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Article Index: First Quarter 2024 Category: Chronological Archive Page Sections: January · February · March |
| January | Title | Details |
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| Tuesday, 2 January 2024 | ||
| 2 January 2024 | Truck and Bus Tires From China; Institution of Five-Year Reviews On February 15, 2019, the Department of Commerce issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of truck and bus tires from China. | Federal Register Notice  (text)Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Lisa Barton |
| 2 January 2024 | Truck Leasing Task Force (TLTF); Notice of Public Meeting The TLTF will examine the terms, conditions, and equitability of common truck leasing arrangements, particularly as they impact owner-operators and trucking businesses subject to such agreements and submit a report on the task force's identified issues and conclusions regarding truck leasing arrangements. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| Wednesday, 3 January 2024 | ||
| 3 January 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for three individuals from the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers have “no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a CMV.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 3 January 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 10 individuals from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 3 January 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 16 individuals from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 3 January 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 10 individuals for an exemption from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| Thursday, 4 January 2024 | ||
| 4 January 2024 | Combating Auto Retail Scams Trade Regulation Rule The Final Rule, among other things, prohibits motor vehicle dealers from making certain misrepresentations in the course of selling, leasing, or arranging financing for motor vehicles, requires accurate pricing disclosures in dealers’ advertising and sales communications, requires dealers to obtain consumers’ express, informed consent for charges, prohibits the sale of any add-on product or service that confers no benefit to the consumer, and requires dealers to keep records of certain advertisements and customer transactions. | Federal Register Notice ( PDF)Agency: Federal Trade Commission Byline: Joel Christie |
| 4 January 2024 | Tail Lights: Rebuilding 2023 is finally over. Two out of the five human members of our household are gone. Shocks to the soul like this will tend to put a sense of urgency into living. “Someday” becomes “now or never.” | Commentary (text) Publisher: The Crittenden Automotive Library Byline: Bill Crittenden |
| Friday, 5 January 2024 | ||
| 5 January 2024 | General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Correction The final rule had an incorrect paragraph number in the instruction for an amendment and, in an amendment replacing a term, erroneously failed to replace the possessive form of the term. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| Tuesday, 9 January 2024 | ||
| 9 January 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection The Travel Monitoring Analysis System is the current system used to collect HVTIS information; therefore, the extension should now be titled Travel Monitoring Analysis System. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 9 January 2024 | Fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement FMCSA proposes amendments to its regulations governing the annual registration fees that participating States collect from motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement for the 2025 registration year and subsequent registration years. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson Topic: Unified Carrier Registration Plan |
| 9 January 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 16 individuals from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 9 January 2024 | Request for Nominations for the Working Group on Covered Resources to the Federal Highway Administration The Working Group members will be appointed for a term of 2 years. The Working Group will conduct a study on access to covered resources for infrastructure projects. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| Wednesday, 10 January 2024 | ||
| 10 January 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection Through the Safe Streets and Roads for All discretionary grant program, the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, in close collaboration with the Federal Highway Administration, provides financial support for local initiatives to prevent traffic related fatalities and serious injuries on the nation's roads. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 10 January 2024 | Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 134, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.; (Passenger Motor Vehicles); Chattanooga, Tennessee The proposed foreign-status components include: high voltage heating positive coefficient modules; stainless steel exhaust systems with catalyst; spindle drives; light on detection sensors; and, rain sensors. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board Byline: Elizabeth Whiteman Topic: Volkswagen |
| Thursday, 11 January 2024 | ||
| 11 January 2024 | Ford Motor Company, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Ford Motor Company has determined that certain model year 2018-2020 Ford F-150 motor vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108, Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Ford F-150 |
| 11 January 2024 | Section 30D Excluded Entities; Transfer of Clean Vehicle Credits Under Section 25E and Section 30D; Section 30D New Clean Vehicle Credit; Hearing The subject of the public hearing is the notices of proposed rulemakings that were published in the Federal Register on Monday, April 17, 2023, Tuesday, October 10, 2023, and Monday, December 4, 2023, respectively. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Internal Revenue Service Byline: Oluwafunmilayo A. Taylor |
| Friday, 12 January 2024 | ||
| 12 January 2024 | Consolidated Glass & Mirror, LLC, Denial of Petitions for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Consolidated Glass & Mirror, a subsidiary of Guardian Industries Corporation, has determined that certain laminated glass parts do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 205, Glazing Materials. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan |
| 12 January 2024 | Safety Fitness Determinations FMCSA published an ANPRM in this proceeding stating the Agency was interested in developing a new methodology to determine when a motor carrier is not fit to operate commercial motor vehicles in or affecting interstate commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| Wednesday, 17 January 2024 | ||
| 17 January 2024 | Advisory Committee on Underride Protection; Notice of Public Meetings The purpose of ACUP is to provide information, advice, and recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation on safety regulations to reduce underride crashes and fatalities relating to underride crashes. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Raymond R. Posten |
| 17 January 2024 | Notice of Adoption of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Categorical Exclusion Under the National Environmental Policy Act The National Environmental Policy Act requires all Federal agencies to assess the environmental impact of their actions. Under NEPA and the CEQ regulations, a Federal agency also can establish CEs--categories of actions that the agency has determined normally do not significantly affect the quality of the human environment--in their agency NEPA procedures. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Christine Koester |
| 17 January 2024 | Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act The United States' Complaint alleges that Cummins violated the Clean Air Act through the company's production and sale of diesel motor vehicle engines--along with associated engine control and emission control systems--that were installed in nearly one million pickup trucks sold in the United States under the RAM 2500 and RAM 3500 model names. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: Justice Byline: Patricia A. McKenna Topics: Cummins, Ram 2500, Ram 3500 |
| 17 January 2024 | Sunshine Act Meetings The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors will continue its work in developing and implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Unified Carrier Registration Plan Byline: Alex B. Leath |
| Friday, 19 January 2024 | ||
| 19 January 2024 | FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Cut Electric Vehicle Costs for Americans and Continue Building Out a Convenient, Reliable, Made-in-America EV Charging Network Since President Biden took office, EV sales have more than quadrupled – with over four and a half million EVs on the road. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House |
| 19 January 2024 | Hours of Service of Drivers: WestRock Application for Renewal of Exemption FMCSA announces its decision to provisionally renew the exemption currently held by WestRock from the hours-of-service regulations that prohibit drivers from operating property-carrying commercial motor vehicles after 14 hours on duty and require 10 hours off duty before resuming driving. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 19 January 2024 | Qualifications of Drivers: Medical Advisory Criteria FMCSA updates the Medical Advisory Criteria published as an appendix in the Code of Federal Regulations. The appendix provides guidance for medical examiners listed on FMCSA's National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners on the applicability and interpretation of the physical qualification standards for operators of commercial motor vehicles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| Monday, 22 January 2024 | ||
| 22 January 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act continues the Highway Safety Improvement Program as a core federal-aid program with the purpose to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads, including non-State-owned public roads and roads on tribal lands. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 22 January 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Practices of Household Goods Brokers This renewal updates wage related costs that have changed since the last approval and revises the previous information collection total respondent hourly and cost burden. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 22 January 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California The actions relate to a proposed highway project, on State Route 99 from post miles 25.2 to post mile 30.6 in Tulare County, State of California. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Antonio Johnson |
| 22 January 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California The actions relate to a proposed highway project, on State Route 99 from post miles 56.4-57.6 in Kern County and post miles 0.0-13.5 in Tulare County, State of California. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Antonio Johnson |
| 22 January 2024 | Qualifications of Drivers: Medical Examiner's Handbook Regulatory Guidance The MEH provides information about regulatory requirements and guidance to medical examiners listed on FMCSA's National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners who perform physical qualification examinations of interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| Tuesday, 23 January 2024 | ||
| 23 January 2024 | Standard for All-Terrain Vehicles The Consumer Product Safety Act, as amended by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, required the Consumer Product Safety Commission to publish, as a mandatory consumer product safety standard, the American National Standard for Four-Wheel All-Terrain Vehicles developed by the Specialty Vehicle Institute of America. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission Byline: Alberta E. Mills |
| Wednesday, 24 January 2024 | ||
| 24 January 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection The Federal Highway Administration, Office of Operations and Office of the Chief Financial Officer, jointly collection information related to State Infrastructure Banks, Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles, and Toll Credits. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 24 January 2024 | Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 29; Authorization of Production Activity; Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc.; (Dual Fuel Cell Modules); Georgetown, Kentucky The notification was processed in accordance with the regulations of the FTZ Board, including notice in the Federal Register inviting public comment. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board Byline: Elizabeth Whiteman Topic: Toyota |
| 24 January 2024 | National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners: Proposed Removal of Medical Examiners for Noncompliance With Login.gov Requirement FMCSA proposes to remove medical examiners from its National Registry who have failed toaccess their National Registry account using login.gov and have failed to update the profile information in their National Registry account as required. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| Thursday, 25 January 2024 | ||
| 25 January 2024 | National Performance Management Measures; Extenuating Circumstances, Highway Performance Monitoring System Data Field Names, Safety Performance Measure, Pavement Condition Measure, and Freight Performance Measure This rulemaking proposes updates to the National Performance Management Measures regulations to consider impacts of national emergencies on performance achievement, address compliance determinations and penalty assessment for the pavement condition measures, clarify data collection standards and requirements, adjust freight reporting to align with the 4-year update cycle for State Freight Plans in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and provide select clarifying technical corrections. | Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: Federal Highway Administration |
| Monday, 29 January 2024 | ||
| 29 January 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebate Program (Renewal) | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Courtney Kerwin |
| 29 January 2024 | Federal Share Flexibility Pilot Program The FHWA is announcing a pilot program to enable, on an experimental basis, a State department of transportation to determine the Federal share on a project, multi-project, or program basis for projects under certain specified programs. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| 29 January 2024 | Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From Thailand: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022 On July 27, 2023, Commerce published the preliminary results of the 2021-2022 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from Thailand. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Abdelali Elouaradia |
| Tuesday, 30 January 2024 | ||
| 30 January 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Charter Service Operations FTA's Charter Service Regulations protects private charter operators from unauthorized competition from FTA grant recipients. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Nadine Pembleton |
| 30 January 2024 | Amendment to Standard for All-Terrain Vehicles On page 4195, in the third column, in the 8th and 9th lines, the heading “Sec. 1420.1 Requirements for four-wheel ATV's” should read “Sec. 1420.3 Requirements for four-wheel ATV's.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| 30 January 2024 | Polaris Group of America, Inc., Denial of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Polaris Group of America has determined that certain motorcycles manufactured by Indian Motorcycle Company do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108, Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan Topic: Indian |
| 30 January 2024 | Procurement, Management, and Administration of Engineering and Design Related Services This proposed rule would update the regulations governing the procurement, management, and administration of engineering and design related services directly related to a highway construction project that is funded through a discretionary grant administered by FHWA. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| 30 January 2024 | Sunshine Act Meetings The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors will continue its work in developing and implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Unified Carrier Registration Plan Byline: Alex B. Leath |
| Wednesday, 31 January 2024 | ||
| 31 January 2024 | Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Amendments to Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Regulation Overall, the submittal updates and clarifies the implementation of the New Hampshire I/M program. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: David Cash |
| 31 January 2024 | Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Project The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise other Federal, State, and local agencies, Tribes, and the public that a combined Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision have been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act for the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Project to create a seismically resilient Burnside Street lifeline route crossing of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Keith Lynch |
| 31 January 2024 | Notice of Availability: Joint Development Circular C 7050.1C and Response to Comments Section 5302(4)(G)(iv) provides that “if equipment to fuel privately owned zero-emission passenger vehicles is installed, the recipient of assistance shall collect fees from users of the equipment in order to recover the costs of construction, maintenance, and operation of the equipment.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Nuria I. Fernandez |
| February | Title | Details |
| Thursday, 1 February 2024 | ||
| 1 February 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for four individuals from the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers have “no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a CMV.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| Friday, 2 February 2024 | ||
| 2 February 2024 | Amendments to the Commercial Driver's License Requirements; Increased Flexibility for Testing and for Drivers After Passing the Skills Test FMCSA proposes to increase flexibility for State Driver Licensing Agencies and CDL applicants by expanding applicants' ability to take a CDL skills test in a State other than their State of domicile; permitting a commercial learner's permit holder who has passed the CDL skills test to operate a commercial motor vehicle on public roads without having a qualified CDL holder in the passenger seat; eliminating the requirement that an applicant wait at least 14 days to take the CDL skills test following initial issuance of the CLP. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Robin Hutcheson |
| 2 February 2024 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Exemption Renewal for Stoneridge, Inc. FMCSA announces its decision to provisionally renew Stoneridge's exemption, which will allow motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles with the company's MirrorEye Camera Monitor System installed as an alternative to the two rear-vision mirrors required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless Topic: Stoneridge |
| Monday, 5 February 2024 | ||
| 5 February 2024 | Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022 The U.S. Department of Commerce determines that Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Nexen Tire Corporation, and Kumho Tire Co. sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Abdelali Elouaradia |
| Tuesday, 6 February 2024 | ||
| 6 February 2024 | Former FedEx Driver Sentenced for Selling Firearms He Stole From Packages on His Truck Between October 2021 and June 2022, Frank P. O’Toole stole three packages sent from out-of-state which he was responsible for delivering, each containing a firearm – specifically, two rifles and a shotgun – intended for a Federal Firearms Licensee. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts Topics: FedEx, Frank P. O’Toole |
| 6 February 2024 | Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Highway Project; Parsons, Tucker County, WV to Davis, Tucker County, WV The FHWA, as the lead Federal Agency, and WVDOH as joint lead agency/project sponsor, are preparing a SEIS to evaluate environmental impacts of the construction of a new highway on new alignment between Parsons and Davis, West Virginia. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jeffrey S. Blanton |
| 6 February 2024 | Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Clean Highly Efficient Decarbonized Engines The general area of CHEDE-9's planned activity is to develop new and novel technologies that provide clean and efficient decarbonized powertrain solutions; to provide a collaborative environment for evaluation of advanced decarbonized engine and aftertreatment technology to meet the goals of GHG emissions of 35% to 50% below model year 2024 products and NOx to remain below one part per million at the tailpipe. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: Justice Byline: Suzanne Morris |
| 6 February 2024 | Sunshine Act Meetings MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Highway Investigative Report--Collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 28, 2022. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Transportation Safety Board Byline: Candi R. Bing |
| Wednesday, 7 February 2024 | ||
| 7 February 2024 | Brimhall Man Pleads Guilty to Murder Gilbert John Jr. lit the car on fire and left it burning with John Doe’s body inside of it. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 7 February 2024 | Columbia, KC Residents Indicted for Armed Robbery Spree The indictment alleges that Smith, Cason, and Collins committed five armed robberies: Petromart in Columbia, Breaktime in Boonville, Casey's in Oak Grove, Casey's in Joplin, and Lamarti's Truck Stop in Lamar. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri Dateline: Kansas City, Missouri |
| 7 February 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge Improvements (I-10/I-210 West End to I-10/I-210 East End), Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana The project will replace the 72 year-old Calcasieu River Bridge and improve I-10 between the I-10/I-210 west and I-10/I-210 east interchanges in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Melinda Roberson Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 7 February 2024 | Pojoaque Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Involuntary Manslaughter While driving, Kyle Joseph Harney-Chee became distracted by his phone and looked away from the road. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico Topic: United States Numbered Highways |
| 7 February 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 12 individuals from the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers have “no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a CMV.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 7 February 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 11 individuals from the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers have “no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a CMV.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 7 February 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 11 individuals for an exemption from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 7 February 2024 | Sunshine Act Meetings The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Dispute Resolution Subcommittee will conduct a meeting to continue its work in developing and implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Unified Carrier Registration Plan Byline: Alex B. Leath |
| Thursday, 8 February 2024 | ||
| 8 February 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Renewal of Currently Approved Information Collection The Fiscal Management Information System, which generates the project agreement, contains a PREFIX Field, which is established at the onset of a project on the state's allocation. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 8 February 2024 | Final Environmental Impact Statement for the O'Brien Road Access Modernization, Fort Meade, Maryland The DoD proposes to implement the ORAM project, which would entail renovation and upgrade of inspection facilities, upgrade of access facilities, and corresponding roadway improvements for Mapes, O'Brien, Perimeter, and Venona Roads on Fort Meade. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: Defense Byline: Aaron T. Siegel |
| 8 February 2024 | FY 2024 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Low or No Emission Grant Program and the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program The Federal Transit Administration announces the opportunity to apply for approximately $1.10 billion in competitive grants under the fiscal year 2024 Low or No Emission Grant Program and approximately $390 million in competitive grants under the FY 2024 Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program, subject to availability of appropriated funding. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Veronica Vanterpool |
| 8 February 2024 | Readout of White House Roundtable on Clean Bus Manufacturing The White House and the Federal Transit Administration, in coordination with the American Public Transportation Association, convened a roundtable discussion focused on ensuring adequate U.S. manufacturing capacity to build clean transit buses at the scale and pace needed to meet market demand and achieve national climate and equity goals. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House Topic: Federal Transit Administration |
| 8 February 2024 | Request for Information Concerning the Study of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the Commercial Motor Vehicle Industry FMCSA seeks information on how best to design and conduct a study to identify, categorize, and assess context and trends of SASH in the CMV industry. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless |
| 8 February 2024 | San Francisco Man Sentenced to Five Years for Transporting Drugs Jose Alfredo Ek-Poot, along with Esteban Dejesus Huerta Rocha and Ricardo Jiminez-Noveno, were traveling east on Interstate 80 near Grand Island when they were stopped by a trooper with the Nebraska State Patrol for driving at 87 mph in a 75-mph zone. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska Byline: Matthew R. Molsen Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 8 February 2024 | Truck and Bus Tires From Thailand: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation On November 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated a less-than-fair-value investigation of imports of truck and bus tires from Thailand. Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than March 25, 2024. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Abdelali Elouaradia |
| 8 February 2024 | Trucking company owner pleads guilty to wire fraud related to illegally consolidating loads, overbilling They altered the seal serial numbers and paperwork, among other tactics to hide the scheme from shippers and receivers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio Dateline: Columbus, Ohio Topic: Gurtej Singh |
| Friday, 9 February 2024 | ||
| 9 February 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection This collection is necessary to meet legislative requirements of 23 U.S.C. 144 and 23 CFR part 650, subpart E--National Tunnel Inspection Standards. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 9 February 2024 | Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Georgia's June 8, 2022, SIP revision removes obsolete references and provisions; updates the State's inspection and maintenance requirements; updates terminology, in part to reflect advances in test and vehicle technology; and makes other minor changes. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Jeaneanne Gettle |
| 9 February 2024 | District Man Indicted on Three Counts of Armed Carjacking and Other Charges Dallas McKinney carjacked an Uber driver at gunpoint in the Eastern Market neighborhood, threatening both the Uber driver and his passenger. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. Topic: Uber |
| 9 February 2024 | Granada Hills Man Sentenced to 17½ Years in Federal Prison for COVID Jobless Benefits Scam and for Stealing Title to Dozens of Cars Eduard Gasparyan and his co-conspirators also used stolen identities to rent vehicles and then caused the DMV to remove the true owners – rental car companies – from the registration for those vehicles by using forged documents. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Byline: Ciaran McEvoy Dateline: Los Angeles, California |
| 9 February 2024 | Omaha Nation Man Sentenced for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon The minivan, driven by an unknown person, sped away with the two still struggling. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska Byline: Lecia Wright |
| 9 February 2024 | Phoenix Driver Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy to Transport Five Border Crossers Dinero Devon Washington and his co-conspirator, Alina Pablo, approached the fixed Border Patrol checkpoint in Ajo in a Ford F-150. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 9 February 2024 | Russian mobster extradited from Ukraine and sentenced in $9+ million fraud scheme involving exotic car leasing business catering to drug traffickers and others “Chulpayev then used the fruits of his fraud – a fleet of exotic cars – to enable drug traffickers to operate, evade detection, and launder their illicit proceeds,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia Dateline: Atlanta, Georgia |
| 9 February 2024 | Tampa Man Indicted For Gas Station Robbery According to court documents, Brandale Swails arrived at a Tampa gas station on a bicycle, entered the business, pointed a gun at the clerk, and demanded money. | Press Release (text & photos) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| Monday, 12 February 2024 | ||
| 12 February 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for the Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection US Department of Transportation is directed to complete a survey and comparative assessment of truck parking facilities in each State as required by section 1401(c) of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 12 February 2024 | Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Project--METRORapid University Corridor Project, Houston, Harris County, Texas The purpose of this notice is to publicly announce FTA's environmental decisions on the subject project, and to activate the limitation on any claims that may challenge these final environmental actions. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Megan Blum |
| 12 February 2024 | One Sentenced, One Pleads Guilty in 2 Separate Cases Involving Debit and Credit Card Skimming Schemes Artak Vardanyan used credit and debit card skimmers at gas stations to steal nearly $200,000 in Fresno and southern California. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Fresno, California |
| 12 February 2024 | Queens Men Sentenced To Prison For Conspiring To Hack The Taxi Dispatch System At JFK Airport Taxi drivers were frequently required to wait several hours in the lot before being dispatched to a terminal and were dispatched in approximately the order in which they arrived at the holding lot. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York |
| 12 February 2024 | Sunshine Act Meetings The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Education and Training Subcommittee will continue its work in developing and implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Unified Carrier Registration Plan Byline: Alex B. Leath |
| 12 February 2024 | Sunshine Act Meetings The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Finance Subcommittee will continue its work in developing and implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Unified Carrier Registration Plan Byline: Alex B. Leath |
| Tuesday, 13 February 2024 | ||
| 13 February 2024 | Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Voluntary Manslaughter During a forensic interview, Jane Doe’s daughter disclosed that she saw Silvester Castillo hit Jane Doe with a shovel, remove her clothes, and then run over her face with a car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 13 February 2024 | Chelsea Sunn Sentenced for Defrauding Former Employer According to the information, beginning no later than December 2018 and continuing at least until March 2020, Chelsea Roy defrauded Blakeman’s Towing and Recovery by falsely inflating the hours she reportedly worked. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Vermont Dateline: Burlington, Vermont Topics: Chelsea Roy, Blakeman’s Towing and Recovery |
| 13 February 2024 | Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Possessing a Glock That Was Discovered After He Crashed a Stolen Car Defendant led police on high-speed chase. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 13 February 2024 | National Performance Management Measures; Extenuating Circumstances, Highway Performance Monitoring System Data Field Names, Safety Performance Measure, Pavement Condition Measure, and Freight Performance Measure The FHWA recognizes that others interested in commenting may have similar concerns and agrees that the comment period should be extended by 15 days for these organizations and others to submit comprehensive comments. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| 13 February 2024 | Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Toyota Motor North America, Inc. This document grants in full the Toyota Motor North America's petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its Subaru Solterra vehicle line beginning in model year 2025. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Raymond R. Posten Topic: Subaru Solterra |
| 13 February 2024 | Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. This document grants in full the Volkswagen Group of America's petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its ID.7 vehicle line beginning in model year 2025. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Raymond R. Posten Topic: Volkswagen ID.7 |
| 13 February 2024 | Truck and Bus Tires From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Rescission of Review in Part, 2022 The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and exporters of truck and bus tires from the People's Republic of China, during the period of review. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Ryan Majerus |
| Wednesday, 14 February 2024 | ||
| 14 February 2024 | Federal Law Enforcement Seizes $70k Vehicle to be Applied to Former CEO's $74 Million Restitution Order According to court documents, the U.S. Attorney’s Office obtained information that Jon Harder had purchased a 2023 Ford F-150 truck for a cash sale price of approximately $70,000 using funds provided by a non-familial person. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Oregon Dateline: Portland, Oregon Topic: Ford F-150 |
| 14 February 2024 | Four Individuals Charged in Stolen Vehicles Conspiracy In at least one instance, the defendants sold a stolen car to an individual purchaser and then stole it back so they could sell it again. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey Dateline: Newark, New Jersey |
| 14 February 2024 | Jefferson County Carjacker Sentenced to 17 ½ Years in Prison The victim nearly died due to the carjacking and has been left with permanent injuries, including brain damage, but is now recovering. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 14 February 2024 | “Logistics coordinator” sent to prison for drug trafficking In that role, Brenda Banessa Leal coordinated drivers, dealers and cover loads on this side of the border. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Brownsville, Texas |
| 14 February 2024 | Out of state man imprisoned for organizing meth shipment via local POE Co-conspirators Jasmine Dorsey, 28, and Iyana Carter, 25, both of Newnan, Georgia, attempted to enter the United States with 35 baggies of meth totaling 17 kilograms concealed in the fuel tank of their vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: McAllen, Texas |
| 14 February 2024 | Salt Lake City Man Accused of Carjacking a U.S. Postal Service Truck and Causing Multiple Car Accidents is Arrested and Charged According to the complaint, the U.S. Postal Inspectors and postal employees tracked the stolen mail truck using GPS technology. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah Byline: Felicia Martinez Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 14 February 2024 | St. Louis Man Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison for Carjackings, Jail Escape and Fatal Shooting of De Smet High School Football Coach On October 16, 2017, Kurt Wallace fatally shot Jaz Granderson, a football coach at De Smet Jesuit High School, while stealing his Jeep Grand Cherokee in St. Louis. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 14 February 2024 | Submission of Post-Hearing Comments: Operation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement With Respect to Trade in Automotive Goods In a notice published on November 22, 2023, USTR requested public comments for the biennial review of the USMCA with respect to trade in automotive goods, and announced a virtual public hearing that was held on February 7, 2024. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative Byline: Juan Millan |
| 14 February 2024 | Three Men Sentenced to Prison for Violent Carjacking Conspiracy that Targeted Uber and Lyft Drivers “The defendants targeted innocent people who were simply doing their jobs,” said U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: St. Paul, Minnesota Topic: Uber, Lyft |
| 14 February 2024 | Transporting $800,000 of liquid meth sends trafficker to prison for over two decades Manuel Ignacio Ley Villa approached the Hidalgo port of entry driving a maroon Chrysler Pacifica. Law enforcement noticed he appeared nervous and referred him to secondary inspection. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: McAllen, Texas |
| 14 February 2024 | Tulsa Man Sentenced for Intentionally Ramming into 3 Police Cars According to court documents, witnesses observed Roberts trying to run people off the road with his vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Oklahoma |
| Thursday, 15 February 2024 | ||
| 15 February 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection This collection is necessary to meet legislative requirements of title 23 United States Code section 144, and the Code of Federal Regulations, title 23 Highways, part 650, subpart C--National Bridge Inspection Standards. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 15 February 2024 | Fayette County Auto Dealer Sentenced to Prison for COVID-19 Relief Fraud Along with his co-conspirator Terrence Newmeyer, Joshua DeWitt filed a series of fraudulent applications for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and Paycheck Protection Program COVID-19 relief loans, including on behalf of customers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Topics: RC Auto Sales, Joshua DeWitt Special Collection: COVID-19 |
| 15 February 2024 | Hours of Service of Drivers: Application for Exemption; Motion Picture Association FMCSA announces its final decision to grant the exemption from the electronic logging device requirements requested by the Motion Picture Association for all commercial motor vehicle drivers providing transportation to or from a theatrical or television motion picture production site. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless |
| 15 February 2024 | Indictment Charging Theft of a Vehicle in Yosemite National Park According to court documents, on Dec. 26, 2022, Christian Claustro stole a Yosemite National Park employee’s vehicle who had pulled over on the side of the road to remove a bike from the roadway. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Fresno, California |
| 15 February 2024 | Three Accused of Nearly $350,000 Auto Loan Fraud In all cases, Willie Roy Carter claimed the car was being sold by City Limits Auto Sales, a business name registered in Missouri in 2016 by Charles Davis, the indictment says. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 15 February 2024 | Utah Woman Accused of Assaulting Multiple Federal Officers is Indicted As alleged in court documents, Melissa Lynn Trotter placed the vehicle in reverse and forcibly tried to back out of the parking space. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah Byline: Felicia Martinez Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Friday, 16 February 2024 | ||
| 16 February 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request: Impact of Driver Detention Time on Safety and Operations “Detention time” refers to the extra time CMV operators wait at shipping and receiving facilities due to delays not associated with the loading and unloading of cargo. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 16 February 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery Executive Order 12862, “Setting Customer Service Standards,” directs Federal agencies to provide service to the public that matches or exceeds the best service available in the private sector. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 16 February 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved Information Collection: Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers Title 49 U.S.C. 13902(c) contains basic licensing procedures for registering foreign (Mexico-based) motor carriers to operate across the U.S.-Mexico international border into the United States. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 16 February 2024 | Federal Jury Convicts Man in Armed Robbery of Westminster Gas Station According to court documents and facts presented at trial, Dimas Alexander Minguia-Herrera committed the robbery of cash and other items just before he discharged a firearm at a Conoco gas station in Westminster, Colorado. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Colorado Dateline: Denver, Colorado Topic: Conoco |
| 16 February 2024 | Jury Finds Maryland Man Guilty of Armed Carjacking of Delivery Driver According to the government’s evidence, Hahqwon Beale and a female co-conspirator called a Pizza Boli’s restaurant to order food to be delivered to the 400 block of Farragut Street in Northwest DC. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 16 February 2024 | Lincoln Woman Pleads Guilty to High-Speed Flight from Immigration Checkpoint in Sherman Shania England took off when asked to pull over for a secondary inspection. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine Byline: Alisa Ross Dateline: Bangor, Maine |
| 16 February 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California The actions relate to a proposed highway project on State Route 65, State Route 198 and State Route 245 from post miles 29.0-R30.4, R19.5-20.0 and 0.0-0.2 in Tulare County, State of California. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Antonio Johnson |
| 16 February 2024 | Request for Information: Drivers' Leasing Agreements for Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs) FMCSA requests information from the public, including commercial motor vehicle drivers, to assist the Agency's Truck Leasing Task Force in reviewing such leases to identify terms and conditions that may be unfair to drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless |
| Monday, 19 February 2024 | ||
| 19 February 2024 | Anchorage business owner charged with wire fraud related to applications for Covid-19 recovery funds Court documents allege Pennebaker made false statements regarding his criminal history on the applications for the EIDL loans, which were sent through interstate communications. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Alaska Byline: Reagan Zimmerman Dateline: Anchorage, Alaska Topics: Cornerstone Auto Sales, Lloyd Pennebaker Special Collection: COVID-19 |
| 19 February 2024 | Pine Ridge Man Sentenced to 45 Years in Federal Prison In August of 2019, JT Myore and a co-defendant brandished firearms in order to carjack a Ford Freestyle from another male in Pine Ridge. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Radid City, South Dakota |
| Tuesday, 20 February 2024 | ||
| 20 February 2024 | Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Standards; Incorporation by Reference of a New State Procedures Manual (SPM) FMCSA proposes to amend the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to incorporate by reference the most recent edition of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, Commercial Driver's License Information System State Procedures Manual. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless |
| 20 February 2024 | Commercial Driver's License: State of Hawaii; Application for Exemption FMCSA announces its decision to grant an exemption to the State of Hawaii allowing the State to waive specific portions of the commercial driver's license skills test for CDL applicants who take the skills test on the islands of Lanai and Molokai and issue these drivers a restricted CDL. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless |
| 20 February 2024 | Exemptions From Average Fuel Economy Standards; Passenger Automobile Average Fuel Economy Standards The low volume manufacturers and MYs are as follows: Aston Martin Lagonda Limited for MYs 2008-2023, Ferrari N.V. for MYs 2016-2018 and 2020, Koenigsegg Automotive AB for MYs 2015 and 2018-2023, McLaren Automotive for MYs 2012-2023, Mobility Ventures LLC for MYs 2014-2016, Pagani Automobili S.p.A for MYs 2014 and 2016-2023, and Spyker Automobielen B.V. for MYs 2008-2010. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| 20 February 2024 | Glendale Man Sentenced for Using Credit and Debit Card Skimmers at Gas Stations to Steal Nearly $200,000 in Fresno and Southern California Akop Dongelyan of Glendale was sentenced today to 364 days in prison for conspiring to commit credit and debit card fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Fresno, California > |
| 20 February 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on Proposed Interchange in Georgia, Interstate 285 (I-285) at Interstate 20 (I-20) Reconstruction Project, Cobb, Douglas, and Fulton Counties, Georgia This final agency action relates to a proposed interchange reconstruction and widening project, the I-285 at I-20 Interchange Reconstruction Project. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Sabrina S. David Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 20 February 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for three individuals from the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers have “no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a CMV.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 20 February 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 11 individuals for an exemption from the prohibition in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations against persons with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition that is likely to cause a loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a commercial motor vehicle to drive in interstate commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| Wednesday, 21 February 2024 | ||
| 21 February 2024 | California Man Sentenced to More than 11 Years in Prison on Drug Trafficking Charges The drugs were hidden in a sophisticated trap car, wrapped in 20 individual packages, each containing approximately one-pound quantities of crystal methamphetamine. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Richland, Washington |
| 21 February 2024 | Cary Businessman Pleads Guilty to Evading More than $1 Million in Taxes The investigation revealed that BIA operated a high-volume, cash-intensive business that, among other things, registered and titled vehicles on behalf of undocumented aliens through the use of assumed business name certificates filed with the register of deeds. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: New Bern, North Carolina |
| 21 February 2024 | Charlotte Man Is Sentenced And Fined For Violating The Clean Air Act The defendant fraudulently coded 3,779 vehicles to avoid emissions inspections. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 21 February 2024 | District Teen Pleads Guilty to Carjacking Defendant led police on a high speed that ended in a crash. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 21 February 2024 | Highway Safety Improvement Program Specifically, FHWA proposes to amend the regulatory language to incorporate the Safe System Approach, clarify the scope of the HSIP to focus on the safety of all road users on the entire public road network, improve evaluation practices, streamline reporting efforts, and ensure States are collecting Model Inventory of Roadway Elements fundamental data elements. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| 21 February 2024 | New Orleans Man and Woman Indicted for Fraudulent Vehicle Purchase Scheme According to the indictment, in 2022, Kenneth Richmond and Kendra Walker conspired to use fake or stolen personal identifying information to make fraudulent vehicle purchases from a local car dealership. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 21 February 2024 | New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Cars Stolen from Norfolk Southern Railyard and Federal Gun and Drug Offenses According to court documents, a 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor Crew Cab 4X4 and a 2023 Lincoln Aviator were stolen from the Norfolk Southern Automotive Distribution Facility. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 21 February 2024 | Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Government’s Online Auctions, Purchasing Vehicles and Jewelry for $1 In total, Evan James Coker bid on and won 19 auction items and fraudulently paid just $1 for each item. As a result of his scheme, Coker obtained three vehicles, including a 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid, for which he bid $8,327; a Ford F550 pickup truck, for which he bid $9,000; and a Chevrolet C4500 Box Truck, for which he bid $22,700. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 21 February 2024 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Exemption Renewal for Automobile Carriers Conference and Auto Haulers Association of America FMCSA announces its decision to provisionally renew an exemption requested jointly by the Automobile Carriers Conference of the American Trucking Associations and the Auto Haulers Association of America to relieve motor carriers operating stinger-steered automobile transporter equipment from the requirement to place warning flags on projecting loads of new and used motor vehicles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless |
| 21 February 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 10 individuals from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 21 February 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 16 individuals from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| Thursday, 22 February 2024 | ||
| 22 February 2024 | Carjacker of Pizza Delivery Driver in St. Louis Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison A juvenile pointed a gun at the delivery driver and Jacoby Watts drove the carjacked 2019 Dodge Charger away. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 22 February 2024 | Combating Auto Retail Scams Trade Regulation Rule The CARS Rule was to become effective on July 30, 2024. Because of a pending legal challenge, this document announces that the effective date of the Final Rule is delayed until further notice. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Trade Commission Byline: April J. Tabor |
| 22 February 2024 | Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213 Test Procedure (TP-213-11) TPs are not rules, regulations, or agency interpretations regarding the meaning of a Federal motor vehicle safety standard. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards |
| 22 February 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on the NYS Route 33 Kensington Expressway Project, City of Buffalo, Erie County, New York A claim seeking judicial review of the Federal agency actions on the highway project will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before July 22, 2024. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Richard J. Marquis |
| 22 February 2024 | Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act In this action the United States is seeking reimbursement of response costs and future costs incurred from Defendants Arconic Corporation, Navistar, Inc., and Ford Motor Company for alleged violations of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: Justice Byline: Patricia McKenna Topics: Arconic, Ford Motor Company, Navistar |
| 22 February 2024 | Spangle, Washington Man Indicted by Grand Jury for Multi-Million Dollar Car Import Fraud Scheme The Indictment alleges that in order to qualify the imported vehicles as collateral for millions of dollars in advance loans from NextGear, Christopher Lee Terry Sr. and his company used fraudulent documents purporting to show that the imported vehicles were owned, or were in the process of being purchased, by Allwest, when in fact they were not. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Spokane, Washington Topics: Christopher Lee Terry Sr., Allwest Auto Remarketing |
| 22 February 2024 | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Automotive Rules of Origin: Economic Impact and Operation, 2025 Report; Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; The USMCA Automotive Rules of Origin Motor Vehicle Producer Questionnaire The information requested by the questionnaire is for use by the Commission in connection with Investigation No. 332-600, USMCA Automotive Rules of Origin: Economic Impact and Operation, 2025 Report, instituted under section 202A(g)(2) of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Lisa Barton |
| Friday, 23 February 2024 | ||
| 23 February 2024 | Armed Carjacking Added to a 55-Count Superseding Indictment Charging Members of the Violent KDY Drug Crew According to the original indictment, KDY members operated open-air drug markets in the 100-1200 blocks of Kennedy Street in Northwest, as well as surrounding streets. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 23 February 2024 | Chicago Man Convicted on Federal Carjacking and Firearm Charges Kiar Evans then approached the driver-side window of a Nissan Altima, pointed a firearm at the driver and demanded that the driver exit the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois Dateline: Chicago, Illinois |
| 23 February 2024 | Final Corporate Defendant Sentenced In Major Clean Air Act Case Diesel Freak designs and builds electronic monitoring and modification kits that adjust engine power and fuel efficiency through Wi-Fi connections with trucks on the road. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Michigan Dateline: Grand Rapids, Michigan Topic: Diesel Freak |
| 23 February 2024 | Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 127; Authorization of Production Activity; Trucast LLC; (Turbine Wheels); Newberry, South Carolina On October 20, 2023, Trucast LLC submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility within Subzone 127G, in Newberry, South Carolina. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board Byline: Elizabeth Whiteman Topic: Trucast |
| 23 February 2024 | Indianapolis Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Two Armed Carjackings Deandre Govan forced the victim to give him the keys to his car and fled the scene in the stolen car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana Dateline: Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Monday, 26 February 2024 | ||
| 26 February 2024 | Arizona Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Transporting Methamphetamine Stopped by Floyd County Sheriff Deputies for driving 33 miles per hour over speed limit. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Iowa |
| 26 February 2024 | Exemption From Operating Authority Regulations for Providers of Recreational Activities The exemption applies to motor carriers operating a motor vehicle designed or used to transport between 9 and 15 passengers (including the driver), whether operated alone or with a trailer attached to the transport vehicle, if the motor vehicle is operated by a person that provides recreational activities within a 150 air-mile radius of the location at which passengers initially boarded the motor vehicle at the beginning of the trip. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless |
| 26 February 2024 | Memphis Man Sentenced to Nearly 23 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Carjacking According to United States Attorney Ritz and information presented in court, Martavious Marr approached a man at a gas station on N. Bellevue Blvd, pointed a gun at him, and demanded the keys to his 2009 Pontiac G6. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Tennessee Dateline: Memphis, Tennessee |
| 26 February 2024 | Motorcycle Gang Member Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Six Firearms United States District Judge Anne M. Nardacci also imposed a 3-year-term of supervised release, which includes a special condition of supervision barring McDermott from any association with members, associates and/or prospects of the Suicide Squad motorcycle gang. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York Dateline: Albany, New York Topic: Suicide Squad |
| 26 February 2024 | New Orleans Woman Guilty of Staged Automobile Accident Conspiracy Shirley Harris and Antoine Clark made false police reports, filed fraudulent lawsuits, lied during deposition testimony, and sought unnecessary medical treatment to further their fraudulent claims. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 26 February 2024 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Exemption Renewal for Automobile Carriers Conference and Auto Haulers Association of America; Correction The provisional exemption renewal contained an error in the Summary section regarding the term of the provisional exemption. The Agency corrects this error. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 26 February 2024 | Sunshine Act Meetings The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors will continue its work in developing and implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Unified Carrier Registration Plan Byline: Alex B. Leath |
| Tuesday, 27 February 2024 | ||
| 27 February 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58, continues the ability of States to transfer highway funds to other States and agencies and among programs/projects. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 27 February 2024 | Armed Carjacker who Shot at Victim Sentenced to Eleven Years in Federal Prison According to court documents, Anthony Porter had been loitering by the entrance of a local convenience store located at 9852 East 21st Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, when he followed a male customer to his car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana Dateline: Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 27 February 2024 | Bandidos Motorcycle Club Member Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearms Offense According to publicly available court records, the FBI and New Mexico State Police executed a federal search warrant targeting the Bandidos Motorcycle Club at a residence in Alamogordo. | Press Release (text &  photos)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico Topic: Bandidos Motorcycle Club |
| 27 February 2024 | Bristol Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Vehicle Theft Scheme Once the loan was approved by the dealership using the identity theft victim’s information, Ryan Testa’s co-conspirator would send a series of runners, including Testa, to pick up the vehicle utilizing a fictitious driver’s license that included the identity theft victim’s information and a photograph of the runner. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 27 February 2024 | Four Individuals Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging and Price Fixing in Ongoing Investigation of Oklahoma Transportation Construction Contractors Four erosion control company owners or managers pleaded guilty to rigging bids and fixing prices as part of a conspiracy targeting a total of over $100 million in publicly funded transportation construction contracts across Oklahoma. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Oklahoma Dateline: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 27 February 2024 | Massachusetts Drug Courier Sentenced for Transporting Cocaine Troopers searched the vehicle and located approximately 100 bricks of cocaine with each brick weighing approximately one kilogram. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska Byline: Lecia Wright |
| 27 February 2024 | South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking Louisiana State Police and the New Orleans Police Department tracked and located the vehicle, but it refused to stop. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 27 February 2024 | Sunshine Act Meetings The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Dispute Resolution Subcommittee will conduct a meeting to continue its work in developing and implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Unified Carrier Registration Plan Byline: Alex B. Leath |
| 27 February 2024 | Trucker convicted for trafficking several aliens into South Texas During a search, a K-9 alerted to the sleeper area where authorities subsequently discovered seven illegal aliens concealed within the bed compartment of the tractor, in a toolbox under the bed and inside a closet. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas Topic: Andrew Rafael Martinez-Peralta |
| Wednesday, 28 February 2024 | ||
| 28 February 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activity: Applications for Motor Vehicle Adaptive Equipment and HISA Services Title 38 U.S.C. 3901, 3902, 3903, 3904, and 1162 authorize the Secretary to provide each person eligible for a motor vehicle grant the adaptive equipment deemed necessary to ensure that the person will be able to operate the vehicle safely, in a manner consistent with the safety of others and to satisfy the applicable standards of licensure established by the state of residency. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Veterans Health Administration Byline: Maribel Aponte |
| 28 February 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 13 individuals from the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers have “no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a CMV.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 28 February 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) FMCSA announces receipt of applications from two individuals for an exemption from the prohibition in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations against operation of a commercial motor vehicle by persons with a current clinical diagnosis of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, coronary insufficiency, thrombosis, or any other cardiovascular disease of a variety known to be accompanied by syncope, dyspnea, collapse, or congestive heart failure. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 28 February 2024 | Speedway Agrees to Improve Processes to Ensure Refueling Assistance for Customers with Disabilities “Speedway/7-Eleven has worked cooperatively to address this issue and promptly institute company-wide changes to ensure it is providing refueling assistance to individuals with disabilities as required by the ADA,” said U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota Topic: Speedway |
| Thursday, 29 February 2024 | ||
| 29 February 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection Request: Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of Property The information collected will be used to help ensure that motor carriers of passengers and property maintain the statutorily mandated levels of financial responsibility to operate on public highways. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 29 February 2024 | Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter and Driving Under the Influence, Related to a Fatal Crash on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway As detailed in the plea agreement, the male driver was pronounced dead at the scene and the female passenger was transported to the hospital. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland Dateline: Greenbelt, Maryland |
| 29 February 2024 | FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Address Risks of Autos from China and Other Countries of Concern Today, President Biden is taking unprecedented action to protect Americans from the national security risks posed by connected vehicles from countries of concern, including the People’s Republic of China. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House |
| 29 February 2024 | New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty for Theft from Interstate Shipmen According to court documents, Malik Mack and three other suspects entered the Norfolk Southern Railyard, a freight consolidation facility that houses interstate shipments, to steal Ford F-150 Rapture Crew Cab trucks. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Ford F-150 |
| 29 February 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California The actions relate to a proposed highway project, State Route 49 and State Route 4, from post miles: 4-8.4-9.1, R20.8-21.4 within the City of Angels Camp in the County Calaveras County, State of California. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Antonio Johnson |
| 29 February 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California The actions relate to a proposed highway project, the State Route 46 Corridor Improvement Project Antelope Grade Section, approximately 10 miles northeast of the community of Shandon in the County of San Luis Obispo and 32 miles northwest of the census-designated town of Lost Hills in the County of Kern, State of California. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Antonio Johnson |
| 29 February 2024 | Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Cape Cod Bridges Program in Barnstable County, Massachusetts An Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act to study the potential environmental and related social and economic effects of proposed transportation improvements through the Cape Cod Bridges Program in the town of Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Joi B. Singh |
| 29 February 2024 | Okmulgee Resident Sentenced For Attempted Robbery According to investigators, Raithiele Robinson attempted to rob the victim of valuables by force as the victim sat in a vehicle at the intersection of Kern and Kiowa in Okmulgee. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 29 February 2024 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Application for an Exemption From Convoy Technologies, Inc. FMCSA requests public comment on an application for exemption submitted by Convoy Technologies to allow motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles equipped with Convoy's Electronic Rear View System installed as an alternative to the two rear-vision mirrors required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor Topic: Convoy Technologies |
| 29 February 2024 | Statement from President Biden on Addressing National Security Risks to the U.S. Auto Industry A dynamic auto industry is vital to the U.S. economy. China is determined to dominate the future of the auto market, including by using unfair practices. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House Byline: President Joe Biden |
| March | Title | Details |
| Friday, 1 March 2024 | ||
| 1 March 2024 | Buffalo man arrested, accused of attacking two VA police officers Steven Iverson became verbally resistant to officer commands and rolled up his window and locked himself inside the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York Byline: Barbara Burns Dateline: Buffalo, New York |
| 1 March 2024 | Hours of Service; Arbert Ibraimi; Application for Exemption The applicant requests to use paper logs instead of an ELD for 12 months and asserts that because he is a new business operating as an owner-operator he cannot afford an ELD. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor Topic: Arbert Ibraimi |
| 1 March 2024 | Iowa Man Sentenced for Firearm Smuggling According to court documents, Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Presidio Port of Entry referred a Ford 450 travelling towards Mexico, to secondary inspection. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Pecos, Texas |
| 1 March 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for nine individuals from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 1 March 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 16 individuals for an exemption from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 1 March 2024 | Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Connected Vehicles Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Secretary under E.O. 13873, BIS is considering proposing rules that would prohibit certain ICTS transactions or classes of ICTS transactions by or with persons who design, develop, manufacture, or supply ICTS integral to CVs and are owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign governments or foreign non-government persons identified at 15 CFR 7.4. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security Byline: Elizabeth L.D. Cannon |
| Monday, 2 March 2024 | ||
| 2 March 2024 | Former School Bus Driver Accused of Igniting a Bus Full of Children is Indicted and Detained As alleged in court documents, Michael Austin Ford used an ignition device to start a fire on the bus and was captured on video continuing to drive the bus, despite smoke billowing past his face towards the back of the bus where children were seated. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah Byline: Felicia Martinez Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah Topic: Michael Austin Ford |
| Tuesday, 5 March 2024 | ||
| 5 March 2024 | District Man Convicted of Offenses Arising from Violent Armed Carjacking and Shooting According to the government’s evidence Tavon Owens approached the victim, who was sitting in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Newton Street NW. Owens flung the car door open, pointed his firearm at the victim, and ordered her out of the car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 5 March 2024 | District Man Receives Youth Rehabilitation Act Sentence for Carjacking at Gas Station Adam West further acknowledged that he approached the victim, who was seated in his car, and demanded that he get out of his car while patting his waistband, to suggest that he was armed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 5 March 2024 | Fayette County Auto Salesman Sentenced for Role in COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme Along with his co-conspirator and RC Auto owner Joshua DeWitt, Terrence Newmeyer Jr. filed a series of fraudulent applications for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and Paycheck Protection Program COVID-19 relief loans. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Topics: Terrence Newmeyer Jr., RC Auto Sales Special Collection: COVID-19 |
| 5 March 2024 | FHWA Adoption of Cyber Security Evaluation Tool Following coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FHWA announces its proposal to adopt the Cyber Security Evaluation Tool as a voluntary tool transportation authorities can use to assist in identifying, detecting, protecting against, responding to, and recovering from cyber incidents. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| 5 March 2024 | Former Kentucky Sheriff’s Deputy Found Guilty of Federal Civil Rights Charges Following Multiple Assaults and Obstruction When the driver requested to speak with the defendant’s supervisor, Sheriff’s Deputy Tanner Abbott punched him in the face, pulled him out of the car and struck him several more times as he lay on the ground, not resisting arrest or posing any threat. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice |
| 5 March 2024 | Nine buckets of narcotics: trafficker admits to importing $340,000 of liquid meth in fuel tank While inspecting the vehicle, authorities noticed Allan Alberto Moreno Trevino pacing and appearing nervous, eventually asking them if something had been found. Authorities eventually discovered the fuel tank was filled with liquid meth mixed with gasoline. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Laredo, Texas |
| 5 March 2024 | Waterbury Gang Member Admits Role in 2018 Drive-By Shooting that Killed Innocent Bystander, Paralyzed Second D’Andre Burrus was in one of two cars 960 members used when the victims were shot. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| Wednesday, 6 March 2024 | ||
| 6 March 2024 | Aberdeen Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Felony Death by Motor Vehicle in DWI Crash on Fort Liberty The investigation revealed that Brewer was driving 89 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour zone as he drove left of the center line and struck the front of the victim’s vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 6 March 2024 | Arizona Woman Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Involuntary Manslaughter According to publicly available court documents, Leticia Ashley consumed a half-pint of Fireball liquor before she got into the driver’s seat of her truck with her four young children as passengers and started to drive. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 6 March 2024 | Columbia Man, Woman Sentenced in $1.1 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme Lawrence Courtney Lawhorn recruited friends, acquittances, family, and friends of friends to participate in the staged accidents. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri Dateline: Jefferson City, Missouri |
| 6 March 2024 | Driver Who Crashed During a Police Chase Gets 12 Year Prison Sentence Shaquille Taylor had initially complied with the stop and started to get out of his car, but then got back in the car and drove off at a high rate of speed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 6 March 2024 | Electric Vehicle Working Group The Electric Vehicle Working Group was formed by the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to make recommendations to the Secretaries of Energy and Transportation regarding the development, adoption, and integration of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty electric vehicles into the U.S. transportation and energy systems. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: Energy Byline: Treena V. Garrett |
| 6 March 2024 | Former Boyle County Sheriff’s Deputy Found Guilty of Federal Civil Rights Charges following Multiple Assaults and Obstruction When the driver requested to speak with the defendant’s supervisor, Sheriff’s Deputy Tanner Abbott punched him in the face, pulled him out of the car and struck him several more times as he lay on the ground, not resisting arrest or posing any threat. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky Byline: Gabrielle Dudgeon Dateline: Lexington, Kentucky |
| 6 March 2024 | Request for Information on the J3400 Connector and Potential Options for Performance-Based Charging Standards Subsequent to the publication of this final rule, the Society of Automotive Engineers published a Technical Information Report for a new connector standard, known as J3400, which multiple automakers have announced an intention to adopt in the coming years. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt Topic: SAE International |
| 6 March 2024 | Traffic Stop in Calcasieu Parish Leads to Discovery of Cocaine in Vehicle The charges stem from a traffic stop conducted on Interstate 10 in Calcasieu Parish on September 8, 2022, by Louisiana State Police troopers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana Dateline: Lake Charles, Louisiana Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 6 March 2024 | Validated Gang Member and Six-Time Wilmington Felon Receives Over 17 Years for Carjacking and Firearm Offense A responding officer saw the victim’s vehicle drive off at a high rate of speed and he activated his lights and sirens to initiate a traffic stop. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Wilmington, North Carolina |
| 6 March 2024 | Woodbridge man sentenced for federal drug trafficking and firearm crimes after vehicle pursuit from a shooting While searching the vehicle from which Kamara had fled, police found two additional firearms, including one that was modified with a “Glock-switch” as a machinegun conversion device. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia Dateline: Alexandria, Virginia |
| Thursday, 7 March 2024 | ||
| 7 March 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Revision of Currently Approved Information Collection The Federal Highway Administration is committed to advancing the transportation planning process working with States, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Tribal governments, and transit operators as they make long- and short-range transportation improvement priorities in coordination with the traveling public, the business community, community groups, environmental organizations, and freight operators. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 7 March 2024 | Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Counterfeit Airbags from China Additionally, Mohammed Al-Abadi shipped at least one counterfeit airbag by airplane without proper hazardous material classifications, labeling, or packaging in violation of the Department of Transportation’s hazardous material regulations. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Tennessee Byline: Tiffany Thomas-Turner Dateline: Memphis, Tennessee |
| 7 March 2024 | Union County Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Role in Interstate Car Theft Ring Since as early as July 2019, the defendants and others stole and conspired to steal at least 10 luxury cars from towns in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, and hid those cars at a location in Irvington, New Jersey. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey Dateline: Newark, New Jersey |
| Friday, 8 March 2024 | ||
| 8 March 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request: Safety Impacts of Human-Automated Driving System (ADS) Team Driving Applications It is a driving simulator study with a series of questionnaires that will quantify the safety implications of team driving applications between humans and ADS-equipped commercial motor vehicles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 8 March 2024 | Crownpoint Woman Sentenced to 30 months in Prison for Involuntary Manslaughter According to publicly available court documents, Ryntana Yazzie had been drinking alcohol and was driving south on Highway 371 outside Farmington when her vehicle veered into oncoming traffic and struck a semi-truck driven by John Doe, who was driving northbound. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 8 March 2024 | Hagerstown Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for a Series of Carjackings According to his guilty plea, Carlos Guardado-Eagle and a co-conspirator carjacked four victims at gunpoint. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland Dateline: Greenbelt, Maryland |
| 8 March 2024 | Mail thief who stole postal vehicles and mailbox keys sentenced to 3+ years in prison According to records in the case a U.S. Postal Service vehicle was stolen from the 6300 block of South Bangor Street in Seattle. In the vehicle was a postal key that is used to access the cluster mailbox units in the 98178 zip code. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Washington Byline: Emily Langlie Dateline: Seattle, Washington |
| 8 March 2024 | Richland Drug Trafficker Who Transported Drugs in Sophisticated “Trap Car” Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison Angela Madrigal Chavez even had to use tools to open the trap, which contained 20 individual packages, each containing approximately one-pound quantities of crystal methamphetamine. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Richland, Washington |
| 8 March 2024 | Romanian citizen pleads guilty to people smuggling scheme across northern border Agreed to transport 12 people, including small children, in vehicle with eight seats. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Washington Byline: Emily Langlie Dateline: Seattle, Washington |
| 8 March 2024 | Sunshine Act Meetings The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Audit Subcommittee will continue its work in developing and implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Unified Carrier Registration Plan Byline: Alex B. Leath |
| Monday, 11 March 2024 | ||
| 11 March 2024 | Stilwell Resident Sentenced For Assaults Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury According to investigators, Jeremy David Croley crossed the center line driving southbound on Bell Road and crashed his dual rear wheel truck into a vehicle driving in the northbound lane. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| Tuesday, 12 March 2024 | ||
| 12 March 2024 | Buy America Requirements for Manufactured Products The FHWA is required, by statute, to ensure that all FHWA-funded projects only use steel, iron, and manufactured products that are produced in the United States. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| 12 March 2024 | Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2021-2022 The U.S. Department of Commerce determines that the exporters of passenger vehicle and light truck tires from the People's Republic of China listed in the “Final Results of Review” section below, sold subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Ryan Majerus |
| 12 March 2024 | Detroit-Area Man Found Guilty of Maliciously Setting Fires to Truck Trailers of Major Commercial Trucking Company In each of the incidents, the Swift-owned trailer was parked at or near a truck stop when a fire occurred on the trailer portion of the vehicle, mainly on or near the trailer tires. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Byline: Ciaran McEvoy Dateline: Riverside, California Topic: Swift Transportation |
| 12 March 2024 | Lawrence Woman Sentenced in Conspiracy to Use Stolen Identities to Fraudulently Purchase Vehicles In November 2023, Wanda Sanchez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and false representation of a Social Security number. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 12 March 2024 | Member of Catalytic Converter Theft Crew Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison Theft crew responsible for an estimated $2 million in losses across Massachusetts and New Hampshire during 2022 and 2023. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 12 March 2024 | New Orleans Man Sentenced for Multiple Federal Offenses Related to Drugs, Firearm, and Possessing Car Stolen from Norfolk Southern Railyard According to court documents, Norman Andrews was arrested, following a brief chase, on February 11, 2023 in the French Quarter by a New Orleans Police Department officer. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Ford Explorer |
| 12 March 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project The actions relate to a proposed highway project, the Interstate-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project in the Rose Quarter District of downtown Portland, Oregon. Those actions grant approvals for the project. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Keith Lynch Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 12 March 2024 | Philadelphia Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison in Connection With Two Violent Carjackings Victim #1 was operating his 2021 Honda Pilot near the 5100 block of Race Street. The victim temporarily pulled over to the side of the road, and Dashawn Pringle and another male suddenly got in. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 12 March 2024 | Request for Information on the Use of Manufactured Products in Highway Projects On March 17, 2023, FHWA published a request for comments on its existing general applicability waiver for manufactured products under its Buy America waiver authorities. Following the review and consideration of comments, FHWA is proposing to discontinue the waiver. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| 12 March 2024 | Revised Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Proposed I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project The FHWA and the Oregon Department of Transportation propose to undertake safety and operational improvements to I-5 through the Rose Quarter district in downtown Portland, Oregon. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Keith Lynch Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| Wednesday, 13 March 2024 | ||
| 13 March 2024 | Certain Replacement Automotive Lamps; Notice of the Commission's Final Determination Finding No Violation of Section 337; Termination of the Investigation The notice of investigation names as respondents TYC Brother Industrial of Tainan, Taiwan; Genera Corporation of Brea, California; LKQ Corporation of Chicago, Illinois; and Keystone Automotive Industries of Exeter, Pennsylvania. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Katherine Hiner Topic: Kia |
| 13 March 2024 | Certain Replacement Automotive Lamps II; Notice of the Commission's Final Determination Finding No Violation of Section 337; Termination of the Investigation The notice of investigation names four respondents: TYC Brother Industrial Co of Tainan, Taiwan; Genera Corporation of Brea, California; LKQ Corporation of Chicago, Illinois; and Keystone Automotive Industries of Exeter, Pennsylvania. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Katherine Hiner Topic: Hyundai |
| 13 March 2024 | Dodson man sentenced to 18 months in prison for assault charge stemming from vehicle crash on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation The government alleged that Marvin James Cole crashed his GMC truck into a Dodge Avenger driven by the victim, identified as John Doe, on Highway 66 near Harlem. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Great Falls, Montana |
| 13 March 2024 | FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Over $3 Billion to Reconnect Communities That Have Been Left Behind and Divided by Transportation Infrastructure These projects will increase access to health care, schools, jobs, places of worship, and other essential services and opportunities, and will strengthen communities by covering highways with public spaces, creating new transit routes, adding sidewalks, bridges, bike lanes, and more. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House Topic: President Joe Biden |
| 13 March 2024 | Former California Rideshare Driver Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Anti-Semitic Attack on Passenger According to the indictment unsealed this morning, Csaba John Csukás struck the victim in the face while at San Francisco International Airport because the defendant perceived the victim to be Jewish or Israeli. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: San Francisco, California Topics: Csaba John Csukás, Lyft |
| 13 March 2024 | Request for Information: Drivers' Leasing Agreements for Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs) FMCSA published a notice in the Federal Register requesting information from the public, including commercial motor vehicle drivers, to assist the Agency's Truck Leasing Task Force in reviewing such leases to identify terms and conditions that may be unfair to drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| Thursday, 14 March 2024 | ||
| 14 March 2024 | Grand Jury Indicts District Teen for Armed Carjacking and Other Offenses According to documents filed in court, an unidentified co-conspirator drove his car in front of the complainant’s sedan in the 200 block of 13th Street NE. Alvin Halmon-Daniels got out of the co-conspirator’s car, armed with a handgun, and ordered the complainant to leave her property and get out of her car. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| Friday, 15 March 2024 | ||
| 15 March 2024 | Buy America Waiver Notification This notice provides information regarding FHWA's finding that it is appropriate to grant a Buy America waiver to the City of Mount Vernon, Washington, for procurement of non-domestic iron and steel products and components, used in construction of the Mount Vernon Library Commons Project in the City of Mount Vernon, Washington. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| 15 March 2024 | Court Sentences District Man to Seven Years in Connection with 2023 Armed Carjacking in Northeast Washington, D.C. Marcus Thompson admitted that on July 17, 2023, and armed with a handgun, he approached the victim as the victim was taking property out of his car in the 2300 block of R Street Northeast. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 15 March 2024 | Improvements for Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Test Procedures, and Other Technical Amendments These amendments increase compliance flexibility, harmonize with other requirements, add clarity, correct errors, and streamline the regulations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Sophie Shulman |
| 15 March 2024 | Electric Bicycles; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Comments and Information We invite comments concerning the risk of injury associated with mechanical hazards of e-bikes, potential regulatory alternatives, the economic impacts of various approaches, existing voluntary standards, and plans to develop new standards to address these risks. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission Byline: Alberta E. Mills |
| 15 March 2024 | Last Defendant Sentenced to More than 10 Years for Robbery of a Pharmaceutical Van Driver and Possession of a Machinegun Defendant advertised the oxycodone he had netted on Instagram. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 15 March 2024 | Man Who Possessed Pipe Bomb in Hospital Parking Garage Sentenced to Federal Prison According to court documents, Raymond Luke Garner parked his pickup truck in a parking garage at St. David’s Hospital in Austin. A short time later, there was an explosion in the back of Garner’s truck. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Austin, Texas |
| 15 March 2024 | Two Minneapolis Men Sentenced for Trafficking Narcotics Between California and Minnesota Law enforcement intercepted Savontray Orlando Dwayne Collins and Cortez Ananias Williams on I-35 near the Minnesota-Iowa border with 4.4 kilograms of “M30” fentanyl pills and nearly one kilogram of cocaine. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: St. Paul, Minnesota Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| Monday, 18 March 2024 | ||
| 18 March 2024 | Automotive News Briefs Statement from President Joe Biden on the Volkswagen Plant in Tennessee | Automotive News Briefs (text) Publisher: The White House Topics: UAW, Volkswagen |
| 18 March 2024 | Certain Vehicle Telematics, Fleet Management, and Video-Based Safety Systems, Devices, and Components Thereof, Notice of Institution of Investigation The complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain vehicle telematics, fleet management, and video-based safety systems, devices, and components thereof by reason of the infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 11,190,373 ; U.S. Patent No. 11,127,130; and U.S. Patent No. 11,611,621. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Lisa Barton Topic: Samsara Networks |
| 18 March 2024 | Co-Owner of diesel truck maintenance and sales companies pleads guilty to tampering with pollution controls in violation of Clean Air Act Directed employees to delete pollution monitoring software and remove pollution control devices for financial gain. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Washington Byline: Emily Langlie Dateline: Tacoma, Washington Topic: Sean Coiteux |
| 18 March 2024 | Final Defendant in 2020 Drive-by-Shooting of Court Security Officers Sentenced to Life in Prison Defendant joined anti-government extremist movement before driving the van from which gunshots were fired killing one federal officer and wounding another. | Press Release (text & image) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice |
| 18 March 2024 | Kansas car dealer indicted for rolling back odometers According to court documents, Adam Newbrey of Derby operated three used car dealerships in Wichita including Ideal Motors, Midwest Wholesale, and Prestige Motors. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Kansas Dateline: Wichita, Kansas Topic: Adam Newbrey |
| 18 March 2024 | Lowell Woman Sentenced to Six Months in Prison in Conspiracy to Use Stolen Identities to Fraudulently Purchase Vehicles Final defendant to be sentenced in connection with $2 million scheme. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 18 March 2024 | Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Data Reporting Requirements for State and Local Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs Clean Air Act section 182 and EPA's regulations establish the requirements for state and local inspection and maintenance programs that are included in state implementation plans. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Karl Simon |
| 18 March 2024 | Slidell Man Charged with Making False Statements to The United States Small Business Administration In his Economic Impact Disaster Loan applications, among other things, Dean Meilleur falsely represented that he was the owner of a trucking business that was formed in 2017 and that he was eligible for EIDL funds. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Dean Meilleur |
| 18 March 2024 | Three District Men Indicted on Murder and Related Charges When that individual fled onto a Metrobus, the defendants followed the Metrobus, boxing in the Metrobus at the intersection thereby restraining its movement. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| Tuesday, 19 March 2024 | ||
| 19 March 2024 | Colorado man admits criminal endangerment charge for vehicle crash on Blackfeet Indian Reservation Bryson Elijah Owens-Johnson was traveling north on Highway 89 when he veered off the road, striking the guardrail almost head-on and damaging multiple steel and wood posts connected to it. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Great Falls, Montana |
| 19 March 2024 | Driving Instructor Who Bribed RMV Road Test Examiner Pleads Guilty Some of the applicants did not even show up to take the test. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts Topic: Ngan Dinh |
| 19 March 2024 | Member of Catalytic Converter Theft Crew Pleads Guilty Theft crew responsible for an estimated $2 million in losses across Massachusetts and New Hampshire during 2022 and 2023. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 19 March 2024 | Owners of China-Based Company Charged With Conspiracy to Send Trade Secrets Belonging to Leading U.S.-Based Electric Vehicle Company In 2019, Victim Company-1 acquired a Canada-based manufacturer of automated, precision dispensing pumps and battery assembly lines. Both Klaus Pflugbeil and his co-defendant Yilong Shao are former employees of the Canadian Manufacturer. | Press Release (text & image) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York Byline: John Marzulli & Danielle Blustein Hass Topics: Klaus Pflugbeil, Yilong Shao, Tesla |
| Wednesday, 20 March 2024 | ||
| 20 March 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal) In accordance with the regulations at 40 CFR 79, Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives, manufacturers (including importers) of motor-vehicle gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and additives for those fuels, are required to have these products registered by the EPA prior to their introduction into commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Courtney Kerwin |
| 20 March 2024 | Father and Two Sons Indicted and Arrested for Conspiracy to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters and Money Laundering Catalytic converters use precious metals in their center, or “core”, that are regularly targeted for theft due to the high value of these metals, especially palladium, platinum, and rhodium. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Puerto Rico Dateline: San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 20 March 2024 | Six Defendants Added in Catalytic Converter Theft Conspiracy According to court documents, thieves steal catalytic converters from vehicles for the precious metals the core contains, including palladium, platinum, and rhodium, some of which are more valuable per ounce than gold. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Sacramento, California |
| Thursday, 21 March 2024 | ||
| 21 March 2024 | California man sentenced to federal prison for defrauding local business out of $10 million Defendant used stolen funds to buy yacht, amphibious plane, luxury vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio Dateline: Columbus, Ohio Topics: Root, Brinson Caleb Silver |
| 21 March 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California The actions relate to a proposed highway project, on Interstate 80 between postmiles 3.9 and 5.0 and State Route 13 (Ashby Avenue) between postmiles 13.7 and 13.9, in the Cities of Emeryville and Berkeley in the County of Alameda, State of California. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Antonio Johnson Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 21 March 2024 | Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation Discretionary Program Metrics The FHWA will select a representative sample of projects to evaluate using these metrics. This notice fulfills FHWA's requirement to publish the proposed metrics in the Federal Register for public comment. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| Friday, 22 March 2024 | ||
| 22 March 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection The FHWA' s longstanding policy is that all roadside safety hardware installed on the National Highway System be crashworthy. To support this policy, the AASHTO/FHWA Joint Implementation Agreement for the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware was adopted. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 22 March 2024 | Convicted Felon In Brandon Road Rage Shooting Sentenced To Eight Years In Federal Prison James Eugene Smith believed that a driver in a black sedan was brake checking (applying brakes and causing the following vehicle to slow down) him, while a separate driver prevented Smith from passing. | Press Release (text & photos) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| 22 March 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Wisconsin The actions relate to a proposed highway project, Interstate 94 East-West Corridor, 70th Street to 16th Street, in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Glenn Fulkerson Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 22 March 2024 | Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Highway Project in Clark County, Nevada FHWA and Nevada Department of Transportation are issuing this Notice of Intent to solicit comments and advise the public, agencies, and stakeholders that FHWA will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for transportation improvements to a section of Interstate 11/U.S. Highway 95/U.S. Highway 93 in the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Khoa Nguyen Topics: Interstate Highway System, United States Numbered Highways |
| 22 March 2024 | St. Louis Man Who Killed a Woman During Two Carjackings Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison Loyse Dozier fatally shot Laruth Jones on July 10, 2022, while stealing her Mercedes CLA 250. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 22 March 2024 | Utah Auto Shop Owner Accused of Drug and Gun Crimes Indicted Pursuant to the search of the 5 Speed Auto repair shop in Murray, agents seized approximately 948 blue tablets with “A-51” and “M-30” stamped on them. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah Byline: Felicia Martinez Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah Topics: Muayad Kareem, 5 Speed Auto |
| 22 March 2024 | Wister Resident Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Drunk Driving Accident That Seriously Injured Two According to investigators, Kevin Dale Luman was driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.189% when he crossed the center line of U.S. Highway 271 in Wister, Oklahoma, and collided into an oncoming Jeep. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma Topic: United States Numbered Highways |
| Monday, 25 March 2024 | ||
| 25 March 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives--Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal) In accordance with the regulations at 40 CFR part 79, Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives, manufacturers (including importers) of motor-vehicle gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and additives for those fuels, are required to have these products registered by EPA prior to their introduction into commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Courtney Kerwin |
| 25 March 2024 | Two Charlotte Men Face Federal Charges For Scheme That Involved Buying And Selling Stolen High-End Vehicles The indictment alleges that, between 2022 and 2024, Sumner, Woodson and others conspired to buy and sell high-end motor vehicles that were stolen from car dealerships, rental car companies, and private parties across the United States, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Missouri. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Tuesday, 26 March 2024 | ||
| 26 March 2024 | Daimler Coaches North America, LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Daimler Coaches North America, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, has determined that certain model year 2012-2019 Setra S407 and MY 2009-2020 Setra S417 buses do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 101, Controls and Displays. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topics: Setra S407, Setra S417 |
| 26 March 2024 | Federal Travel Regulation; Alternative Fuel Vehicle Usage During Relocations GSA published a proposed rule at 88 FR 15635 on March 14, 2023 proposing to amend the Federal Travel Regulation to allow agencies greater flexibility for authorizing shipment of a relocating employee's alternative fueled privately-owned vehicle. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: General Services Administration Byline: Robin Carnahan |
| 26 March 2024 | Final of Four Teens Pleads Guilty to Charge in St. Louis County Cab Driver’s Murder The four planned to take the taxi to a fake address near Allen’s home, then run away without paying the fare. After learning that they would have to prepay for the ride, the teens began discussing plans to rob Price. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri Topic: Dewight Price |
| 26 March 2024 | Notice of Denial of Petition for Partial Waiver of 2023 Cellulosic Biofuel Standard Under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program The Clean Air Act provides that EPA, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy, may waive the volume requirements under the RFS program, in whole or in part, under specified circumstances, including when EPA finds that “there is an inadequate domestic supply” or that the RFS volume requirements “would severely harm the economy or environment of a State, a region, or the United States.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Joseph Goffman |
| 26 March 2024 | Daimler Coaches North America, LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Daimler Coaches North America, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, has determined that certain model year 2012-2019 Setra S407 and MY 2009-2020 Setra S417 buses do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 101, Controls and Displays. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topics: Setra S407, Setra S417 |
| 26 March 2024 | Michelin North America, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Michelin North America has determined that certain Michelin LTX AT2 tires do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 139, New Pneumatic Radial Tires For Light Vehicles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Michelin |
| 26 March 2024 | New Orleans Man Indicted for Armed Bank Robbery and Attempted Carjacking Joseph Carsice is also alleged to have attempted to carjack three separate vehicles, a 2016 Toyota Prius, 2010 Toyota Camry, and a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 26 March 2024 | Statement of U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron Regarding the Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore “There is no evidence at this time to suggest that today’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has any ties to terrorism.” | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland Byline: Erek L. Barron Dateline: Baltimore, Maryland Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| Wednesday, 27 March 2024 | ||
| 27 March 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery By qualitative feedback we mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions but are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 27 March 2024 | Board of Directors; Request for Nominations The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors is requesting nominations of qualified individuals for all five of the motor carrier industry positions for appointment by FMCSA to the UCR Plan Board of Directors. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Unified Carrier Registration Plan Byline: Alex B. Leath |
| 27 March 2024 | Mexican resident convicted of trying to smuggle ammunition and firearms back to Mexico On January 11, Jose De Jesus Pena Dieguez attempted to enter Mexico through the Progreso Port of Entry in a Nissan Xterra. Upon inspection, authorities noticed tampering on the screws of a compartment connected to the vehicle's roof rack. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: McAllen, Texas |
| 27 March 2024 | New Haven Man Admits Stealing and Selling Catalytic Converters A catalytic converter contains precious metals, can easily be removed from its vehicle, and is difficult to trace, making it a desirable target for thieves. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 27 March 2024 | Omaha Man Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Program Fraud The applications misrepresented how much Kelly’s business had paid employees in past compensation and how much revenue Richard L. Kelly’s business had received, resulting in applications for significantly inflated loan amounts under the PPP and EIDL programs. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska Byline: Lecia Wright Topic: Richard L. Kelly |
| 27 March 2024 | White Swan Couple Sentenced to Federal Prison for Carjacking and Violent Assault on the Yakama Nation During the assault, the victim was pulled out of her own truck, and Sundron Larsell Miller attempted to shoot the victim with her own rifle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Yakima, Washington |
| Wednesday, 28 March 2024 | ||
| 28 March 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act continues the Highway Safety Improvement Program as a core federal-aid program with the purpose to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads, including non-State-owned public roads and roads on tribal lands. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 28 March 2024 | Cargo ship collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland In a significant maritime incident early Tuesday morning, a large container ship, MV Dali, collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Baltimore's beltway, collapsing an entire span of the bridge. | News Article (text) Publisher: Wikinews Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 28 March 2024 | District Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Connection with 2023 Armed Carjacking in Northeast and Armed Robbery in Northwest The Honorable Errol Arthur sentenced Eric Vaughn, 21, of Washington, D.C., to nine years in prison in connection with an armed robbery in Northwest Washington, D.C., an armed carjacking in Northeast Washington, D.C., and a robbery that occurred in Southeast Washington, D.C. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 28 March 2024 | FCA US LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance FCA US LLC has determined that certain model year 2022-2023 Ram ProMaster vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 101, Controls and Displays. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Ram ProMaster |
| 28 March 2024 | Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two D.C. Residents with Kidnapping and Carjacking Charges According to the indictment, on February 1, 2024, the pair carjacked the victim, kidnapped the victim, and transported the victim across the state line in the victim’s 2021 Chevrolet Malibu. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 28 March 2024 | Former fugitive sentenced for transporting over 65 into United States At the hearing, the court heard evidence about how Cantu was directly involved in the transportation of more than 65 people via commercial tractor-trailers in 2021. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 28 March 2024 | Former School Bus Driver Sentenced to 9 Years for Cyberstalking a Child “Michael Chick’s crimes caused unimaginable pain and fear for the survivor and his family. It is only because of their bravery and diligence that the defendant’s crimes were uncovered,” said U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire Dateline: Concord, New Hampshire Topic: Michael Chick |
| 28 March 2024 | Inland Empire Man Who Was Employed as School Bus Driver Charged with Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material According to an affidavit filed Tuesday with a criminal complaint, law enforcement officials on March 7 executed a search warrant at Seaver’s residence. During the search, law enforcement seized a Samsung Tablet that allegedly contained more than 10,000 images and 13 videos of CSAM. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Dateline: Riverside, California Topic: Donal James Seaver |
| 28 March 2024 | Jackson Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon While Firing at Officers During a High-Speed Pursuit According to court documents, on July 21, 2021, Jerry Shannon McAlister, 47, failed to yield when officers with the Clinton Police Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle he was driving. This led to a high-speed pursuit into the city of Jackson with McAlister firing shots at an officer during the pursuit. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi Dateline: Jackson, Mississippi |
| 28 March 2024 | Philadelphia Man Sentenced for Directing a Scheme to Steal Diesel Fuel from Gas Stations and for Illegally Possessing Firearms From March 2021 through June 21, 2023, the defendant purchased stolen credit card data and had co-conspirators fill up auxiliary tanks at Philadelphia-area gas stations, at his direction and using his trucks, with more than $750,000 worth of diesel fuel, using those unlawfully obtained credit card numbers. Cole would then resell the diesel fuel at a discounted rate. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 28 March 2024 | Readout of Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force Meeting The Task Force, launched in 2021 to monitor and address near-term supply chain challenges, consists of supply chain experts across the Administration who bring the full capacity of the federal government to assess potential supply constraints and bottlenecks, engage stakeholders, and prepare response and mitigation efforts. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 28 March 2024 | St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Repeatedly Robbing QuikTrip Stores Terrence Gleason, now 53, of Bel Ridge, Missouri, stole cigarettes from or robbed three QuikTrip stores, including one in Bel Ridge that he victimized three times. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri Topic: QuikTrip |
| Thursday, 29 March 2024 | ||
| 29 March 2024 | District Men Plead Guilty to Shooting Father and Minor Son in December 2018 As the victims waited, Jamal Matthews saw the SUV and mistook it for the same vehicle that shot at him and his cousin three days earlier. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 29 March 2024 | Michelin North America, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Michelin North America has determined that certain Michelin X Works D tires do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 119, New Pneumatic Tires for Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of More Than 10,000 pounds. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Michelin |
| 29 March 2024 | Montgomery Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Ammunition Used During Shooting at Gas Station According to court records and evidence presented during his September 2023 trial, following a brief argument, Taylor shot at a Montgomery convenience store clerk. Law enforcement recovered shell casings from the store that the jury linked to those Taylor fired during the shooting. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Alabama Dateline: Montgomery, Alabama |
| 29 March 2024 | New Jersey Man Sentenced for Fire Set in Vergennes According to court records, Santiago was arrested by Vermont state law enforcement authorities on January 5, 2022, after he had set fire to a vehicle at a residence in the Booth Woods neighborhood of Vergennes earlier that morning. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Vermont Dateline: Burlington, Vermont |
| 29 March 2024 | Pascua Yaqui Tribal Member Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Assault with a Vehicle On August 14, 2022, a Pascua Yaqui Police Department officer was flagged down by a man who was yelling out in pain and bleeding heavily from his head. The man, who sustained multiple fractures and internal injuries, told the officer that he had been intentionally struck by a truck driven by Valenzuela. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |