Congress ignores big trucking issues in funding plan
The compromise legislation (H.R. 244) passed by Congress to fund the U.S. government through the end of September breaks little ground on...
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May 5, 2017
FMCSA recommends dropping universal new entrant audits
Citing a desire to target intervention based on risk, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is recommending that Congress drop...
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May 4, 2017
FMCSA withdraws another rulemaking initiative
A little over a month after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) cancelled its proposed rule on safety fitness...
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May 2, 2017
FDA grants three waivers from sanitary transport rule
The day before the initial compliance date for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's rule on the sanitary transportation of animal food...
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Apr 5, 2017
FMCSA withdraws another rulemaking initiative
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has withdrawn its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to change the process for carrier...
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Mar 22, 2017
FMCSA clarifies important ELD issues
If a carrier replaces a truck that was equipped by December 18 with a device that meets current standards for electronic logs it can use...
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Feb 21, 2017
FMCSA confirms denial of bid to modify driver training rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has, in effect, confirmed an earlier denial of a petition for reconsideration of the...
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Feb 10, 2017
Trump order seeks cost-neutral regulations
President Trump on January 30 issued an executive order to reform the federal regulatory process by, among other things, requiring...
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Jan 30, 2017
FMCSA rejects appeal to modify driver training rule
In one of his final acts as head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, then-Administrator Scott Darling denied a petition...
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Jan 26, 2017
Unions seek more time to review hair testing exemption
A group representing unionized workers in transportation industries wasted no time in asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
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Jan 24, 2017
Several carriers propose pre-employment hair testing
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has requested comment by February 21, 2017, on a request by six trucking companies that...
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Jan 20, 2017
Moratorium to delay driver training rule
As expected, among President Trump's first actions as president was to declare a moratorium that generally directs federal agencies to...
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Jan 20, 2017
FMCSA delays full URS indefinitely
After twice delaying full implementation of the Unified Registration System, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has...
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Jan 13, 2017
Court denies rehearing on ELDs
A federal appeals court has rejected a request that it rehear a challenge to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's rule...
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Jan 13, 2017
FMCSA plans to modify safety fitness proposal
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that it plans to publish a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking...
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Jan 12, 2017
