[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1500.0"] Agricultural haulers have been given a 90-day waiver from complying with the ELD mandate as FMCSA reviews an exemption request for the industry. ( Photo: Shutterstock ) [/caption]
Good day,
FMCSA has made two recent changes to hours-of-service and ELD compliance that affects the agricultural community. Yesterday, FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo, director of the Office of Compliance and Enforcement, announced that the agency will issue a 90-day delay from compliance with the electronic logging device mandate to agricultural carriers so their concerns with meeting the requirement can be addressed.
A Federal Register Notice of the delay will be published along with a comment period, the agency said. Ag haulers have already submitted an exemption request from the rule. One reason, they argue, is that following strict HOS rules that are recorded electronically by ELDs could endanger cattle, which can be harmed by extended breaks in trailers.
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