Transportation Department publishes notice on May 10

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System.

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 May 10

Title
Special Conditions: Boeing, Model 747-8 Series Airplanes; Door 1 Extendable Length Escape Slide
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 B2-1C, A300 B2-203, A300 B2K-3C, A300-B4-103, A300 B4-203, and A300 B4-2C Airplanes
Special Conditions: Boeing Model 747-8 Series Airplanes; Overhead Flight Attendant Rest Compartment
Airworthiness Directives; Embraer-Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-500 Airplanes
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for New Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards
Aviation Proceedings, Agreements filed the week ending April 23, 2011
Airmen Transition to Experimental or Unfamiliar Airplanes
Notice of Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals
Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee
Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) During the Week Ending April 23, 2011
Carolina Coastal Railway, Inc.-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Rocky Mount & Western Railroad Co., Inc. d/b/a Nash County Railroad
Lassen Valley Railway, LLC-Abandonment Exemption-in Washoe County, NV and Lassen County, CA
Northwestern Pacific Railroad Co.; Notice of Partial Relief from Emergency Order No. 21
Notice of Request for the Reinstatement of an Information Collection
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System