On February 6, 2012, Ulrich Davis, the former manager of a Netherlands Freight Forwarding Company, pled guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States by violating a Temporary Denial Order (“TDO”) issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“B…
Read More »On February 8, 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) issued a Notice of Proposed Policy Clarification for the Registration of Aircraft to U.S. Citizen Trustees in Situations Involving Non-U.S. Citizen Trustors and Beneficiaries (the “Notice”). The Notice is intended to address problems…
Read More »On February 15, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued its Agenda for the upcoming February 29, 2012 meeting regarding fitness determinations as part of the special permit application evaluation process. PHMSA has the primary responsibility for issuance of DOT …
Read More »On February 14, 2012, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Notice of Delays in Processing of Special Permit Applications in the Federal Register. In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA published a list of special permit applica…
Read More »One February 9, 2012, The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published an NPRM responding to comments solicited in the ANPRM published December 22, 2010. The FAA issues emergency orders when it determines the interests of aviation safety require that an order take effect immediately in or…
Read More »U.S. Customs and Border Protection “CBP” has adopted a Final Rule, which will incorporate, with some changes, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2009. The proposed rule in the NPRM would establish the Global Entry as an ongoing voluntary reg…
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