Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 20.12.1996

Emergency Relief Program

The FHWA is amending its regulation on the emergency relief (ER) program in order to incorporate changes made to 23 U.S.C. 120 and 125 by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) (Pub. L. 102-240,105 Stat. 1914). The time period in which the Federal share payable for certain eligible emergency repairs is 100 percent will be extended from 90 days to 180 days as a result of this final rule; the limit for total obligations for ER projects in any fiscal year in the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands will be increased from $5 million to $20 million; and the term ``Federal-aid highway systems'' will be replaced with the term ``Federal-aid highways'' to conform with terminology now used to describe highways eligible for Federal-aid ER assistance. In addition, various statements clarifying eligible uses of ER funding will be incorporated into the regulation. EFFECTIVE DATE: January 21, 1997.