Transportation Department publishes proposed rule on Aug. 24

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes.

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 Aug. 24

Title
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments
Open Container Laws
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments
Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Harlem River, NY
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments
Removal of Class E Airspace; Melbourne, FL, and Coca Patrick AFB, FL
Revisions to Digital Flight Data Recorder Requirements for Airbus Airplanes
Amendment of Class D Airspace: Simmons Army Airfield (AAF), NC; and Class E4 Airspace: Key West, FL
Airworthiness Directives; Raytheon Aircraft Company Beech Models A36, B36TC, and 58 Airplanes
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes
Safety Zone: McArdle (Meridian Street) Bridge, Chelsea River, Chelsea, MA
Safety Zone; Chesapeake Bay, Hampton, VA.
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting on Transport Airplane and Engine Issues
Availability of Solicitation for Center of Excellence (COE) in General Aviation
Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee
Laidlaw Inc. and Laidlaw Transit Acquisition Corp.-Merger-Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Laidlaw Inc., et al.-Control and Merger-918897 Ontario Inc., B. R. Babcock Limited, Babcock Coach Lines Limited, Lee Line Corp., and Lee Charter Services, Inc.
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Delays in Processing of Exemption Applications
Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council
Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws
Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
Notice of Intent To Rule on Applicatioan to Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Central Illinois Regional Airport, Bloomington, IL
Aviation Noise Abatement Policy 2000
Notice of Intent To Rule on Application to Impose and Use a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Jack McNamara Field, Crescent City, CA
Passenger Facility Charges; Applications, etc.: T.F. Green State Airport, RI
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting on Emergency Evacuation Issues