Section Env-A 1503.09 - Access to Materials(a) NHDOT or each MPO, as appropriate, shall provide access to the following materials to the department no later than at the start of the public comment period for the metropolitan transportation plan, TIP, or regional emissions analyses performed by NHDOT outside MPO areas: (1) Lists of exempt/not exempt projects and regionally significant projects, regardless of funding source;(2) Metropolitan transportation plans, TIPs, and corresponding air quality analyses and conformity determinations and analyses of all projects outside MPO boundaries, but within the nonattainment or maintenance area;(3) Amendments to the metropolitan transportation plans and TIPs and significant changes in project design and scope since the previous conformity determination;(4) Notices of public hearings and public comment periods for the metropolitan transportation plans, TIPs, or regional emissions analyses performed by NHDOT;(5) All correspondence received from EPA, FHWA, FTA, or MPOs regarding conformity determinations and/or transportation planning processes relating to air quality issues; and(6) STIP amendments in nonattainment or maintenance areas outside MPO areas.(b) The department shall provide access to the following materials to NHDOT, EPA, FHWA, FTA, MPOs, and RPCs for comment during the SIP development process and conformity determination process: (1) SIP revisions pertaining to mobile sources including inventories, budgets, forecasts, and strategies for reduction of emissions, TCMs, transportation conformity, general conformity, area classifications, and redesignations;(2) Proposed and final inputs to emissions analyses models necessary for SIP development and conformity determinations;(3) Comments and guidance from EPA, FHWA, and FTA to the department regarding SIP development issues relating to mobile sources and transportation; and(4) Notices of public hearings and public comment periods on SIP revisions regarding mobile sources or emissions budgets.(c) Each MPO shall provide access to its metropolitan transportation plan and TIPs that have received a final conformity determination by the MPO to NHDOT and to the department.(d) NHDOT shall provide access to the following materials as noted: (1) The metropolitan transportation plans and TIPs to FHWA, EPA, and FTA for conformity findings; and(2) Any final regional emissions analysis for non-attainment or maintenance areas outside MPO boundaries to the department, each MPO, the affected RPC, EPA, FHWA, and FTA.(e) Access to all materials specified in (b) through (d), above, also shall be provided to the public for review and comment.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-A 1503.09
(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.