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Hours of Service: Page 15
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Trash, recycling pickup company requests reprieve from certain short-haul exemption provisions
Kimble Recycling & Disposal says its short-haul trash and recycling pickup drivers cannot complete their work day within the 12 hours required by the short-haul exemption and requests to allow its drivers to operate up to 14 hours in a day.
May 30, 2019
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DOT funding bill would force 30-minute break to remain in hours regs
In what could become a clash between lawmakers in the U.S. House and a Department of Transportation aiming to propose an overhaul to drivers’ hours of service regulations, a working version of the annual Transportation Department funding bill released by the House’s Appropriations Committee last week would bar the DOT from eliminating the 30-minute break requirement of current hours regs.
May 28, 2019
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FMCSA begins process of potentially redefining ‘ag commodities’ for hours exemptions
FMCSA has filed a “pre-rule,” also known as an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget that will seek industry input for defining who is allowed to run under exemptions granted to truckers hauling agriculture commodities.
May 20, 2019
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DOT’s hours of service proposal listed for early June publication
That date is not binding and could change, but it’s the first insight the DOT and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration have provided as to when a proposed rule on hours of service could be unveiled.
May 1, 2019
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Fireworks haulers seek hours relief during Independence Day holiday period
The American Pyrotechnics Association has submitted a petition to add four new members to its existing hours exemption during the Independence Day holiday period. A separate fireworks hauler, Extreme Logistics, has also requested an HOS exemption for its 12 drivers during the same holiday period.
April 18, 2019
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As Congress preps spending bills, lawmakers back another ELD waiver for livestockers
A block of 63 lawmakers in the U.S. House has penned a letter to transportation appropriation leaders asking them to allow drivers hauling livestock and bees to remain exempt from compliance with the federal electronic logging device mandate through the 2020 fiscal year — Sept. 30, 2020.
April 15, 2019
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FMCSA denies reports that hours of service rule has cleared White House review
FMCSA officials have confirmed that a proposal to reform hours of service regulations remains under review by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. OMB must clear the rule before it is published and before details of the proposed reforms are made public.
April 2, 2019
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It’s official: DOT intends to propose hours of service reforms
The U.S. Department of Transportation intends to propose a rule that would change federal hours of service regulations for truck drivers, said Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Friday. However, since the rule is still under review, Chao said she could not provide any specifics as to what’s in the rule or when it will be published.
March 29, 2019
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POLL: Since the ELD mandate, have you felt pressure from carriers/customers to violate hours regs more or less often?
In 2017, almost half of Overdrive readers reported daily pressure to drive tired as a result of hours regs and/or coercion from carriers/customers. This poll looks at the issue viz a viz the definition of coercion from such parties as pressure to violate the hours rules. Has such pressure lessened or ramped up in the wake of the ELD mandate, if it existed at all?
March 26, 2019
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FMCSA boss Martinez: Agency ‘very close’ to deciding on hours proposal
Martinez said the ELD mandate “really put a spotlight on something that hasn’t been looked at in over 15 years. The data generated by ELDs highlights areas of current HOS regulations where adjustments or improvements may be needed. Commerce has changed, technology has changed, and your business has changed in that time.”
March 12, 2019
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Railroad companies seek hours reprieve for drivers responding to emergencies
The companies say the employees who would be covered by the exemption clear derailed or disabled trains or debris blocking tracks or railroad rights-of-way when they respond to unplanned events that affect interstate commerce, service, or the safety of railway operations.
March 8, 2019
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Lawmakers float bills to add unique hours of service regs for livestock/ag haulers
Renewing efforts that began last Congress, lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have introduced legislation that, if passed, would facilitate creation of special hours of service regs for drivers hauling livestock, bees and other ag commodities.
March 5, 2019
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FMCSA officially confirms it’s proceeding with proposal for hours of service overhaul
The head of the FMCSA confirmed that the agency is planning to propose a rule to overhaul hours of service regulations. Learn more here on Overdrive Online.
February 26, 2019
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Livestock groups ask DOT for hours-of-service waivers
Rather than the standard 14-hour on-duty period & 11-hour drive-time limit, the groups have asked FMCSA to allow them for a 16-hour on-duty period after an off-duty period of 10 consecutive hours and a 15-hour drive-time window within those 16 hours.
February 5, 2019
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Snow, bitter cold prompt expansion of HOS suspensions in Midwest, Northeast
Truck drivers hauling heating fuels, including propane, natural gas, and heating oil, and other fuel products, including gasoline, into the affected states providing necessary relief will be exempt from hours of service regulations through Feb. 2, or until the end of the emergency, whichever is less.
January 28, 2019
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FMCSA suspends hours regs for certain drivers in 12 states ahead of winter storm
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a Regional Emergency Declaration that includes Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
January 18, 2019
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Though FMCSA operations unaffected, shutdown could delay hours of service revisions
Agency officials hinted in December that a notice of proposed rulemaking offering potential revisions to federal hours regs could come as early as March. But the lingering closure of federal agencies will impede FMCSA’s ability to proceed with the rulemaking process, the official said.
January 16, 2019
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FMCSA scraps split-sleeper berth study amid press for hours reforms
FMCSA has canceled a study meant to gauge the safety aspects of allowing truck drivers to split their on- and off-duty time into segments. The agency’s new — and pressing — move to propose changes to hours of service regulations has rendered the study moot, sources said.
December 20, 2018
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