Table
of Contents
Federal
Aviation Administration
1. Improved Water Survival Equipment
2. Retrofit of Improved Seats in Air Carrier Transport Category
Airplanes
3. Drug Enforcement Assistance
5. Corrosion Prevention and Control Program
6. National Air Tour Safety Standards
7. Revision of Emergency Evacuation Demonstration Procedures to Improve
Participant Safety
8. Flight Crewmember Duty Limitations and Rest Requirements
9. False and Misleading Statements Regarding Aircraft Parts
10. Noise Limitations for Aircraft Operations in the Vicinity of Grand
Canyon National Park
11. Licensing and Safety Requirements for Launch
13. Training in the Recognition of Hazardous Material
14. Revisions to Digital Flight Data Recorder Regulations for B-737
Airplanes and for Part 125 Operators
17. Air Tour Operations in State of Hawaii
19. Flight Simulation Device Qualification
20. Certification of Aircraft and Airmen for the Operation of
Light-Sport Aircraft
21. Revisions to Passenger Facility Charge Rule for Compensation to Air
Carriers
22. Transponder Continuous Operation
23. Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum in United States Domestic
Airspace
24. Security Considerations for the Flightdeck on Foreign Operated
Transport Category Airplanes
26. Ineligibility for an Airman Certificate Based on Security Grounds
27. Revisions to Cockpit Voice Recorder and Digital Flight Data Recorder
Regulations
28. Flight Deck Security on Large Cargo Airplanes
29. Stage 4 Aircraft Noise Standards
Federal
Highway Administration
34. National Bridge Inspection Standards
35. Designation of Dromedary Equipped Truck Tractor-Semitrailers as
Specialized Equipment
Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration
36. Commercial Driver's License Standards; Biometric Identifier
37. Qualification of Drivers; Vision
38. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; General Transportation of
Hazardous Materials
40. Training for Entry-Level Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles
41. Commercial Driver Physical Fitness As Part Of The CDL Process
42. Safety Performance History of New Drivers
43. Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Safety
44. Unified Registration System
45. English Language Requirement; Qualifications of Drivers
46. Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection Regulations
49. General Requirements; Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance;
Intermodal Container Chassis and Trailers
51. Interstate School Bus Safety
52. New Entrant Safety Assurance Process
53. Certification of Safety Auditors, Safety Investigators, and Safety
Inspectors
54. Certification of Compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards (FMVSS)
55. Limitations on the Issuance of Commercial Driver Licenses with a
Hazardous Materials Endorsement
56. Penalties, Inspection, and Decal Display Requirements for Mexico-Domiciled
Motor Carriers
57. Hours of Service of Drivers; Supporting Documents
Federal
Railroad Administration
59. Whistle Bans at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
60. Standards for Development and Use of Processor-Based Signal and
Train Control Systems
62. Minimum Standards for Temperature in the Locomotive Cab
Maritime
Administration
64. Vessel Documentation: Lease Financing for Vessels Engaged in the
Coastwise Trade; Second Rulemaking
National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
66. Flammability of Interior Materials in School Buses
68. FMVSS: Head Restraints (Height and Distance Requirements)
70. Confidential Business Information
71. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Tire Pressure Monitoring
Systems; Controls and Displays
72. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems
73. Automotive Fuel Economy Manufacturing Incentives for Alternative
Fuel Vehicles
74. Operation of Motor Vehicles by Intoxicated Persons
75. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Tires
77. Consumer Information Regulations; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards; Rollover Resistance
78. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, Occupant Crash Protection
79. Reporting of Information and Documents About Potential Defects
Office
of the Secretary
80. Accessibility of Passenger Vessels to Individuals with Disabilities
81. Domestic Passenger Manifest Information
82. Computer Reservations System Regulations Comprehensive Review
83. Aviation Data Requirements Review and Modernization Program
86. Protection of Sensitive Security Information (SSI)
Research
and Special Programs Administration
87. Safeguarding Food from Contamination During Transportation
88. Response Plans for Onshore Oil Pipelines
89. Applicability of the Hazardous Materials Regulations to Loading,
Unloading, and Storage
90. Hazardous Materials: Transportation of Oxygen Cylinders on Aircraft
91. External Product Piping on Cargo Tanks Transporting Flammable
Liquids
92. Hazardous Materials; Transportation of Lithium Batteries
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Popular Title:
Flotation Devices |
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RIN 2120-AC72 |
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Withdrawal |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 06/30/1988; End of Comment Period 11/28/1988. |
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Abstract:
This rulemaking would have implemented the requirement in the Airport and
Airway Safety Act of 1987 that the Department initiate rulemaking to consider
standards for life preservers and rafts. It is part of a withdrawal package
being issued under the RIN 2120-AI02. |
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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
12/30/1987 |
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Dates for Withdrawal:
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Citation for Withdrawal: None |
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Popular Title:
Retrofit of Improved Seats |
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RIN 2120-AC84 |
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SNPRM |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 05/17/88; End of Comment Period 10/14/88; Reopening of
Comment Period 10/30/98; End of Reopened Comment Period 01/09/99. |
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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 for SNPRM:
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Citation for SNPRM: 67 FR 62293 |
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Popular Title:
Drug Enf Assistance |
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RIN 2120-AD16 |
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Stage:
Undetermined |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: 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 action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
11/18/1988 |
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Dates for Undetermined:
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Popular Title:
Aging Aircraft |
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RIN 2120-AE42 |
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Stage:
Interim Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 10/05/1993; End of Comment Period 02/02/1994;
Reopening Comment Period 02/08/1994; End of Reopened Comment Period
3/04/1994. NPRM/2: Publication Date 4/02/1999; End of Comment Period
8/02/1999; Reopening of Comment Period 8/18/1999; End of Reopened Comment
Period 10/08/1999. |
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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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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
10/28/1991 |
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Dates for Interim Final Rule:
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Citation for Interim Final Rule: 67 FR 72725 |
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Popular Title:
Corrosion Control |
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RIN 2120-AE92 |
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NPRM |
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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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Effects:
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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
10/28/1991 |
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Dates for NPRM:
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Citation for NPRM: 67 FR 62142 |
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Popular Title:
Air Tour Safety |
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RIN 2120-AF07 |
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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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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
04/25/1994 |
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Dates for NPRM:
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Citation for NPRM: None |
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Popular 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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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
05/08/1995 |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular 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 action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
11/28/1995 |
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Dates for Undetermined:
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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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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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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
08/22/1994 |
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Dates for NPRM:
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Citation for NPRM: 68 FR 23808 |
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Popular Title:
GCNP Phaseout rule |
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RIN 2120-AG34 |
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SNPRM |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 12/31/1996; End of Comment Period 03/31/1997. |
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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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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
12/31/1996 |
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Dates for SNPRM:
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Citation for SNPRM: 68 FR 14275 |
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Popular Title:
Licensing Space Launches |
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RIN 2120-AG37 |
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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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Citation for SNPRM/2: None |
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Popular Title:
Child Restraint Systems |
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RIN 2120-AG43 |
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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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Prompting action:
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
10/29/1997 |
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Dates for Undetermined:
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Popular Title:
Hazmat Training Requirements |
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RIN 2120-AG75 |
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NPRM |
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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 Deparment 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:
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
02/18/1999 |
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Dates for NPRM:
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Citation for NPRM: 68 FR 24809 |
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Popular Title:
Digital Flight Data Recorder/B-737 |
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RIN 2120-AG87 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: 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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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
02/15/1999 |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
Therm/Acoustic |
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RIN 2120-AG91 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 09/20/2000; End of Comment Period 01/18/2001. |
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Abstract:
This action would establish new flammability standards. They address flame
progagation and entry of an external fire into the airplane. The new
standards are intended to reduce the incidence and severity of cabin fires,
particularly those in inaccessible areas where thermal/acoustic insulation
materials are typically installed. They would also provide an increased level
of safety in post-crash fires by delaying entry of flames into the cabin. The
new standards would apply to new type designs and newly manufactured airplanes. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action:
Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
11/22/1999 |
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Popular Title:
Part 139-Certification of Airports |
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RIN 2120-AG96 |
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Final Rule |
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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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Statute |
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09/30/1999 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
Air Tour Operations in Hawaii |
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RIN 2120-AH02 |
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Undetermined |
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Abstract:
This rulemaking would extend SFAR 71, which established certain procedural,
operational and equipment requirements for air tour operators in the State of
Hawaii. The FAA intends to issue a national air tour safety proposal in the
near future, but until that rulemaking becomes final, there is a need to
extend SFAR 71 to ensure the continuing safe environment for conducting air
tours in Hawaii. During the 9 year period between 1982 and 1991, there were
11 air tour accidents with 24 fatalities in Hawaii. The apparent causes of
the accidents ranged from engine power loss to encounters with adverse
weather. On September 26, 1994, the FAA published an emergency final rule as
SFAR 71. The rule established additional operating procedures, including
minimum safe altitudes (and associated increases in visual flight rules
weather minimums), minimum equipment requirements and operational limitations
for air tour aircraft in the State of Hawaii. SFAR 71 was subsequently
extended until October 26, 2003. |
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
09/26/1994 |
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Fractional |
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RIN 2120-AH06 |
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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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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
Simulator Qualification (Part 60) |
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RIN 2120-AH07 |
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Undetermined |
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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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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
04/01/1998 |
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Popular Title:
Light-Sport Aircraft Certification |
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RIN 2120-AH19 |
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Final Rule |
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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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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
05/14/2001 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular 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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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
11/30/2000 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
Transponder Continuous Operation |
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RIN 2120-AH67 |
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NPRM |
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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 believes that this capability would
help provide ATC personnel with more time to initiate a national security
response to a potential airplane hijack situation. |
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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 NPRM:
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Citation for NPRM: 68FR1942 |
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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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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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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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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
01/15/2002 |
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Citation for Disposition of Comments: None |
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Popular Title:
Crawford Texas Airspace |
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RIN 2120-AH83 |
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Stage:
Interim Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:None
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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
President¿s 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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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
03/26/2001 |
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Dates for Interim Final Rule:
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Citation for Interim Final Rule: 68 FR 19730 |
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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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Citation for Disposition of Comments: None |
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Popular Title:
Cockpit Voice Recorder |
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RIN 2120-AH88 |
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NPRM |
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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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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
08/30/1999 |
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Citation for NPRM: None |
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Popular Title:
Large Cargo Airplanes |
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RIN 2120-AH96 |
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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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Citation for Final Rule with Request for Comments:
None |
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Popular Title:
Stage 4 |
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RIN 2120-AH99 |
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NPRM |
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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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Citation for NPRM: None |
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Highway Administration |
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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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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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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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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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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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Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
06/09/1998 |
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Federal Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
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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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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 |
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Popular 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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Effects:
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Prompting 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: None |
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Popular Title:
Army Drom Box |
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RIN 2125-AE94 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 10/23/2002; End of Comment Period 11/23/2002. |
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Abstract:
This rulemaking would consider including, as specialized equipment, dromedary
equipped truck tractor-semitrailer combination vehicles when hauling
munitions for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). This rulemaking is in
response to a petition from the U.S. DOD, specifically the Department of the
Army, that would help expedite the movement of munitions for the military,
especially in times of national emergency. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
06/22/2001 |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Federal Register
Citation for Final Rule: 68 FR 37965 |
Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
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Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
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Popular 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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Effects:
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Prompting 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 |
37. |
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Popular 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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Effects:
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Prompting 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 |
38. |
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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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Prompting 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: None |
39. |
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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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Prompting 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: None |
40. |
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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 sesctor 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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Prompting 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: None |
41. |
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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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Prompting 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 |
42. |
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Popular Title:
Safety Performance of New Drivers |
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RIN 2126-AA17 |
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Stage:
SNPRM |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 3/14/1996; End of Comment Period 5/13/1996. |
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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 SNPRM:
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Federal Register
Citation for SNPRM: None |
43. |
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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 |
44. |
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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 |
45. |
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Popular Title:
English Language |
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RIN 2126-AA31 |
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Stage:
Withdrawal |
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Previous Stage:
ANPRM: Publication Date 8/26/97; End of Comment Period 10/27/97.
Undetermined: . |
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Abstract:
The current regulation is little changed from the original rule adopted in
1936. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has written to the Department
asserting that the regulation, as written, is overly broad and subject to
arbitrary enforcement, causing potential interference with constitutional
guarantees of due process and equal protection. The ACLU requested an
opportunity to submit a comprehensive analysis of this issue. The ANPRM was
intended to provide the ACLU with such an opportunity and to open this issue
for public comment. The rulemaking would modify the current FMCSA regulation
to require drivers to possess the basic functional
communication/comprehension ability necessary to ensure safety, consistent
with applicable law. In early 2003 the decision was made to withdraw this
rulemaking. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
08/26/1996 |
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Dates for Withdrawal:
|
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Federal Register
Citation for Withdrawal: None |
46. |
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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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|
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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 |
47. |
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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 |
48. |
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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 |
49. |
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Popular Title:
Intermodal Chassis |
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RIN 2126-AA38 |
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Stage:
Undetermined |
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Previous Stage:
ANPRM: Publication Date 2/17/99; End of Comment Period 4/19/99; End of
Extended Comment Period 8/30/99; Notice of Intent to Explore Negotiated
Rulemaking:11/29/02; End of Extended comment period 4/10/03. |
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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
commerical motor vehicles. The agency is considering conducting a negotiated
rulemaking for this rule. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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|
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
03/17/1997 |
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Dates for Undetermined:
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Popular Title:
Camionetas |
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RIN 2126-AA52 |
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Final Rule |
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NPRM: Publication Date 1/11/2001; End of Comment Period 4/11/2001. |
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Abstract:
This rulemaking would amend the FMCSRs to require that motor carriers
operating commercial motor vehicles designed or used to transport between 9
and 15 passengers (including the driver) in interstate commerce comply with
the safety regulations when they are directly compensated for such services,
and the driver travels a distance greater than 75 air miles. 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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12/09/1999 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
Interstate School Bus Safety |
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RIN 2126-AA53 |
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Undetermined |
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Previous Stage:
ANPRM: Publication Date 10/22/01; End of Comment Period 1/22/02. |
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Abstract:
The FMCSA is considering whether to extend the applicability of the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to all interstate school
transportation operations (thus excluding home-to-school or school-to-home
transportation) by local, governmentally-operated educational agencies. This
action responds to section 4024 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (TEA-21), which directs the FMCSA to determine whether the FMSCRs
should apply to these operations. |
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Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
06/09/1998 |
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Popular Title:
New Entrant |
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RIN 2126-AA59 |
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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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Statute |
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12/09/1999 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
Safety Auditors |
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RIN 2126-AA64 |
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Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
Interim Final Rule : Publication Date 03/19/2002; End of Comment Period
05/20/2002; Extension of Compliance 06/17/2002; End of Extended Compliance
07/17/2002. |
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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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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
12/09/1999 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation |
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RIN 2126-AA69 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM 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. Completion dates have not been scheduled because of pending
litigation. |
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Prompting action:
Other |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
06/01/2002 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
USA PATRIOT Act Rule |
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RIN 2126-AA70 |
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Interim Final Rule |
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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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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
10/26/2001 |
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Citation for Interim Final Rule: 68 FR 23844 |
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Popular 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 Allieance (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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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
02/09/2002 |
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Dates for Interim Final Rule:
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Citation for Interim Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
Supporting Documents |
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RIN 2126-AA76 |
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SNPRM |
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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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Effects:
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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
08/26/1994 |
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Dates for SNPRM:
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Citation for SNPRM: None |
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Popular Title:
Registration Enforcement |
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RIN 2126-AA78 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
Interim 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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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
07/29/2002 |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
Federal
Railroad Administration |
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Railroad Administration |
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Popular Title:
Whistle Bans |
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RIN 2130-AA71 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 01/13/00; End of Comment Period 05/26/00. |
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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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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
11/02/1994 |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular 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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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
11/28/1995 |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
Control of Alcohol and Drug Use |
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RIN 2130-AB39 |
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NPRM |
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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. the latest action would reopen and extend the
comment period on this NPRM until further notice, while FRA engages in
further consultations with the governments of Canada and Mexico on the safety
issues involved. The comment period on the NPRM is open until further notice. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
11/30/1999 |
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Dates for NPRM:
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Citation for NPRM: 67 FR 75966 |
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Popular Title:
Temperature |
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RIN 2130-AB46 |
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Stage:
Undetermined |
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Previous Stage:None
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Abstract:
This rulemaking would have amended current minimum temperature requirements
and established maximum cab temperature requirements. FRA is terminating this
rulemaking because the agency was unable to determine that regulatory action
could be supported by safety benefits that would clearly outweigh the costs.
Rather than proposing regulatory action, FRA is making available to the
industry the results of safety research for consideration in the context of
broader corporate decision making (including issues related to employee
retention, productivity, and preservation of other assets.) FRA believes that
this action will encourage continued investment toward improving locomotive
cab working conditions. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
02/10/1999 |
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Dates for Undetermined:
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
Maritime
Administration |
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Maritime
Administration |
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Popular 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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Effects:
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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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Citation for NPRM: None |
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Popular Title:
Joint Lease Financing |
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RIN 2133-AB51 |
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Stage:
NPRM |
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Previous Stage:None
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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. |
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Effects:
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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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Citation for NPRM: None |
National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
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National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
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Popular Title:
Crashworthiness Ratings |
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RIN 2127-AA03 |
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Stage:
Withdrawal |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 1/22/81; End of Comment Period 4/22/81. Request for
Comments: Publication Date 5/20/97; End of Comment Period 8/18/97. |
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Abstract:
This action would require manufacturers to disseminate crashworthiness
performance information concerning their cars to the public. This information
would provide consumers with comparative information on the crashworthiness
performance of new car models. NHTSA is planning on withdrawing the proposal
because it is being addressed through the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). |
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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
01/22/1981 |
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Dates for Withdrawal:
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Citation for Withdrawal: None |
66. |
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Popular Title:
Bus Flammability |
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RIN 2127-AA44 |
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Stage:
Withdrawal |
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Previous Stage:
ANPRM: Publication Date 11/04/1988; End of Comment Period 1/3/89. Request for
Comments: Publication Date 02/26/91; End of Comment Period 4/29/91. |
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Abstract:
This rulemaking considered upgrading Standard No. 302's flammability
resistance requirements for school bus interiors. After reviewing the
available information, NHTSA is considering withdrawing this rulemaking and
evaluating whether (1) the risks presented by school bus fires pose a minimal
safety problem, (2) the agency's upgrading of Standard No. 217's emergency
exit requirements will allow faster evacuation from school buses and will
reduce the already minimal safety problem due to fire, (3) significant costs would
have resulted from upgrading Standard No. 302, and (4) further research would
have been necessary before a test protocol and criteria regarding the
conditions vital for survivability in a fire could have been proposed,
utilizing scarce agency resources which could be put to more effective uses
elsewhere. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
10/12/1988 |
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Dates for Withdrawal:
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Federal Register
Citation for Withdrawal: None |
67. |
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Popular 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. NOTE: This rulemaking will be merged with the upcoming
CAFE ANPRM. |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
Head Restraints (Height and Distance Req) |
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RIN 2127-AH09 |
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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
requirment 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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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
03/01/2001 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title:
Frontal Offset |
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RIN 2127-AH73 |
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NPRM |
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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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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
11/22/1999 |
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Dates for NPRM:
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Citation for NPRM: None |
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Popular Title:
Confidential Business Information |
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RIN 2127-AI13 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication 4/30/2002; End of Comment Period 7/01/2002. |
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Abstract:
This rulemaking would revise the confidential business information
regulations to simplify them and improve their clarity, and to update
specific sections to reflect current case law and legislative action. This
will help to ensure the efiicient processing of requests for confidential
treatment and the proper protection of sensitive business information. |
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Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
04/30/2002 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular 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. |
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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
11/01/2000 |
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Dates for Final Rule/2:
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Citation for Final Rule/2: None |
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Popular Title:
Child Restraint Systems |
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RIN 2127-AI34 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 07/02/2002; End of Comment Period 9/2/2002. |
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Abstract:
This rulemaking would make a number of revisions to the Federal safety
standard for child restraint systems, including new dynamic side impact
protection requirements, updated test dummy specifications and test
procedures used to test child restraints, and extension of the standard so
that it would apply to child restraints recommended for use by children up to
65 pounds. This action is intended to make child restraints even more
effective in protecting children from the risk of death or serious injury in
motor vehicle crashes. This rulemaking responds to the Transportation Recall
Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation Act of 2000, which directed
NHTSA to initiate a rulemaking proceeding by November 1, 2001, for the
purpose of improving the safety of child restraints.This rulemaking was
downgraded to nonsignificant on May 21, 2003 and will not be shown on the
next report. |
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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
11/01/2000 |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Citation for Final Rule: 68 FR 37620 |
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Popular Title:
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-fueld 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
availablity of the incentive by two years, i.e., though the 2006 model year. |
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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
10/03/2001 |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
74. |
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Popular Title:
Intoxicated Persons |
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RIN 2127-AI44 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 02/06/2003; End of Comment Period 04/07/2003. |
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Abstract:
The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) established a
grant program under which states could qualify for incentive funds if they
enacted and enforced a law that provides that any person with a blood alcohol
concentration of .08 percent or greater while operating a motor vehicle in
the state is deemed to have committed a per se offense of driving while
intoxicated or an equivalent per se offense. NHTSA published a final rule
implementing that incentive grant program. Section 351 of the Department of
Transportation (DOT) Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 (PL
106-346) contains a new provision requiring the withholding of certain
Federal aid highway funds from a state, beginning in fiscal year 2004, if the
state has not enacted and is not enforcing such a law. The rulemaking would
amend the regulation implementing the incentive grant program established in
TEA-21 to reflect the new sanctions provisions established in the DOT
appropriations act for FY 2001. |
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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
12/09/2001 |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
75. |
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Popular Title:
FMVSS; Tires |
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RIN 2127-AI54 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 03/05/2002; End of Comment Period 06/05/2002. |
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Abstract:
The Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act
of 2000 mandates a rulemaking proceeding to revise and update NHTSA's safety
performance requirements for tires. This rulemaking would establish a new
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard that would require all new tires for
use on vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less
to meet new and more stringent performance requirements. The issues
considered in the rulemaking include the standard's applicability and test
procedures; modifications to related existing standards; lead time provided
for manufacturers to achieve compliance; possible future specification of
shearography analysis, a technique which evaluates the condition of a tire
using laser technology; and NHTSA's research plans. |
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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
None |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Citation for Final Rule: 68 FR 38116 |
76. |
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Popular 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 occcupant-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. Particularly since one working group has completed
its work and the other is nearing completion of its work, NHTSA is requesting
comments on what future role the agency should take related to the continued
development and installation of EDRs in motor vehicles. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
07/12/2002 |
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Dates for NPRM:
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Citation for NPRM: None |
77. |
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Popular 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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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
11/01/2002 |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
78. |
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Popular Title:
Occupant Crash Protection |
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RIN 2127-AI91 |
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Stage:
NPRM |
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Previous Stage:None
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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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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
12/07/2002 |
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Dates for NPRM:
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Citation for NPRM: None |
79. |
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Popular Title:
Early Warning Reconsideration |
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RIN 2127-AI92 |
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Stage:
Final Rule/3 |
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Previous Stage:
NPRM: Publication Date 7/10/2002; End of Comment Period 9/10/2002. Final
Rule/2: Publication Date 4/15/2003. |
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Abstract:
This is a final rule responding to some of the petitions for reconsideration
of a final rule on reporting of information and documents about potential
defects in tires. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action:
None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
07/10/2002 |
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Dates for Final Rule/3:
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Citation for Final Rule/3: 68 FR 35132 |
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80. |
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Popular Title:
Accessibility-passenger vessels |
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RIN 2105-AB87 |
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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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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
07/26/1990 |
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Dates for NPRM:
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Citation for NPRM: None |
81. |
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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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Prompting action:
Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
10/01/1996 |
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Dates for Undetermined:
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Popular Title:
CRS |
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RIN 2105-AC65 |
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Stage:
NPRM |
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Previous Stage:
ANPRM: Publication Date 9/10/97; End of Comment Period 11/10/97; Notice
Extending Comment Period 10/30/97; Request for Reply Comments 11/07/97; End
of Extended Comment Period 12/09/97; Notice Extending Reply Comment Period
1/23/98; End of Extended Reply Comment Period 2/3/98. SANPRM: Publication
Date 7/24/00; End of Comment Period 9/22/00; End of Reply Comment Period
10/23/00. |
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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. |
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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 NPRM:
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Citation for NPRM: 67 FR 69365 |
83. |
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Popular Title:
Aviation Data |
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RIN 2105-AC71 |
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Stage:
Undetermined |
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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 Undetermined:
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
84. |
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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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Popular Title:
Fitness |
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RIN 2105-AD25 |
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ANPRM |
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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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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
02/13/2003 |
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Popular Title:
SSI |
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RIN 2105-AD33 |
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Interim Final Rule |
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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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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
09/02/2002 |
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Popular Title:
Sanitary Food |
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RIN 2137-AC00 |
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Stage:
Undetermined |
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Previous Stage:
ANPRM: Publication Date 02/20/91; End of Comment Period 03/21/1991. NPRM:
Publication Date 05/21/93; End of Comment Period 10/18/93. |
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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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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
10/21/1990 |
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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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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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
04/12/1992 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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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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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
01/05/1996 |
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Popular Title:
Oxygen Cylinders |
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RIN 2137-AD33 |
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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. |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
03/01/2000 |
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Popular Title:
Wetlines Rule |
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RIN 2137-AD36 |
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ANPRM |
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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. |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
01/19/2000 |
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Dates for ANPRM:
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Citation for ANPRM: 68 FR 6689 |
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Popular Title:
Lithium Batteries |
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RIN 2137-AD48 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous 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 Project Initiated:
04/02/2002 |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Popular 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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Prompting action:
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Rulemaking Project Initiated:
05/19/2001 |
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Citation for Final Rule: None |