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 20.2.99.150 - ENFORCEABILITY OF DESIGN CONCEPT AND SCOPE AND PROJECT-LEVEL MITIGATION AND CONTROL MEASURES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Prior to determining that a transportation project is in conformity, the MPO, other recipient of funds designated under title 23 U.S.C. or the federal transit laws, FHWA, or FTA must obtain from the project sponsor and/or operator written commitments to implement in the construction of the project and operation of the resulting facility or service any project-level mitigation or control measures which are identified as conditions for NEPA process completion with respect to local CO, PM10, or PM2.5 impacts. Before a conformity determination is made, written contractual commitments must also be obtained for project-level mitigation or control measures which are conditions for making conformity determinations for a transportation plan or TIP and included in the project design concept and scope which is used in the regional emissions analysis required by 20.2.99.137 NMAC and 20.2.99.138 NMAC or used in the project-level hot-spot analysis required by 20.2.99.135 NMAC.
B. Project sponsors voluntarily committing to mitigation measures to facilitate positive conformity determinations shall provide written contractual commitments and must comply with the obligations of such commitments.
C. Written contractual commitments to mitigation or control measures shall be obtained prior to a positive conformity determination, and project sponsors must comply with such commitments.
D. If the MPO or project sponsor believes the mitigation or control measure is no longer necessary for conformity, the project sponsor or operator may be relieved of its obligation to implement the mitigation or control measure if it can demonstrate that the applicable hot-spot requirements of 20.2.99.135 NMAC, emission budget requirements of 20.2.99.137 NMAC, and interim emissions requirements of 20.2.99.138 NMAC are satisfied without the mitigation or control measure, and so notifies the agencies involved in the interagency consultation process required under 20.2.99.116 NMAC through 20.2.99.124 NMAC. The MPO (or NMDOT in the absence of an MPO) and US DOT must find that the transportation plan and TIP still satisfy the applicable requirements of 20.2.99.137 NMAC and 20.2.99.138 NMAC and that the project still satisfies the requirements of 20.2.99.135 NMAC and therefore that the conformity determinations for the transportation plan, TIP, and project are still valid. This finding is subject to the applicable public consultation requirements in 20.2.99.124 NMAC for conformity determinations for projects.
