Section 8114 - Regional TIPs (RTIPs) and Rural Comments(a) As authorized by Section 65080(b) of the Government Code, transportation planning agencies and county transportation commissions representing urbanized areas of 50,000 or more in population shall prepare and adopt Regional Transportation Improvement Programs (RTIPs).(1) When preparing RTIPs, RTPAs shall consider the Commission's adopted STIP; the Department's PSTIP; the adopted Regional Transportation Plan; the transportation plans of cities, counties, special districts, private organizations, and State and Federal agencies within the regions; the applicable State Implementation Plan for air quality; and the availability of local matching funds to complete projects in proposed years.(2) The RTIP shall be consistent with the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), shall be developed from short-range programming in the Action Element of the RTP, and shall contain findings and substantiation of such consistency.(3) The RTIP shall contain the required transportation programs and projects for the entire geographic area covered by the RTPA.(b) The Southern California Association of Governments' (SCAG) RTIP shall be developed in cooperation with the county transportation commissions. SCAG may revise the projects submitted in the county transportation commission TIPs in order to resolve conflicts between programs or with the adopted regional transportation plan. The San Diego Association of Governments' RTIP shall include those elements of the transportation improvement program prepared by the Metropolitan Transit Development Board pursuant to Section 120353 of the Public Utilities Code relating to funds made available to this Board for transportation purposes. Projects using Federal funds shall be consistent with the regional comprehensive plan.(c) The RTIPs shall also be consistent with the regional portion of the applicable State Implementation Plan for air quality. A statement and substantiation of this consistency shall be included in the RTIP. The substantiation for the carbon monoxide and oxident nonattainment areas shall include: (1) A reconciliation of capital and noncapital projects and programs from the regional portion of the appropriate five-year period in the applicable State Implementation Plan with the RTIP.(2) An analysis showing the overall changes in transportation emissions from that which would be projected to occur under a no-transportation system improvement alternative (maintenance and operations) covering the five-year RTIP period. This analysis of emission changes: (A) shall consider all capital and noncapital actions to the extent they will be implemented under the proposed RTIP;(B) shall consider other transportation measures included in the applicable State Implementation Plan for the same time period as the RTIP; and(C) shall not include in the results any decrease attributable to vehicles themselves or to their emissions controls.(3) For those nonmetropolitan areas not adopting RTIPs which are also part of nonattainment areas, the Department shall prepare a similar assessment of consistency between the PSTIP and the applicable State Implementation Plan for air quality.(4) To the extent possible, the RTPAs may use the applicable Air Quality Maintenance Plan/Non-Attainment Area Plan and other appropriate data and materials in preparing their RTIPs.(5) RTPAs may submit, if they choose, a supplemental quantitative air quality analysis that they believe is superior to the analysis required in this section.(d) RTIPs shall be consistent with the fund estimate adopted by the Commission. (1) Each RTPA may include in its RTIP projects costing up to the amount specified by the Commission in the fund estimate. A statement of such consistency shall be included in the RTIP. Pursuant to Chapter 340, Statutes of 1980, RTPAs may exceed the estimate of local assistance available to them by up to 25 percent.(2) Each RTPA submitting an RTIP may request funding for projects from the "excess revenues" defined in Section 8112(b)(2). An RTPA, including SCAG, may not request more excess revenues than the amount the fund estimate indicates is consistent with the allocation of funds to the north or south county groups.(e) In its RTIP, an RTPA may comment on projects the Department schedules for rehabilitation in its PSTIP. An RTPA can comment on the need for a rehabilitation project, its timing, its priority, or the overall size of the rehabilitation program in its area.(f) The RTIPs shall include: (1) Project, program, and a summary of recommendations for annual capital outlay expenditures from the State Highway Account for new facilities, operational improvements, rehabilitation, and local assistance programs for the succeeding five fiscal years, and recommended annual expenditures for the same five fiscal years from other appropriate transportation accounts for which the Commission allocates funds.(2) A summary of capital outlay expenditures by fund category source, by year.(3) Other project or program information the RTPA wishes to provide to the Commission (e.g., Federal TIP information, local option or privately funded projects, or Federal discretionary funds earmarked for transportation).(4) Comments comparing the RTIP projects to the adopted STIP.(5) Any aeronautics projects the RTPA recommends for full or partial funding.(6) A geographic listing of projects, consistent with the requirements of Sections 8118 and 8119.(7) Project information for each significant project change to the adopted STIP proposed by the RTIP, consistent with the requirements of Section 8118(e). At the request of the Executive Director of the Commission, concerning specific projects, the Department shall provide assistance to RTPAs in preparing the project information.(g) An RTPA not required to submit an RTIP may submit comments to the Commission concerning the adopted STIP, the PSTIP, or new projects which the RTPA wishes to propose. (1) The comments may be submitted in the same form as an RTIP, if the RTPA wishes, consistent with these guidelines.(2) These RTPAs may request funding for projects from the "excess revenues" defined in Section 8112(b)(2), but may not request more excess revenues than the amount the fund estimate indicates is consistent with the allocation of funds to the north and south county groups.(3) The agency shall provide its proposed comments to affected agencies, persons, and organizations it knows, through its public participation program, to be interested in transportation projects.(4) Adopted agency comments shall be submitted prior to April 1. Project-specific comments shall be made within the context of changes to the adopted STIP and submitted in a format consistent with Section 8118(e).Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 21, § 8114
Note: Authority cited: Section 14532, Government Code. Reference: Sections 14527, 14528, 65080, 65080.5, 65082, Government Code.