On January 26, 2011, the last of the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) consumer protection regulations came into effect. DOT originally published a number of regulations enhancing protections for airline passengers on April 25, 2011 (the “Final Rule”) and explained that these rule would come in…
Read More »On January 4, 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) published a final rule (the “Final Rule”) under Docket FAA-2009-1093 that revised the FAA’s existing flight, duty, and rest regulations applicable to certificate holders and their flightcrew members. The Final Rule seeks to address th…
Read More »On December 7, 2011, Senator John Thune (R-SD) introduced the S. 1956, the “European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011.” The proposed legislation, now being considered by the Senate Committee on Science, Commerce and Transportation, would prohibit operators of a civil aircr…
Read More »On January 13, 2012, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Notice of Delays in Processing of Special Permit Applications in the Federal Register. The Notice can be found at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-01-13/pdf/2012-493.pdf. In accordance with…
Read More »On January 19, 2011, PHMSA published a final rule under Docket PHMSA-2009-0126 that revised the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) to align with various international standards. This final rule adopted amendments to the HMR regarding hazard communication, hazard classifi…
Read More »On December 21, 2011 the European Union Court of Justice (“ECJ”) handed down its ruling on the validity of the EU emissions trading scheme’s (“EU-ETS”) extension to aviation emissions, which will become effective on January 1, 2012. The judicial review proceedings, initiated by the Air Transport A…
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