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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plan to soon make public the number of fatal accidents in which individual carriers are involved has intensified industry concern over FMCSA’s recent delay of its plan for determining whether the carrier was at fault in each of the accidents.

A group of eight Northeastern state governments urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to prohibit Navistar Inc. from selling engines that do not comply with federal emissions regulations unless the company offsets the additional pollutants its engines emit.

A federal appeals court recently rejected nearly all of the sweeping allegations the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission made in a 2007 lawsuit that accused CRST Van Expedited Inc. of being responsible for “severe and pervasive” sexual harassment in its new-driver training program.

West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed a bill Tuesday banning texting and handheld cellphone use while driving in the state.

American Trucking Associations is urging Congress to swiftly pass a bill that would repeal the 12% federal excise tax on large trucks and trailer purchases and replace the sales tax with a 6.3-cent increase in the 24.4-cent federal diesel fuel tax.

Congress is considering several bills providing extensions of tax breaks for trucking, including renewal of the bonus depreciation for capital spending on items including trucks.

With the House seemingly unable to agree on a new federal transportation funding program, Congress voted last week to extend existing funding levels for another 90 days, averting a shutdown of the nation’s highway safety and construction programs.

A bill that would extend a tax break credited with helping spur trucks sales last year has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

House Republicans last week tried to whip up enthusiasm for a ninth temporary extension of federal transportation funding, while House Democrats moved to get the Senate’s two-year reauthorization bill on the floor for debate.

WASHINGTON — House Transportation Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that a temporary extension will be unveiled as early as Wednesday and voted on next week in order to keep highway projects and public transit from shutting down at the end of March.