Adequacy Status of the Yakima PM10 Nonattainment Area Limited Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request for Transportation Conformity Purposes

Zusammenfassung

In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found the Yakima PM 10 Nonattainment Area Limited Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request adequate for transportation conformity purposes. On March 2, 1999, the D.C. Circuit Court ruled that submitted State Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be used for conformity determinations until EPA has found them adequate. As a result of this adequacy finding, the area automatically meets the budget test for future transportation conformity. This affects future transportation conformity determinations prepared, reviewed and approved by the Yakima Valley Council of Governments, Washington State Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration.