Do You Need an Update? Recently published on May 2, 2023, The Department of Transportation (DOT) published a Final Rule (88 FR 27596) to harmonize Part 40 with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) drug testing policy …
Lights, Camera, Action In a recent Notice and Request for Comment published in the Federal Register by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the FMCSA seeks to add 4 new crash types to its current Crash Preventability Determination Program …
Ensuring You Can Breathe On March 22, 2023, The Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM)to amend its occupational noise exposure regulations in three main ways: Require railroads to provided appropriate …
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace From time to time, The Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) will amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to “clarify, improve…, or streamline various regulatory requirements.” On March …
Will the SMS Receive an Overhaul In case you missed it, on February 15, 2023, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published a Notice and Request for Comment on the proposed changes to the Safety …
Corrections, Removals, And Edits To start the new year with more clarity, The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released their annual Final Rule of editorial corrections to enhance accuracy and reduce misunderstandings related to …
Revisions to Civil Penalty Amounts They say only two things in life are certain, death…and taxes. I propose adding one more to that short list of certainties. Government Inflation Adjustments. Effective January 6, 2023, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has raised …
Webinar Round Up You may or may not recall back in March 2022, The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced it would be answering questions and converting historical Letters of Interpretation regarding applicability of …
An Historic First For some Wednesday, November 9, 2022 was just another Wednesday. For others, it marked an historic first in the long history of female truck drivers. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety …
What Will Reign Supreme This Year? In similar fashion to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) Top 10 most cited standards, the American Transport Research Institute (ATRI) recently released their Top 10 Driver Concerns for fiscal year 2022. The …