Current through August 26, 2024
Affected employers shall submit compliance plan renewals on
an annual basis, beginning no later than November 15, 1996, or within 2 years
of the plan approval date by the department of their initial compliance plan,
whichever comes later. If the employer's initial compliance plan submittal is
due after November 15, 1994, the compliance plan renewal shall be submitted
within 2 years of the initial submittal due date.
(1) ANNUAL COMPLIANCE PLAN RENEWAL FORMS,
SURVEYS AND SUBMITTAL. The compliance plan renewal shall include the following:
(a) An update of the information specified in
s.
NR 486.06 using forms provided by the
department.
(b) An evaluation of
the average passenger occupancy rate documented in the compliance plan renewal
compared with the target average passenger occupancy rate required for
compliance. The employer shall use forms and methods provided or approved by
the department.
(c) A progress
report on the employer's alternative means of commuting strategies in its
initial department approved compliance plan which includes reasons for any
omissions or delays or both in implementing the plan strategies.
(d) An assessment of the changes in travel
mode and worktrip distances experienced by employees participating in
alternative means of commuting as a result of the employee commute options
program. The employer shall use forms and methods provided or approved by the
department.
(e) A revised set of
alternative means of commuting strategies using forms provided by the
department which is appropriate and sufficient to increase the affected
employer's average passenger occupancy to the target average passenger
occupancy rate within 1 year after submitting the employee commute options
compliance plan renewal. This requirement shall only apply to employers which
fail to achieve the target average passenger occupancy rate of 1.4.
(f) A commitment to continue the alternative
means of commuting strategies in a department approved plan at a level
sufficient to maintain the continued achievement of the target average
passenger occupancy rate for a minimum of 1 year. This requirement shall apply
to employers which achieve compliance with the target average passenger
occupancy rate of 1.4
(2) ANNUAL COMPLIANCE PLAN RENEWAL REVIEW,
APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL. The department's criteria for reviewing and granting
approval or conditional approval of the employer's annual compliance plan
renewal shall include the criteria and processes described in s.
NR 486.08 except that:
(a) Affected employers failing to achieve the
target average passenger occupancy rate after implementing the alternative
commuting strategies in the initial compliance plan and the first annual
compliance plan renewal may be required to implement other alternative means of
commuting strategies approved by the department.
(b) Affected employers submitting 2
consecutive annual compliance plan renewals which achieve the target average
passenger occupancy may be permitted by the department to submit biennial plans
which certify that the target average passenger occupancy rate is being
maintained by the employer's alternative means of commuting
strategies.
