Proposed Approval of South Coast State Implementation Plans for 2006 and 2012 PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards and Reclassification of Area Designation
On July 2, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule on the Federal Register to approve all but the contingency measure element as meeting all applicable “Moderate” area requirements for the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS, and to conditionally approve the contingency measure element as meeting both the “Moderate” area contingency measure requirement for the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS and the “Serious” area contingency measure requirement for the 2006 24-Hour PM2.5 NAAQS.
Proposed Approval of Finding of South Coast Failure to Attain the 2006 24-Hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards
On July 10, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule on the Federal Register to determine that the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin nonattainment area failed to attain the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS by the December 31, 2019 “Serious” area attainment date.
Final Transportation Conformity Determination
Connect SoCal, 2020 RTP/SCS, and 2019 FTIP Consistency Amendment No. 19-12
Final Transportation Conformity Determination for Connect SoCal, 2020 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS), and 2019 Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP) Consistency Amendment No. 19-12
SCAG received approval of the transportation conformity determination for Connect SoCal and the 2019 FTIP Consistency Amendment No. 19-12 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on June 5, 2020.