Letters, Petitions and Comments

CVSA submitted comments to FMCSA’s request for information (RFI) on a large truck crash causal factors study.

CVSA sent FMCSA a letter encouraging the agency to work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as it develops the final rule on hemp.

CVSA submitted comments to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on an application of inconsequential noncompliance from Great Dane LLC.

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.

CVSA submitted comments to NHTSA’s ICR to study the use of rear visibility cameras.

CVSA submitted comments to an exemption request from Vision Systems North America Inc. (VSNA) seeking to allow motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles equipped with the company’s SmartVision camera monitor system as an alternative to two rear-vision mirrors.

CVSA submitted comments to FMCSA supporting 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 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.”

CVSA submitted comments to the FMCSA hours-of-service notice of proposed rulemaking.

CVSA submitted comments to FMCSA’s NPRM on updates to Part 350 and the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) allocation formula.

CVSA submitted comments to FMCSA’s notice on the agency’s intent to permanently operate a crash preventability determination program.

CVSA submitted comments to FMCSA’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on the definition of an agricultural commodity.