TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY WORKING GROUP

of the

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS

August 2 6

, 2014

Minutes

3. 2

- 1 TCWG Minutes A ugust 2 6 , 2014 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:

Chandan, Meenu Caltrans, District 8

Cooper, Keith ICF International

Fornelli, Justin SANBAG

Galvan, Ra nd y Caltrans , District 8

Garcia, Dan SCAQMD

Hatcher, Shannon ICF International

Louka, Tony Caltrans, Dist rict 8

Mc F alls, Matthew ICF International

Meyer, Clint HDR Engineering

Sherwood, Arnie UC Berkeley

SCAG

Asuncion, John

Luo, Rongsheng

Via Teleconference:

Anderson, Cari ARB

Chu, Philip SANBAG

DeHate, Eric RCTC

Ejlalmaneshan, Susan Caltrans Headquarters

Fagan, Paul Caltrans, District 8

Gallo, Ilene Caltrans, District 11

Hosseini, Ehsan Terry Hayes Associates

K ee l , Steve R CTC

Moe

- Luna

, Lorelle RCTC

Morris, Michael FHWA

Odufalu, Olufemi Caltrans, District 8

Silverman, Sam Terry Hayes Associates

Sheehy, Erin OCTA

Tavitas, Rodney Caltrans Headquarters

Tax, Wienke EPA, Region 9

Vaughn, Joseph FHWA

Yoon, Andrew Caltrans, District 7TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY WORKING GROUP

of the

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS

August 2 6

, 2014

Minutes

3. 2

- 2 TCWG Minutes A ugust 2 6 , 2014 1.0 CALL TO ORDER AND SELF

- INTRODUCTION

Tony Louka, Caltrans District 8, called the meeting to order at 10:0 5 am.

2.0 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

There were no public comments.

3.0 CONSENT CALENDAR

3.1 TCWG June 2 4 , 2014 Meeting Minutes

The meeting minutes were approved

.

3.2 TCWG J uly 2 2 , 2014 Meeting Minutes

The meeting minutes were approved

.

4.0 INFORMATION ITEMS

4.1 Review of PM Hot Spot Interagency Review Forms

1) 2 01186

It was determined that this is not a POAQC (EPA concurrence received via

email after the meeting)

.

2) 2 0061012

It was determined that this is not a POAQC p ending EPA concurrence (FTA

concurrence received via email after the meeting )

.

3) S BD41339

It was determined that this is not a POAQC (EPA concurrence received via

email after the meeting ; ADDT volumes in submitted PM hot spot review form

w ere reaffirmed by project lead via email after the meeting )

.

4) I

- 110 Elevated Off

- Ramp Connector Project

It was determined that this is not a POAQC (EPA concurrence received via

email after the meeting)

.

4.2 Review of PM Hot Spot Quantitative Analysis

1) RIV071267

TCWG discussed about and provided comm ents on the modeling protocol (EPA

and SCAQMD provided comments via email before and after the meeting

respectively )

. Project lead will prepare detailed modeling protocol to address

comments received

.TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY WORKING GROUP

of the

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS

August 2 6

, 2014

Minutes

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- 3 TCWG Minutes A ugust 2 6 , 2014

2) 20111625

TCWG discussed about and provided comm ents on the modeling protocol (EPA

and SCAQMD provided comments via email before and after the meeting

respectively )

. Project lead will discuss with EPA, FHWA, and Caltrans District

8 to confirm whethe r this project is a POAQC and, if yes, will prepare detailed

modeling protocol to address comments received

.

4.3 FTIP Update

John Asuncion, SCAG, reported the following:

 2015 FTIP i s scheduled to be presented to SCAG’s Regional Council f o r

approval on September 11, 2014 and FHWA/FTA approval is anticipated in

mid

- December 2014

.

 2015 FTIP Amendment #15

- 01 i s under analysis by SCAG staff a nd w ill be

submitted to FHWA/FTA for concurrent approval with 201 5 FTIP in mid

December 2014

.

4.4 RTP Update

O n behalf of Naresh Amatya, SCAG

, R ongsheng Luo , SCAG, reported t hat

Amendment No. 2 to 2012

- 2035 RTP/SCS w ill be presented to SCAG ’ s Regional

Council on September 11, 2014 for approval concurrently with 2015 FTIP ; and

FHWA/FTA approval is also anticipated in mid

- December 2014

.

4.5 EPA Update

Wienke Tax, EPA Region 9, reported t hat EPA h ad finalized approval of 1

- hour

ozone S IP a s well as 1

- hour and 1997 8

- hour ozone VMT offset demonstrat ions for

South Coast Air Basin b y settle ment agreement deadline ; and final rules w ill be

published in Federal Register s oon

.

4.6 ARB Update

C ari Anderson, ARB, reported that 1997 8

- hour ozone SIP update for Western

Mojave and Coachella Valley w ill be pulled from September 2014 ARB Board

meeting agenda and rescheduled to a later date this year

.

In response to a question , Ms. Anderson stated that f irst EMFAC2014 workshop i s

still tentatively scheduled in October 2014 ; EMFAC2014 release i s tentatively

scheduled to be in the end of 2014 ; and EMFAC 2014 is expected to be submitted to

EPA in beginning of 2015 for review and approval

.TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY WORKING GROUP

of the

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS

August 2 6

, 2014

Minutes

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- 4 TCWG Minutes A ugust 2 6 , 2014 4.7 Air Districts Update

Dan Garcia, SCAQMD, reported t hat a new ( 10 th ) policy white paper had been

added to address off

- road equipment for 2016 AQMP

.

5.0 INFORMATION SHARING

Rodney Tavitas , Caltrans Headquarters, stated that next Statewide Conformity Working

Group meeting will be held on September 17, 2014 , 9:30 am

– 12: 00 pm and meeting

agenda will be sent out soon

.

6.0 ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 1 1 : 4 5 am.

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

S eptember 2 3

, 2014 at the SCAG office in downtown Los Angeles.