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

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.