PHMSA Issues Agenda for Safety Fitness Public Meeting

Posted on Feb 16th, 2012

On February 15, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued its Agenda for the upcoming February 29, 2012 meeting regarding fitness determinations as part of the special permit application evaluation process. PHMSA has the primary responsibility for issuance of DOT …

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PHMSA Publishes Notice of Delay in Processing Special Permit Applications

Posted on Feb 14th, 2012

On February 14, 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 applica…

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NTSB Issues an NPRM Proposing Changes to the Rules of Practice

Posted on Feb 10th, 2012

One February 9, 2012, The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published an NPRM responding to comments solicited in the ANPRM published December 22, 2010. The FAA issues emergency orders when it determines the interests of aviation safety require that an order take effect immediately in or…

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Customs and Border Patrol Establishes Global Entry Program

Posted on Feb 7th, 2012

U.S. Customs and Border Protection “CBP” has adopted a Final Rule, which will incorporate, with some changes, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2009. The proposed rule in the NPRM would establish the Global Entry as an ongoing voluntary reg…

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Glenn Wicks, Managing Director of The Wicks Group, Moderates JITI Panel Discussion

Posted on Feb 7th, 2012

Glenn Wicks, Managing Director of The Wicks Group, PLLC (TWG), moderated a panel discussion at the JITI Airport Seminar 2012, in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2012.  For many years, The Wicks Group, led by Michael Fleming, a Partner with TWG, has worked with the Japan International Transport Insti…

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Congressman Threatens to Overturn DOT Fee Rule

Posted on Feb 2nd, 2012

On January 30, 2012, Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) introduced H.R. 3867 -- Travel Transparency Act, which would reverse the portion of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Final Rule requiring airlines and ticket agents to quote fares that include all government mandated taxes and additional airline fe…

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