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LIVESTOCK HAULERS
received a yearlong exemp-
tion from the 30-minute
break requirement of the
hours of service rule, the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration announced
June 6. The exemption
builds on the 90-day waiver
granted to livestock haulers
last summer after the
National Pork Producers
Council petitioned FMCSA.
SCOTT GRENERTH was
named director of regulato-
ry affairs of the Owner-Op-
erator Independent Drivers
Association. He spent 13
years as an Ohio-based
trucker before relocating
to Grain Valley, Mo., to join
OOIDA's executive team.
A 14th Mexican carrier
received authority through
the U.S. cross-border trucking
pilot program.
The one-truck Importa-
ciones Y Distribuciones Lati-
na America became the fifth
carrier to receive provisional
operational authority through
the Federal Motor Carri-
er Safety Administration's
program, while the other nine
participants hold permanent
authority.
The agency also said it will
update its data if investigators
confirm alleged violations
by Transportes Olympic, the
program's first participant.
The five-truck company may
have had an incident of cabo-
tage, which would violate the
program's prohibition against
domestic point-to-point trans-
portation. Agency represen-
tatives also are investigating
TO for a possible hours of service
violation.
FMCSA began the three-year pro-
gram in October 2011. Since then, it
has revoked the provisional authority
of one participant and dismissed 15
applicants, while five additional carri-
ers have withdrawn applications.
— Jill Dunn
Mexican carrier joins cross-border program
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