The FAA has recently proposed new civil penalties against five companies for violating their Hazardous Materials regulations.

According to the FAA, the companies shipments were not up to new regulation standards.

Their shipping labels were the area of greatest concern, as they did not contain information about the hazardous materials they were transporting. 

The fines are upwards of $54,000 for each company. This comes after new Hazardous Materials Regulations were released by the FAA earlier this year.

President Obama has long since run on the platform of helping America move forward especially when it comes to job growth. With the unveiling of the GROW AMERICA Act there are high hopes for future job growth.

On September 17, 2014, both the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and the National Waste & Recycling Association (NW&RA), released comments regarding the new EPA standards found within the Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.

It is important to note that the NW&RA and SWANA represent the private and municipal/public waste and recycling industries in the US. Both departments are concerned about the affects of the new ruling, which has sparked joint comments from both of them respectively.

A new memorandum of understanding was signed between the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The new agreement will create better communication between the agencies when any employee or worker claims they have been discriminated against or coerced to work in unsafe conditions.