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Procedures for Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise and Construction Noise
The Federal Highway Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on October 18, 2024. Comments closed on December 17, 2024.
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What the agency says
The FHWA proposes to revise the Federal regulations on the Procedures for Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise and Construction Noise. The proposed rule would clarify certain definitions, the applicability of this rulemaking, certain analysis requirements, and the eligibility of funds made available under the Highways title of the United States Code (U.S.C.) to provide noise abatement measures and to improve the analytical procedures. The FHWA also proposes changes and clarifications of factors used to determine the effectiveness of noise abatement measures. In addition, the proposed rule would include exemptions to Type I projects and allow screening analysis that would focus on the projects most likely to cause a traffic noise impact to improve efficiency. The proposed rule would make several changes that are intended to increase the pool of eligible participants in the noise study and mitigation decision processes to ensure everyone receives due consideration for impacts and the possibility of receiving abatement on a given project.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-23751
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); request for comments
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Highway Administration
- Published
- October 18, 2024
- Comments due
- December 17, 2024
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before December 17, 2024. Late- filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable.
- Docket
- Docket No. FHWA-2019-0036
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2125-AF78
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 23 CFR 772
- Topics
- Grant programs-transportation; Highways and roads; Noise control; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 25
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