By US DOT Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: Leaders Concerned with Burdens and Costs Associated with EPA's Regulatory Gambit
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: Bipartisan Legislation Provides State, Local Governments Certainty For Multi-Year Transportation Investments
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement calling on lawmakers of both parties to come together behind a 6-year transportation bill after the collapse of a bridge on Interstate 10, the main ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), will hold a hearing next week on the cleanup of brownfields in the United States, the impacts of redeveloping brownfields in U.S. communities, and the status of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s brownfields program.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: Statement of Ranking Member Barbara Boxer
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following joint statement today after the introduction of H.R. 3038, legislation to fund and extend the authorization for America’s highway and transit programs through the end of the year...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member, thanked 31 national associations and construction trade unions that sent a letter to all Senators calling for a multi-year transportation bill. The letter noted that the unanimous approval of the EPW Committee's DRIVE Act should “ignite an aggressive push to complete action on a full bill this month."
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE -The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $911,000 civil penalty against SkyWest Airlines of St. George, Utah, for allegedly operating two aircraft that were not in compliance with federal aviation regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $52,500 civil penalty against Gaffoglio Family Metalcrafters Inc., of Fountain Valley, Calif., for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE -The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $320,000 civil penalty against SkyWest Airlines of St. George, Utah, for allegedly operating an aircraft that was not in compliance with federal aviation regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is extending the public comment period for its Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of the Southern California Metroplex project to September 8, 2015, to allow for a full 90 days of comment.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 8, 2015
News Release: Opening Statement Senator Barbara Boxer Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Hearing “Road to Paris: Examining the President's International Climate Agenda and Implications for Domestic Environmental Policy" Wednesday, July 8, 2015 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) The impacts of dangerous ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 8, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the statement below in response to a letter from Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, the largest public health coalition which includes 450 organizations, to take up the House TSCA bill (H.R. 2576) on the Senate floor.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: The FAA and general aviation (GA) groups’ #Fly Safe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on how to prevent Loss of Control (LOC) accidents this flying season.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today announced growing support for the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, S.1647, a six-year surface transportation reauthorization bill. The legislation was unanimously voted out the EPW Committee on June 24.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following the announcement that BP has agreed to pay $18.7 billion to settle civil claims from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. The agreement includes $5.5 ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Statement from FAA Deputy Administrator Mike Whitaker:
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: If you’re flying this July 4th holiday, be sure to leave your fireworks at home. Most travelers probably don’t realize the risk that fireworks pose on an airplane. The FAA is reminding passengers that fireworks, including the smallest sparklers, are not permitted aboard airplanes in carry-on or checked baggage. Fines are stiff for passengers who break the rules. It is also against the law to mail or ship fireworks as air parcels.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: As the July 4 holiday approaches, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is reminding residents and visitors to Washington, D.C. that the city and surrounding communities are a “No Drone Zone."
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has posted the second video designed to further enhance airport safety. Entitled “The 2015 Wildlife Hazard Management and Strike Reporting Update," the video outlines the benefits of wildlife hazard strike reporting and how airport operators use the information to reduce wildlife strikes at airports.
