By US DOT Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: The existing FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD) identifies existing flight crew procedures to be used in those circumstances. The FAA and Boeing continue to evaluate the need for software and/or other design changes to the aircraft including operating procedures and training as we learn more from the ongoing investigation. The FAA is not doing a safety probe separate from the ongoing Lion Air Accident investigation of which we, the NTSB and Indonesian officials are a part.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and senior member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC), spoke on the Senate floor today before a vote to invoke cloture on a bill reauthorizing the U.S. Coast ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and senior member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which has jurisdiction over ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 10, 2018
News Release: On Wednesday evening, an air traffic controller at the Las Vegas tower became incapacitated while on duty. The FAA is deeply concerned by the incident, is thoroughly investigating what occurred, and is taking immediate steps to modify its overnight shift staffing policies. No safety events occurred during this incident. The controller is currently restricted from working air traffic.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), led a group of Senators in a request to EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting that the Trump Administration's so-called “Affordable Clean Energy" proposal be withdrawn ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, nineteen Democratic Representatives and Senators sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Elaine Chao, strongly urging her to deny a petition submitted by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) requesting a determination that the State of California’s meal and rest break rules are preempted by Federal law.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: At the request of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations § 99.7 - “Special Security Instructions" - to address concerns about potentially malicious drone operations over certain, high-priority maritime operations.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018, included as title I of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 3021), was signed into law today. The new law will provide for investment in harbor, waterway, flood protection, and other water infrastructure improvements throughout the country.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 22, 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 | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), has introduced a bill (S.3587) to improve the nation's freight systems by making key investments in ports, railways, and intermodal hubs. Specifically, the bill aims to improve the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Program, which was created as part of Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act).
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 19, 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), released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) withdrawal of the agency's unjustified ground water monitoring rule for in situ uranium ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, on the 46th anniversary of enactment of the Clean Water Act, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) sent a letter...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investing $40.9 million in infrastructure for Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) in Greensboro, NC. The Agency is building a new, 180-foot-tall Air Traffic Control Tower.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), delivered remarks at a keynote session of an annual offshore wind conference, Offshore WINDPOWER 2018 hosted by American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Below are Senator Carper's keynote remarks as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of the public comment period that began this week for a proposal to weaken methane standards , Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), joined his Democratic colleagues in a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to extend the public comment period for the rule and provide adequate justification for modifying the national standards.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, at the Port of Wilmington, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), highlighted significant Delaware wins in the bill America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) - a major bipartisan, bicameral water infrastructure ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: October 12 Update. Drone Users : The FAA warns drone operators that flying an unauthorized drone could interfere with local, state and federal rescue and recovery missions. You could be subject to significant fines if you interfere with emergency response operations. Flying a drone without authorization ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The FAA today announced it is relaunching its $500 ADS-B rebate program effective immediately and through Oct. 11, 2019. The Agency is making $4,900,000 available under the rebate program, which will fund 9,792 ADS-B Out installations.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Congress passed S. 3021, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. America's Water Infrastructure Act is the most sweeping infrastructure package to be passed this Congress. As chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) was the lead Senate author of the bill.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: DOVER, Del. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), highlighted significant Delaware wins in the bill America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) - a major bipartisan, bicameral water infrastructure bill that Senator Carper co-authored ...
