[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 18]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR93.129]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 93--DETERMINING CONFORMITY OF FEDERAL ACTIONS TO STATE OR FEDERAL 
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart A--Conformity to State or Federal Implementation Plans of 
   Transportation Plans, Programs, and Projects Developed, Funded or 
       Approved Under Title 23 U.S.C. or the Federal Transit Laws
 
Sec. 93.129  Special exemptions from conformity requirements for pilot program 
areas.

    EPA and DOT may exempt no more than six areas for no more than three 
years from certain requirements of this subpart if these areas are 
selected to participate in a conformity pilot program and have developed 
alternative requirements that have been approved by EPA as an 
implementation plan revision in accordance with Sec. 51.390 of this 
chapter. For the duration of the pilot program, areas selected to 
participate in the pilot program must comply with the conformity 
requirements of the pilot area's implementation plan revision for 
Sec. 51.390 of this chapter and all other requirements in 40 CFR parts 
51 and 93 that are not covered by the pilot area's implementation plan 
revision for Sec. 51.390 of this chapter. The alternative conformity 
requirements in conjunction with any applicable state and/or federal 
conformity requirements must be proposed to fulfill all of the 
requirements of and achieve results equivalent to or better than section 
176(c) of the Clean Air Act. After the three-year duration of the pilot 
program has expired, areas will again be subject to all of the 
requirements of this subpart and 40 CFR part 51, subpart T, and/or to 
the requirements of any implementation plan revision that was previously 
approved by EPA in accordance with Sec. 51.390 of this chapter.

[64 FR 13483, Mar. 18, 1999]