Research for the AASHTO Committee on Environment and Sustainability. Task 104. Streamlining Carbon Monoxide Project-Level Air Quality Analyses with Programmatic Agreements

NCHRP 25-25 Task 78, “Programmatic Agreements for Project-Level Air Quality Analyses,” completed in 2015, successfully developed templates for a programmatic agreement (PA) and an associated technical support document (TSD) that were designed to be used by state DOTs to streamline project-level air quality (hot-spot) analyses for carbon monoxide (CO). The Task 78 study used MOVES2010b; which has since been replaced by EPA with MOVES2014a. FHWA announced that it is undertaking a streamlining effort by conducting CO project level analysis to reduce the analysis burden of State DOTs and project sponsors when assessing the air quality impacts in the project development process. Task 104 updated the Task 78 PA and TSD as needed (e.g., update the modeling to use current models and cover additional project configurations and/or types). This project includes piloting the updated templates with a state DOT, making revisions to the templates as needed (e.g., to update the modeling to use current models, cover additional project configurations and/or types, and then apply state-specific modeling inputs), and continuing through necessary approvals and execution with FHWA. Lessons learned through this initiative can inform and assist the subsequent implementation of the updated templates for state DOTs across the nation.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4100

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $125000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 25-25, Task 104

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Hartell, Ann

• Performing Organizations:

  Louis Berger and Associates International, Incorporated

  1819 H Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20006-

  ICF Incorporated

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• Principal Investigators:

  Carr, Edward

• Start Date: 20171127
• Expected Completion Date: 20200327
• Actual Completion Date: 20200327

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Carbon monoxide; Environmental impact analysis; Pollutants; State departments of transportation
• Identifier Terms: Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01649731
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 25-25, Task 104
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 29 2017 10:44AM