On October 18, 麻豆视频 submitted recommendations to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), highlighting the regulatory burden on the construction industry and offered specific program modifications and solutions relating to performing work with USACE.
Each year, 麻豆视频 seeks nominations for qualified and motivated individuals from the 麻豆视频 Environmental Forum to serve on the steering committee for the forum. Would you like to play a leadership role in 麻豆视频 of America鈥檚 environmental advocacy, education and outreach efforts?
In late September, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) reinstated, on a temporary basis, a requirement that states account for on-road greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) when planning transportation improvement projects. On Oct. 5, FHWA proposed a rulemaking to formally repeal the measure with a goal of finalizing it by spring 2018. FHWA pointed out that a GHG measure is not required by statute and is a burdensome and an unnecessary addition to the planning review. FHWA limited the comment period to 30 days in an effort to eliminate this requirement before states would be required to implement it.
The Trump Administration reinforced its commitment to ensure that the Federal environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure projects is coordinated, predictable, and transparent.. President Trump, through Executive Order (EO) 13807, Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure Projects, issued on Aug. 15, identified concerns with the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 鈥 including lack of coordination among federal agencies, overlapping statutory requirements, and redundant processes 鈥 and called on federal agencies to undertake reforms.
On Tuesday, 麻豆视频 Chief Executive Officer Stephen E. Sandherr and Tom Couling (Zachry Constr), the chair of 麻豆视频鈥檚 environmental forum, joined senior officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the launch of the agency鈥檚 Smart Sectors program. EPA invited 麻豆视频 to partner on an aggressive effort to eliminate or improve harmful rules that have failed to deliver results and stifled economic growth.
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麻豆视频 filed comments this week on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer鈥檚 joint proposed rule to repeal the 2015 definition of 鈥淲aters of the United States鈥 (WOTUS). 麻豆视频 offered strong support for the agencies鈥 plan to re-codify regulatory text that existed prior to the 2015 WOTUS rule to 鈥渞eflect[] the current legal regime under which the agencies are operating鈥 following a nationwide stay of the rule by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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