🚚Proposed Rulemaking for Electronic Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports
FMCSA proposes to clarify the requirement to complete a Daily Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR), based upon a public comment filed by the National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC). The DVIR may already be completed electronically, however this NPRM proposes explicit language to make this clear. This will encourage motor carriers and drivers to utilize electronic, cost-saving methods when completing DVIRs.
Learn More🚌NHTSA Proposes Removal of Obsolete Bus Safety Standards
NHTSA is proposing to remove obsolete requirements from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 217, Bus emergency exits and window retention and release.
Learn More🚧Proposed Rule to Rescind FHWA Required Contract Provisions
FHWA is proposing to rescind the rule and certain regulations issued on October 2, 1987, Required Contract Provisions.
Learn More🛣️FHWA Proposes to Rescind Federal-Aid Contract Requirements
FHWA is proposing to rescind the rule and regulations issued on September 30, 1974, Federal-Aid Contracts (Appalachian Contracts).
Learn More⛽Proposed Changes to Fuel Tank Overfill Regulations by FMCSA
FMCSA proposes to remove the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that a liquid fuel tank manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, be designed and constructed so that it cannot be filled, in a normal filling operation, with a quantity of fuel that exceeds 95 percent of the tank's liquid capacity. This proposal is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The proposed change would remove an unnecessary and outdated requirement from the FMCSRs.
Learn More🛣️Proposed Rule to Rescind Indian Reservation Roads Management Regulations
FHWA proposes to rescind the regulations issued on February 27, 2004, Federal Lands Highway Program; Management Systems Pertaining to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Reservation Roads Program.
Learn More🚚Proposed Removal of Vision Qualifications Grandfathering for Drivers
FMCSA proposes to amend the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to remove the grandfathering provision under the physical qualifications standards for interstate drivers operating under the previously administered vision waiver study program, as this regulation is now obsolete. The waiver study program was terminated prior to the adoption of rules in 1998 implementing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century provision concerning waivers, exemptions and pilot programs.
Learn More🛣️Regulatory Changes on Advance Construction of Federal-aid Projects
FHWA proposes to rescind a specific provision of the rule and regulations issued on March 30, 1990, Advance Construction of Federal- aid Projects.
Learn More🚚FMCSA Repeals Obsolete Motor Carrier Routing Regulations
FMCSA repeals the for-hire motor carrier routing regulations which concern servicing municipalities and unincorporated communities. These regulations are unlawful because they exceed FMCSA's statutory authority following the transfer of rules from the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 1995, which were carried over to FMCSA in 2000.
Learn More🚗Proposed Regulatory Changes to FMVSS No. 210 by NHTSA
NHTSA is proposing to remove unnecessary regulatory text from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 210, Seat belt assembly anchorages.
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