A recently proposed Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) policy favored eliminating a number of documents provided similar records were maintained by qualified electronic mobile communications/tracking technology. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has yet to decide whether this change is sufficient. The FMCSA has already issued the notice, but is soliciting comments on the policy through July 9.

ATA Mulling FMCSA Document Policy Changes

The American Trucking Associations has yet to decide whether the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s moves to change its policies regarding hours-of-service supporting documents are sufficient. In January, ATA asked a federal appeals court to compel FMCSA to issue long-overdue regulations governing supporting documents, and the parties have been discussing a settlement for several months.

In a June 10 Federal Register notice, FMCSA issued a notice of regulatory guidance and policy change that eliminated several previously required supporting documents altogether and relieved carriers using qualified electronic mobile communications/tracking technology of the requirement to retain more than a dozen other types of documents.

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