By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led a group of senators in requesting that the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Justice investigate a decision by the General Services Administration (GSA), made ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), will hold a hearing next Wednesday on the results of a review, initiated by the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, of the Service’s modernization program and recapitalization of its aging fleet of ships, aircraft, and shore infrastructure.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: September 20 Update. The FAA cancelled a Special Notice for the Airspace Coordination Area (ACA)along the South Carolina coast. The Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over Wilmington, NC, and the ACA for the North Carolina Coast remain in effect. Pilots always should check NOTAMS before they fly near ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement following news that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a new website tracking exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Senator ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signaled it would dismantle a rule that would reduce hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a global warming-inducing substance that is used in refrigerators, air conditioner and foams.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. - Yesterday, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, visited the Center for the Inland Bays in Rehoboth Beach and met with state and federal officials to commemorate National Estuaries Week and discuss how America's Water Infrastructure ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) condemned the Trump Administration for a decision to eliminate critical meal and rest breaks enacted by the State of California for truck drivers transporting hazardous materials. In a notice...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: 4pm EDT Update. The FAA has established a new, smaller Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over Wilmington, NC, to provide a safe environment for Hurricane Florence response and recovery flights. The TFR is a 10 nautical mile (11.5 statute mile) radius of Wilmington International Airport from the ground ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 19, 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 | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider S.1857, A bill to establish a compliance deadline of May 15, 2023, for Step 2 emissions standards for new residential wood heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces; ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 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 committee business meeting, where the committee advanced the following items...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 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 on the Senate floor on the need to pass America's Water Infrastructure Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Department of Interior issued a final rule that weakens the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Methane and Waste Prevention Rule. This follows the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to weaken methane emission standards under the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) that Senator Carper spoke out against.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Ranking Member Michael Capuano (D-MA) sent a bipartisan letter, signed by 27 Members of Congress, to Secretary of...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after the EPA announced its denial of four Clean Air Act 126(b) petitions filed by the state of Delaware to reduce harmful emissions from power plants in upwind states.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) has named U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) to serve as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation for the remainder of the 115th Congress. The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation is one of six subcommittees of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: The House of Representatives today unanimously approved bipartisan, comprehensive water resources infrastructure legislation, which includes the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (WRDA). The bill will improve America’s harbors, ports, waterways, flood protection, and other vital water infrastructure.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA). Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Hearing on “The State of Positive Train Control in the United States". Sept. 13, 2018. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Our hearing today focuses on the implementation of Positive Train Control in the...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), announced that the Senate and House of Representatives had reached an agreement on the most sweeping infrastructure package to be considered this Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Ranking Member Dina Titus (D-NV) sent a letter to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman...
