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Policy Planning / Programs & Services / Weekly Briefs / 03/12/2012

Weekly Briefs - March 12, 2012

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Abbreviations in this issue:

FDOT - Florida Department of transportation
NHTS - National Household Travel Survey

  1. FDOT Reports
  2. Survey of the States: Speeding and Aggressive Driving - This online survey of states conducted in late 2010 and early 2011 analyzes current state efforts to control the problems of speeding and aggressive driving.
  3. Renewable Energy: Federal Agencies Implement Hundreds of Initiatives - This report identifies agencies' renewable energy-related initiatives and examines the federal roles agencies' initiatives supported.
  4. Miscellaneous Reports
    • Review of the EPA's Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Lakes and Flowing Waters in Florida - This study reviews EPA's economic analysis of the incremental costs of state implementation of final numeric nutrient criteria for lakes and flowing waters in Florida. It discusses the EPA's and others' assumptions and incremental cost estimates for five pollutant sectors, including municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants, agriculture, urban stormwater, and septic systems. It also provides an alternative framework for the cost analysis that could be used by EPA for future work in Florida and elsewhere.
    • Buried No Longer: Confronting America's Water Infrastructure Challenge - This report summarizes a comprehensive and robust national-level analysis of the cost, timing, and location of the investments necessary to renew water mains over the coming decades. It also examines the additional pipe investments we can anticipate to meet projected population growth, regional population shifts, and service area growth through 2050.

For further information contact Monica Zhong or phone (850) 414-4808