SIP - ALASKA - 18 AAC 50.705
18 AAC 50.705. COVERAGE OF 18 AAC 50.710 - 18 AAC 50.735: OBLIGATIONS OF RESPONSIBLE AGENCY
(a) The requirements of 18 AAC 50.710 – 18 AAC 50.720 apply to
(1) a transportation plan, program, or project within a nonattainment or maintenance area that is funded by, or requires approval under, 23 U.S.C. or 49 U.S.C. 5301 – 5338; or
(2) a project that is nonfederally funded, but that is a regionally significant project funded, adopted, or approved by a current or prior recipient of funds designated under 23 U.S.C. or 49 U.S.C. 53 (the Federal Transit Act).
(b) The requirements of 18 AAC 50.725 - 18 AAC 50.735 apply to all federally-funded or approved actions within a nonattainment or maintenance area not described in (a) of this section.
(c) It is the obligation of the responsible agency to meet the applicable requirements of 18 AAC 50.700 - 18 AAC 50.735. For purposes of
(1) transportation conformity under 18 AAC 50.710 – 18 AAC 50.720, “responsible agency” means the agency that
(A) receives or manages the federal money for the transportation plan, program, or project referred to in (a) of this section;
(B) develops the transportation plan, program, or project referred to in (a) of this section; or
(C) funds, adopts, or approves a nonfederal, regionally significant project and is a current or prior recipient of funds under 23 U.S.C. or 49 U.S.C. 53;
(2) general conformity under 18 AAC 50.725 – 18 AAC 50.735, “responsible agency” means the federal agency that is responsible for the funding or for approval of the action referred to in (b) of this section.
State effective: 9/4/98; EPA effective: 2/28/00