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aging partner in Maryland law firms and as the county attorney for Prince George's County, MD. For several years, Ostrom was a member of the board of directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). He has served in numerous leadership positions at administrative and policy levels in the private sector, as well as public and non-profit organizations. Ostrom received his law degree from the Georgetown University and his bachelor's degree from the University of Vermont.
NTSB
David Balloff has been named the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB's) director for government and industry relations. Before coming to the agency, Balloff was the longstanding transportation policy advisor and press secretary to Congressman and House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman John J. Duncan, Jr, having worked on the AIR-21 legislation and the Aviation Security Bill. Balloff was also a three-time elected member to the Tennessee State Republican Executive Committee. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.
David Mandell has been named NTSB's special counsel to the chairman. Mandell was an associate at the Philadelphia headquarters of the law firm Blank Rome Comisky and McCauley. Mandell also served on the November 2000 Bush-Cheney litigation team, representing the campaign in Lee and Manatee counties. Mandell is a graduate of Washington University and Temple University School of Law.
Greg Martin has been named NTSB's director of communications. Martin previously served as spokesperson for General Motors Corporation at its government relations office in Washington, DC. Before that, he oversaw communications activities for Saturn Corporation in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Martin's previous federal government service includes an assignment in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
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for Public Affairs. Martin is a graduate of Mount Saint Mary's College, Emittsburg, Maryland.
Robert Sturgell has been named senior policy advisor to the chairman of the NTSB. Sturgell joins the NTSB from United Airlines, having served as flight operations supervisor and pilot. Prior to United, Sturgell was an attorney practicing aviation law at the Washington, DC law firm Shaw Pittman. Sturgell, a Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and University of Virginia School of Law.
Brenda Lee Yager has been named NTSB's director for family affairs. Prior to her appointment, Yager served the State of Illinois as deputy director and legislative counsel at the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. She also previously served the Federal Aviation Administration as its assistant administrator for government and industry affairs. Yager is a graduate of Augustana College, Brown University and DePaul University School of Law.
TSA
Retired Coast Guard Commandant James M. Loy has been appointed under secretary for transportation security and chief operating officer of the Transportation Security Administration. Admiral Loy, who had held the Commandant position since May 1998, retired this past May after serving with the Coast Guard for forty-two years.
Loy initially had been appointed deputy undersecretary but now replaces under secretary John Magaw.
Loy graduated from the U. S. Coast Guard Academy in 1964 and holds masters degrees from Wesleyan University and the University of Rhode Island. He also attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and interned at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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plement Section 13 on July 26, 2001. 66 Fed. Reg. 38,982. The notice announced two proposals.
One proposal required that a driver be warned when the pressure in one or more tires, up to a total of four tires, had fallen to the higher of: (a) 20 percent below the vehicle manufacturer's recommended cold inflation pressure for the vehicle's tires, or (b) a minimum level of pressure to be specified in the new standard.
The other proposal required that a driver be warned when tire pressure in one or more tires, up to a total of three tires, had fallen to the higher of: (a) 25 percent below the vehicle manufacturer's recommended cold inflation pressure for the vehicle's tires, or (b) a minimum level of pressure to be specified in the new standard.
The rulemaking notice said only one proposal would be adopted, but the final rule announced on June 5, 2002, adopted two. 67 Fed. Reg. 38,703.
Under the first option, a vehicle's tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) must warn the driver when the pressure in any single tire, or any tire in a combination of tires up to four tires, has fallen to 25 percent below the vehicle manufacturer's recommended cold inflation pressure for the tires, or the minimum level of pressure specified in the standard, whichever is higher.
Under the second option, a vehicle's TPMS must warn the driver when the pressure in any single tire has fallen to 30 percent below the vehicle manufacturer's recommended cold inflation pressure for the tires, or the minimum level of pressure specified in the standard, whichever is higher.
The final rule notice says that based on the current record, "NHTSA tentatively believes that the four-tire, 25 percent option would best meet the mandate in the TREAD Act." Auto manufacturers, nevertheless, may comply with either option.
Critics complain that the single-tire, 30 percent option was adopted under pressure from the White House Office of Management and Budget, which, in (Continued on next page)
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