Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 was designed to keep the federal government from imposing expensive mandates on states and local governments without paying for them. In part, it requires federal agencies to prepare a written analysis of any especially costly mandates handed down to State, local or tribal governments.
Unfunded mandates or regulatory burdens.
Unfunded mandates are handed down from the federal Government to states. More often than not the mandate is not what the state needs or wants. An example of an unfunded mandate regards a general aviation airport in Morristown, New Jersey. The airport tried to get permission to trim or remove trees, which were blocking the air traffic controller's view of the taxiways and the final approach. Of course, this was impacting safety at the airport.
The State environmental people said the airport was not allowed to trim the trees because the trees were located in a wetland. As hard as that is to believe, that kind of thing goes on. The State's environmental people said the solution was to move the tower, which would have cost several millions of dollars. Finally, after many months of fighting back and forth, the airport was allowed to cut down a few trees, but the whole process went on for over a year and cost the airport thousands of dollars. The airport director was told that rather than trim the treetops perhaps a new control tower should be built. It didn't seem to make much sense to us. In addition to environmental mandates, the Federal Government has imposed a number of security mandates imposed on airports.
This is just an example of the kind of over regulation and the bizarre guidelines that are laid on the airports, and for that matter on the various levels of both government and the private sector through unfunded mandates.
There are additional examples such as compliance with environmental regulations. Compliance costs run millions of dollars a year. For many airports, especially the smaller airports, these costs can be staggering. In addition to the costs airports are oftentimes frustrated by the lack of coordination between various arms of government. This is particularly true when it comes to balancing out safety mandates...
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