By US DOT Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Heads Up!. After a busy flight, you might think the challenging bits are all behind you as you’re taxiing across your airport’s surface, but that is no time to let your guard down. In fact, pilots need to be extra vigilant when it comes to runway safety.. What is runway safety? It’s your active participation ...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
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 regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that it is proposing to add the Newark South Groundwater Plume site in Newark, Delaware to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is bringing new benefits to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport through a technology called Data Comm. Data Comm revolutionizes communications between air traffic controllers and pilots by replacing some traditional voice communications with digital information exchanges.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations Nita Lowey (D-NY), and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development David Price...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “FBI Headquarters Consolidation Project - What Happened and What's Next." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 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), secured a commitment from the leadership of the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to return to Congress within 120 days with a plan for the FBI headquarters. Barrasso was speaking at a full committee hearing on “FBI Headquarters Consolidation Project - What Happened and What's Next."
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 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), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing on “FBI Headquarters Consolidation Project - What Happened and What's Next."
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: Today, the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office of Civil Rights kicked off its eighth annual training conference on airport compliance requirements for airport authorities, consultants, small businesses and state and local governments. The conference is being held at the Holiday Inn Capitol in Washington, D.C.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act, which would provide critical financial incentives to encourage investment in offshore wind energy. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight held the hearing, “Oversight of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund Program." Below is the opening statement of Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, submitted for the record...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 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 after Santee Cooper and South Carolina Electric & Gas announced that they will halt construction on two nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer power plant in Columbia, South Carolina and seek to pull out of the 9-year, multi-billion dollar project.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $185.8 million in airport infrastructure grants to 62 airports in 32 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: This article by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) appears in the next issue of The Air & Space Lawyer.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign is designed to educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today marked up bills to promote economic development in communities across the country and improve federal disaster assistance and mitigation programs, including H.R. 1758, the “Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2017."
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on the Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) led a letter to Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Elaine Chao...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Speaking before a spirited general aviation audience at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta outlined a future thriving general aviation industry in America and emphasized the importance of government and industry partnerships to bolster general aviation safety and efficiency.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 27, 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), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), chairman of the EPW Subcommittee on Clean Air And Nuclear Safety, and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), chairman of the EPW Subcommittee on Superfund, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement regarding a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, requested by the Committee’s Ranking Member, to examine whether separating air traffic control service from the federal government as proposed by the 21st Century AIRR Act poses any constitutional issues...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 26, 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), delivered the following remarks at a committee business meeting to consider S. 1514 , the Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation (HELP) for Wildlife Act. The HELP for Wildlife Act passed the EPW Committee by a vote of 14 to 7 with broad bipartisan support.
