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| 96-16581 | Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Flexibility and Streamlining | Proposed Rule | EPA is proposing a more streamlined and flexible transportation conformity rule. The conformity rule requires that transportation plans, programs, and projects conform to state air quality implementation plans (SIPs) and establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether or not they do. Conformity to a SIP means that transportation activities will not produce new air quality violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely attainment of national ambient air quality standards. Since publication of the original rule in November 1993, EPA, the Department of Transportation (DOT), and state and local air and transportation officials have had considerable experience implementing the criteria and procedures in the rule. The changes proposed today are a result of this experience and are intended to make the conformity rule less complex and make it a more effective planning tool. The proposed changes will not result in any change in health and environmental benefits. This proposed rule would give state and local governments more authority in setting the performance measures used as tests of conformity and more discretion when a transportation plan does not conform to a SIP. The proposal would allow motor vehicle emissions budgets in a submitted SIP to be used to determine conformity instead of the ``build/no-build'' test. Modeling requirements would be tailored for different types of areas, and rural areas would be able to choose among several conformity tests. | 1996-07-09 | 1996 | 7 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/07/09/96-16581/transportation-conformity-rule-amendments-flexibility-and-streamlining | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-07-09/pdf/96-16581.pdf | Environmental Protection Agency | 145 | EPA is proposing a more streamlined and flexible transportation conformity rule. The conformity rule requires that transportation plans, programs, and projects conform to state air quality implementation plans (SIPs) and establishes the criteria and... |