Transportation Conformity

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Transportation Conformity

• An MPO Perspective
• 2008 Midwest Transportation Planning Conference

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Introduction

• Local Air Quality History
• Air Quality Conformity Partners
• Importance of Training/Ramping up
• Impacts to Transportation Plan and TIP
• CMAQ Funds Impacts to Project Development

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Local Air Quality History

• 1979-1982 Allen County was facing non-attainment
  designation
• (National Ambient Air Quality Standard- 0.08 ppm
  1 hour standard)
• Reagan Elected President 1980
• (NAAQS Revised)

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• Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.
• --Ronald Regan, 1981

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• Life was Good!

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Local Air Quality History

• 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment
• (NAAQS-0.08 ppm 8 hour standard)
• 1990 CAAA Implementation Delayed-Legality
  Challenged in Court

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• Life was still Good!

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Local Air Quality History (continued)

• U.S. Supreme Court Upheld CAAA-February 2001
• D-Day April 15, 2004
• USEPA Designates Allen County Nonattainment for
  Ozone
• Clocks Start Ticking
• Conformity Demonstration for Transportation Plan
  and TIP (18 months)
• State Implementation Plan Submission
• Transportation Plan Update is Initiated
• Approved April 2005 with Conformity Determination
• Transportation Improvement Program (FY06-08)
• Approved June 2005 with Conformity Determination

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Local Air Quality History (continued)

• May 30, 2006 IDEM Petitions USEPA to Redesignate
  Allen County to Attainment Status
• January 11, 2007 USEPA Publishes Notice
• Redesignate Allen County from Non-Attainment to
  Attainment for Ozone
• February 12, 2007 Final Rule is Effective

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• Life isthe Same?

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Local Air Quality History (continued)

• State Implementation Plan 14 year maintenance
  plan
• SIP Budget
• Transportation Plan Conformity Determinations
• Amendment Process
• TIP Conformity Determinations
• Amendment Process

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• Life is good!

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Local Air Quality History (continued)

• March 12, 2008 USEPA issues revised NAAQS
• Ozone Standard lowered from 0.08 to 0.075ppm
• Allen County may face designation for
  Non-Attainment in 2010
• Conformity Process Resets

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• and Life Goes On!

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Air Quality Conformity Partners

• Interagency Consultation Group (ICG)
• Local Air Quality Task Force
• Statewide MPO Council AQ Group
• CMAQ Project Eligibility Committee

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Air Quality Conformity Partners

• Interagency Consultation Group (ICG)
• US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
• Indiana Department of Environmental Management
• Federal Highway Administration
• Federal Transit Administration
• Indiana Department of Transportation
• Central Office
• District Office
• Transit Operator
• MPO

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Interagency Consultation Group

• Convenes as needed to Guide Air Quality
  Conformity Analysis Process
• Consensus Building for
• Conformity Methodology
• Planning Assumptions
• Analysis Years
• Appropriate Data
• Reviews Analysis
• Reviews Amendments
• Transportation Plan and TIP

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Air Quality Conformity Partners

• Local Air Quality Task Force
• Indiana Department of Environmental Management
• Local Environmental Groups
• Chamber of Commerce
• Elected Officials
• Board of Health
• American Lung Association
• Transit Operator
• University Members/Business Members

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Local Air Quality Task Force

• Meet Monthly
• Develop Marketing and Education Programs
• Support Marketing and Education Programs
• Inform Elected Officials
• Assist in CMAQ Project Development
• Resource Team

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Air Quality Conformity Partners

• Indiana MPO Council Air Quality Group
• Indiana Department of Environmental Management
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Highway Administration
• Indiana Department of Transportation
• MPO Directors
• MPO Air Quality/Transportation Modelers

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Indiana MPO Council AQ Group

• Meets Monthly
• Discuss current issues
• Develop Statewide ICG Procedures
• Develop MOU Prototypes
• Information Exchange
• Planning Partners
• Peer Planning Agencies
• Promote Training and Education

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Preparing for AQ Conformity

• Training-Course Work (FHWA NHI NTI)
• Transportation Conformity
• Air Quality Fundamentals (AQ 101)
• Estimating Regional Mobile Source Emissions
• Implications of Air Quality Planning for
  Transportation
• Emissions Modeling
• MOBILE 6.2 Modeling Workshop
• Applied MOBILE 6.2 Modeling Workshop
• MOVES (new emissions model)
• Specific Transportation Project Emissions
  Analysis
• AQ Benefit Estimation Methodologies For CMAQ
  Projects
• Highway
• Transit
• Other

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Preparing for AQ Conformity

• Geographic Analysis Methodology
• Modeled Area Donut Area
• Data Needs
• VMT
• Base Year
• Functional Class-Urban and Rural plus local
  network
• Entire Analysis Area (non-attainment area)
• HPMS
• Not usually designed with adequate sample for
  specific areas
• Use if best available
• Vehicle Fleet Mix
• Average Speeds by functional class or link speeds
• Temperature (max-min)
• Reid Vapor Pressure
• Absolute Humidity
• Cloud Cover
• Sunrise/Sunset
• Analysis Year

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Preparing for AQ Conformity

• Modeling Needs
• Travel Forecasting Model
• Calibrate to VMT
• Emissions Model
• MOBILE 6.2
• MOVES
• Analysis Years
• Socioeconomic Data for Analysis Years
• Analysis Type

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Meditation and prayer are also beneficial.
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Transportation Plan and TIP Impacts

• Transportation Plan
• Longer Timelines for Preparation
• Additional Analysis Years
• AQ Budget Constraints
• ICG Intervention
• Conformity Demonstration/Determination
• Formal Public Comment Period
• State and Federal Review
• New Amendment Process

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Transportation Plan and TIP Impacts

• Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP)
• Longer Timeline for Preparation
• Precise Project Completion Dates-Analysis Years
• AQ Budget Constraints
• ICG Intervention
• Conformity Demonstration/Determination
• Formal Public Comment Period
• State and Federal Review
• New Amendment Process

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CMAQ Funds and Projects

• CMAQ Funds Not Additional Money
• CMAQ Projects
• Board Decisions
• Type
• Eligible Sponsors
• Evaluation/Ranking Process
• Training
• Evaluation Methodologies Analysis Techniques
• Data Collection
• Project Scope and Appropriate Analysis

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CMAQ Funds and Projects

• CMAQ Projects (continued)
• Eligibility Review
• Indiana Eligibility Committee makes
  Recommendation to FHWA
• FHWA - Final Project Eligibility Determination
• Must Demonstrate Emission Reduction (quantify
  when possible)
• Marketing and Educational Programs

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CMAQ Funds and Projects

• CMAQ Projects (continued)
• Project Types
• Capacity Expansion Projects?
• Center Turn Lanes
• Intersection Improvements-Turn Lanes
• Marketing Programs-Educational Programs
• Signalization Improvements
• Pedestrian Bicycle Projects
• Transit Projects
• Hybrids and Conversions
• Advanced Preparation-Identify Potential Projects

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In Summary

• Partner
• Interagency Consultation Group
• Local and Statewide Groups
• Prepare
• Training
• Data
• Models
• Project Development

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• and Life will be Good!

Dan Avery NIRCC 260.449.7309 dan.avery_at_co.allen.in
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