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The US Transportation Department published a seven page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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DOT Lays Out Actions to Strengthen Supply Chains and Revitalize the Economy

News Release: Today, on the one-year anniversary of President’s Executive Order on Supply Chains, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is publishing a report that lays out vulnerabilities in our freight and logistics supply chain and clear-cut actions needed to speed up the movement of goods from ships to shelves. .
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FRA Hosts Rail Safety Town Hall in South Florida

Concerned with the recent spate of grade-crossing and pedestrian fatalities in South Florida, Federal Railroad Administration officials today hosted a town hall meeting in Boynton Beach to discuss best practices and strategies to reduce grade-crossing and trespass injuries and deaths.
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FMCSA Declares Texas Licensed Driver an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Texas-licensed commercial vehicle driver Christopher M. Savannah to be an “imminent hazard” to public safety and ordered him to immediately cease operating any commercial motor vehicle (“CMV”) in interstate commerce.
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FAA, Industry Chart Path to Eliminate Lead Emissions from General Aviation by the end of 2030

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a new initiative that outlines how our country can safely eliminate the use of leaded aviation fuel by the end of 2030 without adversely affecting the existing piston-engine fleet.
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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes discussed on Feb. 24 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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President Biden and U.S. Department of Transportation Announce $1.14 Billion for Puerto Rico and U.S. Territories

President Biden and the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced more than $1.14 billion to repair and rebuild roads and bridges in Puerto Rico and four U.S. territories – American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands – under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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Diversion of Highway Revenues; Removal of Obsolete Regulation discussed on Feb. 24 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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New toolkit to assist rural communities with EV charging infrastructure

Rural communities across the U.S. will be able to build electric vehicle charging infrastructure through a new free resource provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Capito, EPW Republicans Tell Biden Administration to Halt New WOTUS Definition Rulemaking, Await SCOTUS Decision

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led her Republican colleagues on the committee in a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Assistant Secretary ...
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Chairman Carper’s Opening Statement: Field Hearing on Coastal Protection

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper, (D-Del.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to highlight the need to restore and protect our nation’s coasts from the impacts of climate change.
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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes discussed on Feb. 23 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) Helicopters discussed on Feb. 23 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments discussed on Feb. 23 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (Type Certificate Previously Held by Eurocopter France) Helicopters on Feb. 23

The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes discussed on Feb. 23 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Transportation Department discusses Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments on Feb. 23

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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DOT-NHTSA offers new grant application process starting Feb. 23

Innovative Approaches to Advancing Traffic Safety and Enforcement grant opened on Feb. 23.
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Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes on Feb. 23

The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Transportation Department discusses Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Gas and Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report on Feb. 23

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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