PUBLIC LAW 108–176—DEC. 12, 2003
117 STAT. 2511
how airport sponsors will demonstrate benefits, under section 47102(3)(K) of title 49, United States Code, as added by this subsection. (B) ELIGIBLE LOW-EMISSION VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.— The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, shall issue guidance describing eligible low-emission vehicle technology, and stating how airport sponsors will demonstrate benefits, under section 47102(3)(L) of title 49, United States Code, as added by this subsection. (c) ALLOWABLE PROJECT COST.—Section 47110(b) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(6) if the cost is for a project not described in section 47102(3) for acquiring for use at a commercial service airport vehicles and ground support equipment owned by an airport that include low-emission technology, but only to the extent of the incremental cost of equipping such vehicles or equipment with low-emission technology, as determined by the Secretary.’’. (d) LOW-EMISSION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT.—Section 47102 (as amended by section 801 of this Act) is further amended by inserting after paragraph (10) the following: ‘‘(11) ‘low-emission technology’ means technology for vehicles and equipment whose emission performance is the best achievable under emission standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency and that relies exclusively on alternative fuels that are substantially nonpetroleum based, as defined by the Department of Energy, but not excluding hybrid systems or natural gas powered vehicles.’’. SEC. 160. COMPATIBLE LAND USE PLANNING AND PROJECTS BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 471 is further amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘§ 47141. Compatible land use planning and projects by State and local governments ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation may make grants, from amounts set aside under section 47117(e)(1)(A), to States and units of local government for development and implementation of land use compatibility plans and implementation of land use compatibility projects resulting from those plans for the purposes of making the use of land areas around large hub airports and medium hub airports compatible with aircraft operations. The Secretary may make a grant under this section for a land use compatibility plan or a project resulting from such plan only if— ‘‘(1) the airport operator has not submitted a noise compatibility program to the Secretary under section 47504 or has not updated such program within the preceding 10 years; and ‘‘(2) the land use plan or project meets the requirements of this section. ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to receive a grant under this section, a State or unit of local government must—
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