By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: General Aviation pilots who want to fly around Atlanta between Jan. 29 and Feb. 5, 2019, will want to check out the FAA’s Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) for air traffic procedures for the area. Super Bowl LIII is Sunday, Feb. 3, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Game time will be at 6: 0 p.m. EST. The FAA has published a webpage with information for Atlanta-area airspace and airports. The Agency will update the webpage as additional information becomes available.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Interior's (DOI) decision to roll back multi-state sage grouse conservation plans.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to ease carbon dioxide limits placed on new coal-fired power plants.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: Getting a drone for the holidays? The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) “Buzzy the Drone " will help you learn the do’s and don'ts of being a responsible drone operator and flying your new purchase safely.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed into law the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, a bill reauthorizing the work of the United States Coast Guard. The ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $624,000 civil penalty against Steele Aviation of Beverly Hills, Calif., for allegedly conducting illegal passenger-carrying flights.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.), ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies issued the following statement after the Environmental ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) begins, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: Today, Space Exploration (SpaceX) Technologies Corp.’s launch, licensed by the FAA, broke new ground in the reusability of space vehicles and contained literally a number of firsts.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: If you are an experienced air traffic controller who would like to join the FAA’s ranks, the agency is now accepting applications nationwide beginning Dec. 3 through Dec. 9, 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, slammed the Trump Administration's decision to allow harassment of marine mammals during seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean. The National Marine Fisheries Service has awarded ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), raised serious concerns after the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General (EPA OIG) released its semi-annual report to Congress ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement after the House Republican Conference approved the selection of U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) to serve as Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the 116th Congress...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Review of Recent GAO Reports on Icebreaker Acquisition and the Need for a National Maritime Strategy. Nov. 29, 2018. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Today the Subcommittee will hear testimony on...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced Wayne R. Monteith has been appointed to the position of Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Monteith’s appointment is effective Jan. 20, 2019.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
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 on the nomination of Alexandra Dunn to be assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced Earl Lawrence’s promotion to the Agency’s Executive Director for Aircraft Certification. Lawrence was previously Executive Director for the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office. He succeeds Dorenda Baker, who retired Nov. 30 after a distinguished aviation safety career.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing on the nomination of Alexandra Dunn to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor today to highlight the findings of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, a report by 13 federal agencies laying out the troubling impacts of climate change on ...
