🚛TRANSTAC Meeting Notice on Export Control Policies
The Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee (TRANSTAC) advises and assists the Secretary of Commerce and other Federal officials on matters related to export control policies; the TRANSTAC will meet on September 10, 2025, to review and discuss these matters. This meeting will be partially closed to the public pursuant to the exemptions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the Government in the Sunshine Act.
Learn More🚀Executive Order to Enhance Competition in Commercial Space Industry
Executive Order 14335 emphasizes strengthening U.S. leadership in the commercial space industry through enhanced competition and streamlined regulatory processes. It mandates the reduction of bureaucratic barriers for launch and reentry licensing, ensuring rapid development of innovative space-based technologies and infrastructure, vital for national security and economic growth.
Learn More🚂Business Implications of Colorado Railroad Abandonment Notice
Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad LLC has filed a notice for the exemption of abandonment for a 26.55-mile segment of its rail line in Rio Grande County. The application includes conditions regarding employee protections and opportunities for financial assistance for potential interested parties. Compliance with environmental and historical regulations is also addressed, with potential impacts for local businesses dependent on the rail service.
Learn More✈️FAA Regulation on Special Airworthiness Certification Corrections
On July 24, 2025, the FAA published a final rule titled "Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification". That document amended rules for the manufacture, certification, operation, maintenance, and alteration of lightsport aircraft. After publication of the final rule, FAA became aware of errors in it.
Learn More🚂Petition for Waiver of Railroad Compliance Regulations by NVSV
This document provides the public notice that the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City, operating as Nevada Southern Railway (NVSV) petitioned FRA for relief from certain regulations concerning reflectorization on rail equipment.
Learn More🚂NVSV Seeks Waiver from Federal Railroad Safety Regulations
This document provides the public notice that Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City, operating as Nevada Southern Railway (NVSV) petitioned FRA for relief from certain regulations concerning stenciling of rail cars.
Learn More🦆Final Frameworks for 2025-26 Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations Established
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) is establishing the final frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2025-26 migratory game bird hunting season. We annually prescribe limits (which we call frameworks) within which States may select hunting seasons. Frameworks specify the outside dates, season lengths, shooting hours, bag and possession limits, and areas where migratory game bird hunting may occur. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of seasons and limits and to allow harvest at levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and habitat conditions. Migratory game bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for recreation and sustenance, and aid Federal, State, and Tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds.
Learn More🚗Request for Information on Automated Vehicle Research Opportunities
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (U.S. DOT) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) is seeking information from the public, industry, infrastructure owner/operators, and other stakeholders to inform coordinated national research supporting Automated Driving Systems (ADS) transportation technology deployment and realizing safe efficient operations on our Nation's roadways. ADS-equipped vehicles have significant potential to transform safety and mobility but in order for national deployment to scale effectively, research questions relating to the challenges and opportunities of ADS, including understanding disengagements, identifying factors that contribute or detract from reliable and consistent operations and interactions, and facilitating interoperable data standardization and real-time analytics, among others, are important to investigate further to support deployment and broad public acceptance.
Learn More⚖️Civil Monetary Penalties Adjusted for 2025 by Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) issues this final rule to adjust for inflation the statutory civil monetary penalties that may be assessed for violations of Service-administered statutes and their implementing regulations. We issue this rule in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum M-25-02. We are required to adjust civil monetary penalties annually for inflation according to a formula specified in the 2015 Act. This rule replaces the previously issued amounts with the updated amounts after using the 2025 inflation adjustment multiplier provided in M-25-02.
Learn More✈️Proposed Class C Airspace Regulation for Wilmington Airport
This document announces a fact-finding informal airspace meeting regarding a plan to establish Class C airspace at Wilmington International Airport, NC (KILM). The purpose of the meeting is to solicit aeronautical comments on the proposal's effects on local aviation operations. All comments received during the meeting, and the subsequent comment period, will be considered prior to the issuance of a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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