🚂Marquette Rail's Lease Exemption with CSX Transportation Explained
Marquette Rail, LLC has filed a verified notice for a lease and operation exemption from CSX Transportation, affecting several rail segments in Michigan. The notice details an agreement to extend the lease term with operational continuity and an interchange commitment, while emphasizing compliance with federal revenue thresholds and labor notification requirements.
Learn More⚓Proposed Regulations for Ludington Harbor Navigation Safety
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a regulated navigation area to control vessel movement for certain waters of Lake Michigan, the Ludington Harbor Channel, and Pere Marquette Lake in Ludington, MI. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life, environment, and property on these navigable waters due to hazardous conditions resulting from increased vessel traffic congestion. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Learn More🚧Final Agency Actions on Proposed Highway Project in Michigan
This notice announces actions taken by FHWA that are final. The actions relate to a proposed highway project, M-37 Improvement Project, just south of 92nd Street in the Village of Caledonia to just north of 76th Street in Caledonia Township, in Kent County, State of Michigan. The actions issue National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Section 4(f) of the U.S. Department of Transportation Act of 1966 (Section 4(f)) decisions relating to the M-37 Improvement Project.
Learn More✈️FAA Notice on Petition for Exemption by Czechmate L-39 Demo Team
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion nor omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition.
Learn More🗣️Michigan Advisory Committee Public Meeting Notice
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, that the Michigan Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a public business meeting via Zoom at 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
Learn More✈️FAA Withdraws NPRM on VOR Airway Changes
The FAA is withdrawing the NPRM published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2023, proposing to amend Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airway V-233 and revoke VOR Federal Airway V-320. The FAA proposed this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Mount Pleasant, MI (MOP), VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) navigational aid in support of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) Program.
Learn More🌊Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations in Berrien County, MI
On February 24, 2025, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed flood hazard determination notice that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table to be used in lieu of the erroneous information. The table provided here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities affected for Berrien County, Michigan (All Jurisdictions).
Learn More🌊Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations and Business Implications
Comments are requested on proposed flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of any Base Flood Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundary or zone designation, or regulatory floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regarding the preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the FIS report that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided to the affected communities. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Learn More🏺Compliance Notice on Native American Remains Disposition
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (Detroit District), intends to carry out the disposition of human remains removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
Learn More🎭Notice of Intended Repatriation by Michigan State University
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Michigan State University intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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