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The Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency (MPCA) today published notice in the State Register of a proposed
revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) relating to transportation
planning. Comments and requests for a public meeting on the proposed revision
are being accepted until December 15, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. The proposed SIP
revision and related notice can be viewed on the MPCA Public Notice Webpage.
The proposed SIP revision is
intended to fulfill Minnesota’s “transportation conformity” responsibilities
under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Under the
CAA, states must ensure that transportation activities do not cause new
violations of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. States must include in their SIPs methods of
collaboration amongst the agencies that have responsibilities related to air
quality and transportation. This
document incorporates these procedures into Minnesota’s SIP.
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