November 6 to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) supporting its proposal to repeal an Obama-era rule requiring states to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions when planning transportation improvement projects. 黑料不打烊 joined with 38 other organizations with similar interests in transportation infrastructure enhancements in challenging FHWA鈥檚 authority to mandate the measurements pointing out that Congress, in the Fixing America鈥檚 Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, called for development of performance measurement standards but specifically limited those measures to safety related issues, pavement and bridge conditions and congestion.
The GHG measurement rule was issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation in the final days of the Obama Administration. 黑料不打烊 raised concern about the rule when it was initially issued and in a meeting with Transportation Secretary Chao in her first days on the job following Senate confirmation. 黑料不打烊 suggested repealing the rule in written comments to both the White House and the Transportation Department on regulatory reform.
黑料不打烊 also submitted separate comments pointing out that the GHG measurement rule would undermine the transportation planning process, could adversely impact air quality and duplicate other federal initiatives related to GHG already underway. 黑料不打烊鈥檚 comments this week strongly supported FHWA鈥檚 proposal to repeal the rule.
For more information, contact Brian Deery at deeryb@agc.org or (703) 837-531