Helpful Links

• Utah Department of Environmental Quality

  Air quality non-attainment areas, state implementation plans (SIP) and planning, air quality standards and plans.

• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Air Quality Programs

  This web site provides information on FHWA's air quality programs, including transportation conformity, air toxics, and the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program.

• Using MOVES in Project-Level Carbon Monoxide Analyses (EPA, December 2010)

  This guidance describes how to use the MOVES emissions model to estimate CO emissions from transportation projects, including roadway intersections, highways, transit projects, parking lots and intermodal terminals.

• Modeling Methodology for Predicting Pollutant Concentrations Near Roadway Intersections

  Intersection Model: CAL3QHC/CAL3QHCR

• Transportation Conformity Guidance for Quantitative Hot-spot Analyses in PM 2.5 and PM10 - Guidance (Document)
• Transportation Conformity Guidance for Quantitative Hot-spot Analyses in PM 2.5 and PM10 - Guidance (Appendices)
• Transportation Conformity Regulations as of April 2012

  Transportation and Climate Division Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency - This document includes the current transportation conformity rulemakings promulgated by EPA as of April 2012.

• Clean Air Act and Transportation Conformity Regulations

  The air quality provisions of the Clean Air Act as amended (42 USC Sections 7401-7671q) establish restrictions on emission reductions from transportation sources. Regulations governing transportation conformity are found in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR Parts 51 and 93).

• CMAQ Program Guidance, November 17, 2008

  The MAP-21 provides just over $2.2 billion in CMAQ funding for each year of the authorization 2013 and 2014. While project eligibility remains basically the same, the legislation places considerable emphasis on diesel engine retrofits and other efforts that underscore the priority on reducing fine particle pollution (PM 2.5).

• EPA State and Local Transportation Resources

  This web site provides guidacne to state DOT's including transportation conformity, Policy and Guidance, laws and regulations, air quality regulatory documents and rulemakings. You may also link to a comprehensive listing of EPA's Federal Register Notices.

• EPA Transportation Conformity

  This section provides access to information on EPA's transportation conformity program. Transportation conformity is a Clean Air Act requirement that serves as a bridge to connect air quality and transportation planning activities.

• Environmental Protection Agency / Notices
  Federal Register Notice of Availability / Vol. 75 No. 243: Official Release of the MOVES2010a and EMFAC2007 Motor Vehicle Emissions Models for Transportation Conformity Hot-Spot Analuses and Availability of Modeling Guidance (December 2010).
  
  

• Air Working Group for Mountain View Corridor

  This link will take you to the Utah Department of Transportation Air Quality Working Group web page for the Mountain View Corridor located in Western Salt Lake County.