Streamline PM Hot-Spot Assessments Sample Clauses

Streamline PM Hot-Spot Assessments. Research area: Examination of existing guidance for PM hot-spot analysis. EPA’s current PM hot-spot guidance for a quantitative analysis identifies a 9-step process to determine the conformity of a project. Under NEPA, the approach may be simplified if it can be demonstrated that a particular approach or dataset provides results comparable to those of the prescribed methodology. The research objective is to identify the elements of this 9 step process that will likely show the greatest gains in flexibility with the least increase in conservatism. These elements may inform the conditions under which a project-level analysis for PM would not be warranted for purposes of NEPA in a PA. The current guidance for conducting a PM hot-spot analysis: EPA’s Transportation Conformity Guidance for Quantitative Hot-Spot Analyses in PM2.5 and PM10 Nonattainment and Maintenance Areas (Transportation and Climate Division Office of Transportation and Air Quality U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-420-B-13-053 November 2013) can be found at: xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/otaq/stateresources/transconf/policy/420b13053-sec.pdf. This guidance is intended for use in completing a hot-spot analysis as part of a project-level conformity determination in PM nonattainment and maintenance areas only. It is a nine-step procedure, starting with determining the need for an analysis and ending with documenting the results of the analysis. Due to the detailed technical nature of the guidance, it is likely that a state DOT or other entity undertaking a PM hot-spot analysis in a PM attainment area for NEPA or state environmental requirements would follow this guidance as a basis for their analysis. However, for an analysis in an attainment area, the project sponsor has flexibility in how a project is modeled. This flexibility allows for possible streamlining of one or more of the nine steps in the procedure. It also allows for the development of a PA to determine a priori how various elements of the analysis will be performed, or to determine use of one or more data elements for the analysis. Although the guidance contains nine steps, Step 2 (“Determine Approach, Models and Data”) offers the greatest opportunity for flexibility and streamlining. Step 2 also provides information (pages 18-23 of the guidance) about subsequent steps that discuss modeling approaches, models, and traffic and air quality data and which relate back to the elements of Step 2 (i.e.
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