Wilcox Truck Line, a 70-truck fleet out of Springfield, Mo., is petitioning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for an exemption from the electronic logging device mandate when hauling loads for the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) program.
In a Federal Register notice to be published Wednesday, April 4, Wilcox states it is the primary carrier for special projects at the U.S. Department of Energy’s INL.
According to the notice, in order to haul these loads, electronic tracking of shipments must be disabled “in order to limit identification of the physical location of the shipment.” Wilcox says it uses ELDs for its normal operations but would disable them when transporting INL loads.
In order to ensure the same level of safety that would be achieved through the use of ELDs, Wilcox says INL requires the following measures for its loads:
If granted, the exemption would apply to fewer than 20 trucks and fewer than 40 drivers. Comments can be made on the exemption request here through May 4.
