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FMCSA officially confirms it’s proceeding with proposal for hours of service overhaul
Ray Martinez, head of the U.S. DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, confirmed Monday that the agency is planning to propose a rule to overhaul hours of service regulations. Martinez’s announcement comes after the agency tested the waters last fall with an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, in which it solicited feedback from industry stakeholders on potential HOS reforms.
Martinez spoke Monday at the Omnitracs User Conference in Dallas. His comments were the first true public confirmation that the agency intends to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking intended to overhaul hours of service regulations, though Martinez did not offer any insight as to what the rule will entail. He also did not offer a timeline for when the rule would be published...