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DOT Proposes Rule Advancing Connected Vehicle Technology

The proposed rulemaking would allow for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication.

Delay Reduction Technolooy Now Available at Chicago O'Hare and Midway

Data Comm helps reduce delays by making pilot-controller communications shorter and more accurate, FAA announced.

NRC Ready to Monitor Palisades Nuclear Plant Shutdown

The agency reviewed the decommissioning funding status report for Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc.'s plant last year and found that it met NRC's requirements, Region III Senior Public Affairs Officer Viktoria Mitlyng explained in a Dec. 12 blog post.



Quest Diagnostics Investigating Data Breach

The company reported it is taking steps to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future and is working with a leading cybersecurity firm to assist in investigating and further evaluating its systems.

NFPA Offers Tips for Fire Safety in Public Buildings

NFPA President and CEO Jim Pauley delivered the association's tips, saying people need to practice them and not become complacent. Most people don't consider fire a significant risk, and complacency is one of the greatest dangers when it comes to fire safety, he explained.

FAA Suspends Certificate of Atlanta Technical College

The agency says the school failed to maintain approved grade, attendance, and make-up reports for students.

FDA Issues Warning to Tobacco Manufacturers for Illegal Sales of Flavored Cigarettes

Four manufacturers were issued a warning for labeling the cigarettes as cigars.

This photo shows the final position of the transit bus and the school bus. (Maryland Transportation Authority Police photo)

School Bus Driver in Maryland Crash Unauthorized to Operate Commercial Vehicle: NTSB

Because a medical certificate was not on file, the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration notified the school bus driver about two months before the Nov. 1 crash that he was no longer authorized to operate a commercial motor vehicle, NTSB reported.

Latest Amputation Brings Additional Penalties for Wisconsin Manufacturer

The company returned a hydraulic press to operation without adding safety guarding after a 65-year-old employee's right middle finger tip was amputated as he lowered a press used to square parts for washing machines and dryers, according to OSHA.

Michigan Welcomes Self-Driving Vehicles

Safety requirements that pertain to the testing of autonomous vehicles will apply to autonomous vehicle operation, and the law allows for automated vehicle platoons, where vehicles travel together at electronically coordinated speeds, and authorizes on-demand autonomous vehicle networks.

Head of Alaska's Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office Resigning

Alaska's voters legalized commercial marijuana in November 2015; the Marijuana Control Board was created in the summer of 2015.

National Ladder Safety Month Set for March 2017

March is an ideal time to highlight and encourage ladder safety because it coincides with Spring home improvement projects and the beginning of the construction season, and it precedes OSHA's National Fall Prevention Stand-Down, NSC's National Safety Month in June, and the ASSE national conference in June.

DOT Proposed Rule Will Protect Airline Passengers from Being Exposed to Voice Calls

Airlines would have to disclose in advance if they allow voice calls on flights.

Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Up Sharply

"Sadly, this report reconfirms that opioids such as heroin and fentanyl -- and diverted prescription pain pills -- are killing people in this country at a horrifying rate," DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg said this week. "We face a public health crisis of historic proportions."

NTSB Holding Hearing on Texas Balloon Accident

The July 30, 2016, crash in Lockhart, Texas, killed the pilot and 15 passengers. The board's Dec. 9 hearing will examine the circumstances of the accident and the larger issues involving the safety of hot-air ballooning, including commercial balloon operations, training and decision-making, regulation and oversight, and medical factors.

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