Letters, Petitions and Comments
Petition to Add Maximum Distance/Time to Definition of Personal Conveyance
March 29, 2022
CVSA submitted a petition to FMCSA to add a maximum distance and/or time a driver can operate under personal conveyance to Title 49 CFR 395.2.
Petition to Update the CVSA Level VI OOSC Incorporation by Reference
March 29, 2022
CVSA submitted a petition to FMCSA requesting the amendment of the hazardous materials safety permit regulations to update the incorporation by reference of CVSA’s “North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria (OOSC) and Level VI Inspection Procedures and Out-of-Service Criteria for Commercial Highway Vehicles Transporting Transuranics and Highway Route Controlled Quantities of Radioactive Materials as Defined in 49 CFR Part 173.403” to reference the April 1, 2022, edition.
Comments on U.S. DOT Draft Strategic Framework
December 21, 2021
CVSA submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on the administration’s draft strategic plan framework.
Comments on Waste Management Lamp Exemption Request
July 6, 2021
CVSA submitted comments to FMCSA on an exemption request from Waste Management Inc. to allow its commercial motor vehicles to operate with amber and red brake-activated pulsating lamps on the rear of vehicles.
Updated Petition on 396.3(a)(1)
March 30, 2021
CVSA submitted an updated petition to FMCSA requesting changes to Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 393 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
Comments on Rear Impact Guard NPRM
March 1, 2021
CVSA submitted comments on FMCSA's notice of proposed rulemaking NPRM on rear impact guard regulations.
Petition to Update the CVSA Level VI OOSC Incorporation by Reference
February 25, 2021
CVSA submitted a petition to FMCSA requesting the amendment of the hazardous materials safety permit regulations to update the incorporation by reference of CVSA’s “North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria (OOSC) and Level VI Inspection Procedures and Out-of-Service Criteria for Commercial Highway Vehicles Transporting Transuranics and Highway Route Controlled Quantities of Radioactive Materials as Defined in 49 CFR Part 173.403” to reference the April 1, 2021, edition.
Comments on FMCSA’s Proposed Guidance on Yard Moves
February 3, 2021
CVSA submitted comments on a notice of proposed guidance on yard moves that was published by FMCSA.
Comments on NHTSA ADS Safety Framework ANPRM
February 1, 2021
CVSA submitted comments on NHTSA's ANPRM on the framework for ADS safety.
Comments on MBR Helicopter’s Hours-of-Service Exemption Request
January 15, 2021
CVSA submitted comments to FMCSA on an exemption request from Mountain Blade Runner (MBR) Helicopter LLC seeking to allow ground support equipment operators to be permitted to operate during a 16-hour on-duty window instead of 14 and only be required to take eight consecutive hours off duty instead of the required 10.