On May 21, 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) amending the regulations for repair stations by revising the system of ratings, the repair station certification requirements, and the regulations on repair stations providing maintenance for ai…
Read More »On May 17, 2012, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Notice of Delay in Processing Special Permit Applications. In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA published a list of special permit applications that have been in process for…
Read More »On May 9, 2012, the Department of Transportation (DOT) published a Notice regarding the submission of tarmac delay contingency plans to DOT for approval. On February 14, 2012, President Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (the ‘‘Act’’) into law. Among other things, the Act req…
Read More »On April 19, 2012, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Notice of Delays in Processing of Special Permit Applications in the Federal Register. In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA published a list of special permit applicatio…
Read More »On April 16, 2012, PHMSA issued a Final Rule adopting, several packaging amendments to make 49 C.F.R. § 173.27 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) consistent with the 2011-2012 edition of the International Civil Aviation Technical Instructions for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods by…
Read More »Originally, on January 11, 2010, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to address the air transportation risks posed by lithium cells and batteries. Some of the proposals in the NPRM were intended to harmonize provision…
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