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Jan 22
What you need to know about Real ID
Do you need a Real ID?Something big is happening October first of this year. If you aren’t paying attention, it might mean missing your flight out of PDX or any other airport across the U.S.On that date the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, begins requiring a new type of identification to board a commercial aircraft. The new ID must be compliant with something called the Real ID Act. It’s designed to keep us safer in the air, but if you try to board an aircraft using your current Oregon driver
Jan 10Coming Snow and Oregon Chain Laws
Jan. 10, 2020 Snow, cold, wind and ice may conspire in the days ahead to create extremely hazardous traveling conditions throughout much of Oregon starting today. Heavy snow in the Cascades and in Central Oregon, high winds and tidal flooding on the coast, and cold and low-elevation snow in the Willamette Valley are possible over the next week starting today. Oregon chain law requires all vehicles to carry and use chains in snow zones posted by signs under Oregon Administrative Rule 734 Division
Oct 242019-2020 Lead ATA Class Announced
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/members-new-lead-ata-class-announced-0
Oct 17SmartWay's new Affiliation with International Motor Sports Association
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 11, 2019) – The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) today announced further expanded initiatives for its IMSA Green Racing program. In the on-going effort to pursue Green Racing Protocols, these initiatives include the continuing expansion of the sanctioning body's own IMSA Green program. This includes increased involvement in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) SmartWay Program, discovery and implementation of solar energy within its paddocks and progress
Oct 01FMCSA Opens Registration for Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that registration is now open for the Congressionally mandated Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. Commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders, employers, medical review officers, and substance abuse professionals can now visithttps://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov and register to create a secure online user account. “As this Congressional mandate is enacted, FMCSA’s
Sep 20Fraudulently certified South American Plywood: Consumer Safety at Risk
Freres and Nine U.S. Plywood Producers Claim U.S. Certification Agencies Fraudulently Certify Imported South American PlywoodFraudulently certified plywood panels can endanger consumersLYONS, ORE. 16 Sept., 2019—Freres Lumber Co., Inc.has joined nine other U.S. domestic plywood producers as the “U.S. Structural Plywood Integrity Coalition” to file a Lanham Act claim of false labeling against three U.S. certification agencies: PFS TECO, Timber Products Inspection and International Accreditation Service. The
Feb 22New Youngs Bay Bridge repair project to begin in March
Major bridge work to take over two years to completeASTORIA—Major repairs to the New Youngs Bay Bridge, an important connection between Astoria and Warrenton on U.S. 101, will begin in March. The extensive repair work is expected to take over two years to complete (2019-2021).What can the traveling public expect:Periodic single lane closures at night to allow the contractor to move equipment. The lane closures will be Sunday night through Friday morning, 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.;A complete two week night time
