Air Quality Conformity. An Air Quality Technical Report, dated June 2010, was prepared for the project and indicates that implementation of the project will not adversely impact existing air quality at representative sensitive receptors within the project area. The project will not violate any state or federal carbon monoxide (CO) standards and as such, no mitigation measures are needed. Furthermore, the project fully conforms to the State Implementation Plan‟s (SIP) purpose of attaining and maintaining national ambient air quality standards, and meets all criteria for a finding of conformity with the SIP. A project level conformity determination was submitted and approved by FHWA in May 2011.
Air Quality Conformity. The proposed project is exempt from the requirement to determine air quality conformity under Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 93.126 (Table 2–Pavement resurfacing and/or rehabilitation). Therefore, an air quality study is not required.
Air Quality Conformity. Air Quality-The Pumpkin Center Roadway Rehabilitation project is exempt from regional conformity under Table 3, Title 40, Section 93.127, of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. The project was presented to Interagency Consultation Partners and was found not to be a “Project of Air Quality Concern”. Concurrence from Caltrans and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was received on September 19, 2019.
Air Quality Conformity. The project is divided into San Xxxx Obispo and Santa Xxxxxxx Counties. Santa Xxxxxxx County is in attainment for all Federal Standards. San Xxxx Obispo County is in attainment for all Federal Standards except for the eastern portion of the county which is in non-attainment for Federal Ozone Standards. More specifically, the project is located in the western portion of San Xxxx Obispo County; therefore, conformity requirements do not apply to the project.
Air Quality Conformity. The project is included in the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s (MTC’s) Bay Area Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), Plan Bay Area 2040, amended 2020 (RTP ID No. 17-10- 0065). The project is in the 2019 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which was adopted by the MTC on September 28, 2018 (TIP ID No. ALA170009). The FHWA and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approved the 2019 TIP on December 17, 2018. The design concept and scope of the proposed project is consistent with the project description in the 2017 RTP as amended in 2020, the 2019 TIP, and the open to traffic assumptions of the MTC’s regional emissions analysis. Therefore, the project is in conformity with the State Implementation Plan (SIP) and will not otherwise interfere with timely implementation of any Transportation Control Measures in the applicable SIP. The project team conducted consultation with MTC Air Quality Conformity Task Force for PM2.5 conformity analysis on March 1, 2019, and the project was determined to be not of air quality concern. FHWA provided concurrence on project-level conformity on September 23, 2020.
Air Quality Conformity. Prior to the adoption of an amendment to the TIP, there shall first be a determination of conformity in accordance with the procedures described in § 1.5.7 of this Part. 670-RICR-00-00-1 § 1.5.7
Air Quality Conformity. FHWA is responsible for initiating formal transportation conformity consultation and issuing conformity findings/ determinations on MPO Transportation Plans and Transportation Improvement Programs (TIP) in non-attainment or maintenance areas consistent with the requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/DOT regulations. Project level conformity is demonstrated by FHWA within the context of NEPA documents. Amendments to Transportation Plans and TIPs that affect regional transportation emissions require new conformity determinations and findings to be made by the MPO and the FHWA respectively. AHTD will ensure that a conformity-finding letter is obtained from FHWA before TIPs/projects can be approved or amended into the Arkansas Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).
Air Quality Conformity. Regional Conformity The proposed project is listed as an Interchange Reconfiguration Project and is exempt from regional analysis (40 CFR 93.127). The proposed project is listed in the 2018 financially constrained RTP, which was found to conform by the SJCOG on June 28, 2018, and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) made a regional conformity determination finding on 2018 RTIP and 2019 Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP) adopted on December 14, 2017 and June 28, 2018, respectively. FHWA and FTA approved Amendment #1 to the RTP and Amendment #4 to the 2019 FTIP on May 9, 2019. This amendment revised the project opening year from 2021 to 2022. Amendment #2 to the RTP and Amendment #11 to the 2019 FTIP revised the project opening year from 2022 to 2023. The SJCOG Board approved the amendment on September 26, 2019. As Amendment #2 includes primarily open-to-traffic date updates, without crossing air quality horizon years, the amendment relies on the conformity analysis and determination for Amendment #1. FHWA and FTA approved Amendment #2 to the RTP and Amendment #11 to the 2019 FTIP on November 20, 2019. Amendment #4 to the RTP and Amendment #18 to the 2019 FTIP updated the project costs and funding sources in the FTIP. The SJCOG Board approved the amendment on December 3, 2020. FHWA and FTA approved Amendment #4 to the RTP and Amendment #18 to the 2019 FTIP on January 15, 2021. Project-Level Conformity The project is located in San Xxxxxxx Valley Air Basin and is in Nonattainment- Moderate for PM2.5, thus a project-level hot-spot analysis for PM2.5 is required under 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 93.109. The project is not designated as a Transportation Control Measure (TCM) and will not interfere with any TCMs. The project does not cause or contribute to any new localized carbon monoxide (CO), PM2.5, and/or PM10 violations, or delay timely attainment of any National Ambient Air Quality Standards or any required interim emission reductions or other milestones during the timeframe of the transportation plan (or regional emissions analysis). The consultation process. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and FHWA issued concurrence that the project is not a project of air quality concern on May 8, 2018 and May 14, 2018, respectively. A detailed PM10 and PM2.5 hot-spot analysis was not completed because the Federal Clean Air Act and 40 CFR 93.116 requirements are met without an explicit hot-spot...
Air Quality Conformity. Air Quality— This scope of work assumes a full air quality technical report is not required because the project will not result in any increase in traffic or modification of operational characteristics of the roadway. It is assumed that an Air Quality Conformity Report will be sufficient for Caltrans. The report will document that the project is not a project of air quality concern. This assumes reliance on the modeling done for the 2004 Regional Transportation Plan and the 2006 (or 2008, if adopted) Regional Transportation Improvement Plan. Construction emissions will be calculated for use in the MND; however, Caltrans generally does not quantify construction emissions and may not want it in a joint document. Deliverables:
Air Quality Conformity. A. The Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) require a new conformity determination if the STIP is amended by adding or deleting a regionally significant project or determined by interagency consultation, except for traffic signal projects, which can be included in subsequent analysis as permitted by the Final Conformity Rule.
