A federal court threw out a regulation Tuesday that allowed Navistar International Corp. to sell engines that do not comply with emissions regulations, saying the Environmental Protection Agency was not justified in skipping its normal rulemaking process.
June 12, 2012Business
ATA Calls on FMCSA to Release Study Used for CSA Scoring
American Trucking Associations on Tuesday asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to release a study that was used to develop the scoring system for its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
June 12, 2012Business
FMCSA Shuts Down Wisconsin Carrier
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it has ordered WTSA US Express to cease operations, declaring the Wisconsin-based trucking company an 鈥渋mminent safety hazard.鈥
June 11, 2012Business
FMCSA Extends Deadline to Comment After Criticism of Revised Safety Rules
Faced with increasing criticism from the trucking industry, federal regulators are giving motor carriers more time to comment on how changes in new safety rules could affect their safety-measurement system scores, a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration spokeswoman said last week.
June 11, 2012Business
NTSB Urges Longer Review of New Drivers鈥 Histories
Motor carriers should be required to review 10 years of driving records for each new driver they hire, the National Transportation Safety Board said last week, citing its investigation of a 2011 bus crash that killed 15 people.
June 11, 2012Business
U.S. Regulators, Hill Set Focus on Reincarnated Carriers
For Maryland-based Gunthers Transport, a November 2011 federal out-of-service order was not the end of the road for the family trucking business.
June 11, 2012Business
FMCSA Cuts HOS Waivers for Some Oil, Gas Drivers
Federal regulatory 鈥済uidance鈥 issued last week restricted the number of oil and gas well truck drivers who can extend their workdays beyond the 14-hour federal limit under the oil-field operations exemption to hours-of-service rules.
June 11, 2012Business
FMCSA Eases Empty-Tank Endorsement Rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will not require drivers who transport storage container tanks that are empty or contain residue to obtain tank truck hazardous materials endorsements.
May 25, 2012Business
FMCSA to Weigh Costs, Benefits of Crash Accountability Process
BELLEVUE, Wash. 鈥 Examining whether creating a better crash-accountability process would be worth the cost to taxpayers will be part of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration鈥檚 study of ways to assess and assign fault in truck-related crashes, FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro said in an interview.
May 7, 2012Business
Ferro Says FMCSA Is Determined to Weed Out Bad Drivers, Carriers
BELLEVUE, Wash. 鈥 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is continuing to develop new tools to weed out bad drivers and motor carriers, the nation鈥檚 top trucking regulator told a group of law enforcement officials and inspectors meeting here.
April 30, 2012