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Hours of Service Proposal Heads to LaHood’s Office

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration handed over its proposal for

the new hours of service rules to the Department of Transportation for

review late last month.

The FMCSA staff was in charge of working out the

nuts and bolts of the rules, and now it’s up to Transportation Secretary Ray

LaHood and his staff to iron out how the proposal fits in with DOT policy.

After the DOT reviews it, LaHood’s office will send it back to FMCSA if

revisions are needed, or the proposal will move on to the Office of

Management and Budget.

The OMB will consider how the rules will impact the

larger picture, such as how much it will cost and how it will affect

national economic policy. The DOT has until July 24 to pass it on.

If the OMB clears the proposal, it should be published by November of this

year.

In October of last year, the FMCSA agreed to conduct a new rulemaking on

hours of service regulations, after Public Citizen and other interest groups

filed suit, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., to throw

out the hours-of-service rule for the third time.

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