Transportation Department publishes proposed rule on Dec. 23

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Corporation Model MD-90-30 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 Dec. 23

Title
Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Corporation Model MD-90-30 Airplanes
Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Model 777-200, -200LR, -300, and -300ER Series Airplanes
Special Conditions: Gulfstream Model GVI Airplane; High Incidence Protection
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments
Hazardous Materials: Adoption of ASME Code Section XII and the National Board Inspection Code
Interpretation of Rest Requirements
Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Corporation Model DC-9-81 (MD-81), DC-9-82 (MD-82), DC-9-83 (MD-83), DC-9-87 (MD-87), and MD-88 Airplanes
Fifteenth Meeting: EUROCAE WG-72: RTCA Special Committee 216: Aeronautical Systems Security (Joint Meeting)
Third Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 224: Airport Security Access Control Systems
Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor
Wichita, Tillman & Jackson Railway Company-Lease Renewal Exemption-Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Wichita, Tillman & Jackson Railway Company-Lease Renewal Exemption-Union Pacific Railroad Company
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Modification of Special Permit
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application for Special Permits
Delta Southern Railroad, Inc.-Abandonment Exemption-in Desha and Chicot Counties, Ark.
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Diabetes Mellitus
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Hazardous Materials Safety Permits
Ninth Meeting-RTCA Special Committee 220: Automatic Flight Guidance and Control