Transportation conformity is a way to ensure that Federal funding and approval are given to those transportation activities that are consistent with air quality goals. It ensures that these transportation activities do not worsen air quality or interfere with the “purpose” of the State Implementation Plan, which is to meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Meeting the NAAQS often requires emissions reductions from mobile sources.
According to the Clean Air Act, transportation plans, programs, and projects cannot:
- Create new NAAQS violations;
- Increase the frequency or severity of existing NAAQS violations; or
- Delay attainment of the NAAQS.
View Conformity documents
Adoption of the 2025 FTIP, the 2022 RTP/SCS, and the corresponding Air Quality Conformity Analysis was approved by the Fresno COG Policy Board on July 25, 2024. For information on the 2025 FTIP, click here.
For more information on the 2022 RTP/SCS, click here.
2023 SJV Conformity Amendment – 4/13/2023
2023 SJV Conformity Amendment – 5/25/2023
2024 SJV Conformity Amendment – 5/30/2024
2025 SJV Conformity Amendment – 05/31/2024 – Adoption of the 2025 FTIP, the 2022 RTP/SCS, and the corresponding Air Quality Conformity Analysis was approved by the Fresno COG Policy Board on July 25, 2024.
For any questions on the conformity analysis, please contact Matthew Shimizu at mshimizu@fresnocog.org.
View the January 2021 Conformity determination
Following a 30-day public review and comment period that concluded on January 5, 2021, the Fresno COG Policy Board adopted a Conformity Analysis on January 28, 2021 via resolution 2021-01. This document received approval by FHWA on April 16, 2021.
Final Conformity Analysis for the 2021 FTIP and 2018 RTP Amendment #4 – Adopted January 28, 2021