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15 In CO nonattainment and maintenance areas, a 

hot-spot analysis is required for all non-exempt 

projects, with quantitative hot-spot analyses being 

required for larger, congested intersections and 

other projects (40 CFR 93.123(a)(1)). In addition, in 

PM2.5 and PM10 nonattainment and maintenance 

areas, the transportation conformity regulation 

requires that a quantitative hot-spot analysis be 

completed for certain projects (see 40 CFR 

93.123(b)(1)). 

16See https://www.epa.gov/state-and-localtransportation/project-level-conformity-and-hotspot-analyses#cohotspot. 

being approved may be replaced in the 

future by new adequate budgets. This 

flexibility has been used in limited 

situations in the past. In such cases, the 

MOVES5-based budgets would be used 

for conformity purposes once they have 

been found adequate, if requested by the 

state in its SIP submission and specified 

in EPA’s SIP approval. States should 

consult with their EPA Regional Office 

to determine if this flexibility applies to 

their situation. 

C. Use of MOVES5 for Regional 

Emissions Analyses During the Grace 

Period 

During the conformity grace period, 

areas should use interagency 

consultation to examine how MOVES5 

will impact their future transportation 

plan and TIP conformity 

determinations, including regional 

emissions analyses. Isolated rural areas 

should also consider how future 

regional emissions analyses will be 

affected when the MOVES5 grace period 

ends. Areas should carefully consider 

whether the SIP and budgets should be 

revised with MOVES5 or if 

transportation plans and TIPs should be 

revised before the end of the conformity 

grace period, since doing so may be 

necessary to ensure conformity in the 

future. 

Finally, the transportation conformity 

rule provides flexibility for completing 

conformity determinations based on 

regional emissions analyses that use 

MOVES4 that are started before the end 

of the grace period. Regional emissions 

analyses that are started during the 

MOVES5 grace period can use either 

MOVES5 or MOVES4. The interagency 

consultation process should be used if 

it is unclear if a MOVES4-based analysis 

was begun before the end of the grace 

period. If there are questions about 

which model should be used in a 

conformity determination, the EPA 

Regional Office can be consulted. 

When the grace period ends on 

December 11, 2026, MOVES5 will 

become the only EPA motor vehicle 

emissions model for regional emissions 

analyses for transportation conformity 

in states other than California. In 

general, this means that all new 

transportation plan and TIP conformity 

determinations started after the end of 

the grace period must be based on 

MOVES5, even if the SIP is based on 

MOVES4 or an older version of the 

MOVES model. 

D. Use of MOVES5 for Project-Level HotSpot Analyses During the Conformity 

Grace Period 

The MOVES5 grace period also 

applies to the use of MOVES5 for CO, 

PM10 and PM2.5 hot-spot analyses. 

Sections 93.116 and 93.123 of the 

transportation conformity regulation 

contain the requirements for when a 

hot-spot analysis is required for projectlevel conformity determinations.15 The 

transportation conformity rule provides 

flexibility for analyses that are started 

before the end of the grace period. A 

conformity determination for a 

transportation project may be based on 

a previous model if the analysis was 

begun before or during the grace period, 

and if the final environmental document 

for the project is issued no more than 

three years after the issuance of the draft 

environmental document (40 CFR 

93.111(c)). Interagency consultation 

should be used if it is unclear if a 

previous analysis was begun before the 

end of the grace period. For CO, PM10

and PM2.5 hot-spot analyses that start 

during the MOVES5 grace period, 

project sponsors can choose to use 

MOVES5 or MOVES4. Any new CO, 

PM10 or PM2.5 hot-spot analyses for 

conformity purposes begun after the end 

of the MOVES5 grace period must be 

based on MOVES5. 

Interagency consultation must be used 

to evaluate and choose model(s) and 

associated methods and assumptions to 

be used in hot-spot analyses and 

regional emissions analyses (40 CFR 

93.105(c)(1)(i)). This includes which 

MOVES version to use for a hot-spot 

analysis. EPA encourages project 

sponsors to use the consultation process 

to determine which option may be most 

appropriate for a given situation. For 

questions about how the MOVES grace 

periods apply in a project-level 

conformity determination, contact your 

EPA Regional Office. 

EPA has guidance on how to conduct 

quantitative PM2.5 and PM10 hot-spot 

modeling for transportation conformity 

purposes, and on how to use MOVES for 

a CO hot-spot analysis. See EPA’s 

‘‘Project-level Conformity’’ website, 

https://www.epa.gov/state-and-localtransportation/project-level-conformityand-hot-spot-analyses, for the latest 

information and guidance documents on 

how to conduct CO, PM10 and PM2.5 hotspot modeling for transportation 

conformity purposes. 

E. FHWA’s CO Categorical Hot-Spot 

Finding 

FHWA released the most recent CO 

categorical hot-spot finding for 

intersection projects on January 31, 

2023, that was based on MOVES3.16

Until September 12, 2025, a project 

sponsor outside of California may 

continue to rely on the categorical 

finding for applicable projects that are 

determined through interagency 

consultation to be covered by the 

finding’s parameters. However, any new 

CO hot-spot analyses for conformity 

purposes begun after September 12, 

2025, would not be able to rely on the 

MOVES3-based January 2023 CO 

categorical hot-spot finding. 

F. CO Hot-spot Protocols that Were 

Previously Approved into the SIP 

Section 93.123(a)(1) of the 

transportation conformity regulation 

allows areas to develop alternate 

procedures for determining localized 

CO hot-spot analyses, when developed 

through interagency consultation and 

approved by the EPA Regional 

Administrator. Some states have chosen 

in the past to develop such procedures 

based on previous EPA emissions 

models. 

During the MOVES5 grace period, 

areas with previously approved CO hotspot protocols based on MOVES4 may 

continue to rely on these protocols. 

Once the MOVES5 two-year grace 

period ends, new CO hot-spot analyses 

for conformity purposes will need to be 

based onMOVES5 and thus may no 

longer rely on CO hot-spot protocols 

based on MOVES4 or earlier versions. 

William Charmley, 

Director, Assessment and Standards Division, 

Office of Transportation and Air Quality. 

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1 .............. Office of Engineering and Technology ....... Title: Unlicensed Use of the 6 GHz Band (ET Docket No. 18–295); Expanding Flexible 

Use in Mid-Band Spectrum Between 3.7 and 24 GHz (GN Docket No. 17–183). 

Summary: The Commission will consider a Third Report and Order that would expand 

unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band by very low power devices in two additional subbands, making a contiguous 1200 megahertz of spectrum available for use by these 

devices. 

2 .............. Media .......................................................... Title: Broadcast Rule Update (MB Docket No. 24–626). 

Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would 

amend its rules for radio and television stations to reflect current application processing requirements, clarify and harmonize provisions, and remove references to 

outdated procedures and legacy filing systems. 

3 .............. Wireline Competition ................................... Title: Connect America Fund (WC Docket No. 10–90); The Uniendo a Puerto Rico 

Fund and the Connect USVI Fund (WC Docket No. 18–143); Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (WC Docket No. 19–126); Letters of Credit for Recipients of High-Cost 

Competitive Bidding Support (WC Docket No. 24–144); Connect America Fund 

Phase II Auction (AU Docket No. 17–182); Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction 

(AU Docket No.20–34); Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural America (GN Docket No. 

20–32). 

Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would adopt targeted modifications to the requirements for Letters of Credit that recipients of Universal Service Fund (USF) high-cost support awarded through a competitive process must obtain. 

4 .............. Enforcement ................................................ Title: Enforcement Order on Reconsideration (EB Docket No. 23–64). 

Summary: The Commission will consider an Order on Reconsideration of its March 

19, 2024, Memorandum Opinion and Order in the UPM Technology, Inc. v. 

Unigestion Holding, S.A., d/b/a Digicel Haiti, complaint proceeding. 

5 .............. Enforcement ................................................ Title: Enforcement Bureau Action. 

Summary: The Commission will consider an enforcement action. 

6 .............. Enforcement ................................................ Title: Enforcement Bureau Action. 

Summary: The Commission will consider an enforcement action. 

7 .............. Enforcement ................................................ Title: Enforcement Bureau Action. 

Summary: The Commission will consider an enforcement action. 

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