Infrastructure & housing
Infrastructure programs, housing, capital projects, and the IIJA / IRA dollars landing on the ground.
The Department of Transportation is advancing three distinct aviation rulemaking actions and renewing federal exemptions for deaf and hard-of-hearing commercial truck drivers, with multiple public comment deadlines falling in the coming weeks.
A government shutdown prevented the Bureau of Labor Statistics from producing the October 2025 CPI-U data required by law to calculate annual penalty adjustments, leaving all HUD civil money penalties at 2025 levels.
HUD seeks public input on a revised information collection tied to FHA's Loss Mitigation programs, while the FAA finalizes Class E airspace over an Illinois medical center heliport to support new instrument flight procedures.
Two federal notices open public comment periods on an offshore natural gas facility abandonment in Mobile County and the reinstatement of a suspended airport law enforcement reimbursement program.
An interim final rule removes certain uncrewed underwater vehicles from the U.S. Munitions List, revises the weight and navigation-capability thresholds that trigger export controls, and solicits public comment on further refinements.
The FAA is seeking public comment on proposed airworthiness directives for ATR regional airplanes, Airbus A300-600 series airplanes, and Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engines, each addressing distinct unsafe conditions identified in service.
The FAA is superseding AD 2024-23-06 to extend mandatory torque tube inspections and part replacements to all affected MD Helicopters models regardless of torque tube part number, effective October 20, 2026.
The FAA is seeking public input on a proposed airworthiness directive for Airbus A330 and A340 fleets and an advance rulemaking notice that would allow restricted-category aircraft to carry ground firefighters to wildfire sites.
Two federal notices address agricultural water-use data collection in North Carolina and temporary navigational restrictions on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking to streamline oil and gas production permitting in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, while the Coast Guard has established a temporary marine safety zone in South Texas for a fireworks display.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has determined that Indian producers and exporters sold frozen warmwater shrimp in the U.S. at less than normal value during the February 2024–January 2025 period of review.
The FAA is seeking public comment on proposed safety standards governing a digital fly-by-wire flight control system installed in the Robinson Model R66 helicopter by Skyryse, covering pilot awareness of control margin proximity.
The FAA finalizes structural and mechanical safety mandates for Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 and Boeing 787 fleets, while USDA's CCC amends its Farmer Bridge Assistance Program to include blue and red corn producers who were inadvertently excluded.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is amending its approved spent fuel storage cask list to include a new basket design for the TN Americas NUHOMS system, with comments due September 25, 2026.
The FAA amends four California restricted-area boundaries, CBP establishes four coastal customs-enforcement zones, and FMCSA opens comment periods on two information-collection renewals — all effective or due this fall.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has notified Maine's environmental agency that it has one year from receipt of a Clean Water Act Section 401 certification request to act on the Bangor-Pacific Hydro Associates project or forfeit its certifying authority.
The FAA has issued a proposed rule requiring inspection of large forward cargo door split frames on certain Boeing 787-8 airplanes after a supplier could not confirm that the correct titanium alloy was used in manufacturing.
A final FDA order amends animal feed additive regulations to permit chromium DL-methionine chelate in cattle feed, with objections due by September 18, 2026.
The FAA has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to remove Class E airspace at Santa Elena, Texas, after instrument procedures were cancelled and the local radio beacon decommissioned.
The Justice Department has filed a proposed settlement requiring New Jersey's Passaic Valley Water Commission to pay $132,500 and come into compliance with federal drinking water rules governing uncovered reservoirs.
The FAA has issued back-to-back proposed rules targeting nose landing gear cracking on narrow-body Airbus jets and fuel valve leaks on wide-body A330 and A340 aircraft, with a comment deadline of September 28, 2026 for both.
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.