Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, June 10, 2020:
FMCSA extends COVID-19 HOS waiver, removes certain load types
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended its hours of service exemption for COVID-19 emergency relief haulers for another month through July 14 while also narrowing its definition of relief loads. The waiver was set to end June 14.
The agency says the extension is due to the national emergency declared by President Trump still being in effect.
The waiver now only covers the following load types:
No longer included in the waiver are loads of food, paper products and other groceries for emergency restocking of stores; fuel; precursor raw materials like paper, plastic or alcohol; liquefied gases to be used in refrigeration or cooling systems; or equipment, supplies and persons meant to provide temporary housing and quarantine facilities.
FMCSA says there is “no longer a need for emergency relief with respect to the other categories of supplies, equipment, and persons covered by the May 13 extension.”
Two drivers named Citizen Driver Award winners
Truck drivers Herschel Evans and Jerry Seaman were named on Tuesday the latest winners of the TA-Petro Citizen Driver Award. The winners were announced on the Dave Nemo Radio Show on the Road Dog Trucking channel on SiriusXM.
