Proposed Rule2025-09726
Highway Safety Improvement Program; Withdrawal
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Published
May 30, 2025
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Highway Administration
Abstract
FHWA withdraws its February 21, 2024, notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), which proposed to update FHWA's Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) regulations. FHWA will proceed to formally withdraw the proposed rule from FHWA's upcoming Spring 2025 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions ("Unified Agenda").
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 103 (Friday, May 30, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09726]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
23 CFR Part 924
[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0045]
RIN 2125-AG07
Highway Safety Improvement Program; Withdrawal
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: FHWA withdraws its February 21, 2024, notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM), which proposed to update FHWA's Highway Safety
Improvement Program (HSIP) regulations. FHWA will proceed to formally
withdraw the proposed rule from FHWA's upcoming Spring 2025 Unified
Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (``Unified Agenda'').
DATES: The NPRM ``Highway Safety Improvement Program,'' Regulation
Identifier Number (RIN 2125-AG07), published February 21, 2024 (89 FR
13000), is withdrawn as of May 30, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Karen Scurry, Office of Safety,
(202) 897-7168, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fa919b889f94d489998f888883ba9e958ed49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="204b4152454e0e53435552525960444f540e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>; or Mr. David Serody, Office of
the Chief Counsel, (202) 366-4241, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c787d6a7578326f796e7378655c787368327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d595c4b5459134e584f5259447d595249135a524b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access and Filing
This document, the 2024 NPRM, and all comments received may be
viewed online through the Federal eRulemaking portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. The website is available 24 hours each day, 365
days each year. An electronic copy of this document may also be
downloaded by accessing the Office of the Federal Register's home page
at: <a href="http://www.federalregister.gov">www.federalregister.gov</a>.
Background
On February 21, 2024, at 89 FR 13000, FHWA issued an NPRM proposing
to update the HSIP regulations at 23 CFR part 924 to address provisions
in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-58) and to
reflect then-current priorities and state-of-practice.
Consistent with President Trump's commitment to ending unlawful,
unnecessary, and onerous regulations, FHWA is reviewing its existing
regulations and ongoing regulatory activities for alignment with law
and Administration priorities. FHWA is withdrawing this NPRM because
further rulemaking action with respect to the NPRM does not align with
agency needs, priorities, and objectives. FHWA appreciates the comments
received and will continue to consider the best means of addressing
some or all of the issues covered by the NPRM and the scope of any
agency actions FHWA concludes may be necessary to address these issues.
In addition, all agencies participate in the semi-annual Unified
Agenda, which provides a summary description of the rulemaking actions
that each agency is considering or reviewing. Agencies' agendas are
posted on the public website of the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, and portions are published in the Federal Register
in the spring and fall of each year. The Unified Agenda is often used
as a tool to solicit interest and participation from stakeholders.
Withdrawal of this NPRM will allow FHWA to better align its entries on
the Department's Unified Agenda with the agency's needs, priorities,
and objectives.
Accordingly, for these independently sufficient reasons, FHWA is
withdrawing the NPRM associated with RIN 2125-AG07 and terminating this
rulemaking. By terminating this rulemaking, FHWA is indicating that it
no longer considers this NPRM to be pending. Should the FHWA decide at
a future date to initiate the same or similar rulemaking, FHWA will
initiate a new rulemaking under a new RIN, consistent with the
requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553.
Gloria M. Shepherd,
Executive Director, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-09726 Filed 5-27-25; 4:15 pm]
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