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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GP
106TH CONGRESS
2d Session
SENATE
Calendar No. 430
REPORT
106-228
EXTENSION OF
CONFORMITY REGULATIONS
CLEAN AIR ACT
UNDER THE
FEBRUARY 2, 2000.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire, from the Committee on
Environment and Public Works, submitted the following
REPORT
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[to accompany S. 1053]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1053) to amend the Clean Air Act to incor-
porate certain provisions of the transportation conformity regula-
tion, as in effect on March 1, 1999, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that
the bill, as amended, do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT
Objectives of the Legislation
Section 176 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires all Federal activ-
ity to conform to implementation plans approved under the CAA
This section of law prohibits permitting, approval or funding of
transportation projects by the Department of Transportation unless
the project comes from a transportation plan that conforms with an
implementation plan approved under the CAA. It also prohibits ap-
proval by a metropolitan planning organization of any project or
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