Department of Transportation April 29, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 05-8668
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-29
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Notice of Request for Extension of a Previously Approved Collection
Document Number: 05-8617
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-29
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Department of Transportation's (DOT) intention to request extension of a previously approved information collection.
Environmental Impact Statement: City of San Diego, CA
Document Number: 05-8589
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-29
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed highway project in the City of San Diego, California.
Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western Railroad, Inc.-Abandonment Exemption-in Burleigh and Emmons Counties, ND
Document Number: 05-8581
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-29
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, -500 Series Airplanes
Document Number: 05-8578
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-04-29
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require a one-time inspection for scribe lines and cracks in the fuselage skin at certain lap joints, butt joints, external repair doublers, and other areas; and related investigative/corrective actions if necessary. This proposed AD is prompted by reports of fuselage skin cracks adjacent to the skin lap joints on airplanes that had scribe lines. Scribe line damage can also occur at many other locations, including butt joints, external doublers, door scuff plates, the wing-to-body fairing, and areas of the fuselage where decals have been applied or removed. We are proposing this AD to prevent rapid decompression of the airplane due to fatigue cracks resulting from scribe lines on pressurized fuselage structure.
Limitations on the Issuance of Commercial Driver's Licenses With a Hazardous Materials Endorsement
Document Number: 05-8572
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-29
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) prohibit States from issuing, renewing, transferring or upgrading a commercial driver's license (CDL) with a hazardous materials endorsement unless the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has first conducted a security threat assessment of the applicant and determined the applicant does not pose a security risk warranting denial of the hazardous materials endorsement. The FMCSRs currently provide a specific date on which States become subject to the new requirement. This interim final rule amends the FMCSRs to cross-reference the TSA's compliance date as the date when FMCSA's companion requirements also become applicable. Consistent with TSA regulations, FMCSA also reduces the amount of advance notice that States must provide to drivers that a security threat assessment will be performed when they renew a hazardous materials endorsement. This rule is being issued as an IFR because it relates back to an existing substantive IFR published on May 5, 2003. This IFR will be subsumed into that rulemaking when it is finalized. All outstanding comments on these issues will be addressed in that final document.
Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight
Document Number: 05-8567
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-29
Agency: Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Transit Administration is revising its rule on state safety oversight of rail fixed guideway systems not regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Since January 26, 1996, when the rule took effect, the agency has gained experience and insight concerning the benefits of and recommended practices for implementing state safety oversight requirements. This final rule revises the State Safety Oversight rule and adds clarifying sections, further specification concerning what the state must require to monitor safety and security of non-FRA rail systems, and incorporates into the body of the regulation material previously incorporated by reference. The revised part should be easier to understand and ensure greater compliance of the State oversight agencies, and enhance the safety and security of the rail systems governed by this part.
Policy on Substantiation of Secondary Composite Structures
Document Number: 05-8537
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-29
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice announces the issuance of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) policy to provide some guidelines for certifying secondary structures made from composite materials. This notice is necessary to advise the public, especially manufacturers of normal, utility, and acrobatic category airplanes, and commuter category airplanes and their suppliers, that the FAA has adopted a policy on composite applications that range from secondary structures to non- structural parts such as interiors.
Revision of VOR Federal Airway 208
Document Number: 05-8536
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-29
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action modifies Federal Airway 208 (V-208) by changing the originating point of the airway from the Santa Catalina, CA, Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) to the Ventura, CA, VORTAC. This modification extends V-208 by incorporating a route segment that air traffic control (ATC) frequently assigns to aircraft arriving in the Los Angeles, CA, terminal area. This action will enhance air safety, simplify routings, and reduce controller workload in the Southern California area.
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