📝Notice for Comments on Qualitative Feedback Collection by DOT
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Office of the Secretary (OST) announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and approval and invites public comment. Executive Order 12862 directs Federal agencies to provide service to the public that matches or exceeds the best service available in the private sector. In order to work continuously to ensure that our programs are effective and meet our customers' needs, the Department of Transportation (DOT) seeks a renewal without revision to a fast track generic clearance information collection request already approved by OMB. OST requests renewal without revision of ICR with OMB Control Number: 2105-0573 as described below.
Learn More🚚Correction Notice for Heavy-Duty Truck Study Data Collection
The Department of Transportation is correcting a notice published in the September 2, 2025, issue of the Federal Register entitled "Notice of Request for Approval to Collect New Information: Crash Causal Factors Program Heavy-Duty Truck Study Interview Data Collection." This correction amends the docket number of the notice from OST-2025-* * * * to read DOT-OST-2025-1062 and modifies the billing code to 4910-9X-P.
Learn More✈️DOT Seeking Comments on Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the continuing need for and usefulness of BTS collecting a sample of airline passenger itineraries with the dollar value of the passenger ticket. Certificated air carriers that operate scheduled passenger service report these data. Comments are requested concerning whether: (a) The collection is still needed by the Department of Transportation; (b) BTS accurately estimates the reporting burden; and (c) there are other ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collected.
Learn More🚂Petition for Waiver of Steam Locomotive Compliance Notice
This document provides the public notice that Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad (MRSR) petitioned FRA for relief from certain regulations concerning steam locomotive inspections.
Learn More🛢️New Pipeline Safety Regulation Adjusts Filing Deadlines
This DFR amends PHMSA's procedural regulations to establish a rule of construction clarifying the operation of procedural filing deadlines scheduled to fall on weekends and Federal holidays.
Learn More🚂Updates to Rear End Marking Device Regulations for Railroads
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's rear end marking device regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More📦Proposed Rule for Continued Use of Hazardous Materials Packaging
This NPRM proposes to revise the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to allow for the continued use of packagings authorized under a manufacturing special permit for duration of the useful life of the package. The current HMR provisions require an otherwise safe and usable package to be discontinued solely because the original special permit has expired or was not renewed.
Learn More⚖️DOT Guidance on Criminal Enforcement and Regulatory Offenses
This notice describes DOT's plans to address regulatory offenses with criminal liability pursuant to the recent executive order on Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations.
Learn More🚚Hazardous Materials Special Permits Regulatory Notice and Impact
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has granted or denied the application described herein.
Learn More✈️Delay in Enforcement of Wheelchair Accommodation Regulations
This document announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will not take enforcement action against regulated entities before August 1, 2025, for failing to comply with the new or revised requirements contained in the final rule on "Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers With Disabilities Using Wheelchairs" (Wheelchair Rule). This enforcement discretion does not apply to violations of DOT's regulations regarding the treatment of air travelers with disabilities that would also have been violations prior to the issuance of the Wheelchair Rule.
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