N.M. Code R. § 20.11.3.110 Criteria and Procedures: Latest Planning Assumptions

• Library: New Mexico Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 34, No. 24, December 19, 2023
• Citation: N.M. Code R. § 20.11.3.110
• Year: 2023

A. Except as provided in Subsection A of 20.11.3.110 NMAC, the conformity determination, with respect to all other applicable criteria in 20.11.3.111 NMAC through 20.11.3.119 NMAC, shall be based upon the most recent planning assumptions in force at the time the conformity analysis begins. The conformity determination shall satisfy the requirements of Subsections B through F of 20.11.3.110 NMAC using the planning assumptions available at the time the conformity analysis begins as determined through the interagency consultation process required in Subparagraph (a) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection D of 20.11.105 NMAC. The "time the conformity analysis begins" for a transportation plan or TIP determination is the point at which the MPO or other designated agency begins to model the impact of the proposed transportation plan or TIP on travel or emissions. New data that becomes available after an analysis begins is required to be used in the conformity determination only if a significant delay in the analysis has occurred, as determined through the interagency consultation procedures described in 20.11.3.105 NMAC.

B. Assumptions shall be derived from the estimates of current and future population, employment, travel, and congestion most recently developed by the MPO or other agency authorized to make such estimates and approved by the MPO. These assumptions shall be presented to and discussed by the TCTC as part of the interagency consultation procedures described in Paragraph (1) of Subsection D of 20.11.3.105 NMAC. The conformity determination shall also be based on the latest assumptions about current and future background concentrations.

C. The conformity determination for each transportation plan and TIP shall discuss how transit operating policies (including fares and service levels) and assumed transit ridership...