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News•September 20, 2000

NATSO Testifies New EPA Rule Will Raise Fuel Costs

The CEO of a small truckstop firm testified before a Senate panel Wednesday that the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to drastically cut the sulfur content of all highway diesel fuel will upset the diesel fuel market, driving up costs for consumers

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News•September 19, 2000

Overdue Fines Could Cost Operating Authority

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed new rules that would suspend motor carriers, brokers and freight forwarders that don’t pay civil penalties assessed by the agency

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News•September 15, 2000

Safety Agency Sets Rules for Hours of Service Roundtables

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is banking on roundtable discussions scheduled over the next two weeks to answer fundamental questions about its bitterly contested proposal to reform the hours of service rules. The roundtables, three sessions of two days each, are designed to give trucking and other interests a chance to present in-depth information on how the proposed reforms would work

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News•September 14, 2000

House Members Support Senate HOS Provision

Nearly 200 members of the U.S House of Representatives expressed their support Friday for a Senate bill that would block the hours of service rulemaking process from moving forward

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News•September 12, 2000

Wyoming DOT Refunds Too Much Fuel Tax Money

The Wyoming Department of Transportation has lost $3.6 million by giving out too much money in fuel tax refunds to truckers

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News•September 8, 2000

Truckin’ Down the Campaign Trail

North Dakota state Republican congressional candidate John Dorso, a former owner of a trucking and trailer sales business, recently concluded his "Road to Victory" truck tour. Traveling the road in his 1994 International cabover, a 1998

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News•September 7, 2000

Strange As It Seems, Clyde Hart Enjoys the Crossfire

Clyde Hart, (pictured), the man in charge of the federal truck and bus safety program, says he is enjoying himself – “as strange at that may seem.” It does seem strange, considering the crossfire he walked into

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News•September 7, 2000

FMCSA Asks For Comments On Record Keeping Requirements

Got something to say about federal record keeping requirements? You have until Nov. 6 to speak your mind on three key areas where paperwork can load you down: inspection, repair and maintenance; driver qualification; and controlled substance and alcohol testing

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News•September 6, 2000

DOT, ATA Butt Heads Over Hours of Service

As the deadline for a deal on hours-of-service reform looms, there still is no agreement between the principal antagonists over a bill that would shut off funding for the reform process. Clyde Hart, acting deputy administrator of

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News•September 5, 2000

DOD to Test Commercial Freight Management

A single commercial firm may soon be managing a portion of the Defense Dept's commercial freight

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