Environmental News Highlights – November 8, 2023

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE/EQUITY

Flying Is Becoming More Accessible For Passengers With Disabilities (Forbes)

New Mississippi program to transport patients to appointments ( New Mississippi program to transport patients to appointments )

Metrolinx is joining the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program (Metrolinx (media release))

CULTURAL RESOURCES

Why is Houston so car centric? (EnergyPortal.eu)

Young Photographer Gives New View Of Planes (ABC News (link to video))

MTA, New York Comedy Festival Team Up to Bring Top Comedic Voices to the Subway System (Metropolitan Transportation Authority (media release))

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

Transportation Services for Individuals With Disabilities: ADA Standards for Transportation Facilities (USDOT (Request for information on accessibility improvements for transportation facilities))

Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE); Notice of Public Meeting (Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation (Notice))

Determination To Defer Sanctions; California; California Air Resources Board (EPA (Interim final determination))

Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Vehicle Miles Traveled Emissions Offset Demonstrations for the 2015 Ozone Standards; California (EPA (Final rule))

Notice of Availability of Preliminary Designation of Certain Stormwater Discharges Within Two Watersheds in Los Angeles County, California Under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System of the Clean Water Act (EPA (Notice of availability))

Notice of Availability of Consultation Documents for Public Comment Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (FAA (Notice))

Notice of Proposed Methodology for the 2024 Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report (Delaware River Basin Commission (Notice))

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System; Florida, Georgia,Louisiana, Maine, and New York; Draft 5-Year Review Boundaries (Fish and Wildlife Service (Notice of availability; request for comments))

Land Uses; Special Uses; Carbon Capture and Storage Exemption (Forest Service (Proposed rule; request for public comment))

Notice of Availability of a Joint Record of Decision for the Proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project (Bureau of Ocean Energy and National Marine Fisheries Service (Notice))