Trucking continued its drive to get Congress to order a one-year delay in the Clinton administration’s plan to implement new industry work rules, even as federal officials said they were unlikely to finish their work before their terms expire on Jan. 20.
Industry interests say the one-year ban is necessary to prevent the department from issuing a final rule before Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater leaves office. Slater has made clear his desire to implement the rule before his term expires.
In interviews with Transport Topics on June 23 and 28, Clyde J. Hart Jr., acting deputy administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said “it is unlikely” that a final rule will be issued before a new president comes to power.
Hart has, however, been working to convince Congress not to implement the one-year ban, which has added to trucking’s skepticism over his prediction that the rule is unlikely to be completed this year (6-26, p. 1).
For the full story, see the July 3 print edition of Transport Topics. .
By John Wislocki, Staff Reporter, and David Barnes, Senior Correspondent
