The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently published a proposed rule highlighting some potential changes to DOT’s regulatory, guidance, and enforcement procedures. The proposal would add new procedural requirements for major and high-impact rules that have a significant economic impact, including a heightened requirement for cost-benefit analysis.
AGC submitted a public comment to highlight the valuable role that associations like AGC can play in the regulatory process and to encourage the DOT to adopt a regulatory approach that balances meaningful public engagement with the need for efficient operations. We believe DOT does its best work in collaboration with groups like AGC and our members. The proposed rule also allows DOT to meet with interested parties at all stages of the regulatory process, which was traditionally limited to before the proposed rule.
Lastly, the rule, if finalized, would change the way DOT adjudicates its enforcement actions. Appeals to DOT enforcement actions would be appealed in federal court instead of in front of in-house DOT administrative law judges.
For more information on this rule, contact Spencer Phillips.