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DOT Awards $1 Million to Hazardous Materials Training Organizations as Part of New Community Safety Grant Program
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced it has awarded $1 million to two non-profit organizations as part of its new Community Safety Grant program to improve the nation’s response to...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $14.7 Million to Improve Transit Access in Selected Communities Around the Country
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced that 16 organizations around the country will receive a share of $14.7 million in grants to support comprehensive planning projects that improve access to public transit....
News Digest DOT 122-16
PHMSA Clarifies Policy Removing PG II Designation for Organic Peroxides and Self-Reactive Substances. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued a guidance memorandum clarifying the agency’s final rule from June 2,...
FMCSA Declares Georgia-based Trucking Company to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered a LaGrange, Georgia-based trucking company, Industrial Transit, Inc., USDOT No. 814459, to immediately cease all intrastate and interstate operations after a...
Statement from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx on Historic Agreement to Combat Carbon Emissions in Aviation
Last week, I spoke at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly and said that we must agree on a comprehensive approach to achieving carbon-neutral growth. I was proud to represent the United States as an early adopter of the global market-based measure (GMBM)...
U.S. DOT, NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL LAUNCH ROAD TO ZERO COALITION TO END ROADWAY FATALITIES
New partnership aims to end traffic fatalities within the next 30 years
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are joining forces with...
News Digest - DOT 121-16
FMCSA Announces Proposed Enhancements to Safety Measurement System Public Website Display. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that a public preview of the latest proposed enhancements to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) Safety...
PHMSA Issues Interim Final Rule To Implement Expanded Authority to Issue Emergency Orders, Improve Pipeline Safety
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued an Interim Final Rule (“IFR”) to implement the agency’s expanded authority to address unsafe pipeline conditions or practices that pose an...
DOT Announces over $20 Million in Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grants to States, Territories, and Tribes
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced it is issuing $20.4 million in Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) grants to states, territories, and Native American tribes to enhance their ability...