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GAOREPORTS
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2010-08-12
U.S. Government Printing Office
2003-04-28
monographic
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64 p.
GA 1.13:GAO-03-581
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-581
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REPORT
GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-581
GAO-03-581
Air pollution
Air pollution control
Environmental monitoring
Environmental policies
Strategic planning
Other Written Product
A06718
Environmental Protection: Federal Planning Requirements for Transportation and Air Quality Protection Could Potentially Be More Efficient and Better Linked
To protect the public from harmful emissions, transportation
planners in areas with poor air must show that their plans will
not make it worse. Every time they update their transportation
improvement program (TIP) and their 20-year plan--every 2 and 3
years respectively--federal laws and regulations require that
they ensure the emissions from their plans will not exceed the
mobile source emissions budget. This is known as "demonstrating
conformity." Areas that fail to do so generally cannot spend
federal funds on new projects until they resolve the problem. The
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works asked GAO to
determine (1) how many areas have failed, why, and what
corrective actions they took, and (2) what issues transportation
planners had with the conformity process and what solutions are
possible.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-581/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-581.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-581/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-581.pdf
GAO-03-581
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-581
Other Written Product
GAO-03-581; Environmental Protection: Federal Planning Requirements for Transportation and Air Quality Protection Could Potentially Be More Efficient and Better Linked;
Air pollution
Air pollution control
Environmental monitoring
Environmental policies
Strategic planning