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While members of the oil cartel argued over production increases last week, fuel users in the United States saw little relief as the national average price of diesel rose 2.1 cents a gallon and hit a 15-week high in the latest federal survey.

Members of the Truckload Carriers Association voted overwhelmingly to spend as much as one-half million dollars from their reserve funds to fight proposed changes in the hours-of-service regulations.

The fear of some California trucking operations that they would have to start paying their drivers overtime after eight hours of work in a day was put to rest when a July 1 deadline passed without authorities changing trucking’s exemption from state work rules.

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Commercial trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds and registered in the state of New York must now display their federal Department of Transportation registration number, the Albany Business Review reported.

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American Trucking Associations wants the Department of Transportation to scrap its proposed revisions to the hours-of-service regulations in favor of negotiating a rule with industry and other stakeholders.

The pressure is on manufacturers of diesel engines to cut emissions, and several key players have formed Diesel Technology Forum to help get the word out about the importance of diesel engines and how they are getting cleaner by the year.

All of trucking is convulsing over the federal hours-of-service proposal, but agricultural haulers say the produce, livestock and timber they haul would make it especially difficult — if not impossible — for them to abide by the Department of Transportation’s wishes.