In five separate filings, law enforcement, shipping and trucking interests have come forward to support ATA’s request that the effect of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s hours-of-service decision be stayed pending the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s reconsideration of the 11- and 34-hour provisions. ATA said Thursday, Sept. 20, that the following organizations each have explained to the Court the disruptions to their members that would be caused by a transition to different hours rules:
These filings will be available on ATA’s website at www.truckline.com. ATA’s motion for stay was necessitated by the Court of Appeals’ July 27 decision that vacated the 11-hour and 34-hour restart rules, stating that FMCSA had made procedural errors in developing them.
