By US DOT Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), announced that Matt Leggett will serve as chief counsel of the committee's majority staff.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Following the multiple explosions at the Arkema chemical facility in Crosby, Texas, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, is asking Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to respond to potential shortcomings in the facility's readiness for a worst-case chemical incident and the Trump Administration's deep budget cuts that were proposed for EPA's chemical safety program.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: By Thursday morning, Aug. 31, 2017, the Federal Aviation Administration had issued 43 unmanned aircraft system authorizations to drone operators supporting the response and recovery for Hurricane Harvey or covering it as part of the media.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter to the Chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), Vanessa Allen Sutherland, urging the CSB to investigate the tragic explosions at the ...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: August 30 Update. The Federal Aviation Administration has continued to handle emergency and relief operations at a number of airports in the Hurricane Harvey area, including at Houston Hobby and George Bush Intercontinental. The FAA is prepared to support the resumption of commercial service flights ...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Culminating a two-decade-long effort, FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta today joined local and state officials in dedicating the new, 8,600-foot runway at Taos Regional Airport.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration’s Flight Standards Service (AFS) plays a vital role in making the U.S. aviation system the world’s safest. But even the best can get better.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $282.6 million in airport infrastructure grants to 67 airports in 29 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: Lawmakers note that requests to EPA for information on political appointees have gone “almost entirely unanswered"
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on President Trump's executive order establishing discipline and accountability in the environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure projects.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $162.4 million in airport infrastructure grants to 72 airports in 31 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: The July/August 2017 issue of FAA Safety Briefing explores several key facets of the new BasicMed rule, which offers pilots an alternative to the FAA’s medical qualification process for third class medical certificates. Under BasicMed, a pilot will be required to complete a medical education course every two years, undergo a medical examination every four years, and comply with aircraft and operating restrictions.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael P. Huerta, speaking at an Asia-Pacific civil aviation conference in Mongolia today, said that the FAA and its Asia-Pacific counterparts must continue to work together to promote oversight operations and certification systems that will ensure the safety of passengers around the world as demand increases.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement regarding a report drafted by scientists across 13 federal agencies that highlights the significant impacts of climate change on the United States. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the below statement following the D.C. District Court of Appeals 2-1 decision striking down an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that restricts the use of hydrofluorocarbons ...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $167.6 million in airport infrastructure grants to 64 airports in 30 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing to change the Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) authorization process by eliminating the need for U.S.-registered operators to apply for RVSM authorization when their aircraft meet altitude-keeping requirements and are equipped with qualified Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out systems.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Ranking Members of four United States House of Representatives Committees sent a letter to Keith Hall, Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), requesting a revised cost estimate for H.R. 2997, the “21st Century AIRR Act", as posted by the Committee on Rules. The letter...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: The FAA is holding two workshops near Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday and Wednesday to explain proposed improvements to air traffic procedures in the area. The new air traffic procedures are part of the FAA’s airspace transformation to satellite-based navigation.
