Highway Fund Sanctions and Conformity Under the Clean Air Act
Description:
This report discusses two Clean Air Act provisions that can result in denial of federal highway funding to local areas: sanctions and the lapse of what is called "conformity." Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is required to impose highway fund or other sanctions on areas that have not submitted or not implemented adequate plans to attain air quality standards. In addition, federal agencies may not provide financial support to transportation impro…
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Date:
October 15, 1999
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
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