federal_register: 99-30903
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| 99-30903 | Transportation Conformity Amendment: Deletion of Grace Period | Proposed Rule | EPA proposes to delete a provision of the transportation conformity rule that was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Sierra Club v. EPA, et al., 129 F.3d 137 (D.C. Cir. 1997)). In 1995, we amended the conformity rule so that new nonattainment areas would have a one-year grace period before transportation conformity began applying. In 1997, the court overturned this grace period. This action formally deletes the provision from the transportation conformity rule in compliance with the court ruling. In addition, we discuss in this document some issues that were raised in a Petition for Reconsideration of the original transportation conformity rule (finalized November 24, 1993). We are not proposing any changes to the conformity rule in response to these issues. We are required by a court settlement to finalize rulemaking on these issues by December 31, 1999. We agreed to this settlement in 1998 in response to litigation by the Environmental Defense Fund. Transportation conformity is a Clean Air Act requirement for transportation plans, programs, and projects to conform to state air quality plans. Conformity to a state air quality plan means that transportation activities will not produce new air quality violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely attainment of the national air quality standards. Our transportation conformity rule establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether or not transportation activities conform to the state air quality plan. | 1999-11-30 | 1999 | 11 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/11/30/99-30903/transportation-conformity-amendment-deletion-of-grace-period | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-11-30/pdf/99-30903.pdf | Environmental Protection Agency | 145 | EPA proposes to delete a provision of the transportation conformity rule that was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Sierra Club v. EPA, et al., 129 F.3d 137 (D.C. Cir. 1997)). In 1995, we amended the... |