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logbook Court sets EOBR deadline for FMCSA A federal court has given the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration until Feb. 6 to answer a cease-and- desist motion regarding truck electronic on-board recorders. On Jan. 24, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued the deadline for the FMCSA's response to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association's motion. Last August, the association successfully appealed the agency's 2010 recorder rule. That regulation would have required EOBRs for all trucks used by a carrier with a greater than 10 percent rate of noncompliance with hours-of-service regulations in any single compliance review The court determined that "the rule cannot stand because the agency failed to consider an issue that it was statutorily required to address." The Truck and Bus Safety and Regulatory Reform Act of 1988 "requires the agency to ensure that any such device is not used to 'harass vehicle operators.'" — Jill Dunn OHIO. Construction on I-75 in Dayton will continue until 2017. The first phase involved adding a third I-75 lane in the area of Ohio Route 4, while removing a sharp curve and other work to relieve congestion. Work is ongoing to add lanes in the area of U.S. 35, with the last phase of the project ahead to improve the inter- state through downtown Dayton. OREGON. Under a new law, trucks that aren't equipped with an auxiliary power unit or other idle-reduction technology are prohibited from idling more than five minutes an hour on property open to the public. Idling is permitted for defrosting, air conditioning and heating when out- side temperatures are below 50 degrees and above 75 degrees. Idling up to 30 minutes is allowed while a truck is wait- ing to load or unload, as well as loading or unloading. PENNSYLVANIA. Cash tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike increased 10 per- cent on Jan. 1, while E-ZPass rates stayed the same. For a trucker driving from the Ohio border to the Delaware River Bridge, the 5-axle cash rate increased to $185.50 from $168.60. Rates remained the same on the Southern Beltway (Turnpike 576) in Allegheny and Washington counties. TENNESSEE. A bridge for U.S. Hwy. 41 over the Tennessee River at Nickajack Lake is expected to be complete by February 2014. The existing bridge has been closed. A detour route that adds 1.5 miles to the current route has been posted. FEBRUARY 2012 OVERDRIVE 57 TRUCKING OPPORTUNITIES Circle 113 on Reader Service Card or visit overdrive.hotims.com HIGHW A Y HAPPENING S