🚢Coastwise-Qualified Launch Barges Notification by MARAD - 2025
To maximize the use of coastwise-qualified vessels, in January of each calendar year, MARAD requests owners and operators of coastwise-qualified launch barges or other interested parties to notify the Agency of their interest in, and provide certain information relating to, the transportation, installation, or launching of platform jackets. MARAD publishes the notifications as a resource to companies contemplating these operations on the outer continental shelf. The notifications should include information set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
Learn More🏗️Great Lakes Seaway Development Corporation Public Meeting Announced
This notice announces the public meeting of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Advisory Board.
Learn More✈️Amendment of Class E Airspace for Presque Isle, ME Effective April 2025
This action amends Class E airspace extending upward 700 feet above the surface for Presque Isle International Airport, Presque Isle, ME, by adding and updating airport names in the header and geographic coordinates. This action does not change the airspace boundaries or operating requirements.
Learn More✈️DOT Notice on Airline Service Quality Information Collection
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces DOT's intention to renew Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 2138-0041 covering Airline Service Quality Performance On-time Performance and Mishandled Baggage reports that the largest U.S. air carriers file with DOT.
Learn More🚆Notice of Passenger Rail Advisory Committee Meeting on February 11, 2025
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Passenger Rail Advisory Committee (PRAC), pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
Learn More✈️Class E Airspace Amendment for Kenansville, NC Effective April 2025
This action amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for Kenansville, NC, by adding airspace for ECU Health Duplin Heliport. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at this airport.
Learn More🚚FMCSA Exemption Applications for Hearing Requirement in Drivers
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from nine individuals for an exemption from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to operate a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate commerce. If granted, the exemptions would enable these hard of hearing and deaf individuals to operate CMVs in interstate commerce.
Learn More🌱Proposed Rule for Endangered Status of Big Red Sage نبات
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the big red sage (Salvia pentstemonoides), a plant species from central Texas, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the big red sage. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the species is warranted. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants and extend the Act's protections to the species. We have determined that designating critical habitat for the big red sage is not prudent.
Learn More🦆Proposed Hunting Regulations and Economic Impact for 2025-26
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) proposes to establish hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2025-26 hunting season. Through an annual rulemaking process, we prescribe outside limits (which we refer to as frameworks) within which States may select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2025-26 general duck seasons, and provides preliminary proposals that vary from the 2024-25 hunting season regulations. Migratory bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and Tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and habitat conditions.
Learn More🚍Grant of Temporary Exemption for Motorcoach Seat Belt Requirements
In accordance with our regulations, NHTSA is granting a petition from Legacy Limousines and Luxury Coaches for a temporary exemption from the requirement to install Type 2 seat belts (i.e., shoulder belts) at side-facing locations in the company's motorcoaches. The petitioner is a final-stage manufacturer of entertainer-type motorcoaches, seeking temporary exemption from the shoulder belt requirement of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, "Occupant crash protection," for side-facing seats on motorcoaches. The granted exemption permits the petitioner to install Type 1 seat belts (lap belt only) at side-facing seating positions, instead of the Type 2 seat belts (lap and shoulder belts) required by FMVSS No. 208. After reviewing the petition and the comments received, the agency has determined that the requested exemption is warranted to enable the petitioner to sell a vehicle whose overall level of safety or impact protection is at least equal to that of a nonexempted vehicle.
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