About the Center

The Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO, developed in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, offers a wide range of products and services to assist transportation agencies in achieving environmental excellence in delivering their transportation programs and projects. Through its information exchange, technical assistance, and partnership-building and training resources, the Center helps transportation agencies incorporate environmental compliance, sustainability and stewardship into transportation planning, project development, construction, maintenance, and operations.

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Current Topics & Events

Updated May 11, 2012

• CBO Report Says Proposed Fuel Economy Standards Will Deprive Highway Trust Fund of Revenue
• EPA Final Rule to Waive Requirements for Gas Station Vapor Recovery Systems
• Report Recommends Best Practices to Implement Fleet Fuel Efficiency Programs
• TRB Releases Papers from Winter Maintenance, Surface Transportation Weather Conference
• U.S. DOT Issues Revised Order on Environmental Justice

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Announcements

• Report Offers Road Map to Accelerate Adoption of Electric Vehicles

  A plan for coordinating public and private sector action to accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles nationwide is presented in a report produced by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions with support from the Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO. For more information, link here.

• AASHTO Report Offers Case Studies on Historic Bridge Rehabilitation

  Case studies of best practices for historic bridge rehabilitation from across the country are detailed in a report produced by the Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO’s Historic Bridges Community of Practice. Link to Case Studies on Rehabilitation of Historic Bridges.

• Practitioner's Handbook Issued on Section 401(b)(1) Guidelines

  Guidance on complying with Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) guidelines in the environmental review process for surface transportation projects is provided in a Practitioner’s Handbook published by the Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO. For more information, link here.

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