🚚Regulatory Update on Driver Qualification Files Compliance Requirements
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), FMCSA 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. FMCSA requests approval to revise and renew an ICR titled "Driver Qualification Files." The ICR estimates the burden commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers and motor carriers incur to comply with the reporting and recordkeeping tasks required for motor carriers to maintain driver qualification (DQ) files. The Agency's regulations pertaining to maintaining DQ files are unchanged and impose no increased information collection (IC) burden on individual drivers and motor carriers. The December 23, 2024, Federal Register notice contained incorrect estimates for burden hours and respondents. The Agency corrects these errors.
Learn More🛣️Notice on Final Agency Actions for Texas Highway Projects
This notice announces actions taken by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and Federal agencies that are final. The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for these projects are being, or have been, carried out by TxDOT pursuant to an assignment agreement executed by FHWA and TxDOT. The actions relate to various proposed highway projects in the State of Texas. These actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the projects.
Learn More🚂Notice on Canadian Pacific Railway's PTC System Amendment Request
This document provides the public with notice that, on March 27, 2025, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) submitted a request for amendment (RFA) to its FRA-certified positive train control (PTC) system to temporarily disable the system for a period not to exceed three hours in order to increase the capacity of its PTC system in preparation for consolidation. As this RFA may involve a request for FRA's approval of proposed material modifications to an FRA-certified PTC system, FRA is publishing this notice and inviting public comment on CP's RFA to its PTC system.
Learn More🛡️Evenflo's Child Restraint Systems Noncompliance Petition Overview
Evenflo Company, Inc. (Evenflo) has determined that certain Evenflo All4One child restraint systems do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213, Child Restraint Systems. Evenflo filed a noncompliance report dated January 27, 2025, and subsequently petitioned NHTSA (the "Agency") on February 14, 2025, for a decision that the subject noncompliance is inconsequential as it relates to motor vehicle safety. This document announces receipt of Evenflo's petition.
Learn More✈️Modification of Class D and E Airspace at Bozeman Airport
This action modifies the Class D surface area airspace, Class E airspace area designated as surface area, Class E airspace area designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface area, and the Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface of the earth at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, Bozeman, MT. These actions support the safety and management of visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.
Learn More📋Unified Carrier Registration Board Nominations and Business Implications
The Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan Board of Directors (Board) is requesting nominations of qualified individuals for possible appointment by the FMCSA to one of the Board's motor carrier industry positions. Each nominee must be a representative of "a motor carrier that falls within the smallest fleet fee bracket." The term for this position will begin immediately upon appointment and expire on May 31, 2027.
Learn More🛣️FHWA Withdraws Notice on Information Collection Activities
The FHWA is withdrawing the notice, "Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection," published in the Federal Register on December 30, 2024.
Learn More📊FHWA Announces Reinstatement of Information Collection for States
The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate a previously approved information collection. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Learn More🛣️Withdrawal of FHWA Information Collection Notice
The FHWA is withdrawing the notice, "Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection," published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2024.
Learn More🚗NHTSA Seeks Comments on Crash Data Collection Activities
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension with modification of a currently approved information collection. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from OMB. Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections. This document describes a collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval on NHTSA's Investigation-Based Crash Data Studies: Crash Investigation Sampling System (CISS), Special Crash Investigation (SCI) and Special Study Data Collection.
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