New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE)
Part 99 - CONFORMITY TO THE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF TRANSPORTATION PLANS, PROGRAMS, AND PROJECTS
Section 20.2.99.147 - PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION-RELATED POLLUTANT EMISSIONS - RELIANCE ON PREVIOUS REGIONAL EMISSIONS ANALYSIS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Conformity determinations for a new transportation plan and/or TIP may be demonstrated to satisfy the requirements of Section 20.2.99.137 NMAC ("Motor vehicle emissions budget") or Section 20.2.99.138 NMAC ("Emission reductions in areas without motor vehicle emissions budgets") without new regional emissions analysis if the regional emissions analysis if the previous regional emissions analysis also applies to the new plan and/or TIP. This requires a demonstration that:
B. A project which is not from a conforming transportation plan and a conforming TIP may be demonstrated to satisfy the requirements of 20.2.99.137 NMAC or 20.02.99.138 NMAC without additional regional emissions analysis if allocating funds to the project will not delay the implementation of projects in the transportation plan or TIP which are necessary to achieve the highway and transit system envisioned by the transportation plan, the previous regional emissions analysis is still consistent with the requirements of Section 20.2.99.137NMAC (including that conformity to all currently applicable budgets is demonstrated) and/or Section 20.2.99.138 NMAC, as applicable, and if the project is either:
C. A conformity determination that relies on this section (20.2.99.147 NMAC) does not satisfy the frequency requirements of Sections 20.2.99.112 NMAC and 20.2.99.113 NMAC.