Section 20-1502. TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY – PURPOSE

 

1502.1In accordance with §§ 110 and 171-193 (Part D) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7410 and 7501 et seq., the District must develop an air quality SIP that includes conformity of transportation plans, programs, and projects funded or approved by the United States Department of Transportation; the metropolitan planning organization; the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1962, as amended, 23 U.S.C. § 134 et seq.; or the federal transit laws, 49 U.S.C. § 5303 et seq. 

 

1502.2 In accordance with 40 CFR §§ 51.390 and 93.100 - .160, the District must periodically revise the air quality SIP to address transportation conformity. 

 

1502.3Information that the District submits to the MPO for purposes of seeking a transportation conformity determination shall demonstrate that the total emissions projected for a plan or program are within the emissions limits established by the SIP, and that transportation control measures (TCMs) included in United States Environmental Protection Agency-approved SIPs are implemented in a timely fashion.

 

 

authority

Sections 5 and 6(b) of the District of Columbia Air Pollution Control Act of 1984, as amended, effective March 15, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-165; D.C. Official Code §§ 8-101.05 and 8-101.06(b)), section 107(4) of the District Department of the Environment Establishment Act of 2005, effective February 15, 2006 (D.C. Law 16-51; D.C. Official Code § 8-151.07(4)), Mayor’s Order 98-44, dated April 10, 1998, and Mayor’s Order 2006-61, dated June 14, 2006

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 527 (January 8, 2010), incorporating text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 3132, 3133 (April 24, 2009).