Letters & Comments

Read ACA’s letters and comments submitted to regulatory bodies and elected officials.
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ACA Submits Comments to USGBC on LEED v5

This letter consolidates ACA’s comments to U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) on LEED v5, which is the newest version of LEED. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the world's most widely used green building rating system and is globally recognized as such.

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ACA Comments on FHWA Proposed Rulemaking Related to BABA

ACA submitted comments to the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) proposed rule to discontinue the general waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured products and require FHWA recipients to apply Buy America requirements to manufactured products. ACA urged the agency to continue to operate under the General Waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured products as it has since 1983, and not apply BABA requirements to manufactured products at this time.

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ACA, Coalition Urge CRA Resolution on EPA's PM2.5

ACA signed onto a coalition letter urging Congressional leaders to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution to disapprove the U.S. EPA’s recently finalized rule that unnecessarily tightened the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), which will have an adverse impact on economic growth.

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ACA Joins Letter to IRS on Superfund Chemical Taxes

ACA joined several other organizations representing American businesses subject to the excise taxes, reinstated by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, on certain chemicals and imported chemical substances under Internal Revenue Code sections 4661 through 4672 beginning July 1, 2022 (the “Superfund taxes”). ACA and others asked IRS for additional clarity on the process by which eligible companies may receive a refund on paid Superfund taxes.

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ACA Joins Multi-Organization Letter to EPA on CARB Locomotive Request

In the letter, the organizations raise serious concerns about an authorization request from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) pertaining to rail locomotive emissions. This regulation from CARB has the potential to create significant disruptions in the supply chain for all sectors of the U.S. economy, especially manufacturers and shippers who rely on consistent, reliable rail service.

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ACA, Coalition Comments to Congress on Recent RMP Amendments

ACA was among 14 organizations that submitted joint comments to the Congress seeking support for legislation, H.J.Res.123, that disapproves of the recent finalized amendments to the Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention (“RMP rule”).

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