DESCRIPTION:
The purpose of this training is to provide participants with an overview of air quality planning, including requirements, processes, interactions with and implications for, transportation planning and project development.
This is the first in a future series of air quality Web-based trainings (WBTs):
142068: Clear Air Act Overview
142069: SIP and TCM Requirements and Policies
142070: SIP Development Process
142071: Transportation Conformity
OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Define the purpose of the Clean Air Act
- Describe the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
- Identify and explain Clean Air Act Amendment provisions relevant to transportation
- Recognize impacts of Clean Air Act
TARGET AUDIENCE:
The target audience for the Air Quality Series is transportation and air quality planners and engineers from State and local departments of transportation (DOT), metropolitan planning organizations (MPO), transit agencies, Federal agencies (Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy, etc.), and State and local environmental agencies. Others include transportation and environmental consultants, public officials and staff members,
community and interest groups, as well as other stakeholders in the planning process.
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