Department of Transportation August 14, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Transit Bus Manufacturer Public Roundtable
Document Number: 2024-18098
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-08-14
Agency: Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will hold a public roundtable meeting concerning bus operator visibility. Transit bus manufacturers will present their research and actions to improve bus operator visibility through vehicle design. This roundtable will be a forum for discussion of bus safety design elements that impact operator visibility, including mirror size and placement and A-pillar design. Participants will also discuss opportunities for manufacturers to standardize safety features. The meeting will include time for public comment.
Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program
Document Number: 2024-18097
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-08-14
Agency: Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is publishing a final rule for the Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program (PTSCTP). This final rule clarifies voluntary PTSCTP participation and sets administrative requirements for communication processes between FTA and FTA recipients subject to the requirements of this rule. This final rule also adds new definitions and revises existing definitions to coordinate and align with other FTA programs and safety rulemakings.
Release of Waybill Data
Document Number: 2024-18153
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-08-14
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Assigning Certain Federal Environmental Responsibilities to the State of Maine, Including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Authority for Certain Categorical Exclusions (CEs)
Document Number: 2024-18085
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-08-14
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
The FHWA and the State of Maine, acting by and through its Department of Transportation (State), propose a MOU providing participation of the State in the Categorical Exclusion Assignment program. This program allows FHWA to assign its authority and responsibility for determining whether certain designated activities within the geographic boundaries of the State, as specified in the proposed MOU, are categorically excluded from preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Reciprocal Switching for Inadequate Service; Correction
Document Number: 2024-18155
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-08-14
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
This document corrects a printing error in the preamble of a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on May 7, 2024.
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