DeFazio asks DOT for drone policy ideas - Politico
With help from Heather Caygle. DeFAZIO ASKS DOT FOR DRONE POLICY IDEAS: In just over a week, T&I lawmakers will begin their mad dash to wrap up an FAA reauthorization — a bill that’s expected to be packed with drone directives. And the panel’s ranking member is making a kind of “help us help you” request of DOT, asking that the department lay out its drone policy needs to guide leaders in crafting those provisions. Peter DeFazio wants DOT to identify “resources, tools, and additional statutory authority” the FAA would need to prevent drones from crashing into planes and to come down on anyone who flies a drone “in a careless, reckless or otherwise... DeFazio’s letter ( http://politico. pro/1JAPvuE ) this week to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx follows reports on a rising number of drone and plane near-misses. IT’S FRIDAY: Good morning and thanks for reading POLITICO’s Morning Transportation, your daily tipsheet on trains, planes, automobiles and ports. A SHORT SAYONARA: Just a reminder that your inbox will be one email short next week, as MT and our other Pro newsletters go dark until Sept. Richard Blumenthal and Ed Markey aren’t letting NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind forget that he committed two months ago to mull over their request for the agency to craft new regulations that would make defect details available more quickly. But a NHTSA spokesman told our Heather Caygle this week that the review is still underway and that there’s no timeline. Source: www.politico.com
