Letters, Petitions and Comments

CVSA sent U.S. DOT Secretary Elaine Chao a letter thanking her for her leadership on preserving the 5.9 GHz spectrum.

CVSA submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service’s interim final rule (IFR) on the production of hemp.

CVSA submitted comments to the FMCSA in opposition to an exemption request from Harris Companies Inc. for exemption from the electronic logging device (ELD) requirements.

CVSA submitted a petition to FMCSA requesting the amendment of the hazardous materials safety permit regulations to update the incorporation by reference of CVSA’s “North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria (OOSC) and Level VI Inspection Procedures and Out-of-Service Criteria for Commercial Highway Vehicles Transporting Transuranics and Highway Route Controlled Quantities of Radioactive Materials as Defined in 49 CFR Part 173.403” to reference the April 1, 2020, edition.

CVSA submitted comments to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on the use of rear-visibility cameras.

CVSA submitted a petition to FMCSA to publish guidance on how “yard moves” apply to the hours-of-service regulations and conduct a rulemaking to define the terms “yard move” and “yard”.

CVSA submitted comments to NHTSA on an application of inconsequential noncompliance related to rear impact guards from Great Dane.

CVSA submitted comments to FMCSA in opposition to an exemption request from the Small Business in Transportation Coalition for exemption from the ELD requirement.

CVSA submitted comments to an exemption request from Matrix Medical Network seeking an exemption to allow its mobile team lead drivers to operate in a 16-hour on-duty window.

CVSA submitted comments to an exemption request from PTS Worldwide Inc. seeking additional flexibility for splitting sleeper berth time.