By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) announced that he was inviting Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon to testify on Nov. 19, 2019 at a hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee on improving Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. Reform is necessary because certain states have abused the Section 401 process to block energy and infrastructure projects.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, penned an op-ed published in USA Today defending the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has found that the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) does not meet International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards and therefore has received a Category 2 rating based on a reassessment of the country’s civil aviation authority.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Nov. 18, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Data Optimization Summit to modernize aeronautical information and NOTAM data. The FAA and the aviation community will discuss ways to improve the collection and dissemination of vital aeronautical information provided primarily to airspace users, with a focus on general aviation pilots and the growing drone community.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) have formally requested a Full Committee hearing to receive testimony from senior Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials who were in charge of the agency between 2012 and 2017 when nearly all decisions regarding the certification of the Boeing 737 MAX were made.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published in the Federal Register a notice on a Diabetes Protocol for Applicants Seeking to Exercise Air Transport, Commercial, or Private Pilot Privileges. The innovative new protocol makes it possible for airline transport or commercial pilots with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) to potentially receive a special-issuance medical certification.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) sent a letter to Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Stephen Dickson questioning the way the FAA made decisions on two safety-related items with potentially catastrophic consequences: rudder cable protection on the Boeing 737 MAX and lightning protection for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Hearing on S. 2662, the Growing American Innovation Now (GAIN) Act."
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: “Instead of rising to the greatest challenge of our time, once again President Trump is choosing to pander to a backward-looking minority of special interests who either refuse to accept the seriousness of climate change, or who are far too interested in their own profit-making to change course. This...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
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 on the Trump administration beginning the formal process for the United States to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON. D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two new proposed rules, one that would ease federal limits on toxic coal ash from power plants, and another that would roll back federal limits on the levels of toxic metals in wastewater that can be discharged from the same power plants.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-author of the International Climate Accountability Act , released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced that the United States will begin the formal process of withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, a pledge signed by nearly 200 nations to limit greenhouse gas emissions and combat global warming.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) kicks off its first National Drone Safety Awareness Week, Nov. 4-10, 2019.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
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).
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The skies above the New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 3, will be a No Drone Zone, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In honor of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, this week, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), former Amtrak Board Member and top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced legislation that would ban smoking on Amtrak.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act , a bill that would authorize a 15-year phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs - potent greenhouse ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that Runway Status Lights (RWSL), the first technology to provide direct warning to pilots about potential runway conflicts, is now operational at all 20 sites approved to receive the ground-breaking technology.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: “The Boeing 737 MAX: Examining the Design, Development, and Marketing of the Aircraft."
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Hearing on the Nomination of Sean O'Donnell to be Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency."
