News and reports from the Department of Transportation.

The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a six page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Embattled U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a social media post last week that he's "happy" to talk about timing of his then-upcoming visit to a toxic Ohio derailment site, but won't bow to distractions that he says "some in Washington" want.

The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a six page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The U.S. Department of Transportation will reward $435 million grants for 34 University Transportation Centers to help develop transportation projects that promote safety, innovation and efficiency.

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the below statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing the reinstatement of the “appropriate and necessary” finding for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) regulation that covers generation from coal- and oil-fired power plants.

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses at a full committee hearing about increased costs caused by Low-Carbon Fuel Standard programs currently in place in certain states, the emissions impacts of electric vehicles (EVs), and the Appalachian Hydrogen Hub.

Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, “The Future of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels and Considerations for a National Clean Fuels Program.”

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.-06), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, released the below joint statement after the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released a substantially revised replacement of its December 2021 policy memorandum which attempted to enact a wish list of policies intentionally negotiated out of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on an updated internal memorandum from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) reaffirming the Biden administration’s policy priorities and the rights of states to select the projects they pursue with highway formula funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.