affected source.

(4) To a source subject to §52.1145 whose owner or operator submits to the Administrator by May 1, 1974, a proposed alternative compliance schedule. No such schedule may provide for compliance after May 31, 1975. If promulgated by the Administrator, such schedule shall satisfy the requirements of this paragraph for the affected source.

(d) Paragraph (b) of this section shall not apply:

(1) To a source which is presently in compliance with paragraph (d)(1) of §52.1144 and which has certified such compliance to the Administrator by January 1, 1975. The Administrator may request whatever supporting information he considers necessary for proper certification.

(2) To a source for which a compliance schedule is adopted by the State and approved by the Administrator.

(3) To a source whose owner or operator submits to the Administrator by June 1, 1974, a proposed alternative schedule. No such schedule may provide for compliance after May 31, 1977. If promulgated by the Administrator, such schedule shall satisfy the requirements of this paragraph for the affected source.

(e) Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Administrator from promulgating a separate schedule for any source to which the application of the compliance schedule in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section fails to satisfy and requirements of 40 CFR 51.15 (b) and (c).

[38 FR 30970, Nov. 8, 1973]

Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting §52.1147, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.

§§ 52.1148-52.1158 [Reserved]
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§ 52.1159 Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance.
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(a) Revisions submitted by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on October 20, 2000, to the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program are approved:

(1) Letter from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection dated October 20, 2000 submitting a revision to the Massachusetts State Implementation Plan.

(2) Document entitled “Quality Assurance and Quality Control Plan For the Massachusetts Enhanced Emissions and Safety Inspection Program,” dated October 16, 2000.

(3) Document entitled “Program Evaluation Plans For the Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Program,” dated October 2000, and supporting contracts.

[65 FR 69257, Nov. 16, 2000]

§ 52.1160 Requirements for state implementation plan revisions relating to new motor vehicles.
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Massachusetts' adopted LEV program must be revised to the extent necessary for the state to comply with all aspects of the requirements of §51.120.

[60 FR 4737, Jan. 24, 1995]

§ 52.1161 Incentives for reduction in single-passenger commuter vehicle use.
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(a) Definitions:

(1) Employer means any person or entity which employs 50 or more employees at any time during a calendar year at an employment facility located in the Boston Intrastate Region.

(2) Educational institution means any person or entity which has 250 or more employees and students at any time during the academic year at an educational facility offering secondary level or higher training including vocational training located in the Boston Intrastate Region.

(3) Employee means any person who performs work for an employer thirty-five or more hours per week and for more than twenty weeks per year for compensation and who travels to and from work by any mode of travel.

(4) Student means any full-time day student who does not live at the educational institution and who travels to and from classes by any mode of travel.

(5) Affected facility means any employment facility at which 50 or more persons are employees or any educational facility at which 250 or more persons are students and employees.

(6) Commuter means both an employee and a student.

(7) Single-passenger commuter vehicle means a motor-driven vehicle with four or more wheels with capacity for a driver plus one or more passengers which is used by a commuter traveling alone to work or classes and is not customarily required to be used in the course of his employment or studies.

(8) Base date means the date set forth in paragraph (d) of this section as of which the base number of single-passenger commuter vehicles at a particular employment facility or educational institution must be determined.

(9) The Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation and Construction of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(b) Commencing with the effective date of this section, each employer and educational institution (except as provided below) shall diligently and expeditiously implement and thereafter continuously maintain the following mandatory measures which are designed to achieve a goal of reducing the number of single-passenger commuter vehicles customarily commuting daily to each affected facility as of its base date by 25 percent (or as adjusted pursuant to paragraph (g) of this section):

(1) Making available to commuters any pass program offered by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, if any commuter to the facility uses the mass transit facilities of such Authority as part of his daily commuting trip, including making all administrative arrangements for commuters to purchase the pass and thereby participate in the pass program and encouraging commuters to participate by such means as publicizing the availability of the pass program and the cost advantages thereof.

(2)–(8) [Reserved]

[40 FR 25166, June 12, 1975, as amended at 47 FR 28373, June 30, 1982; 41 FR 10223, Mar. 10, 1976]

§ 52.1162 Regulation for bicycle use.
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(a) Definitions:

(1) Bicycle means a two-wheel nonmotor-powered vehicle.

(2) Bike path means a route for the exclusive use of bicycles separated by grade or other physical barrier from motor traffic.

(3) Bike lane means a street lane restricted to bicycles and so designated by means of painted lanes, pavement coloring or other appropriate markings. A peak hour bike lane means a bike lane effective only during times of heaviest auto commuter traffic.

(4) Bike route means a route in which bicycles share road space with motorized vehicles.

(5) Bikeway means bike paths, bike lanes and bike routes.

(6) Bicycle parking facility means any facility for the temporary storage of bicycles which allows the frame and both wheels of the bicycle to be locked so as to minimize the risk of theft and vandalism.

(7) Parking facility means a lot, garage, building, or portion thereof in or of which motor vehicles are temporarily parked.

(8) Parking space means the area allocated by a parking facility for the temporary storage of one automobile.

(9) MBTA means the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

(b) Application. This section shall be applicable in the Boston Intrastate Region.

(c) Study. The Commonwealth, according to the schedule set forth in paragraph (d) of this section, shall conduct a comprehensive study of, and in that study recommend, the establishment of permanent bikeways and related facilities within the area described in paragraph (b) of this section. The study shall consider or include at least the following elements:

(1) The physical design for bikeways, intersections involving bikeways, and means of bicycle link-ups with other modes of transportation;

(2) The location of bikeways, including ascertaining high accident or pollution areas and developing means of avoiding or ameliorating those situations as well as means of providing intersection safety generally;

(3) The location of bicycle parking facilities, including bus stops;

(4) The rules of the road for bicyclists, and to the extent that present rules must be modified because of bikeways, new rules of the road for motorists. Also the feasibility of mandatory adult bicycle registration to minimize theft and increase recovery of stolen bicycles;

(5) Bicycle safety education for bicyclists, motorists, children, students, street maintenance personnel and policemen, including requiring bicycle safety principles and safe street riding skills to be taught in high school automobile driver(s) education programs;

(6) Methods for publicizing bicycles or bicycles plus mass transit as alternatives to automobile transportation, including the preparation, perhaps in conjunction with bicentennial efforts, of a master Boston area transit map, indicating the kind, extent and location of bicycle facilities, public baths, showers, toilet facilities, water fountains, as well as routes and stops for MBTA, common carriers and private bus lines, such map to be distributed by the Registry of Motor Vehicles with each automobile new registration and automobile registration renewal;

(7) Requiring or providing incentives for common carriers and mass transit carriers, especially the Blue Line of the MBTA, to provide bicycle parking facilities at their respective terminals and stations and bicycle carrying facilities on their respective vehicles;

(8) The creation of roadway zones in which all vehicles, except mass transit, emergency and service vehicles, and bicycles, would be excluded;

(9) Requiring or providing incentives for office buildings and employers to install and to provide free shower and locker facilities for cyclists;

(10) A bicycle user and potential user survey, which shall at a minimum determine:

(i) For present bicycle riders, the origin, destination, frequency, travel time, distance and purpose of bicycle trips;

(ii) In high density employment areas, the present modes of transportation of employees and the potential modes of transportation, including the numbers of employees who would use a bicycle for a significant portion of their commuting transportation were suitable facilities available to them. This section of the study shall seek to ascertain the size of the working population that would move from automobiles to mass transit and bicycles or bicycles alone as a significant form of transportation. It shall also seek to ascertain what bicycle facilities or mix thereof would produce the greatest conversion from auto use;

(11) The special problems related to the design and incorporation in the bikeway facilities described in paragraph (f) of this section of feeder bikeways to bridges, on-bridge bikeways, feeder bikeways to MBTA and railroad stations, feeder bikeways to fringe parking areas, and bicycle passage through rotaries and squares;

(12) The conversion of railroad beds, power lines, flood control channels or similar corridors to bikepaths;

(13) Removing barriers to employees bringing their bicycles into their offices;

(14) Removal or alteration of drain grates with bars so placed as to catch bicycle wheels;

(15) Bicycle rentals at appropriate locations; and

(16) The feasibility of constructing bikeways along at least each of the corridors set forth in paragraph (g) of this section.

In conducting the study, opportunity shall be given for public comments and suggestions. Input shall also be solicited from state, regional and local planning staffs, state, regional and local agencies, bicycle organizations and other interested groups and be related to comprehensive transportation planning for the area designated in paragraph (b) of this section. The study shall, using as a goal a minimum of 180 miles of bikeways, examine as large a network of facilities as is practicable within the area described in paragraph (b) of this section and shall recommend physical designs for said facilities. The study shall also propose a compliance schedule for establishing any recommended permanent bicycle facilities.

(d) The Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall submit to the Regional Administrator no later than October 1, 1975, a detailed compliance schedule showing the steps that will be taken to carry out the study required by paragraph (c) of this section. The compliance schedule shall at a minimum include:

(1) Designation of the agency responsible for conducting the study;

(2) A date for initiation of the study, which date shall be no later than October 1, 1975; and

(3) A date for completion of the study, and submittal thereof to the Administrator, which date shall be no later than June 30, 1976.

(e) On or before September 1, 1976, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register his response to the study required by paragraph (c) of this section, and shall, in that response, either approve the facility location and designs and other requirements as well as the proposed compliance schedule for permanent facilities recommended in the study, or shall designate alternative and/or additional facility locations and designs and other requirements as well as modify the proposed compliance schedule for permanent facilities. The Administrator may provide, if he deems it necessary, for a public comment period prior to the effective date of his response.

(f) Permanent bicycle facilities. At the conclusion of the study required by paragraph (c) of this section and the Administrator's response thereto, the Commonwealth shall, together with the municipalities and other authorities having jurisdiction over affected roadways and areas establish permanent bicycle facilities as required by the Administrator's response to the study.

(g) The potential bikeway corridors to be studied pursuant to paragraph (c)(16) are as follows:

(1) Central Square, Cambridge to Boston University;

(2) Harvard Square, Cambridge to Union Square, Allston;

(3) Union Square, Somerville to Central Square, Cambridge;

(4) Union Square, Allston to Government Center;

(5) Harvard Square, Cambridge to Government Center;

(6) Brookline Village to Government Center;

(7) Boston University to Longwood Avenue Hospital Zone;

(8) Egleston Square to Government Center;

(9) Columbus Park to Boston Common;

(10) L Street Beach to Government Center;

(11) Powder House Circle, Somerville to Harvard Square;

(12) Everett to Government Center;

(13) Porter Square, Cambridge to Columbus Park, Boston;

(14) Cleveland Circle to Government Center;

(15) Porter Square, Cambridge to Government Center;

(16) Harvard Square, Cambridge to Boston City Hospital; and

(17) Charlestown, Longfellow, Harvard, Boston University, River Street, Western Avenue, Anderson, Summer Street, and Broadway Bridges.

(h) The MBTA shall provide bicycle parking facilities at each major MBTA station adequate to meet the needs of MBTA riders within the area designated in paragraph (b) of this section. Said parking facilities shall at a minimum be located at:

(1) All stations of the Riverside portion of the Green Line;

(2) Reasonably spaced stops on other portions of the Green Line;

(3) All stations of the Red, Orange, and Blue Lines; and shall have spaces for at least six bicycles per station, except for facilities at terminal stations which shall have spaces for at least 24 bicycles.

(i) The Commonwealth shall provide for advertisement of bikeways and bicycle parking facilities in use within the area designated in paragraph (b) of this section to potential users by means of media advertisement, the distribution and posting of bikeway maps and bike safety information, as well as for a program of bicycle safety education including the motor vehicle operators license examination and public service advertisement.

[40 FR 25168, June 12, 1975]

§ 52.1163 Additional control measures for East Boston.
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(a) On or before December 31, 1975, the Governor, the Mayor of the City of Boston, the Chairman of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the Chairman of the Massachusetts Port Authority (“Massport”) shall each submit to the Regional Administrator a study or studies of various alternative strategies to minimize the number of vehicle trips to and from Logan International Airport (“Logan Airport”) and to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide in the vicinity of the Callahan and Sumner Tunnels to a level consistent with the national primary ambient air quality standards. These studies may be combined into one or more joint studies. These studies shall contain recommendations for control measures to be implemented prior to May 31, 1977. Measures to be studied shall include but need not be limited to, the following:

(1) Incentives and programs for reductions in the use of single-passenger vehicles through the Callahan and Sumner Tunnels;

(2) Alterations in traffic patterns in the tunnel area;

(3) Use of exclusive lanes for buses, carpools, taxis and limousines during peak travel hours;

(4) Reduction of parking spaces at Logan Airport and increased parking charges at remaining spaces;

(5) Construction of satellite terminal facilities for Logan Airport;

(6) Use of alternate modes of transportation for trips to and from Logan Airport, and establishment of facilities at Logan Airport to accommodate such modes;

(7) Improved transit service between the Blue Line subway stop and airline terminals at Logan Airport; and (continued)