Environmental News Highlights – August 10, 2022

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Implementing Equity in the Transportation Industry ( AASHTO Journal (link to video) )

A Tree Planter’s Guide to Environmental Justice ( North Carolina State University)

Automated vehicles and underserved populations ( University of Texas at Arlington)

TRB RESOURCES/ANNOUNCEMENTS

Growing the Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture ( National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine )

Toward a Touchless Airport Journey (TRB)

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

Update to U.S. DOT FY22 Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding (Office of the Secretary of Transportation, USDOT (Amendment to FY22 Notice of Funding Opportunity) )

Noise Exposure Map Notice: Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review ( FAA (Notice))

Request for Comments in Minimum Seat Dimensions Necessary for Safety of Air Passengers (Emergency Evacuation) ( FAA (Notice) )

Membership in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (FAA (Solicitation of applications))

Environmental Justice Scorecard Feedback (Council on Environmental Quality (Request for information))

Federal Railroad Administration Notice of Final Agency Actions on Proposed Railroad Project in California ( FRA (Notice) )

Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Funding Opportunity ( Natural Resources Conservation Service (Notice of availability and finding of no significant impact) )

Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Ocean Wind, LLC’s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore New Jersey; Extension of Comment Period ( Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (Draft environmental impact statement; extension of comment period) )

Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Final Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment #8: Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats and Finding of No Significant Impact ( NOAA (Notice) )

Notice of Teleconference Meeting of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee ( Office of the Secretary of Interior (Notice))