May 2014 Effects Reports

May 2014 Effects Report

News Digest - 032114

DOT 29-13

PHMSA Amends Regulations to Reduce Hazardous Materials Paperwork Burden. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) incorporated 22 longstanding hazardous materials special permits and four competent authority approvals into the Hazardous Materials...

March 2014 Significant Rulemaking Report

March 2014 Report on Significant Rulemakings.

RRR Notice Round 2

January 2014 RRR Report

January 2012 RRR Report

Unfunded Mandates Threshold 2013

Inflation adjustment for regulatory analyses conducted pursuant to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.

DOT Issues Emergency Order Requiring Stricter Standards to Transport Crude Oil by Rail

EDITOR's NOTE: As of March 6, 2014, this article links below to an amended Emergency Order that supercedes the earlier order.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today...

U.S. Department of Transportation Seeks Comment on Whether to Ban Mobile Device Voice Communications on Flights

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today that it is seeking public comment on whether it should propose a rule to ban voice communications on passengers’ mobile wireless devices on flights within, to and from the United States.  The Advance Notice of Proposed...

U.S. Department of Transportation Declares Illinois Long-Haul Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Illinois-licensed truck driver Renato V. Velasquez to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce...