To provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation conformity requirements and metropolitan transportation planning requirements under the Clean Air Act and under other laws for certain areas in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes.

Exempts transportation projects, programs, or plans for the parishes of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Ascension, and Iberville, Louisiana, through FY2010, from Clean Air Act requirements prohibiting a federal agency from providing financial assistance or support for, or a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) from approving, a project or activity that does not comply with state implementation plans for national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards. Excludes from such waiver (thus keeping applicable) certain regulations relating to federal and state interagency consultation procedures.

Exempts the Louisiana Capital Region Planning Commission, through FY2010, from certain MPO requirements.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3946 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3946

 To provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation conformity 
  requirements and metropolitan transportation planning requirements 
   under the Clean Air Act and under other laws for certain areas in 
    Louisiana affected by Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2005

Mr. Baker (for himself, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
Jindal, Mr. Boustany, and Mr. Melancon) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation conformity 
  requirements and metropolitan transportation planning requirements 
   under the Clean Air Act and under other laws for certain areas in 
    Louisiana affected by Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. CLEAN AIR TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY; TEMPORARY WAIVER FOR 
              LOUISIANA.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until September 30, 
2010, the provisions of section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, and the 
regulations promulgated thereunder, shall not apply to transportation 
projects, programs, and plans (as defined in 40 C.F.R. Part 93, Subpart 
A) for the parishes of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Livingston, 
Ascension, and Iberville, Louisiana. The preceding sentence shall not 
apply to the regulations under section 176(c)(4)(B)(i) of such Act 
relating to Federal and State interagency consultation procedures.

SEC. 2. METROPOLITAN PLANNING REQUIREMENTS; TEMPORARY WAIVER FOR 
              LOUISIANA AREAS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until September 30, 
2010, the provisions of sections 134(h)(1)(D), 134(i)(3), 134(i)(5), 
and 134(l)(1) of title 23 of the United States Code, and sections 
5304(a)(1), 5305(c), and 5305(e)(1) of title 49 of the United States 
Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, shall not apply to the 
Louisiana Capital Region Planning Commission.
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