By US DOT Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after Pope Francis issued an encyclical calling for international action to prevent the most devastating impacts of climate change.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $66,000 civil penalty against Centurion Air Cargo, Inc., of Miami, Fla., for allegedly operating an aircraft that was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $71,500 civil penalty against Sherwin-Williams Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, for allegedly violating Hazardous Material Transportation Regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes an $84,700 civil penalty against Image Air of Southwest Florida for allegedly allowing an unqualified pilot to fly its aircraft.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA). Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Hearing on “Saving Taxpayer Dollars in Federal Real Estate: Reducing the Government’s Space Footprint". June 16, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The purpose of today’s hearing is...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA) will lead a Subcommittee roundtable tomorrow to examine and discuss federal disaster assistance programs, the requirements and effectiveness of those programs, and coordination among various agencies and stakeholders.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Western Hemisphere Drug Interdiction Efforts". June 16, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Subcommittee is meeting today to review the federal government’s efforts to confront transnational...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: PARIS - U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael P. Huerta and French National Space Agency (CNES) President Jean-Yves Le Gall have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) to cooperate on research and development related to the safety of private sector orbital space launches ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 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. FAA Deputy Administrator Mike Whitaker officially kicked off the #FlySafe campaign on Saturday, June 6, at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) Fly-In at the Frederick Municipal Airport, Frederick, MD.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Contact... Julia Bell (House Natural Resources) - 202.226.9019 Kristina Baum (EPW) - 202.224.6176 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, and U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today outlined principles for legislation the Committee is developing to reauthorize and reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Nation’s aviation system.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing next week on the U.S. Coast Guard’s and the federal government’s efforts to confront transnational drug smuggling and stem the flow of illegal drugs to the United States through maritime routes.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: The FAA has posted an update to the advisory circular for training airport rescue and firefighting employees that provides guidance to airport operators on how to meet the FAA’s requirements.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, chaired by U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), will hold a hearing next week to examine the issue of underutilized and vacant federal properties, costs to the taxpayer, challenges to selling or disposing of unneeded real property, and methods by which the federal government can reduce its space footprint and save taxpayer dollars by addressing those challenges.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U. S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a $16.8 million grant to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) Airport to complete the fourth phase of a multi-phase comprehensive taxiway improvement program for Runways 10/28 and 15R/33L.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Contact... Kristina Baum (EPW) - 202.224.6176 Donelle Harder (EPW) - 202.224.4721 Michael Tadeo (ENR) - 202.224.5810 WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking public comment on the Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) for the Southern California Metroplex project, a comprehensive proposal to improve the flow of air traffic into and out of Southern California by making the airspace safer and more efficient.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Shuster and Gibbs Opening Statements. Hearing on “One Year Anniversary After Enactment: Implementation of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014". June 10, 2015. (Remarks as Prepared). Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA). Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. This hearing will be valuable...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Today, the Committee will consider legislation that would undermine one of our nation's landmark laws - the Clean Water Act - and roll back protections for small streams and wetlands that provide drinking water to roughly 1 in 3 Americans or 117 million people.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following the Committee's passage of a bill introduced by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), S. 1140. The legislation, which passed on a party line vote ...
