Addressing Air Quality Issues in the NEPA Process for Highway Projects

This handbook is intended to assist practitioners in addressing air quality issues, including transportation conformity requirements, as part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process for highway projects. The handbook summarizes key requirements under NEPA and the Clean Air Act and provides advice for documenting compliance with the Clean Air Act requirements as a part of the NEPA process. The Background Briefing section of the handbook provides an overview of requirements and relevant terminology. Topics addressed in the Practical Tips section of the handbook include: Determining if the project is subject to transportation conformity requirements; Coordinating regional conformity determinations with the NEPA process; Conducting hot-spot analyses and making project-level conformity determinations; Considering mobile-source air toxics (MSAT) emissions; and Documenting air quality analyses and determinations in the NEPA process.

• Record URL:
  http://www.environment.transportation.org/pdf/programs/ph18-1-ol.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2017, Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials).
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2017-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: 22p
• Serial:
  • AASHTO Practitioner's Handbook
  • Issue Number: 18
  • Publisher: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
  • Serial URL: http://www.environment.transportation.org/center/products_programs/practitioners_handbooks.aspx

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Compliance; Conformity; Construction projects; Handbooks; Highways
• Identifier Terms: Clean Air Act; National Environmental Policy Act
• Subject Areas: Construction; Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01640959
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61- 07-H-00019
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 26 2017 11:49AM