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NHTSA Awards $24M To Hyundai, Kia Whistleblower

Law 360

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday awarded $24 million to a whistleblower who supplied key information related to safety issues with Hyundai and Kia engines, the agency's first-ever whistleblower award.

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AM For Every Vehicle Act Introduced in House and Senate to Mandate AM Radio in Cars

Broadcast Law Blog

But it is the transportation safety issues that are driving this push to mandate AM in cars, not issues in the FCC’s jurisdiction. Thus, it puts the burden on NHTSA, an agency more familiar with regulating carmakers than the FCC. The FCC’s role in the process is limited.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) failed to adequately consider the climate change impacts of oil and gas leasing in Wyoming in accordance with the court’s March 2019 opinion that identified shortcomings in BLM’s original analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act. Circuit held this new proceeding in abeyance. 17-1016 (D.C.

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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

SCOTUSBlog

17 with two cases that could upend the functional power of the federal administrative state. 11, 2001, attacks to bar certain people whom the government considers a risk to national security from boarding commercial flights into U.S. The administrative fees bankrupt businesses pay can be quite large in the cases of big companies.

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Recent Regulatory Activity

Gravel2Gavel

Selected federal regulatory actions taken or proposed by several federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency: EPA Actions. The agency’s air and water quality programs, contaminated sites activities and chemical safety and pollution prevention programs will be analyzed to determine their impact.

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States Launch Effort to Catch Hit-and-Run Drivers

The Crime Report

If police can get a complete or partial license plate number and description of the vehicle, it can be flashed on highway message signs in the area and sent to the media to disseminate. This is just a recurring tragedy. Many of the victims aren’t riding in cars and trucks.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The court also found that the complaint stated claims under the Clean Water Act related to the terminal’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. The federal district court for the District of Wyoming vacated the bulk of the Waste Prevention Rule promulgated during the Obama administration, holding that the U.S.

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