FHWA Postpones Rule Establishing GHG Reporting Standards for Federal Highway Projects

The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) has postponed the effective date of a rule establishing natural performance management standards for federal highway projects. The rule requires local and state transportation planners to measure and account for the greenhouse gas emissions of highway projects that receive federal funding. The effective date of the rule has been postponed until March 21, 2017, consistent with a White House memorandum calling for freeze of new and pending regulations to give the new administration time to review those regulations before they went into effect.

The full text of the rule is available here:

• National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Freight Movement on the Interstate System, and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, 82 Fed. Reg. 5970 (Jan.  18, 2017)

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