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TCA'S HOURS OF SERVICE AUDIO CONFERENCE HIGHLY INFORMATIVE

All audio conference participants were provided with extensive HOS handout materials including: (Click each link below to download a copy in a PDF format).
TCA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ON FMCSA’S ENTRY-LEVEL DRIVER TRAINING PROPOSAL

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) filed comments on October 14 in response to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSAs) August 15, 2003 Federal Register Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (Docket No. 97-2199) on the Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators.

Click here to read a copy of TCA's full comments to FMCSA in a PDF format.
TCA Files Petition On Mandatory Financial Reporting To DOT

Last November TCA petitioned the Secretary of Transportation to issue a general exemption from the mandatory filing requirement for all motor carriers. A copy of the petition can be accessed by clicking here.
TCA Expresses Concerns In Filed Comments To FMCSA's Safety Performance History Of New Drivers Proposal

On September 2, the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) filed comments in response to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSAs) July 17, 2003 Federal Register Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) (Docket No. 97-2277) on the Safety Performance History of New Drivers. While in general support of the FMCSA proposal, TCA identified a number of issues that we felt must be addressed by the agency prior to the issuance of a final rule.

Click here to read a copy of TCA's full comments to FMCSA in a PDF format.

Click here to read a copy of TCA's full comments to FMCSA in a Word .DOC format.
TCA Files Comments On Required Advance Electronic Presentation of Cargo Information

The Truckload Carriers Association filed comments on August 25, 2003 in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published by the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on required advance electronic presentation of cargo information.

Click here to read the comments TCA filed.
Roadability
Means Intermodal Highway Safety

Click here to download a PDF file outlining ATA's objective, the status of their mission and and overall background of "Roadability".
TCA's Jointly Filed Comments on Event Data Recorders (1/9/03) The ATA, TCA and Distribution & LTL Carriers Association jointly filed comments in response to NHTSA's October 11, 2002, Federal Register notice on Event Data Recorders.

EPA Engine Emission Regulations, Supplier Partnerships

 

By October 1, 2002, EPA emission regulations require new technology - exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) in most cases - in U.S. manufactured engines. Also, two critical long range EPA issues include: the next wave of diesel emission regulations in 2007, which require a 99% reduction of diesel particulates from current levels, and a phased-in 98.5% reduction in NOX. Also coming, in 2006, a requirement for refiners to remove virtually all sulfur from diesel fuel.
FMCSA to Resume Diabetes Program

After three decades of effort, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is again trying to determine if diabetics who are treated with insulin should be allowed to operate trucks in interstate commerce.