Aerospace Group Pushes OMB to Nix Contractor Emissions Proposal

The Aerospace Industries Association wrote a letter Wednesday urging the Office of Management and Budget to reject a proposed contracting rule that would require some federal contractors to disclose greenhouse gas emissions produced by their supply chains.

Remy Nathan, the association’s senior vice president of policy, said in the letter to OMB Director Shalanda Young that the proposal “would impose significant costs on businesses as they work to meet onerous, impractical requirements.”

Nathan cited the small business segment of government contractors as having significant difficulty complying with the proposal under consideration. Small business participation in the defense industrial base is ...