Public Law 104-260

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[104th Congress Public Law 260]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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Public Law 104-260
104th Congress

                                 An Act


 
       To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that traffic signal 
    synchronization projects are exempt from certain requirements of 
  Environmental Protection Agency Rules. <<NOTE: Oct. 9, 1996 -  [H.R. 
                                2988]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION. 1. TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECTS.

    Section 176(c)(4) (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)(4)) of the Clean Air Act is 
amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
    ``(D) Compliance with the rules of the Administrator for determining 
the conformity of transportation plans, programs, and projects funded or 
approved under title 23 of the United States Code or the Federal Transit 
Act to State or Federal implementation plans shall not be required for 
traffic signal synchronization projects prior to the funding, approval 
or implementation of such projects. The supporting regional emissions 
analysis for any conformity determination made with respect to a 
transportation plan, program, or project shall consider the effect on 
emissions of any such project funded, approved, or implemented prior to 
the conformity determination.''.

    Approved October 9, 1996.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2988:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 104-807 (Comm. on Commerce).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996):
            Sept. 24, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 27, considered and passed Senate.

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