February 2014 Significant Rulemaking Report

Supplemental January 2014 Significant Rulemaking Report

Statement on NTSB Crude Oil Recommendations

Safety is DOT's top priority, and we agree that a comprehensive, all-of-the-above approach is needed to ensure the safe transport of crude oil. DOT has already begun taking actions on these recommendations and other additional steps, from investigating proper classification through the Bakken...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx Outlines Transportation Vision Focused on Overcoming Infrastructure Deficit

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx today outlined his top priorities for the Department of Transportation, highlighting America’s infrastructure deficit and identifying ways for the Department to use innovation and improved planning to stretch transportation dollars as...

January 2014 Significant Rulemaking Report

January 2014 Significant Rulemaking Report.

February 2014 Effects Report

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Retrospective Review and Analysis of Existing Rules

Preliminary Plan for Implementation of Executive Order 13563

The Department prepared its final plan for the "Retrospective Review and Analysis of Existing Rules" in response to Executive Order 13563, which includes our responses to public comments and suggestions received during development...

Threshold of Significant Regulatory Actions Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. §1532) requires each agency to prepare a comprehensive written statement for any proposed or final rule that includes a “Federal mandate that may result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or...

Daylight Saving Time

Under the Uniform Time Act, as amended, States may exempt themselves from observing Daylight Saving Time by State law. If a State chooses to observe Daylight Saving Time, it must begin and end on federally mandated dates.

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