Clean Air Briefs (Completed 1994)

Performer(s): National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)
Sponsor(s): U.S. DOT; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)

For more information:

Patsy Chappelear-Marshall. National Association of Regional Councils, 1700 K St., NW., Suite 1300, Washington, DC 20006;
Tel: 202-457-0710, ext. 11; Fax: 202-296-9352;
URL: http://www.NARC.org.

Abstract

The National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) is a nonprofit, membership organization serving the Nation’s regional councils and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) across the country, with affiliate and associate membership from other public and private organizations interested in planning, development, and governance at the regional level. The Clean Air Briefs are a series of public information documents to better inform State and local planning officials of the issues related to transportation conformity, transportation control measures, the implications of highway sanctions, and other health risk issues. The Clean Air Briefs are intended to give MPO public officials clear-cut information about some very complex issues, while using basic terminology for laypersons involved in the transportation/air quality planning processes.

Clean Air Through Transportation: Challenges in Meeting National Air Quality Standards (Completed Aug. 1993)

Performer(s): U.S. DOT
Sponsor(s): U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA); FHWA

To order:

Adrica Coates. U.S. DOT, FHWA, HEPN-1, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590;
Tel: 202-366-6724; Fax: 202-366-3409; Email: Adrica.coates@fhwa.dot.gov;
Order No.: NTIS No. PB95230397.

Abstract

A joint report of the U.S. DOT and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that discusses the transportation provisions and regulations of the Clean Air Act. It discusses, under the section entitled “Challenges in Transportation and Air Quality Programs,” the difficulties and obstacles facing persons within the transportation industry in meeting air quality goals. Topics include: MPOs Face Significant Challenges in Meeting New CAA Requirements; Reducing Vehicle Emissions Through TCMs is Difficult; By Themselves, Capital-Intensive Investments May Not Be the Best Way to Address Air Quality Concerns, and others. One section discusses “Status of Programs.”