Infrastructure & housing
Infrastructure programs, housing, capital projects, and the IIJA / IRA dollars landing on the ground.
DOT/FMCSA proposes a new customer-records system, FWS seeks input on a sea otter harassment authorization for Alaska harbor construction, and the NRC issues a direct final rule modernizing its regulatory procedures — all with comment periods closing September 10, 2026.
Four federal agencies have opened comment periods on proposed rules covering military pilot medical certificates, commercial driver English proficiency enforcement, airspace designation, and a Nevada TV channel substitution.
Two FAA actions modernize the Alaska airspace route structure and propose replacing prescriptive airline medical kit requirements with performance-based standards under a 2024 congressional mandate.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration finalizes three rules easing hazmat transport requirements, while DOT extends enforcement discretion on wheelchair and lavatory training mandates to April 30, 2027.
A sweeping FCC spectrum order, three FAA airspace amendments, and a proposed FRA rail crew rule round out a busy week of federal infrastructure rulemaking.
Three FAA final rules targeting oxygen supply, fuel leakage, and engine-start safety take effect September 3, while FERC solicits public input on a Wisconsin hydroelectric revival and a Kansas pipeline pressure upgrade.
The FAA has corrected a clerical docket-number error in its proposed rulemaking to amend four airways near Slate Run, Pennsylvania, and extended the public comment period to September 14, 2026.
HHS opens comment on a comprehensive update to the National Alzheimer's Plan, while the FAA proposes new Class E airspace in Illinois and finalizes airspace corrections in Massachusetts.
Following Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health review, OSHA is giving the public an additional 30 days — until August 21, 2026 — to comment on proposed revisions to its Methylenedianiline, Vinyl Chloride, and Methylene Chloride standards.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published a final rule making housekeeping-level corrections and clarifications across the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, effective July 21, 2026.
A final Coast Guard rule enables remote operation of the Lehigh Valley Drawbridge over Newark Bay, while the Surface Transportation Board clears a change of operator on a California short line.
A final FAA rule adds a northwest extension to New Bedford's controlled airspace to properly contain IFR operations and corrects the airport's name and coordinates in legal descriptions.
Three federal regulatory actions advance aviation safety and air quality standards, with comment deadlines running from August through October 2026.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission opened or advanced licensing, permitting, and environmental review actions for a hydroelectric project in Idaho, a cross-border natural gas pipeline in North Dakota, a pipeline expansion in the Permian Basin, and a flow-variance request in North Carolina — while the FAA simultaneously issued an effective-immediately airworthiness directive correcting a formatting error in Boeing 737 flight-manual procedures.
The Federal Communications Commission has finalized a new 911 reliability framework designed to address outages in transitional and end-state Next Generation 911 networks, replacing rules that date to 2013.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting fresh public comments on proposed ESA listings for two California salamander species through August 2026, while FERC corrects a reply-comment deadline error in a separate financial-forms rulemaking.
The Coast Guard is enforcing vessel exclusion zones across Southern and Northern California for Independence Day fireworks events on and around July 4, 2026.
The FAA expands a Rolls-Royce engine airworthiness directive, the Coast Guard establishes three Southern California fireworks safety zones, and the EPA proposes a federal backstop plan for solid-waste incinerator emissions.
The Department of Energy has extended a pending nondiscrimination rescission rule's effective date to December 2026, while the FAA proposes mandatory inspections of potentially defective helicopter drive shaft couplings across a fleet of 568 U.S.-registered aircraft.
A new FAA directive effective July 1, 2026, requires flight manual revisions prohibiting certain radio-altimeter-dependent operations for Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft flying in Canadian airspace, where 5G Lower C-Band signals pose interference risks.
NHTSA withdraws its AV STEP voluntary program while simultaneously proposing to modernize brake-system standards for driverless vehicles; the NRC proposes sweeping nuclear security reforms; and FAA and FHWA advance narrower regulatory clean-up actions — all with a July 27, 2026 comment deadline.
Federal regulators are soliciting public input on a Kentucky natural gas pipeline environmental assessment, a Norfolk Southern petition to extend testing-interval relief for rail signal systems, and a hydropower license amendment.
The Transportation Department and its sub-agencies published a cluster of rulemakings and information-collection actions covering commercial driver medical standards, a tanker vessel security fleet, FAA workforce data, and a Coast Guard navigational restriction.
The FAA is seeking OMB approval for a new annual reporting requirement on overseas heavy aircraft maintenance, while the Bureau of Transportation Statistics has extended its public input period on the future of its data portfolio.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has published its routine public notice of off-the-record communications, logging one exempt filing and no prohibited communications.
The FAA has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Tishomingo Airport to support safe IFR operations.
Two proposed federal actions address aviation safety and public housing data compliance, each carrying near-term comment deadlines.
Five federal agencies publish final and proposed rules spanning marine safety zones, helicopter airworthiness, electricity export procedures, and railroad cost indexing.
The Federal Register's June 22, 2026 edition carries FAA airspace changes, a PHMSA advisory correction, an FMCSA drug-and-alcohol research notice, and a Commerce Department FTZ authorization — with public comment periods closing as early as August 2026.