DOT Seeks Ideas For Reducing The Burden Of Transportation Regulations

The U.S. Department of Transportation ("DOT") announced this week that it is seeking public comment "on existing rules and other agency actions that are good candidates for repeal, replacement, suspension, or modification" as part of its regulatory review process. The Federal Register notice, 82 Fed. Reg. 45750, states the Department is specifically requesting comments on rules that inhibit job creation, are outdated or ineffective, are candidates for performance-based regulation, and burden development or use of domestic energy resources. 

The DOT is conducting this review, in part, to respond to three executive orders ("EO") signed by President Trump in the early months of his presidency. These EOs focus on reducing the number of regulations and their costs (E.O. 13771), implementing and enforcing regulatory reform (E.O. 13777), and reviewing regulations and other actions affecting safe and efficient development or use of domestically produced energy resources