Rule2025-09886
Statewide and Nonmetropolitan Planning; Metropolitan Transportation Planning
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Published
June 3, 2025
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Highway Administration
Abstract
FHWA terminates its rulemaking titled "Statewide and Nonmetropolitan Planning; Metropolitan Transportation Planning," which would have proposed updates to its transportation planning regulations. FHWA will proceed to formally terminate the 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 105 (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23438-23439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09886]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
23 CFR Part 450
[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0008]
RIN 2125-AF98
Statewide and Nonmetropolitan Planning; Metropolitan
Transportation Planning
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Termination of rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: FHWA terminates its rulemaking titled ``Statewide and
Nonmetropolitan Planning; Metropolitan Transportation Planning,'' which
would have proposed updates to its transportation planning regulations.
FHWA will proceed to formally terminate the rule from FHWA's upcoming
Spring 2025 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
(``Unified Agenda'').
DATES: June 3, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kenneth Petty, Office of Planning,
(202) 366-6654, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e4af818a8a81908ccab48190909da4808b90ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0fbd5deded5c4d89ee0d5c4c4c9f0d4dfc49ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>; or Mr. Lev Gabrilovich, Office
of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366-3813, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ace0c9da82ebcdcedec5c0c3dac5cfc4ecc8c3d882cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f331a0951381e1d0d16131009161c173f1b100b51181009">[email protected]</span></a>, Federal
Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time (E.T.),
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded by accessing
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Background
FHWA had initiated a rulemaking titled ``Statewide and
Nonmetropolitan Planning; Metropolitan Transportation Planning,'' under
Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 2125-AF98, to update the regulations
pertaining to FHWA's transportation planning requirements in title 23,
Code of Federal Regulations, part 450. This rulemaking project was
listed on FHWA's Unified Agenda, however no notice of proposed
rulemaking was published in the Federal Register.
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 rulemaking
activity
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because further rulemaking action does not align with Agency needs,
priorities, and objectives. FHWA continues to consider the best means
of addressing some or all of the issues surrounding its transportation
planning regulations 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.
Termination of this rulemaking 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
terminating the rulemaking associated with RIN 2125-AF98. By
terminating the rulemaking, FHWA is indicating that it no longer
considers this rulemaking 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, title 5, United
States Code, 553.
Gloria M. Shepherd,
Executive Director, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-09886 Filed 6-2-25; 8:45 am]
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