NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today, the Department of Transportation (DOT) published a Federal Register Notification regarding “The Do’s and Don’ts for the Substance Abuse Professional and the Return-to-Duty Process in the U.S. DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Program.”  This notification addresses several Substance Abuse Professional (SAP)/Return-to-Duty (RTD) issues the DOT has become aware of, to remind DOT-qualified SAPs to follow all RTD process procedures in Part 40, and to remind DOT-regulated employe

As State Driver’s Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) and certified medical examiners continue to transition to the secure electronic transmission of medical certification data required under the National Registry II (NRII) final rule, now only 5 states have not transitioned. They are: Alaska California Kentucky Louisiana New Hampshire Currently there is a waiver in existence allowing interstate commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders, commercial learner’s permit (CLP) holders, and

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) declares that an emergency exists that warrants extension of the Regional Emergency Declaration issued by FMCSA to continue emergency relief granted from certain regulatory requirements in Part 395 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). This Extension of Emergency Declaration is issued in response to severe winter storms and cold temperatures substant

The preamble of FMCSA's 2011 final HOS rule ( 76 FR 81134 ) stated that FMCSA is committed to an analysis of the relative crash risk by driving hour, the impact of the changes in the HOS provisions, and examination of differences in crash risk after restarts that include 2 nights and those that do not. The HOS final rule also said that FMCSA would work with the OMB on the methodologies of these new statistical data collections. FMCSA needs additional data to answer important