ARLINGTON, Va. — A senior official of the American Trucking Associations has encouraged the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget to carefully study the economic impact of the Hours of Service Final Rule when it is submitted to the White House for final review prior to publication.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it anticipates releasing the new rule sometime in late October.
The Hours of Service rule was one of seven proposed rulemakings the Obama administration said in a recent letter to House Speaker John Boehner would have an economic impact of more than $1 billion.
Boehner had asked for more details on the proposed costs of the most expensive regulations under consideration by the administration, which has identified 219 proposed rules this year with a cost to the economy of more than $100 million.
The regulations were identified after the president issued an Executive Order earlier this year that imposes a series of new requirements designed to reduce regulatory burdens and costs.
“Late last year, DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed costly changes to truck drivers’ Hours of Service rules rules which, if finalized, would result in reduced wages for hundreds of thousands of drivers, significant administrative and efficiency costs for trucking companies, and most importantly, billions of dollars in lost productivity’” ATA Senior Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs Dave Osiecki wrote in a Sept. 2 letter to Cass Sunstein. “These inefficiencies and costs would deal a serious and sustained blow to the huge ‘tangible goods’ economy that trucking supports, affecting not only shippers of freight, but ultimately consumers.”
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it anticipates releasing the new rule sometime in late October.
The Hours of Service rule was one of seven proposed rulemakings the Obama administration said in a recent letter to House Speaker John Boehner would have an economic impact of more than $1 billion.
Boehner had asked for more details on the proposed costs of the most expensive regulations under consideration by the administration, which has identified 219 proposed rules this year with a cost to the economy of more than $100 million.
The regulations were identified after the president issued an Executive Order earlier this year that imposes a series of new requirements designed to reduce regulatory burdens and costs.
“Late last year, DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed costly changes to truck drivers’ Hours of Service rules rules which, if finalized, would result in reduced wages for hundreds of thousands of drivers, significant administrative and efficiency costs for trucking companies, and most importantly, billions of dollars in lost productivity’” ATA Senior Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs Dave Osiecki wrote in a Sept. 2 letter to Cass Sunstein. “These inefficiencies and costs would deal a serious and sustained blow to the huge ‘tangible goods’ economy that trucking supports, affecting not only shippers of freight, but ultimately consumers.”
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