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News•September 30, 2004

House Extends New HOS Rules for a Year

The U.S. House of Representatives approved stop-gap, temporary highway funding Thursday in a bill that includes an extension of the new hours of service rule

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News•September 23, 2004

DOT to Upgrade Mexican Border Truck Inspections

Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta announced $31.2 million in grants to improve border truck inspection facilitie

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News•September 20, 2004

DOT to Distribute 1.73 Million Hazmat Guidebooks

U. S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta said the Department of Transportation is distributing 1.73 million copies of a new hazmat safety manual

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News•September 14, 2004

Senate Tables GPS for Hazmat Vehicles

The United States Senate this week tabled an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill that would have required trucks transporting hazardous materials to be equipped with global positioning satellite tracking devices

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News•September 14, 2004

Highway Watch Gets $21 Million from Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security this week announced an additional $21 million grant, available for use beginning March 2005, for the American Trucking Assns.’ (ATA) Highway Watch program

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News•September 9, 2004

EPA Releases Particulate Matter Research Report

The Environmental Protection Agency has released the report, "Particulate Matter (PM) Research Program: Five Years of Progress.

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News•September 1, 2004

FMCSA Seeks Time to Research HOS setback

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration filed a motion with a Washington, D.C. appeals court this week, requesting a stay that will give the agency time to decide how the controversial hours of service rules need to be changed

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News•August 20, 2004

Florida Waives Some Restrictions on Relief Vehicles

The Florida Department of Transportation has been directed to "waive the size and weight restriction

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News•August 18, 2004

New Border Cargo Rules Take Effect in November

The Department of Homeland Security announced this week trucks that carry freight over the border must describe their cargo in advance in electronic messages to customs officials beginning in November

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News•August 9, 2004

Energy & Engine Technology Backs Anti-Idling Bill

Energy & Engine Technology Corp. (EENT) has announced it is supporting the Idling Tax Credit Act of 2004, introduced last April by Congresswoman Kay Granger, R-Texas

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