Department of Transportation April 25, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received
Document Number: E8-9061
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-04-25
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of any petition or its final disposition.
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting on Transport Airplane and Engine Issues
Document Number: E8-9060
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-04-25
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice announces a public meeting (teleconference) of the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) to discuss transport airplane and engine (TAE) issues.
Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Washington
Document Number: E8-9059
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-04-25
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, the SR 519 Intermodal Access ProjectPhase 2: Atlantic Corridor, in the State of Washington. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the project.
RTCA Special Committee 217/EUROCAE Working Group 44: Airport Mapping Databases First Joint Meeting
Document Number: E8-9044
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-04-25
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 217/EUROCAE Working Group 44: Airport Mapping Databases.
RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee
Document Number: E8-9030
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-04-25
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee.
Special Conditions; Embraer S.A. EMB-500; Protection of Systems for High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF)
Document Number: E8-9024
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-04-25
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
These special conditions are issued to Embraer S.A., for a type certificate for the EMB-500 airplane. This airplane will have novel and unusual design features when compared to the state of technology envisaged in the applicable airworthiness standards. These novel and unusual design features include the installation of electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) displays, Model G1000 manufactured by Garmin, for which the applicable regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate airworthiness standards for the protection of these systems from the effects of high intensity radiated fields (HIRF). These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to the airworthiness standards applicable to these airplanes.
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Diabetes
Document Number: E8-8994
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-04-25
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
FMCSA announces its decision to exempt fifty-six individuals from its rule prohibiting persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) from operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. The exemptions will enable these individuals to operate CMVs in interstate commerce.
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Document Number: E8-8992
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-04-25
Agency: Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend the following currently approved information collection: Reporting of Technical Activities by FTA Grant Recipients. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments was published on February 4, 2008. No comments were received in response to that notice.
Automobili Lamborghini SpA, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance
Document Number: E8-8991
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-04-25
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
General Motors Corporation, Grant of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance
Document Number: E8-8989
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-04-25
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Renewals; Vision
Document Number: E8-8987
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-04-25
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
FMCSA previously announced its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 8 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions granted will not compromise safety. The Agency has reviewed the comments submitted in response to the previous announcement and concluded that granting these exemptions will provide a level of safety that will be equivalent to, or greater than, the level of safety maintained without the exemptions for these commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.
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