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Transportation Conformity Determination Report (10 minutes)
Andy Henry, LPA Staff
John Hodges-Copple, TJCOG
Narrative
The MPO Board released of the Transportation Conformity Determination Report (CDR) at their September meeting and conducted a public hearing at their October meeting. The MPO has not received any public comments concerning the CDR. The report demonstrates that certain pollutant emissions from the future transportation sector will not exceed a specified threshold by analyzing the emission impacts of the MPO's 2045 MTP and the FY 2020-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The recent MTP amendment and TIP adoption necessitates this update to the CDR.
The attached CDR discusses the applicability of air quality regulations, the emissions budgets (i.e., thresholds for pollutant emissions), the financial, land use and transportation planning assumptions, and the methodology for calculating emissions for each county. Several appendices to the CDR were not ready at the time of the Board agenda distribution but will be presented at the Board meeting. The Report does not commit the MPO to any projects or programs that are not already in the MTP and TIP.
A resolution is attached that finds the 2045 MTP and FY 2020-2029 TIP in conformity the North Carolina State Implementation Plan.
Board Action
TC Action: Recommend that the MPO Board adopt the resolution based on the Transportation Conformity Determination Report.
Board Action: Review and comment on the Transportation Conformity Determination Report, and adopt the resolution based on the Transportation Conformity Determination Report.