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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) News Updates

FMCSA raises
fees for UCRA

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published a final rule April 27, 2010, that will significantly increase fees for motor carriers under the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement ...

Share the Road attends West Virginia highway safety program rollout

Share the Road was in West Virginia recently, serving as the rally point for a coalition of safety partners seeking to make highways safer in the state. The Share the Road tractor-trailer served as a symbol of raising awareness of the need for passenger occupancy vehicles and commercial motor vehicles to operate safely with one another...

FMCSA grants limited HOS waiver for ag anhydrous ammonia shipments

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced a 90-day waiver from the federal hours-of-service (HOS) rules for truck drivers handling shipments of anhydrous ammonia for agricultural applications...

Pre-Employment Screening
Program details on website

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in partnership with NIC Technologies, has launched www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov, offering the latest information on the federal motor carrier Pre-Employment Screening Program ...

States can collect UCR fees
at 2009 rates, FMCSA rules

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced that states participating in the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) plan may assess and collect fees for the plan under the current FMCSA regulation...

FMCSA sets hours-of-service listening session for MATS

The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) announces that it will hold a fifth public listening session (in addition to the four sessions held in January 2010) to solicit comments and information on potential hours-of-service (HOS)regulations. This session will take place during the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville KY...

ATA endorses Vigillo’s
CSA 2010 Scorecard

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has announced its endorsement of Vigillo LLC’s Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 Scorecard as an effective program to help large and small trucking companies manage their responsibilities under the current CSA 2010 regulations...

CTA names
safety winners

The California Trucking Association (CTA) has named its annual safety winners, including several bulk carriers...

FMCSA shuts down
NAFTA truck project

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has terminated the demonstration project that allowed Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate in the United States...

FMCSA Web site
lifts driver awareness

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has developed a Web site designed to raise truck driver awareness about common driving errors and to provide valuable driving tips...

ATA criticizes
HOS challenge

A petition that asks the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to reconsider some of the details of the driver hour-of-service (HOS) rules is ill-advised and raises no new substantive safety issues, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) said in a news release December 19...

FMCSA issues new
carrier safety audit rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a final rule that addresses new carrier safety requirements and makes a carrier's failure to comply with any one of the 16 regulations an automatic failure of the safety audit, according to information published in the Federal Register December 16...

FMCSA proposes medical examiner registry

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is proposing to establish and maintain a National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners, according to information published in the Federal Register December 1...

FMCSA amends CDL physical exam rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is amending the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to require interstate commercial driver's license (CDL) holders subject to the physical qualification requirements to provide a current original or copy of the medical examiner's certificates to their state driver licensing agency...

Electronic data set
for FMCSA reviews

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is putting carriers on notice that it will now use technology data and electronically produced records during reviews and for regulatory enforcement purposes, according to information published in the Federal Register November 19...

FMCSA issues
final HOS rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a final hours-of-service rule that allows truck drivers to continue to drive up to 11 hours within a 14-hour, non-extendable window from the start of the workday, following at least 10 consecutive hours off duty, according to information published in the Federal Register November 19...

FMCSA medical plan
now on Internet

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has information available about its truck driver medical programs posted on its Web site at fmcsa.dot.gov...

FMCSA issues hazmat permit notice

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued an enforcement policy notice...

FMCSA extends cross-border demo project

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is extending the cross-border trucking demonstration project for two years, and Mexican trucks...

FMCSA seeking comments on cross-border data

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is seeking comments on the Pre-Authority Safety Audits for Mexican motor carriers that have applied to operate in the United States beyond the US/Mexico commercial zones, according to information published in the Federal Register August 12...

FMCSA updates safety education materials

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has updated, significantly enhanced, and expanded accessibility of its safety education and technical assistance program materials...

FMCSA wants national registry of medical examiners for CDL checkups

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is preparing new initiatives for its medical program, including regulations to provide for a federal...

FMCSA adds 4 HOS documents to interim rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is adding to its interim final rule four documents concerning driver hours-of-service (HOS) rules, according to information published in the Federal Register July 30...