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1 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public 

Law 117–58 (2021). 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

14 CFR Chs. I–III 

23 CFR Chs. I–III 

33 CFR Chs. I and IV 

46 CFR Chs. I–III 

48 CFR Ch. 12 

49 CFR Subtitle A, Chs. I–VI, and Chs. 

X–XII 

[DOT–OST–1999–5129] 

Department Regulatory and 

Deregulatory Agenda; Semiannual 

Summary 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT. 

ACTION: Unified Agenda of Federal 

Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 

(Regulatory Agenda). 

SUMMARY: The Regulatory Agenda is a 

semiannual summary of all current and 

projected rulemakings, reviews of 

existing regulations, and completed 

actions of the Department of 

Transportation. The Agenda provides 

the public information about the 

Department of Transportation’s planned 

regulatory activity for the next 12 

months. This information enables the 

public to participate in the Department’s 

regulatory process. The public is 

encouraged to submit comments on any 

aspect of this Agenda. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General 

Please direct all general comments 

and inquiries on the Agenda to Daniel 

Cohen, Assistant General Counsel for 

Regulation, Office of the General 

Counsel, Department of Transportation, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366–4702. 

Specific 

Please direct all comments and 

inquiries relative to specific items in the 

Agenda to the individual listed for the 

regulation or the general rulemaking 

contact person for the operating 

administration in Appendix B. 

Table of Contents 

Supplementary Information 

Background 

Significant/Priority Rulemakings 

Explanation of Information on the Agenda 

Request for Comments 

Purpose 

Appendix A—Instructions for Obtaining 

Copies of Regulatory Documents 

Appendix B—General Rulemaking Contact 

Persons 

Appendix C—Public Rulemaking Dockets 

Appendix D—Review Plans for Section 610 

and Other Requirements 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (Department or DOT) 

issues regulations to ensure that the 

United States transportation system is 

safe, efficient, and inclusive, and to 

address urgent challenges facing both 

the transportation system and the 

Nation, including, the creation of good 

jobs, equity, consumer protection, and 

climate change. These challenges are 

addressed, in part, by encouraging 

innovation among all the transportation 

modes. And such innovation, in turn, 

leads to a need for Departmental 

regulations that keep pace with 

technological developments and 

approaches that reflect DOT’s top 

priorities. 

To achieve these goals and priorities 

in accordance with Executive Order 

12866, ‘‘Regulatory Planning and 

Review,’’ (58 FR 51735; Oct. 4, 1993), 

the Department prepares a semiannual 

Agenda. The Agenda summarizes all 

current and projected rulemakings, 

reviews of existing regulations, and 

completed actions of the Department. 

These are matters on which action has 

begun or is projected to begin during the 

next 12 months or for which action has 

been completed since the publication of 

the last Agenda in the fall of 2021. 

Earlier this year, the Department 

issued the National Roadway Safety 

Strategy, which outlines the 

Department’s comprehensive plan to 

significantly reduce serious injuries and 

deaths on our Nation’s highways, roads, 

and streets. This is the first step in the 

ambitious long-term goal of reaching 

zero roadway fatalities. The Department 

is currently working on a number of 

rulemakings to help achieve this goal. 

For example, NHTSA is working to 

facilitate the deployment of new 

technology, such as automatic 

emergency braking systems, in certain 

vehicles to improve the safety of our 

Nation’s roads. 

The Department is also moving to 

rapidly implement the provisions of the 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).1 For 

example, FHWA is currently working on 

a BIL-required rulemaking to establish 

minimum standards and requirements 

for the implementation of a program 

that will result in a national network of 

500,000 electric vehicle charging 

stations by 2030. Further, FTA is 

working on a rulemaking, prescribed by 

BIL, that would require recipients of 

certain FTA funds serving large, 

urbanized areas to add a risk reduction 

program to their agency safety plans. 

In response to Executive Orders 13990 

and 14037, which direct the Department 

to consider vehicle emissions as a 

means of addressing climate change, the 

Department is working on rulemakings 

such as a NHTSA rule to limit emissions 

from trucks and heavy-duty vehicles. 

This rulemaking is in addition to other 

recently-completed NHTSA rules that, 

in aggregate, establish more stringent 

vehicle emission limits. Similarly, 

PHMSA is preparing to enhance 

requirements for detecting and repairing 

leaks on new and existing natural gas 

distribution, gas transmission, and gas 

gathering pipelines. 

The Department is also developing 

rules increasing access to our 

transportation system for individuals 

with disabilities and thereby advancing 

equity in transportation. For example, 

OST is working on regulations that 

would make it easier for individuals 

with disabilities to use the lavatory in 

an aircraft during flight. In addition, 

OST is also developing a rulemaking to 

enhance the safety of air travel for 

individuals who use wheelchairs and 

rely on the physical assistance of airline 

personnel or contractors. 

In response to Executive Order 14036, 

which requires the Department to 

promote competition and increase 

airline transparency, OST is working on 

several consumer protection regulations, 

such as a rule that would amend DOT’s 

aviation consumer protection program 

to ensure that, at the time of ticket 

purchase, consumers have ancillary fee 

information, including baggage and 

change fees. 

Explanation of Information in the 

Agenda 

An Office of Management and Budget 

memorandum, dated March 3, 2022, 

establishes the format for this Agenda. 

First, the Agenda is divided by 

initiating office. Then, the Agenda is 

divided into five categories: (1) prerule 

stage; (2) proposed rule stage; (3) final 

rule stage; (4) long-term actions; and (5) 

completed actions. For each entry, the 

Agenda provides the following 

information: (1) its ‘‘significance’’; (2) a 

short, descriptive title; (3) its legal basis; 

(4) the related regulatory citation in the 

Code of Federal Regulations; (5) any 

legal deadline and, if so, for what action 

(e.g., NPRM, final rule); (6) an abstract; 

(7) a timetable, including the earliest 

expected date for when a rulemaking 

document may publish; (8) whether the 


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rulemaking will affect small entities 

and/or levels of Government and, if so, 

which categories; (9) whether a 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

analysis is required (for rules that would 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities); 

(10) a listing of any analyses an office 

will prepare or has prepared for the 

action (with minor exceptions, DOT 

requires an economic analysis for all its 

rulemakings); (11) an agency contact 

office or official who can provide 

further information; (12) a Regulation 

Identifier Number (RIN) assigned to 

identify an individual rulemaking in the 

Agenda and facilitate tracing further 

action on the issue; (13) whether the 

action is subject to the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act; (14) whether the 

action is subject to the Energy Act; and 

(15) whether the action is major under 

the congressional review provisions of 

the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act. 

To keep the operational requirements, 

current for nonsignificant regulations 

issued routinely and frequently as a part 

of an established body of technical 

requirements (such as the Federal 

Aviation Administration’s Airspace 

Rules), we only include the general 

category of the regulations, the identity 

of a contact office or official, and an 

indication of the expected number of 

regulations; we do not list individual 

regulations. 

In the ‘‘Timetable’’ column, we use 

abbreviations to indicate the documents 

being considered. ANPRM stands for 

Advance Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, SNPRM for Supplemental 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and 

NPRM for Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking. Listing a future date in this 

column does not mean we have decided 

to issue a document; it is the earliest 

date on which a rulemaking document 

may publish. In addition, these dates are 

based on current schedules. Information 

received after the issuance of this 

Agenda could result in a decision not to 

take regulatory action or in changes to 

proposed publication dates. For 

example, the need for further evaluation 

could result in a later publication date; 

evidence of a greater need for the 

regulation could result in an earlier 

publication date. 

Finally, a dot (•) preceding an entry 

indicates that the entry appears in the 

Agenda for the first time. 

The internet is the basic means for 

disseminating the Unified Agenda. The 

complete Unified Agenda is available 

online at www.reginfo.gov in a format 

that offers users a greatly enhanced 

ability to obtain information from the 

Agenda database. However, a portion of 

the Agenda is published in the Federal 

Register because the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) mandates 

publication for the regulatory flexibility 

agenda. 

Accordingly, DOT’s printed Agenda 

entries include only: 

1. The agency’s Agenda preamble. 

2. Rules that are in the agency’s 

regulatory flexibility agenda, in 

accordance with the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, because they are likely 

to have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities; and 

3. Any rules that the agency has 

identified for periodic review under 

section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act. 

Printing of these entries is limited to 

fields that contain information required 

by the Regulatory Flexibility Act’s 

Agenda requirements. These elements 

are: Sequence Number; Title; Section 

610 Review, if applicable; Legal 

Authority; Abstract; Timetable; 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required; Agency Contact; and 

Regulation Identifier Number (RIN). 

Additional information (for detailed list, 

see section heading ‘‘Explanation of 

Information on the Agenda’’) on these 

entries is available in the Unified 

Agenda published on the internet. 

Request for Comments 

General 

DOT’s Agenda is intended primarily 

for the use of the public. Since its 

inception, the Department has made 

modifications and refinements that 

provide the public with more helpful 

information, as well as making the 

Agenda easier to use. We would like 

you, the public, to make suggestions or 

comments on how the Agenda could be 

further improved. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Department is interested in 

obtaining information on requirements 

that have a ‘‘significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities’’ and, therefore, must be 

reviewed under the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. If you have any 

suggested regulations, please submit 

them to the Department, along with 

your explanation of why they should be 

reviewed. 

In accordance with the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, comments are 

specifically invited on regulations that 

we have targeted for review under 

section 610 of the Act. The phrase (sec. 

610 Review) appears at the end of the 

title for these reviews. Please see 

appendix D for the Department’s section 

610 review plans. 

Consultation With State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments 

Executive Orders 13132 and 13175 

require the Department to develop a 

process to ensure ‘‘meaningful and 

timely input’’ by State, local, and Tribal 

officials in the development of 

regulatory policies that have federalism 

or tribal implications. These policies are 

defined in the Executive orders to 

include regulations that have 

‘‘substantial direct effects’’ on States or 

Indian Tribes, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

them, or on the distribution of power 

and responsibilities between the Federal 

Government and various levels of 

Government or Indian tribes. Therefore, 

we encourage State and local 

Governments or Indian Tribes to 

provide us with information about how 

the Department’s rulemakings impact 

them. 

Purpose 

The Department is publishing this 

regulatory Agenda in the Federal 

Register to share with interested 

members of the public the Department’s 

preliminary expectations regarding its 

future regulatory actions. This should 

enable the public to be more aware of 

the Department’s regulatory activity and 

should result in more effective public 

participation. This publication in the 

Federal Register does not impose any 

binding obligation on the Department or 

any of the offices within the Department 

about any specific item on the Agenda. 

Regulatory action, in addition to the 

items listed, is not precluded. 

Dated: June 23, 2022. 

Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg, 

Secretary of Transportation. 


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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

152 .................... + Air Transportation Consumer Protection Requirements for Ticket Agents (Section 610 Review) ............. 2105–AE57 

+ DOT-designated significant regulation. 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

153 .................... Requirements to File Notice of Construction of Meteorological Evaluation Towers and Other Renewable 

Energy Projects (Section 610 Review).

2120–AK77 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

154 .................... + Airport Safety Management System ............................................................................................................. 2120–AJ38 

155 .................... + Registration and Marking Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft ........................................................ 2120–AK82 

+ DOT-designated significant regulation. 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

156 .................... + Regulation Of Flight Operations Conducted By Alaska Guide Pilots ........................................................... 2120–AJ78 

157 .................... + Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certain Maintenance Provider Employees Located Outside of the United 

States.

2120–AK09 

158 .................... + Applying the Flight, Duty, and Rest Requirements to Ferry Flights That Follow Commuter or On-Demand Operations (FAA Reauthorization).2120–AK26 

159 .................... + Aircraft Registration and Airmen Certification Fees ...................................................................................... 2120–AK37 

160 .................... + Helicopter Air Ambulance Pilot Training and Operational Requirements (HAA II) (FAA Reauthorization) .. 2120–AK57 

+ DOT-designated significant regulation. 

FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

161 .................... Self-Insurance Program Cost Recovery (Section 610 Review) ..................................................................... 2126–AC58 

FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

162 .................... + Safety Monitoring System and Compliance Initiative for Mexico-Domiciled Motor Carriers Operating in 

the United States.

2126–AA35 

+ DOT-designated significant regulation. 

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

163 .................... + Train Crew Staffing ....................................................................................................................................... 2130–AC88 

+ DOT-designated significant regulation. 

SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

164 .................... Seaway Regulations and Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories (Rulemaking Resulting From a 

Section 610 Review).

2135–AA51 


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SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION—FINAL RULE STAGE—Continued 

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

165 .................... Tariff of Tolls (Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review) .......................................................... 2135–AA52 

PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

166 .................... + Pipeline Safety: Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair ........................................................................... 2137–AF51 

167 .................... + Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Operational Status ................................................................................................ 2137–AF52 

168 .................... + Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Distribution Pipelines ................................................................................... 2137–AF53 

+ DOT-designated significant regulation. 

PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

169 .................... + Pipeline Safety: Amendments to Parts 192 and 195 to Require Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture 

Detection Standards.

2137–AF06 

170 .................... + Hazardous Materials: Enhanced Safety Provisions for Lithium Batteries Transported by Aircraft (FAA 

Reauthorization Act of 2018).

2137–AF20 

+ DOT-designated significant regulation. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

(DOT) 

Office of the Secretary (OST) 

Long-Term Actions 

152. + Air Transportation Consumer 

Protection Requirements for Ticket 

Agents (Section 610 Review) [2105– 

AE57] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 41712; 49 

U.S.C. 42301 note prec 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

address a number of proposals to 

enhance protections for air travelers and 

to improve the air travel environment. 

Specifically, this rulemaking would 

enhance airline passenger protections 

by addressing whether to codify in 

regulation a definition of the term 

‘‘ticket agent.’’ The rulemaking would 

also consider whether to require large 

travel agents to adopt minimum 

customer service standards and prohibit 

the unfair and deceptive practice of 

post-purchase price increases. These 

issues, previously part of a rulemaking 

known as Airline Pricing Transparency 

and Other Consumer Protection Issues, 

(2105–AE11) have been separated into 

this proceeding. 

Timetable: Next Action 

Undetermined. 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: No. 

Agency Contact: Blane A. Workie, 

Assistant General Counsel, Department 

of Transportation, Office of the 

Secretary, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 366– 

9342, Fax: 202 366–7153, Email: 

blane.workie@ost.dot.gov. 

RIN: 2105–AE57 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

(DOT) 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

153. Requirements To File Notice of 

Construction of Meteorological 

Evaluation Towers and Other 

Renewable Energy Projects (Section 610 

Review) [2120–AK77] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 40103 

Abstract: This rulemaking would add 

specific requirements for proponents 

who wish to construct meteorological 

evaluation towers at a height of 50 feet 

above ground level (AGL) up to 200 feet 

AGL to file notice of construction with 

the FAA. This rule also requires 

sponsors of wind turbines to provide 

certain specific data when filing notice 

of construction with the FAA. This 

rulemaking is a statutory mandate under 

section 2110 of the FAA Extension, 

Safety, and Security Act of 2016 (Pub. 

L. 114–190). 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 04/00/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: No. 

Agency Contact: Brian Konie, Air 

Traffic Service, Department of 

Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591, 

Phone: 202 267–0745, Email: 

brian.konie@faa.gov. 

RIN: 2120–AK77 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

(DOT) 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

Final Rule Stage 

154. + Airport Safety Management 

System [2120–AJ38] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 44706; 49 

U.S.C. 106(g); 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 

U.S.C. 44701 to 44706; 49 U.S.C. 44709; 

49 U.S.C. 44719 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

require certain airport certificate holders 

to develop, implement, maintain, and 

adhere to a safety management system 

(SMS) for its aviation related activities. 

An SMS is a formalized approach to 

managing safety by developing an 

organization-wide safety policy, 

developing formal methods of 

identifying hazards, analyzing and 

mitigating risk, developing methods for 

ensuring continuous safety 

improvement, and creating 

organization-wide safety promotion 

strategies. 

Timetable: 


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Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 10/07/10 75 FR 62008 

NPRM Comment 

Period Extended.

12/10/10 75 FR 76928 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/05/11 

End of Extended 

Comment Period.

03/07/11 

Second Extension 

of Comment 

Period.

03/07/11 76 FR 12300 

End of Second 

Extended Comment Period.

07/05/11 

Second NPRM .... 07/14/16 81 FR 45871 

Second NPRM 

Comment Period End.

09/12/16 

Final Rule ............ 09/00/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: James Schroeder, 

Office of Airport Safety and Standards, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591, Phone: 202 267–4974, Email: 

james.schroeder@faa.gov. 

RIN: 2120–AJ38 

155. + Registration and Marking 

Requirements for Small Unmanned 

Aircraft [2120–AK82] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 49 

U.S.C. 41703, 44101 to 44106, 44110 to 

44113, and 44701 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

provide an alternative, streamlined and 

simple, web-based aircraft registration 

process for the registration of small, 

unmanned aircraft, including small, 

unmanned aircraft operated exclusively 

for limited recreational operations, to 

facilitate compliance with the statutory 

requirement that all aircraft register 

prior to operation. It would also provide 

a simpler method for marking small 

unmanned aircraft that is more 

appropriate for these aircraft. This 

action responds to public comments 

received regarding the proposed 

registration process in the Operation 

and Certification of Small Unmanned 

Aircraft notice of proposed rulemaking, 

the request for information regarding 

unmanned aircraft system registration, 

and the recommendations from the 

Unmanned Aircraft System Registration 

Task Force. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Interim Final Rule 12/16/15 80 FR 78593 

Action Date FR Cite 

Interim Final Rule 

Effective.

12/21/15 

OMB approval of 

information collection.

12/21/15 80 FR 79255 

Interim Final Rule 

Comment Period End.

01/15/16 

Final Rule ............ 11/00/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Bonnie Lefko, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 6500 S 

MacArthur Boulevard, Registry Building 

26, Room 118, Oklahoma City, OK 

73169, Phone: 405 954–7461, Email: 

bonnie.lefko@faa.gov. 

RIN: 2120–AK82 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

(DOT) 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

Long-Term Actions 

156. + Regulation of Flight Operations 

Conducted by Alaska Guide Pilots 

[2120–AJ78] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 49 

U.S.C. 1153; 49 U.S.C. 1155; 49 U.S.C. 

40101 to 40103; 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 

U.S.C. 40120; 49 U.S.C. 44101; 49 U.S.C. 

44105 to 44016; 49 U.S.C. 44111; 49 

U.S.C. 44701 to 44717; 49 U.S.C. 44722; 

49 U.S.C. 44901; 49 U.S.C. 44903 to 

44904; 49 U.S.C. 44906; 49 U.S.C. 

44912; 49 U.S.C. 44914; 49 U.S.C. 

44936; 49 U.S.C. 44938; 49 U.S.C. 

46103; 49 U.S.C. 46105; 49 U.S.C. 

46306; 49 U.S.C. 46315 to 46316; 49 

U.S.C. 46504; 49 U.S.C. 46506 to 46507; 

49 U.S.C. 47122; 49 U.S.C. 47508; 49 

U.S.C. 47528 to 47531; Articles 12 and 

29 of 61 Statue 1180; Pub. L. 106–181, 

sec. 732 

Abstract: The rulemaking would 

establish regulations concerning Alaska 

guide pilot operations. The rulemaking 

would implement Congressional 

legislation and establish additional 

safety requirements for the conduct of 

these operations. The intended effect of 

this rulemaking is to enhance the level 

of safety for persons and property 

transported in Alaska guide pilot 

operations. In addition, the rulemaking 

would add a general provision 

applicable to pilots operating under the 

general operating and flight rules 

concerning falsification, reproduction, 

and alteration of applications, logbooks, 

reports, or records. This rulemaking is a 

statutory mandate under section 732 of 

the Wendell H. Ford Aviation 

Investment and Reform Act for the 21st 

Century, (Pub. L. 106–181). 

Timetable: Next Action 

Undetermined. 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Jeff Smith, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20785, Phone: 202 365–3617, Email: 

jeffrey.smith@faa.gov. 

RIN: 2120–AJ78 

157. + Drug and Alcohol Testing of 

Certain Maintenance Provider 

Employees Located Outside of the 

United States [2120–AK09] 

Legal Authority: 14 CFR; 49 U.S.C. 

106(g); 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. 

44701; 49 U.S.C. 44702; 49 U.S.C. 

44707; 49 U.S.C. 44709; 49 U.S.C. 44717 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

require controlled substance testing of 

some employees working in repair 

stations located outside the United 

States. The intended effect is to increase 

participation by companies outside of 

the United States in testing of 

employees who perform safety critical 

functions and testing standards similar 

to those used in the repair stations 

located in the United States. This action 

is necessary to increase the level of 

safety of the flying public. This 

rulemaking is a statutory mandate under 

section 308(d) of the FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

(Pub. L. 112–95). 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

ANPRM ............... 03/17/14 79 FR 14621 

Comment Period 

Extended.

05/01/14 79 FR 24631 

ANPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/16/14 

Comment Period 

End.

07/17/14 

Next Action Undetermined.

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Julia Brady, Program 

Analyst, Program Policy Branch, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591, Phone: 202 267–8083, Email: 

julia.brady@faa.gov. 

RIN: 2120–AK09 

158. + Applying the Flight, Duty, and 

Rest Requirements to Ferry Flights That 

Follow Commuter or On-Demand 

Operations (FAA Reauthorization) 

[2120–AK26] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f); 49 

U.S.C. 106(g); 49 U.S.C. 1153; 49 U.S.C. 


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40101; 49 U.S.C. 40102; 49 U.S.C. 

40103; 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. 

41706; 49 U.S.C. 44105; 49 U.S.C. 

44106; 49 U.S.C. 44111; 49 U.S.C. 44701 

to 44717; 49 U.S.C. 44722; 49 U.S.C. 

44901; 49 U.S.C. 44903; 49 U.S.C. 

44904; 49 U.S.C. 44906; 49 U.S.C. 

44912; 49 U.S.C. 44914; 49 U.S.C. 

44936; 49 U.S.C. 44938; 49 U.S.C. 45101 

to 45105; 49 U.S.C. 46103 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

require a flightcrew member who is 

employed by an air carrier conducting 

operations under part 135, and who 

accepts an additional assignment for 

flying under part 91 from the air carrier 

or from any other air carrier conducting 

operations under part 121 or 135, to 

apply the period of the additional 

assignment toward any limitation 

applicable to the flightcrew member 

relating to duty periods or flight times 

under part 135. 

Timetable: Next Action 

Undetermined. 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Chester Piolunek, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591, Phone: 202 267–3711, Email: 

chester.piolunek@faa.gov. 

RIN: 2120–AK26 

159. + Aircraft Registration and Airmen 

Certification Fees [2120–AK37] 

Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 4 

U.S.C. 1830; 49 U.S.C. 106(f); 49 U.S.C. 

106(g); 49 U.S.C. 106(l)(6); 49 U.S.C. 

40104; 49 U.S.C. 40105; 49 U.S.C. 

40109; 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. 

40114; 49 U.S.C. 44101 to 44108; 49 

U.S.C. 44110 to 44113; 49 U.S.C. 44701 

to 44704; 49 U.S.C. 44707; 49 U.S.C. 

44709 to 44711; 49 U.S.C. 44713; 49 

U.S.C. 45102; 49 U.S.C. 45103; 49 U.S.C. 

45301; 49 U.S.C. 45302; 49 U.S.C. 

45305; 49 U.S.C. 46104; 49 U.S.C. 

46301; Pub. L. 108–297, 118 Stat. 1095 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

establish fees for airman certificates, 

medical certificates, and provision of 

legal opinions pertaining to aircraft 

registration or recordation. This 

rulemaking also would revise existing 

fees for aircraft registration, recording of 

security interests in aircraft or aircraft 

parts, and replacement of an airman 

certificate. This rulemaking addresses 

provisions of the FAA Modernization 

and Reform Act of 2012. This 

rulemaking is intended to recover the 

estimated costs of the various services 

and activities for which fees would be 

established or revised. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/00/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Isra Raza, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591, Phone: 202 267–8994, Email: 

isra.raza@faa.gov. 

RIN: 2120–AK37 

160. + Helicopter Air Ambulance Pilot 

Training and Operational 

Requirements (HAA II) (FAA 

Reauthorization) [2120–AK57] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f); 49 

U.S.C. 106(g); 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 

U.S.C. 41706; 49 U.S.C. 44701; 49 U.S.C. 

44702; 49 U.S.C. 44705; 49 U.S.C. 

44709; 49 U.S.C. 44711 to 44713; 49 

U.S.C. 44715 to 44717; 49 U.S.C. 44722; 

49 U.S.C. 44730; 49 U.S.C. 45101 to 

45105 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

develop training requirements for crew 

resource management, flight risk 

evaluation, and operational control of 

the pilot in command, as well as to 

develop standards for the use of flight 

simulation training devices and lineoriented flight training. Additionally, it 

would establish requirements for the 

use of safety equipment for flight 

crewmembers and flight nurses. These 

changes will aide in the increase in 

aviation safety and increase 

survivability in the event of an accident. 

Without these changes, the Helicopter 

Air Ambulance industry may continue 

to see the unacceptable high rate of 

aircraft accidents. This rulemaking is a 

statutory mandate under section 306(e) 

of the FAA Modernization and Reform 

Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112–95). 

Timetable: Next Action 

Undetermined. 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Chris Holliday, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591, Phone: 202 267–4552, Email: 

chris.holliday@faa.gov. 

RIN: 2120–AK57 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

(DOT) 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

161. • Self-Insurance Program Cost 

Recovery (Section 610 Review) [2126– 

AC58] 

Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701, 49 

U.S.C. 13906(d); 49 U.S.C. 13908(d) 

Abstract: FMCSA will propose to 

amend fees collected for the processing 

of new self-insurance applications and 

add new fees for ongoing monitoring of 

carrier compliance with the selfinsurance program requirements. 

Application fees will be directed to 

FMCSA’s Licensing and Insurance (L&I) 

Account while monitoring fees must be 

sent to the Treasury. This rulemaking 

will amend 49 CFR 360.3T/360.3 to 

ensure that the limited number of 

primarily large motor carriers that 

benefit from the program bear a 

proportionate cost of participating in the 

program. FMCSA may also need to 

amend 49 CFR 360.5T/360.5 to reflect 

any specific updates to the user fee 

methodology that are required by this 

rulemaking. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 04/00/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: No. 

Agency Contact: Kenneth Riddle, 

Office Director, Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, W65–308, Washington, DC 

20590, Phone: 202 366–9616, Email: 

kenneth.riddle@dot.gov. 

RIN: 2126–AC58 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

(DOT) 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA) 

Long-Term Actions 

162. + Safety Monitoring System and 

Compliance Initiative for MexicoDomiciled Motor Carriers operating in 

the United States [2126–AA35] 

Legal Authority: Pub. L. 107–87, sec. 

350; 49 U.S.C. 113; 49 U.S.C. 31136; 49 

U.S.C. 31144; 49 U.S.C. 31502; 49 U.S.C. 

504; 49 U.S.C. 5113; 49 U.S.C. 

521(b)(5)(A) 

Abstract: This rule would implement 

a safety monitoring system and 

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evaluate the continuing safety fitness of 

all Mexico-domiciled carriers within 18 

months after receiving a provisional 

Certificate of Registration or provisional 

authority to operate in the United 

States. It also would establish 

suspension and revocation procedures 

for provisional Certificates of 

Registration and operating authority, 

and incorporate criteria to be used by 

FMCSA in evaluating whether Mexicodomiciled carriers exercise basic safety 

management controls. The interim rule 

included requirements that were not 

proposed in the NPRM but which are 

necessary to comply with the FY–2002 

DOT Appropriations Act. On January 

16, 2003, the Ninth Circuit Court of 

Appeals remanded this rule, along with 

two other NAFTA-related rules, to the 

agency, requiring a full environmental 

impact statement and an analysis 

required by the Clean Air Act. On June 

7, 2004, the Supreme Court reversed the 

Ninth Circuit and remanded the case, 

holding that FMCSA is not required to 

prepare the environmental documents. 

FMCSA originally planned to publish a 

final rule by November 28, 2003. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 05/03/01 66 FR 22415 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/02/01 

Interim Final Rule 03/19/02 67 FR 12758 

Interim Final Rule 

Comment Period End.

04/18/02 

Interim Final Rule 

Effective.

05/03/02 

Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an EIS.

08/26/03 68 FR 51322 

EIS Public 

Scoping Meetings.

10/08/03 68 FR 58162 

Next Action Undetermined.

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Sarah Stella, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 493– 

0192, Email: sarah.stella@dot.gov. 

RIN: 2126–AA35 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

(DOT) 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

163. + Train Crew Staffing [2130–AC88] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

address the potential safety impact of 

one-person train operations, including 

appropriate measures to mitigate an 

accident’s impact and severity, and the 

patchwork of State laws concerning 

minimum crew staffing requirements. 

This rulemaking would address the 

issue of minimum requirements for the 

size of different train crew staffs, 

depending on the type of operations. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/00/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Amanda Maizel, 

Attorney Adviser, Department of 

Transportation, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

Phone: 202 493–8014, Email: 

amanda.maizel@dot.gov. 

RIN: 2130–AC88 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

(DOT) 

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation (SLSDC) 

Final Rule Stage 

164. Seaway Regulations and Rules: 

Periodic Update, Various Categories 

(Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 

610 Review) [2135–AA51] 

Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 981 et seq. 

Abstract: The Great Lakes St. 

Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation (GLS) and the St. Lawrence 

Seaway Management Corporation 

(SLSMC) of Canada, under international 

agreement, jointly publish and presently 

administer the St. Lawrence Seaway 

Regulations and Rules (Practices and 

Procedures in Canada) in their 

respective jurisdictions. Under 

agreement with the SLSMC, the GLS is 

amending the joint regulations by 

updating the Regulations and Rules in 

various categories. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Final Rule ............ 06/00/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: No. 

Agency Contact: Michal Chwedczuk, 

Department of Transportation, Saint 

Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 

366–0091, Email: michal.chwedczuk@

dot.gov. 

RIN: 2135–AA51 

165. Tariff of Tolls (Rulemaking 

Resulting From a Section 610 Review) 

[2135–AA52] 

Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 981 et seq. 

Abstract: The Great Lakes St. 

Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation (GLS) and the St. Lawrence 

Seaway Management Corporation 

(SLSMC) of Canada, under international 

agreement, jointly publish and presently 

administer the St. Lawrence Seaway 

Tariff of Tolls in their respective 

jurisdictions. The Tariff sets forth the 

level of tolls assessed on all 

commodities and vessels transiting the 

facilities operated by the GLS and the 

SLSMC. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Final Rule ............ 06/00/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: No. 

Agency Contact: Michal Chwedczuk, 

Department of Transportation, Saint 

Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 

366–0091, Email: michal.chwedczuk@

dot.gov. 

RIN: 2135–AA52 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

(DOT) 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration (PHMSA) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

166. + Pipeline Safety: Gas Pipeline 

Leak Detection and Repair [2137–AF51] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60101 et 

seq. 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

amend the pipeline safety regulations to 

enhance requirements for detecting and 

repairing leaks on new and existing 

natural gas distribution, gas 

transmission, and gas gathering 

pipelines. The proposed rule is 

necessary to respond to a mandate from 

section 113 of the Protecting our 

Infrastructure of Pipelines and 

Enhancing Safety Act of 2020. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Sayler Palabrica, 

Department of Transportation, Pipeline 

and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, District of Columbia, DC 

20590, Phone: 202 366–0559, Email: 

sayler.palabrica@dot.gov. 

RIN: 2137–AF51 

167. + Pipeline Safety: Pipeline 

Operational Status [2137–AF52] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60101 et 

seq. 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

amend the pipeline safety regulations to 

define an idled operational status for 

natural gas and hazardous liquid 

pipelines that are temporarily removed 

from service, set operations and 

maintenance requirements for idled 

pipelines, and establish inspection 

requirements for idled pipelines that are 

returned to service. The proposed rule 

is necessary to respond to a mandate 

from the Protecting our Infrastructure of 

Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 

2020. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 04/00/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Sayler Palabrica, 

Department of Transportation, Pipeline 

and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, District of Columbia, DC 

20590, Phone: 202 366–0559, Email: 

sayler.palabrica@dot.gov. 

RIN: 2137–AF52 

168. + Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas 

Distribution Pipelines [2137–AF53] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60101 et 

seq. 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

amend the pipeline safety regulations to 

enhance the safety requirements for gas 

distribution pipelines. The proposed 

rule is necessary to respond to several 

mandates from title II of the Protecting 

our Infrastructure of Pipelines and 

Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (PIPES 

Act of 2020). 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 10/00/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Ashlin Bollacker, 

Technical Writer, Department of 

Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington DC, 

DC 20590, Phone: 202 366–4203, Email: 

ashlin.bollacker@dot.gov. 

RIN: 2137–AF53 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

(DOT) 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration (PHMSA) 

Final Rule Stage 

169. + Pipeline Safety: Amendments to 

Parts 192 and 195 To Require Valve 

Installation and Minimum Rupture 

Detection Standards [2137–AF06] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60101 et 

seq. 

Abstract: This rulemaking action 

would revise the Pipeline Safety 

Regulations applicable to most newly 

constructed and entirely replaced 

onshore natural gas transmission and 

hazardous liquid pipelines to improve 

rupture mitigation and shorten pipeline 

segment isolation times. The rulemaking 

action would define ‘‘notification of 

potential rupture’’ and outline certain 

performance standards related to 

rupture identification and pipeline 

segment isolation. This rulemaking 

action also would require specific valve 

maintenance and inspection 

requirements, and 9–1–1 notification 

requirements to help operators achieve 

better rupture response and mitigation. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/06/20 85 FR 7162 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/06/20 

Final Rule ............ 04/08/22 87 FR 20940 

Final Rule Effective.10/05/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Robert Jagger, 

Technical Writer, Department of 

Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, Phone: 202 366–4595, Email: 

robert.jagger@dot.gov. 

RIN: 2137–AF06 

170. + Hazardous Materials: Enhanced 

Safety Provisions for Lithium Batteries 

Transported by Aircraft (FAA 

Reauthorization Act of 2018) [2137– 

AF20] 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 44701; 49 

U.S.C. 5103(b); 49 U.S.C. 5120(b) 

Abstract: This rulemaking amends the 

Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) 

to: (1) prohibit the transport of lithium 

ion cells and batteries as cargo on 

passenger aircraft; (2) require all lithium 

ion cells and batteries to be shipped at 

not more than a 30 percent state of 

charge on cargo-only aircraft; and (3) 

limit the use of alternative provisions 

for small lithium cell or battery to one 

package per consignment. The 

amendments do not restrict passengers 

or crew members from bringing personal 

items or electronic devices containing 

lithium cells or batteries aboard aircraft, 

or restrict the air transport of lithium 

ion cells or batteries when packed with 

or contained in equipment. To 

accommodate persons in areas 

potentially not serviced daily by cargo 

aircraft, PHMSA provides a limited 

exception for not more than two 

replacement lithium cells or batteries 

specifically used for medical devices to 

be transported by passenger aircraft and 

at a state of charge greater than 30 

percent, under certain conditions and as 

approved by the Associate 

Administrator. This rulemaking is 

necessary to meet the FAA 

Reauthorization Act of 2018, address a 

safety hazard, and harmonize the HMR 

with emergency amendments to the 

2015–2016 edition of the International 

Civil Aviation Organization’s Technical 

Instructions for the Safe Transport of 

Dangerous Goods by Air. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Interim Final Rule 03/06/19 84 FR 8006 

Interim Final Rule 

Effective.

03/06/19 

Interim Final Rule 

Comment Period End.

05/06/19 

Final Rule ............ 09/00/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Eugenio Cardez, 

Department of Transportation, Pipeline 

and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

Phone: 202 366–9542, Email: 

eugenio.cardez@dot.gov. 

RIN: 2137–AF20 

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