Department of Transportation January 3, 2025 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Drug and Alcohol Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2025
Document Number: 2024-31582
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-03
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This notification of determination announces FRA's minimum annual random drug and minimum annual random alcohol testing rates for covered service, maintenance-of-way (MOW), and mechanical (MECH) employees for calendar year 2025.
Regulatory Updates to BasicMed
Document Number: C1-2024-26935
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-03
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection, Seat Belt Reminder Systems, Controls and Displays
Document Number: 2024-30340
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-03
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This document amends Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, "Occupant crash protection," to require a seat belt use warning system for rear seats. The rule also updates and enhances the current seat belt warning requirements for the driver's seat belt and extends these requirements to the front outboard passenger seat. The final rule applies (with some exceptions) to passenger cars, trucks, most buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less. This document also makes related amendments to FMVSS No. 101, "Controls and displays."
Integration of Powered-Lift: Pilot Certification and Operations; Miscellaneous Amendments Related to Rotorcraft and Airplanes; Correction
Document Number: 2024-30331
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-03
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
On November 21, 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a final rule titled "Integration of Powered-Lift: Pilot Certification and Operations; Miscellaneous Amendments Related to Rotorcraft and Airplanes" (RIN 2120-AL72). That final rule inadvertently duplicated two tables in the regulatory text of the Special Federal Aviation Regulation for powered-lift. This correction removes the duplicates. Additionally, the FAA inadvertently cited an incorrect paragraph in the Training center instructor eligibility requirements section of the Code of Federal Regulations. This correction corrects the paragraph reference.
National Transit Database Reporting Changes and Clarifications for Report Years 2025 and 2026
Document Number: 2024-31495
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-03
Agency: Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is reopening the comment period for the Federal Register notice regarding FTA's National Transit Database reporting changes and clarifications, which was published on October 31, 2024, with the original comment period closing on December 30, 2024.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved Information Collection: National Consumer Complaint Database
Document Number: 2024-31549
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-03
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and approval and invites public comment. This revision is for the National Consumer Complaint Database (NCCDB), which is an online interface allowing consumers, drivers, and others to file complaints against unsafe and unscrupulous companies and/or their employees, including shippers, receivers, and transportation intermediaries, depending on the type of complaint. These complaints cover a wide range of issues, including but not limited to driver harassment, coercion, movement of household goods, financial responsibility instruments for brokers and freight forwarders, Americans with Disability Act (ADA) compliance, Electronic Logging Device (ELD), Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT), Medical Review Officer (MRO), and Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) complaints. FMCSA requests approval to revise the ICR titled "National Consumer Complaint Database."
Extension of Compliance Date To Designate a U.S. Agent for Service for Individuals With Foreign Addresses Who Apply for Certain Certificates, Ratings, or Authorizations
Document Number: 2024-31555
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-03
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
On October 8, 2024, the FAA published a final rule that will require individuals with foreign addresses and no U.S. physical address on file with the FAA who apply for certain certificates, ratings, or authorizations to designate a U.S. agent for service. This final rule extends the deadline for those individuals to designate a U.S. agent for service from January 6, 2025, to April 2, 2025. This final rule does not apply to individuals with foreign addresses who currently hold certain certificates, ratings, or authorizations, as the compliance date for those individuals continues to be July 7, 2025.
Anthropomorphic Test Devices, HIII 5TH Percentile Female Test Dummy; Incorporation by Reference
Document Number: 2024-30985
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-03
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This document revises the chest jacket and spine box specifications for the Hybrid III 5th Percentile Female Test Dummy (HIII-5F). The jacket revisions resolve discrepancies between the jacket specifications in subpart O and jackets available in the field, and ensure a sufficiently low level of variation between jackets fabricated by different manufacturers. The spine box revisions eliminate a source of signal noise caused by fasteners within the box that may become loose during sled or vehicle crash tests. This rulemaking responds to a petition for rulemaking from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
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