Trucking Jobs Kentucky waiting on HOS deadline reconsideration Transportation legislators in the Senate and House are pressing

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad inistration Chief Anne Ferro to reconsider her decision not to postpone the effecti!e date of the hours"of"ser!ice rule and trucking #obs Kentucky understands that background ay be necessary for our readers$ %&e are aware that the trucking industry' the anufacturing and freight shipping industries' and the truck safety enforce ent co unity each re(uested a si ilar postpone ent of the effecti!e date') said Sen$ Susan Collins' *"Maine' ranking e ber of the Senate Transportation Appropriations Subco ittee' in a letter to Ferro$ &hen the agency decided to include in the official docket new data it wanted to use to help de!elop the new rule' it asked and recei!ed an e+tension of the deadline$ Joining Collins were *ep$ Tho as ,atha ' *"-owa' and *ep$ .d /astor' 0"Ari1$' chair an and ranking e bers of the House Transportation Appropriations subco ittee' respecti!ely$ -n another letter to Transportation Secretary *ay ,aHood' the top a#ority and inority e bers of the House Transportation and -nfrastructure Co ittee also asked for an e+tension$

%A stay on the HOS rule would a!oid costly and unnecessary training of enforce ent officials and alle!iate any confusion regarding the i pact the court2s decision could ha!e on the HOS rule') said *ep$ 3ill Shuster' *"/a$' chair an of the T4- Co ittee$ The letter was co"signed by *eps$ To /etri' *"&is$' chair an of the Highway and Transit Subco ittee' *ick *ahall' 0"&$ 5a$' ranking e ber of the T4- co ittee'

and /eter 0eFra1io' 0"Ore$' ranking e ber of the Highway and Transit Subco ittee$ The legislators were echoing the co ents ade by A erican Trucking Associations and the Co ercial 5ehicle Safety Alliance in their bid for a three" onth e+tension of the July 6 effecti!e date of the hours"of"ser!ice rule$ The agency re#ected that re(uest on grounds that it would postpone a safety i pro!e ent$ 3ut the rule could be changed or !acated by a 7$S$ appeals court' where ATA and other groups are challenging it$ The agency2s ost responsible course is to delay the rule' gi!en uncertainty about what the court will do' the legislators wrote$ Trucking #obs Kentucky know full well the i portance that the stay on the HOS rule has the potential to si plify and ease the trucking and transportation industries into a state of cal ' by alle!iating any of the burdens they would face if passed$ Hopefully this article pro!ides you with ore conte+tual infor ation regarding the current state of the HOS deadline and what it eans for trucking #obs Kentucky and any other trucking and transportation co unities$