Rule published by Transportation Department on Feb. 8

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Pipeline Safety: Areas Unusually Sensitive to Environmental Damage.

The Department handles nearly all infrastructure crisscrossing the country. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department should be privatized to save money, reduce congestion and spur innovation.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Transportation Department on Feb. 8

Title
Pipeline Safety: Areas Unusually Sensitive to Environmental Damage
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection: Delay of Effective Date
Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas (Hazardous Liquid Operators With 500 or More Miles of Pipelines)
Civil Penalty Actions in Commercial Space Transportation: Delay of Effective Date
Stagecoach Holdings PLC and Coach USA, Inc., et al.-Control-Travel Impressions LLC
Northwestern Pacific Railroad; Notice of partial relief from Emergency Order No. 21
Notice of Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals
RTCA Special Committee 172; Future Air-Ground Communications in the VHF Aeronautical Data Band (118-137 MHz)
RTCA, Inc. Special Committee 198; Next Generation Communications (NEXCOM)
Advisory Circular 120-73, Damage Tolerance Assessment of Repairs to Pressurized Fuselages
Airworthiness Directives; American Champion Aircraft Corporation 7, 8, and 11 Series Airplanes
Licensing and Safety Requirements for Launch