Programmatic Agreements for Project-Level Air Quality Analyses

The focus of this research was to develop a template programmatic agreement (PA) and Technical Support Document (TSD) for carbon monoxide (CO). Because CO analysis can be performed using a “worst case” approach, a broad range of project types and worst case modeling inputs were assessed with the objective that state departments of transportation (DOTs) could then avoid performing unnecessary CO analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Except in the most extreme cases, the PA template may eliminate the need for future project-specific hotspot analyses for CO. The templates developed from this research can serve as the baseline set to which states can expand or add additional information based on their specific needs. The objective for particulate matter (PM) and Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSATs) was to outline potential research areas that would support NEPA analyses and help in developing PAs for MSATs and PM. The objective was also to provide approaches for streamlining air quality analyses and to support development of necessary data inputs for emissions and air quality modeling.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/NCHRP25-25(78)_FR.pdf
• Summary URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=3311
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, and was conducted in the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
• Corporate Authors:

  ICF International

  ,    

  Zamurs and Associates, LLC

  ,    

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Carr, Edward
  • Hartley, Seth
  • Bordner, Autumn
  • Zamurs, John
  • Wayson, Roger
  • Noel, George
• Publication Date: 2015-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 137p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Carbon monoxide; Particulates; State departments of transportation
• Identifier Terms: Mobile Source Air Toxics; National Environmental Policy Act
• Uncontrolled Terms: Air quality models; Programmatic agreements; Project level analyses; Templates
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01672226
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NCHRP Project 25-25, Task 78
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 18 2018 12:26PM