Join us March 12 at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas
On Oct. 21, حوإ¼½م½م expressed support for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to update and clarify its regulations on water quality certification under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
January 15 – 17, 2020 | Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol, Austin, TX
Cutting Off Vital Infrastructure Funding Will Hurt Efforts to Improve California’s Infrastructure and Air Quality; Construction Association Urges Federal Officials to Give State a Grace Period
Encourages Senate to Continue Work on WRDA reauthorization
On Sept. 9, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to reauthorize the حوإ¼½م½م-supported Diesel Emission Reductions Act (DERA), which provides incentive to owners to make a smart investment in their purchase of cleaner and often more fuel-efficient vehicles and equipment.
On Sept. 12, حوإ¼½م½م attended the unveiling of a final rule to repeal the 2015 definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rulemaking. حوإ¼½م½م has criticized the federal overreach in the 2015 WOTUS rule, which treated many traditionally state waters as federal -- triggering federal approvals and permits for construction projects.
The Trump administration has finalized the first steps in حوإ¼½م½م supported changes to streamline and modernize the implementation of the Endangered Species Act, which can be unpredictable and add delay and cost to the permitting and construction of infrastructure projects.
In mid-August, حوإ¼½م½م prepared written recommendations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the agency works to review and revise the decade-old Compensatory Mitigation Rule, which addresses mitigation requirements for Clean Water Act (CWA) permits. حوإ¼½م½م’s recommendations focus on how the Corps could reduce mitigation uncertainty and inconsistency in the process, increase mitigation banking capacity, and help alleviate some of the delays on projects related to the CWA permit approvals. حوإ¼½م½م also encourages the Corps to provide for alternative, programmatic, and multipurpose options for mitigation.
On August 23, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a notice seeking public comment on two “interim†policies: one to limit environmental impact statements to a maximum of 150 pages – with a recommendation that they “not exceed†75 pages – and the other to coordinate those federal reviews under the “One Federal Decision†executive order with a goal of completing them within two years. Both directives are intended to speed up the environmental review process for transportation projects.