Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0612-0013
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2007-05-02T04:00Z

Agenda for the June 22, 2006 Call with AGC, ARTBA and NAHB on the
SAFETEA-LU

Conformity Rulemaking

Introductions

Opportunity for questions on the February 14, 2006 interim SAFETEA-LU
conformity guidance.  [A copy of the guidance is available at: 
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/conformity/sec6011guidmemo.htm]

How EPA is planning to address:

      Conformity Redeterminations

      Frequency

      Lapse Grace Period

      Conformity SIPs

      Horizons

      TCM Substitution

Feedback on our plans

General Plans for the Rulemaking

Major Topics of  Discussion During the June 22, 2006 Call with AGC,
ARTBA and NAHB on the SAFETEA-LU Conformity Rulemaking

Participants: EPA, AGC, ARTBA, NAHB

Major Topics of Discussion:

Overview of the transportation conformity-related Clean Air Act
amendments made by SAFETEA-LU

General plans and timeline for the SAFETEA-LU conformity rulemaking

Questions asked by the participants:

Will areas designated nonattainment for new/revised air quality
standards be eligible for the one-year new nonattainment area grace
period?

What is a donut area and how is conformity determined in such an area?

How have metropolitan planning organizations reacted to the frequency,
redeterminations, and horizon provisions contained in SAFETEA-LU?

If a budget is first found adequate and then approved, does that trigger
the requirement for another conformity determination?

What SIP actions would trigger a conformity determination?  Would a SIP
disapproval ever trigger a conformity determination?

Could areas take advantage of the lapse grace period provision to avoid
making some conformity determinations in response to the SIP triggers?

How does the change in frequency from 3 years to 4 years work?

Will isolated rural areas be eligible to use the horizon provision in
SAFETEA-LU?