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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asked the public Monday to weigh in on whether it should grant a permanent exemption to the rest-break requirement in the new hours-of-service rule to truckers hauling livestock.

By Rob Capobianco

Partner

Jackson Lewis LLP

Mexican trucking companies that are participating in the U.S. cross-border freight pilot program said it allows them to provide faster service to customers and to have more control over their own operations than the older alternatives, such as transferring freight to U.S. carriers near the border.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the 2013 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the Renewable Fuel Standard program established by Congress to reduce carbon climate change.

Federal regulators sent a proposal to mandate electronic logging devices on all trucks to the White House for its review, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said in an update of regulatory timelines.

Truck drivers do not have to take a 30-minute break under federal hours-of-service rules if they meet either of the definitions of a “shorthaul” driver, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General announced it will audit the efforts the Federal Highway Administration has made to improve the safety of the nation’s bridges.

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has introduced legislation that would extend until 2020 a federal statutory deadline that freight railroads install collision-avoidance technology.

The Department of Transportation has issued emergency rules to keep parked rail cars from breaking loose, following last month’s crash of untethered rail cars in Quebec that killed almost 50 people.