HOS * USA - ATA Files Suit on HOS Rule’s Documentation Regulations
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -19 Jan 2010: -- American Trucking Associations said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to compel the U.S. Department of Transportation to issue a long-overdue hours-of-service supporting documents regulation... The suit, filed Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, is referred to as a “mandamus” action by which a court can compel government officials to perform their legal duties, ATA said... In the action, ATA asked the court to require DOT to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking within 60 days of the its ruling and a final rule within six months of the NPRM publication date... Actions to require agencies to issue overdue regulations are common and often result in a settlement whereby the agency agrees to act within a negotiated time frame, ATA said...
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