"
Flynn,
Amy
E."
<
Amy_
E._
Flynn@
omb.
eop.
gov>

08/
17/
2005
04:
15
PM
T
o
John
Silvasi/
RTP/
USEPA/
US@
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8­
hour
Ozone
Implementation
­­
CMAQ
comments
Please
find
below
comments
from
DOT/
FHWA
regarding
the
revised
CMAQ
language.
Please
let
me
know
if
you
have
any
questions.

1.
A.
2.
Current
position:
I
suggest
deleting
"
for
use
in
nonattainment
and
maintenance
areas"
since
CMAQ
can
be
used
outside
these
areas
in
minimum
apportionment
states.
Also
in
that
section,
I
suggest
deleting
"
primarily".

2.
A.
3.
CMAQ
eligible
areas
2:
I
suggest
deleting
"
nonattainment
and
maintenance"
and
leaving
the
reference
at
"
areas"
only
or
as
a
secondary
position,
at
"
mainteance
areas."
Section
1808
in
SAFETEA­
LU
that
brings
this
eligibility
about
is
titled
Former
1­
Hour
Maintenance
Areas.
This
may
avoid
the
confusion
until
we
have
a
chance
to
sort
it
out.

3.
A.
3.
CMAQ
eligible
areas
4:
Please
add
the
following
at
the
end
of
the
paragraph:
"
This
flexibility
is
in
reference
to
the
CMAQ
program's
minimum
apportionment
provisions."

4.
A.
3.
Apportionment:
At
the
subtitle,
please
add
parenthetical
"(
ozone­
based)",
since
apportionment
also
includes
CO
areas.

5.
A.
3.
Apportionment
3:
Please
delete
"
Ozone"
6.
A.
closing
paragraph:
Please
replace
opening
line
with:
"
Apportionment
of
CMAQ
funds
is
carried
out
yearly
and
varies
according
to
the
severirty
of
air
pollution,
and
changes
in
nonattainment
and
maintenance
area
population,
as
estimated
by
the
U.
S.
Census
for
each
affected
county."

7.
A.
closing
paragraph:
Please
delete
"
those
funds."
and
replace
with
"
transportation
programs
in
those
areas."
