Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
The following types of projects because of their nature, will
not affect the outcome of any air quality analyses nor add any substance to
those analyses and are exempted from all conformity requirements.
(1) Safety, preservation, or maintenance
projects of the following type:
(a)
Railroad/highway crossing signing;
(b) Pavement marking that does not add lanes
or capacity;
(c) Hazard elimination
program;
(d) Off-system road
safety;
(e) Emergency
relief;
(f) Shoulder
improvements;
(g) Truck size and
weight inspection stations;
(h)
Safety improvement program;
(i)
Railroad/highway crossing warning devices;
(j) Increasing sight distance that does not
require changes in horizontal or vertical alignments;
(k) Guardrails, median barriers, crash
cushions;
(l) Pavement resurfacing
or rehabilitation;
(m) Widening
narrow pavements or bridges (less than one travel lane);
(n) Noise attenuation;
(o) Fencing;
(p) Skid treatments;
(q) Safety roadside rest areas;
(r) Truck climbing lanes outside the
urbanized area;
(s) Lighting
improvements;
(t) Median
additions;
(u) Emergency truck
pullovers.
(2) Mass
transit projects of the following type:
(a)
Purchase of office, shop, and operating equipment for existing
facilities;
(b) Purchase of
operating equipment for vehicles, including ferries, trains, and
buses;
(c) Construction or
renovation of power, signal, and communication systems;
(d) Operating assistance;
(e) Rehabilitation of transit vehicles,
including buses, ferries, and trains;
(f) Reconstruction or renovation of transit
buildings and structures;
(g)
Construction of small passenger shelters and information/ticketing
kiosks;
(h) Rehabilitation or
reconstruction of track structures, track, and trackbed in existing right of
way;
(i) Noise
attenuation;
(j) Purchase of
vehicles to replace existing vehicles or for minor expansions of fleets to
provide new service (less than five percent per year);
(k) Construction of new vehicle storage and
maintenance facilities;
(l)
Purchase of support vehicles.
(3) Air quality projects of the following
type:
(a) Continuation of rideshare and
vanpooling promotion activities at current levels;
(b) Bicycle projects;
(c) Pedestrian facilities.
(4) Other projects of the
following type:
(a) Acquisition of scenic
easements;
(b) Planting and
landscaping;
(c) Sign
removal;
(d) Wetland mitigation,
fish passage mitigation, and other environmental mitigation not related to air
quality;
(e) Historical and
cultural markers;
(f) Preliminary
engineering through design, provided that funds are not expended or assurance
is not made that will commit to the construction of a project;
(g) Access permits except when there is a
break in full, modified, or partial access control;
(h) Advanced land acquisitions that do not
influence the environmental assessment of a project, the decision of the need
to construct the project, or the selection of project design or
location;
(i) Planning and
technical studies that do not commit to project implementation;
(j) Training and research programs;
(k) Engineering to assess social, economic,
and environmental effects of the proposed action or alternatives to that
action.
Statutory Authority:
Chapter
70.94 RCW and 40 C.F.R.
Part 51 Subpart T. 95-18-022 (Order 94-31), § 173-420-110, filed 8/25/95,
effective 9/25/95. Statutory Authority:
Chapter
70.94 RCW and
RCW
70.94.037. 93-04-006 (Order 92-07), §
173-420-110, filed 1/22/93, effective
2/22/93.