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FMCSA denies several requests for hours exemptions
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Tuesday the denial of several hours-of-service exemption applications.
June 30, 2015
Business
Certain fireworks haulers get hours-of-service exemption
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced last week it has granted an hours-of-service exemption to fireworks haulers who drive for any of the 51 member companies of the American Pyrotechnics Association, allowing them to drive past the 14th hour of coming on duty.
June 30, 2015
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FMCSA wants to change CSA intervention thresholds, make hazmat category public
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published June 29 proposed changes to its Compliance, Safety, Accountability safety program, including lowering some intervention thresholds, raising others and making the program’s hazmat category public.
June 29, 2015
Business
FMCSA reform sought in Senate bill, would require comprehensive review of trucking regs
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) last week filed a bill aimed at reforming the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration including making its rule-making process more open to industry stakeholders and Congress and more transparent to the public.
June 29, 2015
Business
Senate bill would require CSA disclaimer, set deadlines for rules on e-logs and speed limiters, continue HOS suspension
The Senate bill sets deadlines for FMCSA to publish rules mandating e-logs and speed limiters. It also allows 33-foot double trailers, continues the suspension of certain hours-of-service rules and requires a disclaimer next to CSA scores.
June 25, 2015
Business
DOT to use CSA scores to monitor hazmat permit holders
A notice was published to the Federal Register Thursday to announce the implementation of two of the DOT’s six Hazardous Materials Safety Permit recommendations from a March 2014 report.
June 25, 2015
Business
FMCSA: 10,000 military vets have already received CDLs through skills test waiver program
More than 10,000 veterans and active duty personnel have taken advantage of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Military Skills Test Waiver Program.
June 24, 2015
Business
Senate subcommittee clears bill that sets deadlines for e-log mandate, speed limiter rule
The transportation subcommittee of the Senate’s Appropriations Committee on Tuesday passed a bill that would, if implemented, set specific dates by which the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration must publish the final version of its electronic logging device mandate and a proposed speed limiter rule.
June 24, 2015
Business
Stability control mandate officially published, set to take effect Aug. 2017
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published a Final Rule on the Federal Register Tuesday that will require all trucks made Aug. 1, 2017, and after be equipped will electronic stability control systems to prevent vehicle rollovers.
June 23, 2015
Business
Safety Fitness Determination rule, at long last, finalized and sent to White House for approval
A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rule that would allow FMCSA to assign absolute safety scores to carriers has been sent from the DOT’s trucking regulatory agency to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for approval. The rule has been in the works since 2007.
June 23, 2015
Business
Energy Department gets 30-minute break exemption renewed for radioactives haulers
FMCSA announced Friday it has renewed the Department of Energy’s exemption of the 30-minute break 30-minute requirement of current hours-of-service rules for DOE drivers hauling sensitive radioactive materials.
June 22, 2015
Business
Interstate bee haulers get HOS exemption
The FMCSA has granted interstate bee haulers the exemption from the 30-minute break requirement in the hours-of-service regulations that was requested in January.
June 19, 2015
Business
C.R. England: Looming regulation changes, unnecessary red tape forced hand on driver training exemption
Some upcoming rule changes passed down from federal regulators to state CDL issuers prompted C.R. England’s recent issuance of an exemption to one driver training regulation, says C.R. England’s general counsel TJ England. The exemption was not a way, he said, to try to avoid any driver training standards or put unqualified drivers out on the highway.
June 18, 2015
Business
Infographic explains benefits of early compliance to ELD rule
Omnitracs has created this infographic for the purpose of helping fleets better understand the benefits of early compliance to the electronic logging devices (ELDs) rule, which the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expects to publish in September.
June 18, 2015
Business
FMCSA proposes rule to require equipment compliance decals throughout truck’s life
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would require motor carriers operating in interstate commerce to have all vehicles display certification that all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards in effect at the time the vehicles were manufactured were met.
June 18, 2015
Business
Driver training rule update: Committee issues rec’s, rulemaking now in FMCSA’s hands
Following the final meeting of the Entry Level Driver Training Advisory Committee last month, formed to help regulators produce an entry-level driver training rule, the group released this week its final recommendation to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, issuing a 106-page report covering a long list of procedures and criteria it wants included in the upcoming rulemaking.
June 18, 2015
Business
Oversize/overweight haulers granted exemption to 30-minute break rule
FMCSA has granted oversize/overweight haulers an exemption to the 30-minute break requirement in the current hours-of-service rules.
June 17, 2015
Business
Rear impact guard rule for straight trucks reaches White House
Rulemaking to consider requirements for rear impact guards and other safety strategies on single unit trucks has reached the next stage. A separate rulemaking to require the guards on trailers and semi-trailers, however, is running slightly behind its single-unit counterpart.
June 17, 2015
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