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News Digest PHMSA 06-17

 

PHMSA Adjusts Maximum and Minimum Civil Penalties for Inflation.  The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a Final Rule to revise its regulations and increase the maximum civil penalty amount for violations of the Federal...

04.24.2017 - First 100 Days Listening Tour

Remarks Prepared for Delivery by

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao

First 100 Days Listening Tour

Vehicle Research and Testing Center and

Transportation Research Center, East...

Flight Cancellations Down From Previous Year, January 2017

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its April 2017 Air Travel Consumer Report, compiling air carrier data for the month of February 2017.  The April report contains denied boarding (oversales) data for the October-December 2016 quarter, as airlines report...

News Digest

FMCSA to Hold Public Listening Session on Highly Automated Commercial Vehicles:  The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced it will hold a public listening session to solicit information on issues relating to the design,...