By US DOT Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released a statement in response to the EPA's final Renewable Fuel Standards for 2017...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today issued an emergency order suspending the authorization NavWorx Inc. uses to manufacture certain Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) navigation units. Such units, when properly manufactured and operated, help to improve the safety and efficiency of aircraft operations.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) today issued a statement commenting on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) final policy on mitigating impacts of land and water development projects...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration proposes a $240,000 civil penalty against Dean Baldwin Painting of Bulverde, Texas for numerous violations at its Goodyear, Ariz. facility.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today announced that Matt Sturges has been appointed to Staff Director of the Committee.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) that enter the protected airspace around airports can pose serious threats to safety. The FAA is coordinating with our government and industry partners to evaluate technologies that can be used safely to detect drones near airports.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: The FAA and general aviation (GA) group’s #FlySafe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C.-- Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) again highlighted major concerns about security, safety, and implementation issues facing any proposal to privatize...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: The Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General today released yet another scathing report highlighting the uncertainty, delays, and reduced expectations in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NextGen air traffic control (ATC) modernization program. The report focuses on the six “transformational" programs the FAA has identified as necessary to support future NextGen capabilities.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta is encouraging travelers to Fly Smart this holiday season.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement regarding the outcome of Tuesday’s election...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today outlined the agency’s Caribbean Initiative with media and international stakeholders.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement in regards to the final report released today by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ) review of domestic water wells in Pavillion, Wyoming.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the 2016 election results and the future of the United States' commitment to the Paris Agreement...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2016
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Bob Gibbs (R-OH) joined Members of the U.S. House and Senate today in filing an amicus brief to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the Court to vacate the Administration’s final Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule that significantly broadens federal regulatory power under the Clean Water Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2016
News Release: 21 Senators, 67 Representatives File Amicus Brief, Urge Circuit Court to Block EPA and Corps of Engineers Attempt to Control Land and Water that Congress Left to State Authority
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced more than$90 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants to six airports in Alabama, Missouri, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Wyoming for airport runway, taxiway, and apron projects.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the recent award of $33.7 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants to nine airports around the country to reduce emissions and improve air quality through the FAA’s Voluntary Airport Low Emission (VALE) and Zero Emissions Airport Vehicle (ZEV) programs.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Inhofe, 13 Senators Urge Administration's Candidness of US Paris Agreement “Commitments" to International Community
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ),Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee...
