N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-A 1503.06

Current through Register No. 25, June 20, 2024

Section Env-A 1503.06 - Roles and Responsibility of NHDOT

Pursuant to 23 CFR 450, NHDOT shall:

(a) Act as the lead agency responsible for coordinating and planning multi-regional and statewide transportation systems;

(b) Develop a long-range statewide transportation plan and a statewide transportation improvement program (STIP) as specified in RSA 228:99;

(c) Obtain required FHWA and FTA approvals for the STIP;

(d) Develop, in coordination with MPOs and the department, current estimates of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for each nonattainment or maintenance area and forecasts of VMT necessary for input to the SIP;

(e) Provide assistance to MPOs in performing analysis leading to transportation conformity determinations in their regions;

(f) Conduct analyses and make transportation conformity determinations for all projects outside MPO boundaries, but within nonattainment or maintenance areas;

(g) Make project-level conformity determinations in accordance with one of the following:

(1) As required by 40 CFR § 93.116, by including hot-spot analyses in carbon monoxide (CO) nonattainment or maintenance areas, for all projects in the STIP; or

(2) As required by 40 CFR § 93.123, by FHWA making categorical hot-spot findings in CO nonattainment or maintenance areas, for all projects in the STIP;

(h) Coordinate interagency consultation with MPOs, the department, RPCs, EPA, FHWA, and FTA at the initiation of and during the transportation conformity determinations and transportation planning processes relating to air quality issues such as VMT and speed estimates, exempt/not exempt project lists, emissions modeling, emissions budget comparisons, analysis years, and regionally significant projects;

(i) Coordinate conformity determinations in nonattainment or maintenance areas consisting of more than one MPO area;

(j) Provide assistance to MPOs to develop, evaluate, select, and maintain a regional model capable of emissions analyses focusing on but not limited to the southeastern portion of the State, in consultation with the department;

(k) Coordinate and consult with the department and EPA to determine appropriate data inputs into air quality models used for emissions analysis in conformity determinations to ensure consistency with the SIP;

(l) Consult with MPOs, RPCs, EPA, FHWA, FTA, and the department in the selection and development of TCMs if determined to be necessary or desirable to attain the NAAQS and in the preparation of the SIP with respect to these measures;

(m) Provide assistance and comments to the department on SIP revisions dealing with mobile source issues;

(n) Notify the department, MPOs, RPCs, FHWA, FTA, and EPA of STIP and TIP amendments that add, delete, or modify exempt and non-exempt projects;

(o) Document timely implementation of TCMs that are in the SIP and transportation projects in the STIP that have positive air quality impacts; and

(p) In cooperation with MPOs, develop a list of regionally significant public or private transportation projects in accordance with Env-A 1503.12(b).

N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-A 1503.06

(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-A 1500) #9999, eff 10-1-11

Amended by Volume XL Number 7, Filed February 13, 2020, Proposed by #12975, Effective 1/18/2020, Expires 1/18/2030.