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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 5, 2023

FMCSA Goes After Unscrupulous Brokers With Proposed Rules

Proposed rules would crack down on freight brokers that don't pay motor carriers for their services.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeDecember 8, 2022

FMCSA Proposes More Narrow Scope for Emergency Waivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to limit the trucking regulations that are suspended — and for how long — for truckers providing direct relief in emergency situations.

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Newsby StaffOctober 17, 2022

FMCSA Lets COVID-19 Exemptions Expire

The urgency of certain supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic has dropped to the point where regulatory exemptions for emergency loads have been allowed to expire.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 23, 2022

Hutcheson Confirmed as FMCSA Administrator

Robin Hutcheson is the first official FMCSA administrator in nearly three years, confirmed by the Senate on Sept. 22.

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Newsby StaffJune 29, 2022

FMCSA Declares Connecticut Carrier 'Imminent Hazard'

A small Connecticut trucking company was ordered to immediately cease operations for “continued widespread noncompliance with federal safety regulations.”

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJune 9, 2022

FMCSA Asks for Input to Clarify Freight Broker Definition

Who's a freight broker? A bona fide agent? Is a dispatch service a broker? Is a load board? FMCSA wants to know.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJune 8, 2022

Senators to Hutcheson: What's FMCSA Doing About Driver Shortage?

The new younger-driver pilot program and other steps to address the truck driver shortage were a key topic during Robin Hutcheson’s confirmation hearing on her nomination to be administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

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Newsby StaffJune 2, 2022

Reincarnated Carrier Put out of Service as Imminent Hazard

A Texas fleet put out of service last month as an “imminent hazard” tried resurrecting itself under a different name and was soon ordered to cease operating.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeMay 27, 2022

Speed Limiter Proposal: More Time to Comment

The May 4 advance notice of supplemental proposed rulemaking announced FMCSA's intent to proceed with a speed limiter rulemaking and asked for comments.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeMay 3, 2022

Norman Mineta, Former Transportation Secretary and Infrastructure Champion, Dies

Norman Mineta, the former U.S. Secretary of Transportation who was key in the formation of a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, died May 3 at age 90.

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