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NewsMarch 27, 2012

CSA Changes Available for Review

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is previewing a half-dozen important changes it plans to make in the CSA safety enforcement system. In the announcement in yesterday's Federal Register, the agency also discussed a controversial decision it recently made to back away from plans to clarify crash accountability data in CSA

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NewsMarch 26, 2012

Diesel Sees Slight Increase, Oil Ends Modestly Higher

Average diesel prices went up just a hair this week, according to the Energy Information Administration's weekly fuel update. The half-cent increase took the average price to $4.147 per gallon

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NewsMarch 26, 2012

FMCSA Urged to Step Up Effort Against Reincarnated Carriers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could step up its effort to catch reincarnated carriers by making better use of the data it has, according to the Government Accountability Office

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NewsMarch 26, 2012

FMCSA Officials Get Input on EOBRs at Mid-America Trucking Show

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Officials with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration got an earful Friday about a number of issues relating to hours of service, electronic onboard recorders, and how trucking companies use EOBRs and other in-cab technologies to harass drivers

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NewsMarch 22, 2012

Cummins to Have 2014-compliant Engines in Service by 2013

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Cummins Inc. says it will be ready to ship its full line-up 2014-compliant heavy-duty diesel and natural gas engines a full year ahead of deadline, and they'll feature improved reliability and fuel economy

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NewsMarch 21, 2012

House Will Push Highway Extension

The House, unable to resolve internal differences regarding its five-year, $260 billion highway bill and opposed to the Senate's two-year, $109 billion measure, is going to push for a three-month extension of the current program

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NewsMarch 21, 2012

January-February Biodiesel Volume Slips from Late 2011 Growth

The U.S. biodiesel industry produced 135 million gallons of fuel in the first two months of 2012, according to new numbers released by the EPA Wednesday

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NewsMarch 20, 2012

ATA: Common Sense Must Govern CSA Crash Accountability Decisions

American Trucking Associations' leaders expressed serious concern over the recent decision by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to continue to count every truck-involved crash in CSA scores, including those the truck driver could not have prevented

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NewsMarch 19, 2012

Diesel Reaches Highest Price Since Summer 2008

The average diesel price spiked 1.9 cents this week to $4.142 a gallon, its highest price since the summer of 2008, according to the Energy Information Administration's weekly fuel update

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NewsMarch 15, 2012

ATA, TCA File Issue Statements with Court in HOS Challenge

The American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association each filed motions to intervene with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in litigation challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's recently published hours-of-service regulations

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