Rule 24 Feb 2025 regulation, transportation, safety, business compliance, fmcsa, enforcement

🚚FMCSA Delays Enforcement of Motor Carrier Safety Regulations

This document announces that FMCSA will not take enforcement action against regulated entities for failing to comply with the final rule and correction titled "Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Correction" until March 20, 2025.

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Rule 20 Feb 2025 compliance, regulation, transportation, air travel, u.s. dot, denied boarding, baggage liability

✈️Updates on Denied Boarding Compensation and Baggage Liability Limits

This document announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will not take enforcement action until March 20, 2025, against regulated entities for failing to comply with the requirements contained in the final rule titled "Periodic Revisions to Denied Boarding Compensation and Domestic Baggage Liability Limits".

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Rule 20 Feb 2025 compliance, regulations, transportation, accessibility, air travel, disability accommodations

🦽Notice on Compliance Delay for Air Travelers With Disabilities

This document announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will not take enforcement action until March 20, 2025, against regulated entities for failing to comply with the requirements contained in the final rule titled "Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers With Disabilities Using Wheelchairs".

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Notice 20 Feb 2025 regulatory compliance, transportation, motor carriers, business acquisition, interstate services, tbl group

🚍TBL Group's Acquisition of Echo Windy City

TBL Group, Inc. (TBL Group), a holding company that owns multiple interstate motor passenger carriers, has filed an application for Board approval of its acquisition of an additional federally regulated motor passenger carrier, Echo Windy City, LLC (Echo Windy). The Board is tentatively approving and authorizing the transaction. If no opposing comments are timely filed, this notice will be the final Board action.

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Notice 20 Feb 2025 compliance, safety standards, regulations, nhtsa, transportation, automated driving systems

🚗NHTSA Notice on Automated Driving Systems Safety Assessments

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. This document describes a collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB extension approval titled "Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety" and is identified by OMB Control Number 2127-0723, currently approved through February 28, 2025. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on October 23, 2024. Three comments were received in response to that notice; however, no changes to the information collection tool, methodology, nor burden were made as a result of those comments.

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Notice 19 Feb 2025 compliance, regulations, transportation, business operations, rail, kansas city, class iii

🚂Regulatory Notice on Kansas City West Bottoms Railroad Exemption

The Surface Transportation Board announces an exemption allowing OPSEU Pension Plan Trust Fund and associated entities to control Kansas City West Bottoms Railroad as it transitions to a Class III rail carrier. The notice clarifies operational conditions, exemption from specific regulatory requirements, and stipulates the timeline for transaction consummation.

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Rule 19 Feb 2025 regulatory compliance, transportation, business impact, infrastructure, accessibility

♿Delay in Enforcement of Accessibility Standards for Businesses

This document announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will not take enforcement action until March 20, 2025, against regulated entities for failing to comply with the Accessibility Standards for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right- of-Way.

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Notice 19 Feb 2025 regulation, transportation, railroad, union pacific, kansas city, operation exemption

🚂Kansas City West Bottoms Railroad Operation Exemption Overview

Kansas City West Bottoms Railroad, LLC has filed for an exemption to lease and operate a railroad line from Union Pacific Railroad, along with adjacent yard tracks. The operational plans and revenue projections indicate a significant step for the business as it seeks to become a Class III rail carrier while outlining commitments to limit future interchanges with third-party carriers.

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Proposed Rule 18 Feb 2025 compliance, regulations, transportation, fmcsa, transparency, property brokers

🚛FMCSA Reopens Comment Period on Property Broker Transparency NPRM

FMCSA reopens the comment period for its November 20, 2024, NPRM. FMCSA received a request for a reopening of the comment period from the Small Business in Transportation Coalition (SBTC). The Agency finds it is appropriate to reopen the comment period to provide interested parties additional time to submit their responses to the NPRM. Therefore, the Agency reopens the comment period for 30 days.

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Rule 18 Feb 2025 compliance, endangered species, transportation, imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business impact, exports, noaa, endangered and threatened species, marine regulations, coral

🐠New Regulations Affecting Businesses Due to Coral Reclassification

In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from President Donald J. Trump, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," published in the Federal Register on January 28, 2025, this action delays the effective date of the final rule NMFS published in the Federal Register on December 17, 2024, regarding the reclassification of the pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) on the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Species.

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