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Logbook March 2016 | Overdrive | 21 Dependability. We've made it affordable since 1892. Copyright © 2015 MNA, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No matter where you've traveled, Uniroyal ® tires have been there. Families have trusted Uniroyal value for more than 120 years, and now we're bringing that same value to the trucking industry. Truckers deserve a tire that works as hard as they do, at an affordable price. That's why we're introducing a line of Uniroyal commercial truck tires. Visit uniroyaltrucktires.com to learn more. 15MTT10144-1/2H 15MTT10144-1/2H 3864_15MTT10144UniroyalUSAd_OD.indd 1 12/16/15 10:38 AM Untitled-30 1 1/14/16 8:32 AM An effort by the U.S. Department of Transportation to collect data on obstructive sleep apnea has cleared the White House Office of Management and Budget. The Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be published in the Federal Register in the coming weeks. The data request, being conducted in a joint effort by FMCSA and the Federal Railroad Administration, is intended not only to gauge the prevalence of moder- ate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea among truck operators but also to get feedback from the industry about how a sleep apnea rule could affect truck- ers and the industry at large. The agency began work on the ANPRM in October. – James Jaillet Sleep apnea measure set for publication The data request is intended to gauge the prevalence of sleep apnea among truck operators and how a rule would impact them. DOT expands cross- border freight zones The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced in February an expansion of two commercial border zones at the U.S.-Mexican border. Two counties in New Mexico, Dona Ana and Luna, now are codified as commercial border zones. The border zone surrounding El Paso, Texas, also has been expanded due to the opening of a new international bridge crossing between the United States and Mexico. The expansion adds all unincorporated areas within 15 miles of the incorporated boundaries of San Elizario, Texas, to the current El Paso border zone. Commercial border zones along the U.S.-Mexican border allow Mexican-domiciled carriers and drivers and U.S.-based carriers and drivers limited access to cross the U.S.-Mexican border to deliver freight. Cross-border loads generally are dropped at a warehouse or some other facility within the commercial border zone. – James Jaillet