[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 103 (Friday, May 30, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09726]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

23 CFR Part 924

[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0045]
RIN 2125-AG07


Highway Safety Improvement Program; Withdrawal

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: FHWA withdraws its February 21, 2024, notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPRM), which proposed to update FHWA's Highway Safety 
Improvement Program (HSIP) regulations. FHWA will proceed to formally 
withdraw the proposed rule from FHWA's upcoming Spring 2025 Unified 
Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (``Unified Agenda'').

DATES: The NPRM ``Highway Safety Improvement Program,'' Regulation 
Identifier Number (RIN 2125-AG07), published February 21, 2024 (89 FR 
13000), is withdrawn as of May 30, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Karen Scurry, Office of Safety, 
(202) 897-7168, [email protected]; or Mr. David Serody, Office of 
the Chief Counsel, (202) 366-4241, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access and Filing

    This document, the 2024 NPRM, and all comments received may be 
viewed online through the Federal eRulemaking portal at 
www.regulations.gov. The website is available 24 hours each day, 365 
days each year. An electronic copy of this document may also be 
downloaded by accessing the Office of the Federal Register's home page 
at: www.federalregister.gov.

Background

    On February 21, 2024, at 89 FR 13000, FHWA issued an NPRM proposing 
to update the HSIP regulations at 23 CFR part 924 to address provisions 
in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-58) and to 
reflect then-current priorities and state-of-practice.
    Consistent with President Trump's commitment to ending unlawful, 
unnecessary, and onerous regulations, FHWA is reviewing its existing 
regulations and ongoing regulatory activities for alignment with law 
and Administration priorities. FHWA is withdrawing this NPRM because 
further rulemaking action with respect to the NPRM does not align with 
agency needs, priorities, and objectives. FHWA appreciates the comments 
received and will continue to consider the best means of addressing 
some or all of the issues covered by the NPRM and the scope of any 
agency actions FHWA concludes may be necessary to address these issues.
    In addition, all agencies participate in the semi-annual Unified 
Agenda, which provides a summary description of the rulemaking actions 
that each agency is considering or reviewing. Agencies' agendas are 
posted on the public website of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, and portions are published in the Federal Register 
in the spring and fall of each year. The Unified Agenda is often used 
as a tool to solicit interest and participation from stakeholders. 
Withdrawal of this NPRM will allow FHWA to better align its entries on 
the Department's Unified Agenda with the agency's needs, priorities, 
and objectives.
    Accordingly, for these independently sufficient reasons, FHWA is 
withdrawing the NPRM associated with RIN 2125-AG07 and terminating this 
rulemaking. By terminating this rulemaking, FHWA is indicating that it 
no longer considers this NPRM to be pending. Should the FHWA decide at 
a future date to initiate the same or similar rulemaking, FHWA will 
initiate a new rulemaking under a new RIN, consistent with the 
requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553.

Gloria M. Shepherd,
Executive Director, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-09726 Filed 5-27-25; 4:15 pm]
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