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EPA Finalizes Cost-Saving Revisions to Current Lead Paint Rules
AGC Supports Online Lead Paint Training The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized an AGC-supported rule that will allow contractors who are subject to EPA’s current Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) rule to complete the required “renovator” re-certification process via… Read More
February 17, 2016
EPA Proposes More Stringent Stormwater Rules for Municipal Stormwater Programs
May Force Cities to Further Restrict Runoff from Construction and Development The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting public comments until March 21 on proposed changes to its general permit program for operators of municipal separate stormwater sewer systems (MS4s), which will… Read More
February 17, 2016
EPA Proposes More Stringent Stormwater Rules for Municipal Stormwater Programs
May Force Cities to Further Restrict Runoff from Construction and Development The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting public comments until March 21 on proposed changes to its general permit program for operators of municipal separate stormwater sewer systems (MS4s), which will… Read More
February 17, 2016
House Committee Approves FAA Reauthorization - Increases Airport Funding
February 11, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 4441, the Aviation Innovation Reform and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act, a bill to reauthorize for six years the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs. A key component of the AIRR Act is the transfer air traffic… Read More
February 12, 2016
Obama Budget Asks for Oil Fee for Transportation Investments
President Obama’s FY 2017 budget request for the US Department of Transportation supports FAST Act funding levels of $43.27 billion for the federal-aid highway and $9.535 transit programs. The proposal also revives an idea the Administration has suggested several times previously to replace the… Read More
February 12, 2016
Cargo Preference Act Applies to FHWA Funded Projects
FHWA has interpreted recent changes in the federal Cargo Preference Act as applying to federal-aid highway contracts.  The Act, which has been around since 1954, requires that “at least 50 percent of any equipment, materials or commodities” procured with federal funds, and which may be shipped… Read More
February 5, 2016
Obama Proposes Oil Fee for Infrastructure
The White House announced this week that the budget request President Obama will present to Congress next week will propose a $10-a-barrel oil tax, phased in over five years, to pay for a variety of transportation initiatives. The revenue raised would fund clean transportation infrastructure and… Read More
February 5, 2016
Cruz, a Tie, and Rubio the Surprise
The Iowa Caucuses ended in a bit of a surprise. Despite the last ten public Republican contest polls all finding Donald Trump leading the Iowa vote anywhere from one to eight points, it was Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) who claimed first place Monday night with 28 percent preference. Mr. Trump finished a… Read More
February 5, 2016
Paul Suspends Campaign
Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul suspended his presidential campaign Wednesday morning following a disappointing finish in the Iowa Caucuses. Paul placed fifth garnering just 4.5% of the vote behind US Sen. Ted Cruz (27.7%), Donald Trump (24.3%), US Sen. Marco Rubio (23.1%), and Dr. Ben Carson (9.3%).… Read More
February 5, 2016
AGC-Supported Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Legislation Re-Introduced
Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), John Duncan (R-Tenn.), and Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) introduced the Water Investment Trust Fund Act. This legislation will provide a small, deficit-neutral, protected source of revenue to help states replace, repair, and rehabilitate critical clean and… Read More
February 5, 2016

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