By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), issued the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to reaffirm the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), thereby rejecting the previous administration’s reckless rollback of limits to mercury, acid gases, and other toxic air pollutants from power plants.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of November 2021 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, mishandled wheelchairs and scooters, complaints received, and oversales. The ATCR is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by airlines.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of up to $17.8 million over five years to re-establish seven Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) Centers across the country. The TTAP Centers will help Tribal governments administer and manage their transportation programs and systems.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced that Robin Hutcheson will become the Deputy Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. As Deputy Administrator, Ms. Hutcheson will serve as the Acting Administrator.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) from today’s hearing entitled, “The Road Ahead for Automated Vehicles (AVs)":
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., is a “No Drone Zone " for Super Bowl LVI. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will prohibit drones within a 30-nautical-mile radius of the stadium up to 18,000 feet in altitude. The Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) goes into effect from 2: 0 p.m. to 8: 0 p.m. PST on Feb. 13, 2022.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today welcomed the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) new comprehensive National Roadway Safety Strategy, which committed to a Safe Systems approach and affirmed the DOT’s goal of zero traffic fatalities.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today released the following statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s plan to advance U.S. offshore wind projects, further accelerate clean energy investments, and modernize transmission lines to lower energy costs for Americans.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) asked John Porcari, the Port Envoy to the White House Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force, to update the full Committee about his role and the Task Force’s actions in addressing the supply chain crisis.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, more than 190 congressional Democrats submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the case of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued the following statement on the collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge in Frick Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today celebrated the Federal Highway Administration’s launch of the largest-ever bridge repair effort in our nation’s history using funds that Carper secured in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today applauded the news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has allocated ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, today released the following statement on actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect groundwater from coal ash contamination.
