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CED-80-41 1 (1980-01-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabacs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTEJD .-. a ~ eU9anafvwi arM~a Accountjnjbffdc except On 'NL 1b1so appoval by the Office of Congresson Lsafns. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 RELEASED I 2.11 B-197216 JANUARY 14, 1980 The Honorable Sam M. Gibbons Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight committee on Ways and Means 11111i House of Representatives / -(117 /7 111277 Dear Mr. Chairman: .Subject: improvements Needed In The Department Of Transportation's Truck Size And Weight StudYJ( CED-80-41) As keestedin your July 30, 1979, letter and modified by discussions with your office, we have reviewed the De-/Zb4 partment of Transportation's initial efforts to implement section 161 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 requiring a truck size and weight study. Your letter also requested that we report on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)M6,9&9Z67 response to the recommendation contained in our July 16, 1979, report entitled Excessive Truck Weight: An Expensive Burden We Can No Longer Support (CED-79-94). Our review of the draft study design, which is the first phase of the section 161 study, indicated a number of areas where we believe modifications should be made. These modifications should improve the quality of the truck size and weight study. We discussed these concerns, which are explained in the enclosure, with Department officials responsible for the study. We recommend that the Secretary of Transportation adopt these suggested modifications in its truck size and weight study. The Congress should be aware that the Department has expanded the study beyond the areas specifically mentioned in the act to provide a more comprehensive assessment of the issues. This expansion will require additional data and therefore may require more time than provided for in the act. Our July 1979 report recommended that OMB develop a Government-wide policy to prevent overweight truck ship- ments by Federal agencies and their contractors. Although a response was due by September 14, 1979, OMB did not -2 (342733)

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