Eric Crawford: “I am particularly curious as to your thoughts about how to simplify the process.”

Two federal courts issued opinions earlier this year finding the rule exceeds the administration's statutory authority.

The Federal Highway Administration continues to pursue its final rule to force a greenhouse gas performance measure on State departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations, despite lacking the statutory authority to…

22 States sued as part of 2 separate lawsuits. This spring, two Federal courts found that the rule exceeds the Federal Highway's statutory authority.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas went so far as to vacate the rule.