TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY WORKING GROUP

of the

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS

February 25, 2014

Minutes

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- 1 TCWG Minutes F ebruary 25 , 2013 THE FOLLOWING MINUTES ARE A SUMMARY OF THE MEETING OF THE

TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY WORKING GROUP. A DIGITAL RECORDING

OF THE ACTUAL MEETING IS AVAILABLE FOR LISTENING IN SCAG’S OFFICE.

The Meeting of the Transportation Conformity Working Group was held at the SCAG office in

Los Angeles.

In Attendance:

Abrishami

, Lori Metro

Castro, Fernando Caltrans, District 7

Morris, Michael FHWA

Perez, Brenda FHWA

Sherwood, Arni e TCA

SCAG

Gutierrez, Pablo

Lee, Maria

Liu, Jeff

Luo, Rongsheng

Via Teleconference:

Anderson, Ca ri ARB

Mor t e n son, M arilee Caltrans Headquarters

Tavitas, Rodney Caltrans Headquarters

Brady, Mike Caltrans Headquarters

Cacatian, Ben VCAPCD

DeHate, Eric RCTC

Fagan, Paul Caltrans, District 8

Garcia, Dan SCAQMD

Gallo, Ilene Caltrans, District 11

J affery

, E dison Caltrans, District 8

O’Connor, K arina EPA, Region 9

Shah

, A hm a d Caltrans, District 8

Sonnenberg, Stew FHWA

Tax, Wienke EPA, Region 9

Tisoupulos, Tara OCTA

Walecka, Carla TCA

Yoon, Andrew Caltrans, District 7

Malisos, Achilles RBF Consulting

Namazi

, Leili RBF ConsultingTRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY WORKING GROUP

of the

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February 25, 2014

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- 2 TCWG Minutes F ebruary 25 , 2013 1.0 CALL TO ORDER

Fernando Castro, Caltrans District 7, called the meeting to order at 10:05 am.

2.0 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

There were no public comments.

3.0 CONSENT CALENDAR

3.1 TCWG January 28, 2014 Meeting Minutes

The minutes w ere deferred to next TCWG me eting

.

4.0 INFORMATION ITEMS

4.1 Review of PM Hot Spot Interagency Review Forms

1) SCAG015

It was determined that this i s not a P OAQC

.

2) RIV120201

It was r eaffirm ed that this is an e xempt p roject.

4.2 FTIP Update

P ablo Gutierrez , SCAG, reported the following:

 County project su bmittals for 2013 FTIP A mendment # 13

- 17 were due to

SCAG today

.

 SCAG staff continue s analyzing 2015 FTIP project submittals

.

4.3 RTP Update

There was no new update.

4.4 EPA updates

Wienke Tax , EPA Region 9, r eported the following:

 EPA withdrew its previous approval s of South Coast VMT offset

demonstration s for 1

- hour and 1997 8

- hour ozone standards

, e ffective April 29

, 2013

. The EPA action trigger ed two sanction clocks in South Coast . If not

resolved, s tationary source s anction s would start in October 2014 and highway

sanctions w ould start in April 2015. EPA is required to take action on updatedTRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY WORKING GROUP

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- 3 TCWG Minutes F ebruary 25 , 2013

So uth Coast VMT offset demonstration s per a legal settlement agreement b y

August 2014

.

4.5 ARB UPDATE

Cari Anderson, ARB

, r eported the following:

 T wo updates w ere presented in the January ARB Board meeting and are

available online:

1) Air quality progress update in the South Coast region ; and

2) S B 375 implementation status update

.

 Two presentations were g iven in the February ARB Board meeting:

1) P resentation on latest science of ozone and PM 2.5 atmos pheric chemistry in

S outh C oast ; and

2) Presentation on Proposed First Update to AB 32 S coping P lan

.

 The March ARB Board meeting has been canceled

.

 ARB c ontinues working on Imperial County SIP for 2006 PM2.5 standard

which is scheduled to be presented to ARB B oard in June 2014

. Draft PM2.5

c onformity budgets were e xpected to be completed this week.

 Minor updates to Western Mo j ave Desert and Coachella Valley 19 97 8

- hour

ozone SIPs have been reschedu led for September 2014 ARB Board meeting.

 Next Statewide Conformity Working Group would be held on M arch 1 2, 2014

. M eeting a genda and attachments w ere expected to be posted online next week

.

4.6 Air Districts Update

Ben Cacatian , VCAPCD, stated that V CAPCD had no new update

.

Dan Garcia, SCAQMD, stated that SCAQMD had no new update.

5.0 INFORMATION SHARING

Jeff Liu , SCAG, announced that SCAG ’ s new Draft Public Participation Plan h ad been

released for a 45

- day public review and comment period on January 22, 2014

. Mr. Liu

made a brief presentation on the Draft Plan.

Rongsheng Luo, SCAG, congratulated Mike Brady, Caltrans Headquarters, on his

upcoming retirement. Mr. Luo a cknowledged Mr. Brady for his valuable service and

significant con tribution a s a long

- term member of TCWG and presented SCAG ’ s

Certificate of Appreciation signed by SCAG President H o n orable Greg Pettis and

Executive Director Mr. Hasan Ikhrata.TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY WORKING GROUP

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- 4 TCWG Minutes F ebruary 25 , 2013 6.0 ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 10:40 am.

The next Transportation Conformity Working Group meeting will be held on Tuesday

March 25 , 2014 at the SCAG office in downtown Los Angeles.