FEDERAL ACTION
Senate votes to roll back EPA emissions standard on heavy trucks -Commercial Carrier Journal
EPA’s right to mandate EVs disputed -Odessa American
Plan to build N.J. terminal for trains that carry combustible gases hits federal roadblock -NJ.com
FHWA Opens Applications for First Year of $400M Competitive Grant Program to Reduce Truck Air Pollution at America’s Ports -FHWA (media release)
EPA Issues Emergency Fuel Waiver for E15 Sales -EPA (media release)
NEPA
Bureau of Land Management to begin NEPA process for the Bonanza Solar Project Application -Bureau of Land Management (media release)
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Why Zero-Emissions Fleet Transformation Starts at the Top -Mass Transit
Electrify everything, California says – including trucks and trains -Grist
Counties directly eligible for $848 million through new USDOT PROTECT transportation resilience grants -National Association of Counties (media release)
AIR QUALITY
Connecticut regulators seek more authority to move the needle on climate goals -Energy News Network
The Filthy Truth About Subway Air -Wired
Colorado adopts new zero-emission big truck rules -Land Line
An Oregon City Banned Natural Gas. The Gas Company Fought Back -CityLab
How Tampa Bay’s air quality is declining -Axios
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Electric vehicle fleet penetration helps address inequalities in air quality and improves environmental justice -Communications Earth & Environment
Over 1 in 5 skip health care due to transportation barriers -Axios
NATURAL RESOURCES
WSDOT crews to use drones to apply herbicides along section of US 12 -Union-Bulletin
EPA proposes settlement with Virginia, other states in Chesapeake Bay cleanup lawsuit -WHRO
Forest Service admits some Clean Water Act violations with use of aerial fire retardants, but says they are still an important tool -Press Democrat
The science to prevent bird strikes at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport -WKYC-TV
When Marylanders Register Their Vehicles, They Can Now Support the Environment and Statewide Tree Plantings -Maryland Department of Natural Resources (media release)
CULTURAL RESOURCES
Detroit Book Depository opening highlights next gen mobility innovation -Axios Detroit
Recreation P.E.I. launches interactive trail map for spring hiking season -SaltWire
HEALTH AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
Plan OK’d for 20-mile-long pedestrian and bicycle trail in Florida -Miami Today
Oregon DOT wants to help bicycle and pedestrian advisory committees build power statewide -BikePortland
North Carolina DOT Creates Web Page Devoted To On-Demand Microtransit -North Carolina DOT
Miami, Seven Other Cities to Test Cargo Bikes -Transport Topics
TRB RESOURCES/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Making Travel More Equitable for People with Disabilities -TRB (blog post)
Truck Parking Strategies, Technologies, and Partnerships -TRB (webinar)
Assessing Airport Programs for Travelers with Disabilities and Older Adults -ACRP
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES
Notice of Intent To Amend the Las Vegas Resource Management Plan and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Golden Currant Solar Project in Clark County, Nevada –Bureau of Land Management, Interior (Notice)
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement To Analyze the Potential Environmental Effects From Maintaining Secretary Jewell’s Coal Leasing Moratorium -Bureau of Land Management (Notice)
Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission; Notice Announcing Meeting and Inviting Agenda Topics -Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Notice)
City of Nashua, New Hampshire; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments -Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Notice)
National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) -EPA (Notice of meeting)
National Wildlife Refuge System; Drain Tile Setbacks -Fish and Wildlife Service (Proposed rule)
Recommendation for the Western Area Power Administration’s Rocky Mountain Region and Colorado River Storage Project Management Center To Pursue Final Negotiations Regarding Membership in the Southwest Power Pool Regional Transmission Organization, and … -Western Area Power Administration (Notice)
Public Meeting of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group -Bureau of Reclamation (Notice)