340-252-0090

Table 1-Conformity Criteria

All Actions at all times:

OAR 340-252-0110 Latest planning assumptions.
OAR 340-252-0120 Latest emissions model.
OAR 340-252-0130 Consultation.

 

Transportation Plan:

OAR 340-252-0140(2) TCMs
OAR 340-252-0190 or

OAR 340-252-200

Emissions budget or Emission reduction.

 

TIP:

OAR 340-252-0140(3) TCMs.
OAR 340-252-0190

or OAR 252-0200

Emissions budget or Emission reduction.

 

Project (From a Conforming Plan and TIP):

OAR 340-252-0150 Currently conforming plan and TIP.
OAR 340-252-0160 Project from a conforming plan and TIP.
OAR 340-252-0170 CO and PM10 hot spots.
OAR 340-252-0180 PM10 control measures.

 

Project (Not From a Conforming Plan and TIP):

OAR 3402520140 TCMs.
OAR 3402520150 Currently conforming plan and TIP.
OAR 3402520170 CO and PM10 hot spots.
OAR 3402520180 PM10 control measures.
OAR 3402520190 Emissions budget or Emission reduction.

 

340-252-0270

Table 2 - Exempt projects

SAFETY

Railroad/highway crossing.

Hazard elimination program.

Safer non-Federal-aid system roads.

Traffic control devices and operating assistance other than signalization projects.

Shoulder improvements.

Increasing sight distance.

Safety improvement program.

Railroad/highway crossing warning devices.

Guardrails, median barriers, crash cushions.

Pavement resurfacing and/or rehabilitation.

Pavement marking demonstration.

Emergency relief (23 U.S.C. 125).

Fencing.

Skid treatments.

Safety roadside rest areas.

Adding medians.

Truck climbing lanes outside the urbanized area.

Lighting improvements.

Widening narrow pavements or reconstructing bridges (no additional travel lanes).

Emergency truck pullovers.

 

MASS TRANSIT

Operating assistance to transit agencies.

Purchase of support vehicles.

Rehabilitation of transit vehicles.1

Purchase of office, shop, and operating equipment for existing facilities.

Purchase of operating equipment for vehicles (e.g., radios, fareboxes, lifts, etc.).

Construction or renovation of power, signal, and communications systems.

Construction of small passenger shelters and information kiosks.

Reconstruction of renovation of transit buildings and structures (e.g., rail or bus buildings, storage and maintenance facilities, stations, terminals, and ancillary structures).

Rehabilitation or reconstruction of track structures, track, and trackbed in existing rights-of-way.

Purchase of new buses and rail cars to replace existing vehicles or for minor expansions of the fleet.1

Construction of new bus or rail storage/maintenance facilities categorically excluded in 23 CFR 771.

 

AIR QUALITY

Continuation of ride-sharing and van-pooling promotion activities at current levels.

Bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

 

OTHER

Specific activities which do not involve or lead directly to construction such as:

Planning and technical studies.

Grants for training and research programs.

Planning activities conducted pursuant to titles 23 and 49 U.S.C.

Federal-aid systems revisions.

Engineering to assess social, economic, and environmental effects of the proposed action or alternatives to that action.

Noise attenuation.

Emergency or hardship advance land acquisitions (23 CFR 712 or 23 CFR 771).

Acquisition of scenic easements.

Plantings, landscaping, etc.

Sign removal.

Directional and informational signs.

Transportation enhancement activities (except rehabilitation and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures, or facilities).

Repair of damage caused by natural disasters, civil unrest, or terrorist acts, except projects involving substantial functional, locational or capacity changes.

 

340-252-0280

Table 3 - Projects Exempt From Regional Emissions Analyses

Intersection channelization projects.

Intersection signalization projects at individual intersections.

Interchange reconfiguration projects.

Changes in vertical and horizontal alignment.

Truck size and weight inspection stations.

Bus terminals and transfer points.