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Table of Contents
Federal Aviation
Administration
1. Retrofit
of Improved Seats in Air Carrier Transport Category Airplanes
2. Drug
Enforcement Assistance
4. Corrosion
Prevention and Control Program
5. National
Air Tour Safety Standards
6. Revision
of Emergency Evacuation Demonstration Procedures to Improve Participant Safety
7. Flight
Crewmember Duty Limitations and Rest Requirements
8. False
and Misleading Statements Regarding Aircraft Parts
9. Noise
Limitations for Aircraft Operations in the Vicinity of Grand Canyon National
Park
10. Licensing
and Safety Requirements for Launch
12. Training
in the Recognition of Hazardous Material
13. Revisions
to Digital Flight Data Recorder Regulations for B-737 Airplanes and for Part
125 Operators
16. Flight
Simulation Device Qualification
17. Certification
of Aircraft and Airmen for the Operation of Light-Sport Aircraft
18. Revisions
to Passenger Facility Charge Rule for Compensation to Air Carriers
19. Transponder
Continuous Operation
20. Reduced
Vertical Separation Minimum in United States Domestic Airspace
21. Security
Considerations for the Flightdeck on Foreign Operated Transport Category
Airplanes
23. Ineligibility
for an Airman Certificate Based on Security Grounds
24. Revisions
to Cockpit Voice Recorder and Digital Flight Data Recorder Regulations
25. Flight
Deck Security on Large Cargo Airplanes
26. Stage
4 Aircraft Noise Standards
27. Extended
Operations (ETOPS) of Multi-engine Airplanes
28. Repair
Stations; Service Difficulty Reporting
Federal Highway
Administration
33. National
Bridge Inspection Standards
Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration
34. Commercial
Driver's License Standards; Biometric Identifier
35. Qualification
of Drivers; Vision
36. Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; General Transportation of Hazardous Materials
38. Training
for Entry-Level Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles
39. Commercial
Driver Physical Fitness As Part Of The CDL Process
40. Safety
Performance History of New Drivers
41. Railroad-Highway
Grade Crossing Safety
42. Unified
Registration System
43. Transportation
of Household Goods; Consumer Protection Regulations
46. General
Requirements; Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance; Intermodal Container Chassis
and Trailers
47. Interstate
School Bus Safety
48. New
Entrant Safety Assurance Process
49. Certification
of Safety Auditors, Safety Investigators, and Safety Inspectors
50. Certification
of Compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)
51. Limitations
on the Issuance of Commercial Driver Licenses with a Hazardous Materials
Endorsement
52. Penalties,
Inspection, and Decal Display Requirements for Mexico-Domiciled Motor Carriers
53. Hours
of Service of Drivers; Supporting Documents
Federal Railroad
Administration
55. Whistle
Bans at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
56. Standards
for Development and Use of Processor-Based Signal and Train Control Systems
Federal Transit
Administration
58. Rail
Fixed Guideway Systems: State Safety Oversight
Maritime Administration
60. Vessel
Documentation: Lease Financing for Vessels Engaged in the Coastwise Trade; Second
Rulemaking
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration
62. FMVSS:
Head Restraints (Height and Distance Requirements)
64. Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems; Controls and
Displays
65. Automotive
Fuel Economy Manufacturing Incentives for Alternative Fuel Vehicles
67. Consumer
Information Regulations; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Rollover
Resistance
68. Tire
Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) Response to Petitions for Reconsideration
69. Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, Occupant Crash Protection
70. Side
Impact Protection Upgrade - FMVSS No. 214
Office of the Secretary
71. Accessibility
of Passenger Vessels to Individuals with Disabilities
72. Domestic
Passenger Manifest Information
73. Computer
Reservations System Regulations Comprehensive Review
74. Aviation
Data Requirements Review and Modernization Program
77. Protection
of Sensitive Security Information (SSI)
Research and Special
Programs Administration
78. Safeguarding
Food from Contamination During Transportation
79. Response
Plans for Onshore Oil Pipelines
80. Applicability
of the Hazardous Materials Regulations to Loading, Unloading, and Storage
81. Hazardous
Materials: Transportation of Oxygen Cylinders on Aircraft
82. External
Product Piping on Cargo Tanks Transporting Flammable Liquids
83. Hazardous
Materials; Transportation of Lithium Batteries
Federal Aviation Administration |
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Title: Retrofit
of Improved Seats |
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RIN
2120-AC84 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 05/17/1988; End of Comment Period 10/14/1988; Reopening of
Comment Period 10/30/1998; End of Reopened Comment Period 01/09/1999; SNPRM:
Publication Date 10/04/2002; End of Comment Period 12/03/2002; Extension of
Comment Period 12/03/2002; End of Extended Comment Period 03/03/2003. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking implements a
congressional mandate of the Airport and Airway Safety Act of 1987 that the
Department initiate rulemaking by April 28, 1988, to consider requiring all
air carrier aircraft to replace existing seats with new designs that would be
more crashworthy. |
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
12/30/1987 |
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Dates
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title: Drug Enf
Assistance |
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2120-AD16 |
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Previous
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Publication Date 03/12/1990; End of Comment Period 05/11/1990. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would revise
certain requirements covering registration of aircraft, certification of
pilots, and penalties associated with registration and certification
violations. This rulemaking would also respond to the Federal Aviation
Administration Drug Enforcement Act of 1988 (the Act). The revised
requirements would assist law enforcement agencies' efforts to stop drug
trafficking in general aviation aircraft. The FAA is currently considering
seeking modifications to the Act. |
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Prompting
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/18/1988 |
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Dates
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Title: Aging
Aircraft |
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2120-AE42 |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 10/05/1993; End of Comment Period 02/08/1994. Final Rule:
Publication Date 12/05/2002; Publication Date for Extension of Comment Period
02/04/2003; End of Extended Comment Period 05/05/2003. Interim Final Rule:
Publication Date 12/05/2002; End of Comment Period 02/04/2003; Publication
Date for Extension of Comment Period 02/04/2003; End of Extended Comment
Period 05/05/2003. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking requires
airplanes operated under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part
121, U.S.-registered multiengine airplanes operated under 14 CFR part 129,
and multiengine airplanes used in scheduled operations under 14 CFR part 135
to undergo inspections and records reviews by the Administrator or a
designated representative after their 14th year in service and at specified
intervals thereafter. These inspections and records reviews will ensure that
the maintenance of these airplanes' age-sensitive parts and components has
been adequate and timely. The final rule also prohibits operation of these
airplanes after specified deadlines unless damage-tolerance-based inspections
and procedures are included in their maintenance or inspection programs.
Operators of airplanes initially certificated with nine or fewer passenger
seats, however, may incorporate service-history-based inspections instead of
damage-tolerance-based inspections and procedures in those airplanes' maintenance
or inspection programs. This final rule does not apply to airplanes operated
between any point within the State of Alaska and any other point within the
State of Alaska. This rule represents a critical step toward compliance with
the Aging Aircraft Safety Act of 1991 and helps to ensure the continuing
airworthiness of aging airplanes operating in scheduled service. |
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Prompting
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
10/28/1991 |
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Dates
for Undetermined:
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Federal
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Title: Corrosion
Control |
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RIN
2120-AE92 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
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Publication 10/03/2002; End of Comment Period 04/01/2003. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would require
that the maintenance or inspection programs for all airplanes operated under
part 121 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, all U.S. -registered
multiengine airplanes operated in common carriage by foreign air carriers or
foreign persons under 14 CFR part 129, and all multiengine airplanes used in
scheduled operations under 14 CFR part 135 include FAA-approved corrosion
prevention and control programs. Such programs are needed because existing
maintenance and inspection programs may not provide comprehensive, systematic
measures to prevent and control corrosion. The rulemaking would form a part
of the FAA's response to the Aging Aircraft Safety Act of 1991. These actions
are intended to control the detrimental effects of corrosion and the
resulting airplane structural material loss. |
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Rulemaking
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10/28/1991 |
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Dates
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Federal
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title: Air Tour
Safety |
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2120-AF07 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Abstract: In this rulemaking, the FAA will
respond to NTSB recommendations. FAA is seeking information on air tour and
sightseeing operations that are currently allowed to operate under less
stringent regulations than those applied to other types of commercial
operations. Over the past decade, the number of these operations, and the
number of accidents and incidents associated with these operations, have
increased. Hot air balloons and gliders would not be included. (Note: This
rulemaking was formerly called "Sightseeing Operations.") |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
04/25/1994 |
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Dates
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Federal
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Citation for NPRM:
None |
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Title: Emergency
Evacuation |
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RIN
2120-AF21 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 07/18/1995; Correction 08/25/1995; End of Comment Period
10/16/1995. |
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Abstract: This final rule would improve
participant safety during full-scale emergency evacuation demonstrations of
transport category airplanes by permitting certain alternative procedures
that would allow a person conducting the demonstrations to react more readily
should a mishap occur. The rule would not impose any additional cost. The
purpose of the rule is to make full-scale emergency evacuation demonstrations
safer for participants, to codify exisiting practices, and to ensure that
each operator demonstrates the effectiveness of crewmember training by
conducting at least a partial evacuation demonstration. |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
05/08/1995 |
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Dates
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Federal
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title: Flight
Crewmember Duty Time |
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RIN
2120-AF63 |
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Stage: Undetermined |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 12/20/1995; End of Comment Period 03/19/1996; Comment Period
Extended 3/20/1996; End of Extended Comment Period 6/19/1996. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
pilot rest and duty requirements for pilots by ensuring they receive adequate
rest opportunities while assigned to reserve status and by preventing lengthy
duty periods that could contribute to acute and cumulative fatigue. The
rulemaking would propose a definition of "rest period." FAA earlier
had planned to publish an SNPRM by 3/31/02. |
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Prompting
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Rulemaking
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11/28/1995 |
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Dates
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Federal
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Popular
Title: False
Statements Plane Parts |
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RIN
2120-AG08 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Abstract: This action proposes additional
rules that would prohibit certain false or misleading statements regarding
civil aircraft, airframes, aircraft engines, propellers, appliances,
component parts, and materials, including standard parts, that are used, or
may be used, on civil aircraft. The proposal would also permit increased
inspection by the FAA of records regarding the quality of aircraft parts. |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
08/22/1994 |
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Dates
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
68 FR 23808 |
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Title: GCNP
Phaseout rule |
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RIN
2120-AG34 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 12/31/1996; End of Comment Period 03/31/1997; SNPRM:
Publication Date 03/24/2003; End of Comment Period 06/23/2003. |
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Abstract: This action is one part of an
overall strategy to reduce further the impact of aircraft noise on the
environment of Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) and to help the National
Park Service achieve its statutory mandate imposed by Public Law 100-91 to
provide for the substantial restoration of natural quiet and experience at
GCNP. This rulemaking will establish a reasonably achievable standard for
quiet technology to comply with the congressional mandate imposed by section
804 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st
Century (Public Law 106-181). |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
12/31/1996 |
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Federal
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular
Title: Licensing
Space Launches |
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RIN
2120-AG37 |
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Stage: SNPRM/2 |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 10/25/2000; End of Comment Period 2/22/2001. SNPRM:
Publication Date 07/30/2002; End of Comment Period 10/28/2002. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
commercial space transportation regulations governing licensing and safety
requirements for launch from Federal and non-Federal launch sites. |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
01/17/1999 |
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Federal
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Citation for SNPRM/2: None |
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Title: Child
Restraint Systems |
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RIN
2120-AG43 |
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Stage: Undetermined |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 02/18/1998; End of Comment Period 6/18/1998. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would consider
the use of child restraint systems in aircraft during all phases of flight
(i.e., taxi, takeoff, landing, or any other time the seat belt sign is
illuminated). Specifically, the agency would consider information about
existing child restraint systems, the development of new and improved child
restraint systems, and the ease with which existing or new child restraint
systems can be used. The Department is currently considering and coordinating
options for appropriate action. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
10/29/1997 |
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Federal
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Popular
Title: Hazmat
Training Requirements |
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2120-AG75 |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would propose to
amend its hazardous materials (hazmat) training requirements for air carriers
and commercial operators certificated to operate under part 121 or part 135.
In addition, the rulemaking would propose that repair stations certificated
under part 145 document for the FAA that persons handling hazmat for transportation
have been trained as required by the Department of Transportation's Hazardous
Materials Regulations (HMRs). The FAA is updating its regulations because
hazmat transport and the aviation industry have changed significantly since
the FAA promulgated its hazmat training standards to ensure uniform
compliance with training requirements. |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
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02/18/1999 |
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Dates
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Citation for NPRM:
68 FR 24809 |
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Title: Digital
Flight Data Recorder/B-737 |
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2120-AG87 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
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Publication Date 11/18/1999; End of Comment Period 12/20/1999. |
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Abstract: The rulemaking would amend the
digital flight data recorder (DFDR) regulations for transport category
airplanes to add a requirement for all Boeing 737 (B-737) series airplanes to
record additional flight data parameters. It is based on safety
recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
following the investigations of two accidents and other incidents involving
B-737 aircraft. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
02/15/1999 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title: Part
139-Certification of Airports |
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2120-AG96 |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 06/21/2000; Correction 08/21/2000; Comment Period Extended
08/22/2000; End of Comment Period 09/19/2000; End of Extended Comment Period
11/03/2000. |
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Abstract: This rule would revise the
airport certification regulation and establish certification requirements for
airports serving scheduled air carrier operations in aircraft designed for
more than 9 passenger seats but less than 31 passenger seats. In addtion,
this rule would amend a section of an air carrier operation regulation to
conform with changes to airport certification requirements. The FAA
Reauthorization Act of 1996 authorized the FAA to certificate airports (with
the exception of those in Alaska) that serve scheduled passenger operations
of air carriers operating aircraft designed for more than 9 passenger seats
but fewer than 31. The Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st
Century mandated that the FAA issue an NPRM on operating certificates for
such airports within 60 days (of April 5, 2000) and a final rule 1 year after
the close of the NPRM comment period . |
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
09/30/1999 |
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Dates
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Federal
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title: Fractional |
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2120-AH06 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 7/18/01; End of Comment Period 10/16/01. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would update and
revise the regulations governing operations by aircraft in fractional
ownership programs. This action is undertaken because the FAA has determined
that current regulations do not adequately define fractional ownership
programs and do not clearly allocate responsibility and authority for safety
and compliance with the regulations. The revisions would define fractional
ownership programs and their various participants, allocate responsibility
and authority for safety of flight operations for purposes of compliance with
the regulations, and ensure that fractional ownership program aircraft
operations maintain a high level of safety. Elements of this rulemaking would
provide in certain of the regulations applicable to fractional ownership
programs a level of safety equivalent to certain regulations that apply to
on-demand operators. The rulemaking would also change some regulations that
apply to on-demand operators meeting certain criteria to permit these
operators an alternate means of compliance for certain commercial operations. |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
10/06/1999 |
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: 68 FR 54520 |
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Title: Simulator
Qualification (Part 60) |
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RIN
2120-AH07 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 09/25/2002; Publication Date for Extension of Comment Period
11/15/2002; End of Comment Period 12/24/2002; End of Extended Comment Period
02/24/2003. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
FAA regulations to establish flight simulation device qualification
requirements for all certificate holders in a new part. The basis of these
requirements currently exists in different parts of the FAA's regulations and
in advisory circulars. The changes would consolidate and update flight simulation
device requirements. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
04/01/1998 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title:
Light-Sport Aircraft Certification |
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RIN
2120-AH19 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 02/05/2002; End of Comment Period 05/06/2002. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would establish
requirements for the certification, operation, and maintenance of light-sport
aircraft, including powered parachutes and weight-shift-control aircraft. For
the operation of light-sport aircraft, the rulemaking would establish a sport
pilot certificate and a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot
rating. It would also establish requirements for student pilots and private
pilots to operate these aircraft, and to revise the recreational pilot
certificate to align it with privileges proposed for the new sport pilot
certificate. It would also establish a new repairman certificate with ratings
for individuals who would inspect and maintain light-sport aircraft. In
addition, it would create a new category of special airworthiness certificate
for light-sport aircraft that meet a consensus standard. This action is
necessary to address advances in sport and recreational aviation technology,
gaps in the existing regulations, and several petitiions for rulemaking. The
intended effect of this action is to provide a safe and economical means to
certificate light-sport aircraft and the pilots who fly them. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
05/14/2001 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title: Passenger
Facility Charge |
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RIN
2120-AH43 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 11/27/2002; End of Comment Period 01/13/2003; Publication
Date for Extension of Comment Period 01/14/2003; End of Extended Comment
Period 02/12/2003. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
passenger facility charge (PFC) regulation by changing the amount and unit of
collection that a carrier may retain for collecting and handling (including
remitting) PFC revenue. It would allow carriers to keep $0.10 of each PFC
they collect in calendar years 2002 through 2004. From 2005 forward, the
amount would increase to $0.11 for each PFC collected. This action is
necessary to implement the statutory requirement that the Secretary of
Transportation (whose authority has been delegated to the Administrator of
FAA) establish by regulation a uniform amount that carriers may retain that
reflects the average necessary and reasonable expenses for collecting and
handling PFCs. |
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/30/2000 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title:
Transponder Continuous Operation |
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RIN
2120-AH67 |
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Stage: Undetermined |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 01/14/2003; End of Comment Period 03/17/2003; Extension of
Comment Period 03/18/2003; End of Extension of Comment Period 04/18/2003.
Withdrawal: Publication Date . |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
instrument and equipment requirements for airplanes operated in domestic,
flag, and supplemental operations. Specifically, the rulemaking would require
affected airplanes to have the capability to help assure immediate activation
of the designated air traffic control (ATC) hijack alert code, and continuous
transmission of that code to ATC during a hijack situation. This action would
respond to the heightened threat to U.S. civil aviation. The FAA believed
that this capability would help provide ATC personnel with more time to
initiate a national security response to a potential airplane hijack
situation. Following a review of the comments, however, the FAA is
considering withdrawing the NPRM, because of uncertainty about whether it is
justified. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action:
Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
10/01/2001 |
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Dates
for Undetermined:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Popular
Title: Domestic
RVSM |
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RIN
2120-AH68 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 05/10/2002; End of Comment Period 08/08/2002. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would permit
Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum flights in the airspace over the
contiguous 48 States of the United States and Alaska and that portion of the
Gulf of Mexico where the FAA provides air traffic services. This reduction of
vertical separation minima would only be applied between those aircraft that
meet stringent altimeter and auto-pilot performance requirements. This
rulemaking would enhance airspace capacity and to assist aircraft operators
to save fuel and time. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
03/13/2002 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
21. |
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Popular
Title: Flightdeck
Security (Part 129) |
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RIN
2120-AH70 |
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Stage: Disposition of Comments |
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Previous
Stage: Final
Rule: Publication Date 06/21/2002. Final Rule/2: Publication Date 12/30/2002;
End of Comment Period 02/28/2003. |
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Abstract: This final rule amends a previous
rule requiring improved flightdeck security and operational and procedures
changes to prevent unauthorized access to the flightdeck on
passenger-carrying aircraft operated by foreign carriers under the provisions
of part 129. This final rule is intended to ensure that the same flightdeck
security enhancements apply to foreign air carriers as apply to U.S. air
carriers. Because this rule was issued without prior notice and comment to
address imminent security concerns, it contains a request for public
comments. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
01/15/2002 |
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Dates
for Disposition of Comments:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Disposition of Comments: None |
22. |
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Popular
Title: Crawford
Texas Airspace |
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RIN
2120-AH83 |
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Stage: Disposition of Comments |
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Previous
Stage: Interim
Final Rule: Publication Date 04/22/2003; End of Comment Period 06/23/2003. |
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Abstract: This rule would require that
notice be filed with FAA for the construction of any new object or the
alteration of any existing object in the vicinity of the private residence of
the President of the United States that would exceed 50 feet AGL and is
within existing prohibited airspace surrounding the Presidents' private
residence. This rule is being adopted for purposes of national defense and
will assist in protecting the President of the United States. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
03/26/2001 |
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Dates
for Disposition of Comments:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Disposition of Comments: None |
23. |
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Popular
Title: Cert.
Revocation for Security |
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RIN
2120-AH84 |
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Stage: Disposition of Comments |
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Previous
Stage: Final
Rule: Publication Approved 01/21/2003; Publication Date 01/24/2003; End of
Comment Period 03/25/2003. Final Rule with Request for Comments: Publication
Approved 01/21/2003; Publication Date 01/24/2003; End of Comment Period
03/25/2003. |
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Abstract: This rule would expressly provide
the authority to revoke a pilot certificate or deny an application for a
pilot certificate based on a written determination by the Under Secretary of
Transportation for Security that an individual poses a security risk related
to aviation. This rule would address the security concerns of who should hold
a pilot certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration and is
necessary to enhance security in air transporation. This rulemaking
complements the TSA Revocation Rulemakings (2110-AA14 and 2110-AA17). |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
09/11/2001 |
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Dates
for Disposition of Comments:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Disposition of Comments: None |
24. |
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Popular
Title: Cockpit
Voice Recorder |
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RIN
2120-AH88 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and digital flight data recorder (DFDR)
regulations for certain air carriers, operators, and aircraft manufacturers.
It would increase the duration of CVR and flight data recorder (FDR)
recordings; increase the data recording rate of certain DFDR paramaters;
require physical separation of the DFDR and CVR; improve the reliability of
the power supply to both the CVR and DFDR; and, if data-link communication
equipment is installed, require that all data-link communication equipment is
installed, require that all data-link communications received by an aircraft
be recorded. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
08/30/1999 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
25. |
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Popular
Title: Large
Cargo Airplanes |
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RIN
2120-AH96 |
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Stage: Final Rule with Request for
Comments |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This action would provide an
optional means of compliance to operators of all cargo airplanes that are
required to have a reinforced security flightdeck door by April 9, 2003. This
rule would allow those operators to either install reinforced doors or adopt
enhanced procedures approved by the Transportation Security Administration. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action:
Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/10/2002 |
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Dates
for Final Rule with Request for Comments:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule with Request for Comments: 68 FR 42873 |
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Title: Stage 4 |
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RIN
2120-AH99 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would establish a
new noise standard for subsonic jet airplanes and subsonic transport category
large airplanes. This noise standard would ensure that the latest available
noise reduction technology is incorporated into new aircraft designs. This
noise standard, Stage 4, would apply to any person submitting an application
for a new airplane type design on and after January 1, 2006. The standard
could be chosen voluntarily prior to that date. This noise standard is
intended to provide uniform noise certification standards for Stage 4 airplanes
certificated in the United States and those airplanes that meet the new
International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 16 Chapter 4 noise standard. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action:
International Agreement |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
01/28/2002 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
27. |
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Popular
Title: ETOPS |
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RIN
2120-AI03 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would govern the
design, maintenance, and operation of airplanes and engines for flights that
go certain long distances beyond an adequate airport. This rulemaking would
extend some requirements that previously applied only to two-engine airplanes
to airplanes with more than two-engines. The rulemaking would implement the
existing policy, industry best practices, and recommendations and
international standards to ensure that long-range flights will operate
safely. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
08/10/2000 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
28. |
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Popular
Title: Repair
Stations |
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RIN
2120-AI07 |
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Stage: Final Rule with Request for
Comments |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This final rule will amend the
regulations for aeronautical repair stations by replacing certain sections
references with part references. Rather than referenceing certain sections
applicable to repair stations that submit service difficulty reports (SDR) on
behalf of air carriers, FAA is only referencing the part number under which
the air carrier operates. This action will give FAA greater flexibility to
amend SDR rules in response to industry concerns. Also, FAA is clarifying
when repair stations should submit SDRs. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
08/01/2003 |
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Dates
for Final Rule with Request for Comments:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule with Request for Comments: None |
Federal Highway Administration |
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Federal Highway Administration |
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Popular
Title: FLS: NPS
Roads |
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RIN
2125-AE52 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 09/01/1999; End of Comment Period 11/01/1999. NPRM:
Publication Date 01/08/2003; End of Comment Period 03/10/2003. |
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Abstract: The Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (TEA-21) requires the Secretary of Transportation and the
Secretary of each appropriate Federal land management agency to develop, to
the extent appropriate, safety, bridge, pavement, and congestion management
systems for roads funded under the Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP). The
Secretary of Transportation has delegated the authority to the FHWA to serve as
the lead agency within the U.S. DOT to implement the FLHP. The roads funded
under the FLHP include park roads and parkways, forest highways, refuge
roads, and Indian reservation roads. This rulemaking would provide for the
development and implementation of pavement, bridge, safety, and congestion
management systems for transportation facilities under the National Park
Service jurisdiction and funded by the FLHP. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
06/09/1998 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
30. |
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Popular
Title: FLS: BIA
Roads |
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RIN
2125-AE53 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 09/01/1999; End of Comment Period 11/1/1999. NPRM:
Publication Date 01/08/2003; End of Comment Period 03/10/2003. |
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Abstract: The Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (TEA-21) requires the Secretary of Transportation and the
Secretary of each appropriate Federal land management agency to develop, to
the extent appropriate, safety, bridge, pavement, and congestion management
systems for roads funded under the Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP). The
Secretary of Transportation has delegated the authority to the FHWA to serve
as the lead agency within the U.S. DOT to implement the FLHP. The roads
funded under the FHLP include park roads and parkways, forest highways,
refuge roads, and Indian reservation roads. This rulemaking would provide for
the development and implementation of pavement, bridge, safety, and
congestion management systems for transportation facilities providing access
to Indian lands and funded under the FHLP. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
06/09/1998 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
31. |
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Popular
Title: FLS: FWS
Roads |
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RIN
2125-AE54 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 09/01/1999; End of Comment Period 11/01/1999. NPRM:
Publication Date 01/08/2003; End of Comment Period 03/10/2003. |
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Abstract: The Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (TEA-21) requires the Secretary of Transportation and the
Secretary of each appropriate Federal land management agency to develop, to
the extent appropriate, safety, bridge, pavement, and congestion management
systems for roads funded under the Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP). The
Secretary of Transportation has delegated the authority to the FHWA to serve
as the lead agency for the U.S. DOT to implement the FLHP. The roads funded
under the FHLP include park roads and parkways, forest highways, refuge
roads, and Indian reservation roads. This rulemaking would provide for the
development and implementation of pavement, bridge, safety, and congestion
management systems for transportation facilities serving the National
Wildlife Refuge System funded under the FHLP. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
06/09/1998 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
32. |
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Popular
Title: FLS Forest
Highways Program |
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RIN
2125-AE55 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 09/01/1999; End of Comment Period 11/01/1999. NPRM:
Publication Date 01/08/2003; End of Comment Period 03/10/2003. |
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Abstract: The Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (TEA-21) requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary
of each appropriate Federal land management agency to develop, to the extent
appropriate, safety, bridge, pavement, and congestion management systems for
roads funded under the Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP). The Secretary of
Transportation has delegated the authority to the FHWA to serve as the lead
agency within the U.S. DOT to implement the FLHP. The roads funded under the
FHLP include park roads and parkways, forest highways, refuge roads, and
Indian reservation roads. This rulemaking would provide for the development
of pavement, bridge, safety, and congestion management systems for
transportation facilities providing access to and within the National Forests
and highways funded under the FLHP. |
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
06/09/1998 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title: NBIS |
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RIN
2125-AE86 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 09/26/2001; End of Comment Period 12/26/01. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would examine
whether to revise the regulation on National Bridge Inspection Standards
(NBIS) to incorporate current, state-of-the-art bridge inspection practices
that public authorities may be using. It has been fourteen years since the
NBIS regulations were updated. The experience, material, and technology
changes over time dictate that the FHWA take a fresh look at these
regulations. The FHWA has received some unsolicited comments from engineers,
inspectors, transportation planners, and others recommending a number of
changes to the FHWA's NBIS regulations. In revising these regulations the
FHWA is considering incorportating a number of the FHWA policy memorandums
and technical advisories into the regulation. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
08/31/2001 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
68 FR 53063 |
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration |
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration |
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Title: CDL -
Biometric Identifier |
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RIN
2126-AA01 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 5/15/89; End of Comment Period 7/14/89. |
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Abstract: The Truck and Bus Regulatory
Reform Act of 1988 required the DOT Secretary to issue regulations
establishing minimum uniform standards for a biometric identification system
for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operators. In 1989, the agency (then the
Federal Highway Administration) published an ANPRM to request comments on a
pilot demonstration project using biometric identifiers that included retinal
eye scans and fingerprint technologies. After considering comments to the
ANPRM, the FHWA determined that technology had not progressed to the point
where a nationwide identification system could be cost-effective and provide
the benefits for which a system was intended. In 1991 the FHWA published a
Notice of Information summarizing the results of the pilot study and the
comments to demonstrate how the technologies studied fell short of the
demands in the commercial licensing environment at the time. Section 4011(c)
of the TEA-21, 49 USC 31308 amended, requires each commercial driver's
license (CDL) issued by the States after January 1, 2001, to have unique
identifiers (which may include biometric identifiers). The FMCSA established
a pilot study to collect over 16,000 sample digital facial images and sets of
fingerprints from volunteers in California, Georgia and West Virginia.
California provided the lead for this study. The pilot study was completed,
and the contractor issued a final report in December 2002. |
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/18/1988 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
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Title: CDL-
Vision |
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RIN
2126-AA05 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 2/28/92; End of Comment Period 4/28/92. Notice Request for
Comments: Publication Date 6/05/96. |
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Abstract: As part of a review of the
medical qualification standards applicable to interstate CMV drivers, the
agency (then the Federal Highway Administration) requested comments on the
need, if any, to amend its driver qualification requirements relating to the
vision standard. A temporary waiver program was initiated and was concluded
on March 31, 1996, to permit the FHWA to observe and collect data on the
driving experience of a group of vision-deficient drivers who meet certain
preconditions. The agency considered further research to develop
comprehensive performance-based visual standards for all commercial drivers.
Information about the proposed research plan and public hearing on the
subject was published in the Federal Register on June 5, 1996, at 61 FR
28547. The FMCSA entered into a contract with a medical center to develop
medically-based recommendations for amending the current Federal vision
requirements. Recommendations were delivered in October 1998. The FMCSA after
further evaluating and considering these recommendations has decided to
proceed with a rulemaking to amend its regulation governing the visual field
requirement in the vision standard. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
02/01/1991 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
36. |
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Popular
Title: Hazardous
Materials Permitting |
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RIN
2126-AA07 |
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Stage: SNPRM |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 6/17/93; End of Comment Period 8/16/93. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would implement
the statutory requirements of 49 USC 5109 and 49 USC 5105. Section 5109
addresses the establishment of motor carrier safety permit regulations for
motor carriers transporting Class A or B explosives, liquefied natural gases,
hazardous materials designated as extremely toxic by inhalation, or highway
route controlled quantity radioactive materials. Section 5105 requires
inspection of vehicles transporting those radioactive materials before each
trip. The rulemaking would incorporate those provisions into the safety
permit regulations. |
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Effects:
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/16/1990 |
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Dates
for SNPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for SNPRM:
49 CFR 49737 |
37. |
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Popular
Title: LCV
Training Rule |
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RIN
2126-AA08 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 01/05/1993; End of Comment Period 3/16/1993. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would establish
minimum training requirements for operators of multiple trailer combination
vehicles and the instructors who train these operators. This rulemaking is
mandated by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. |
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Effects:
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
12/18/1991 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
68 FR 47890 |
38. |
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Popular
Title: Training
for Entry-Level Drivers |
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RIN
2126-AA09 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 6/21/93; End of comment period 8/20/93; Report to Congress:
2/05/96; Notice of Availability of Report 4/25/96 |
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Abstract: This rulemaking will examine the
need to require training of all entry-level drivers of commercial motor
vehicles. FMCSA has submitted a report to Congress (2/05/96) on the
effectiveness of private sector efforts to ensure adequate training of all
entry-level drivers. This report included a cost-benefit study of requiring
training of entry-level drivers. Public comments have been solicited on the
report. |
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Effects:
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
12/18/1991 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
68 FR 48863 |
39. |
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Popular
Title: Physical
Fitness - CDL Process |
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RIN
2126-AA10 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 7/15/94; End of Comment Period 11/4/94. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would include the
certification of fitness to operate a CMV in the commercial driver's license
(CDL) process. Incorporating the commercial driver fitness determination into
State-administered CDL procedures could allow elimination of the requirement
that CMV drivers carry a separate medical certificate. The CDL would be
evidence that the CMV driver is physically fit as well as operationally
qualified to operate CMVs safely. This action addresses the driver's physical
qualifications as they relate to the CDL process; it does not address whether
those standards are correct or should be changed. |
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Effects:
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
07/15/1993 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
40. |
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Popular
Title: Safety
Performance of New Drivers |
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RIN
2126-AA17 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM: Publication
Date 03/14/1996; End of Comment 5/13/1996; SNPRM: Publication Date
07/17/2003; End of Comment Period 09/02/2003. |
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Abstract: The rulemaking would amend the
Federal motor carrier regulations to include minimum safety information that
new and prospective employers must seek from former employers duing the
investigation of a driver's employment record. The rule would also increase
the time period that carriers must record accident information in the
accident register, from one year to three years. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/16/1990 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
41. |
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Popular
Title:
Railroad-Highway Crossing |
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RIN
2126-AA18 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 7/30/98; End of Comment Period 11/27/98. |
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Abstract: This action would prohibit
operators of commercial motor vehicles from driving onto a railroad grade
crossing unless there is sufficient space to drive completely through the
crossing without stopping. The intent of this action is to reduce the
incidence of collisions between trains and CMVs. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
08/26/1994 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
42. |
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Popular
Title: URS |
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RIN
2126-AA22 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 8/26/96; End of Comment Period 10/25/96. |
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Abstract: This action is in response to the
requirements of section 103 of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination
Act of 1995, which added 49 USC 13908. This section requires the Secretary to
complete a rulemaking proceeding to replace the current DOT indentification
number system, the single State registration system, the
registration/licensing system and the financial responsibility system, with a
single, on-line Federal system. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
01/01/1996 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
43. |
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Popular
Title: Household
Goods |
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RIN
2126-AA32 |
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Stage: Interim Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 5/15/98 ; End of Comment Period 7/14/98; Extension and
Reopening of Comment Period: 8/12/98 ; End of Extended and Reopened Comment
Period 10/13/98. |
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Abstract: This rule would amend the
regulations governing the interstate transportation of personal effects or
property used, or to be used, in a private residence (household goods). FMCSA
regulations specify how motor carriers who transport household goods by motor
vehicle in interstate commerce (movers) must assist their individual
customers who ship household goods. FMSCA is updating the regulations to make
them easier to understand and to help consumers. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
01/15/2002 |
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Dates
for Interim Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Interim Final Rule: 68 FR 35064 |
44. |
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Popular
Title: Mexican
Motor Carriers/Application |
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RIN
2126-AA34 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 05/03/2001; End of Comment Period 07/02/2001. Interim Final
Rule: Publication Date 03/19/2002; End of Comment Period 04/18/2002. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking changes FMCSA
regulations to govern applications by Mexican carriers to operate beyond
municipalities and commercial zones at the United State-Mexico border. It
also revises the application form, OP-1MX, to be filed by these Mexican motor
carriers. The revised form requires additional information about the
applicant's business and operating practices to allow the FMCSA to determine
if the applicant could meet the safety standards established for operating in
interstate commerce in the United States. Carriers that had previously
submitted an application would have to submit the updated form. These changes
are needed to implement part of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA). On January 16, 2003 the Ninth Circuit Court remanded this rule,
along with 2 other NAFTA-related rules, to the agency requiring a full environmental
impact statement and an analysis required by the Clean Air Act. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action:
International Agreement |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
02/07/2001 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
45. |
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Popular
Title: Mexican
Motor Carriers/Monitoring and Compliance |
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RIN
2126-AA35 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 05/03/2001; End of Comment Period 07/02/2001. Interim Final
Rule: Publication Date 03/19/2002; End of Comment Period 04/18/2002. |
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Abstract: The FMCSA proposes to implement a
safety monitoring system and compliance initiative to ensure that
Mexican-domiciled carriers conducting operations anywhere in the United
States (U.S.) comply with applicable safety regulations and conduct safe
operations. This rulemaking would revise the safety fitness regulations at 49
CFR part 385 to implement an enhanced safety oversight program designed to
evaluate the safety fitness of Mexican carriers within 18 months after
receiving conditional authority to operate in the U.S. This proposal is necessary
to implement the entry provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA). On January 16, 2003 the Ninth Circuit Court remanded this rule,
along with 2 other NAFTA-related rules, to the agency requiring requiring a
full enviromental impact statement and an analysis required by the Clean Air
Act. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action:
International Agreement |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
02/07/2001 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
46. |
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Title: Intermodal
Chassis |
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RIN
2126-AA38 |
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Stage: Withdrawal |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 02/17/1999; End of Comment Period 04/19/1999; End of
Extended Comment Period 08/30/1999; Notice of Intent to Explore Negotiated
Rulemaking: 11/29/2002; End of Extended Comment Period 04/10/2003. |
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Abstract: In response to a petition for
rulemaking filed by the American Trucking Association, Inc. (ATA) and the ATA
Intermodal Conference (the petitioners), the FHWA, the predecessor agency to
the FMCSA, agreed to consider revisions to the requirements in parts 390 and
396 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations (FMCSRs) that place upon
motor carriers the responsibility for maintaining intermodal container
chassis and trailers. These regulations provide the requirements for the
inspection, repair and maintenance of commercial motor vehicles. FMCSA is
considering withdrawing the ANPRM because there is insufficient data to
support moving forward with the rulemaking at this time. While the agency
could quantify the costs of regulatory options that could potentially result
in improved maintenance practices by equipment providers, there is
insufficient data currently to quantify the safety benefits of such a
rulemaking. FMCSA believes it is unlikely the agency could craft a rulemaking
that would resolve the maintenance responsibility disputes between equipment
providers and motor carriers, and be supported with sufficient safety data to
prove its necessity, and subsequently its effectiveness. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
03/17/1997 |
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Dates
for Withdrawal:
|
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Federal
Register
Citation for Withdrawal: None |
47. |
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Title: Interstate
School Bus Safety |
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RIN
2126-AA53 |
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Stage: Withdrawal |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 10/22/2001; End of Comment Period 01/22/2002. |
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Abstract: The FMCSA considered making the
FMCSRs applicable to all interstate school transportation opperations by local
educational agencies (LEAs). This action was in response to sec. 4024 of the
TEA-21, which mandates that FMCSA to make a determination whether to make the
FMCSRs applicable to such operations. The FMCSA requested comments, data, and
information to assist the agency in making this determination. FMCSA is
considering withdrawing this ANPRM, since the data showed that the interstate
school bus operations by LEAs are both limited in number and have an
excellent safety record. Also, FMCSA does not currently have authority to
regulate government entities such as LEAs. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
06/09/1998 |
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Dates
for Withdrawal:
|
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Federal
Register
Citation for Withdrawal: None |
48. |
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Popular
Title: New
Entrant |
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RIN
2126-AA59 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: Interim
Final Rule: Publication Date 05/13/2002; End of Comment Period 7/12/2002. |
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Abstract: This rule establishes minimum
requirements for new entrant motor carriers to ensure that they are
knowlegeable about applicable Federal motor carrier safety standards. The new
entrants remain in provisional status for 18 months during which time they
must successfully complete a safety audit. FMCSA was directed to issue an
Interim Final Rule by section 350(a)(10) of the FY 2002 DOT Appropriations
Act. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
12/09/1999 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
|
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
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2126-AA64 |
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Final Rule : Publication Date 03/19/2002; End of Comment Period 05/20/2002;
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Abstract: This rule requires that any
safety inspection, audit, or review be conducted by a certified investigator.
It would give the FMCSA authority to decertify an investigator for failure to
meet the prescribed certification standards. It is required by section 211 of
the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act. On January 16, 2003 the Ninth
Circuit Court remanded this rule to the agency, along with 2 other
NAFTA-related rules, because the agency failed to comply with statutory
environmental analysis requirements. |
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12/09/1999 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title: Parts and
Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation |
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RIN
2126-AA69 |
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Publication Date: 03/19/2003; Comment Period Ended: 05/20/2003. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations so that motor carriers ensure that
each commercial motor vehicle (CMV) they operate in interstate commerce
displays a label certifying that the vehicle complies with all applicable
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in effect on the date of
manufacture. This rulemaking would ensure that all motor carriers operating
CMVs in the United States use only vehicles that were certified by the
manufacturer as meeting all applicable Federal safety requirements. |
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Project Initiated:
06/01/2002 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title: USA
PATRIOT Act Rule |
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RIN
2126-AA70 |
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Abstract: Section 1012 of the USA Patriot
Act prohibits States from issuing or renewing a commercial driver's license
with an endorsement to operate a motor vehicle transporting a hazardous
material unless the Department of Justice has first conducted a background
check on the applicant, and DOT has determined, based upon that investigation,
that the applicant does not pose a security risk warranting denial of the
license. The newly established TSA assumed major responsibility for the
aspects of the rule related to assessing security risks. The FMCSA's
rulemaking will direct the States not to issue an endorsement unless the
applicant has received a security clearance from the Federal agency
responsible for such clearances. |
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Rulemaking
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10/26/2001 |
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Federal
Register
Citation for Interim Final Rule: 68 FR 23844 |
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Title: CVSA
decals |
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RIN
2126-AA72 |
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Stage: Interim Final Rule |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
Federal Motor Carrier Safey Regulations (FMCSRs) to incorporate the
requirement, codified in parts 365 and 385 of the agency's regulations, that
all commercial motor vehicles operated by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers
holding authority to transport property or passengers beyond the commercial
zones of U.S. municipalities on the United States-Mexico border display a
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) decal issued by the CVSA-certified
inspector. Adding this requirement to part 396 will enable FMCSA to assess
civil penalties against Mexico-domiciled long-haul motor carriers that operate
vehicles without the necessary CVSA decal. This rule would also clarify that
carriers will be required to obtain the necessary inpsection decal before
proceeding beyond border ports of entry. By providing for more effective
enforcement of the inspection decal requirements this rule will help ensure
that these motor carriers operate safe vehicles in the United States.
Publication of this rulemaking has been delayed pending resolution of
environmental review procedure concerns raised by the January 16, 2003 Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals decision on the agency's NAFTA rules. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
02/09/2002 |
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Dates
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Federal
Register
Citation for Interim Final Rule: None |
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Title: Supporting
Documents |
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RIN
2126-AA76 |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 4/20/1998; End of Comment Period 6/19/1998. |
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Abstract: The rulemaking would amend the
hours-of-service recordkeeping requirements to clarify what supporting
documents motor carriers must have to validate hours of service records. |
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
08/26/1994 |
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Dates
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Federal
Register
Citation for SNPRM:
None |
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Title:
Registration Enforcement |
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RIN
2126-AA78 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
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Final Rule: Publication Date 08/28/2002; End of Comment Period 10/28/2002. |
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Abstract: This emergency rulemaking would
amend FMCSA regulations to require that a motor carrier subject to the
registration requirements under 49 U.S.C. 13902 may not operate a commercial
motor vehicle in interstate commerce unless it has registered with FMCSA.
Motor carriers would be further prohibited from operating beyond the scope of
their registration. If an unregistered carrier's motor vehicle is discovered
in operation or being operated beyond the scope of the carrier's
registration, such motor vehicle will be placed out-of-service and the
carrier may be subject to additional penalties. The States are currently
required to enforce these registration requirements as a condition for
receipt of Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program funds. Amending the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to specifically include the
out-of-service (OOS) provisions will help ensure that all carriers subject to
49 U.S.C. 13902: (1) are apprised of and comply with applicable FMCSR's (2)
operate only within the scope of registration, and (3) operate safe vehicles
within the United States. This would also allow the agency to more accurately
identify and monitor the safety fitness of motor carriers. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
07/29/2002 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
Federal Railroad Administration |
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Federal Railroad Administration |
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Title: Whistle
Bans |
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RIN
2130-AA71 |
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Stage: Interim Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 01/13/2000; End of Comment Period 05/26/2000. |
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Abstract: Pub. Law 103-440 requires the
Secretary to prohibit local whistle bans, except where there is no
significant risk of accidents, alternative safety measures are adequate, or
where use of a horn as a warning is impractical. After publishing an NPRM,
FRA participated in extensive public hearings to gather comments and is now
preparing a final rule to implement the statute. |
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/02/1994 |
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Dates
for Interim Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Interim Final Rule: None |
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Title: Positive
Train Control |
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RIN
2130-AA94 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 08/10/2001; End of Comment Period 11/08/2001. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking seeks to
facilitate the introduction of positive train control technology by providing
performance-based standards for new signal and train control systems. FRA
moved radio communications to RIN 2130-AB19, a nonsignificant rulemaking. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/28/1995 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
57. |
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Title: Control of
Alcohol and Drug Use |
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RIN
2130-AB39 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM: Publication
Date 12/11/2001; Public Hearing 01/23/2002; End of Comment Period 02/11/2002;
Public Hearing / Extension of Comment Period 02/14/2002; End of Extended
Reply Comment Period 03/14/2002; Publication Date for Extension of Comment
Period 12/10/2002; Notice of Closing of Comment Period 07/28/2003; End of
Extended Comment Period 08/27/2003. |
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Abstract: This action would apply FRA's
random testing and other alcohol and drug requirements to employees of a
foreign railroad whose primary reporting point is outside the United States,
and who perform train service or dispatching service in the United States.
Such employees are currently exempt from random testing, pre-employment
testing, and requirements for employee self-referral and co-worker report
policies. FRA issued a notice (68 FR 44276) closing the comment period that
had been opened until further notice. That notice also described its
consultations with the governments of Canada and Mexico on the safety issues
involved and the likely revisions it would make based, in part, on these
consultations. |
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Effects:
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/30/1999 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
Federal Transit Administration |
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Federal Transit Administration |
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Title: State
Safety Oversight |
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RIN
2132-AA76 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
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Abstract: In 1995, under RIN 2132-AA39, FTA
issued the final rule entitled, Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety
Oversight. On December 23, 1996, under RIN 2132-AA57, FTA issued technical
amendments to the final rule. Then in 2002, under RIN 2132-AA69, FTA issued a
direct final rule amending the definition of accident. Because FTA received
an adverse comment, the direct final rule was withdrawn and the next action
was listed as undetermined while the next course of action was determined.
FTA now intends to amend the rule, and has closed out RIN 2132-AA69, and
opened RIN 2132-AA76, for this action. The new proposed rule would add safety
standards or guidance and significantly update existing rules in light of the
increase in the number of state safety oversight agencies since the original
FTA rule was issued. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
06/23/2003 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
Maritime Administration |
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Maritime Administration |
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Title:
Agricultural Exports |
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RIN
2133-AB37 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 1/28/99; End of Comment Period 3/29/99. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would update and
clarify the cargo preference regulations to increase regulatory compliance.
MARAD issued the cargo preference regulations to implement the requirements
of section 901 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. Departments,
agencies, and shippers who must comply with the Act must follow the cargo
preference regulations. |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
12/01/1996 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
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Title: Joint
Lease Financing |
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RIN
2133-AB51 |
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Abstract: This is a joint MARAD/Coast Guard
rule. The Maritime Administration (MARAD) proposes to amend its regulations
to require MARAD's approval of all transfers of the use of a lease-financed
vessel engaged in the coastwise trade back to the vessel's foreign owner, the
parent of the owner, a subsidiary or affiliate of the parent, or an officer,
director, or shareholder of one of them. In 1992, MARAD amended its
regulations to grant general approval for time charters of U.S.-flag vessels
to charterers that were not U.S. citizens (non-citizens) and to eliminate
MARAD's review of these time charters. The lease-financing provisions
potentially allow a non-citizen to exert additional control over a vessel operated
in the coastwise trade by becoming the owner of the vessel and time
chartering the vessel back to itself or to a related entity through an
intermediate U.S. citizen bareboat charterer. MARAD's review of charter
arrangements in the limited circumstances where the time charterer is related
to the non-citizen vessel owner will ensure that U.S. Citizens maintain
control over vessels operating in the coastwise trade. The NPRM was withdrawn
from OMB to await submission of a companion United States Coast Guard rule,
so that the two may be reviewed together by OMB. |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
03/04/2003 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration |
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National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration |
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Title: Fuel
Economy Standards |
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RIN
2127-AG97 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 01/22/2001; End of Comment Period 3/22/2001. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would define the
rights and responsibilities of manufacturers under the agency's corporate
average fuel economy program in the context of changes in corporate
relationships. It addresses the rights and responsibilities of predecessors
and successors, as well as the rights and responsibilities of manufacturers in
other situations where there have been changes in corporate relationships,
e.g., changes in control. Among other things, it would address how fuel
economy credits are allocated in these types of situations. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
04/27/1998 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
62. |
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Title: Head
Restraints (Height and Distance Req) |
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RIN
2127-AH09 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 01/04/2001; End of Comment Period 03/05/2001. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would upgrade the
standard for head restraints for passenger cars and for light multipurpose
vehicles, trucks and buses. The rule would establish higher minimum height
requirements for head restraints and add a requirement limiting backset,
i.e., the distance between a person's head and his or her head restraint. It
would also extend the requirement for head restraints to rear outboard
designated seating positions; establish new strength requirements for head
restraints; and place limits on the size of gaps and openings in head
restraints. In addition, it would modify the dynamic compliance test and
amend test procedures. The rulemaking would harmonize the standard with some
aspects of the counterpart regulation of the Economic Commission for Europe. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
03/01/2001 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
63. |
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Title: Frontal
Offset |
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RIN
2127-AH73 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would establish a
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard for high speed frontal offset crash
testing. The frontal offset test is a crash test for automobiles and light
trucks in which the subject vehicles are run into a deformable honeycomb
barrier. The barrier contacts only 40 percent of the front of the vehicle
stimulating an off-center frontal collision. The agency is considering adding
the offset test to the frontal occupant protection standard to measure
vehicle structural integrity and reduce the number and severity of lower-body
injuries. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/22/1999 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
64. |
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Title: Tire
Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) |
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RIN
2127-AI33 |
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Stage: Final Rule/2 |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication date 7/26/01; End of Comment Period 9/6/01. Final Rule/1:
Publication Date 05/29/2002. |
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Abstract: In response to TREAD, NHTSA has
added a new requirement that tire pressure monitoring systems be installed in
passenger cars, and in light trucks, multipurpose passenger vehicles, and
buses. The rule is in two parts. During the period between November 1, 2003,
and October 31, 2006, manufacturers may choose between two methods of
compliance. The second part of this final rule will be issued by March 1,
2005, and will establish performance requirements for the period beginning on
November 1, 2006. In the meantime, NHTSA will leave the rulemaking docket
open for the submission of new data and analyses concerning the performance
of TPMSs. NHTSA also will conduct a study comparing the tire pressures of
vehicles without any TPMS to the pressures of vehicles with TPMSs, also, see
RIN 2127-AI90. |
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Effects:
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/01/2000 |
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Dates
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Citation for Final Rule/2: None |
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Alternative Fuel Vehicles |
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RIN
2127-AI41 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 03/11/2002; End of Comment Period 04/10/2002. |
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Abstract: To provide an incentive for the
production of vehicles that can operate on certain alternative fuels as well
as on regular petroleum fuels, Congress established a special procedure for
calculating the fuel economy of those vehicles for the purpose of determining
compliance with the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. This rulemaking
would increase the fuel economy attributed to such dual-fuel vehicles. By
statute, the incentive is available through the 2004 model year and may be
extended by up to four additional years through rulemaking. This rulemaking
would extend the availability of the incentive by two years, i.e., though the
2006 model year. |
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
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10/03/2001 |
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Dates
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
66. |
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Title: Event Data
Recorders |
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RIN
2127-AI72 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: Request
for Comments: Publication Approved 10/04/2002; Publication Date 10/11/2002;
End of Comment Period 01/09/2003. |
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Abstract: Over the past several years,
NHTSA has been actively involved with Event Data Recorders (EDRs) in motor
vehicles. EDRs collect vehicle and occupant-based crash information. The
agency's involvement has included sponsoring two working groups, using data
from EDRs in crash investigations, and conducting research and development.
NHTSA is considering what, if any, future role the agency should take related
to the continued development and installation of EDRs in motor vehicles. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
07/12/2002 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
67. |
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Title: Rollover
Resistance |
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RIN
2127-AI81 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: Request
for Comments: Publication Date 07/03/2001; End of Comment Period 08/17/2001.
NPRM: Publication Date 10/07/2002; End of Comment Period 11/21/2002. |
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Abstract: The Transportation Recall
Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act of 2000 requires NHTSA to
develop a dynamic test on rollovers by motor vehicles for the purposes of a
consumer information program, to carry out a program of conducting such
tests, and, as these tests are being developed, to conduct a rulemaking to
determine how best to disseminate test results to the public. In response,
this rulemaking is using the results of NHTSA's evaluation of numerous
driving maneuver tests for the dynamic rollover consumer information program
that Congress mandated for the American public beginning in the 2003 model
year. NHTSA also is considering several alternative methods for using the
dynamic rollover test results in its consumer information for vehicle
rollover resistance. |
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/01/2002 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
68. |
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Title: TPMS
Response to Petitions |
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RIN
2127-AI90 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would have
responded to petitions for reconsideration requesting changes in the June 5,
2002 final rule adopting a new Federal motor vehicle safety standard
requiring installation in new light vehicles of a tire pressure monitoring
system (TPMS). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit concluded
that a portion of the standard was both contrary to law and arbitrary and
capricious and vacated the entire standard. NHTSA is considering what action
to take in response to the court decision. |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
07/22/2002 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
69. |
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Popular
Title: Occupant
Crash Protection |
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RIN
2127-AI91 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 08/06/2003; End of Comment Period 10/06/2003. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would require
that all designated seating positions in rear seats be equipped with integral
lap/shoulder safety belts. |
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Effects:
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
12/07/2002 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
70. |
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Popular
Title: Side
Impact Protection Upgrade |
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RIN
2127-AJ10 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: NHTSA is considering amending
FMVSS No. 214 to add a vehicle-to-pole impact test in order to reduce the
number of fatal and serious head injuries in side crashes. |
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Effects:
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
06/28/2002 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
Office of the Secretary |
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Office of the Secretary |
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Title:
Accessibility-passenger vessels |
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RIN
2105-AB87 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: None |
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Abstract: The Department's Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) final rule, published September 6, 1991, reserved
portions of the rule concerning passenger vessels. The ADA covers passenger
vessels, but issuing accessibility requirements for vessels involves complex
issues unlike those affecting land transportation. This rulemaking would
address these issues and propose feasible requirements to make passenger
vessels accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. Timing
of this rulemaking is dependent on action by the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) to adopt
accessibility guidelines for passenger vessels. The Access Board has advised
DOT that its guidelines on passenger vessels will be delayed, at least through
2004, as it completes other, higher priorities. |
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Effects:
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
07/26/1990 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register Citation
for NPRM: None |
72. |
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Popular
Title: Domestic
Passenger Manifest |
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RIN
2105-AC62 |
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Stage: Undetermined |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 03/13/1997; End of Comment Period 05/12/1997; Comment Period
Reopened 05/30/1997; End of Reopened Comment Period 06/20/1997. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking requested
information concerning operational and cost issues related to U.S. air
carriers collecting basic information (e.g., full name, date of birth and/or
social security number, emergency contact and telephone number) from
passengers traveling on flights within the United States. This rulemaking
responds to difficulties with notification in the aftermath of domestic
aviation crashes, would implement new requirements for family assistance, and
would fulfill a recommendation contained in the final report of the White
House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security that urges the Department to
explore immediately the costs and effects of a comprehensive passenger
manifest requirement on the domestic aviation system. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
10/01/1996 |
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Dates
for Undetermined:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Undetermined: None |
73. |
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Title: CRS |
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RIN
2105-AC65 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 09/10/1997; End of Comment Period 11/10/1997. Request for
Comments: Publication Date 11/07/1997. Withdrawal: Publication Date
02/03/1999. SNPRM: Publication Date 07/24/2000; End of Comment Period .
Notice: Publication Date 10/30/1997. NPRM: Publication Date 11/15/2002; End
of Comment Period 01/14/2003; End of Reply Comment Period 02/13/2003;
Publication Date for Extension of Comment Period 12/09/2002; End of Extended
Comment Period 03/16/2003; Extension of Comment Period 05/09/2003; End of
Extended Reply Comment Period 05/15/2003; Public Hearing/Extension of Comment
Period 05/22/2003; End of Extended Comment Period 06/09/2003. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking will determine
whether DOT should continue or modify its existing rules governing airline
computer reservations systems (CRSs). Among other things, this rulemaking
will address the impact of changes to the industry and consider whether to
adopt rules governing the use of the Internet for airline distribution. This
rule has a regulatory sunset date of 1/31/04. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
04/25/1997 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
74. |
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Popular
Title: Aviation
Data |
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RIN
2105-AC71 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 07/15/1998; End of Comment Period 09/14/1998. End of Reply
Comment Period 10/13/1998. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking requested public
comments from reporting carriers and aviation data users on the nature,
scope, source, and means for collecting, processing, and distributing airline
traffic, fare, and financial data. Specifically, it invited comments on whether
existing airline traffic, fare, and financial data should be amended,
supplemented, or replaced; whether selected forms and reports should be
retained, modified, or eliminated; whether the Department should require all
aviation data to be filed electronically; and how the aviation data system
should be reengineered to enhance efficiency and to reduce costs for both the
Department and the airline industry. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
04/15/1998 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
75. |
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Popular
Title: Uniform
Administrative Requirements |
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RIN
2105-AC83 |
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Stage: Undetermined |
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Previous
Stage: Interim
Final Rule: Publication Date 03/16/2000; End of Comment Period 05/15/2000. |
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Abstract: This action implemented changes
to OMB Circular A-110 that were issued by OMB on October 8, 1999, providing
uniform guidance for administering grants to institutions of higher
education, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations. The change provides
guidance on making data produced under awards available to the public. The
regulation is essentially a word-for-word issuance of the requirements in OMB
Circular A-110. An Interim Final Rule was issued because of the limited
ability to change the requirements from those in the Circular. We are
awaiting guidance from OMB as to what, if any, changes are needed in the
government-wide common final rule. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
12/01/1999 |
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Dates
for Undetermined:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Undetermined: None |
76. |
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Popular
Title: Fitness |
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RIN
2105-AD25 |
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Stage: ANPRM |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: In response to a report by the
Inspector General of the Department of Transportation, the Department is
asking for comments on two issues relating to air carrier continuing fitness
determinations involving citizenship issues. First, the Inspector General identified
a list of criteria the Department typically uses to determine actual control
of an air carrier when evaluating the citizenship of an air carrier during a
continuing fitness review. The Department is seeking comment on whether there
are any other factors or criteria the Department routinely considers in its
evaluations that should be added to this list. Second, the Department seeks
comments on the need for a regulatory change to the requirements of 14 CFR
part 204 applicable to certificated and commuter air carriers proposing to
undergo a substantial change in operations, ownership, or management that may
impact their U.S. citizenship status. The Inspector General found that the
Department's informal process is not well-suited to complex, contentious, and
controversial cases involving citizenship determinations and suggested that
the Department allow greater transparency and public participation in such
matters, including public notice when such a review is initiated and
completed, as well as public access to information filed with the Department
during such reviews. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
02/13/2003 |
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Dates
for ANPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for ANPRM:
68 FR 44675 |
77. |
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Popular
Title: SSI |
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RIN
2105-AD33 |
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Stage: Interim Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: The rule would protect the
confidentiality of SSI relating to maritime security measures adopted by the
Coast Guard under the Maritime Transportation Security Act. The rule would
prohibit unauthorized disclosures and impose civil penalties for violations. Under
the rule, the Transportation Security Administration designates what
information is SSI. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
09/02/2002 |
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Dates
for Interim Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Interim Final Rule: None |
Research and Special Programs
Administration |
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Research and Special Programs
Administration |
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Popular
Title: Sanitary
Food |
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RIN
2137-AC00 |
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Stage: SNPRM |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 02/20/1991;End of Comment Date: 03/26/1991.NPRM: Publication
Date 05/21/1993; End of Comment Period 10/18/1993. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking will implement
the Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 1990 requirement that DOT issue
regulations to: (1) prohibit use of a tank, rail tank car, or cargo tank to
transport food if such vehicle is also used to transport a nonfood product
other than a nonfood product determined by the Secretary to be acceptable;
(2) prohibit use of any other rail or motor vehicle to transport food, if
such vehicle is also used to transport nonfood products determined by the
Secretary to be unacceptable; and (3) require the use of dedicated vehicles
to transport asbestos and extremely dangerous products. DOT submitted draft
legislation to Congress in April of 1997 that would make the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) of HHS, rather than DOT, the lead agency on this topic.
DOT would have retained highway and rail inspection responsibilities and notified
FDA of apparent problems. This proposed legislation was part of DOT's NEXTEA
II bill and was introduced as H.R. 1720 and S. 1234 in 1997. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
10/21/1990 |
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Dates
for SNPRM:
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Federal
Register Citation
for SNPRM: None |
79. |
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Popular
Title: Oil
Pipeline Response |
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RIN
2137-AC30 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: Interim
Final Rule: Publication Date 01/05/1993; End of Comment Period 02/19/1993;
Notice of Public Meeting 06/15/1994; Notice of Public Hearing 1/21/1997. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would establish
regulations requiring response plans for certain onshore oil piplines. They
are mandated by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended by the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990. The purpose of these requirements is to improve
response capabilities and minimize the impact of onshore oil spills from
pipelines. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
04/12/1992 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
80. |
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Popular
Title:
Applicability of HMR to Loading and Unloading |
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RIN
2137-AC68 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 07/29/96; End of Comment Period 11/30/96. SANPRM:
Publication Date 04/27/99; Extension of Comment Period 07/26/99; End of
Comment Period 08/25/99. NPRM: Publication Date 08/28/2001; End of Extended
Comment Period 02/01/2002. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would clarify the
applicability of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to specific
functions and activities, including hazardous materials loading and unloading
operations and storage of hazardous materials during transportation. RSPA
intends to list in the HMR pre-transportation and transportation functions to
which the HMR apply. Pre-transportation functions are functions performed to
prepare hazardous materials for movement in commerce by persons who offer a
hazardous material for transportation or cause a hazardous material to be
transported. Transportation functions are functions performed as part of the
actual movement of hazardous materials in commerce, including loading,
unloading, and storage of hazardous materials that is incidental to their
movement. RSPA also proposes to clarify that "transportation in
commerce," for purposes of applicability of the HMR, begins when a
carrier takes possession of a hazardous material and continues until the
carrier delivers the package containing the hazardous material to its
destination as indicated on shipping papers. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
01/05/1996 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
81. |
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Popular
Title: Oxygen
Cylinders |
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RIN
2137-AD33 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would require
oxygen cylinders to be placed in an outer container that meets certain
thermal and heat protection requirements when transported in cargo
compartments on aircraft. A separate rulemaking addressing the use of
passenger owned cylinders of oxygen during a flight is under RIN 2105-AC29.
This rulemaking is closely related to an FAA determination in 2120-AG35
(Prohibition of the Transportation of Devices Designed as Chemical Generators
as Cargo in Aircraft). |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
03/01/2000 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Citation for NPRM:
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Popular
Title: Wetlines
Rule |
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RIN
2137-AD36 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage: ANPRM:
Publication Date 02/10/2003; End of Comment Period 06/10/2003. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would reduce the
risks associated with the retention of flammable liquids in unprotected
product piping on cargo tank motor vehicles during transportation (wetlines).
RSPA had earlier planned to publish an NPRM by July 2002. This rulemaking
responds to an NTSB recommendation. We are in the process of preparing a
regulatory evaluation based on comments received in response to the ANPRM. We
anticipate that rulemaking action may be taken in January 2004. |
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Rulemaking
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01/19/2000 |
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Federal
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Citation for NPRM:
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Title: Lithium
Batteries |
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RIN
2137-AD48 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 4/02/2002; End of Comment Period 6/02/2002. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) regarding the transportation of lithium
batteries. These amendments are consistent with changes recently made to the
United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UN
Recommendations). These amendments will increase the level of safety
associated with the transportation of lithium batteries and facilitate the
transport of these materials in international commerce. |
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Rulemaking
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04/02/2002 |
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Federal
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title: PIM - Gas
Pipelines |
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RIN
2137-AD54 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 01/28/2003; End of Comment Period 03/28/2003. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would address gas
transmission lines in high consequence areas, direct assessment, and an
overall integrity management program. RSPA withdrew this rule from OMB to
make changes to it to conform with the new Pipeline Reauthorization Act of
2002. |
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Rulemaking
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05/19/2001 |
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Federal
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Citation for Final Rule: None |