NCLA submits opposition to mandatory vehicle travel rule

The lobbying agency for the chambers of commerce in Northern Colorado, along with the Business Alliance for Economic Regulatory Sensibility, is preparing to testify against an effort to force employers to reduce greenhouse gases by reducing the vehicle trips that their employees take getting to work.

Specifically, the Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance and the business alliance oppose numerical targets in the so-called Employer Trip Reduction Program (ETRP), which affects businesses with more than 100 employees. The two groups plan to testify at the hearing on the proposal Aug. 18. A written statement was submitted to the Colorado Air Quality…