2125-AF24 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2125 Federal Highway Administration FHWA 2100 Department of Transportation DOT National Tunnel Inspection Standards (MAP-21)

This rulemaking would revise 23 CFR part 650—Bridges, Structures, and Hydraulics—by adding the National Tunnel Inspection Standards (NTIS) under subpart E. We anticipate that the NTIS may be modeled after the existing National Bridge Inspection Standards and may include requirements for, among other things, inspection procedures, the qualifications and training of inspectors, and a National Tunnel Inventory. The FHWA has changed the stage from a final rule to a SNPRM because MAP-21 broadened FHWA´s authority to include all highway tunnels. In addition, it made a number of changes to the NBIS, upon which this rulemaking is based. In order to conform the two processes and to reassess the cost benefit analysis of this rulemaking, a supplemental NPRM is being pursued.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 23 CFR 650 sec 1111, MAP-21 (PL 112-141) 23 USC 116 49 CFR 1.48(b) Statutory Final 10/01/2015 section 1111, MAP-21 (Pub. L. 112-141) No ANPRM 11/18/2008 73 FR 68365 ANPRM Comment Period End 02/17/2009 NPRM 07/22/2010 75 FR 42643 NPRM Comment Period End 09/20/2010 Supplemental NPRM 07/30/2013 78 FR 46118 Second NPRM Comment Period End 09/30/2013 Final Rule 03/00/2015 No No None No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov No No Jesus Rohena 2125 Federal Highway Administration FHWA 202 366-4593 jesus.rohena@dot.gov 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington DC 20590