By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $30,344,477 in airport aid to 11 airports in Connecticut to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Carper (D-DE), along with U.S. Representative Greg Walden (R-OR) applauded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for using its authority to temporarily defer the collection of fees and charges from NRC licensees.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Carper (D-DE), along with U.S. Representative Greg Walden (R-OR) applauded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for using its authority to temporarily defer the collection of fees and charges from NRC licensees.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) highlighted the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) newly-released analysis that shows 230,000 U.S. bridges are in need of repair and 46,000 are “structurally deficient" ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $156,000 civil penalty against Delta Air Lines, Inc., of Atlanta, Ga., for alleged drug and alcohol testing violations.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced two new participants for the unmanned aircraft Traffic Management Pilot Program (UPP).
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, asked the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to provide more information about the agency's use of an email address to receive public comments on its proposed revision to the implementing regulations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Just over a week ago, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the CARES Act, an unprecedented emergency relief package to help the American people through an unprecedented crisis.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $2.6 million in research, education, and training grants to universities that comprise the agency’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) also known as Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE).
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $1,504,800 civil penalty against B E L Aviation of Odessa, Texas, for allegedly conducting illegal charter flights.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration proposes a $110,000 civil penalty against Blue Hawaiian Helicopters of Kahului, Hawaii, for allegedly violating drug and alcohol testing regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Full Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), and Subcommittee Ranking Member...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is pleased to announce nine new members for the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). Secretary Elaine L. Chao approved the nominations along with the re-appointment of 13 members.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: Today, the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Full Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Springfield, OR - Today, days after Congress passed the $2.2 trillion CARES Act to provide resources for public health and help for millions of workers and families, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statement regarding potential next steps in addressing America’s infrastructure needs...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Fourteen House Committee Chairs sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought today requesting an immediate extension of public comment periods, hearings and meetings due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Committee leaders asked that OMB direct agencies to extend public comment periods by at least 45 days beyond the end of the declared national emergency.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed rule to grant the state of Wyoming “primacy" to issue permits for carbon ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) offered his support for the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act," which includes critical protections proposed by the Committee for workers in the Nation’s transportation sectors...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about safety, including loss of control (LOC), powerplant failure, and controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
