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Article Index: Third Quarter 2024 Category: Chronological Archive Page Sections: July · August · September |
| July | Title | Details |
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| Monday, 1 July 2024 | ||
| 1 July 2024 | District Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Carjacking The defendant and his accomplices, at least one of whom was armed with a firearm, pointed a firearm at the victim and demanded the keys to the victim’s car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C.  |
| 1 July 2024 | GSA Electric Vehicle Battery Management Strategic Plan The Office of Government-wide Policy will subsequently develop a comprehensive strategic plan to help agencies maximize the full potential of EV Battery Management best practices and strategic benefits. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: General Services Administration Byline: Mehul Parekh |
| 1 July 2024 | Hours of Service: Application for Exemption; Clym Environmental FMCSA denies the application from Clym Environmental Services requesting an exemption from the hours-of-service regulations to allow its drivers up to 14 hours of drive time within the work shift or, in the alternative, up to 12 hours. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Vincent G. White |
| 1 July 2024 | New Orleans man sentenced to federal prison for Vidor carjacking According to information presented in court, on October 26, 2022, Aubrey Young approached two people in Vidor asking if they had any work for him. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas Dateline: Beaumont, Texas |
| 1 July 2024 | Sierra Leone Man Pleads Guilty to Car Loan Fraud Scheme Solomon Yarteh was the owner and President of Allied Imports, a car wholesaler located in Manchester. As a wholesaler, Allied Imports was not licensed to conduct retail sales of vehicles and could only sell to dealers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire Dateline: Concord, New Hampshire Topics: Solomon Yarteh, Allied Imports |
| 1 July 2024 | Transparency in Fees Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators Are Charged for Towing and Recovery Services FMCSA published a notice concerning transparency in fees CMV operators are charged for towing and recovery services. The notice discussed the Federal Trade Commission's notice of proposed rulemaking, “Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| Tuesday, 2 July 2024 | ||
| 2 July 2024 | Air Plan Revisions; California; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program This revision addresses the CAA requirements for the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (also referred to as “Smog Check” programs) for the 2015 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Martha Guzman Aceves |
| 2 July 2024 | Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, DP21-002 The petition requests that NHTSA initiate an investigation into “severe oil leaks” from the oil pressure switch that could lead to engine failures experienced by operators of Model Year 2015-2017 Kia Sorento vehicles equipped with 3.3L V6 engines. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan Topic: Kia Sorento |
| 2 July 2024 | HONORING THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE The League played a vital role in the construction of the Mackinac Bridge in the 1950s, a landmark project that connected Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Its advocacy was pivotal in the expansion of the Dial-A-Ride Transportation system in 1975, which greatly benefited seniors and individuals with disabilities. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin |
| 2 July 2024 | Jefferson County man guilty of federal violation related to gas station robbery According to the store clerk, a dark-colored Dodge Caravan pulled into the parking lot of the business and parked near one of the gas pumps. The driver, described as a white male, entered the business wearing a black mask, blue latex gloves, and a gray hat. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas Dateline: Beaumont, Texas |
| 2 July 2024 | Receipt of Petitions for Renewal of Temporary Exemptions From Shoulder Belt Requirement for Side-Facing Seats on Motorcoaches NHTSA has received almost identical petitions from 13 final-stage manufacturers of “entertainer-type motorcoaches,” seeking renewal of temporary exemptions from a shoulder belt requirement of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, “Occupant crash protection,” for side-facing seats on motorcoaches. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Sophie Shulman |
| 2 July 2024 | Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program; Arizona Department of Transportation Final FHWA Audit Report This is the third audit of the Arizona Department of Transportation's performance of its responsibilities under the NEPA Assignment Program. This notice announces the final third audit report for ADOT. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| Wednesday, 3 July 2024 | ||
| 3 July 2024 | Federal Management Regulation; Accessibility Standard for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way GSA is revising its Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standard to adopt the accessibility guidelines for pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way dedicated to transportation. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: General Services Administration Byline: Robin Carnahan |
| 3 July 2024 | South Carolina Man Sentenced to 180 Months for Carjacking On January 2, 2022, in the 1000 block of Carondelet Street, Onis Washington and his co-defendant forcefully stole a car from the victim and fled in the stolen vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Friday, 5 July 2024 | ||
| 5 July 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Transportation Project in Delaware The actions relate to the Wilmington Riverfront Transportation Infrastructure Project proposed by the City of Wilmington, consisting of 0.5 mile of City grid network in City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Douglas S. Atkin |
| 5 July 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 |
| 5 July 2024 | Tail Lights: “It's Always the Guys in the F-150s” I've had a fascination with all things mechanical for as long as I can remember. It's not just automobiles, that's just what I limit myself to here and I still feel overwhelmed by the volume of information available. | Commentary (text) Publisher: The Crittenden Automotive Library Byline: Bill Crittenden |
| Monday, 8 July 2024 | ||
| 8 July 2024 | Activity in the U.S. Attorney's Office Braden Kyle Winters, 34, of Grand Junction, Colorado, was sentenced to seven days in jail and fined $1,500 plus court costs for driving under the influence. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Wyoming Byline: Lori Hogan |
| 8 July 2024 | FACT SHEET: Year-to-Year Carjacking Trends for the Month of June In June of 2023, the District of Columbia experienced 140 carjackings in that month alone. In June of this year (2024), the number of carjackings in the District is 31. That is over 100 fewer carjackings—or a 78% decrease—in June alone compared to last year. | Press Release (text &  graphic)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia |
| 8 July 2024 | Notice of Adoption of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Categorical Exclusion Under the National Environmental Policy Act DTRA is adopting the Department of Energy's Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Categorical Exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act to use in DTRA programs and funding opportunities administered by DTRA. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Defense Threat Reduction Agency Byline: Aaron T. Siegel |
| 8 July 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway Projects in Texas The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for these projects are being, or have been, carried out by TxDOT pursuant to an assignment agreement executed by FHWA and TxDOT. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Michael T. Leary |
| 8 July 2024 | Request for Information Regarding the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program; Reopening of Comment Period DOE received requests for an extension of the public comment period for an additional two weeks. DOE has reviewed these requests and is reopening the public comment period for 14 days to allow comments to be submitted. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: Energy Byline: Treena V. Garrett |
| 8 July 2024 | Ten-Time Convicted Felon, Who Fled From Girlfriend’s Violent Death, Pleads Guilty To Possessing Firearm According to court records, Ayala was driving a vehicle on I-4 when his girlfriend, the sole passenger in the vehicle, was ejected from the car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 8 July 2024 | TRIBUTE TO BRUCE “DD” MacRAE In 1978, he began his UPS career unloading trucks in the Anaheim package facility. By 1983, he became a full-time driver and Teamster Union shop steward. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Senator Alex Padilla Topic: Bruce MacRae |
| Tuesday, 9 July 2024 | ||
| 9 July 2024 | Air Plan Revisions; California; Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Contingency Measure These revisions concern an amendment to the California motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program (also referred to as “Smog Check”) to include a contingency measure that, if triggered, would narrow the Smog Check inspection exemption for newer model year vehicles in certain California nonattainment areas. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Martha Guzman Aceves |
| 9 July 2024 | Anthropomorphic Test Devices; THOR 50th Percentile Adult Male Test Dummy; Incorporation by Reference The dummy represents an adult male of roughly average height and weight and is designed for use in frontal crash tests. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Sophie Shulman |
| 9 July 2024 | Commercial Driver's License; 3 North LLC; Application for Exemption FMCSA extends the comment period for its notice requesting public comment on 3 North LLC's application for a 5-year exemption to enable 3 of its commercial driver's license holders under the age 21, with the requisite “K” restriction for intrastate-only operations, to drive commercial motor vehicles in intrastate operations in a State other than their State of domicile. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 9 July 2024 | HONORING LINDA KEYS Although Linda initially aspired to become an educator, her path took an unexpected turn when she was offered a full-time position at Ford Motor Company after completing internships. Embracing the opportunity Linda embarked on a career that required her to balance the demands of work, education, and motherhood with unwavering determination. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Bennie G. Thompson Topic: Linda Keys |
| 9 July 2024 | New Jersey Man Sentenced to 105 Months in Prison for 2023 Armed Carjacking in South Philadelphia The defendant pleaded guilty to both counts in February, admitting to carjacking at gunpoint two people sitting in a Chevrolet Camaro parked outside a South Philadelphia Dunkin Donuts. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 9 July 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces receipt of applications from nine 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 |
| 9 July 2024 | RECOGNIZING SERGEANT JEFFREY NEAL SECRIST ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL Sergeant Secrist has proudly served our home state of California for nearly thirty years. Officer Secrist graduated on September 17, 1997, and was proud to continue his family's tradition of service when he accepted his assignment to the Baldwin Park area. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Jay Obernolte |
| 9 July 2024 | Rescission of Record of Decision and Final Environmental Impact Statement: La Crosse County, Wisconsin The FHWA has determined, in conjunction with WisDOT, that the ROD and the FEIS for the project shall be rescinded for the following reasons: a lack of support from the public and stakeholders, anticipated development in the corridor has not occurred and forecasted travel demand hasn't been realized. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Glenn Fulkerson |
| Wednesday, 10 July 2024 | ||
| 10 July 2024 | CONGRATULATING THE BOB ROSS AUTO GROUP ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY The Bob Ross Auto Group, which consists of three franchises, Buick, GMC and Mercedes-Benz, commemorated its 50th anniversary on February 22, 2024. Over the past five decades, this family-owned dealership has become a pillar of the community and earned the trust of thousands of customers for their automotive and service needs. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Michael R. Turner Topic: Bob Ross Auto Group |
| 10 July 2024 | Egyptian Fugitive Extradited from Spain Admits Role in Defrauding Rideshare Company By creating fraudulent accounts and using stolen identities, Ghouneim induced the victim company to pay him referral fees for each new fraudulently created account. | Press Release (text &  document)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey Dateline: Newark, New Jersey |
| 10 July 2024 | HONORING THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM ``BILL'' KENNEDY Bill and his two brothers, Steve and Bob, owned and operated Rock Road Companies, a family-owned road-building construction company that has been active in the Wisconsin transportation industry since 1912. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Bryan Steil Topic: Bill Kennedy |
| 10 July 2024 | Hours of Service of Drivers: McKee Foods Transportation, LLC, Application for Exemption The exemption renewal would allow MFT team drivers to continue taking the equivalent of 10 consecutive hours off duty by splitting sleeper berth time into two periods totaling 10 hours, provided neither of the two periods is less than three hours. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 10 July 2024 | New Haven Man Sentenced to Prison for Stealing and Selling Catalytic Converters The average scrap price for catalytic converters currently varies between $300 and $1,500, depending on the model and type of precious metal component. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 10 July 2024 | Pine Ridge Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison On November 18, 2022, Janine Faye Good Lance drove while intoxicated on BIA Highway 18, near Pine Ridge, South Dakota, while her two friends rode in the car with her. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Rapid City, South Dakota |
| 10 July 2024 | Three Indicted for Armed Robbery of Cash Courier Defendants allegedly robbed armed courier working for licensed cannabis companies of over $430,000 in cash; zip-tied and pepper sprayed the victim; burned getaway vehicle. | Press Release (text & photos) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| Thursday, 11 July 2024 | ||
| 11 July 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law created the Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities, which includes a discretionary grant program that was allocated up to $400 million over the five-year life of the BIL. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 11 July 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Application for Automobile or Other Conveyance and Adaptive Equipment (Under 38 U.S.C. 3901-3904) VA Form 21-4502 is used by veterans and servicepersons to apply for automobile or other conveyance benefits. Without the information solicited by this form, VA would be unable to determine eligibility, and benefits would not be properly paid. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Veterans Benefits Administration Byline: Maribel Aponte |
| 11 July 2024 | Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Self For $27 a month, Members and their D.C. staffers are plugging in their Teslas and Priuses, draining my constituents' tax dollars who are paying full price for their gasoline back at home. This is especially egregious in light of the fact that huge subsidies for EV purchases already exist. | Debate Transcript (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressmen Keith Self & David Valadao |
| 11 July 2024 | Bladensburg Man Sentenced To 4 Years In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Illegally Ship Stolen Cars To West Africa According to his plea agreement, between approximately September 2019 and June 2022, Turay worked with others to fraudulently rent vehicles from Hertz, Avis, and other car rental companies at locations in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland Byline: Angelina Thompson Dateline: Greenbelt, Maryland |
| 11 July 2024 | East Helena man admits firing gun during Townsend gas station robbery Two employees were present during the robbery and told law enforcement that a man entered wearing a hooded blanket coat, was not wearing pants or shoes, and fired a round from a pistol. | Press Release (text & photo) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Great Falls, Montana Topic: Town Pump |
| 11 July 2024 | Harrisburg Man Sentenced To Prison For Odometer Tampering Just months after Earnest Fry was released from state prison for burglary and theft offenses in October 2018, and while he was on parole, he devised a scheme to purchase used cars, alter the cars’ true mileages by replacing or resetting their odometers, and then sell the vehicles online to unsuspecting customers who paid inflated prices for vehicles they might not otherwise have bought. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 11 July 2024 | Leader of Major Migrant Smuggling Ring Pleads Guilty According to court documents, some of the smuggling events in the conspiracy resulted in high-speed chases and crashes, which placed the migrants, drivers, law enforcement, and members of the public at risk. This culminated in a tragic collision on December 25, 2021. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of California Byline: Kelly Thornton Dateline: San Diego, California |
| 11 July 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Transportation Project in Florida These actions relate to the proposed State Road 29 roadway project extending 15.6 miles from Oil Well Road (southern terminus) to SR 82 (northern terminus) in unincorporated Collier County, Florida. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Karen M. Brunelle |
| 11 July 2024 | Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one object of cultural patrimony is a silver gorget. This gorget was purchased in 1959; however further acquisition information is unknown. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Park Service Byline: Melanie O'Brien Topic: The Henry Ford |
| 11 July 2024 | Statement from President Joe Biden on Historic Investment to Ensure Future of Auto Industry is Made in America This investment will create thousands of good-paying, union manufacturing jobs and retain even more—from Lansing, Michigan to Fort Valley, Georgia – by helping auto companies retool, reboot, and rehire in the same factories and communities. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House Byline: President Joe Biden |
| Friday, 12 July 2024 | ||
| 12 July 2024 | California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation; Request for Waiver of Preemption and Authorization; Opportunity for Public Hearing and Public Comment The ACF regulations also require that all new California-certified medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales be zero-emitting vehicles starting in 2036. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: William Charmley |
| 12 July 2024 | I-295 Drive-By Murder Defendant Gets More Than 35 Years in Prison Defendant responsible for fatally shooting one man and injuring another on their way to work. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 12 July 2024 | Odessa Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for January Carjacking According to court documents, Isaac Ramirez Carrasco, 38, carjacked a couple on Jan. 30 by pointing a shotgun at the driver and ordering both occupants out of their vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Midland, Texas |
| 12 July 2024 | Sentence Handed Down for Murder of Maryland Man Left in Car for Three Days The police did not locate Mr. Nicol until three days later when they were investigating an anonymous tip and discovered Mr. Nicol’s body in the in the driver’s seat of a car parked on Savannah Place S.E. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 12 July 2024 | Tribal Transportation Facility Bridge Program This final rule amends the existing Tribal Transportation Program Bridge Program, formerly known as the Indian Reservation Road Bridge Program, by renaming it the Tribal Transportation Facility Bridge Program to comply with the changes made in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, carried on through the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, and the recent changes made by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| Monday, 15 July 2024 | ||
| 15 July 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection The HPMS data that is collected is used for management decisions that affect transportation, including estimates of the Nation's future highway needs and assessments of highway system performance. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 15 July 2024 | Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; Low Emissions Vehicles Program Connecticut updated its motor vehicle emission regulations to adopt California's Advanced Clean Car I program that includes California's low emission vehicle III criteria pollutant standards and zero-emission vehicle sales requirements through the 2025 model year, and greenhouse gas emissions standards that commence in the 2017 model year. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: David Cash |
| 15 July 2024 | Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Rear Impact Guards; Rear Impact Protection; Denial of Petition for Rulemaking This document denies a petition for rulemaking from Jerry and Marianne Karth, Eric Hein, and Lois Durso-Hawkins, requesting that NHTSA amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards No. 223, “Rear impact guards,” and FMVSS No. 224, “Rear impact protection,” to include additional requirements. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Raymond R. Posten Topic: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards |
| 15 July 2024 | McLaughlin Man Sentenced for Vehicular Battery Shortly before 9:00 p.m. on January 28, 2023, Petersen was driving his F-150 truck on South Dakota Hwy 63 near McLaughlin, when he struck three pedestrians. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Aberdeen, South Dakota |
| 15 July 2024 | U.S. Attorney’s Office Secures Guilty Plea in Fatal DUI Case Leonardo Robbie Duncan was drunk and driving in an unsafe manner when he crossed into on-coming traffic and crashed head-on into the front passenger side of Jane and John Doe’s vehicle. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 15 July 2024 | Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs In this rule, effective for fiscal year 2025 grants, NHTSA makes a technical amendment to update the monetary threshold for equipment in NHTSA's Uniform Procedures for State highway safety grant programs from $5,000 to $10,000 in 23 CFR 1300.31(d) to conform with the updated OMB rules. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Sophie Shulman |
| Tuesday, 16 July 2024 | ||
| 16 July 2024 | Air Plan Approval; GA; Revisions to the State Implementation Plan Gasoline Transport Vehicles and Vapor Collection Systems Rule EPA is approving these changes because they are administrative in nature and would therefore not interfere with any applicable requirement concerning attainment and reasonable further progress or any other applicable requirement of the CAA. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Jeaneanne Gettle |
| 16 July 2024 | Certain Low Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce received a countervailing duty petition concerning imports of certain low speed personal transportation vehicles from the People's Republic of China filed in proper form on behalf of the American Personal Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers Coalition. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Abdelali Elouaradia |
| 16 July 2024 | Certain Low Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce received an antidumping duty petition concerning imports of certain low speed personal transportation vehicles from the People's Republic of China filed in proper form on behalf of the American Personal Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers Coalition. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Abdelali Elouaradia |
| 16 July 2024 | Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services Notice of Public Meeting The purpose of FICEMS is to ensure coordination among Federal agencies supporting local, regional, State, Tribal, and territorial EMS and 911 systems. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan |
| 16 July 2024 | Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Seating Systems Through this document, NHTSA fulfills the statutory mandate in section 24204 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which directed the Secretary of Transportation to issue an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to update Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 207, “Seating systems.” | Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Jack Danielson Topic: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards |
| 16 July 2024 | Jury Convicts Eau Claire Man of Wire Fraud Robert Carter submitted false information to obtain semi-trucks. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Wisconsin Dateline: Madison, Wisconsin Topics: Robert Carter, Carter Transportation Group |
| 16 July 2024 | Man Charged in Federal Court With Committing Two Carjackings in Chicago VIRGIL GIBSON, 22, of Chicago, stole a Chevrolet Malibu on April 7, 2024, and a Kia K5 on April 8, 2024, according to an indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Chicago. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois Dateline: Chicago, Illinois |
| 16 July 2024 | National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council Notice of Public Meeting The NEMSAC provides an important national forum for the non-Federal deliberation of national EMS issues and serves as a platform for advice on DOT's national EMS activities. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan |
| 16 July 2024 | National Hazardous Materials Route Registry The NHMRR is a listing, as reported by States and Tribal governments, of all designated and restricted roads and preferred highway routes for transportation of highway route controlled quantities of Class 7 radioactive materials and non-radioactive hazardous materials. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless |
| Wednesday, 17 July 2024 | ||
| 17 July 2024 | Approval of Subzone Status; AESC Florence LLC; Florence, South Carolina Now, therefore, the Board hereby approves subzone status at the facility of AESC Florence LLC as described in the application and Federal Register notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board Byline: Dawn Shackleford Topic: AESC |
| 17 July 2024 | Austin Felon Indicted for Alleged Drug Trafficking and Firearm Possession After Ramming Police Cruiser According to court documents, Cliofa Delacruz, 34, is a four-time convicted felon who was arrested by Austin Police officers after allegedly ramming a law enforcement vehicle while evading. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Austin, Texas |
| 17 July 2024 | Certain Brake Drums From the People's Republic of China and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce received countervailing duty petitions concerning imports of certain brake drums, from China and Türkiye filed in proper form on behalf of Webb Wheel Products, a U.S. producer of brake drums. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Abdelali Elouaradia |
| 17 July 2024 | Certain Brake Drums From the People's Republic of China and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce received antidumping duty petitions concerning imports of certain brake drums from China and Türkiye filed in proper form on behalf of Webb Wheel Products, a U.S. producer of brake drums. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Abdelali Elouaradia |
| 17 July 2024 | Convicted Felon Accused of Committing a Drive-By Shooting in Salt Lake County is Facing Federal Charges Detectives attempted to stop Cody Charles Burningham, but he fled, driving through residential areas at a high rate of speed. After detectives were able to spike the tires of the vehicle, he took off on foot. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah Byline: Felicia Martinez Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 17 July 2024 | Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, DP24-002 The petition requests that the Agency initiate a safety defect investigation into loss of motive power incidents attributed to vehicles manufactured by Kia America equipped with 3.3 L Lambda-II engines. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan Topic: Kia Sorento |
| 17 July 2024 | Illinois Carjacker Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison Shortly after midnight, a woman walked from a residence to her 2011 Kia Optima. A sedan pulled up, Brandon Best got out and ran toward the victim and her car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 17 July 2024 | U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Guilty Plea for Felony Assault within Navajo Nation In his plea agreement, Daryl Levi admitted that he participated in the assault with the intent to take John Doe’s motor vehicle. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Wednesday, 18 July 2024 | ||
| 18 July 2024 | Four Individuals Indicted in Bribery Scheme to Eliminate Puerto Rico Department of Transportation Fines According to court documents, defendants Nancy Báez-Flores and Josselyn Figueroa-Rosario were employees of DTOP assigned to work in the regional driver service centers located in Caguas and Carolina, Puerto Rico. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Puerto Rico Dateline: San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 18 July 2024 | Vallejo Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Federal Agents with a Firearm and Vehicle According to court documents, Delapp assaulted two FBI special agents by pursuing them with his car, pulling up alongside them, and aiming a firearm at them through the window, making a recoil motion with the firearm. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Sacramento, California |
| 18 July 2024 | Woman Who Threw over 13 Pounds of Methamphetamine From Car Sentenced to Over 22 Years in Federal Prison In 2023, Victoria Kay Oestereich was traffic stopped by police in Waterloo, Iowa, while returning from her drug supplier in Des Moines, Iowa. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Iowa |
| Thursday, 19 July 2024 | ||
| 19 July 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection LADOTD requests that FHWA continue the service of issuance of Federal-aid eligibility letters. VDOT strongly appreciate FHWA's current practice and role relating to issuing issuance of Federal-aid eligibility letters for roadside safety hardware. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 19 July 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection The TTPSF is authorized within the Tribal Transportation Program under section 202(e) of title 23, United States Code which reads “to be allocated based on an identification and analysis of highway safety issues and opportunities on tribal land, as determined by the Secretary, on application of the Indian tribal governments”. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 19 July 2024 | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC, Denial of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Daimler Trucks North America has determined that certain model year 2019-2022 Thomas Built Bus school buses do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 217, Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan Topic: Thomas Built |
| 19 July 2024 | Hours of Service of Drivers: Reiman Corp.; Denial of Application for Exemption Reiman's drivers transport latex embedded cement for use at highway construction sites. Reiman requests that it be allowed to operate under the same HOS exemption provided for “specially trained drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are specially constructed to service oil wells.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless |
| 19 July 2024 | Minimum Performance Measures for the State Highway Safety Grant Program In order to ensure that the broadest possible cross-section of stakeholders is engaged from the onset of this process, NHTSA is publishing this RFC and announcing a public meeting to be held prior to issuing the updated highway safety performance measurement framework. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Barbara Sauers |
| 19 July 2024 | Nashville Man Charged with Unlawful Possession of Ammunition Following Shooting at WEGO Bus Station Shortly after hearing the gunshots, the officer saw a man, later identified as Kenneth Dewayne Johnson, holding a pistol and running away from the area. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Tennessee Byline: Mark H. Wildasin Dateline: Nashville, Tennessee |
| 19 July 2024 | New Orleans Man Sentenced After Trial Conviction for Carjacking and Federal Firearms Offenses According to court records, Shampain Poole carjacked a car at gunpoint from an eighty-year-old woman, in front of her home. She immediately reported the crime. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Monday, 22 July 2024 | ||
| 22 July 2024 | Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Indian Country leads to 40-Month Sentence in Federal Prison for Stephens County Man According to public record, in March 2023, Roden was involved in an argument with another individual over an alleged debt that was owed. When the victim attempted to drive away, Roden shot at the victim’s vehicle several times, striking the driver’s side of the car once. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Oklahoma Dateline: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 22 July 2024 | Environmental Impact Statement: Dallas and Kaufman Counties, Texas FHWA, on behalf of TxDOT, is issuing this notice to advise the public that an EIS will be prepared for a proposed transportation project to construct the East Branch extension of the President George Bush Turnpike, connecting Interstate Highway 30 to I-20 in eastern Dallas County, Texas. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Michael T. Leary Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 22 July 2024 | Four People Sentenced to Serve 25 Years in Federal Prison Collectively after More Than 120 Pounds of Methamphetamine is Recovered from Vehicle According to public record, on February 5, 2023, members of the Oklahoma City Police Department’s Criminal Oklahoma Interdiction of Central Oklahoma unit stopped two vehicles, both registered out of state and traveling together in a suspicious manner, and located approximately 123 pounds of methamphetamine in one of the vehicles. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Oklahoma Dateline: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 22 July 2024 | Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for St. Louis County Cab Driver’s Fatal Robbery The four planned to take the taxi to a fake address near Jeremiah Allen’s home, then run away without paying. After learning that they would have to prepay for the ride, they began discussing plans to rob Dewight Price. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 22 July 2024 | Proposed Second Renewal of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Assigning Certain Federal Environmental Responsibilities to the State of Nebraska, Including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Authority for Certain Categorical Exclusions (CEs) The FHWA would execute the second renewal of Nebraska's participation in this program through an MOU. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Richard Wayne Fedora |
| 22 July 2024 | Sandy Woman Sentenced to 15 Months’ Imprisonment After Assaulting Federal Officers According to court documents and statements made at the change of plea hearing, Trotter violently assaulted several members of the United States Marshals Service Violent Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team with her vehicle outside a CVS in West Valley City. | Press Release (text & photos) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah Byline: Felicia Martinez Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 22 July 2024 | Seminole Resident Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter In Indian Country The Indictment alleged that, on November 23, 2022, Lucus Wayne Cullum killed the victim while failing to devote his full time and attention to driving. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 22 July 2024 | Three Memphis Men Receive Significant Federal Sentences after Carjacking and Robbery Spree According to the information presented in court, Jermiah Jones, Kevontae Harper, and James Payne, participated in a crime spree that included three carjackings and a series of armed robberies of Memphis businesses. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Tennessee Dateline: Memphis, Tennessee |
| 22 July 2024 | U.S. Attorney Announces Non-Prosecution Agreement With International Bus Parts Supplier CBM CBM agrees to monetary penalties for scheme to mislead U.S. transit authority customers about the sources of bus parts that CBM contracted to sell the transit authorities. | Press Release (text & documents) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York Topic: CBM |
| Tuesday, 23 July 2024 | ||
| 23 July 2024 | Lamar County Man Pleads Guilty to Million Dollar Bank Fraud Conspiracy According to court documents and information presented to the Court, beginning as early as January of 2021, Aaron Brown conspired with multiple individuals to use his auto sales company and companies owned by his co-conspirators to engage in a systematic check kiting scheme. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi Dateline: Hattiesburg, Mississippi Topics: Aaron Brown, Aaron's Auto Sales |
| 23 July 2024 | Milwaukee Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Armed Carjacking William Jones approached the 79-year-old victim, who was sitting in the driver’s seat of his vehicle, placed a gun against the victim’s head and demanded the keys. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 23 July 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Red Rock Trail and Intersection Improvements Project--Phase 1 in Nevada This final agency actions relate to a proposed trail project in Clark County, Nevada. The FHWA's Finding of No Significant Impact provides details on the proposed action. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Judy Salomonson |
| 23 July 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 |
| 23 July 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 |
| Wednesday, 24 July 2024 | ||
| 24 July 2024 | Alleged Car Thief Indicted On Federal Charges Appears In Court The indictment alleges that, between November 2023 and January 2024, Lumpkin engaged in a conspiracy to steal and possess high-end motor vehicles worth more than one million dollars. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 24 July 2024 | Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment in Connection with Shooting at Gas Station Near Walmart in Monroe Tristan Barber of Monroe, Louisiana, has been indicted and charged with two counts of possession of firearms by a convicted felon, and two counts of illegal possession of a machine gun. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana Dateline: Monroe, Louisiana |
| 24 July 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Transportation Project in Maryland The actions relate to the Rebuild of the I-695 (Baltimore Beltway) Francis Scott Key Bridge over Patapsco River and its approaches. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Valeriya Remezova Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 24 July 2024 | Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Highway Project, Centre County, PA The FHWA, in coordination with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is issuing the Notice of Intent to solicit comments and advise the public, agencies, and stakeholders that an Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared to study potential improvements to US 322 also known as the State College Area Connector Project from Potters Mills to Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jennifer Maureen Crobak Topic: United States Numbered Highways |
| 24 July 2024 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Convoy Technologies, Inc Application for an Exemption FMCSA announces its decision to grant a limited 5-year exemption to Convoy Technologies to allow motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles with the company's Electronic Rear View System 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: Convoy Technologies |
| 24 July 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 18 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 |
| 24 July 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 11 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 |
| 24 July 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 11 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 |
| 24 July 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 34 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 |
| 24 July 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 |
| 24 July 2024 | Rosebud Man Sentenced for Assault on Federal Officer On November 24, 2022, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services operated a sobriety checkpoint near St. Francis, South Dakota, and Robert Kills Plenty drove a vehicle through the inspection area. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Pierre, South Dakota |
| 24 July 2024 | Rosebud Man Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter Jiles Whipple was drinking alcoholic beverages and smoking marijuana at his residence in Rosebud. He subsequently departed the residence in a vehicle that he knew had faulty brakes. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Pierre, South Dakota |
| Thursday, 25 July 2024 | ||
| 25 July 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of an Information Collection Request: 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 |
| 25 July 2024 | Certain Portable Battery Jump Starters and Components Thereof (II); Notice of Request for Submissions on the Public Interest The Commission is soliciting submissions on public interest issues raised by the recommended relief should the Commission find a violation. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Lisa Barton |
| 25 July 2024 | Jury Finds District Man Guilty of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon for Driving with Girlfriend on the Hood of His Car According to the government’s evidence, on June 3, 2024, Paul Camby, after getting high on cocaine and drinking whiskey, went to his apartment parking garage to drive his car. Camby’s girlfriend got in front of the car to prevent him from driving while intoxicated. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 25 July 2024 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Safe Fleet Bus and Rail Application for an Exemption FMCSA announces its decision to grant a limited 5-year exemption to Safe Fleet Bus and Rail to allow motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles with the company's “MirrorLESS” 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: Safe Fleet |
| 25 July 2024 | United States Sues National General Holdings Corp. and Subsidiaries for Falsely Placing Insurance on Hundreds of Thousands of Borrowers’ Vehicles The government’s complaint alleges that, from at least 2008 and through the latter part of 2016, National General systemically failed to accurately track whether cars financed by Wells Fargo had the requisite insurance coverage from an outside carrier, and thereby knowingly or recklessly force-placed its own, much costlier CPI on at least 655,000 vehicles that already had outside insurance. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania |
| Friday, 26 July 2024 | ||
| 26 July 2024 | Announcement of Fiscal Year 2024 Low or No Emission Program and Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program and Project Selections The U.S. Department of Transportation's FTA announces the award of a total of $1,497,553,559, including $1,107,355,187 to projects under the Fiscal Year 2024 Low or No Emission Grant Program and $390,198,372 to projects under the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program and provides administrative guidance on project implementation. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Veronica Vanterpool |
| 26 July 2024 | AROW Global Corp., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance AROW Global Corp. has determined that certain glass panes for use as original equipment and replacement service parts of side window assemblies on transit buses 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: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: AROW Global |
| 26 July 2024 | Certain Portable Battery Jump Starters and Components Thereof (III); Notice of Commission Determination To Review in Part and, on Review, To Affirm With Modification a Final Initial Determination Finding No Violation of Section 337; Termination of the Investigation On April 18, 2023, the Commission instituted this investigation under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, based on a complaint filed by The NOCO Company of Glenwillow, Ohio. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Lisa Barton Topic: Noco |
| 26 July 2024 | FCA US LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has determined that the pedestrian alert rear speakers and service parts (“Quiet Vehicle Protection Module”) for certain MY 2022-2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee motor vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 141, Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Jeep Grand Cherokee |
| 26 July 2024 | Federal Jury Convicts Sean Christopher Williams Of Escape The evidence presented at trial highlighted the multi-state manhunt that led to the capture of Williams in Pinellas County, Florida, on November 21, 2023, after he escaped from a transport van en route to the Greeneville Federal Courthouse on October 18, 2023. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Tennessee Byline: Rachelle Barnes Dateline: Greenville, Tennessee |
| 26 July 2024 | “Ghostface Gangster” Sentenced to 30 Years for Supplying Meth to a Raleigh-based DTO Run by a Leader of the Pagan Motorcycle Gang On November 29, 2023, Ted Cannon, aka “Bam,” pled guilty to one charge of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Wilmington, North Carolina Topic: Pagan's Motorcycle Club |
| 26 July 2024 | Hercules Tire & Rubber Company, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Hercules Tire & Rubber Company has determined that certain Ironman iMove PT radial 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: Ironman |
| 26 July 2024 | Ineos Automotive Americas, LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Ineos Automotive Americas has determined that certain model year 2024 Ineos Automotive Grenadier light vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 110, Tire Selection and Rims and Motor Home/Recreation Vehicle Trailer Load Carrying Capacity Information for Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of 10,000 Pounds or Less. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Ineos Grenadier |
| 26 July 2024 | Judge Gives 18 Year Sentence to Carjacker Who Shot Driver Tayvon Owens approached the victim, who was sitting in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Newton St 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. |
| 26 July 2024 | Jury Finds District Man Guilty of Carjacking, Robbery, Burglary and Related Charges Kenneth Phillips was in the 2000 block of fourth street Northeast when he approached the victim from behind, striking him in the back of the head and taking his car and house keys. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 26 July 2024 | New Orleans Man Sentenced for Carjacking and Gun Offenses Court documents reveal that on April 10, 2023, FRITH carjacked a vehicle in the Central City area of New Orleans. He was wearing a ski mask and gloves and pointed a loaded Glock Model 26 handgun at the victim while demanding the keys to her car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 26 July 2024 | Tesla, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Tesla has determined that certain model year 2017-2023 Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y 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 Topics: Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model Y |
| 26 July 2024 | Two Long Beach Men Arrested on Indictment Alleging They Sold Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Out of Car Upholstery Shop Law enforcement also seized several packages of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine stowed away in a vending machine at a purported auto upholstery shop called “Stitchn’ Time,” Valle’s purported place of business. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Byline: Ciaran McEvoy Dateline: Los Angeles, California Topic: Stitchn’ Time |
| Monday, 29 July 2024 | ||
| 29 July 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; National Traffic Safety Survey NHTSA proposes to collect information from the public to better understand the public's behavior and attitudes regarding traffic safety issues including seat belts, distracted driving, new and emerging vehicle technologies, and traffic safety and enforcement. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan |
| 29 July 2024 | Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 2027-2032 and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030-2035; Correction That document finalized new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks to be manufactured in model years 2027-2031, and new fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans to be manufactured in MYs 2030-2035. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Sophie Shulman |
| 29 July 2024 | Member of Tulalip Tribes pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter, and using a firearm in a crime of violence, for fatal shooting in garage on tribal land According to the plea agreement, the victim, Zahir and others were in the detached garage, when Zahir’s cousin complained about the noise the victim was making. The victim and the cousin were arguing and as the victim walked towards Zahir’s cousin, Zahir pulled out a gun and fired three shots killing the victim. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Washington Dateline: Seattle, Washington |
| 29 July 2024 | Missouri Man Admits Being Caught on Interstate 44 with Nearly 3 Pounds of Meth A Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy pulled over a dark blue Pontiac Trans Am for improperly passing a tractor-trailer. The Trans Am also bore a license plate that was “not on file.” | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 29 July 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highways in Colorado Those actions issue National Environmental Policy Act and section 4(f) of The Department of Transportation Act decisions for the following projects: I-70 Floyd Hill to Veterans Memorial Tunnels EA and FONSI and Vasquez Boulevard I-270 to 64th Avenue EA and FONSI. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: John M. Cater |
| 29 July 2024 | Teen Admits Two St. Louis Area Carjackings Davis admitted stealing a Mazda 3 at gunpoint in 2021 and a little over a year later, a Mercedes SUV. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| Tuesday, 30 July 2024 | ||
| 30 July 2024 | Commercial Driver's License: Covenant Transport Inc. and Landair Transport Inc. Jointly d/b/a Covenant Logistics; Application for Exemption FMCSA announces its decision to grant Covenant Logistics an exemption from the requirement for a commercial learner's permit holder, while operating a commercial motor vehicle, to be accompanied by a commercial driver's license holder with the proper CDL class and endorsements seated in the front seat of the CMV. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless Topic: Covenant Logistics |
| 30 July 2024 | Convicted Felon Indicted on Federal Charges for Armed Carjackings According to Court documents, on August 25, 2023, Jenkins carjacked a man at gunpoint outside a residence in Southeast Washington, D.C., taking a Dodge Charger. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 30 July 2024 | Eufaula Resident Sentenced For Involuntary Manslaughter According to investigators, on July 23, 2022, Kirby crashed his motorcycle while leaving the Fountainhead Marina Bar in Checotah, Oklahoma. Kirby’s passenger was thrown from the motorcycle and later died from injuries sustained in the crash. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 30 July 2024 | Idaho Diesel Parts Companies and Owner Sentenced for Tampering with Emissions Control Systems and Selling Tampering Software The charges in the case relate to illegal tampering with monitoring devices required under the Clean Air Act, specifically the on-board diagnostic systems in diesel trucks. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Idaho Byline: Cassie Fulghum Dateline: Pocatello, Idaho Topics: GDP Tuning, Custom Auto, Gorilla Performance, Barry Pierce |
| 30 July 2024 | Johnston County Resident Sentenced For Manslaughter According to investigators, on December 8, 2022, Williams crashed his motorcycle into another motorcycle while both riders traveled northbound on State Highway 48A in Johnston County. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 30 July 2024 | South Texas smugglers: ring leaders sentenced for transporting nearly 2,500 people in $2.9M conspiracy Evidence further revealed the organization proudly boasted about using their trucking business as a front, which not only facilitated the alien smuggling but also enabled the laundering of $2.9 million. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: McAllen, Texas |
| Wednesday, 31 July 2024 | ||
| 31 July 2024 | Florida Man Sentenced to Federal Prison Hulsmann found himself lost and near Pine Ridge, South Dakota, significantly off route from his destination. Rather than pulling over and orienting himself with the area, Hulsmann flew into a rage and drove approximately 80 MPH in a 45 MPH zone when he struck a motorcyclist. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Rapid City, South Dakota |
| 31 July 2024 | “Hot shot” smuggling organization heading to prison for illegally transporting thousands Beginning in April 2022, Diego Flores hired “hot shot” drivers to transport various containers, including wooden boxes, sheds and hay bales on flat-bed trailers further north. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: McAllen, Texas |
| 31 July 2024 | Niobrara Ford Dealership Sentenced in Relation to Clean Air Act Violation DPTX sold tuners and delete kits which are products used to modify exhaust systems in violation of the Clean Air Act. An employee of DPTX had supplied Moody Motor Co. with these products. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska Byline: Lecia Wright |
| 31 July 2024 | Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Violent Carjackings of Two Food Delivery Drivers, One of Whom Died From His Injuries John Nusslein was charged by indictment in June 2022, and on April 2, 2024, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit carjacking, one count of carjacking resulting in death, and one count of carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 31 July 2024 | South L.A. Man Arrested on Federal Grand Jury Indictment Alleging Series of Armed Carjackings in L.A. County Last Year According to the indictment that a grand jury returned earlier this month, from November 15 to December 9, 2023, the defendant went on a crime spree, mostly carjacking – or attempting to carjack – car owners at gunpoint in Downey, Pico Rivera, Norwalk, and Whittier. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Byline: Ciaran McEvoy Dateline: Los Angeles, California |
| 31 July 2024 | Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Carjacking Kincaid opened the passenger door of the vehicle, climbed inside, and told the victim he was stealing the car while brandishing a firearm in his waistband. The victim fled the vehicle and Kincaid climbed into the driver’s seat and drove away. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| August | Title | Details |
| Thursday, 1 August 2024 | ||
| 1 August 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved Information Collection: Financial Responsibility Motor Carriers, Freight Forwarders, and Brokers The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to register for-hire motor carriers of property and passengers under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902, surface freight forwarders under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13903, and property brokers under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13904. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 1 August 2024 | Armed Robber Sentenced to 22 Years for Carjacking and Robberies According to court documents, on February 7, 2023, Jameson McNeil was armed with what appeared to be a handgun when he ordered a woman out of her car while she was inside a parking garage in the 800 block of P Street NW. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 1 August 2024 | Corpus Christi Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison for Transporting, Endangering Undocumented Noncitizens Thomas Bucciarelli drove through red traffic lights and struck the driver’s side of a vehicle stopped at an intersection. Border Patrol agents located Bucciarelli’s vehicle in a parking lot, finding four passengers who were revealed to be undocumented noncitizens. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Del Rio, Texas |
| 1 August 2024 | Gas Station Robber Who Crashed Into Apartment Complex Sentenced Shortly after the second robbery, officers located Mr. Tipton’s blue four-door traveling eastbound. They attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but Mr. Tipton fled, leading officers on a high-speed chase before crashing into an apartment complex, where he was taken into custody. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas Byline: Erin Dooley |
| 1 August 2024 | Justice Department Reaches Settlement with City of El Paso, Texas, and Its Contractors for Auctioning Over 170 Vehicles Owned by Servicemembers “Members of our armed forces should not have to worry about their cars being auctioned off while they are on the front lines defending our freedoms, liberties and rights,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. | Press Release (text &  documents)Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice Topics: United Road Towing, Rod Robertson Enterprises |
| 1 August 2024 | Konawa Resident Sentenced For Involuntary Manslaughter In Indian Country Kristy Renee Zapata-Gutierrez pleaded guilty to causing the death of another while driving under the influence and in an unsafe manner. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 1 August 2024 | Latimer County Resident Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter The Indictment alleged that on February 16, 2023, Holloway killed the victim while operating a motor vehicle under the influence of any intoxicating substance other than alcohol. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 1 August 2024 | Steel Trailer Wheels From China; Institution of Five-Year Reviews In its original determinations, the Commission defined the Domestic Like Product as consisting of steel trailer wheels and rims for towable mobile homes, coextensive with the scope. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Lisa Barton |
| 1 August 2024 | Tail Lights: Inflated Trucks, Inflated Food Prices 1908 was the year Henry Ford started putting the affordable Model T in the hands of regular folks, and farmers fitted wooden frames to the back to make the first stake-bed pickups. The role reversal completed quite early, and pickup trucks are now a necessity for work while horses are a luxury for those who can afford one. | Commentary (text) Publisher: The Crittenden Automotive Library Byline: Bill Crittenden |
| Friday, 2 August 2024 | ||
| 2 August 2024 | Great Falls woman sentenced to prison for embezzling from employer From about 2017 and continuing through June 2022, Whiteford stole money from the business to pay for personal expenses without DTSC’s authorization. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Missoula, Montana Topics: Jennifer Sue Whiteford, Darryl’s Tire and Service Center |
| 2 August 2024 | Phoenix Man Charged for Role as Recruiter and Coordinator of Alien Smugglers Nathan Espinoza Jr. was arrested last week for his role in recruiting a driver and coordinating the transportation of two undocumented noncitizens in March 2024, one of whom suffered fatal injuries after jumping out of the driver’s vehicle while it was moving. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| Monday, 5 August 2024 | ||
| 5 August 2024 | Lexington Brothers Sentenced for Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Luxury Cars According to their plea agreements, the Qasims’ co-conspirators, who lived outside the United States, targeted luxury car dealerships via email and phone calls in which they impersonated real employees of other dealerships. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky Dateline: Lexington, Kentucky |
| 5 August 2024 | Man Admits St. Louis Carjacking Bradley C. McKinney, 35, pleaded guilty to carjacking, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and possession of a machine gun. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 5 August 2024 | Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Carjacking and Armed Robbery in 2022 Crime Spree Richardson and his unidentified co-conspirators, armed with firearms, attempted to carjack two separate individuals before proceeding to the 600 block of Morton Place NE at approximately 6:49 p.m. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 5 August 2024 | Pine Ridge Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison Charles Brings Plenty got out of the car and began to question the victim. The juvenile codefendant used the vehicle to assault the victim and then assaulted him with a black baseball bat. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Rapid City, South Dakota |
| 5 August 2024 | Supplemental Initial Decision That Certain Frontal Driver and Passenger Air Bag Inflators Manufactured by ARC Automotive Inc. and Delphi Automotive Systems LLC, and Vehicles in Which Those Inflators Were Installed, Contain a Safety Defect NHTSA is issuing this supplemental initial decision to address in greater detail the basis for the agency's initial decision and to ensure that all vehicles and manufacturers that would be impacted by any recall order are included within the scope of the initial decision. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan Topics: ARC Automotive, Delphi |
| Tuesday, 6 August 2024 | ||
| 6 August 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on Proposed Interchange in Georgia, Interstate 16 (I-16) at Old Cuyler Road, Bryan County, Georgia This final agency action relates to a proposed new interchange project, the I-16 at Old Cuyler Road Interchange Project, along I-16 at Old Cuyler Road southeast of the existing County Road 11/Jernigan Road overpass. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Sabrina S. David Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 6 August 2024 | Tucson Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Assaulting a Federal Officer with a Vehicle The investigation revealed that, after stealing the vehicle, Ramirez drove it to a gas station on the Pascua Yaqui Indian Reservation and subsequently attempted to steal another vehicle, a delivery truck. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zachry Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| Wednesday, 7 August 2024 | ||
| 7 August 2024 | Fraud Ringleader and Former Fugitive William Mize Pleads Guilty in Federal Court These schemes greatly increase insurance premiums and costs for everyone, making it more expensive for ordinary Americans to own a car and to have reliable transportation for themselves and their families. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Spokane, Washington |
| 7 August 2024 | Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act The Consent Decree settles the action by requiring Defendants to pay a $7 million penalty and comply with various measures detailed in the Consent Decree that are designed to present CAA violations from re-occurring. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: Justice Byline: Jeffrey Sands Topic: Rudy's Performance Parts |
| 7 August 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for seven 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 August 2024 | Smuggler sent to prison after continuing to commit same crime while on bond Some of the loads of undocumented aliens included as many 115 people in the back of a tractor-trailer, at times including unaccompanied minors. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Thursday, 8 August 2024 | ||
| 8 August 2024 | Company, Executive and Employee Indicted for $100M Price-Fixing Conspiracy Involving Publicly Funded Infrastructure Projects Erosion control products and services, including sod, are used to control runoff of soil or rock on highway construction and repair projects. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice |
| 8 August 2024 | District Man Indicted on 28 Federal Counts for String of Armed Carjackings and Robberies at Convenience Stores and Gas Stations One day after the Falcon Fuel robbery, Joyner is alleged to have carjacked a man at gunpoint in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 8 August 2024 | Jury Finds District Man Guilty of Armed Robbery As the attendant went back inside, Worsley pulled out a tan semiautomatic pistol, grabbed the attendant, and forced him into the employees-only section. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. Topic: Exxon |
| 8 August 2024 | Previously Deported Man Indicted for Transfer of Fraudulent Social Security Cards and Counterfeit Driver’s Licenses According to court documents, Rosas transferred to others fraudulent Social Security cards and driver’s licenses that used the identifying information of multiple individuals, including their Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Sacramento, California |
| 8 August 2024 | San Francisco Tow Company Operator Charged With Insurance Fraud And Money Laundering The indictment also alleges that, at the time of the offenses in 2019, Badillo owned and/or controlled at least two companies engaged in the business of towing vehicles: Jose’s Towing, LLC, and Auto Towing, LLC, both of which operated out of San Francisco. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: San Francisco, California Topic: Jose Vicente Badillo |
| 8 August 2024 | St. Louis County Man Sentenced for Aiding Fraud From June 24, 2019, until Aug. 23, 2019, Lavell Caradine sold three vehicles to Naquan Powers, who used the personal information of others to buy and finance the vehicles. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri Topics: Lavell Caradine, Marty Cancila Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram |
| 8 August 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 |
| 8 August 2024 | Sunshine Act Meetings The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Enforcement 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 |
| Friday, 9 August 2024 | ||
| 9 August 2024 | Battery Safety Post-Incident Stakeholder Meeting Across the federal government, experts are working to assure the safety of operators, occupants, passersby, and emergency response personnel with regard to post-incident lithium-ion battery-powered vehicles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy Byline: Scott Goldstein |
| 9 August 2024 | Brake Drums From China and Turkey Webb Wheel Products of Cullman, Alabama, filed petitions with the Commission and Commerce, alleging that an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of subsidized and LTFV imports of brake drums from China and Turkey. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Sharon Bellamy |
| 9 August 2024 | Certain Steel Wheels From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order The U.S. Department of Commerce finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain steel wheels from the People's Republic of China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Scot Fullerton |
| 9 August 2024 | Certain Steel Wheels From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order The U.S. Department of Commerce finds that revocation of the countervailing duty order on certain steel wheels from the People's Republic of China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailing subsidies at the levels indicated in the “Final Results of Sunset Review” section of this notice. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Scot Fullerton |
| 9 August 2024 | Convicted McKinney Man Sentenced in Del Rio For Human Smuggling According to court documents, on July 26, 2022, Draivon Rashon Dixon, 33, approached a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint near Carrizo Springs in an SUV. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Del Rio, Texas |
| 9 August 2024 | Former ICE Employee Found Guilty of Illegally Directing Hundreds of Government Vehicle Repair Contracts to His Wife’s Company From at least November 2017 to September 2020, Jacques Polzin illegally sent service and parts orders from ICE to a Santa Fe Springs-based automotive repair company named JNJ Auto Repair LLC. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Byline: Ciaran McEvoy Dateline: Los Angeles, California Topic: JNJ Auto Repair |
| 9 August 2024 | Low Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles From China Determinations The United States International Trade Commission determines that there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of imports of low speed personal transportation vehicles from China that are alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value and imports of the subject merchandise from China that are alleged to be subsidized by the government of China. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Lisa Barton |
| 9 August 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on a Proposed Transportation Project in Kentucky The Project consists of 14 miles of the Mountain Parkway realignment from the east side of Salyersville in Magoffin County to west side of Prestonsburg in the Floyd County, State of Kentucky. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shundreka R. Givan |
| 9 August 2024 | Notice of Final State Agency Actions on US 60 (Grand Avenue)/35th Avenue/Indian School Road Traffic Intersection Improvements in Maricopa County, Arizona in Maricopa County, Arizona The actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the project. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Anthony N. Sarhan Topic: United States Numbered Highways |
| 9 August 2024 | Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From Thailand: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023 The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that passenger vehicle and light truck tires from Thailand were sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Scot Fullerton |
| 9 August 2024 | Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023 The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminary determines that Hankook Tire & Technology and Nexen Tire Corporation made sales of passenger vehicle and light truck tires from the Republic of Korea at prices below normal value during the period of review. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Scot Fullerton Topics: Hankook, Nexen |
| 9 August 2024 | Truck and Bus Tires From Thailand; Revised Schedule for the Subject Investigation The prehearing staff report in the final phase of this investigation will be placed in the nonpublic record on September 27, 2024, and a public version will be issued thereafter, pursuant to Sec. 207.22 of the Commission's rules. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Sharon Bellamy |
| 9 August 2024 | Utah Man that Attempted to Steal a Vehicle and Assaulted the Driver is Sentenced to Federal Prison According to court documents and statements made at the change of plea hearing, Kay Elder approached the 57-year-old victim parked at Home Depot on January 3, 2024, and began yelling at the man to get out of the car and give him the key. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah Byline: Felicia Martinez Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Monday, 12 August 2024 | ||
| 12 August 2024 | 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Pre-Employment Medical and Driver Evaluation Forms This collection is necessary for the Department's Bureau of Medical Services to evaluate medical eligibility for employment regarding operating a government owned vehicle. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: State Byline: Geoffrey L. Jones |
| 12 August 2024 | Car Thief Sentenced The investigation revealed that Cordero and others stole numerous motor vehicles, and used the stolen vehicles to travel throughout Connecticut and to neighboring states to steal other vehicles and the valuables inside, including credit cards, cellular telephones, and firearms. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 12 August 2024 | Grant of Petitions for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Ricon Corporation determined that certain Mirage, S-Series, and K-Series wheelchair lifts do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 403, Platform Lift Systems for Motor Vehicles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Ricon |
| 12 August 2024 | Jury convicts Cuban national for transporting non-citizens through checkpoint The jury heard that Nerey-Valdivia drove a tractor-trailer to the Border Patrol Checkpoint near Falfurrias. During an immigration inspection, law enforcement noticed an individual trying to hide in the bed compartment of the tractor. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas Topic: Mario Enrique Nerey-Valdivia |
| 12 August 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 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 |
| 12 August 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 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 |
| 12 August 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 12 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 |
| 12 August 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 10 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 |
| 12 August 2024 | San Jose Man Sentenced To Nearly Three Years For Defrauding Investors Of $4.7 Million Joon Woo Kim started an investment fund focused on publicly traded electric vehicle companies but secretly diverted investors’ funds to his failing private business and lost millions. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: San Francisco, California |
| 12 August 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 |
| 12 August 2024 | Tampa Man Pleads Guilty To Gas Station Robbery According to court documents, Swails arrived at a gas station on a bicycle, entered the business, pointed a gun at a clerk, and demanded money. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| Tuesday, 13 August 2024 | ||
| 13 August 2024 | Carjacking in Chicago Suburb Leads to 15-Year Federal Prison Sentence The victim was sitting in his car on the street outside of his home when Johnson approached, pointed a gun at the victim’s head, and demanded the key. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois Dateline: Chicago, Illinois |
| 13 August 2024 | Co-Owner of Westfield Transport Pleads Guilty to Charges Stemming From 2019 Crash That Killed Seven Motorcyclists From May 3, 2019 to June 23, 2019, Dunyadar Gasanov and, allegedly, Dartanayan Gasanov falsified driving logs in order to evade federal regulations designed to ensure the safety of roadways and drivers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts Topics: Dunyadar Gasanov, Westfield Transport |
| 13 August 2024 | Commercial Trucker Who Transported Narcotics from Texas to Ohio Pleads Guilty The defendant consented to a search of the vehicle. Three black duffle bags containing 20 blue-taped packages were found during the search. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio Dateline: Youngstown, Ohio Topic: Javier Eduardo Gutierrez-Quintana |
| 13 August 2024 | Danville, Illinois, Man Convicted of Carjacking Resulting in Death and Murder Marshall and his girlfriend started to drive away in Walter’s Ford F-150 before Marshall ordered her to stop the truck. He then returned to Walter and shot him five more times, taking his phone and other identification. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of Illinois Dateline: Urbana, Illinois |
| 13 August 2024 | Former General Motors Manager Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Receiving Bribe from Foreign Auto Parts Supplier Seeking Contract In 2015, a foreign parts supplier paid So a total of $3.45 million in cash. As a manager and team leader at General Motors, So oversaw the supply of parts used to build interiors for GM automobiles in North America. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Byline: Ciaran McEvoy Dateline: Los Angeles, California Topics: Hyoung Nam So, General Motors, Wookyung MIT |
| 13 August 2024 | Maui Man Arrested in Connection with IED The IED was in the roadway by Kahului Elementary School. The IED contained explosive powder, a battery, and shrapnel. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Hawaii Byline: Elliot Enoki Dateline: Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 13 August 2024 | Methamphetamine Found in Car Leads to Federal Conviction of Shreveport Man On or about May 15, 2023, near Southern Avenue in Shreveport, a Louisiana State Police trooper conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle for having a switched license plate. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana Dateline: Shreveport, Louisiana |
| 13 August 2024 | Notice of Review of Guidance FMCSA's primary mission is to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities involving large trucks and buses. In carrying out this safety mandate, FMCSA develops and enforces data-driven regulations and produces guidance documents to clarify regulatory requirements and aid compliance. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Sue Lawless |
| Wednesday, 14 August 2024 | ||
| 14 August 2024 | North Tonawanda man pleads guilty to using stolen credit card numbers to purchase tens of thousands of dollars worth of gas The gas customers would then pay Williams and/or Brown an amount of money less than the cost of the gas. As part of his plea agreement, Brown agreed that he was responsible for $192,673 of total loss. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York Dateline: Buffalo, New York |
| 14 August 2024 | Oklahoma Man Convicted of Illegal Firearms Possession after Fleeing from Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper The trooper spotted a sheathed knife in the passenger seat then asked Brown, the driver, to exit the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Oklahoma Dateline: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 14 August 2024 | Proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Assigning Certain Federal Environmental Responsibilities to the State of Maine, Including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Authority for Certain Categorical Exclusions (CEs) This program allows FHWA to assign its authority and responsibility for determining whether certain designated activities within the geographic boundaries of the State, as specified in the proposed MOU, are categorically excluded from preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Todd Jorgensen |
| 14 August 2024 | Transit Bus Manufacturer Public Roundtable Transit bus manufacturers will present their research and actions to improve bus operator visibility through vehicle design. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Joseph P. DeLorenzo |
| Thursday, 15 August 2024 | ||
| 15 August 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery To work continuously to ensure that our programs are effective and meet our customers' needs, FMCSA seeks to extend OMB approval of a generic clearance to collect qualitative feedback from our customers on our service delivery. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 15 August 2024 | Air Plan Approval; Delaware; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Delaware has made several State regulatory amendments to its prior SIP-approved I/M program regulations, to both improve the program and to harmonize its two State I/M program regulations so that the entire State is subject to similar I/M requirements. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Adam Ortiz |
| 15 August 2024 | Drug Trafficker Involved in High-Speed Chase with Spokane Police Sentenced to Federal Prison An SPD unit responded and attempted to conduct a traffic stop. Instead of stopping, Carrillo-Nava sped off into a residential neighborhood, disregarding stop signs, and at times reaching speeds of 75 miles per hour in a 25-mile-per-hour zone. | Press Release (text & photos) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Spokane, Washington |
| 15 August 2024 | Former Centre Police Officer Charged in Connection with Drug-Planting Scheme Kilgore and his co-conspirator then arranged for a package containing methamphetamine, oxycodone, and marijuana to be attached to the undercarriage of a certain vehicle. On January 31, 2023, Kilgore performed a sham traffic stop of that vehicle and “discovered” the drug package where he knew it had been planted. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama |
| 15 August 2024 | FY 2024 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program; Tribal Transit Program The Federal Transit Administration announces the opportunity to apply for $9,169,076 in competitive grants for the Fiscal Year 2024 Public Transportation on Indian Reservations (Tribal Transit) Program. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Veronica Vanterpool |
| 15 August 2024 | Georgia Trucker Sentenced for PPP Fraud “Billingslea falsified documents in order to receive PPP funds to operate illegal and unsafe businesses that he was ordered to stop operating,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia Dateline: Atlanta, Georgia Topics: Roderick Billingslea, Billingslea’s Inc. Special Collection: COVID-19 |
| 15 August 2024 | Vehicle-Mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms (Aerial Lifts); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements The Standard requires that when aerial lifts are “field modified” for uses other than those intended by the manufacturer, the manufacturer or other equivalent entity, such as a nationally recognized testing laboratory, must certify in writing that the modification is in conformity with all applicable provisions of ANSI A92.2-1969 and the OSHA standard and that the modified aerial lift is at least as safe as the equipment was before modification. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Byline: James S. Frederick |
| Friday, 16 August 2024 | ||
| 16 August 2024 | Bridgeport Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Vehicle Theft Scheme Tad Carr, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to charges stemming from a series of vehicle thefts from dealerships using personal information from identity theft victims. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 16 August 2024 | Charlotte Car Dealership Owner And Sales Manager Plead Guilty To Money Laundering Conspiracy Court documents show that, from July 2017 through January 2021, Martin and Jefferson engaged in a money laundering scheme by selling approximately 20 luxury vehicles to G.D., an individual who the defendants knew was a drug dealer or of whom they were willfully blind to that fact. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Charlotte, North Carolina Topics: John Harvey Martin, Vincent Emmanuel Jefferson Jr., iNetwork Auto Group |
| 16 August 2024 | Judge Sentences Man to 78 Months in Prison for Robbery and Assault of Delivery Driver According to the government’s evidence, the victim was working as a Domino’s delivery driver when he parked in the 4800 block of North Capitol Street NE to deliver pizza to Sutasha Miller. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 16 August 2024 | Record Retention Requirement This rule is being issued pursuant to the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, which requires the Secretary of Transportation to extend the period of time manufacturers of motor vehicles, child restraint systems, and tires must retain records concerning malfunctions that may be related to motor vehicle safety under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Sophie Shulman |
| 16 August 2024 | Swain County Man Pleads Guilty To Cold Case Murder In Indian Country The body of Marie Walkingstick Pheasant was discovered inside a burned-out vehicle parked near Big Cove Road within the Qualla Boundary in the Western District of North Carolina. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Asheville, North Carolina |
| 16 August 2024 | U.S. Attorney’s Office and ATF Announce Federal Charges in Santa Fe Shooting and Carjacking Case Babitz was seen leaving the scene in the victim's Jeep Grand Cherokee, which was later reported stolen. | Press Release (text & PDF) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Monday, 19 August 2024 | ||
| 19 August 2024 | Steel Wheels From China; Scheduling of Expedited Five-Year Reviews The Commission determined that the domestic interested party group response to its notice of institution of the subject five-year reviews was adequate and that the respondent interested party group response was inadequate. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Lisa Barton |
| Tuesday, 20 August 2024 | ||
| 20 August 2024 | 92K Rounds of Ammo Found During Bridge of the Americas Bus Inspection, Drivers Arrested on Smuggling of Goods Charges Garcia told the Customs and Border Protection officer that he was carrying 16 passengers with some children from Phoenix, Arizona to Zacatecas, Mexico and there were no firearms on board. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: El Paso, Texas Topic: Lucio Enriquez Garcia |
| 20 August 2024 | Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Highway Project; Adams and Denver Counties, Colorado (Identification Number FHWA-CO-EIS-24-001) The I-270 Corridor Improvements Project is located in the City of Commerce City, Adams County, and City and County of Denver in the State of Colorado. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: John M. Cater Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 20 August 2024 | Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas has determined that certain Proxes ST III passenger 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: Toyo |
| Wednesday, 21 August 2024 | ||
| 21 August 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection FHWA received one comment, a letter from the Virginia Department of Transportation that addressed several subjects, which are summarized below with FHWA's responses... | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 21 August 2024 | Cheektowaga man going to prison for using stolen credit card numbers to purchase tens of thousands of dollars worth of gas Williams and Brown used, or allowed others to use, the stolen bank card information to purchase gas for other individuals. The gas customers would then pay Williams and/or Brown an amount of money less than the cost of the gas. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York Byline: Barbara Burns Dateline: Buffalo, New York |
| 21 August 2024 | Enhanced Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Data Reporting Specifications for 500-Series Program Purposes The FHWA's Office of Highway Policy Information serves as the national source for highway data, providing DOT, Congress, and the transportation community with informational products in a timely manner to inform the development and implementation of decisions, policies, legislation, programs, and performance goals. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| 21 August 2024 | Federal Charges Filed In St. Johns Drive-By Shooting On I-95 The charges stem from their alleged roles in a shooting that occurred along I-95 in St. Johns, Florida, on October 17, 2023. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Jacksonville, Florida Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 21 August 2024 | Incorporation by Reference; North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria; Hazardous Materials Safety Permits FMCSA amends its Hazardous Materials Safety Permits regulations to incorporate by reference the updated Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance handbook containing inspection procedures and Out-of-Service Criteria for inspections of shipments of transuranic waste and highway route-controlled quantities of radioactive material. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Vincent G. White Topic: Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance |
| 21 August 2024 | Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; American Honda Motor Co., Inc. This document grants in full the American Honda Motor petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its Acura (confidential) vehicle line beginning in model year 2025. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Raymond R. Posten Topic: Acura |
| 21 August 2024 | Truck and Bus Tires From China On the basis of the record developed in the subject five-year reviews, the International Trade Commission determines that revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on truck and bus tires from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Susan Orndoff |
| Thursday, 22 August 2024 | ||
| 22 August 2024 | Billings business owner admits tampering with pollution-monitoring devices for diesel trucks in violation of Clean Air Act The government alleged in court documents that from 2019 until April 2021, Thomas James Nash, through his businesses, DRK and Flash Performance, tampered with Clean Air Act monitoring devices by developing, marketing and selling software known as “tunes” that, when downloaded onto a vehicle’s computer, would override and disable the on-board diagnostic system so that it would no longer detect malfunctions in the emissions control system. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Billings, Montana Topics: Thomas James Nash, Flash Performance |
| 22 August 2024 | Certain Passenger Vehicles and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022 The U.S. Department of Commerce determines that countervailable subsides are being provided to producers and exporters of certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from the People's Republic of China during the period of review. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Abdelali Elouaradia |
| 22 August 2024 | Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse Requirements; Driver Qualification Requirements: Waste Management Holdings, Inc. Application for Exemption FMCSA announces that it has received an application from Waste Management Holdings for an exemption from certain driver qualification requirements and drug and alcohol clearinghouse regulations when its drivers are transferred among two or more WMH carriers with different USDOT numbers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 22 August 2024 | Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Denial of Petition for Rulemaking This document denies a February 12, 2019 petition for rulemaking submitted by Mr. Stevan Panin requesting that NHTSA amend FMVSS No. 104 or create a new FMVSS to require the year-round use of a standardized winter specification windshield washer fluid to prevent accidents allegedly caused by obstructed visibility from frozen windshield washer fluid. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Raymond R. Posten Topic: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards |
| 22 August 2024 | Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection This final rule amends Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, “Occupant crash protection,” updating the child restraint systems listed in the standard. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Sophie Shulman Topic: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards |
| 22 August 2024 | Lehigh Valley Man Charged with Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud and for Defrauding Local Car Dealerships The indictment further alleges that Heimbach successfully defrauded multiple Lehigh Valley car dealerships by purchasing vehicles in the names of other construction companies registered to or associated with him, by writing checks for those vehicles on bank accounts that were either closed or had an insufficient balance to cover the transaction. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 22 August 2024 | New York Man Sentenced To Seven Years For Interstate Travel In Aid Of Drug Trafficking And Violating His Supervised Release Approximately five months after his release from federal prison, and while on supervised release, Whyte was stopped by Pennsylvania State Police Troopers on I-81 driving a rented vehicle from New York to Pennsylvania. Troopers recovered approximately 249 grams of cocaine inside the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 22 August 2024 | Notice of FTA's Review of Its Partial Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Vans and Minivans and Request for Comment Following review and consideration of comments, FTA will determine whether to extend the waiver, modify the waiver, or allow the waiver to lapse. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Veronica Vanterpool |
| 22 August 2024 | Owner of North Carolina High Performance Car Business Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Crime From 2014 through 2021, Taylor withheld the taxes, but did not pay those withholdings over to the IRS, nor did he file the necessary employment tax returns. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Wilmington, North Carolina Topics: National Speed, George William Taylor Jr. |
| 22 August 2024 | Texas Man Charged with Armed Kidnapping of Rideshare Driver Miguel Alejandro Pastran Hernandez had ordered a ride to a closed gas station. When they arrived at the gas station, Pastran Hernandez pulled out a gun and the victim heard a round being chambered in the firearm. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Dateline: Miami, Florida |
| 22 August 2024 | Transportation for Individuals With Disabilities; Adoption of Accessibility Standards for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way The Department of Transportation is proposing to amend its rules implementing the transportation provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act by adopting as regulatory accessibility standards the Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: Transportation Byline: Subash Iyer |
| Friday, 23 August 2024 | ||
| 23 August 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Servicing Multi-Piece and Single Piece Rim Wheels Standard The purpose of the requirement is to reduce workers' risk of death or serious injury by ensuring that restraining devices used by them during the servicing of multi-piece rim wheels are in safe operating condition. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: Labor Byline: Nicole Bouchet |
| 23 August 2024 | Bus Company Holdings Topco LP and Bus Company Holdings US LLC--Acquisition of Control of Assets--Chenango Valley Bus Lines, Inc.; Community Bus Lines, Inc.; Dillon's Bus Service, Inc.; Elko, Inc.; Hudson Transit Lines, Inc.; Olympia Trails Bus Company, Inc.; Rockland Coaches, Inc.; Sam Van Galder, Inc.; Suburban Transit Corp.; Trentway-Wagar, Inc.; and Wisconsin Coach Lines, Inc. Bus Company Holdings Topco LP and Bus Company Holdings US LLC, both noncarriers, along with certain of their subsidiaries, filed an application for control over the assets of certain interstate passenger motor carriers controlled by Coach USA. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Surface Transportation Board Byline: Regena Smith-Bernard Topics: Bus Company Holdings, Coach USA |
| 23 August 2024 | Denver Woman Sentenced To 20 Years For Armed Carjacking Spree On February 27, 2023, Denver Police responded to a call at a convenience store on East Hampden Avenue on a report of a person trying to carjack multiple victims and shooting a firearm. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Colorado Dateline: Denver, Colorado |
| 23 August 2024 | Justice Department Sues California Towing Company for Auctioning a Servicemember’s Vehicle in Violation of Federal Law The SCRA prohibits a towing company from auctioning off a vehicle owned by a servicemember unless it first obtains an order from a court allowing it to do so. | Press Release (text & PDF) Publisher: Department of Justice Topics: Tony’s Auto Center, Mazda6 |
| 23 August 2024 | NHTSA Safety Research Portfolio Public Meeting: Fall 2024 The Agency's research portfolio covers a diverse range of program areas pertaining to vehicle safety, including the safety consequences of novel automotive technologies that aim to improve the crash avoidance and/or occupant protection characteristics of motor vehicles; and behavioral safety, which includes safety countermeasures that pertain to the behavior and actions of drivers, occupants, and other road users, including vulnerable populations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Cem Hatipoglu |
| Monday, 26 August 2024 | ||
| 26 August 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection For more than 45 years, the FHWA's TPF Program has enabled public and private entities to collaboratively conduct cutting-edge transportation research. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Topic: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
| 26 August 2024 | Finding of No Significant Impact for the Use of Electric Bicycles in the National Park System Programmatic Environmental Assessment The no-action alternative assumes that the rule has not been promulgated and that there is no nationwide policy about the use of e-bikes. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Park Service Byline: Raymond M. Sauvajot |
| 26 August 2024 | Former Willard Mayor Sentenced for $300,000 Fraud Scheme Hendrickson admitted that he gained unauthorized access to the fuel expense accounts of more than 500 individuals and conducted more than 1,000 fraudulent transactions that resulted in at least $298,737 being stolen from his victims. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri Dateline: Springfield, Missouri Topics: Corey Louis Hendrickson, Prime Inc. |
| 26 August 2024 | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has determined that certain Goodyear 265/70R17 116T XL Wrangler Duratrac RT passenger 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: Goodyear |
| 26 August 2024 | Polaris Industries Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Polaris Industries and Indian Motorcycle Company have determined that windscreens installed on certain model year 2015-2021 Slingshot three-wheeled motorcycles and MY 2019-2022 Indian motorcycles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 205, Glazing Materials and ANSI/SAE Z26.1-1996. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topics: Polaris Slingshot, Indian |
| 26 August 2024 | Violent Carjacker Sentenced In Federal Court Douglas struck the victim in the side of the neck and head with such force that she was knocked unconscious. When she regained consciousness, she was upside down in the passenger’s seat and covered in blood. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Alabama Dateline: Mobile, Alabama |
| 26 August 2024 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Volkswagen Group of America has determined that certain model year 2014-2024 Volkswagen and Audi motor vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 118, Power-Operated Window, Partition, and Roof Panel Systems. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topics: Audi, Volkswagen Golf |
| Tuesday, 27 August 2024 | ||
| 27 August 2024 | Notice of Temporary Annual Closure of Public Lands for the California 300 Off-Road Race, San Bernardino County, CA The BLM will post the temporary closure notice and map of the closure area at the main entry points into the Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, at the California Desert District Office, at the Barstow Field Office, and on the BLM website. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Bureau of Land Management Byline: Michelle Lynch Topic: California 300 |
| 27 August 2024 | Supplemental Initial Decision That Certain Frontal Driver and Passenger Air Bag Inflators Manufactured by ARC Automotive Inc. and Delphi Automotive Systems LLC, and Vehicles in Which Those Inflators Were Installed, Contain a Safety Defect On August 7, 2024, NHTSA received a request to extend the period during which manufacturers and any interested person may submit written information in response to the agency's Supplemental Initial Decision published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2024. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan Topics: ARC Automotive, Delphi |
| Wednesday, 28 August 2024 | ||
| 28 August 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request: FMCSA Registration System (FRS) Each registration is effective from the date specified and remains in effect for such period as the Secretary of Transportation determines by regulations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 28 August 2024 | Delaware County Woman Pleads Guilty to January Armed Carjacking in South Philadelphia, Two Gun Charges The victim reported being carjacked on the 1100 block of Washington Avenue. He relayed that, while walking to his vehicle, a silver 2018 Toyota RAV4, the defendant, Nateirah Ortiz, demanded his car keys and pointed a gun at him. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 28 August 2024 | Employee of Brooklyn Moving Company Sentenced for Defrauding Customers “The defendant enticed victims to use the moving companies he worked for and then held their belongings hostage to substantially higher prices and the threat of auctioning them off unless they agreed to the fraudulent demands,” stated United States Attorney Peace. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York Byline: John Marzulli & Danielle Blustein Hass |
| 28 August 2024 | Federal judge convicts Great Falls woman for 2021 crash on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation that resulted in serious bodily injury “Reckless driving often ends tragically, but driving recklessly while also consuming alcohol almost always guarantees someone will be severely injured, which is exactly what happened here.” U.S. Attorney Laslovich said. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Great Falls, Montana |
| 28 August 2024 | Former MPD Officer Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Scheme that Sold Personal Data of Traffic Crash Victims Raquel DePaula testified at trial that she paid Vincent Forrest between approximately $1,200 and $1,800 in bribe payments per week in exchange for the victim contact information. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 28 August 2024 | Ontario truck driver arrested on drug charges at the border According to the complaint, on the evening of August 23, 2024, Customs and Border Protection officers at the Lewiston Bridge Port of Entry encountered a commercial truck with Ontario plates being driven by Kasozi. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York Byline: Barbara Burns Dateline: Buffalo, New York |
| 28 August 2024 | Two Individuals Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Scheme to Defraud Rideshare Customers, Drivers and Others Earlier today an indictment was unsealed charging Eliahou Paldiel and Carlos Arturo Suarez Palacios with wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies relating to a wide-ranging scheme in which the defendants sold hacked smartphones and fraudulent applications to more than 800 rideshare drivers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York Byline: John Marzulli & Danielle Blustein Hass |
| Thursday, 29 August 2024 | ||
| 29 August 2024 | Billings woman sentenced to more than seven years in prison for armed carjacking The defendant, Talena Florence Boyiddle, 20, pleaded guilty in May to carjacking and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Billings, Montana |
| 29 August 2024 | Former MPD Sergeant Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Fatally Shooting a D.C. Motorist Enis Jevric, 42, a former Sergeant with the Metropolitan Police Department, was sentenced today in federal court to 60 months in prison for the August 2021 shooting death of 27-year-old An’Twan Gilmore. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 29 August 2024 | Poplar man admits stealing truck after stabbing driver on Fort Peck Indian Reservation The defendant, Brandon Lee Romero, 29, pleaded guilty to robbery. Romero faces a maximum of 15 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Great Falls, Montana |
| 29 August 2024 | Truck and Bus Tires From People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders On January 2, 2024, the ITC instituted, and Commerce initiated, the first sunset review of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Ryan Majerus |
| Friday, 30 August 2024 | ||
| 30 August 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network Data Collection The Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN) is a multidisciplinary, injury-focused crash data collection program using trauma centers under contract to NHTSA's Office of Vehicle Safety Research. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Cem Hatipoglu |
| 30 August 2024 | Madison Carrig Pleads Guilty to Embezzlements through the Use of Employer Credit Cards According to the charging document Carrig defrauded the three car dealerships who employed her as office manager or controller by embezzling cash receipts received from customers of the dealerships, and misusing company credit cards to purchase goods and services for her own use and benefit. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Vermont Dateline: Burlington, Vermont Topic: Madison Carrig |
| 30 August 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for eight 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 |
| 30 August 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 15 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 |
| 30 August 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 |
| 30 August 2024 | U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentence in Drunk Driving Case Involving Serious Injuries According to court documents, on December 1, 2021, Santa Ana Police officers received a report of hit and run involving a white pickup truck on US 550. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico Topic: United States Numbered Highways |
| September | Title | Details |
| Tuesday, 3 September 2024 | ||
| 3 September 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Examining the Effectiveness of Lane Departure Warning and Lane Keep Assist Advanced Driver Assistance Systems for Improving Driver Response NHTSA is seeking approval to conduct 11 voluntary information collections a part of a one-time research study involving up to 80 licensed drivers of various ages for a research study to examine the effectiveness of lateral control warnings in advanced driver assistance systems for improving driver response. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Cem Hatipoglu |
| 3 September 2024 | Americans With Disabilities Act and Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines; EV Charging Stations This proposed rule provides specifications for the accessibility of EV charging stations, to include the EV charger (including physical and communication access), EV charging space, access aisles, and accessible routes. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Byline: Christopher Kuczynski |
| Wednesday, 4 September 2024 | ||
| 4 September 2024 | Louisville Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Federal Prison for Carjacking According to court documents, Corey M. Buford, 23, was sentenced to 10 years and 5 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for illegally carjacking a 2014 BMW on April 14, 2022. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Kentucky Dateline: Louisville, Kentucky |
| 4 September 2024 | Nebraska Man Indicted for Violent Carjackings in Minneapolis According to court documents, on June 16, 2024, Nathan Mathias Sughroue, 31, used violence and intimidation to steal a Hyundai Elantra from one victim. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Thursday, 5 September 2024 | ||
| 5 September 2024 | Four Plead Guilty in Two St. Louis Area Carjackings Ramon D. Davis, 20, pleaded guilty in July to two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and two counts of carjacking. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 5 September 2024 | Motocross Coach Sentenced for Child Exploitation Crimes “This coach violated his position of trust and profound responsibility to protect and mentor those in his care,” said Homeland Security Investigations Nashville Special Agent in Charge Rana Saoud. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia Dateline: Atlanta, Georgia Topic: Ryan Meyung |
| Friday, 6 September 2024 | ||
| 6 September 2024 | Certain Brake Drums From the People's Republic of China and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated countervailing duty investigations of imports of certain brake drums from China and Türkiye. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Ryan Majerus |
| 6 September 2024 | Wapato Man Indicted for Second-Degree Murder The indictment alleges that on September 9, 2023, Logie killed his victim on the Yakama Nation. The allegations stem from a car crash that occurred on that afternoon. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Yakima, Washington |
| Monday, 9 September 2024 | ||
| 9 September 2024 | Damon Motors Inc.; Receipt of Petition for Temporary Exemption From a Rear Wheel Brake Requirement of FMVSS No. 123 Damon Motors has petitioned the agency for a temporary exemption from a rear wheel brake control requirement of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 123, Motorcycle controls and displays. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Sophie Shulman Topic: Damon |
| 9 September 2024 | Environmental Impact Statement; Nueces and Kleberg Counties, Texas FHWA, on behalf of TxDOT, is issuing this notice to advise the public that an EIS will be prepared for the proposed Regional Parkway-North Padre Island transportation project located in the City of Corpus Christi in Nueces and Kleberg counties, Texas. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Michael T. Leary |
| 9 September 2024 | Jury convicts RGV man for illegally transporting non-U.S. citizen The jury heard that Ramirez drove to the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint with a passenger in the front seat. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 9 September 2024 | Othello Man Indicted for Rolling Back and Replacing Odometers The indictment alleges that beginning in May of 2023, Garza carried out a scheme to acquire used cars with high mileage, tamper with or replace the odometers in the vehicles to make the cars mileage appear much lower, then advertise and sell the vehicles to unsuspecting buyers for an inflated price. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Spokane, Washington |
| 9 September 2024 | Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Series of Armed Carjackings Targeting Elderly The defendant and others committed three carjackings and one attempted carjacking, all with firearms, during the course of the conspiracy that took place between September 6, 2022, and September 12, 2022. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 9 September 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 11 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 |
| Tuesday, 10 September 2024 | ||
| 10 September 2024 | Certain Low Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD investigation within 65 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Ryan Majerus |
| 10 September 2024 | Commercial Driver's License Standards: Application for Exemption; State of Hawaii Department of Transportation FMCSA announces its decision to grant an exemption to the Hawaii Department of Transportation to allow commercial driver's license holders with a passenger endorsement to operate a school bus without holding a school bus endorsement, provided an adult chaperone is present on the bus who is responsible for ensuring the safe loading and unloading of children. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Vincent G. White |
| 10 September 2024 | FHWA Adoption of Cyber Security Evaluation Tool Pursuant to section 11510(b) of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, FHWA is required to develop a tool to assist transportation authorities in identifying, detecting, protecting against, responding to, and recovering from cyber incidents. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| 10 September 2024 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Exemption for Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association FMCSA announces its decision to grant a limited 5-year exemption to the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association on behalf of motor carriers in Wisconsin to use cargo securement methods that do not comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for securing shortwood logs transported lengthwise in crib-type vehicles... | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Vincent G. White |
| 10 September 2024 | Two Nashville Men Convicted of Federal Ammunition Charges Following Shooting at Car Wash The evidence presented at trial showed that on March 18, 2021, defendant Corey Pickett was at the Camel Carwash on Doverside Drive near Dickerson Pike with two other men. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Tennessee Byline: Mark H. Wildasin Dateline: Nashville, Tennessee Topic: Camel Carwash |
| Wednesday, 11 September 2024 | ||
| 11 September 2024 | Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023 The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily finds that certain exporters of passenger vehicle and light truck tires from the People's Republic of China made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value during the period of review. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Abdelali Elouaradia |
| 11 September 2024 | Commercial Driver's License: The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT); Application for Exemption FMCSA announces that the Hawaii Department of Transportation has applied for a limited exemption from the commercial driver's license rules concerning acceptable proof of citizenship or lawful permanent residency for citizens of Freely Associated States who now reside in Hawaii and wish to obtain a CDL. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 11 September 2024 | Notice of Review of Guidance That notice sought written input from the public on all FMCSA guidance documents that are good candidates for revision or rescission as part of its regular review of guidance documents under Section 5203(c) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 11 September 2024 | Student Transportation of America, Inc. et al.--Acquisition of Control--West Point Tours, Inc. Student Transportation of America, a noncarrier, and its parent entities filed an application seeking authority for STA to acquire all voting securities of West Point Tours, a passenger motor carrier that holds operating authority issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Surface Transportation Board Byline: Regena Smith-Bernard Topics: West Point Tours, Student Transportation of America |
| Thursday, 12 September 2024 | ||
| 12 September 2024 | 6 Florida Men Charged with Conspiracy, Carjacking Offenses The victims reported that the Lamborghini Urus they were operating was rear-ended by a Honda Civic on Damia Drive in Danbury, and a white work van cut in front of their vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 12 September 2024 | Federal Jury Finds Lookout In Ellenton Armored Truck Robbery Guilty At Trial They followed the armored truck along its route from Pinellas County to eastern Hillsborough County before eventually reaching a gas station in Ellenton. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| 12 September 2024 | Fiscal Year 2025 Solicitation of Proposals for the National Rural Transit Assistance Program The National RTAP will carry out activities to design and implement training and technical assistance projects and other support services tailored to meet the specific needs of transit operators in rural areas, including tribal transit services. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Veronica Vanterpool |
| 12 September 2024 | Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 38; Authorization of Production Activity; BMW Manufacturing Co. LLC; (Passenger Motor Vehicles); Spartanburg, South Carolina 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: BMW |
| 12 September 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Transportation Project in Washington State The action relates to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority plans to build and operate a light rail Operations and Maintenance Facility in its South Corridor. The Federal Transit Administration project is located in the City of Federal Way in King County, in the State of Washington, and is adjacent to the Interstate 5 right-of-way. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Ralph J. Rizzo Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 12 September 2024 | Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Charging Technologies and Infrastructure Needs This RFI seeks input in four areas to support medium and heavy-duty battery electric vehicles (DOT vehicle classes 4 through 8) including: unique EV charger and station needs; vehicle charging patterns; MHD EV charger technology and standardization; and workforce, supply chain, and manufacturing to support charging of MHD battery EVs. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Shailen P. Bhatt |
| 12 September 2024 | Pharr resident receives max for smuggling over 100 Beginning in summer 2021, authorities initiated an investigation into an organization responsible for smuggling thousands of undocumented aliens in tractor-trailers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Chrisi, Texas |
| 12 September 2024 | Robeson County Man Who Led Law Enforcement on Two Car Chases Sentenced for Armed Robbery When deputies from Scotland County Sheriff’s Office and Robeson County Sheriff’s Office attempted to apprehend Strickland, he led them on a dangerous car chase, at times through residential areas, while weaving through traffic, swerving across the lane divider, driving with his foot on the dashboard and out of the driver’s side window, and drinking a beer. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of North Carolina Dateline: Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Friday, 13 September 2024 | ||
| 13 September 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Road Test Requirement This ICR estimates the information burden incurred by motor carriers associated with the road test requirements in two circumstances. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 13 September 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection The BIL provides the RTEPF Grant Program funding to test, evaluate, and deploy projects that reduce port-related emissions from idling trucks, including through the advancement of port electrification and improvements in efficiency, focusing on port operations, including heavy-duty commercial vehicles, and other related projects. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 13 September 2024 | Final Defendant Sentenced in 2016 Robbery Spree in Haywood County, Tennessee On April 25, 2016, after the robbery of a truck stop, deputies with the Haywood County Sheriff's Department collected clothing on a nearby road that was worn by the armed robbers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Tennessee Dateline: Jackson, Tennessee |
| Monday, 16 September 2024 | ||
| 16 September 2024 | Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, DP22-003 The Petitioners requested that NHTSA initiate a safety defect investigation into the oil drain pan assemblies of multiple Hyundai and Kia vehicles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan Topics: Hyundai, Kia |
| 16 September 2024 | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Motor Vehicles The recreation area allows for a variety of recreational opportunities, including on- and off-road motor vehicle use and contains Lake Powell, the second-largest human-made lake in North America, which provides the opportunity to recreate in a natural environment and access remote backcountry areas. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Park Service Byline: Shannon A. Estenoz |
| 16 September 2024 | Hours of Service: Denial of Application for Exemption; Arbert Ibraimi FMCSA evaluated the application and public comments and determined that GTLM did not sufficiently demonstrate how its commercial motor vehicle operations would likely achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved in the absence of the exemption. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Vincent G. White Topics: Arbert Ibraimi, GTLM Transport |
| 16 September 2024 | Judge Hands District Man Eight Year Prison Sentence for 2023 Armed Robbery in Northwest D.C. Approximately 15 minutes later, members of the Metropolitan Police Department observed the stolen vehicle and came into contact with Jackson, who was exiting the driver’s seat of the stolen vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 16 September 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Transportation Project in Florida The proposed I-75 Improvements project will reduce congestion and improve reliability on I-75 from south of State Road 44 to S.R. 200, a distance of approximately 22.5 miles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Karen M. Brunelle Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 16 September 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to deny applications from 21 individuals who requested an exemption from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations prohibiting 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 operate a commercial motor vehicle from operating CMVs in interstate commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 16 September 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for seven 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 |
| 16 September 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 12 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 |
| 16 September 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 |
| 16 September 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 11 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 |
| 16 September 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 13 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 |
| Tuesday, 17 September 2024 | ||
| 17 September 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Medical Qualification Requirements CMVs (trucks and buses) are longer, heavier, and more difficult to maneuver than automobiles, making them a threat to highway safety if not operated properly by qualified individuals. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 17 September 2024 | Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages; Incorporation by Reference This document amends the procedures for testing the strength of seat belt anchorages in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 210, “Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages.” | Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Sophie Shulman Topic: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards |
| 17 September 2024 | Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Denial of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Harley-Davidson Motor Company has determined that certain model year 2018-2019 Harley-Davidson Softail motorcycles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 120, Tire Selection and Rims. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan Topics: Harley-Davidson FXBB, Harley-Davidson FXLR |
| 17 September 2024 | HONORING MR. LARRY LAVELLE CHRISTIAN “Country boy,” as he was known in his childhood, was a steadfast figure of reliability in the trucking community, always trying to be helpful and uplift his fellow truckers. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Marc Veasey Topic: Larry Lavelle Christian |
| 17 September 2024 | Make Inoperative Exemptions; Retrofit Air Bag On-Off Switches and Air Bag Deactivations The proposed amendments would eliminate the sunset date, and would also narrow the population of people eligible to have an on-off switch installed. | Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Sophie Shulman |
| 17 September 2024 | Michigan Resident and Heavy-Duty Diesel Parts Supplier Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Clean Air Act Kyle Offringa and Highway and Heavy Parts, LLC Admit to Conspiring with Heavy-Duty Diesel Truck Operators to Tamper with Emissions-Control Monitoring Devices. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York Dateline: Albany, New York Topics: Kyle Offringa, Highway and Heavy Parts |
| 17 September 2024 | NATIONAL TRUCK DRIVER APPRECIATION WEEK Truckers keep our Nation moving forward. Every year, across more than 300 billion miles of highways and back roads, these men and women deliver 11.5 billion tons of goods to feed our families, fuel our industries, and sustain our communities. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congresswoman Virginia Foxx |
| 17 September 2024 | Seattle man indicted for armed carjacking near Lumen Field Louis Montel De’Andre Dowers was arrested June 9, 2024, hours after he allegedly carjacked a BMW outside the Seattle Team Shop on Occidental Avenue South in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Washington Byline: Emily Langlie Dateline: Seattle, Washington |
| 17 September 2024 | Truck Leasing Task Force (TLTF); Notice of Public Meeting 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 |
| 17 September 2024 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Volkswagen Group of America has determined that certain model year 2019-2024 Volkswagen and Audi motor vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topics: Volkswagen ID.4, Audi Q3, Audi Q4 |
| Wednesday, 18 September 2024 | ||
| 18 September 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Renewal of Currently Approved Information Collection Title 23 United States Code, section 141(c), provides that a State's apportionment of funds under 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(1) shall be reduced in an amount up to 8 percent of the amount to be apportioned during any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1984, if vehicles subject to the Federal heavy vehicle use tax are lawfully registered in the State without having presented proof of payment of the tax. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 18 September 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection The Highway Use Tax Evasion Projects program provides funding to the Internal Revenue Service and the States to carry out intergovernmental enforcement efforts, along with training and research, to reduce evasion of payment of motor fuel and other highway use taxes, which are the principal sources for Federal and State highway funding. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 18 September 2024 | EV MANDATES LIMIT CHOICE, RAISE COSTS Mr. Speaker, an electric vehicle mandate presents serious challenges for our economy, families, and everyday life. While these vehicles are often promoted as the future, they come with significant limitations and costs. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Doug LaMalfa |
| 18 September 2024 | Former Mexican law enforcement official imprisoned for hiring drivers to transport loads of deadly narcotics Once law enforcement noticed tampering within the engine, they took his truck to a secure location to remove the engine’s manifold and other components. The exposed internal workings of the engine revealed 23 bundles of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Brownsville, Texas |
| 18 September 2024 | Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Owner and Operator of the Vessel that Destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge Claim Seeks Over $100M in Costs Incurred to Reopen Access to the Port of Baltimore and Punitive Damages for the Owner and Operator’s Reckless Conduct. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Justice Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 18 September 2024 | Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against The Owner And Operator Of The Vessel That Destroyed The Francis Scott Key Bridge While navigating through the Fort McHenry Channel, the vessel lost power, regained power, and then lost power again before striking the bridge. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland Byline: Angelina Thompson Dateline: Washington, D.C. Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 18 September 2024 | RECOGNIZING CONGRESSIONAL PATRIOT AWARD RECIPIENT RAY HUFFINES After helping President Reagan win his election, Ray served as a personal assistant for Governor Bill Clements for four years, before going back to his family's Chevrolet dealership in 1984. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Pat Fallon Topic: Ray Huffines |
| 18 September 2024 | RECOGNIZING CONGRESSIONAL PATRIOT AWARD RECIPIENT SAM PACK Sam began working for the Ford Motor Credit Company in 1962 and rose up the ranks to become a Branch Manager. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Pat Fallon Topic: Sam Pack |
| 18 September 2024 | RECOGNIZING NATIONAL TRUCK DRIVING AWARD WINNER FROM MISSISSIPPI JACKIE REED Jackie, from Collinsville, Mississippi, was named the Bendix Grand Champion at the 2024 Truck Driving and Step Van Championships. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Michael Guest Topics: Jackie Reed, National Truck Driving Championships |
| 18 September 2024 | ROLL BACK ESG TO INCREASE RETIREMENT EARNINGS ACT If Republicans were truly serious about protecting American retirees, they would be working to restore the pensions of Americans who have lost their retirements, their pensions or seen them cut, like the thousands of Delphi salaried retirees across the country. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Dan Kildee Topic: Delphi |
| 18 September 2024 | Tucson Man Indicted for Deadly Human Smuggling-Related Crash Near Arivaca On August 9, 2024, near Arivaca, approximately five miles north of the international border, United States Border Patrol agents attempted to pull over a Chevrolet Tahoe with fake license plates, on suspicion that the driver, Lopez-Ozuna, was engaged in human smuggling. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| Thursday, 19 September 2024 | ||
| 19 September 2024 | Recognizing Governor Eric Holcomb Under his leadership, we finally completed I-69. This success came from the work of a generation of Hoosier leadership, and Governor Holcomb got it over the finish line. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Greg Pence Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 19 September 2024 | Section 30C Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit This document contains proposed regulations regarding the Federal income tax credit under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 for certain costs relating to qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property that is placed in service within a low-income community or within a non-urban census tract. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Internal Revenue Service Byline: Douglas W. O'Donnell |
| 19 September 2024 | Sin City Deciples Founder Sentenced to 360 Months in Prison According to court documents, the Sin City Deciples, originally formed in 1967 in Gary, Indiana, is an outlaw motorcycle organization in which its members and associates engaged in acts of violence, extortion, and narcotics distribution in the Northern District of Indiana and elsewhere. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Indiana Dateline: Hammond, Indiana Topic: Sin City Deciples |
| 19 September 2024 | St. Paul Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Possession of a Machine Gun; Crashed Stolen Vehicle Through a Restaurant During Police Chase Witnesses reported hearing automatic gunfire coming from a black Jeep that was apparently chasing another Jeep. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: St. Paul, Minnesota |
| 19 September 2024 | Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Washington State Department of Transportation's Seattle Slip 3 Vehicle Transfer Span Project in Washington State In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an incidental harassment authorization to Washington State Department of Transportation to incidentally harass marine mammals during construction activities associated with the Seattle Slip 3 Vehicle Transfer Span Replacement Project in Seattle, Washington. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Byline: Kimberly Damon-Randall |
| Friday, 20 September 2024 | ||
| 20 September 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Reporting of Information and Documents About Potential Defects The purpose of part 579 is to enhance motor vehicle safety by specifying information and documents that manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment must provide to NHTSA concerning possible safety-related defects and non-compliances in their products, including the reporting of safety recalls and other safety campaigns the manufacturers conduct outside the United States. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan |
| 20 September 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection A 500-Series Data Reporting Guidebook provides for the collection of information by describing policies and procedures for assembling highway related data from the existing files of State agencies. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 20 September 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection Request: Safe Driver Apprenticeship Driver Program Current regulations on driver qualifications (49 CFR part 391.11(b)(1)) state that a driver must be 21 years of age or older to operate a CMV in interstate commerce. Currently, drivers under the age of 21 may operate CMVs only in intrastate commerce subject to State laws and regulations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane |
| 20 September 2024 | Davenport Man Indicted For Armed Carjacking And Possessing Ammunition As A Convicted Felon According to the indictment, on June 12, 2024, Moody used a firearm to commit a carjacking during which he took a vehicle from the victim with the intent to cause death and serious bodily harm. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| 20 September 2024 | Farmington Hills Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Stealing Cars from Silverdome The evidence presented during trial showed that for approximately six months in 2017, Porter and co-defendant Daniel Onorati conspired with each other and others to steal approximately 61 recalled Volkswagen and Audi cars that were parked at the site of the former Pontiac Silverdome. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan Dateline: Detroit, Michigan |
| 20 September 2024 | FMCSA Registration System Modernization FMCSA announces a hybrid (in-person and virtual) public meeting to engage stakeholders, which includes motor carriers, brokers, freight forwarders, insurance companies, financial institutions, process agents, blanket companies, and transportation service providers; to get their perspective on improving the registration experience with FMCSA. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Vincent G. White |
| 20 September 2024 | PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY RELATING TO “MULTI-POLLUTANT EMISSIONS STANDARDS FOR MODEL YEARS 2027 AND LATER LIGHT-DUTY AND MEDIUM-DUTY VEHICLES” Over and over again, the Biden-Harris Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has doubled down on its radical rush-to-green energy agenda. | Debate Transcript (text) Publication: Congressional Record Topic: Environmental Protection Agency |
| 20 September 2024 | U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI Announce Criminal Charges in Fruitland Carjacking According to the indictment, on April 10, 2022, Padilla took a motor vehicle from John Doe by force. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Monday, 23 September 2024 | ||
| 23 September 2024 | Alternative Methods for Calculating Off-Cycle Credits Under the Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Program: Application From Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC The Environmental Protection Agency is requesting comment on an application from Jaguar Land Rover North America for off-cycle carbon dioxide credits under EPA's light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Byron Bunker Topic: Jaguar Land Rover |
| 23 September 2024 | Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act The proposed consent decree requires Cobb Tuning to pay a penalty of $2,914,000 over three years based on its ability to pay and to perform injunctive relief. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: Justice Byline: Scott Bauer Topic: Cobb Tuning |
| 23 September 2024 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Application for an Exemption From Encore Flooring & Building Products, USDOT #2329419 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announces its decision to grant an application from Encore Flooring & Building Products for an exemption to allow it to operate commercial motor vehicles equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Vincent G. White Topic: Intellistop |
| 23 September 2024 | Winnebago Industries, Inc., Denial of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Winnebago Industries has determined that certain model year 2013-2023 Winnebago motorhomes 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: Winnebago |
| Tuesday, 24 September 2024 | ||
| 24 September 2024 | Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 75; Authorization of Production Activity; Lucid Motors USA, Inc.; (Lithium-Ion Batteries); Casa Grande and Tempe, Arizona 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: Lucid |
| 24 September 2024 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway Projects in Texas The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for these projects are being, or have been, carried out by TxDOT pursuant to an assignment agreement executed by FHWA and TxDOT. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Michael T. Leary |
| 24 September 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 |
| 24 September 2024 | RECOGNIZING MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA Michelin produced its first tire in South Carolina in 1975 and now employs 10,000 people across 15 facilities throughout the State. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Senator Lindsey Graham Topic: Michelin |
| Wednesday, 25 September 2024 | ||
| 25 September 2024 | Certain Pick-Up Truck Folding Bed Cover Systems and Components Thereof (III); Notice of a Commission Final Determination of Violation of Section 337; Issuance of a General Exclusion Order and Two Cease and Desist Orders; Termination of the Investigation The Commission has issued a general exclusion order barring entry of certain pick-up truck folding bed cover systems and components thereof that infringe certain claims of two patents asserted in this investigation, and cease and desist orders against RDJ Trucks and Trek Power. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Lisa Barton |
| 25 September 2024 | Commercial Driver's License: Oregon Department of Transportation; Application for Exemption FMCSA announces its decision to grant a five-year exemption to the Oregon Department of Transportation from the commercial driver's license rules concerning acceptable proof of citizenship or lawful permanent residency for citizens of Freely Associated States who reside in Oregon and wish to obtain a CDL or commercial learner's permit. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Vincent G. White |
| 25 September 2024 | SUPPORTING UAW MEMBERS Madam Speaker, 1 year ago, UAW members across the country went on strike and won a historic victory by securing agreements with the Big Three auto manufacturers. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Bill Foster Topic: United Auto Workers |
| 25 September 2024 | TRIBUTE TO JACKIE REED The Collinsville, Mississippi, resident has notched 3 million safe miles in his 34 years behind the wheel, and he has been increasingly recognized as a leader in the Nation's vital trucking industry. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Senator Roger Wicker Topics: Jackie Reed, National Truck Driving Championships |
| 25 September 2024 | Trucking Company Owner Sentenced to Prison as Part of Federal Investigation That Dismantled Mexico-to-Chicago Drug Pipeline In 2015 and 2016, Jose Farias arranged with truck drivers to transport dozens of kilograms of narcotics to the Chicago area hidden in the hollowed-out wheel axles of tractor-trailers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois Dateline: Chicago, Illinois Topic: Jose Farias |
| 25 September 2024 | Two Philadelphia Men Convicted at Trial for August 2023 Armed Carjacking United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Quadir Findley, 24, and Eric Dickerson, 24, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were convicted Monday at trial on one count each of carjacking for stealing a victim’s vehicle at gunpoint in the early hours of August 5, 2023. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 25 September 2024 | VETERAN IMPROVEMENT COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE ACT OF 2023 Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 656 offered by my colleague, Senator FISCHER from Nebraska. This would cut through the red tape for the approval process for commercial driving schools across the country. | Debate Transcript ( PDF) Publication: Congressional Record |
| Thursday, 26 September 2024 | ||
| 26 September 2024 | Environmental Impact Statement: Denton and Collin Counties, Texas Pursuant to applicable Federal regulations, FHWA, on behalf of TxDOT, is issuing this notice to advise the public that an EIS will be prepared for a proposed transportation project CSJ 0918-46-341, to construct a six-lane freeway primarily on new location connecting Interstate 35 in Denton County, Texas with the Dallas North Tollway in Collin County, Texas. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Michael T. Leary Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 26 September 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 15 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 |
| 26 September 2024 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 23 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 |
| 26 September 2024 | Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Connected Vehicles In this notice, BIS solicits comment on a proposed rule to prohibit transactions involving Vehicle Connectivity System hardware and covered software designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of the China, including Hong Kong, or the Russian Federation. | Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security Byline: Elizabeth L.D. Cannon |
| Friday, 27 September 2024 | ||
| 27 September 2024 | 18 Members of Yuma-Based Alien Smuggling Ring Indicted for Conspiracy to Harbor and Transport Undocumented Noncitizens During the investigation, United States Border Patrol-Intelligence arrested numerous drivers of undocumented noncitizens in the District of Arizona and the Central and Southern Districts of California. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 27 September 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection This program implements 42 U.S.C. 4602, concerning acquisition of real property and relocation assistance for persons displaced by FHWA Federal and federally assisted programs. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 27 September 2024 | Four Charged in Multi-State High-End Automobile Theft Ring Dealerships vandalized, approximately 200 vehicles, motorcycles, and dirt bikes reported stolen. | Press Release (text, photos, documents) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Byline: Jim Martin Dateline: Providence, Rhode Island |
| 27 September 2024 | Husband And Wife Found Guilty Of Murder And Car-Jacking U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Over four years ago, in Beacon, New York, Jamie and Nicholas Orsini killed Jamie’s ex-husband, Steven Kraft, and engaged in a sophisticated scheme to hide their crime.” | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York |
| 27 September 2024 | Lawrence Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for 42 Months for Distributing 25 Pounds of Methamphetamine via a Rideshare “The defendant used a ride-share to transport an enormous quantity of methamphetamine into the state,” said U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire Dateline: Concord, New Hampshire |
| 27 September 2024 | OPPOSITION TO H.J. RES. 136 H.J. Res. 136 would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing the proposed rule to further reduce harmful air pollutant emissions from light-duty and medium-duty vehicles starting with model year 2027. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congresswoman Betty McCollum |
| 27 September 2024 | RECOGNIZING MUSHROOM HOUSE AUTOMOTIVE OF COLORA, MARYLAND ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY Originally a mushroom farm operated by the Webb family for over 40 years, the business transitioned into an automotive repair and sales center after being pushed out of the industry. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congressman Andy Harris Topic: Mushroom House Automotive |
| 27 September 2024 | Tesla, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Tesla has determined that certain model year 2012-2023 Model S, MY 2016-2024 Model X, MY 2017-2023 Model 3, MY 2019-2024 Model Y, and MY 2024 Cybertruck Tesla vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 105, Hydraulic and Electric Brake Systems, and FMVSS No. 135, Light Vehicle Brake Systems. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Tesla |
| 27 September 2024 | Van Pool Transportation LLC--Acquisition of Control--Transaction Corporate Shuttles, Inc. Van Pool Transportation, a noncarrier, filed an application to acquire control of an interstate passenger motor carrier, TransAction Corporate Shuttles, from its sole shareholder, the Cynthia Cain Frené Revocable Trust. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Surface Transportation Board Byline: Tammy Lowery Topics: Van Pool Transportation, TransAction Corporate Shuttle |
| 27 September 2024 | Winter Garden Man Who Backed Vehicle Into Business And Stole Six Firearms Pleads Guilty After smashing the front door and wall of the business, Camacho entered the store and broke a glass case where multiple firearms were housed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida |
| Monday, 30 September 2024 | ||
| 30 September 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 Illinois Department of Transportation for the procurement of submersible pumps with non-domestic iron and steel components. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Kristin R. White |
| 30 September 2024 | Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Data Reporting Requirements for State and Local Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs (Renewal) Clean Air Act section 182 and EPA's regulations establish the requirements for state and local I/M programs that are included in state implementation plans. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Courtney Kerwin |
| 30 September 2024 | Man Sentenced for Threatening to Place Pipe Bombs on School Buses in Indiana Amir Safavi Farokhi, 29, of Fishers, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Scott H. Rash last week to over 11 months’ custody for threatening to blow up school buses in Castleton, Indiana. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 30 September 2024 | Seven Year Sentence Handed Down for the Carjacking of a Rideshare Driver While parked, Wilson approached the victim’s car, armed with a silver firearm, and demanded that the victim exit his car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 30 September 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 |
| 30 September 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 |