Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 14 - CONFORMITY DETERMINATIONS › Table 2 - Exempt Projects

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Exempt
							 Projects
SAFETY
1.
Railroad or highway crossing.
2.
Hazard elimination program.
3.
Safer non-federal-aid system roads.
4.
Shoulder improvements.
5.
Increasing sight distance.
6.
Safety improvement program.
7.
Traffic control devices and operating assistance
							 other than signalization projects.
8.
Railroad or highway crossing warning
							 devices.
9.
Guardrails, median barriers, crash
							 cushions.
10.
Pavement resurfacing or rehabilitation.
11.
Pavement marking demonstration.
12.
Emergency relief (
							 23 U.S.C. 125
							 ).
13.
Fencing.
14.
Skid treatments.
15.
Safety roadside rest areas.
16.
Adding medians.
17.
Truck climbing lanes outside the urbanized
							 area.
18.
Lighting improvements.
19.
Widening narrow pavements or reconstructing bridges
							 (no additional travel lanes).
20.
Emergency truck pullovers.
MASS TRANSIT
1.
Operating assistance to transit agencies.
2.
Purchase of support vehicles.
3.
Rehabilitation of transit vehicles. (In
							 PM10 nonattainment or maintenance areas, such projects
							 are exempt only if they are in compliance with control measures in the
							 applicable implementation plan.)
4.
Purchase of office, shop, and operating equipment for
							 existing facilities.
5.
Purchase of operating equipment for vehicles (e.g.,
							 radios, fareboxes, lifts, etc.).
6.
Construction or renovation of power, signal, and
							 communications systems.
7.
Construction of small passenger shelters and
							 information kiosks.
8.
Reconstruction or renovation of transit buildings and
							 structures (e.g., rail or bus buildings, storage and maintenance facilities,
							 stations, terminals, and ancillary structures).
9.
Rehabilitation or reconstruction of track structures,
							 track, and trackbed in existing rights-of-way.
10.
Purchase of new buses and rail cars to replace
							 existing vehicles or for minor expansions of the fleet. (In
							 PM10 nonattainment or maintenance areas, such projects
							 are exempt only if they are in compliance with control measures in the
							 applicable implementation plan.)
11.
Construction of new bus or rail storage or
							 maintenance facilities categorically excluded in 23 CFR 771.
AIR QUALITY
1.
Continuation of ride-sharing and van-pooling
							 promotion activities at current levels.
2.
Bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
OTHER
1.
Specific activities which do not involve or lead
							 directly to construction, such as:
a.
Planning and technical studies.
b.
Grants for training and research
							 programs.
c.
Planning activities conducted pursuant to Titles 23
							 and 49 U.S.C.
d.
Federal-aid systems revisions.
2.
Engineering to assess social, economic and
							 environmental effects of the proposed action or alternatives to that
							 action.
3.
Noise attenuation.
4.
Advance land acquisitions ( 23 CFR 712 or 23 CFR 771
							 ).
5.
Acquisition of scenic easements.
6.
Plantings, landscaping, etc.
7.
Sign removal.
8.
Directional and informational signs.
9.
Transportation enhancement activities (except
							 rehabilitation and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures,
							 or facilities).
10.
Repair of damage caused by natural disasters, civil
							 unrest, or terrorist acts, except projects involving substantial functional,
							 locational or capacity changes.