Washington — A hotly contested proposed rule that will require speed-limiting units on heavy vans has once more been delayed.
The Department of Transportation’s Spring 2024 regulatory agenda – printed July 5 – now units May because the goal publication date for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s May 2022 advance discover of proposed rulemaking.
The agenda is usually issued by the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs twice a yr. It supplies the standing of and projected dates for all potential rules, listed in three phases: pre-rule, proposed rule and closing rule.
In May 2022, FMCSA launched a second ANPRM that will mandate the set up of speed limiters on vans, buses and multipurpose passenger automobiles weighing greater than 26,000 kilos. The ANPRM expanded on a 2016 joint proposal from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and FMCSA. The latter is the lone company listed on the ANPRM, which doesn’t recommend a prime speed. The 2016 proposal specified capping speeds at 60, 65 or 68 mph.
Stakeholders submitted practically 16,000 feedback on the up to date advance proposal, by which FMCSA requested suggestions on prompts together with:
- What share of the industrial motorcar fleet makes use of speed-limiting units?
- If in use, at what most speed are the units usually set?
- What coaching or talent units are wanted for motor carriers’ upkeep personnel to regulate or program digital engine management models to set speed limits?
Legislation at present within the House (H.R. 3039) and Senate (S. 2671) would prohibit FMCSA from requiring speed-limiting units on giant vans and buses.
DOT’s Fall 2022 regulatory agenda listed June 2023 as a goal date for publication of a second proposed rule regarding speed limiters. The Fall 2023 agenda set December as a goal, however that forecast additionally missed the mark. A Significant Rulemaking Report issued by DOT in February has May as the brand new goal date.
