NTL Record

Title Linking Transportation and Air Quality Planning Implementation of the Transportation Conformity Regulations in 15 Nonattainment Areas: Executive Summary
Record ID 10796
Personal Name
Creator
Howitt, A.M.; Moore, E.M.
Source 12p. in various pagings
Corporate
Contributor
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Publisher United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date 19990300
Language English
Abstract Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1980 requires far reaching efforts under the "transportation conformity" regulations to assure that transportation investments in non-attainment and maintenance areas are consistent with state commitments to meet national air pollution standards. This research documents how these regulations were implemented during the period 1991 through January 1998. The focal questions that organized the study are how has conformity affected key agencies and coinstituencies' organizational capacity and relationships; how has conformity changed the transportation planning/programming process and its results; and how has conformity changed air quality planning and regulation. Although the research does not attempt to evaluate the technical dimensions of conformity modeling, it seeks to place the technical process in the larger context of the institutional relationships involved.
Rosap ID dot:14455
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14455
TRT Terms Climate change; Air quality management; Plan implementation; Regulations
General Subjects Clean Air Act; air pollution; air quality management; federal government agencies; implementation; local government; regulatory constraints; standards; transportation planning
Classification NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Law and Regulation;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Air Quality;
NTL - LAWS AND REGULATIONS - Transit Laws and Regulations
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
00805045
Report Number EPA/420/S-99/002
Resource type Research Paper
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/10000/10700/10796/exsum.pdf
Alternative URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/17000/17300/17330/PB2001100898.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository