By US DOT Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO-The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing civil penalties ranging from $65,000 to $78,000 against three companies for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA, Ga. - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $90,000 civil penalty against Pearl Paint North America of Harvey, Ill., for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - To reach the next level of safety, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a final rule that requires most U.S. commercial airlines to have Safety Management Systems (SMS) in place by 2018. The rule builds on the programs many airlines already use to identify and reduce aviation risk.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: The FAA has proposed a rule new rule to enhance current practices for landings and takeoffs during the busiest travel times at New York-area airports and make those practices permanent. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is designed to maintain efficiency levels, better reflect accepted international practices, and promote fairness in airline competition.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration today granted two regulatory exemptions for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, including the first for real estate photography.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, and Nicholas Calio, President and Chief Executive Officer, Airlines for America (A4A) will announce a final FAA rule that will require safety management systems (SMS) for U.S. air carriers. SMS is the formal, top-down, organization-wide approach to managing safety risk and assuring the effectiveness of safety risk controls.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, and Nicholas Calio, President and Chief Executive Officer, Airlines for America (A4A) will announce a final FAA rule that will require safety management systems (SMS) for U.S. air carriers.SMS is the formal, top-down, organization-wide approach to managing safety risk and assuring the effectiveness of safety risk controls.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) issued the statement below on the Keystone tar sands pipeline.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC- Three leading House Democratic lawmakers called on Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) to use regular order for consideration of controversial legislation to approve construction of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. In a letter sent yesterday, Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR), ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 19, 2014
News Release: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today announced that Mary Phillips is joining the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit as a Senior Professional Staff member.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding key reforms at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal agencies after two years of unprecedented Congressional oversight.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) decision to reissue a controversial 2010 draft guidance that would dramatically expand the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by requiring agencies to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in NEPA reviews.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the announcement of Abigail Hopper to be Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) within the Department of the Interior.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today announced that Chris Brown has been hired to be the Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Aviation.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter, top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and other Committee Republicans will not attend the scheduled Subcommittee on Oversight Hearing: EPA's Proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, because Congress adjourned. Vitter also informed Republican witnesses their attendance was no longer necessary.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the passage of several major bills through the Committee and Senate on infrastructure and environmental policy. Vitter has also led the introduction of several other significant pieces of legislation.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2014
News Release: Hello, I am U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) welcomed the 12 Republican Members who will join the Committee in the 114th Congress, including two Members elected to their third terms in Congress and ten freshmen.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today released emails between top officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), highlighting a plan to control implementation of the carbon rule ...
