FHWA Proposed Requiring States and Municipalities to Establish Highway Carbon Dioxide Emissions Targets and Reporting Methodologies

On July 15, 2022, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking, in which it proposed requiring State departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to establish declining carbon dioxide targets and methods for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation on federal highways. The proposed rule would not mandate the level of the state and municipal targets, as long as those targets would reduce emissions over time. 

FHWA is accepting comments until October 13, 2022.