FHWA Strongly Defends EJ Analysis In Challenge To Capital Beltway Review

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is defending the environmental justice (EJ) analysis it conducted as part of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review for an expansion of the Capital Beltway, urging a federal appeals court to reject environmentalists’ challenge and uphold a district court’s judgment allowing the project to proceed. The agency’s Sept. 16 filing in Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club, et al. v. FHWA, et al ., in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit,...