By US DOT Newswire | Sep 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure announced that it will hold a markup on Tuesday, September 14 at 10:00 AM EDT to consider the following measures...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of EPW's Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, joined by Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Ranking ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 9, 2021
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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s announcement to renew its assessment of proposed mining operations in Bristol Bay, Alaska through its authority under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act (CWA)...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 9, 2021
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 EPA's announcement of plans for new rules to reduce PFAS pollution from key industries...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, on Friday led Senators Cardin, Sanders, Markey, Merkley, and Padilla, in urging the Biden administration to formally dismantle the Trump administration's so-called Navigable Waters Protection ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $339,716 civil penalty against Slice of the 406 LLC, 82 and Sunny LLC, and other associated parties for allegedly conducting illegal charter flights.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 3, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, applauded the U.S. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - 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.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has opened new or expanded hunting and sport fishing opportunities across 2.1 million acres, including at the Ohio River Island National Wildlife Refuge in West Virginia.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the Surface Transportation Board (STB) voted unanimously to reject a proposed trust as a precursor to the merger of the Canadian National (CN) and Kansas City...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2021
There were 12 press releases published by the Federal Aviation Administration in August 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Shining a laser at an aircraft poses a serious safety threat and can result in large fines and criminal penalties. Working to identify trends in laser strikes, the U.S. Transportation Department’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has developed a visualization tool that analyzes laser strike data from 2010 to 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) released the following statements after a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona overturned the Trump-era Navigable Waters Protection Rule, more commonly known as the “Dirty Water Rule."
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the below statement following the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona's decision to strike down the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR)...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - 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.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today joined the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) encourages the drone community to participate in the third annual National Drone Safety Awareness Week from Sept. 13 - 19, 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $617,100 civil penalty against Oklahoma-based Interstate Helicopters for allegedly conducting illegal charter flights.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) today requested that the Biden Administration provide the public and the numerous impacted stakeholders a reasonable amount of time to provide input into the Administration’s plans to rewrite the federal rule defining “Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced 19 airports across Alaska will receive a total of $85 million through Airport Improvement Program grants to help with safety, access and sustainability efforts. The funding is from the fifth round of fiscal year 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded more than $766 million in grants to build safer, more sustainable and more accessible airports across the United States. The funding from the fifth round of FY 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants will pay for projects at 279 airports in 44 states plus Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. View an interactive map with all the awards.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $20.4 million in grants to reduce emissions and improve air quality at airports across the country. The awards will fund zero-emission airport vehicles, including their electric charging infrastructure, ...
