WHITE HOUSE SEEKS ENVIRONMENTAL LAWSUITS LIMIT IN HIGHWAY BILL

The White House is recommending changes to a Senate highway bill that include adding a 180-day deadline for legal challenges to transportation projects based on environmental impacts and restricting the types of projects that can be funded under EPA's traffic congestion management program. The recommendations could raise new roadblocks for final passage of the highway bill, which is pending on the Senate floor and awaiting a vote later this month. The Senate Commerce and Transportation Committee unanimously approved the bill...