By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: The FAA’s final policy on the non-aeronautical use of airport hangars appears in today’s Federal Register and will take effect on July 1, 2017. The FAA is issuing the policy to clarify how aviation facilities - including hangars can be used on airports that receive federal funds. The final policy strikes a balance between hangar use for aviation and non-aviation purposes.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Shuster and LoBiondo Opening Statements. Hearing on “Review of FAA Controller Hiring, Staffing and Training Plans". June 15, 2016. (Remarks as Prepared). Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA). Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Aviation safety is a top priority of the Committee. The U.S. has one of the...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working to address concerns that low-flying aircraft could cause walruses to stampede and kill their pups or harm humans on the Alaska Peninsula.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Coast Guard Mission Needs and Resource Allocation". June 14, 2016. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Subcommittee is meeting this morning to review Coast Guard mission needs and a report released...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: With today’s Senate passage of the PIPES Act - bipartisan legislation to strengthen pipeline safety, clarify safety oversight efforts, and provide greater regulatory certainty in the transportation of energy commodities - the four-year reauthorization of the federal pipeline safety program now heads to the president to be signed into law.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $350,000 civil penalty against Amazon.com, Inc. of Seattle, Wash., for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Aviation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), will hold a hearing next week to review the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) air traffic controller hiring, staffing, and training plans and related issues.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, June 11, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will operate several low-level aircraft approaches below 1,000 feet in the vicinity of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the Pentagon, and portions of Maryland, Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today made the following announcement regarding Committee staff changes.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing next week on U.S. Coast Guard mission needs and a recently completed Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of how the Service allocates its resources.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: Statement of Ranking Member Barbara Boxer
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working with commercial airlines and pilots’ unions to improve mental health evaluations, and encourage voluntary reporting of pilot mental health issues.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Requests Further Clarification on EPA Response to Supreme Court Stay of the Clean Power Plan
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: The Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI®) recently celebrated its 10th anniversary working toward sustainable jet fuels. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) helped found the coalition a decade ago to promote the development and deployment of alternative jet fuels that sustainably ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to enhance pipeline safety, clarify safety oversight efforts, and provide greater regulatory certainty in the transportation of energy commodities.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) will lead a Subcommittee roundtable policy discussion on Thursday to discuss the implementation of Title VI of the FAST Act, which reauthorizes the federal surface transportation research programs of the U.S. Department of Transportation and includes reforms and new competitive grant programs to promote the use of transportation technology.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and Deputy Administrator Mike Whitaker today announced an upcoming rebate program that will help general aviation pilots equip their aircraft with NextGen technology.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on important bipartisan pipeline safety legislation this week. Ahead of Wednesday’s vote, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee today released a fact sheet of a bipartisan House amendment...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today on a national press call, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Deputy Administrator Michael G. Whitaker announced a $500 rebate incentive for General Aviation (GA) aircraft owners who equip their aircraft with required avionics technology. Accelerating compliance is critical ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: The FAA today posted an advisory circular (AC) on oil and gas extraction on airport property. The AC does not create new requirements, but describes how existing statutory and regulatory requirements apply to proposed oil and gas extraction on or beneath airport property at federally-obligated airports.
