News from January 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
PMC Studies Inform Updated Midwest Cover Crop Council Decision Tool
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
A preliminary FAA review of last week’s outage of the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system determined that contract personnel unintentionally deleted files while working to correct synchronization between the live primary database and a backup database.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
General aviation pilots flying near Phoenix from Feb. 8-13, 2023, must be aware of temporary flight restrictions, follow special air traffic procedures and comply with additional operational requirements that will be in effect for Super Bowl LVII.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a $1,037,478 civil penalty against Aircraft Resource Management of Kansas for allegedly conducting 78 charter flights without proper FAA certifications or qualified pilots.
By Karen Kidd | Jan 23, 2023
A federal judge in Illinois has amended a previous jury award to employees of an Illinois restaurant for back wages and damages because of an error made due to a jury misunderstanding.
By State Newswire Report | Jan 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of State has imposed visa restrictions on 25 individuals in Belarus for their roles in a politically motivated trial against a government-opposition candidate living in exile.
By Interior Newswire Report | Jan 23, 2023
The responsibility for regulating offshore renewable energy activities – including workplace safety and environmental compliance – was transferred to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today filed an amicus brief in the pending case of Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today announced the departure of Mary Frances Repko and welcomed Courtney Taylor as the new Democratic Staff Director of the EPW Committee.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) and co-chair of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of $100 million in funding for environmental justice grants.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today issued the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to set newer, more protective national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM) pollution.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
After disturbing Amtrak Auto Train passenger accounts from a delayed 37-hour-long journey, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, alongside Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner demanding answers about the incident and an explanation of the company’s policies to ensure adequate customer treatment.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement after an outage of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Notice of Air Missions (NOTAM) system:
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today sent a letter to Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Deputy Administrator Tristan Brown with concerns about the oversight of TC Energy’s special permit for the Keystone pipeline, which last month spilled nearly 600 thousand gallons of bitumen oil, polluting a creek that flows into nearby rivers and becoming the largest onshore crude pipeline spill in almost a decade.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation said that the Committee intends to hold hearings in the wake of Southwest Airlines massive operational and customer service failures.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today welcomed the Republican Members recommended by the House Republican Steering Committee to serve on Transportation and Infrastructure in the 118th Congress.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), the Committee’s Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), and 120 other Members of Congress today wrote Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg seeking answers about this week’s meltdown of a key aviation safety notification system.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the Committee’s Republican senior staff appointments for the 118th Congress.
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Statement from Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) regarding today’s meltdown of the National Airspace System:
By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) has been selected to serve as Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 118th Congress.
