Officials Expect FMCSA to Issue New Regulations in 2006
he Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expected to issue several important new regulations this year, including an intermodal chassis maintenance rule and guidance on the use of electronic onboard recorders, agency sources and industry executives told Transport Topics last week.
The chassis rule is one of several regulations included in the highway funding act signed into law last year.
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