What did Transportation Department publish on Feb. 19?

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Special Conditions: Embraer S.A., Model EMB-550 Airplane, Limit Pilot Forces for Sidestick Control.

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. 19

Title
Environmental Impact and Related Procedures
Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes
Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines
Special Conditions: Embraer S.A., Model EMB-550 Airplanes; Flight Envelope Protection: High Speed Limiting
Special Conditions: Embraer S.A., Model EMB-550 Airplane; Electronic Flight Control System: Lateral-Directional and Longitudinal Stability and Low Energy Awareness
Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp Turboshaft Engines
Special Conditions: Embraer S.A., Model EMB-550 Airplane, Limit Pilot Forces for Sidestick Control
Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Aerospace LP (Type Certificate Previously Held by Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd.) Airplanes
Special Conditions: Embraer S.A., Model EMB-550 Airplane; Design Roll Maneuver for Electronic Flight Controls
Special Conditions: Embraer S.A., Model EMB-550 Airplane; Interaction of Systems and Structures
Special Conditions: Embraer S.A., Model EMB-550 Airplane; Electronic Flight Control System: Control Surface Awareness and Mode Annunciation
Special Conditions: Embraer S.A., Model EMB-550 Airplane; Landing Pitchover Condition
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision
Agency Information Collection Activity; Notice of Request for Public Comment and Submission to OMB for Information Collection: Confidential Close Call Reporting for Transit Rail System
Pilot Project on NAFTA Trucking Provisions
Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Calhoun County, AL
Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Inc.-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Chattahoochee, Marion, and Schley Counties, GA.; Central of Georgia Railroad Company-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Chattahoochee, Marion, and Schley Counties, GA
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Meeting
National Freight Advisory Committee