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admin April 29, 2024
Analysis shows biofuels and energy efficiency are equitably and cost-effectively reducing GHGs...
admin April 25, 2024
In a 3-2 vote along party lines, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a final rule to ban new non-compete agreements for all workers as of the effective date of the rule, which will be 120 days after publication in the Federal Register....
admin April 09, 2024
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended until May 8, 2024, the emergency declaration granting regulatory relief from hours of service requirements for drivers providing direct assistance supporting emergency relief efforts related to the collapse of the bridge and partial closure of the Port of Baltimore in the State of Maryland....
admin April 09, 2024
To comply with a new congressional mandate, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has removed two requirements from the agency’s pilot program to allow 18-20-year-old CMV drivers to operate in interstate commerce....
admin April 09, 2024
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule, effective May 31, 2024, allowing employees to authorize a representative to accompany an OSHA compliance officer during an inspection of their workplace....
admin April 02, 2024
On March 27, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board voted 11-1 to adopt its congestion pricing toll structure that would impose tolls for entering Manhattan below 60th Street. If implemented, this would be the first congestion pricing plan in any U.S. city and would likely encourage other cities to follow suit....
admin April 02, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced final national greenhouse gas pollution standards for heavy-duty vehicles, such as freight trucks and buses, for model years 2027 through 2032. These new standards apply to heavy-duty vocational vehicles (such as delivery trucks, refuse haulers, public utility trucks, and transit, shuttle, and school buses) and tractors (such as day cabs and sleeper cabs on tractor-trailer trucks)....
admin March 04, 2024
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has deleted five devices from its list of approved Electronic Logging Devices....
admin March 04, 2024
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued an alert for motor carriers to be wary of phishing scams....
admin January 09, 2024
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced that its random testing rates for drug and alcohol tests will remain unchanged for 2024. Throughout the year, motor carriers must test 50% of their CDL drivers in their random testing pool for use of controlled substances and test 10% of their CDL drivers in their random testing pool for illegal alcohol use....
admin December 19, 2023
The Unified Carrier Registration Board of Directors has issued a reminder that motor carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, and truck leasing companies must register and pay their UCR fees by January 1, 2024, for the 2024 registration year. Roadside inspections of UCR registration will begin as of the first of the year....
admin December 19, 2023
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its long-awaited update to the tax form that will be used by homeowners to claim residential energy tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)....
admin October 17, 2023
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule that limits the duration and the scope of regulatory relief provided in emergency declarations under 49 CFR §390.23....
admin October 12, 2023
NEFI has learned that some states are proposing to require that the existing heating system be removed - or otherwise made inoperable – in order for a home to qualify for an IRA heat pump rebate....
admin October 12, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency has released its Climate Enforcement and Compliance Strategy to address climate change via increased enforcement activities. This means that the agency's enforcement office will (1) prioritize enforcement and compliance actions to mitigate climate change; (2) include climate adaptation and resilience in case conclusions whenever appropriate; and (3) provide technical assistance to achieve climate-related solutions and build climate change capacity among EPA staff and our state and local partners....
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