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News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a virtual public information meeting on its proposal to modify the airspace over Nashville International Airport in Tennessee. Under the proposed changes, existing flight paths would not change but the area where pilots are required to interact with FAA air traffic controllers would expand. The airspace change is to better manage the complexity and volume of aviation activities in the area.
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The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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“GROUND-BASED AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT“ was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on page E1345 on Dec. 9
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The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has selected Captain Billy Nolen, an experienced aviation safety professional and former airline captain, to head the agency’s aviation safety organization.
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The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) to the Federal Register today that designates the Great Lakes, coastal beaches, and marine coastal waters as “Unusually Sensitive Areas,” extending more stringent pipeline Integrity Management Program requirements to hazardous liquid pipelines near such areas.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) kicked off its annual holiday high-visibility enforcement campaigns today, aimed at preventing impaired driving and improving safety for all road users.
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The Deputy Administrator was joined by representatives from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, railroads, and labor.
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The Federal Highway Administration invites comment on the development of guidance for two new electric vehicle charging station programs included in the recently enacted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established the National Electric Vehicle Formula Program to strategically deploy an interconnected network of EV charging stations along highway corridors, by providing states with formula funding.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $2.89 billion made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 3,075 airports around the nation.
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Susan Collins, R-Maine, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today called on Steve Dickson, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to review and act upon concerns raised by whistleblowers in a newly released Committee report, which illustrate a troubling erosion of safety oversight in the aviation manufacturing process.
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Amtrak announced that it will abandon plans to lay off workers and cut passenger rail service, which would have been necessary to comply with the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate.