New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 11 - ALBUQUERQUE - BERNALILLO COUNTY AIR QUALITY CONTROL BOARD › Part 3 - TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY › Section 20.11.3.110 - CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES: LATEST PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Except as provided in Subsection A of
				20.11.3.110 NMAC, the conformity determination, with respect to all other
				applicable criteria in 20.11.3.111 NMAC through 20.11.3.119 NMAC, shall be
				based upon the most recent planning assumptions in force at the time the
				conformity analysis begins. The conformity determination shall satisfy the
				requirements of Subsections B through F of 20.11.3.110 NMAC using the planning
				assumptions available at the time the conformity analysis begins as determined
				through the interagency consultation process required in Subparagraph (a) of
				Paragraph (1) of Subsection D of 20.11.105 NMAC. The "time the conformity
				analysis begins" for a transportation plan or TIP determination is the point at
				which the MPO or other designated agency begins to model the impact of the
				proposed transportation plan or TIP on travel or emissions. New data that
				becomes available after an analysis begins is required to be used in the
				conformity determination only if a significant delay in the analysis has
				occurred, as determined through the interagency consultation procedures
				described in 20.11.3.105 NMAC.
B.
				Assumptions shall be derived from the estimates of current and future
				population, employment, travel, and congestion most recently developed by the
				MPO or other agency authorized to make such estimates and approved by the MPO.
				These assumptions shall be presented to and discussed by the TCTC as part of
				the interagency consultation procedures described in Paragraph (1) of
				Subsection D of 20.11.3.105 NMAC. The conformity determination shall also be
				based on the latest assumptions about current and future background
				concentrations.
C. The conformity
				determination for each transportation plan and TIP shall discuss how transit
				operating policies (including fares and service levels) and assumed transit
				ridership have changed since the previous conformity determination. These
				assumptions shall be presented to and discussed by the TCTC as part of the
				interagency consultation procedures described in Paragraph (1) of Subsection D
				of 20.11.3.105 NMAC.
D. The
				conformity determination shall include reasonable assumptions about transit
				service and increases in transit fares and road and bridge tolls over time.
				These assumptions shall be presented to and discussed by the TCTC as part of
				the interagency consultation procedures described in Paragraph (1) of
				Subsection D of 20.11.3.105 NMAC.
E. The conformity determination shall use the
				latest existing information regarding the effectiveness of the TCMs and other
				implementation plan measures that have already been implemented. This
				information shall be made as part of the interagency consultation procedures
				described in Paragraph (1) of Subsection D of 20.11.3.105 NMAC.
F. Key assumptions shall be specified and
				included in the draft documents and supporting materials used for the
				interagency and public consultation required by 20.11.3.105 NMAC.