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PRESS RELEASES FOR 2003


December

DOT Awards $906,000 Federal Grant for Transportation Research and Education to University of Alabama (12/29/03)

DOT Awards $1.8 Million Federal Grant for Transportation Research and Education to University of Rhode Island (12/29/03)

Transportation Department Enhances Community Protection With Final Rule for Natural Gas Pipelines (12/15/03)

October

DOT Awards $1.8 Million Federal Grant for Transportation Research and Education to Montana State University (10/8/03)

DOT Awards $906,000 Federal Grant for Transportation Research and Education to Iowa State University (10/8/03)

DOT Awards $906,000 Federal Grant for Transportation Research and Education to City University of New York (10/8/03)

September

U.S. Department of Transportation Awards Training Grant of $250,000 To the International Association of Fire Fighters (9/25/03)

U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $12.8 Million in Hazardous Materials Planning and Training Grants (9/25/03)

DOT Selects Members to Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (9/12/03)

DOT Awards $5.4 Million in Federal Grants for Transportation Research and Education (9/11/03)

DOT Proposes Regulations Change for Aluminum Cylinders Due to Safety Concern for Divers, Firefighters and Others (9/10/03)

Transportation Department Awards $1.9 Million for Pipeline Safety Research (9/8/03)

July

DOT Awards Over $14.7 Million in Federal Grants for Transportation Research And Education (7/16/03)

DOT Investment in Pipeline Safety Research Reaches $5.8 million (7/9/03)

May

RSPA Solicits Applications for Underground Damage Prevention Grants (5/15/03)

DOT Awards Grant to University of Wisconsin for Transportation Education and Research (5/14/03)

March

Samuel G. Bonasso Serving as Acting Administrator for USDOT’s RSPA (3/31/03)

RSPA Moves to Enhance the Security of Hazardous Materials Shipments (3/27/03)

February

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Awards $627,000 for Pipeline Safety Research (3/3/03)

January

RSPA Delivers on Gas Pipeline Safety with Integrity Management (1/30/03)

U.S. Department of Transportation 12th Annual University Transportation Center Student of the Year Awards Are Announced (1/22/03)